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Interest Payment Date. The portion of Lease Payments designated as interest with respect to any Certificate shall be computed by multiplying the portion of Lease Payments designated as principal with respect to such Certificate by the rate of interest applicable to such Certificate (on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).
Section 2.05. Forms. The Certificates shall be delivered in the form of fully registered Certificates without coupons in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof. The Certificates shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with R-1. The Certificates shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein.
Section 2.06. Execution. The Certificates shall be executed by and in the name of the Trustee by the manual signature of an authorized officer or signatory of the Trustee. If any officer or signatory whose signature appears on any Certificate ceases to be such officer or signatory before the date of delivery of said Certificate, such signature shall nevertheless be as effective as if the officer or signatory had remained in office until such date.
Section 2.07. Application of Proceeds. The net proceeds received by the Trustee from the sale of the Certificates in the aggregate amount of $__________, being the face amount of the Certificates ($_____.00), less an underwriter’s discount of $_________, plus an original issue premium of $_________, less $_________ paid by the Underwriter as an accommodation to the Town to the Municipal Bond Insurer being the premium for the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy, less $___________ paid by the Underwriter as an accommodation to the Town to the Municipal Bond Insurer being the premium for the Reserve Policy, shall forthwith be deposited by the Trustee in a temporary fund called the Proceeds Fund which the Trustee shall establish, maintain and hold in trust, and which shall be disbursed in full on the Closing Date (whereupon said temporary fund shall be closed) in the following respective funds:
(a) The Trustee shall deposit in the Delivery Costs Fund an amount equal to $_________, and
(b) The Trustee shall deposit in the Project Fund an amount equal to $__________.
Section 2.08. Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer of Certificates. The registration of any Certificate 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 attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of such Certificate for cancellation at the Designated Corporate Trust Office, accompanied by delivery of a written instrument of transfer in a form approved by the Trustee, duly executed. Whenever any Certificate or Certificates shall be surrendered for registration of transfer, the Trustee shall execute and deliver a new Certificate or Certificates for like aggregate principal amount in authorized denominations. the Town shall pay any costs of the Trustee incurred in connection with such transfer, except that the Trustee may require the payment by the Certificate Owner requesting such transfer of any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such transfer. The Trustee shall not be required to transfer (i) any Certificates or portion thereof during the period between the date fifteen (15) days prior to the date of selection of Certificates for redemption and such date of selection, or (ii) any Certificates selected for redemption.
(b) Exchange of Certificates. Certificates may be exchanged, upon surrender thereof, at the Designated Corporate Trust Office for a like aggregate principal amount of Certificates of other authorized denominations of the same maturity. Whenever any Certificate or Certificates shall
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be surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and deliver a new Certificate or Certificates for like aggregate principal amount in authorized denominations. the Town shall pay any costs of the Trustee incurred in connection with such exchange, except that the Trustee may require the payment by the Certificate 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 required to exchange (i) any Certificate or any portion thereof during the period between the date fifteen (15) days prior to the date of selection of Certificates for redemption and such date of selection, or (ii) any Certificate selected for redemption. (c) Information to Trustee. Prior to any transfer of the Certificates outside the book-entry system (including, but not limited to, the initial transfer outside the book-entry system), the transferor shall provide or cause to be provided to the Trustee all information necessary to allow the Trustee to comply with any applicable tax reporting obligations, including without limitation any cost basis reporting obligations under section 6045 of the Code. The Trustee shall conclusively rely on the information provided to it and shall have no responsibility to verify or ensure the accuracy of such information.
Section 2.09. Certificates Mutilated, Lost, Destroyed or Stolen. If any Certificate shall become mutilated, the Trustee, at the expense of the Owner of said Certificate, shall execute and deliver a new Certificate of like tenor, maturity and amount in exchange and substitution for the Certificate so mutilated, but only upon surrender to the Trustee of the Certificate so mutilated. Every mutilated Certificate so surrendered to the Trustee shall be canceled by it and destroyed with a certificate of destruction furnished to the Town, upon its request. If any Certificate shall be lost, destroyed or stolen, evidence of such loss, destruction or theft shall be submitted to the Trustee, and, if such evidence is satisfactory to the Trustee and if an indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee shall be given, the Trustee, at the expense of the Certificate Owner, shall execute and deliver a new Certificate of like tenor, maturity and amount and numbered as the Trustee shall determine in lieu of and in substitution for the Certificate so lost, destroyed or stolen. The Trustee may require payment by the Town of the expenses which may be incurred by the Trustee in carrying out the duties under this Section 2.09. Any Certificate executed and delivered under the provisions of this Section 2.09 in lieu of any Certificate alleged to be lost, destroyed or stolen shall be equally and fractionally entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement with all other Certificates secured by this Trust Agreement. The Trustee shall not be required to treat both the original Certificate and any replacement Certificate as being Outstanding for the purpose of determining the principal amount of Certificates which may be executed and delivered hereunder or for the purpose of determining any percentage of Certificates Outstanding hereunder, but both the original and replacement Certificate shall be treated as one and the same. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.09, in lieu of delivering a new Certificate to replace a Certificate which has been mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen, and which has matured or has been called for redemption, the Trustee may make payment with respect to such Certificate upon receipt of the aforementioned indemnity.
