Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Draft of 4/2/24
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INDENTURE
by and among
GARDEN GROVE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
and
CITY OF GARDEN GROVE
and
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
Dated as of June 1, 2024
Relating to
$__________
GARDEN GROVE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
LEASE REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2024A
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; EQUAL SECURITY
Section 1.01 Definitions ..................................................................................................................... 2 Section 1.02 Equal Security ............................................................................................................. 12
ARTICLE II
THE BONDS
Section 2.01 Authorization of Bonds ............................................................................................... 12 Section 2.02 Terms of Series 2024A Bonds .................................................................................... 12 Section 2.03 Form of Series 2024A Bonds ...................................................................................... 13 Section 2.04 Transfer and Exchange of Bonds ................................................................................ 14 Section 2.05 Registration Books ...................................................................................................... 14 Section 2.06 Execution of Bonds ..................................................................................................... 14 Section 2.07 Authentication of Bonds ............................................................................................. 14 Section 2.08 Temporary Bonds ........................................................................................................ 14 Section 2.09 Bonds Mutilated, Lost, Destroyed or Stolen ............................................................... 15 Section 2.10 Book-Entry Bonds ...................................................................................................... 15
ARTICLE III
ISSUANCE OF BONDS; APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
Section 3.01 Issuance of Series 2024A Bonds ................................................................................. 17 Section 3.02 Application of Proceeds of the Series 2024A Bonds .................................................. 17 Section 3.03 [Reserved] ................................................................................................................... 17 Section 3.04 Costs of Issuance Fund ............................................................................................... 17 Section 3.05 Project Fund ................................................................................................................ 17 Section 3.06 Conditions for the Issuance of Additional Bonds ....................................................... 18 Section 3.07 Procedure for the Issuance of Additional Bonds ........................................................ 19 Section 3.08 Additional Bonds ........................................................................................................ 20
ARTICLE IV
REDEMPTION OF BONDS
Section 4.01 Redemption of Series 2024A Bonds ........................................................................... 20 Section 4.02 Notice of Redemption ................................................................................................. 21 Section 4.03 Selection of Bonds for Redemption ............................................................................ 22 Section 4.04 Partial Redemption of Bonds ...................................................................................... 22 Section 4.05 Effect of Notice of Redemption .................................................................................. 22
ARTICLE V
SECURITY FOR BONDS; FLOW OF FUNDS; INVESTMENTS
Section 5.01 Pledge; Special Obligations ........................................................................................ 23 Section 5.02 Flow of Funds ............................................................................................................. 23 Section 5.03 Application of Net Insurance Proceeds ....................................................................... 24 Section 5.04 Title Insurance ............................................................................................................ 25 Section 5.05 Rebate Fund ................................................................................................................ 25 Section 5.06 Investment of Moneys ................................................................................................. 27
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ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
Section 6.01 Compliance with Agreements ..................................................................................... 28 Section 6.02 Compliance with Ground Lease and Lease Agreement .............................................. 28 Section 6.03 Observance of Laws and Regulations ......................................................................... 28 Section 6.04 Other Liens .................................................................................................................. 28 Section 6.05 Prosecution and Defense of Suits ............................................................................... 29 Section 6.06 Accounting Records and Statements........................................................................... 29 Section 6.07 Recordation and Filing ................................................................................................ 29 Section 6.08 Tax Covenants ............................................................................................................ 29 Section 6.09 Continuing Disclosure ................................................................................................ 30 Section 6.10 Further Assurances ...................................................................................................... 30
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
Section 7.01 Action on Default ........................................................................................................ 30 Section 7.02 Other Remedies of the Trustee.................................................................................... 31 Section 7.03 Non-Waiver ................................................................................................................. 31 Section 7.04 Remedies Not Exclusive ............................................................................................. 31 Section 7.05 No Liability by the Authority to the Owners .............................................................. 31 Section 7.06 No Liability by the City to the Owners ....................................................................... 32 Section 7.07 No Liability of the Trustee to the Owners .................................................................. 32 Section 7.08 Application of Amounts After Default ....................................................................... 32 Section 7.09 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Bonds ...................................... 32 Section 7.10 Limitation on Suits ...................................................................................................... 33
ARTICLE VIII
THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01 Employment of the Trustee ......................................................................................... 33 Section 8.02 Duties, Removal and Resignation of the Trustee ........................................................ 33 Section 8.03 Compensation of the Trustee ...................................................................................... 34 Section 8.04 Protection of the Trustee ............................................................................................. 35
ARTICLE IX
MODIFICATION OR AMENDMENTS
Section 9.01 Modifications and Amendments Permitted................................................................. 37 Section 9.02 Effect of Supplemental Indenture ............................................................................... 38 Section 9.03 Endorsement of Bonds; Preparation of New Bonds ................................................... 38 Section 9.04 Amendment of Particular Bonds ................................................................................. 38
ARTICLE X
DEFEASANCE
Section 10.01 Discharge of Indenture ................................................................................................ 39 Section 10.02 Bonds Deemed To Have Been Paid ............................................................................ 39 Section 10.03 Payment of Bonds After Discharge of Indenture ........................................................ 40
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01 Benefits of Indenture Limited to Parties ..................................................................... 40 Section 11.02 Successor Deemed Included in all References to Predecessor ................................... 40 Section 11.03 Execution of Documents by Owners .......................................................................... 40 Section 11.04 Waiver of Personal Liability ....................................................................................... 41 Section 11.05 Destruction of Bonds .................................................................................................. 41 Section 11.06 Funds and Accounts .................................................................................................... 41 Section 11.07 Article and Section Headings Gender and References ............................................... 41 Section 11.08 Partial Invalidity .......................................................................................................... 41 Section 11.09 Disqualified Bonds ...................................................................................................... 42 Section 11.10 Money Held for Particular Bonds ............................................................................... 42 Section 11.11 Payment on Non-Business Days ................................................................................. 42 Section 11.12 California Law ............................................................................................................ 42 Section 11.13 Notices ........................................................................................................................ 43 Section 11.14 Notice to Rating Agencies .......................................................................................... 43 Section 11.15 Execution in Counterparts ........................................................................................... 43
Signatures ................................................................................................................................... S-1
EXHIBIT A FORM OF SERIES 2024A BOND ........................................................................... A-1 EXHIBIT B FORM OF PROJECT FUND REQUISITION ......................................................... B-1
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INDENTURE
THIS INDENTURE (this “Indenture”), executed and entered into as of June 1, 2024, is by and among the GARDEN GROVE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY, a joint exercise of powers entity duly organized and existing pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreement (defined below) and the laws of the State of California (the “Authority”), the CITY OF GARDEN GROVE , a municipal corporation and general law city duly organized and existin g under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of California (the “City”), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the United States, as Trustee (the “Trustee”);
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the City has entered into that certain Project Agreement dated as of April 1, 2024 (the “Project Agreement”), with Edgemoor Garden Grove Civic Center Partners, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company (“Edgemoor”), pursuant to which Edgemoor has agreed to design and construct certain public capital improvements to be located at A cacia Parkway, east of Euclid Street, in the City, including an approximately 100,000 square foot public safety facility, a four-level parking structure that will provide approximately 350 parking spaces, and a reconfigured 2.8-acre Civic Center Park, as well as the demolition of the existing police headquarters building located at 11301 Acacia Parkway in the City (collectively, the “Project”);
WHEREAS, the City and the Authority desire to finance all or a portion of the acquisition, construction, installat ion, and demolition work constituting the Project as provided in the Project Agreement;
WHEREAS, the City and the Authority have determined that it would be in the best interests of the City and residents of the City to authorize the preparation, sale and delivery of the “ Garden Grove Public Financing Authority Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2024A” (the “Series 2024A Bonds”) for the purpose of financing the Project;
WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the issuance of the Series 2024A Bonds, the City will lease certain real property and the improvements located thereon (the “Property”) to the Authority pursuant to a Ground Lease, dated as of the date hereof, and the City will sublease the Property back from the Authority pursuant to a Lease Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Lease Agreement”); WHEREAS, the City and the Authority have determined that it would be in the best interests of the City and the Authority to provide the funds necessary to finance all or a portion of the Project through the issuance by the Authority of the Series 2024A Bonds payable from the base rental payments (the “Base Rental Payments”) to be made by the City under the Lease Agreement; WHEREAS, all rights to receive the Base Rental Payments have been assigned without recourse by the Authority to the Trustee pursuant to an Assignment Agreement, dated as of the date hereof;
WHEREAS, the Series 2024A Bonds will be payable equally and ratably from the Base Rental Payments;
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WHEREAS, the Authority and the City desire to provide for the issuance of additional bonds (the “Additional Bonds”) payable from the Base Rental Payments on a parity with the Series 2024A Bonds (the Series 2024A Bonds and any such Additional Bonds being collectively referred to as the “Bonds”);
WHEREAS, in order to provide for the authentication and delivery of the Bonds, to establish and declare the terms and conditions upon which the Bonds are to be issued and secured and to secure the payment of the principal thereof, premium, if any, and interest thereon, the Authority and the City have authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and WHEREAS, the Authority and the City have determined that all acts and proceedings required by law necessary to make the Bonds, when executed by the Authority, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and duly issued, the valid, binding and legal special obligations of the Authority, and to constitute this Indenture a valid and binding agreement for the uses and purposes herein set forth in accordance with its terms, have been done and taken, and the execution and delivery of the Indenture has been in all respects duly authorized;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements and covenants contained herein and for other valuable consideration, the parties do hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; EQUAL SECURITY
Section 1.01 Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Section shall for all purposes hereof and of any amendment hereof or supplement hereto and of the Bonds and of any certificate, opinion, request or other document mentioned herein or therein have the meanings defined herein, the following definitions to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of any of the terms defined herein. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Lease Agreement. “Additional Bonds” means Bonds other than the Series 2024A Bonds issued hereunder in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3.06 and 3.07 hereof. “Act” means the Marks -Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985, commencing with Section 6584 of the California Government Code.
“Additional Rental Payments” means all amounts payable by the City as Additional Rental Payments pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Lease Agreement. “Assignment Agreement” means the Assignment Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Authority and the Trustee, as amended and supplemented from time to time. “Authority” means the Garden Grove Public Financing Authority, a joint exercise of powers entity organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California. “Authorized Authority Representative ” means the Chair, Vice Chair, Executive Director, Treasurer and Secretary of the Authority, or any other person authorized by the Board of Commissioners of the Authority to act on behalf of the Authority under or with respect to this Indenture.
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“Authorized City Representative” means the Mayor of the City, the Mayor Pro Tem of the City, the City Manager of th e City, the Finance Director of the City or the City Clerk, or any other person authorized by the City Council of the City to act on behalf of the City under or with respect to this Indenture.
“Authorized Denominations” means $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof. “Base Rental Payment Fund ” means the fund by that name established in accordance with Section 5.02 hereof.
“Base Rental Payments ” means all amounts payable to the Authority by the City as Base Rental Payments pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Lease Agreement. “Beneficial Owner” means, whenever used with respect to a Book -Entry Bond, the person whose name is recorded as the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Bond or a portion of such Book- Entry Bond by a Participant on the records of such Participant or such person’s subrogee. “Bonds” means the Series 2024A Bonds and any Additional Bonds issued hereunder. “Book-Entry Bonds” means the Bonds of a Series registered in the name of the nominee of DTC, or any successor securities depository for such Series of Bonds, as the registered owner thereof pursuant to the terms and provisions of Section 2.10 hereof. “Business Day” means a day which is not (a) a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, (b) a day on which banking institutions in the State of California, or in any state in which the Office of the Trustee is located, are required or authorized by law (including executive order) to close, or (c) a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is closed.
“Cede & Co.” means Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC, and any suc cessor nominee of DTC with respect to a Series of Book-Entry Bonds.
“City” means the City of Garden Grove , a municipal corporation and general law city duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of California. “Closing Date” means May __, 2024.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. “Continuing Disclosure Certificate” means the Continuing Disclosure Certificate, dated as of the date hereof, executed by the City, as originally executed and a s it may from time to time be amended in accordance with the provisions thereof.
“Costs of Issuance” means all the costs of issuing and delivering the Bonds, including, but not limited to, all printing and document preparation expenses in connection with this Indenture, the Lease Agreement, the Ground Lease, the Assignment Agreement, the Bonds and any preliminary official statement and final official statement pertaining to the Bonds, rating agency fees, CUSIP Service Bureau charges, market study fees, legal fees and expenses of counsel with the issuance and delivery of the Bonds, the initial fees and expenses of the Trustee and its counsel, the initial fees and expenses of any bond insurer or reserve fund credit facility provider, and other fees and expense s incurred in
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connection with the issuance and delivery of the Bonds, to the extent such fees and expenses are approved by the City.
“Costs of Issuance Fund ” means the fund by that name established in accordance with Section 3.04 hereof.
“DTC” means The De pository Trust Company, a limited -purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York, and its successors as securities depository for any Series of Book-Entry Bonds, including any such successor appointed pursuant to Section 2.10 hereof. “Federal Securities ” means (a) direct general obligations of the United States of America (including obligations issued or held in book entry form on the books of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America), and (b) obligations of any agency, department or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of principal of and interest on which are fully guaranteed by the United States of America.
“Ground Lease” means the Ground Lease, dated as of the date hereof, by an d between the City and the Authority, as originally executed and as it may from time to time be amended in accordance with the provisions thereof and of the Lease Agreement. “Indenture” means this Indenture, as originally executed and as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time by any Supplemental Indenture. “Information Services ” means Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board through the Electronic Municipal Marketplace Access (EMMA) website; and, in accordance with then current guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such other services providing information with respect to called bonds as the Authority may designate in a Written Certificate of the Authority delivered to the Trustee.
“Interest Fund” means the fund by that name establi shed in accordance with Section 5.02 hereof.
“Interest Payment Date ” means April 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing on [October 1, 2024].
“Lease Agreement” means the Lease Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the City and the Author ity, as originally executed and as it may be from time to time amended in accordance with the provisions thereof.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, its successors and assigns, except that if such corporation shall no longer perform the function of a securities rating agency for any reason, the term “Moody’s” shall be deemed to refer to any other nationally recognized securities rating agency selected by the Authority. “Office of the Trustee ” means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, or such other office as may be specified to the Authority and the City by the Trustee in writing, except that with respect to presentation of Bonds for payment or for registration of transfer and exchange such term shall mean the office or the agency of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust agency shall be conducted as specified to the Authority and the City by the Trustee in writing.
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“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth LLP, or other counsel of recognized national standing in the field of law relating to municipal bonds, appointed and paid by the Authority or the City and which written opinion is satisfactory to the Trustee. “Outstanding,” when used as of any particular time with reference to Bonds, means (subject to the provisions of Section 11.09 hereof) all Bonds theretofore, or thereupon being, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture except:
(a) Bonds theretofore canceled by the Trustee or surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Bonds with respect to which all liability of the Authority shall have been discharged in accordance with Section 10.01 hereof; and (c) Bonds for the transfer or exchange of or in lieu of or in substitution for which other Bonds shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture. “Owner” means, with respect to a Bond, the Person in whose name such Bond is registered on the Registration Books.
“Participant” means any entity which is recognized as a participant by DTC in the book-entry system of maintaining records with respect to Book-Entry Bonds. “Participating Underwriter” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Continuing Disclosure Certificate.
“Permitted Investments ” means any of the following to the extent then permitted by the general laws of the State of California:
(1) (a) Direct obligations (other than an obligation subject to —variation in principal repayment) of the United States of America (“United States Treasury Obligations”), (b) obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by the United States of America, (c) obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America when such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, or (d) evidences of ownership of proportionate interests in future interest and principal payments on obligations described above held by a bank or trust company as custodian, under which the owner of the investment is the real party in interest and has the right to proceed directly and individually against the obligor and the underlying government obligations are not available to any person claiming through the custodian or to whom the custodian may be obligated (collectively “United States Obligations”).
These include, but are not necessarily limited to:
-U.S. Treasury obligations
All direct or fully guaranteed obligations
-Farmers Home Administration
Certificates of beneficial ownership
-General Services Administration
Participation certificates
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-U.S. Maritime Administration
Guaranteed Title XI financing
-Small Business Administration
Guaranteed participation certificates
Guaranteed pool certificates
-Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)
GNMA-guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
GNMA-guaranteed participation certificates
-U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
Local authority bonds
-Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Guaranteed transit bonds
(2) Federal Housing Administration debentures.
(3) The listed obligations of government-sponsored agencies which are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America:
-Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC)
Participation certificates (excluded are stripped mortgage securities which are purchased at prices exceeding their principal amounts) Senior debt obligations
-Farm Credit Banks (formerly: Federal Land Banks, Federal intermediate Credit Banks and Banks for Cooperatives)
Consolidated systemwide bonds and notes
-Federal Home Loan Banks (FHL Banks)
Consolidated debt obligations
-Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)
Senior debt obligations
Mortgage-backed securities (excluded are stripped mortgages securities which are purchased at prices exceeding their principal amounts) -Financing Corporation (FICO)
Debt obligations
-Resolution Funding Corporation (REFCORP)
Debt obligations
(4) Bank deposit products, unsecured certificates of deposit (including those placed by a third party pursuant to an agreement between the City and the Trustee), trust funds, trust accounts, o vernight banking deposits, interest bearing deposits, interest bearing money market accounts, time deposits, demand deposits, and bankers’ acceptances (having maturities of not more than 30 days) of any bank (including the Trustee and any affiliate) the short-term obligations of which are rated “A-1” or “A-2” without regard to qualifier by a nationally recognized rating agency service. (5) Deposits the aggregate amount of which are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), in banks, including the Trustee and its affiliates, which have capital and surplus of at least $5 million.
(6) Commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than 270 days) rated, at the time of purchase, “A-1” or better by S&P and “Prime-1” by Moody’s.
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(7) Money market mutual funds rated “AAm” or “AAm -G” by a nationally recognized rating agency service, or better (including those for which the Trustee or its affiliates receives and retains a fee for services provided to the fund, whether as a custodian, t ransfer agent, investment advisor or otherwise) but excluding such funds with a floating net asset value. (8) Repurchase agreements:
With (1) any domestic bank, or domestic branch of a foreign bank or any non -bank financial institution or primary dealer as designated by the Federal Reserve the long term debt of which is rated at least “BBB+” by Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s (including the Trustee or any of its affiliates); or (2) any broker -dealer with “retail customers” or a related affiliate thereof which broker-dealer has, or the parent company (which guarantees the provider) of which has, long -term debt rated at least “BBB+” by Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s, which broker-dealer falls under the jurisdiction of the Securities Investors Protection Corporation; or (3) any other entity rated “BBB+” or better by Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s, provided that:
(a) The collateral shall be securities described in clause 1(a), (b) or (c) of this subsection, and the market value of the collateral is maintained at levels equal to 104% of the amount of cash transferred by the Trustee or the City to the provider of the repurchase agreement plus accrued interest with the collateral being valued weekly and marked-to-market at current market price plus accrued interest; (b) The Trustee or a third party acting solely as agent therefor or for the City (the “Holder of the Collateral”) has possession of the collateral or the collateral has been transferred to the Holder of the Collateral in accordance with applicable state and federal laws (other than by means of entries on the transferor’s books); (c) The repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement shall state and an opinion of counsel shall be rendered at the time such collateral is delivered that the Holder of the Collateral has a first priority security interest in the collateral, any substituted collateral and all proceeds thereof (in the case of bearer securities, this means the Holder of the Collateral is in possession);
(d) The repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement shall p rovide that if during its term the provider’s rating by either Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s is withdrawn or suspended or falls below “BBB” by Standard & Poor’s or “Baa2” by Moody’s, as appropriate, the provider must, at the direction of Trustee, within 10 days of receipt of such direction, repurchase all collateral and terminate the agreement, with no penalty or premium to the Trustee or the City.
Notwithstanding the above, if a repurchase agreement has a term of 270 days or less (with no evergreen provision), collateral levels need not be as specified in (a) above, so long as such collateral levels are 103% or better and the provider is rated at least “A” by Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s, respectively.
(9) State Obligations
(a) Direct general obligat ions of any state of the United States or any subdivision or agency thereof to which is pledged the full faith and credit of a state the
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unsecured general obligation debt of which is rated “A2” by Moody’s and “A” by S&P, or better, or any obligation fully and unconditionally guaranteed by any state, subdivision or agency whose unsecured general obligation debt is so rated. (b) Direct, general short -term obligations of any state agency or subdivision described in (a) above and rated “A -1+” by S&P and “Prime -1” by Moody’s.
(c) Special Revenue Bonds (as defined in the United States Bankruptcy Code) of any state, state agency or subdivision described in (a) above and rated “AA” or better by S&P and “Aa” or better by Moody’s.
(10) Local Agency Investment Fund of the State of California. (11) Investment agreements with a domestic or foreign bank or corporation (other than a life or property casualty insurance company) the long -term debt of which, or, in the case of a guaranteed corporation the long -term debt of the guarantor, or in the case of a monoline financial guaranty insurance company the claims paying ability of the guarantor, is rated at least “A+” by S&P and “A1” by Moody’s; provided, that prior written notice of an investment in the investment agreement is provided to S&P and, provided, further, by the terms of the investment agreement:
(a) interest payments are to be made to the Trustee at times and in amounts as necessary to pay debt service on the Bonds;
(b) the invested funds are available for withdrawa l without penalty or premium, at any time for purposes identified in this Indenture other than acquisition of alternative investment property upon not more than seven days prior notice (which notice may be amended or withdrawn at any time prior to the spec ified withdrawal date); provided that the Indenture specifically requires the Trustee or the City to give notice in accordance with the terms of the investment agreement so as to receive funds thereunder with no penalty or premium paid;
(c) the investment agreement shall state that it is the unconditional and general obligation of, and is not subordinated to any other obligation of, the provider thereof;
(d) a guaranteed rate of interest is to be paid on invested funds and all future deposits, if any, required to be made to restore the amount of such funds to the level specified under the Indenture;
(e) the Trustee and the City receive the opinion of domestic counsel (which opinion shall be addressed to the City) that such investment agreement is legal, vali d and binding and enforceable against the provider in accordance with its terms and of foreign counsel (if applicable);
(f) the investment agreement shall provide that if during its term (A) the provider’s or the guarantor’s rating by either Moody’s or S&P is withdrawn or suspended or falls below “A+” or “A1”, respectively, or, with respect to a foreign bank, below the ratings of such provider at the delivery date of the investment agreement, the
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provider must, at the direction of the City or the Trustee (acting at the direction of the City) within 10 days of receipt of such direction, either (1) collateralize the investment agreement by delivering or transferring in accordance with applicable state and federal laws (other than by means of entries on the pro vider’s books) to the Trustee, the City or a Holder of the Collateral, United States Treasury Obligations which are free and clear of any third -party liens or claims at the Collateral Levels set forth below; or (2) repay the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on the investment (the choice of (1) or (2) above shall be that of the City or Trustee (acting at the direction of the City), as appropriate), and (B) the provider’s or the guarantor’s rating by either Moody’s or S&P is withdrawn or suspended or falls below “BBB” or “Baa2,” or, with respect to a foreign bank, below “A+” or “A1” by S&P or Moody’s, as appropriate, the provider must, at the direction of the City or the Trustee (acting at the direction of the City), within 10 days of receipt of su ch direction, repay the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on the investment, in either case with no penalty or premium to the City or Trustee;
(g) the investment agreement shall state, and an opinion of counsel shall be rendered to the effect, that the Trustee has a perfected first priority security interest in the collateral, any substituted collateral and all proceeds thereof (in the case of bearer securities, this means the Trustee is in possession); and (h) the investment agreement must provi de that if during its term (A) the provider shall default in its payment obligations, the provider’s obligation under the investment agreement shall, at the direction of the City or the Trustee, be accelerated and amounts invested and accrued but unpaid in terest thereon shall be repaid to the City or Trustee, as appropriate, and (B) the provider shall become insolvent, not pay its debts as they become due, be declared or petition to be declared bankrupt, etc. (“event of insolvency”), the provider’s obligati ons shall automatically be accelerated and amounts invested and accrued but unpaid interest thereon shall be repaid to the City or Trustee, as appropriate.
(12) Pre-refunded municipal obligations rated “AAA” by S&P and “Aaa” by Moody’s meeting the following requirements:
(a) the municipal obligations are (1) not subject to redemption prior to maturity or (2) the trustee for the municipal obligations has been given irrevocable instructions concerning their call and redemption and the issuer of the municipal obligations has covenanted not to redeem such municipal obligations other than as set forth in such instructions;
(b) the municipal obligations are secured by cash or United States Treasury Obligations which may be applied only to payment of the principal of, interest and premium on such municipal obligations;
(c) the principal of and interest on the United States Treasury Obligations (plus any cash in the escrow) has been verified by the report of independent certified public accountants to be sufficient to pay in full all principal of, interest, and premium, if any, due and to become due on the municipal obligations (“Verification”);
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(d) the cash or United States Treasury Obligations serving as security for the municipal obligations are held by an escrow agent or trustee in trust for owners of the municipal obligations;
(e) no substitution of a United States Treasury Obligation shall be permitted except with another United States Treasury Obligation and upon delivery of a new Verification; and
(f) the cash or United States Treasury Obligations are not available to satisfy any other claims, including those by or against the trustee or escrow agent.
The Trustee shall have no responsibility to monitor the ratings of Permitted Investments after the initial purchase of such Permitted Investments.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, firm, association, partnership, trust, or other legal entity or group of entities, including a governmental entity or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Project” means the acquisition, construction and installation of certain public capital improvements to be located at Acacia Parkway, east of Euclid Street, in the City, including an approximately 100,000 square foot public safety facility, a four -level parking str ucture that will provide approximately 350 parking spaces, and a reconfigured 2.8 -acre Civic Center Park, as well as the demolition of the existing police headquarters building located at 11301 Acacia Parkway in the City, and related infrastructure improvements.
“Project Fund” means the fund by that name established in accordance with Section 3.05 hereof.
“Principal Fund” means the account by that name established in accordance with Section 5.02 hereof.
“Rebate Fund ” means the fund by that name established in accordance with Section 5.05 hereof.
“Rebate Requirement” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Tax Certificate. “Record Date” means the fifteenth day of the month next preceding an Interest Payment Date, whether or not such day is a Business Day.
“Redemption Fund” means the fund by that name established in accordance with Section 5.02 hereof.
“Redemption Price” means the aggregate amount of principal of and premium, if any, on the Bonds upon the redemption thereof pursuant hereto.
“Registration Books” means the records maintained by the Trustee for the registration of ownership and registration of transfer of the Bonds pursuant to Section 2.05 hereof. “Rental Payments” means, collectively, the Base Rental Payments and the Additional Rental Payments.
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“Rental Period ” means the period from the Closing Date through [March 31, 2025] and, thereafter, the twelve-month period commencing on April 1 of each year during the term of the Lease Agreement.
“Representation Letter” means the Letter of Representations from the Authority to DTC, or any successor securities depository for any Series of Book-Entry Bonds, in which the Authority makes certain representations with respect to issues of its securities for deposit by DTC or such successor depository.
“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, its successors and assigns, except that if such entity shall no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency for any reason, the term “S&P” shall be deemed to refer to any other nationally recognized securities rating agency selected by the Authority. “Securities Depositories” means The Depository Trust Company; and, in accordance with then current guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such other securities depositories as the Authority may designate in a Written Certificate of the Authority delivered to the Trustee. “Series” means the Series 2024A Bonds executed, authenticated and delivered on the Closing Date and identified pursuant to this Indenture and any Additional Bonds issued pursuant to a Supplemental Indenture and identified as a separate Series of Bonds. “Series 2024A Bonds” means the Garden Grove Public Financing Authority Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2024A issued hereunder.
“Supplemental Indentu re” means any supplemental indenture amendatory of or supplemental to this Indenture, but only if and to the extent that such Supplemental Indenture is specifically authorized hereunder.
“Tax Certificate” means the Tax Certificate executed by the Authority and the City at the time of issuance of the Series 2024A Bonds relating to the requirements of Section 148 of the Code, as originally executed and as it may from time to time be amended in accordance with the provisions thereof.
“Trustee” means U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association , a national banking association duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the United States, or any successor thereto as Trustee hereunder, appointed as provided herein. “Written Certificate of the A uthority” and “ Written Request of the Authority ” mean, respectively, a written certificate or written request signed in the name of the Authority by an Authorized Authority Representative. Any such certificate or request may, but need not, be combined in a single instrument with any other instrument, opinion or representation, and the two or more so combined shall be read and construed as a single instrument. “Written Certificate of the City” and “Written Request of the City” mean, respectively, a written certificate or written request signed in the name of the City by an Authorized City Representative. Any such certificate or request may, but need, not, be combined in a single instrument with any other instrument, opinion or representation, and the two or more so combined shall be read and construed as a single instrument.
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Section 1.02 Equal Security . In consideration of the acceptance of the Bonds by the Owners thereof, this Indenture shall be deemed to be and shall constitute a contract among the Authority, the City, the Trustee and the Owners from time to time of all Bonds authorized, executed, issued and delivered hereunder and then Outstanding to secure the full and final payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all Bonds which may from time t o time be authorized, executed, issued and delivered hereunder, subject to the agreements, conditions, covenants and provisions contained herein; and all agreements and covenants set forth herein to be performed by or on behalf of the Authority or the City shall be for the equal and proportionate benefit, protection and security of all Owners of the Bonds without distinction, preference or priority as to security or otherwise of any Bonds over any other Bonds by reason of the number or date thereof or the t ime of authorization, sale, execution, issuance or delivery thereof or for any cause whatsoever, except as expressly provided herein or therein.