Section 2.10. Payment. Payment of interest due with respect to any Certificate on any Interest Payment Date shall be made to the person appearing on the Registration Books as the Owner thereof as of the Regular Record Date immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date, such interest to be paid by check mailed on the Interest Payment Date by first class mail to such Owner at his address as it appears on the Registration Books as of such Regular Record Date or, upon written request filed with the Trustee prior to the Regular Record Date by an Owner of at least $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Certificates, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account in the United States designated by such Owner in such written request. Any such written request shall remain in effect until rescinded in writing by the Owner. The principal and redemption price with respect to the Certificates at maturity or
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upon prior redemption shall be payable by check denominated in lawful money of the United States of America upon surrender of the Certificates at the Designated Corporate Trust Office.
Section 2.11. Execution of Documents and Proof of Ownership. Any request, direction, consent, revocation of consent, or other instrument in writing required or permitted by this Trust Agreement to be signed or executed by Certificate Owners may be in any number of concurrent instruments of similar tenor and may be signed or executed by such Owners in person or by their attorneys or agents appointed by an instrument in writing for that purpose, or by any bank, trust company or other depository for such Certificates. Proof of the execution of any such instrument, or of any instrument appointing any such attorney or agent, and of the ownership of Certificates shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Trust Agreement (except as otherwise herein provided), if made in the following manner:
(a) The fact and date of the execution by any Owner or his attorney or agent of any such instrument and of any instrument appointing any such attorney or agent, may be proved by a certificate, which need not be acknowledged or verified, of an officer of any bank or trust company located within the United States of America, or of any notary public, or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds to be recorded in such jurisdictions, stating that the persons signing such instruments acknowledged before him the execution thereof. Where any such instrument is executed by an officer of a corporation or association or a member of a partnership on behalf of such corporation, association or partnership, such certificate shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.
(b) The fact of the ownership of Certificates by any person and the amount, the maturity and the numbers of such Certificates and the date of his holding the same shall be proved by the Registration Books.
Any request or consent of the Owner of any Certificate shall bind every future Owner of the same Certificate in respect of anything done or suffered to be done by the Trustee pursuant to such request or consent.
Section 2.12. Registration Books. The Trustee shall keep or cause to be kept, at its Designated Corporate Trust Office, sufficient records for the registration and registration of transfer of the Certificates, which shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by the Town and the Corporation during regular business hours on any Business Day with reasonable prior notice; and, upon presentation for such purpose, the Trustee shall, under such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, register or transfer or cause to be registered or transferred, on the Registration Books, Certificates as hereinbefore provided.
Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers. The Trustee, the Town and the Corporation shall not be liable for any defect or inaccuracy in the CUSIP number that appears on any Certificate or in any redemption notice. The Trustee may, in its discretion, include in any redemption notice a statement to the effect that the CUSIP numbers on the Certificates have been assigned by an independent service and are included in such notice solely for the convenience of the Owners and that neither the Trustee, the Town nor the Corporation shall be liable for any inaccuracies in such numbers.
Section 2.14. Use of Depository. Notwithstanding any provision of this Trust Agreement to the contrary:
(a) The Certificates shall be initially executed, delivered and registered in the name of “Cede & Co.,” as nominee of The Depository Trust Company, the depository designated by the Original Purchaser, and shall be evidenced by one Certificate maturing on each of the maturity
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dates set forth in Section 2.03 hereof to be in a denomination corresponding to the total principal therein designated to mature on such date. Registered ownership of such Certificates, or any portions thereof, may not thereafter be transferred except:
(i) to any successor of The Depository Trust Company or its nominee, or of any substitute depository designated pursuant to paragraph (ii) of this subsection (a) (“substitute depository”); provided that any successor of The Depository Trust Company or substitute depository shall be qualified under any applicable laws to provide the service proposed to be provided by it;
(ii) to any substitute depository designated in a written request of the Town, upon (A) the resignation of The Depository Trust Company or its successor (or any substitute depository or its successor) from its functions as depository or (B) a determination by the Town that The Depository Trust Company or its successor is no longer able to carry out its functions as depository; provided that any such substitute depository shall be qualified under any applicable laws to provide the services proposed to be provided by it; or
(iii) to any person as provided below, upon (A) the resignation of The Depository Trust Company or its successor (or any substitute depository or its successor) from its functions as depository or (B) a determination by the Town that The Depository Trust Company or its successor is no longer able to carry out its functions as depository; provided that no substitute depository which is not objected to by the Town and the Trustee can be obtained.