ARTICLE II
THE BONDS
Section 2.01 Authorization of Bonds. The Authority hereby authorizes the issuance of the Bonds under and subject to the terms of this Indenture and applicable laws of the State of California for the purpose of financing and refinancing the Project. The Bonds may consist of one or more Series of Bonds of varying denominations, dates, maturities, interest rates and other provisions, subject to the provisions and conditions contained herein.
Section 2.02 Terms of Series 2024A Bonds.
(a) The Series 2024A Bonds shall be designated the “ Garden Grove Public Financing Authority Lease Revenue Bonds , Series 2024A.” Each Series of Additional Bonds shall bear such additional designation as may be necessary or appropriate to distinguish such Series from every other Series, of Bonds.
(b) The Series 2024A Bonds shall be issued in fully registered form without coupons in Authorized Denominations, so l ong as no Series 2024A Bond shall have more than one maturity date. The Series 2024A Bonds shall be dated as of the Closing Date, shall be issued in the aggregate principal amount of $__________, shall mature on April 1 of each year and shall bear interest (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the rates per annum as follows:
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Maturity Date
(April 1)
Principal
Amount
Interest
Rate
$ %
(c) Interest on the Series 2024A Bonds shall be payable from the Interest Payment Date next preceding the date of authentication thereof unless (i) a Series 2024A Bond is authenticated on or before an Interest Payment Date and after the close of business on the preceding Record Date, in which event it shall bear interest from such Interest Payment Date, (ii) a Series 2024A Bond is authenticated on or before the first Record Date, in which event interest thereon shall be payable from the dated date thereof, or (iii) interest on any Series 2024A Bond is in default as of the date of authentication thereof, in which event interest thereon shall be payable from the date to which interest has been paid in full, payable on each Interest Payment Date. Interest shall b e paid in lawful money of the United States on each Interest Payment Date to the Persons in whose names the ownership of the Series 2024A Bonds is registered on the Registration Books at the close of business on the immediately preceding Record Date, except as provided below. Interest shall be paid by check of the Trustee mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, on each Interest Payment Date to the Series 2024A Bond Owners at their respective addresses shown on the Registration Books as of the close of business on the preceding Record Date.
(d) The principal and premium, if any, of the Series 2024A Bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender thereof upon maturity or earlier redemption at the Office of the Trustee.
(e) The Series 2024A Bonds shall be subject to redemption as provided in Article IV.
Section 2.03 Form of Series 2024A Bonds. The Series 2024A Bonds shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, with appropriate or necessary insertions, omissions and variations as permitted or required hereby.
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Section 2.04 Transfer and Exchange of Bonds . Any Bond may, in accordance with its terms, be transferred upon the Registration Books by the Person in whose name it is registered, in person or by his duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of such Bond for cancellation, accompanied by delivery of a written instrument of transfer, duly executed in a form acceptable to the Trustee.
Whenever any Bond or Bonds shall be surrendered for transfer, the Authority shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver a new Bond or Bonds of the same Series in a like aggregate principal amount, in any Authorized Denomination. The Trustee shall require the Bond Owner requesting such transfer to pay any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such transfer.
The Bonds may be exchanged at the Office of the Trustee for a like aggregate principal amount of Bonds of the same Series of other authorized denominations. The Trustee shall require the payment by the Bond Owner requesting such exchange of any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such exchange.
The Trustee shall not be obligated to make any transfer or exchange of Bonds of a Series pursuant to this Section during the period established by the Trustee for the selection of Bonds of such Series for redemption, or with respect to any Bonds of such Series selected for redemption.
Section 2.05 Registration Books. The Trustee will keep or cause to be kept, at the Office of the Trustee, sufficient records for the registration and transfer of ownership of the Bonds, which shall be open to inspection during regular business hours and upon reasonable notice by the City; and, upon presentation for such purpose, the Tru stee shall, under such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, register or transfer or cause to be registered or transferred, on such records, the ownership of the Bonds as hereinbefore provided.
Section 2.06 Execution of Bonds. The Bonds shall be executed in the name and on behalf of the Authority with the manual or facsimile signature of an Authorized Authority Representative attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the Secretary or any duly authorized deputy secretary of the Authority. The Bonds shall then be delivered to the Trustee for authentication by it. In case any of such officers of the Authority who shall have signed or attested any of the Bonds shall cease to be such officers of the Authority before the Bonds so signed or attested shall have b een authenticated or delivered by the Trustee, or issued by the Authority, such Bonds may nevertheless be authenticated, delivered and issued and, upon such authentication, delivery and issue, shall be as binding upon the Authority as though those who sign ed and attested the same had continued to be such officers of the Authority, and also any Bonds may be signed and attested on behalf of the Authority by such Persons as at the actual date of execution of such Bonds shall be the proper officers of the Autho rity although at the nominal date of such Bonds any such Person shall not have been such officer of the Authority.
Section 2.07 Authentication of Bonds . Only such of the Bonds as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form as that set forth in Exhibit A hereto, manually executed by the Trustee, shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to the benefits of this Indenture, and such certificate of or on behalf of the Trustee shall be conclusive evidence that the Bonds so auth enticated have been duly executed, authenticated and delivered hereunder and are entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.08 Temporary Bonds. The Bonds of a Series may be issued in temporary form exchangeable for definitive Bonds of such Series when ready for delivery. Any temporary Bonds may be printed, lithographed or typewritten, shall be of such authorized denominations as may be
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determined by the Authority, shall be in fully registered form without coupons and may contain such reference to any of the provisions of this Indenture as may be appropriate. Every temporary Bond shall be executed by the Authority and authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner as the definitive Bonds. If the Authority issues t emporary Bonds of a Series it will execute and deliver definitive Bonds of such Series as promptly thereafter as practicable, and thereupon the temporary Bonds of such Series, may be surrendered, for cancellation, at the Office of the Trustee and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Bonds an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Bonds of such Series in Authorized Denominations.
Until so exchanged, the temporary Bonds of such Series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Bonds of such Series authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 2.09 Bonds Mutilated, Lost, Destroyed or Stolen . If any Bond shall become mutilated, the Authority, at the expense of the Owner of said Bond, shall execute, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver, a new Bond of like tenor and Series in exchange and substitution for the Bond so mutilated, but only upon surrender to the Trustee of the Bond so mutilated. Every mutilated Bond so surrendered to the Trustee shall be canceled by it and delivered to, or in accordance with the order of, the Authority. If any Bond shall be lost, destroyed or stolen, evidence of such loss, destruction or theft may be submitted to the Trustee and, if such evidence and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee shall be given, the Authority, at the expense of the Owner, shall execute, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver, a new Bond of like tenor and Series in lieu of and in replacement for the Bond so lost, destroyed or stolen (or if any such Bond shall have matured or shall have been selected for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Bond, the Trustee may pay the same without surrender thereof). The Authority may require payment by the Owner of a sum not exceeding the actual cost of preparing each replacement Bond issued under this Section and of the expenses which may be incurred by the Authority and the Trustee. Any Bond of a Series issued under the provisions of this Section in lieu of any Bond of such Series alleged to be lost, destroyed or stolen shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation on the part of the Authority whether or not the Bond so alleged to be lost, destroyed or stolen be at any time enforceable by anyone, an d shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture with all other Bonds of such Series secured by this Indenture.
Section 2.10 Book-Entry Bonds.
(a) Prior to the issuance of a Series of Bonds, the Authority may provide that such Series of Bonds shall initially be issued as Book-Entry Bonds and, in such event, the Bonds of such Series for each maturity shall be in the form of a separate single fully registered Bond (which may be typewritten). The Series 2024A Bonds shall initially be issued as Book-Entry Bonds.
Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Section, the registered Owner of all of the Book-Entry Bonds shall be Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, payment of interest with respect to any Book-Entry Bond registered as of each Record Date in the name of Cede & Co. shall be made by wire transfer of same-day funds to the account of Cede & Co. on the Interest Payment Date at the address indicated on the Record Date for Cede & Co. in the Registration Books or as otherwise provided in the Representation Letter. (b) The Trustee and the Authority may treat DTC (or its nominee) as the sole and exclusive Owner of Book -Entry Bonds registered in its name for the purposes of payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest with respect to Book-Entry Bonds, selecting Book-Entry Bonds or portions thereof to be redeemed, giving any notice permitted or required to be given to Owners of Book-Entry Bonds under this Indenture, registering the transfer of Book -Entry Bonds, obtaining any
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consent or other action to be taken by Owners of Book -Entry Bonds and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Trustee nor the Authority shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Neither the Trustee nor the Authority shall have any responsibility or obligation to any Participant, any person claiming a beneficial ownership interest in Book -Entry Bonds under or through DTC or any Participant, or any other person which is not shown on the Registration Books as being an Owner, with respect to the accuracy of any records maintained by DTC or any Participant, the payment by DTC or any Participant of any amount in respect of the principal, premium, if any, or interest with respect to Book-Entry Bonds, any notice which is permitt ed or required to be given to Owners of Book -Entry Bonds under this Indenture, the selection by DTC or any Participant of any person to receive payment in the event of a partial redemption of Book -Entry Bonds, or any consent given or other action taken by DTC as Owner of Book -Entry Bonds. The Trustee shall pay all principal, premium, if any and interest with respect to Book -Entry Bonds, only to DTC, and all such payments shall be valid and effective to fully satisfy and discharge the Authority’s obligation s with respect to the principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the Book -Entry Bonds to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. Except under the conditions of subsection (c) of this Section, no person other than DTC shall receive an executed Book-Entry Bond for each separate stated maturity. Upon delivery by DTC to the Trustee of written notice to the effect that DTC has determined to substitute a new nominee in place of Cede & Co., and subject to the provisions herein with respect to record dates, the term “Cede & Co.” in this Indenture shall refer to such new nominee of DTC. (c) In the event (i) DTC, including any successor as securities depository for a Series of Bonds, determines not to continue to act as securities depository for such Series of Bonds, or (ii) the Authority determines that the incumbent securities depository shall no longer so act, and delivers a written certificate to the Trustee to that effect, then the Authority will discontinue the book- entry system with the incumbent secu rities depository for such Series of Bonds. If the Authority determines to replace the incumbent securities depository for such Series of Bonds with another qualified securities depository, the Authority shall prepare or direct the preparation of a new si ngle, separate fully registered Bond of such Series for the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Bonds of such Series of each maturity, registered in the name of such successor or substitute qualified securities depository, or its nominee, or make such other arrangement acceptable to the Authority, the Trustee and the successor securities depository for the Bonds of such Series as are not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture. If the Authority fails to identify another qualified successor securities depository for such Series of Bonds to replace the incumbent securities depository, then the Bonds of such Series shall no longer be restricted to being registered in the Registration Books in the name of the incumbent securities depository or its nominee, but shall be registered in whatever name or names the incumbent securities depository for such Series of Bonds, or its nominee, shall designate. In such event the Authority shall execute, and deliver to the Trustee, a sufficient quantity of Bonds of such Series to carry out the transfers and exchanges provided in Sections 2.04, 2.08 and 2.09 hereof. All such Bonds of such Series shall be in fully registered form in Authorized Denominations. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture to the contrary, so long as any Book-Entry Bond is registered in the name of DTC, or its nominee, all payments with respect to the principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to such Book -Entry Bond and all notices with respect to such Book -Entry Bo nd shall be made and given, respectively, as provided in the Representation Letter.
(e) In connection with any notice or other communication to be provided to Owners of Book-Entry Bonds pursuant to this Indenture by the Authority, the City or the Trustee with respect to any consent or other action to be taken by Owners, the Authority, the City or the Trustee, as
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the case may be, shall establish a record date for such consent or other action and give DTC notice of such record date not less than 15 calendar days in advance of such record date to the extent possible.
ARTICLE III
ISSUANCE OF BONDS; APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
Section 3.01 Issuance of Series 2024A Bonds. The Authority may, at any time, execute the Series 2024A Bonds for issuance hereunder and deliver the same to the Trustee. The Trustee shall authenticate the Series 2024A Bonds and deliver the Series 2024A Bonds to the original purchaser thereof upon receipt of a Written Request of the Authority and upon receipt of the purchase price therefor.
Section 3.02 Application of Proceeds of the Series 2024A Bonds. On the Closing Date, the net proceeds of the sale of the Series 2024A Bonds received by the Trustee, $__________ (being the purchase price for the Series 2024A Bonds), shall be deposited by the Trustee as follows:
(a) The Trustee shall deposit the amount of $__________ in the Costs of Issuance Fund.
(b) The Trustee shall deposit the amount of $ __________ in the Project Fund to be applied as provided in Section 3.05 hereof.
Section 3.03 [Reserved].
Section 3.04 Costs of Issuance Fund. The Trustee shall establish and maintain a separate fund designated the “Costs of Issuance Fund.” On the Closing Date, there shall be deposited in the Costs of Issuance Fund the amount specified in Section 3.02 hereof. There shall be additionally deposited in the Cost of Issuance Fund the portion, if any, of the proceeds of the sale of any Additional Bonds required to be deposited therein under the Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which such Additional Bonds are issued.
The moneys in the Costs of Issuance Fund shall be used and withdr awn by the Trustee from time to time to pay the Costs of Issuance upon submission of a Written Request of the Authority stating (a) the Person to whom payment is to be made, (b) the amount to be paid, (c) the purpose for which the obligation was incurred, (d) that such payment is a proper charge against the Costs of Issuance Fund, and (e) that such amounts have not been the subject of a prior disbursement from the Costs of Issuance Fund, in each case together with a statement or invoice for each amount requested thereunder.
Each such Written Request of the Authority shall be sufficient evidence to the Trustee of the facts stated therein and the Trustee shall have no duty to confirm the accuracy of such facts. One hundred eighty (180) days following the Closing Date, or earlier upon the Written Request of the Authority, all amounts, if any, remaining in the Costs of Issuance Fund shall be withdrawn therefrom by the Trustee and transferred to the Interest Fund.
Section 3.05 Project Fund.
The Trustee shall establish, maintain and hold in trust a separate fund designated as the “Project Fund.” The moneys in the Project Fund or the accounts therein shall be disbursed by the Trustee on behalf of the City as specified in a Written Request of the City in the form attached her eto as Exhibit
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B. Each Written Request of the City shall be sufficient evidence to the Trustee of the facts stated therein and the Trustee shall have no duty to confirm the accuracy of such facts. On the date on which the City determines that amounts in the Project Fund are no longer necessary for payment of the cost of the Project, the City shall submit a Written Request to the Trustee to transfer any remaining balance in the Project Fund not needed for Project Fund purposes, at the City’s sole discretio n, to the City for use on eligible capital facilities, and the Project Fund shall be closed. Investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the Project Fund shall remain on deposit in the Project Fund for application in accordance with this Section.