(b) In the case of any transfer pursuant to paragraph (i) or paragraph (ii) of subsection (a) of this Section 2.14, upon receipt of all Outstanding Certificates by the Trustee, together with a written request of a Town Representative to the Trustee, a single new Certificate shall be executed and delivered for each maturity of such Certificate then outstanding, registered in the name of such successor or such substitute depository or their nominees, as the case may be, all as specified in such written request of a Town Representative. In the case of any transfer pursuant to paragraph (iii) of subsection (a) of this Section 2.14, upon receipt of all Outstanding Certificates by the Trustee together with a written request of a Town Representative, new Certificates shall be executed and delivered in such denominations and registered in the names of such persons as are requested in a written request of the Town provided the Trustee shall not be required to deliver such new Certificates within a period less than sixty (60) days from the date of receipt of such a written request of a Town Representative. (c) In the case of partial redemption or an advance refunding of any Certificates evidencing all of the principal maturing in a particular year, The Depository Trust Company shall, at the Town’s expense, deliver the Certificates to the Trustee for cancellation and reregistration to reflect the amounts of such reduction in principal. (d) the Town and the Trustee shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the absolute Owner thereof for all purposes of this Trust Agreement and any applicable laws, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary received by the Trustee or the Town and the Town and the Trustee shall have no responsibility for the accuracy of any records maintained by DTC or any participant in DTC or transmitting payments to, communication with, notifying or otherwise dealing with any beneficial owners of the Certificates. Neither the Town nor the Trustee will have any responsibility or obligations, legal or otherwise, to the beneficial owners or to any other party including The Depository Trust Company or its successor (or substitute depository or its successor), except for the registered owner of any Certificate.
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(e) So long as all outstanding Certificates are registered in the name of Cede & Co. or its registered assign, the Town and the Trustee shall reasonably cooperate with Cede & Co., as sole registered Owner, or its registered assign in effecting payment of the principal and interest due with respect to the Certificates by arranging for payment in such manner that funds for such payments are properly identified and are made immediately available on the date they are due, in accordance with the Letter of Representations between DTC and the Town. (f) So long as all Outstanding Certificates are registered in the name of Cede & Co. or its registered assigns (hereinafter, for purposes of this paragraph (f), the “Owner”):
(i) All notices and payments addressed to the Owners shall contain the Certificates’ CUSIP number.
(ii) Notices to the Owner shall be forwarded in the manner set forth in the form of DTC’s standard form blanket issuer letter of representations executed by the Town and received and accepted by DTC.
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ARTICLE III
ESTABLISHMENT AND DISBURSEMENT OF DELIVERY COSTS FUND AND
THE PROJECT FUND
Section 3.01. Delivery Costs Fund. The Trustee shall establish a special fund designated as the “Delivery Costs Fund;” shall keep such fund separate and apart from all other funds and moneys held by it; and shall administer such fund as provided herein. There shall be deposited in the Delivery Costs Fund the proceeds of sale of the Certificates required to be deposited therein pursuant to Section 2.07(b) hereof and any other funds from time to time deposited with the Trustee for such purpose and identified in writing to the Trustee.
Section 3.02. Payment of Delivery Costs. The moneys in the Delivery Costs Fund shall be disbursed by the Trustee to pay the Delivery Costs.
(a) The Trustee shall disburse moneys in the Delivery Costs Fund only upon a receipt of a sequentially numbered requisition, signed by a Town Representative, setting forth the amounts to be disbursed for payment or reimbursement of Delivery Costs and the name and address of the person or persons to whom said amounts are to be disbursed, stating that the amounts to be disbursed are for Delivery Costs properly chargeable to the Delivery Costs Fund. (b) The Trustee shall be responsible for the safekeeping and investment (in accordance with Section 8.02 hereof) of the moneys held in the Delivery Costs Fund and the payment thereof in accordance with this Section 3.02, but the Trustee shall not be responsible for the truth or accuracy of such requisitions, may rely conclusively thereon and shall be under no duty to investigate or verify any statements made therein.
(c) Upon written notice from a Town Representative that all Delivery Costs have been paid, but in no event later than October 2, 2024, the Trustee shall transfer any moneys then remaining in the Delivery Costs Fund to the Project Fund and applied for the purposes thereof, the Delivery Costs Fund shall be closed, the Trustee shall no longer be obligated to make payments for Delivery Costs and all further Delivery Costs shall be paid by the Town.
Section 3.03. Project Fund. The Trustee shall establish a special fund designated as the “Project Fund,” shall keep such fund separate and apart from all other funds and moneys held by it; and shall administer such fund as provided herein. There shall be deposited in the Project Fund from the proceeds of the Certificates the amount required to be deposited therein pursuant to Section 2.07(c) hereof, together with any other amounts from time to time deposited with the Trustee for such purpose as may be identified in writing to the Trustee.
Section 3.04. Payment of Project Costs. Amounts in the Project Fund shall be disbursed for Project Costs. Disbursements from the Project Fund shall be made by the Trustee upon receipt of a sequentially numbered requisition requesting disbursement executed by a Town Representative. Each such requisition shall:
(a) set forth the amounts to be disbursed for payment or reimbursement of previous payments of Project Costs and the person or persons to whom said amounts are to be disbursed; (b) state that the amounts to be disbursed constitute Project Costs, that said amounts are required to be disbursed pursuant to a contract entered into therefor by or on behalf of the Town, or were necessarily and reasonably incurred, and that said amounts are not being paid in advance of the time, if any, fixed for payment;
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(c) state that no amount set forth in the requisition was included in any requisition requesting disbursement previously filed with the Trustee pursuant to this Section 3.04; and (d) state that there has been compliance with Section 5.11 of the Lease Agreement relating to the private use limitation and the private loan limitation.
The Trustee shall be responsible for the safekeeping and investment (in accordance with Section 8.02 hereof) of the moneys held in the Project Fund and the payment thereof in accordance with this Section 3.04, but the Trustee shall not be responsible for the truth or accuracy of such requisitions, may rely conclusively thereon and shall be under no duty to investigate or verify any statements made therein.
Upon the filing with the Trustee of a Written Certificate of the Town stating that the Project has been completed, the Trustee shall withdraw any remaining amounts then on deposit in the Project Fund and, at the direction of the Town, either (i) transfer such amounts to the Lease Payment Fund and applied to the payment of interest with respect to the Certificates, or (ii) apply such amount to the redemption of Certificate in accordance with the Trust Agreement and, in either case, the Project Fund shall be closed and the Trustee shall no longer be obligated to make payments for Project Costs.
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ARTICLE IV
REDEMPTION OF CERTIFICATES
Section 4.01. Redemption.
(a) Optional Redemption. The Certificates maturing on or before June 1, ____, are not subject to optional redemption prior to maturity. The Certificates maturing on and after June 1, ____, are subject to optional redemption in whole or in part on any date in such order of maturity as shall be designated by the Town (or, if the Town shall fail to so designate the order of redemption, in pro rata among maturities) and by lot within a maturity, on or after June 1, ____, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of the Certificates to be redeemed, together with accrued interest, without premium, to the date fixed for redemption, from the proceeds of the optional prepayment of Lease Payments made by the Town pursuant to the Lease Agreement.
(b) Redemption from Net Proceeds of Insurance, Title Insurance, Condemnation or Eminent Domain Award. The Certificates are subject to mandatory redemption in whole or in part on any date from the Net Proceeds of an insurance, title insurance, condemnation, or eminent domain award to the extent credited towards the prepayment of the Lease Payments by the Town pursuant to Section 10.3 of the Lease Agreement, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption, without premium.
(c) Mandatory Redemption. The Certificates maturing on June 1, ____, are subject to mandatory redemption in part on June 1, ____, and on each June 1 thereafter, to and including June 1, ____, from the principal components of scheduled Lease Payments required to be paid by the Town pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Lease Agreement with respect to each such redemption date, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption, without premium, as follows:
Year Principal Amount of
(June 1) Certificates to be Redeemed
†Maturity.
The Certificates maturing on June 1, ____, are subject to mandatory redemption in part on June 1, ____, and on each June 1 thereafter, to and including June 1, ____, from the principal components of scheduled Lease Payments required to be paid by the Town pursuant to Section
4.4 of the Lease Agreement with respect to each such redemption date, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption, without premium, as follows:
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Year Principal Amount of
(June 1) Certificates to be Redeemed
†Maturity.
In the event that the Trustee shall redeem Certificates in part but not in whole pursuant to subsections (a) or (b) of this Section 4.01, the amount of the Certificates to be redeemed in each subsequent year pursuant to this subsection (c) shall be reduced to correspond to the principal components of the Lease Payments prevailing following such redemption as determined pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Lease Agreement. the Town shall provide the Trustee with a revised sinking fund schedule giving effect to such redemption.
Section 4.02. Selection of Certificates for Redemption. Whenever provision is made in this Trust Agreement for the redemption of Certificates and less than all Outstanding Certificates within a maturity are to be redeemed, Certificates of that maturity shall be selected for redemption in accordance with the rules of the Securities Depositories. For the purposes of such selection, Certificates shall be deemed to be composed of $5,000 portions and any such portion may be separately redeemed. Upon the occurrence of an optional redemption in part, the selection of Insured Certificates to be redeemed shall be subject to the approval of the Municipal Bond Insurer.
Section 4.03. Notice of Redemption. the Town shall be required to give the Trustee written notice of its intention to redeem Certificates at least thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for redemption unless the Trustee otherwise agrees to a shorter period for such notice.
Unless waived in writing by any Owner of a Certificate to be redeemed, notice of any such redemption shall be given by the Trustee on behalf and at the expense of the Town, by mailing a copy of a redemption notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least twenty (20) days and not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for redemption to such Owner of the Certificate or Certificates to be redeemed at the address shown on the Registration Books maintained by the Trustee or at such other address as is furnished in writing by such Owner to the Trustee; provided, however, that neither the failure to receive such notice nor any defect in any notice shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for the redemption of the Certificates.