Section 3.06 Conditions for the Issuance of Additional Bonds. The Authority may at any time issue one or more Series of Additional Bonds (in addition to the Series 2024A Bonds) payable from Base Rental Payments as provided herein on a parity with all other Bonds there tofore issued hereunder, but only subject to the following conditions, which are hereby made conditions precedent to the issuance of such Additional Bonds:
(a) The issuance of such Additional Bonds shall have been authorized under and pursuant hereto and shall have been provided for by a Supplemental Indenture which shall specify the following:
(i) The application of the proceeds of the sale of such Additional Bonds; (ii) The principal amount and designation of such Series of Additional Bonds and the denomination or denominations of the Additional Bonds; (iii) The date, the maturity date or dates, the interest payment dates and the dates on which mandatory sinking fund redemptions, if any, are to be made for such Additional Bonds; provided, however, that (i) the serial Bonds o f such Series of Additional Bonds shall be payable as to principal annually on April 1 of each year in which principal falls due, and the term Bonds of such Series of Additional Bonds shall have annual mandatory sinking fund redemptions on April 1, (ii) the Additional Bonds shall be payable as to interest semiannually on April 1 and October 1 of each year, except that the first installment of interest may be payable on either April 1 and October 1 and shall be for a period of not longer than twelve months and the interest shall be payable thereafter semiannually on April 1 and October 1 , (iii) all Additional Bonds of a Series of like maturity shall be identical in all respects, except as to number or denomination, and (iv) serial maturities of serial Bonds or mandatory sinking fund redemptions for term Bonds, or any combination thereof, shall be established to provide for the redemption or payment of such Additional Bonds on or before their respective maturity dates;
(iv) The redemption premiums and terms, if any, for such Additional Bonds;
(v) The form of such Additional Bonds; and
(vi) If a reserve fund is to be established and maintained for such Series of Additional Bonds, the applicable reserve requirement and the amount, if any, to be deposited from the proceeds of sale of such Additional Bonds in such reserve fund to be held as separate security for such Series of Additional Bonds;
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(vii) Designate accounts in the Interest Fund, the Principal Fund, the Redemption Fund, the Rebate Fund and the reserve fund (if any) to be app licable to such Additional Bonds; and
(viii) Such other provisions that are appropriate or necessary and are not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, including the establishment of a capitalized interest fund for the Additional Bonds, if appropriate;
(b) The Auth ority shall be in compliance with all agreements, conditions, covenants and terms contained herein, in the Lease Agreement and in the Ground Lease required to be observed or performed by it;
(c) The City shall be in compliance with all agreements, conditions, covenants and terms contained herein, in the Lease Agreement and in the Ground Lease required to be observed or performed by it; and
(d) The Ground Lease shall have been amended, to the extent necessary, and the Lease Agreement shall have been amended so as to increase the Base Rental Payments payable by the City thereunder by an aggregate amount equal to the principal of and interest on such Additional Bonds, payable at such times and in such manner as may be necessary to provide for the timely payment of the principal of and interest on such Additional Bonds; provided, however, that no such amendment shall be made such that the sum of Base Rental Payments, including any increase in the Base Rental Payments as a result of such amendment, plus Additional Rental Payments, in any Rental Period shall be in excess of the annual fair rental value of the Property after taking into account the use of the proceeds of any Additional Bonds issued in connection therewith (evidence of the satisfaction of such condition shall be made by a Written Certificate of the City).
Nothing contained herein shall limit the issuance of any bonds or other obligations payable from Base Rental Payments if, after the issuance and delivery of such bonds or other obligations, none of the Bonds theretofore issued hereunder will be Outstanding.
Section 3.07 Procedure for the Issuance of Additional Bonds. At any time after the sale of any Additional Bonds in accordance with the Act, such Additional Bonds shall be executed by the Authority for issuance hereunde r and shall be delivered to the Trustee and thereupon shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, but only upon receipt by the Trustee of the following:
(a) Certified copies of the Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of such Additional Bonds, the amendment to the Lease Agreement required by Section 3.06 hereof and the amendment to the Ground Lease, if any, required by Section 3.06 hereof, together with satisfactory evidence that such amendment to the Lease Agreement and such amendment to th e Ground Lease, if any, have been (or will be immediately upon issuance of such Additional Bonds) duly recorded in the Official Records of the Orange County, California Recorder’s office; (b) A Written Request of the Authority as to the delivery of such Additional Bonds; (c) An opinion of Bond Counsel substantially to the effect that (i) the Indenture (including all Supplemental Indentures), the Lease Agreement (including the amendment thereto required by Section 3.06 hereof) and the Ground Lease (including any amendment thereto required by Section 3.06 hereof) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and constitute the valid
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and binding obligations of, the Authority and the City, enforceable in accordance with their terms (except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and by the application of equitable principles and by the exercise of judicial discretion in appropriate cases and subject to the limitations o n legal remedies against political subdivisions in the State of California), (ii) such Additional Bonds constitute valid and binding special obligations of the Authority payable solely from Base Rental Payments as provided herein and are enforceable in acc ordance with their terms (except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and by the application of equitable principles and by the exercise of judicial discretio n in appropriate cases and subject to the limitations on legal remedies against political subdivisions in the State of California), and (iii) the issuance of such Additional Bonds, in and of itself, will not adversely affect the exclusion of interest on any tax-exempt Bonds Outstanding prior to the issuance of such Additional Bonds from gross income for federal income tax purposes; (d) a Written Certificate of the Authority that the requirements of Section 3.06 hereof have been met;
(e) a Written Certificate of the City that the requirements of Section 3.06 hereof and Sections 6.01 and 6.02 of the Lease Agreement have been met, and a Written Certificate of the City directing the application of the proceeds of such Additional Bonds; and (f) Such further documents as are required by the provisions hereof or by the provisions of the Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of such Additional Bonds.
Section 3.08 Additional Bonds . So long as any of the Bonds remain Outstanding, the Authority shall not issue any Additional Bonds or obligations payable from the Base Rental Payments, except pursuant to Sections 3.06 and 3.07 hereof.
ARTICLE IV
REDEMPTION OF BONDS
Section 4.01 Redemption of Series 2024A Bonds.
(a) Extraordinary Redemption . The Series 2024A Bonds shall be subject to redemption, in whole or in part, on any date, in Authorized Denominations, from and to the extent of any Net Insurance Proceeds received with respect to all or a portion of the Property, deposited by the Trustee in the Redemption Fund pursuant to Sections 5.03 and 5.04 hereof, at a R edemption Price equal to the principal amount of the Series 2024A Bonds to be redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption, without premium.
(b) Optional Redemption. The Series 2024A Bonds maturing on or after April 1, 20__, shall be subject to optional redemption, in whole or in part, on any date on or after April 1, 20__, in Authorized Denominations, from and to the extent of prepaid Base Rental Payments paid pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 8.02 of the Lease Agreement, at a Redemption Price equal to the principal amount of the Series 2024A Bonds to be redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption, without premium.
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(c) Sinking Fund Redemption. The Series 2024A Bonds maturing on April 1, 20__ are subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption in part (by lot) on each April 1 on and after April 1, 20__, in integral multiples of $5,000 at a Redemption Price of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption, wit hout premium, in accordance with the following schedule:
Sinking Fund Redemption Date
(April 1)
Principal Amount
To Be Redeemed
$
(maturity)
The Series 2024A Bonds maturing on April 1, 20__ are subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption in part (by lot) on each April 1 on and after April 1, 20__, in integral multiples of $5,000 at a Redemption Price of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption, without premium, in accordance with the following schedule:
Sinking Fund Redemption Date
(April 1)
Principal Amount
To Be Redeemed
$
(maturity)
In the event of a partial redemption pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or (b), the City shall provide the Trustee with a revised mandatory sinking fund schedule giving effect to the redemption so completed.
Section 4.02 Notice of Redemption . The Trustee on behalf and at the expense of the Authority shall mail (by first class mail) notice of any redemption to the respective Owners of any Bonds designated for redemption at their respective addresses appearing on the Registration Books, to the Securities Depositories and to one or more Information Services, at least 20 but not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. Such notice shall state the date of the notice, the redemption date, the redemption place and the Redemption Price and shall designate the CUSIP numbers, the Bond numbers and the maturity or maturities (except in the event of redemption of all of the Bonds of such maturity or maturities in whole) of the Bonds to be redeemed, and shall require that such Bonds be then surrendered at the Office of the Trustee for redemption at the Redemption Price, giving notice also that further interest on such Bonds will not accrue from and after the dat e fixed for redemption.
Such notice of redemption may also state that no representation is made as to the accuracy or correctness of the CUSIP numbers printed therein or on the Bonds. Neither the failure to receive any notice so mailed, nor any defect in such notice, shall affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of the Bonds or the cessation of accrual of interest thereon from and after the date fixed for redemption.
With respect to any notice of optional redemption of the Bonds, such notice may state that such redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt by the Trustee, on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption, of moneys sufficient to pay the principal of, premium if any, and interest on the Bonds to
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be redeemed and upon other conditions set forth therein and that, if such money shall not have been so received or such other conditions shall not have been satisfied, said notice shall be of no force and effect and the Trustee shall not be required to redeem such Bonds. If an y condition stated in the redemption notice for an optional redemption shall not have been satisfied on or prior to the redemption date: (i) the redemption notice shall be of no force and effect, (ii) the Authority shall not be required to redeem such Bon ds, (iii) the redemption shall not be made, and (iv) the Trustee shall within a reasonable time thereafter give notice to the persons in the manner in which the conditional redemption notice was given that such condition or conditions were not met and that the redemption was canceled.
Section 4.03 Selection of Bonds for Redemption . Whenever provision is made in this Indenture for the redemption of less than all of the Bonds, the Trustee shall select the Bonds to be redeemed from all Bonds not previously called for rede mption (a) with respect to any optional redemption of Bonds of a Series, among maturities of Bonds of such Series as directed in a Written Request of the Authority, (b) with respect to any redemption pursuant to Section 4.01(a) hereof and the corresponding provision of any Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which Additional Bonds are issued, among maturities of all Series of Bonds on a pro rata basis as nearly as practicable, and (c) with respect to any other redemption of Additional Bonds, among maturities as provided in the Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which such Additional Bonds are issued, and by lot among Bonds of the same Series with the same maturity in any manner which the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem appropriate and fair. For purposes of such selection, all Bonds shall be deemed to be comprised of separate $5,000 denominations and such separate denominations shall be treated as separate Bonds which may be separately redeemed.
Section 4.04 Partial Redemption of Bonds . Upon surrender of any Bonds redeemed in part only, the Authority shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Owner thereof, at the expense of the Authority, a new Bond or Bonds of the same Series in authorized denominations equal in aggregate principal amount representing the unredeemed portion of the Bonds surrendered.
Section 4.05 Effect of Notice of Redemption. Notice having been mailed as aforesaid, and moneys for the Redemption Price, and the interest to the applicable date fixed for redemption, having been set aside in the Redemption Fund, the Bonds shall become due and payable on said date, and, upon presentation and surrender thereof at the Office of the Trustee, said Bonds shall be paid at the Redemption Price thereof, together with interest accrued and unpaid to said date.
If, on said date fixed for redemption, moneys for the Redemption Price of all the Bonds to be redeemed, together with interest to said date, shall be held by the Trustee so as to be available therefor on such date, and, if notice of redemption thereof shall have been mailed as aforesaid and not canceled, then, from and after said date, interest on said Bonds shall cease to accrue and become payable. All moneys held by or on behalf of the Trustee for the redemption of Bonds shall be held in trust for the account of the Owners of the Bonds so to be redeemed without liability to such Owners for interest thereon.
All Bonds paid at maturity or redeemed prior to maturity pursuant to the provisions hereof shall be canceled upon surrender thereof and destroyed.
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ARTICLE V
SECURITY FOR BONDS; FLOW OF FUNDS; INVESTMENTS
Section 5.01 Pledge; Special Obligations. Subject only to the provisions of this Indenture permitting the application thereof for the purposes and on the terms and conditions set forth herein, all of the Base Rental Payments and any other amounts (including proceeds of the sale of the Bonds) held in the Base Rental Payment Fund, the Interest Fund, the Principal Fund and the Redemption Fund are hereby pledged to secure the payment of the principal of, premium , if any, and interest on the Bonds in accordance with their terms, the provisions of this Indenture and the Act. Said pledge shall constitute a first lien on such assets.
All obligations of the Authority under this Indenture shall be special obligations of the Authority, payable solely from Rental Payments and the other assets pledged therefor hereunder; provided, however, that all obligations of the Authority under the Bonds shall be special obligations of the Authority, payable solely from Base Rental P ayments and the other assets pledged therefor hereunder. Neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the Authority, the City or the State of California, or any political subdivision thereof, is pledged to the payment of the Bonds.
Section 5.02 Flow of Funds.
(a) The Trustee shall establish and maintain separate funds designated the “Base Rental Payment Fund,” the “Interest Fund,” the “Principal Fund” and the “Redemption Fund.” If Additional Bonds are issued, the Trustee shall establish subaccounts within each fun d for each Series of Additional Bonds.
All Base Rental Payments shall be paid directly by the City to the Trustee, and if received by the Authority at any time shall be transferred by the Authority to the Trustee within one Business Day after the receipt t hereof. All Base Rental Payments received by the Trustee shall be deposited by the Trustee in the Base Rental Payment Fund. (b) The Trustee shall transfer the amounts on deposit in the Base Rental Payment Fund, at the times and in the manner hereinafter provi ded, to the following respective funds in the following order of priority:
(1) Interest Fund . On the Business Day immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date, the Trustee shall transfer from the Base Rental Payment Fund to the Interest Fund the amount, if any, necessary to cause the amount on deposit in the Interest Fund to be equal to the interest due on the Bonds on such Interest Payment Date. Moneys in the Interest Fund shall be used by the Trustee to pay interest due on the Bonds on each Interest Payment Date.
(2) Principal Fund . On the Business Day immediately preceding each April 1, commencing [April 1, 2025], the Trustee shall transfer from the Base Rental Payment Fund to the Principal Fund the amount, if any, necessary to cause the amount on deposit in the Principal Fund to be equal to the principal amount of the Bonds due on such April 1 either as a result of the maturity thereof or mandatory sinking fund redemption payments required to be made with respect thereto. Moneys in the Principal Fund shal l be used by the Trustee for the
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purpose of paying the principal of the Bonds when due and payable at their maturity dates or upon earlier mandatory sinking fund redemption.
(3) Redemption Fund. The Trustee, on the redemption date specified in the Written Request of the City filed with the Trustee at the time that any prepaid Base Rental Payment is paid to the Trustee pursuant to the Lease Agreement, shall deposit in the Redemption Fund that amount of moneys representing the portion of the Base Rental Payments designated as prepaid Base Rental Payments. Additionally, the Trustee shall deposit in the Redemption Fund any amounts required to be deposited therein pursuant to Section 5.03 or Section 5.04 hereof. Moneys in the Redemption Fund shall be used by the T rustee for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on Series 2024A Bonds redeemed pursuant to the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of Section 4.01 hereof and Additional Bonds redeemed pursuant to the corresponding prov isions of the Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which such Additional Bonds are issued.
Section 5.03 Application of Net Insurance Proceeds. If the Property or any portion thereof shall be damaged or destroyed, subject to the further requirements of this Section, the City shall, as expeditiously as possible, continuously and diligently prosecute or cause to be prosecuted the repair or replacement thereof, unless the City elects not to repair or replace the Property or the affected portion thereof in accordance with the provisions hereof.
The Net Insurance Proceeds (other than Net Insurance Proceeds of rental interruption insurance), including the proceeds of any self -insurance, received on account of any damage or destruction of the Property or a portion thereof shall as soon as possible be deposited with the Trustee and be held by the Trustee in a special account and made available for and, to the extent necessary, shall be applied to the cost of repair or replacement of the Property or the affected portion thereof upon receipt of a Written Request of the City, together with invoices therefor. Pending such application, such proceeds may be invested by the Trustee as directed by the City in Permitted Investments that mature not later than such times moneys are expected t o be needed to pay such costs of repair or replacement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City shall, within 60 days of the occurrence of the event of damage or destruction, notify the Trustee in writing as to whether the City intends to replace or repair the Property or the portions of the Property which were damaged or destroyed. If the City does intend to replace or repair the Property or portions thereof, the City shall deposit with the Trustee the full amount of any insurance deductible to be credited to the special account.
In the event of any damage to or destruction of the Property caused by one of the perils covered by the insurance required by Section 6.01(c) of the Lease Agreement which would result in an abatement of rental payments or any port ion thereof pursuant to Section 3.06 thereof, then the City shall apply the Net Insurance Proceeds (other than Net Insurance Proceeds of rental interruption insurance), together with other legally available funds that the City elects to contribute, to the repair, reconstruction or replacement of the damaged or destroyed portions of the Property; provided, however, that the City shall not be required to repair or replace any portion of the Property pursuant to this Section 5.03 if such Net Insurance Proceeds , together with any other amounts held under this Indenture and any other legally available funds made available by the City at its election, are sufficient to prepay (i) all of the Outstanding Bonds, or (ii) a portion of the Outstanding Bonds such that th e resulting Base Rental Payments under Section 4.01(a) in any Rental Period following such partial prepayment are sufficient to pay in such Rental Period the principal of and interest on all Bonds to
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remain Outstanding immediately after such partial redemption. If the City is not required to replace or repair the Property, or the affected portion thereof, or to use such amounts to redeem Bonds, in each case as set forth in this Section 5.03, then such proceeds (and rental interruption insurance proceeds not applied pursuant to the next paragraph) shall, if there is first delivered to the Trustee a Written Certificate of the City to the effect that the annual fair rental value of the Property after such damage or destruction, and after any repairs or replacements made as a result of such damage or destruction, is at least equal to 100% of the maximum amount of Base Rental Payments becoming due under the Lease Agreement in the then current Rental Period or any subsequent Rental Period and the fair replacement value of the Property after such damage or destruction is at least equal to the principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds, be paid to the City to be used for any lawful purpose.
Proceeds of rental interruption insurance shall be deposited to the Base Rental Payment Fund and applied to the payment of Base Rental Payments to the extent of any abatement thereof pursuant to the Lease Agreement, and otherwise as directed by the City.
The proceeds of any award in eminent domain received in respect to the Proper ty shall be deposited by the Trustee in the Redemption Fund and applied to the redemption of Bonds pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 4.01 hereof and the corresponding provisions of any Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which Additional Bonds are issued.
Section 5.04 Title Insurance . Proceeds of any policy of title insurance received by the Trustee in respect of the Property shall be applied and disbursed by the Trustee as follows:
(a) if the City determines that the title defect giving rise to such proceeds has not substantially interfered with its use and occupancy of the Property and will not result in an abatement of Rental Payments payable by the City under the Lease Agreement, such proceeds shall be remitted to the City and used for any lawful purpose thereof; or (b) if the City determines that the title defect giving rise to such proceeds has substantially interfered with its use and occupancy of the Property and will result in an abatement of Rental Payments payable by the City under the Lease Agreement, then the Tru stee shall immediately deposit such proceeds in the Redemption Fund and such proceeds shall be applied to the redemption of Bonds in the manner provided in subsection (a) of Section 4.01 hereof and the corresponding provisions of any Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which Additional Bonds are issued.
Section 5.05 Rebate Fund.
(a) Establishment. The Trustee shall establish a fund for the Bonds designated the “Rebate Fund” when required in accordance herewith. Absent an Opinion of Counsel that the exclusion from gross inc ome for federal income tax purposes of interest on the Series 2024A Bonds will not be adversely affected, the Authority shall cause to be deposited in the Rebate Fund such amounts as are required to be deposited therein pursuant to this Section and the Tax Certificate. All money at any time deposited in the Rebate Fund shall be held by the Trustee in trust for payment to the United States Treasury. All amounts on deposit in the Rebate Fund for the Series 2024A Bonds shall be governed by this Section and t he Tax Certificate, unless and to the extent that the Authority delivers to the Trustee an opinion of Bond Counsel that the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest on the Bonds will not be adversely affected if such requirem ents are not satisfied. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Tax Certificate, the Trustee: (1) shall be deemed conclusively to have complied with the provisions thereof if it follows
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all Written Requests of the Authority or Written Requests of the City; (2) shall have no liability or responsibility to enforce compliance by the Authority or the City with the terms of the Tax Certificate and shall not be deemed to have knowledge of the terms thereof; (3) may rely conclusively on the Authority’s or the City’s calculations and determinations and certifications relating to rebate matters; and (4) shall have no responsibility to independently make any calculations or determinations or to review the Authority’s or the City’s calculations or determinations thereunder. (i) Annual Computation. Within 55 days of the end of each fifth Bond Year (as such term is defined in the Tax Certificate), the Authority shall calculate or cause to be calculated the amount of rebatable arbitrage, in accordance with Section 148(f)(2) of the Code and Section 1.148-3 of the Treasury Regulations (taking into account any applicable exceptions with respect to the computation of the rebatable arbitrage, described, if applicable, in the Tax Certificate (e.g., the temporary investments exceptions of Section 148(f)(4)(B) and the construction expenditures exception of Section 148(f)(4)(C) of the Code), and taking into account whether the election pursuant to Section 148(f)(4)(C)(vii) of the Code (the “1½% Penalty”) has been made), for this purpose treating the last day of the applicable Bond Year as a computation date, within the meaning of Section 1.148-1(b) of the Treasury Regulations (the “Rebatable Arbitrage”). The Authority shall obtain expert advice as to the amount of the Rebatable Arbitrage to comply with this Section.
(ii) Annual Transfer. Within 55 days of the end of each fifth Bond Year, upon the Written Request of the Authority or Written Request of the City, an amount shall be deposited to the Rebate Fund by the Trustee from any Rental Payments legally available for such purpose (as specified by the Auth ority or the City in the aforesaid Written Request), if and to the extent required, so that the balance in the Rebate Fund shall equal the amount of Rebatable Arbitrage so calculated in accordance with clause (i) of this subsection (a). In the event that immediately following the transfer required by the previous sentence, the amount then on deposit to the credit of the Rebate Fund exceeds the amount required to be on deposit therein, upon Written Request of the Authority or Written Request of the City, the Trustee shall withdraw the excess from the Rebate Fund and then credit the excess to the Base Rental Payment Fund.
(iii) Payment to the Treasury. The Trustee shall pay, as directed by Written Request of the Authority, to the United States Treasury, out of amounts in the Rebate Fund:
(A) Not later than 60 days after the end of: (X) the fifth Bond Year; and (Y) each applicable fifth Bond Year thereafter, an amount equal to at least 90% of the Rebatable Arbitrage calculated as of the end of such Bond Year; and (B) Not later than 60 days after the payment of all of the Bonds, an amount equal to 100% of the Rebatable Arbitrage calculated as of the end of such applicable Bond Year, and any income attributable to the Rebatable Arbitrage, computed in accordance with Section 148(f) of the Code and Section 1.148 -3 of the Treasury Regulations.
In the event that, prior to the time of any payment required to be made from the Rebate Fund, the amount in the Rebate Fund is not sufficient to make such payment when such payment is due, the Authority shall calculate or cause to be calculated the amount of such deficiency and deposit an amount received from any legally available source equal to such deficiency prior to the time such
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payment is due. Each payment required to be made pursuan t to this subsection (a) shall be made to the Internal Revenue Service Center, Ogden, Utah 84201 on or before the date on which such payment is due, and shall be accompanied by Internal Revenue Service Form 8038 -T (prepared by the Authority), or shall be made in such other manner as provided under the Code. (b) Disposition of Unexpended Funds. Any funds remaining in the Rebate Fund after redemption and payment of the Series 2024A Bonds and the payments described in subsection (a) above being made may be withdrawn by the Authority and utilized in any manner by the Authority. (c) Survival of Defeasance . Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, the obligation to comply with the requirements of this Section shall survive the defeasance or payment in full of the Series 2024A Bonds.
Section 5.06 Investment of Moneys. Except as otherwise provided herein, all moneys in any of the funds or accounts established pursuant to this Indenture and held by the Trustee shall be invested by the Trustee solely in Permitted Invest ments, as directed in writing by the Authority.
Moneys in all funds and accounts held by the Trustee shall be invested in Permitted Investments maturing not later than the date on which it is estimated that such moneys will be required for the purposes specified in this Indenture. Absent timely written direction from the Authority, the Trustee shall hold any funds held by it uninvested.
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.06 hereof, all interest, profits and other income received from the investment of moneys in any fund or account established pursuant to this Indenture shall be retained in such fund or account.
Permitted Investments acquired as an investment of moneys in any fund established under this Indenture shall be credited to such fund. For the purpose of determining the amount in any fund, all Permitted Investments credited to such fund shall be valued by the Trustee at the fair market value thereof, such valuation to be performed not less frequently than semiannually on or before each April 15 and October 15. In determining fair market value, the Trustee may use and rely conclusively on any generally recognized securities pricing service available to it (including brokers and dealers in securities).
The Trustee may act as principal or agent in the making or disposing of any investment. Upon the Written Request of the Authority, the Trustee shall sell or present for redemption any Permitted Investments so purchased whenever it shall be necessary to provide moneys to meet any required payment, transfer, withdrawal or disbursement from the fund to which such Permitted Investments is credited, and the Trustee shall not be liable or responsible for any loss resulting from any investment made or sold pursuant to this Section. For purposes of investment, the Trustee may commingle moneys in any of the funds and accounts established hereunder.
The Trustee may make any investments hereunder through the bond or investment department or trust investment department of the entity acting as Trustee hereunder, or those of such entity’s parent or any affiliate, and such entity, or its parent or affiliate, as applicable, shall be entitled to its normal, customary and reasonable compensation for such services.
The entity acting as Trustee hereunder, or any of its affiliates, may act as sponsor, advisor or manager in connection with any investments made by the Trustee hereunder and such entity, or its
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affiliate, as applicable, shall be entitled to its normal, customary and reasonable compensation for such services.
The Authority and the City acknowledge that, to the extent regulations of the Comptroller of the Currency or other applicable regulatory entity grant the Authority and the City the right to receive brokerage confirmations of security transactions as they occur, at no additional cost, the Authority and the City specifically waive receipt of such confirmations to the extent permitted by law.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
Section 6.01 Compliance with Agreements. The Trustee will not authenticate or deliver any Bonds in any manner other tha n in accordance with the provisions hereof, and the Authority and the City will not suffer or permit any default by them to occur hereunder, but will faithfully comply with, keep, observe and perform all the agreements, conditions, covenants and terms here of required to be complied with, kept, observed and performed by them.
Section 6.02 Compliance with Ground Lease and Lease Agreement. The Authority and the City will faithfully comply with, keep, observe and perform all the agreements, conditions, covenants and terms contained in the Ground Lease and the Lease Agreement required to be complied with, kept, observed and performed by them and, together with the Trustee, will enforce the Ground Lease and the Lease Agreement against the other party thereto in accordance wit h their respective terms.
Section 6.03 Observance of Laws and Regulations . The Authority, the City and the Trustee will faithfully comply with, keep, observe and perform all valid and lawful obligations or regulations now or hereafter imposed on them by contract, or p rescribed by any law of the United States of America or of the State of California, or by any officer, board or commission having jurisdiction or control, as a condition of the continued enjoyment of each and every franchise, right or privilege now owned o r hereafter acquired by them, including their right to exist and carry on their respective businesses, to the end that such franchises, rights and privileges shall be maintained and preserved and shall not become abandoned, forfeited or in any manner impaired.
Section 6.04 Other Liens. The City will keep the Property and all parts thereof free from judgments and materialmen’s and mechanics’ liens and free from all claims, demands, encumbrances and other liens of whatever nature or character, and free from any claim or liability which materially impairs the City in conducting its business or utilizing the Property, and the Trustee at its option (after first giving the City ten days’ written notice to comply therewith and failure of the City to so comply within such ten-day period) may, but is in no event obligated to, defend against any and all actions or proceedings, or may pay or compromise any claim or demand asserted in any such actions or proceedings; provided, however, that, in defending against any such actions or proceedings or in paying or compromising any such claims or demands, the Trustee shall not in any event be deemed to have waived or released the City from liability for or on account of any of its agreements and covenants contained herein, or from its liability hereunder and to perform such agreements and covenants.
So long as any Bonds are Outstanding, none of the Trustee, the Authority or the City shall create or suffer to be created any pledge of or lien the amounts on deposit in any of the funds or accounts created hereunder, other than the pledge and lien hereof.
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The Authority, the City and the Trustee shall not encumber the Property other than in accordance with the Ground Lease, the Lease Agreement, the Indenture and the Assignment Agreement.
Section 6.05 Prosecution and Defense of Suits . The City will promptly, upon request of the Trustee (which request the Trustee is not required to make), take such action from time to time as may be necessary or proper to remedy or cure any cloud upon or defect in the title to the Property or any part thereof, whether now existing or hereafter developing, will prosecute all actions, suits or other proceedings as may be appropriate for such purpose and will indemnify and save the Trustee harmless from all cost, damage, expense or loss, including attorneys’ fees and expenses, which it or the Owners may incur by reason of any such cloud, defect, action, suit or other proceeding.
Section 6.06 Accounting Records and Statements . The Trustee will keep proper accounting records in which complete and correct entries shall be made of all transactions relating to the receipt, deposit and disbursement of the Base Rental Payments, and such accounting records shall be available for inspection by the Authority and the City at reasonable hours and under reas onable conditions.
Section 6.07 Recordation and Filing. The City will record, or cause to be recorded, with the appropriate county recorder, the Lease Agreement, the Ground Lease and the Assignment Agreement, or memoranda thereof.