All notices of redemption shall be dated and shall state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the redemption price; (iii) if less than all Outstanding Certificates of a maturity are to be redeemed, the Certificate numbers (and, in the case of partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the Certificates to be redeemed; (iv) that on the redemption date the redemption price will become due and payable upon each such Certificate or portion thereof called for redemption and that interest with respect thereto shall cease to accrue from and after said date; (v) the place where such Certificates are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price, which place of payment shall be the Designated Corporate Trust Office; (vi) the CUSIP numbers of all Certificates being redeemed; (vii) the original date of execution and delivery of the Certificates; (viii) the rate of interest payable with respect to each maturity of Certificates being redeemed; (ix) the maturity date of each Certificate being redeemed; and (x) any other descriptive information needed to identify accurately the Certificates being redeemed.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any optional redemption of the Certificates under Section 4.01(a), the notice of redemption shall state that the redemption is conditioned upon receipt by the Trustee of sufficient moneys to redeem the Certificates on the
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scheduled redemption date, and that the optional redemption shall not occur if, by no later than the scheduled redemption date, sufficient moneys to redeem the Certificates have not been deposited with the Trustee. In the event that the Trustee does not receive sufficient funds by the scheduled optional redemption date to so redeem the Certificates to be optionally redeemed, such event shall not constitute an Event of Default; the Trustee shall send written notice to the Owners, to the Securities Depositories and to one or more of the Information Services to the effect that the redemption did not occur as anticipated, and the Certificates for which notice of optional redemption was given shall remain Outstanding for all purposes of this Trust Agreement.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid and the deposit of the redemption price having been made by the Town, the Certificates or portions of Certificates so to be redeemed shall, on the redemption date, become due and payable at the redemption price therein specified, and from and after such date interest with respect to such Certificates or portions of Certificates shall cease to be payable. Upon surrender of such Certificates for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Certificates shall be paid by the Trustee at the redemption price. Upon the payment of the redemption price of Certificates being redeemed, each check or other transfer of funds issued for such purpose shall bear the CUSIP number identifying, by issue and maturity, the Certificates being redeemed with the proceeds of such check or other transfer, to the extent possible. Installments of interest due on or prior to the redemption date shall be payable as herein provided for payment of interest. All Certificates which have been redeemed shall be canceled by the Trustee, shall not be redelivered and shall be destroyed pursuant to Section 13.07.
In addition to the foregoing notice to the Owners, notice shall also be given by the Trustee, by telecopy or other electronic transmission, registered, certified or overnight mail, to all Securities Depositories and to an Information Service which shall state the information set forth above, but no defect in said notice nor any failure to give all or any portion of such further notice shall in any manner defeat the effectiveness of a call for redemption.
The Trustee shall have no responsibility for a defect in the CUSIP number that appears on any Certificate or in the redemption notice. The redemption notice may provide that the CUSIP numbers have been assigned by an independent service and are included in the notice solely for the convenience of Certificate Owners and that the Trustee and the Town shall not be liable in any way for inaccuracies in said numbers.
Section 4.04. Partial Redemption of Certificate. Upon surrender of any Certificate redeemed in part only, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Owner thereof a new Certificate or Certificates of authorized denominations equal in aggregate principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Certificate surrendered and of the same interest rate and the same maturity.
Section 4.05. Purchase of Certificates. In lieu of redemption of Certificates as provided in this Article IV, amounts held by the Trustee for such redemption may also be used on any Interest Payment Date, upon receipt by the Trustee at least ninety (90) days prior to the next scheduled Interest Payment Date of the written request of a Town Representative, for the purchase of Certificates at public or private sale as and when and at such prices (including brokerage, accrued interest and other charges) as the Town may in its discretion direct. Such purchases may be effected through the investment department of the Trustee or of an affiliate of the Trustee. The aggregate principal amount of Certificates of the same maturity purchased in lieu of redemption pursuant to this Section 4.05 shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Certificates of such maturity which would otherwise be subject to such redemption. The exercise of any provision of this Trust Agreement which permits the purchase of Insured
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Certificates in lieu of redemption shall require prior written approval of the Municipal Bond Insurer wherein any Insured Certificate so purchased is not extinguished. Remaining moneys, if any, shall be deposited in the Lease Payment Fund. All Certificates purchased in lieu of redemption shall be canceled by the Trustee.
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ARTICLE V
LEASE PAYMENTS; LEASE PAYMENT FUND
Section 5.01. Assignment of Rights in Lease Agreement. The Corporation has, in the Assignment Agreement, transferred, assigned and set over to the Trustee certain of its rights but none of its obligations set forth in the Lease Agreement, including but not limited to all of the Corporation’s rights to receive and collect Lease Payments and all other amounts required to be deposited in the Lease Payment Fund pursuant to the Lease Agreement or pursuant hereto. All Lease Payments and such other amounts to which the Corporation may at any time be entitled shall be paid directly to the Trustee and all of the Lease Payments collected or received by the Corporation shall be deemed to be held and to have been collected or received by the Corporation as the agent of the Trustee, and if received by the Corporation at any time shall be deposited by the Corporation with the Trustee within one Business Day after the receipt thereof, and all such Lease Payments and such other amounts shall be forthwith deposited by the Trustee upon the receipt thereof in the Lease Payment Fund (except as provided in Section
7.04 hereof).
Section 5.02. Establishment of Lease Payment Fund. The Trustee shall establish a special fund designated as the “Lease Payment Fund.” All moneys at any time deposited by the Trustee in the Lease Payment Fund shall be held by the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Owners of the Certificates. So long as any Certificates are Outstanding, neither the Town nor the Corporation shall have any beneficial right or interest in the Lease Payment Fund or the moneys deposited therein, except only as provided in this Trust Agreement, and such moneys shall be used and applied by the Trustee as hereinafter set forth.
Section 5.03. Deposits. There shall be deposited in the Lease Payment Fund all Lease Payments received by the Trustee (except as provided in Section 7.04 hereof), including any moneys received by the Trustee for deposit therein pursuant to Sections 4.01, 5.01 or Article VI hereof, or Article IX of the Lease Agreement, and any other moneys required to be deposited therein pursuant to the Lease Agreement or pursuant to this Trust Agreement.
Section 5.04. Application of Moneys. Subject to Section 12.03 hereof, all amounts in the Lease Payment Fund shall be used and withdrawn by the Trustee solely for the purpose of paying the principal and interest with respect to the Certificates as the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the provisions of Article II and Article IV hereof.
Section 5.05. Surplus. Any surplus remaining in the Lease Payment Fund after redemption and/or payment of all Certificates, including accrued interest (if any) and payment of any applicable fees and expenses to the Trustee, or provision for such redemption or payment having been made to the satisfaction of the Trustee, shall be withdrawn by the Trustee and remitted to the Town.
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ARTICLE VI
RESERVE FUND
Section 6.01. Establishment of Reserve Fund. The Trustee shall establish a special fund designated as the “Reserve Fund.” All moneys, equal to the Reserve Requirement, at any time on deposit in the Reserve Fund shall be held by the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Owners of the Certificates and applied solely as provided herein.
Section 6.02. Deposits. In lieu of a cash deposit to the Reserve Fund the Reserve Policy shall be delivered to the Trustee on the Closing Date. The prior written consent of the Municipal Bond Insurer shall be a condition precedent to the deposit of any credit instrument (other than the Reserve Policy) provided in lieu of a cash deposit into the Reserve Fund. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Trust Agreement, amounts on deposit in the Reserve Fund shall be applied solely to the payment of principal and interest due with respect to the Certificates.
Section 6.03. Transfers of Excess. The Trustee shall, on or before each April 1 and October 1, value investments in the Reserve Fund at market value and transfer any moneys in the Reserve Fund then in excess of the Reserve Requirement in accordance with Section 8.04; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not liquidate an investment to make such transfer of excess unless so directed in writing by a Town Representative.
Section 6.04. Application in Event of Deficiency in the Lease Payment Fund. If, on any Interest Payment Date, the moneys available in the Lease Payment Fund do not equal the amount of the principal, interest and redemption premium (if any) with respect to the Certificates then coming due and payable, the Trustee shall apply the moneys available in the Reserve Fund to make delinquent Lease Payments by transferring the amount necessary for this purpose to the Lease Payment Fund or shall draw on the Reserve Policy and apply amounts received from such draw to make delinquent Lease Payments by transferring the amount necessary for this purpose to the Lease Payment Fund. To the extent there is cash or investments on deposit in the Reserve Fund, such cash or investments shall be applied first before there is any draw on the Reserve Policy or any other Qualified Reserve Fund Credit Instrument credited to the Reserve Fund in lieu of cash. Payment of any Reserve Policy Costs shall be made prior to replenishment of any such cash amounts. Draws on all Qualified Reserve Fund Credit Instruments (including the Reserve Policy) on which there is available coverage shall be made on a pro rata basis (calculated by reference to the coverage then available thereunder) after applying all available cash and investments in the Reserve Fund. Payment of Reserve Policy Costs and reimbursement of amounts with respect to other Qualified Reserve Fund Credit Instruments shall be made on a pro rata basis prior to replenishment of any cash drawn from the Reserve Fund. For the avoidance of doubt, “available coverage” means the coverage then available for disbursement pursuant to the terms of the applicable alternative credit instrument without regard to the legal or financial ability or willingness of the provider of such instrument to honor a claim or draw thereon or the failure of such provider to honor any such claim or draw. Upon receipt of any delinquent Lease Payment with respect to which moneys have been advanced from the Reserve Fund or there has been a draw on the Reserve Policy, such Lease Payment shall be deposited in the Reserve Fund to the extent of such advance and first applied to reimburse a draw on the Reserve Policy and then to replenish any cash drawn therefrom.
The Trustee shall ascertain the necessity for a claim upon the Reserve Policy and to provide notice to the Municipal Bond Insurer in accordance with the terms of the Reserve Policy
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at least five (5) business days prior to each date upon which interest or principal is due with respect to the Certificates.
The Town agrees to repay any draws under the Reserve Policy and pay all related reasonable expenses incurred by the Municipal Bond Insurer. Interest shall accrue and be payable on such draws and expenses from the date of payment by the Municipal Bond Insurer at the Late Payment Rate. “Late Payment Rate” means the lesser of (a) the greater of (i) the per annum rate of interest, publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank at its principal office in the Town of New York, as its prime or base lending rate (“Prime Rate”) (any change in such Prime Rate to be effective on the date such change is announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank) plus 5%, and (ii) then applicable highest rate of interest on the Certificates and (b) the maximum rate permissible under applicable usury or similar laws limiting interest rates.