Section 6.08 Tax Covenants. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture, absent an Opinion of Counsel that the exclusion from gross income of the interest on the Series 2024A Bonds will not be adversely affected for federal income tax purposes, the City and the Authority covenant to comply with all applicable requirements of the Code necessary to preserve such exclusion from gross income with respect to the Series 2024A Bonds and specifically covenant, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, as follows:
(a) Private Activity. The City and the Authority will not take any action or refrain from taking any action or make any use of the proceeds of the Series 2024A Bonds or of any other moneys or property which would cause the Series 2024A Bonds to be “private activity bonds” within the meaning of Section 141 of the Code;
(b) Arbitrage. The City and the Authority will make no use of the proceeds of the Series 2024A Bonds or of any other amounts or property, regardless of the source, and will not take any action or refrain fr om taking any action which would cause the Series 2024A Bonds to be “arbitrage bonds” within the meaning of Section 148 of the Code; (c) Federal Guarantee . The City and the Authority will make no use of the proceeds of the Series 2024A Bonds and will not take or omit to take any action that would cause the Series 2024A Bonds to be “federally guaranteed” within the meaning of Section 149(b) of the Code; (d) Information Reporting. The City and the Authority will take or cause to be taken all necessary action to comply with the informational reporting requirement of Section 149(e) of the Code necessary to preserve the exclusion of interest on the Series 2024A Bonds pursuant to Section 103(a) of the Code;
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(e) Hedge Bonds. The City and the Authority will make no use of the proceeds of the Series 2024A Bonds or any other amounts or property, regardless of the source, and will not take any action or refrain from taking any action that would cause the Series 2024A Bonds to be considered “hedge bonds” within the meaning of Sec tion 149(g) of the Code unless the City and the Authority take all necessary action to assure compliance with the requirements of Section 149(g) of the Code to maintain the exclusion from gross income of interest on the Series 2024A Bonds for federal incom e tax purposes; and
(f) Miscellaneous. The City and the Authority will not take any action or refrain from taking any action inconsistent with its expectations stated in the Tax Certificate and will comply with the covenants and requirements stated therein and incorporated by reference herein.
This Section and the covenants set forth herein shall not be applicable to, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prevent the City and the Authority from causing the Trustee to issue revenue bonds or to execute and deliver contracts payable on a parity with the Series 2024A Bonds, the interest with respect to which has been determined by an Opinion of Counsel to be subject to federal income taxation.
Section 6.09 Continuing Disclosure. The City will comply with and carry ou t all of the provisions of the Continuing Disclosure Certificate. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, failure of the City to comply with the Continuing Disclosure Certificate shall not constitute an event of default hereunder; provided, however, that the Trustee may (and, at the written direction of any Participating Underwriter or the holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Bonds, and upon being indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction therefor, shall) or any holder or Beneficial Owner of the Bonds may take such actions as may be necessary and appropriate to compel performance, including seeking mandate or specific performance by court order.
Section 6.10 Further Assurances. Whenever and so often as requested to do so by the Trustee, the Authority and the City will promptly execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered all such other and further assurances, documents or instruments and promptly do or cause to be done all such other and further things as may be necessary or reasonably required in order to further and more fully vest in the Trustee all advantages, benefits, interests, powers, privileges and rights conferred or intended to be conferred upon it hereby or by the Assignment Agreement, the Groun d Lease or the Lease Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
Section 7.01 Action on Default. If an event of default ( as described in Article VII of the Lease Agreement) shall happen, then such event of default shall constitute an event of default hereunder. The Trustee, as assignee of the Authority, shall give notice to the City of an event of default under the Lease Agreement. In each and every case during the continuance of an event of default, the Trustee may, upon being indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction therefor, upon notice in writing to the City and the Authority, exercise any of the remedies granted to the Authority under the Lease Agreement and, in addition, take whatever action at law or in equity may appear necessary or desirable to enforce its rights as assignee pursuant to the Assignment Agreement or to protect and enforce any of the rights vested in the Trustee or the Owners by this Indenture or by the Bonds, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the speci fic enforcement of any covenant or
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agreement or for the enforcement of any other legal or equitable right, including any one or more of the remedies set forth in Section 7.02 hereof.
Section 7.02 Other Remedies of the Trustee . Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall have the right:
(a) by mandamus or other action or proceeding or suit at law or in equity to enforce its rights against the Authority or the City or any member, director, officer or employee thereof, and to compel the Authority or the City or any such member, director, officer or employee to perform or carry out its or his or her duties under law and the agreements and covenants required to be performed by it or him or her contained herein;
(b) by suit in equity to enjoin any acts or thin gs which are unlawful or violate the rights of the Trustee; or
(c) by suit in equity upon the happening of any event of default hereunder to require the Authority and the City to account as the trustee of an express trust.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Owner any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Bonds or the rights of any Owner thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Owner in any such proceeding without the approval of the Owners so affected.
Section 7.03 Non-Waiver. A waiver of any default or breach of duty or contract by the Trustee shall not affect any subsequent default or breach of duty or contract or im pair any rights or remedies on any such subsequent default or breach of duty or contract. No delay or omission by the Trustee to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any default or breach of duty or contract shall impair any such right or remedy or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or breach of duty or contract or an acquiescence therein, and every right or remedy conferred upon the Trustee by law or by this Article may be enforced and exercised from time to time and as often the Trustee shall deem expedient.
If any action, proceeding or suit to enforce any right or to exercise any remedy is abandoned or determined adversely to the Trustee or any Owner, then subject to any adverse determination, the Trustee, such Owner, the Authority and the City shall be restored to their former positions, rights and remedies as if such action, proceeding or suit had not been brought or taken.
Section 7.04 Remedies Not Exclusive. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 hereof, no remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing in law or in equity or by statute or otherwise and may be exercised without exhausting and without regard to any other remedy conferred by any law. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 7.05 No Liability by the Authority to the Owners. Except as expressly provided herein, the Authority shall not have any obligation or liability to the Owners with respect to the payment when due of the Base Rental Payments by the City, or with respect to the performance by the City of the other agreements and covenants required to be performed by it contained in the Lease
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Agreement or herein, or with respect to the performance by the Trustee of any right or obligation required to be performed by it contained herein.
Section 7.06 No Liability by the City to the Owners. Except for the payment when due of the Base Rental Payments and the performance of the other agreements and covenants required to be performed by it contained in the Lease Agreement, the Ground Lease or herein, the City shall not have any obligation or liability to the Owners with respect to this Indenture or the preparation, execution, delivery or transfer of the Bonds or the disbursement of the Base Rental Payments by the Trustee to the Owners, or with respect to the performance by the Trustee of any right or obligation required to be performed by it contained herein.
Section 7.07 No Liability of the Trustee to the Owners . Except as expressly provided herein, the Trustee shall not have any obligation or liability to the Owners with respect to the payment when due of the Base Rental Payments by the City, or with respect to the performance by the Authority or the City of the other agreements and covenants required to be performed by them contained in th e Lease Agreement, the Ground Lease or herein.
Section 7.08 Application of Amounts After Default. All payments received by the Trustee with respect to the rental of the Property after a default by the City pursuant to Article VII of the Lease Agreement (including, wit hout limitation, any proceeds received in connection with the sale, assignment or sublease of the Authority’s right, title and interest in the Ground Lease), and all damages or other payments received by the Trustee for the enforcement of any rights and powers of the Trustee under Article VII of the Lease Agreement, shall be deposited into the Base Rental Payment Fund and as soon as practicable thereafter applied, together with all other funds held hereunder (except funds in the Rebate Fund):
(a) to the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Article VIII hereof; (b) to the payment of all amounts then due for interest on the Bonds, in respect of which, or for the benefit of which, money has been collected (other than Bonds which have become payable prior to such event of default and money for the payment of which is held by the Trustee), ratably without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts of interest on such Bonds due and payable; and
(c) to the payment of all amounts then due for principal of the Bonds, in respect of which, or for the benefit of which, money has been collected (other than Bonds which have become payable prior to such event of default and money for the payment of which is held by the Trustee), ratably without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts of principal of such Bonds due and payable.
Section 7.09 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Bonds . All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Bonds may be prosecuted and enforced by the Tru stee without the possession of any of the Bonds or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment sh all, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Owners in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
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Section 7.10 Limitation on Suits. No Owner of any Bond shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or Trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (a) such Owner shall have previo usly given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing event of default, (b) the Owners of not less than 25% of the aggregate principal amount of Bonds then Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such event of default in its own name as Trustee hereunder, (c) such Owner or Owners shall have afforded to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request, (d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such proceedings, and (e) no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee during such 60 day period by the Owners of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Bonds then Outstanding; it being understood and intended that no one or more Owners shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Owner, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Owner or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Owners.
ARTICLE VIII
THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01 Employment of the Trustee. The Authority hereby appoints and employs the Trustee to receive, deposit and disburse the Base Rental Payments, to authenticate, deliver and transfer the Bonds and to perform the other functions contained herein, all in the manner provided herein and subject to the conditions and terms hereof. By executing and delivering this Indenture, the Trustee accepts the appointment and employment hereinabove referred to and accepts the rights and obligations of the Trustee provided herein, subject to the conditions and terms hereof. Other than when an event of default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. In case an event of default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. The Trustee hereby covenants and agrees that it will not encumber the Property.
Section 8.02 Duties, Removal and Resignation of the Trustee . The Authority shall remove the Trustee initially a party hereto and any successor thereto if at any time (a) requested to do so by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing signed by the Owner s of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Bonds at the time Outstanding (or their attorneys duly authorized in writing), or (b) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the following sentence, and shall appoint a successor Trust ee. The Trustee and any successor Trustee shall be: (i) a national banking association in good standing authorized to exercise trust powers or having the powers of a trust company and duly authorized to exercise trust powers within the State having a combined capital and surplus of at least $250,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, or (ii) a state -chartered commercial bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System having at least $1,000,000,000 of assets. No removal, resignation or termination of the Trustee shall take effect until a successor, meeting the requirements above, shall be qualified and appointed. If such entity publishes a report of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requir ements of any supervising or examining authority above referred to, then for the purposes of this Section the
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combined capital and surplus of such entity shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the Authority and the City and by giving notice, by first class mail, postage prepaid, of such resignation to the Owners at their addresses appearing on the Registration Books. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Authority shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee by an instrument in writing; provided, however, that in the event the Authority does not appoint a successor Trustee within 30 days following receipt of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may, at the expense of the Authority, petition the appropriate court having jurisdiction to appoint a successor Trustee. Any resignation or removal of a Trustee and appointment of a su ccessor Trustee shall become effective only upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee.
Any corporation, association or agency into which the Trustee may be converted or merged, or with which it may be consolidated, or to which it may sell or transfer its corporate trust business and assets as a whole or substantially as a whole, or any corporation or association resulting from any such conversion, sale, merger, consolidation or transfer to which it is a party, provided that such entity meets the combined capital and surplus requirements of this Section, ipso facto, shall be and become successor trustee under this Indenture and vested with all the trusts, powers, discretions, immunities, privileges and all other matters as was its predecessor, without the execution or filing of any instrument or any further act, deed or conveyance on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section 8.03 Compensation of the Trustee . The City shall from time to time, subject to any written agreement then in effect with the Trustee, pay the Trustee reasonable compensation for all its services rendered hereunder and reimburse the Trustee for all its reasonable advances and expenditures (which shall not include “overhead expenses” except as such expenses are included as a component of the Trustee’s stated annual fees) hereunder, including but not limited to advances to and reasonable fees and reasonable expenses of accountants, agents, appraisers, consultants or other experts, and counsel not directly employed by the Trustee but an attorney or firm of attorneys retained by the Trustee, employed by it in the exercise and performance of its rights and obligations hereunder.
The Trustee may take whatever legal actions are lawfully available to it directly against the Authority or the City.
The City shall, to the extent permitted by law, indemnify and save the Trustee harmless against any liabilities, costs, claims or expenses, including those of its attorneys, which it may incur in the exercise and performance of its powers and duties hereunder, under the Lease Agreement, or in connection with any document or transaction contemplated hereunder or thereunder, including the enforcement of any remedies and the defense of any suit, and which are not due to its negligence or its misconduct. The duty of the City to indemnify the Trustee shall survive the termination and discharge of this Indenture and the earlier removal or resignation of the Trustee.
No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder.
Upon an Event of Default, and only upon an Event of Defaul t, the Trustee shall have a first lien with right of payment prior to payment on account of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on any Bond, upon the trust estate for the foregoing fees, charges and expenses incurred by it. When
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the Trustee inc urs expenses or renders services after the occurrence of an Event of Default, such expenses and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, arrangement, morator ium, reorganization or other debtor relief law.
Section 8.04 Protection of the Trustee. The Trustee shall be protected and shall incur no liability in acting or proceeding in good faith upon any affidavit, bond, certificate, consent, notice, request, requisition, resolution, statement, telegram, voucher, waiver or other paper or document which it shall in good faith believe to be genuine and to have been adopted, executed or delivered by the proper party or pursuant to any of the provisions hereof, and the Trustee shall be under no duty to make any investigation or inquiry as to any statements contained or matters referred to in any such instrument, but may accept and rely upon the same as conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of such statements. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Owners of the Bonds pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Owners shall have offered to the Trustee security or ind emnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, against the reasonable costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction. The Trustee may consult with counsel, who may be counsel to the Authority or the City, with regard to legal questions, and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect to any action taken or suffered by it hereunder in good faith in accordance therewith.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for the sufficiency of the Bonds or the Lease Agreement, or of the assignment made to it by the Assignment Agreement, or for statements made in any preliminary or final official statement relating to the Bonds, or of the title to the Property.
Whenever in the administration of its rights and obligations hereunder the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a Written Certificate of the City or a Written Certificate of the Authority, and such certificate shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or suffered under the provisions hereof upon the faith thereof, but in its discretion the Trustee may, in lieu thereof, accept other evidence of such matter or may require such additional evidence as it deems reasonable.
The Trustee may buy, sell, own, hold and deal in any of the Bonds and may join in any action which any Owner may be entitled to take with like effect as if the Trustee were not a party hereto. The Trustee, either as principal or agent, may also engage in or be interested in any financial o r other transaction with the Authority or the City, and may act as agent, depository or trustee for any committee or body of Owners or of owners of obligations of the Authority or the City as freely as if it were not the Trustee hereunder.
The Trustee may, to the extent reasonably necessary, execute any of the trusts or powers hereof and perform any rights and obligations required of it hereunder by or through agents, attorneys or receivers, and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters of trust and its rights and obligations hereunder, and the Trustee shall not be answerable for the negligence or misconduct of any such agent, attorney or receiver selected by it with reasonable care; provided, however, that in the event of any negligence or misconduct of any such attorney, agent or receiver, the Trustee shall in a commercially reasonable manner pursue all remedies of the Trustee against such agent, attorney or
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receiver. The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made by it in good faith unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
The Trustee shall not be answerable for the exercise of any trusts or powers hereunder or for anything whatsoever in connection with the funds established hereunder, except only for its own willful misconduct, negligence or breach of an obligation hereunder.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an event of default unless it has actual knowledge thereof.