The Late Payment Rate shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days. In the event JPMorgan Chase Bank ceases to announce its Prime Rate publicly, Prime Rate shall be the publicly announced prime or base lending rate of such national bank as the Municipal Bond Insurer shall specify. If the interest provisions of this paragraph shall result in an effective rate of interest which, for any period, exceeds the limit of the usury or any other laws applicable to the indebtedness created herein, then all sums in excess of those lawfully collectible as interest for the period in question shall, without further agreement or notice between or by any party hereto, be applied as additional interest for any later periods of time when amounts are outstanding hereunder to the extent that interest otherwise due hereunder for such periods plus such additional interest would not exceed the limit of the usury or such other laws, and any excess shall be applied upon principal immediately upon receipt of such moneys by the Municipal Bond Insurer, with the same force and effect as if the Town had specifically designated such extra sums to be so applied and the Insurer had agreed to accept such extra payment(s) as additional interest for such later periods. In no event shall any agreedto or actual exaction as consideration for the indebtedness created herein exceed the limits imposed or provided by the law applicable to this transaction for the use or detention of money or for forbearance in seeking its collection.
Repayment of draws and payment of expenses and accrued interest thereon at the Late Payment Rate (collectively, “Reserve Policy Costs”) shall commence in the first month following each draw, and each such monthly payment shall be in an amount at least equal to 1/12 of the aggregate of Reserve Policy Costs related to such draw.
Amounts in respect of Reserve Policy Costs paid to the Municipal Bond Insurer shall be credited first to interest due, then to the expenses due and then to principal due. As and to the extent that payments are made to the Municipal Bond Insurer on account of principal due, the coverage under the Reserve Policy will be increased by a like amount, subject to the terms of the Reserve Policy.
If the Town shall fail to pay any Reserve Policy Costs in accordance with the requirements of this Section 6.04, the Municipal Bond Insurer shall be entitled to exercise any and all legal and equitable remedies available to it, including those provided under the Trust Agreement, other than (i) acceleration of the maturity of the Certificates, or (ii) remedies which would adversely affect Owners.
Neither this Trust Agreement nor the Lease Agreement shall be discharged until all amounts due to the Municipal Bond Insurer shall have been paid in full. the Town’s obligation to pay such amounts shall expressly survive payment in full of the Certificates.
Section 6.05. Transfer To Make All Lease Payments. If, on any Interest Payment Date, the moneys on deposit in the Reserve Fund and the Lease Payment Fund (excluding amounts
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required for payment of principal and interest with respect to Certificates not presented for payment) are sufficient to pay all Outstanding Certificates, including all principal and interest, the Trustee shall transfer all amounts then on deposit in the Reserve Fund to the Lease Payment Fund to be applied to the payment of the Lease Payments, and such moneys shall be distributed to the Owners of Certificates in accordance with Article II and IV of this Trust Agreement. Any amounts remaining in the Reserve Fund upon payment in full of all Outstanding Certificates and all amounts due the Municipal Bond Insurer and the Trustee hereunder, or upon provision for such payment as provided in Section 15.01, shall be withdrawn by the Trustee and paid to the Town.
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ARTICLE VII
INSURANCE AND CONDEMNATION FUND; INSURANCE;
EMINENT DOMAIN; TITLE INSURANCE
Section 7.01. Establishment of Insurance and Condemnation Fund; Application of Net Proceeds of Insurance Award.
(a) Any Net Proceeds of insurance against damage to or destruction of any part of the Property collected by the Town in the event of any such damage or destruction shall be paid to the Trustee by the Town pursuant to Section 6.2(a) of the Lease Agreement and deposited by the Trustee promptly upon receipt thereof in a special fund designated as the “Insurance and Condemnation Fund” to be established by the Trustee when deposits are required to be made therein.
(b) Within ninety (90) days following the date of such deposit, the Town shall determine and notify the Trustee in writing of its determination either (i) that the replacement, repair, restoration, modification or improvement of the Property is not economically feasible or in the best interest of the Town, or (ii) that all or a portion of such Net Proceeds are to be applied to the prompt replacement, repair, restoration, modification or improvement of the damaged or destroyed portions of the Property.
(c) In the event the Town’s determination is as set forth in clause (i) of paragraph (b) above, such Net Proceeds shall be promptly transferred by the Trustee to the Lease Payment Fund, applied to the prepayment of Lease Payments pursuant to Section 10.3 of the Lease Agreement and applied to the redemption of Certificates as provided in Section 4.01(b) hereof; provided, however, that in the event of damage or destruction of the Property in full, such Net Proceeds may be transferred to the Lease Payment Fund only if sufficient, together with other moneys available therefor, to cause the prepayment of the principal components of all unpaid Lease Payments pursuant to Section 10.3 of the Lease Agreement, otherwise such Net Proceeds shall be applied to the replacement, repair, restoration, modification or improvement of the Property; provided further, however, that in the event of damage or destruction of the Property in part, such Net Proceeds may be transferred to the Lease Payment Fund and applied to the prepayment of Lease Payments only if the resulting Lease Payments represent fair consideration for the remaining portions of the Property, evidenced by a certificate signed by a Town Representative and a Corporation Representative.