The Trustee may, on behalf of th e Owners, intervene in any judicial proceeding to which the Authority or the City is a party and which, in the opinion of the Trustee and its counsel, affects the Bonds or the security therefor, and shall do so if requested in writing by the Owners of at l east 5% of the aggregate principal amount of Bonds then Outstanding, provided the Trustee shall have no duty to take such action unless it has been indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction against all risk or liability arising from such action.
The Trustee’s rights to immunities and protection from liability hereunder and its rights to payment of its fees and expenses shall survive its resignation or removal and final payment or defeasance of the Bonds.
All indemnifications and releases from liability gra nted herein to the Trustee shall extend to the directors, officers, employees and agents of the Trustee.
The permissive right of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful default. The Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to any information, statements or recitals in any offering memorandum or other disclosure material prepared or distributed with respect to the issuance of these Bonds. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Borrower of any of the Bonds or the proceeds thereof or for the use or application of any money paid over by the Trustee in accordance with the provision s of this Indenture or for the use and application of money received by any paying agent.
The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e -mail, facsimile transmission or other similar uns ecured electronic methods; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have received an incumbency certificate listing persons designated to give such instructions or directions and containing specimen signatures of such designated persons, which such incumb ency certificate shall be amended and replaced whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Authority or the City elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Authority and the City agree to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including, without limitation, the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
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In acting or omitting to act pursuant to the Lease Agreement or Ground Lease, the Trustee shall be entitled to all of the rights, immunities and indemnities accorded to it under this Indenture and the Lease Agreement, including, but not limited to, this Article VIII.
ARTICLE IX
MODIFICATION OR AMENDMENTS
Section 9.01 Modifications and Amendments Permitted.
(a) This Indenture and the rights and obligations of the Authority, the City, the Owners of the Bonds and the Trustee may be modified or amended from time to time and at any time by a Supplemental Indenture, which the Authority, the City and the Trustee may enter into with the prior written consent of the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Bonds then Outstanding, which shall have been filed with the Trustee. No such modification or amendment shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Bonds, or reduce the amount of principal thereof or the rate of interest thereon, or extend the time of payment, without the consent of the Owner of each Bond so affected, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Bo nds the consent of the Owners of which is required to effect any such modification or amendment, or (iii) permit the creation of any lien on the Base Rental Payments and other assets pledged under this Indenture prior to or on a parity with the lien created by this Indenture or deprive the Owners of the Bonds of the lien created by this Indenture on such Base Rental Payments and other assets (except as expressly provided in this Indenture), without the consent of the Owners of all of the Bonds then Outstand ing. It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Bond Owners to approve the particular form of any Supplemental Indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. (b) This Indenture and the rights and obligations o f the Authority, the City, the Trustee and the Owners of the Bonds may also be modified or amended from time to time and at any time by a Supplemental Indenture, which the Authority, the City and the Trustee may enter into without the consent of any Bond Owners for any one or more of the following purposes:
(1) to add to the covenants and agreements of the Authority or the City in this Indenture contained other covenants and agreements thereafter to be observed, to pledge or assign additional security for the Bonds (or any portion thereof), or to surrender any right or power herein reserved to or conferred upon the Authority or the City; (2) to make such provisions for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, inconsistency or omission, or of curing or correcting any defective provision contained in this Indenture;
(3) to provide for the issuance of one or more Series of Additional Bonds, and to provide the terms and conditions under which such Series of Additional Bonds may be issued, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3.06 and 3.07 hereof; (4) to modify, amend or supplement this Indenture in such manner as to permit the qualification hereof under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or any similar federal statute hereafter in effect, and to add such other terms, conditions and provisions as may be permitted by said act or similar federal statute;
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(5) to modify, amend or supplement this Indenture in such manner as to cause interest on the Bonds to be excludable from gross income for purposes of federal income taxation by the United States of America; and
(6) in any other respect whatsoever as the Authority and the City may deem necessary or desirable, provided that such modification or amendment does not materially adversely affect the interests of the Bond Owners hereunder. (c) Promptly after the execution by the Authority, the City and the Trustee of any Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall mail a notice (the form of which shall be furnished to the Trustee by the Authority), by first class mail postage p repaid, setting forth in general terms the substance of such Supplemental Indenture, to the Owners of the Bonds at the respective addresses shown on the Registration Books. Any failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such Supplemental Indenture. (d) No Supplemental Indenture shall modify any of the rights or obligations of the Trustee without the Trustee’s prior written consent.
Section 9.02 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any Supplemental Indenture pursuant to this Article, this Indenture shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith, and the respective rights, duties and obligations under this Indenture of the Authority, the City, the Trustee and a ll Owners of Bonds Outstanding shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modification and amendment, and all the terms and conditions of any such Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be part of th e terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section 9.03 Endorsement of Bonds; Preparation of New Bonds . Bonds delivered after the execution of any Supplemental Indenture pursuant to this Article may, and if the Authority so determines shall, bear a notation by endorsement or otherwise in form approved by the Authority and the Trustee as to any modification or amendment provided for in such Supplemental Indenture, and, in that case, upon demand of the Owner of any Bonds Outstanding at the time of such execution and presentation of his Bonds for the purpose at the Office of the Trustee a suitable notation shall be made on such Bonds. If the Supplemental Indenture shall so provide, new Bonds so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Authorit y and the Trustee, to any modification or amendment contained in such Supplemental Indenture, shall be prepared and executed by the Authority and authenticated by the Trustee, and upon demand of the Owners of any Bonds then Outstanding shall be exchanged a t the Office of the Trustee, without cost to any Bond Owner, for Bonds then Outstanding, upon surrender for cancellation of such Bonds, in equal aggregate principal amount of the same interest rate and maturity.
Section 9.04 Amendment of Particular Bonds . The provisio ns of this Article shall not prevent any Bond Owner from accepting any amendment as to the particular Bonds held by such Owner.
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ARTICLE X
DEFEASANCE
Section 10.01 Discharge of Indenture. If the Authority shall pay or cause to be paid or there shall otherwise be paid to the Own ers of all Outstanding Bonds the principal thereof and the interest and premium, if any, thereon at the times and in the manner stipulated herein and therein, then the Owners of such Bonds shall cease to be entitled to the pledge of the Base Rental Payment s and the other assets as provided herein, and all agreements, covenants and other obligations of the Authority and the City to the Owners of such Bonds hereunder shall thereupon cease, terminate and become void and be discharged and satisfied. In such event, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Authority and the City all such instruments as may be necessary or desirable to evidence such discharge and satisfaction, and the Trustee shall pay over or deliver to the City all money or securities held b y it pursuant hereto which are not required for the payment of the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on such Bonds.
Subject to the provisions of the above paragraph, when any of the Bonds shall have been paid and if, at the time of such payment, the Authority and the City shall have kept, performed and observed all of the covenants and promises in such Bonds and in this Indenture required or contemplated to be kept, performed and observed by them on or prior to that time, then this Indenture shall be considered to have been discharged in respect of such Bonds and such Bonds shall cease to be entitled to the lien of this Indenture and such lien and all covenants, agreements and other obligations of the Authority and the City hereunder shall cease , terminate become void and be completely discharged as to such Bonds.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the discharge of this Indenture in respect of any Bonds, those provisions of this Indenture relating to the maturity of the Bonds, interest payments and dates thereof, exchange and transfer of Bonds, replacement of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bonds, the safekeeping and cancellation of Bonds, non-presentment of Bonds, and the duties of the Trustee in connection with all of the foregoing, shall remain in effect and shall be binding upon the Trustee and the Owners of the Bonds and the Trustee shall continue to be obligated to hold in trust any moneys or investments then held by the Trustee for the payment of the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Bonds, to pay to the Owners of Bonds the funds so held by the Trustee as and when such payment becomes due. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the discharge of this Indent ure in respect of any Bonds, those provisions of this Indenture relating to the compensation and indemnity of the Trustee shall remain in effect and shall be binding upon the Trustee, the City and the Authority.
Section 10.02 Bonds Deemed To Have Been Paid. If moneys shall have been set aside and held by the Trustee (or an escrow agent or other fiduciary) for the payment or redemption of any Bonds and the interest thereon at the maturity or redemption date thereof, such Bonds shall be deemed to have been paid within the meaning and with the effect provided in Section 10.01 hereof. Any Outstanding Bonds shall prior to the maturity date or redemption date thereof be deemed to have been paid within the meaning of and with the effect expressed in Section 10.01 hereof if (a) in case any of such Bonds are to be redeemed on any date prior to their maturity date, the Authority shall have given to the Trustee in form satisfactory to it irrevocable instructions to mail, on a date in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02 hereof, notice of redemption of such Bonds on said redemption date, said notice to be given in accordance with Section 4.02 hereof, (b) there shall have been deposited with the Trustee (or an escrow agent or other fiduciary) either (i) money in an amount wh ich shall be sufficient, or
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(ii) Federal Securities that are not subject to redemption other than at the option of the holder thereof, the interest on and principal of which when paid will provide money which, together with the money, if any deposited or o n deposit with the Trustee at the same time, shall, as verified by an independent certified public accountant, be sufficient to pay when due the interest to become due on such Bonds on and prior to the maturity date or redemption date thereof, as the case may be, and the principal of and premium, if any, on such Bonds, and (c) in the event such Bonds are not by their terms subject to redemption within the next succeeding 60 days, the Authority shall have given the Trustee in form satisfactory to it irrevocable instructions to mail as soon as practicable, a notice to the owners of such Bonds that the deposit required by clause (b) above has been made with the Trustee (or an escrow agent or other fiduciary) and that such Bonds, are deemed to have been paid in accordance with this Section and stating the maturity date or redemption date upon which money is to be available for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, on such Bonds.
Section 10.03 Payment of Bonds After Discharge of Indenture . Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, to the extent permitted by law, any moneys held by the Trustee in trust for the payment of the principal of, or premium or interest on, any Bonds and remaining unclaimed for two years after the date of deposit of such moneys, sh all be repaid to the Authority (without liability for interest) free from the trusts created by this Indenture, and all liability of the Trustee with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that before the repayment of such moneys to the Authority as aforesaid, the Trustee may (at the cost of the Authority) first mail, by first class mail postage prepaid, to the Owners of Bonds which have not yet been paid, at the respective addresses shown on the Registration Books, a notice, in such form as may be deemed appropriate by the Trustee with respect to the Bonds so payable and not presented and with respect to the provisions relating to the repayment to the Authority of the moneys held for the payment thereof.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01 Benefits of Indenture Limited to Parties . Nothing contained herein, expressed or implied, is intended to give to any person other than the Authority, the City, the Trustee and the Owners any claim, remedy or right under or pursuant hereto, and any agreement, conditi on, covenant or term required herein to be observed or performed by or on behalf of the Authority or the City shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Trustee and the Owners.
Section 11.02 Successor Deemed Included in all References to Predecessor . Whenever the Authority, the City or the Trustee, or any officer thereof, is named or referred to herein, such reference shall be deemed to include the successor to the powers, duties and functions that are presently vested in the Authority, the City or the Trustee, or such officer, and all agreements, conditions, covenants and terms required hereby to be observed or performed by or on behalf of the Authority, the City or the Trustee, or any officer thereof, shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors thereof whether so expressed or not.
Section 11.03 Execution of Documents by Owners . Any declaration, request or other instrument which is permitted or required herein to be executed by Owners may be in one or more instruments of similar tenor and may be executed by Owners in person or by their attorneys appointed in writing. The fact and date of the execution by any Owner or his attorney of any declaration, request or other instrument or of any writing appointing such attorney may be proved by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds to be recorded in the state
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or territory in which he purports to act that the person signing such declaration, request or other instrument or writing acknowledged to him the exe cution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness of such execution duly sworn to before such notary public or other officer, or by such other proof as the Trustee may accept which it may deem sufficient.
The ownership of any Bonds and the amount, payment da te, number and date of owning the same may be proved by the Registration Books.
Any declaration, request or other instrument in writing of the Owner of any Bond shall bind all future Owners of such Bond with respect to anything done or suffered to be done by the Authority, the City or the Trustee in good faith and in accordance therewith.
Section 11.04 Waiver of Personal Liability. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no member, officer or employee of the Authority or the City shall be individually or personally liable for the payment of any moneys, including without limitation, the principal of or interest on the Bonds, but nothing contained herein shall relieve any member, officer or employee of the City or the Authority from the performance of an y official duty provided by any applicable provisions of law, by the Lease Agreement or hereby.
Section 11.05 Destruction of Bonds. Whenever in this Indenture provision is made for the cancellation by the Trustee and the delivery to the Authority of any Bonds, the Trustee may, in lieu of such cancellation and delivery, destroy such Bonds.
Section 11.06 Funds and Accounts . Any fund or account required to be established and maintained herein by the Trustee may be established and maintained in the accounting records of the Trustee either as an account or a fund, and may, for the purposes of such accounting records, any audits thereof and any reports or statements with respect thereto, be treated either as an account or a fund, but all such records with respect to all such funds and acco unts shall at an times be maintained in accordance with sound accounting practice and with due regard for the protection of the security of the Bonds and the rights of the Owners.
The Trustee may commingle any of the moneys held by it hereunder for investment purposes only; provided, however, that the Trustee shall account separately for the moneys in each fund or account established pursuant to this Indenture. The Trustee may establish such funds and accounts as it deems necessary or appropriate to perform its obligations hereunder.
Section 11.07 Article and Section Headings Gender and References . The singular form of any word used herein, including the terms defined in Section 1.01 hereof, shall include the plural, and vice versa, unless the context otherwise requires. The use herein of a pronoun of any gender shall include correlative words of the other genders. The headings or titles of the several Articles and Sections hereof and the table of contents appended hereto shall be solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning, construction or effect hereof. All references herein to “Articles,” “Sections,” subsections or clauses are to the corresponding Articles, Sections, subsections or clauses hereof, and the words “hereby,” “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto,” “herewith,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, subsection or clause thereof.
Section 11.08 Partial Invalidity . If any one or more of the agreements, conditions, covenants or terms required herein to be observed or performed by or on the part of the Authority, the
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City or the Trustee shall be contrary to law, then such agreement or agreements, such condition or conditions, such covenant or covenants or such term or terms shall be null and void to the extent contrary to law and shall be deemed separable from the remaining agreements, conditions, covenants and terms hereof and shall in no way affect the validity hereof or of the Bonds, and the Owners shall retain all the benefit, protection and security afforded to them under any applicable provisions of law.
The Authority, the City and the Trustee hereby declare that they would have executed this Indenture, and each and every Article, Section, paragraph, subsection, s entence, clause and phrase hereof and would have authorized the execution and delivery of the Bonds pursuant hereto irrespective of the fact that any one or more Articles, Sections, paragraphs, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases hereof or the appli cation thereof to any person or circumstance may be held to be unconstitutional, unenforceable or invalid.
Section 11.09 Disqualified Bonds . In determining whether the Owners of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Bonds have concurred in any demand, request, di rection, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Bonds which are actually known by the Trustee to be owned or held by or for the account of the Authority or the City, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, the Authority or the City, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such demand, re quest, direction, consent or waiver of an Owner, only Bonds which the Trustee actually knows to be owned or held by or for the account of the Authority or the City, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, the Authority or the City, shall be disregarded unless all Bonds are so owned or held, in which case such Bonds shall be considered Outstanding for the purpose of such determination. Bonds so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of this Section if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to vote such Bonds and that the pledgee is not a Person directly or indirectly controlling or con trolled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, the Authority or the City. In case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Authority and the City shall specify in a Written Certificate of the City and Authority those Bonds disqualified pursuant to this Section and the Trustee may conclusively rely on such Certificate.
Section 11.10 Money Held for Particular Bonds . The money held by the Trustee for the payment of the interest, principal or premium due on any date with respect to particular Bonds (or portions of Bonds in the case of Bonds redeemed in part only) shall, on and after such date and pending such payment, be set aside on it s books and held in trust by it for the Owners of the Bonds entitled thereto, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 10.03 hereof but without any liability for interest thereon.
Section 11.11 Payment on Non-Business Days. In the event any payment is required to be made hereunder on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same effect as if made on such non-Business Day.
Section 11.12 California Law . This Indenture shall be construed and governed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
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Section 11.13 Notices. All written notices to be given hereunder shall be given by mail to the party entitled thereto at its address set forth below, or at such other address as such party may provide to the other parties in writing from time to time, namely:
If to the City: City of Garden Grove
11222 Acacia Parkway
Garden Grove, California 92840
Attention: City Manager
If to the Authority: Garden Grove Public Financing Authority c/o City of Garden Grove
11222 Acacia Parkway
Garden Grove, California 92840
Attention: Executive Director
If to the Trustee: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association 633 West Fifth St., 24th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071
Attention: Global Corporate Trust
Ref: City of Garden Grove
Each s uch notice, statement, demand, consent, approval, authorization, offer, designation, request or other communication hereunder shall be deemed delivered to the party to whom it is addressed (a) if personally served or delivered, upon delivery, (b) if given by electronic communication, whether by telex, telegram or telecopier, upon the sender’s receipt of an appropriate answer back or other written acknowledgment, (c) if given by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, deposited with the Unite d States mail postage prepaid, 72 hours after such notice is deposited with the United States mail, (d) if given by overnight courier, with courier charges prepaid, 24 hours after delivery to said overnight courier, or (d) if given by any other means, upon delivery at the address specified in this Section.
Section 11.14 Notice to Rating Agencies. The Trustee shall provide S&P, if the Bonds are then rated by S&P, and Moody’s, if the Bonds are then rated by Moody’s, with prompt notice of any substitution or release of property pursuant to Sections 10.03 and 10.04 of the Lease Agreement.
Section 11.15 Execution in Counterparts . This Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Authority and the City have caused this Indenture to be signed in their respective names by their representative thereunto duly authorized, and the Trustee, in token of its acceptance of the trusts created hereunder, has caused this Indenture to be signed in its corporate name by its officer thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
GARDEN GROVE PUBLIC FINANCING
AUTHORITY
By:
Chair
ATTEST:
Secretary
CITY OF GARDEN GROVE
By:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:
Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF SERIES 2024A BOND
No. ____ $___________
UNLESS THIS BOND IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE TRUSTEE FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY BOND ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS R EQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE
OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
GARDEN GROVE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
LEASE REVENUE BOND,
SERIES 2024A
INTEREST RATE MATURITY DATE DATED DATE CUSIP
______% April 1, 20__ ________, 2024
REGISTERED OWNER: CEDE & CO.
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: _________________________ THOUSAND DOLLARS The Garden Grove Public Financing Authority (the “Authority”), for value received, hereby promises to pay, solely from the Base Rental Payments (as hereinafter defined) or amounts in certain funds and accounts held under the Indenture (as hereinafter defined), to the Registered Owner identified above or registered assigns (the “Registered Owner”); on the Maturity Date identified above or on any earlier redemption date, the Principal Amount identified above in lawful money of the United States of America; and to pay interest thereon at the Interest Rate identified above in like lawful money from the date hereof payable semiannually on April 1 and October 1 in each year, commencing [October 1, 2024] (the “Interest Payment Dates”), until payment of such Principal Amount in full. This Bond shall bear interest from the Interest Payment Date next preceding the date of authentication of this Bond (unless this Bond is authenticated on or before an Interest Payment Date and after the close of business on the fifteenth calendar day of the month next preceding such Interest Payment Date, whether or not such day is a Business Day, in which event it shall bear interest from such Interest Payment Date, or unless this Bond is authenticated on or prior to [September 15, 2024], in which event it shall bear interest from the Dated Date identified above; provided, however, that if, at the time of authentication of this Bond, interest is in default on this Bond, interest on this Bond shall be payable from the date to which interest hereon has been paid in full, payable on each Interest Payment Date).
The Principal Amount hereof is payable upon surrender hereof upon maturity or earlier redemption at the Office of the Trustee (as hereinafter defined). Interest hereon is payable by wire or check of U.S.
Bank Trust Company, National Association , as Trustee (the “Trustee”), mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, on each Interest Payment Date to the Registered Owner hereof at the address of the
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Registered Owner shown on the Registration Books at the close of business on the fifteenth calendar day of the month next preceding such Interest Payment Date. “Office of the Trustee” means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, or such other office as may be specified to the Authority and the City of Garden Grove (the “City”) by the Trustee in writing, except that with respect to presentation of Bonds for payment or for registration of transfer and exchange such term shall mean the office or the agency of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust agency shall be conducted as specified to the Authority and the City by the Trustee in writing.
This Bond is one of a series of a duly authorized issue of bonds issued for the purpose of financing the Project (as defined in the Indenture), and is one of the series of bonds designated “Garden Grove Public Financing Authority Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2024A” (the “Series 2024A Bonds”) in the aggregate principal amount of $__________. The Series 2024A Bonds are issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2024 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Authority, the City and the Trustee, and this reference incorporates the Indenture herein, and by acceptance hereof the owner of this Bond assents to said terms and conditions. Pursuant to and as more particularly provided in the Indenture, additional bonds (“Additional Bonds”), may be issued by the Authority secured by a lien on a parity with the lien on Base Rental Payments and amounts in certain funds and accounts held under the Indenture securing the Series 2024A Bonds. The Series 2024A Bonds and any Additional Bonds are collectively referred to as the “Bonds.” The Indenture is entered into, and this Bond is issued under, the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985 (the “Act”) and the laws of the State of California.
Pursuant to the Indenture, the principal of and interest on the Bonds are payable solely from certain base rental payments (the “Base Rental Payments”) under and pursuant to that certain Lease Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2024 (the “Lease Agreement”), by and between the City, as lessee, and the Authority, as lessor, all of which rights to receive such Base Rental Payments have been assigned without recourse by the Authority to the Trustee. Subject only to the provisions of the Indenture permitting the application thereof for the purposes and on the terms and conditions set for th therein, all of the Base Rental Payments and any other amounts (including proceeds of the sale of the Bonds) held in the Base Rental Payment Fund, the Interest Fund, the Principal Fund and the Redemption Fund established under the Indenture are pledged to secure the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds in accordance with their terms, the provisions of the Indenture and the Act.
Said pledge constitutes a first lien on such assets.
The Series 2024A Bonds are authorized t o be issued in the form of fully registered bonds without coupons in denominations of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof (“Authorized Denominations”).
The Series 2024A Bonds shall be subject to redemption, in whole or in part, on any date, in Authorized Denominations, from and to the extent of any Net Insurance Proceeds received with respect to all or a portion of the Property, deposited by the Trustee in the Redemption Fund pursuant to the Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to the principal amount of the Series 2024A Bonds to be redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption, without premium.
The Series 2024A Bonds maturing on or after April 1 , 20__ , shall be subject to optional redemption, in whole or in part, on any date on or after April 1, 20__, in Authorized Denominations, from and to the extent of prepaid Base Rental Payments paid pursuant to the Lease Agreement, at a Redemption Price equal to the principal amount of the Series 2024A Bonds to be redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption, without premium.
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The Series 2024A Bonds maturing on April 1, 20__ are subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption in part (by lot) on each April 1 on and after April 1, 20__, in integral multiples of $5,000 at a Redem ption Price of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption, without premium, in accordance with the following schedule:
Sinking Fund Redemption Date
(April 1)
Principal Amount
To Be Redeemed
$
(maturity)
The Series 2024A Bonds maturing on April 1, 20__ are subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption in part (by lot) on each April 1 on and after April 1, 20__, in integral multiples of $5,000 at a Redemption Price of the principal amount thereof plus accrue d interest to the date fixed for redemption, without premium, in accordance with the following schedule:
Sinking Fund Redemption Date
(April 1)
Principal Amount
To Be Redeemed
$
(maturity)
In the event of a partial redemption pursuant to the Indenture, the City shall provide the Trustee with a revised mandatory sinking fund schedule giving effect to the redemption so completed.
The Trustee on behalf and at the expense of the Authority shall mail (by first class mail) notice of any redemption to the respective Owners of any Series 2024A Bonds designated for redemption at their respective addresses appearing on the Registration Books, to the Securities Depositories and to one or more Information Services, at least 20 but not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. Such notice shall state the date of the notice, the redemption date, the redemption place and the Redemption Price and shall designate the CUSIP numbers, the Series 2024A Bond numbers and the maturity or maturities (except in the event of redemption of all of the Series 2024A Bonds of such maturity or maturities in whole) of the Series 2024A Bonds to be redeemed, and shall require that such Series 2024A Bonds be then surrendered at the Office of the Trustee for rede mption at the Redemption Price, giving notice also that further interest on such Series 2024A Bonds will not accrue from and after the date fixed for redemption. Such notice may state that such redemption is conditioned upon sufficient funds being on depo sit on the redemption date to redeem the Series 2024A Bonds so called for redemption. Such notice of redemption may also state that no representation is made as to the accuracy or correctness of the CUSIP numbers printed therein or on the Series 2024A Bonds.
Neither the failure to receive any notice so mailed, nor any defect in such notice, shall affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of the Series 2024A Bonds or the cessation of accrual of interest thereon from and after the date fixed for redemption.
Subject to the limitations and upon payment of the charges, if any, provided in the Indenture, fully registered Series 2024A Bonds may be exchanged at the Office of the Trustee for a like aggregate principal amount and maturity of fully re gistered Series 2024A Bonds of other authorized denominations.
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This Bond is transferable by the Registered Owner hereof, in person or by his duly authorized attorney, but only in the manner, subject to the limitations and upon payment of the charges provid ed in the Indenture, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Bond. Upon such transfer a new fully registered Series 2024A Bond or Series 2024A Bonds, in Authorized Denominations, for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor. The Authority, the City and the Trustee may treat the Registered Owner hereof as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, and the Authority, the City and the Trustee shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The Indenture and the rights and obligations of the Authority, the City, the owners of the Bonds and the Trustee may be modified or amended from time to time and at any time in the manner, to the extent, and upon the terms provided in the Indenture; provided that no such modification or amendment shall (a) extend the fixed maturity of any Bonds, or reduce the principal thereof or the rate of interest thereon, or extend the time of payment, without the consent of the owner of each Bond so affected, or, (b) reduce the percentage of Bonds the consent of the owners of which is required to effect any such amendment or modification, or (c) permit the creation of any lien on the Base Rental Payments and other assets pledged under the Indenture prior to or on a parity with the lien created by the Indenture or deprive the owners of the Bonds of the lien created by the Indenture on such the Base Rental Payments and such other assets (except as expressly provided in the Indenture), without the consent of the owners of all Bonds then outstanding.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Authority to make provision for the payment of interest on, and the principal and premium, if any, of any of the Bond so that such Bonds shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding under the terms of the Indenture.
All obligations of the Authority under the Indenture and under the Bonds shall be special obligations of the Authority, payable solely from Base Rental Payments and the other assets pledged therefor under the Indenture. Neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the Authority, the City or the State of California, or any political subdivision thereof, is pledged to the payment of the Bonds.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Authority has caused this Bond to be signed in its name and on its behalf by the facsimile signatures of its Chair and Secretary, all as of the Dated Date identified above.
GARDEN GROVE PUBLIC FINANCING
AUTHORITY
By:
Chair
Attest:
Secretary
[FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]
This is one of the Series 2024A Bonds described in the within -mentioned Indenture and registered on the Registration Books.
Date: _____________, 2024 U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:
Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF LEGAL OPINION]
The following is a true copy of the opinion rendered by Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth LLP, in connection with the issuance of, and dated as of the date of the origina l delivery of, the Bonds. A signed copy is on file in my office.
Secretary of the Board of the Garden Grove Public
Financing Authority
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
For value, received the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto ____________________________________________ whose address and social security or other tax identifying number is ______________________, the within-mentioned Bond and hereby irrevocably constitute(s) and appoint(s) ____________________________________ attorney, to transfer the same on the registration books of the Trustee with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: ____________________
Signature Guaranteed:
Note: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible
guarantor.
Note: The signature(s) on this Assignment must
correspond with the name(s) as written on the face of
the within pond in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF PROJECT FUND REQUISITION
REQUISITION NO. _____ FOR
DISBURSEMENT FROM THE PROJECT FUND
The undersigned hereby states and certifies:
(i) that he/she is the duly appointed, qualified and acting _________ of the City of Garden Grove, a municipal corporation and general law city duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of California (the “City”), and as such, is familiar with the facts herein certified and is authorized to certify the same; (ii) that, pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Indenture, dated a s of June 1, 2024 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Garden Grove Public Financing Authority (the “Authority”), the City and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association , as trustee (the “Trustee”), related to the Authority’s Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2024A, the undersigned hereby requests the Trustee to disburse this date the following amounts from the Project Fund established under the Indenture, to the payees designated on the attached Exhibit A;
(iii) that each obligation mentioned herein has been i ncurred by the City and is a proper charge against the Project Fund; and
(iv) that there has not been filed with or served upon the City notice of any lien, right to lien or attachment upon, or claim affecting the right to receive payment of, any of the moneys payable to any of the payees named on the attached Exhibit A, which has not been released or will not be released simultaneously with the payment of such obligation, other than materialmen’s or mechanics’ liens accruing by mere operation of law.
All c apitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
Dated: ______________ CITY OF GARDEN GROVE
By:
Its:
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EXHIBIT A
PROJECT FUND DISBURSEMENTS
Item
Number Payee Name and Address
Purpose of
Obligation Amount