(d) In the event the Town’s determination is as set forth in clause (ii) of paragraph (b) above, Net Proceeds deposited in the Insurance and Condemnation Fund shall be applied to the prompt replacement, repair, restoration, modification or improvement of the damaged or destroyed portions of the Property by the Town, and disbursed by the Trustee upon receipt of requisitions signed by a Town Representative stating with respect to each payment to be made (i) the requisition number, (ii) the name and address of the person, firm or corporation to whom payment is due, (iii) the amount to be paid and (iv) that each obligation mentioned therein has been properly incurred, is a proper charge against the Insurance and Condemnation Fund, has not been the basis of any previous withdrawal, and specifying in reasonable detail the nature of the obligation, accompanied by a bill or a statement of account for such obligation. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the representations made in such requisitions and may conclusively rely thereon and shall be under no duty to investigate or verify any statements made therein or review any supporting documentation accompanying such requisition. Any balance of the Net Proceeds remaining after such work has been completed shall be paid to the Town.
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Section 7.02. Application of Net Proceeds of Eminent Domain Award. If all or any part of the Property shall be taken by eminent domain proceedings (or sold to a government threatening to exercise the power of eminent domain), the Net Proceeds therefrom shall be deposited with the Trustee in the Insurance and Condemnation Fund pursuant to Section 6.2(b) of the Lease Agreement and shall be applied and disbursed by the Trustee as follows:
(a) If the Town has given written notice to the Trustee of its determination that (i) such eminent domain proceedings have not materially affected the operation of the Property or the ability of the Town to meet any of its obligations with respect to the Property under the Lease Agreement, and (ii) such proceeds are not needed for repair or rehabilitation of the Property, the Town shall so certify to the Trustee and the Trustee, at the Town’s written request, shall transfer such proceeds to the Lease Payment Fund to be credited towards the prepayment of the Lease Payments pursuant to Section 10.3 of the Lease Agreement and applied to the redemption of Certificates in the manner provided in Section 4.01(b) hereof. (b) If the Town has given written notice to the Trustee of its determination that (i) such eminent domain proceedings have not materially affected the operation of the Property or the ability of the Town to meet any of its obligations with respect to the Property under the Lease Agreement, and (ii) such proceeds are needed for repair, rehabilitation or replacement of the Property, the Town shall so certify to the Trustee and the Trustee, at the Town’s written request, shall pay to the Town, or to its order, from said proceeds such amounts as the Town may expend for such repair or rehabilitation, upon the filing with the Trustee of requisitions of the Town Representative in the form and containing the provisions set forth in Section 7.01. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the representations made in such requisitions and may conclusively rely thereon and shall be under no duty to investigate or verify any statements made therein.
(c) If (i) less than all of the Property shall have been taken in such eminent domain proceedings or sold to a government threatening the use of eminent domain powers, and if the Town has given written notice to the Trustee of its determination that such eminent domain proceedings have materially affected the operation of the Property or the ability of the Town to meet any of its obligations with respect to the Property under the Lease Agreement or (ii) all of the Property shall have been taken in such eminent domain proceedings, then the Trustee shall transfer such proceeds to the Lease Payment Fund to be credited toward the prepayment of the Lease Payments pursuant to Section 10.3 of the Lease Agreement and applied to the redemption of Certificates in the manner provided in 4.01(b) hereof. (d) In making any determination under this Section 7.02, the Town may, but shall not be required to, obtain at its expense, the report of an independent engineer or other independent professional consultant, a copy of which shall be filed with the Trustee. Any such determination by the Town shall be final.
Section 7.03. Application of Net Proceeds of Title Insurance Award. The Net Proceeds from a title insurance award shall be deposited with the Trustee in the Insurance and Condemnation Fund pursuant to Section 6.2(c) of the Lease Agreement and shall be transferred to the Lease Payment Fund to be credited towards the prepayment of Lease Payments required to be paid pursuant to Section 10.3 of the Lease Agreement and applied to the redemption of Certificates in the manner provided in Section 4.01(b).
Section 7.04. Cooperation. The Corporation and the Trustee shall cooperate fully with the Town, at the expense of the Town, in filing any proof of loss with respect to any insurance policy maintained pursuant to Article V of the Lease Agreement and in the prosecution or
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defense of any prospective or pending condemnation proceeding with respect to the Property or any portion thereof. Neither the Trustee nor the Corporation shall be obligated to join in such action if it believes it will be exposed to liability or has not been indemnified to its satisfaction from any loss, liability or expense including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses.
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ARTICLE VIII
MONEYS IN FUNDS; INVESTMENT
Section 8.01. Held in Trust. The moneys and investments held by the Trustee under this Trust Agreement are irrevocably held in trust for the benefit of the Owners of the Certificates and for the purposes herein specified and such moneys, and any income or interest earned thereon, shall be expended only as provided in this Trust Agreement and shall not (except as set forth in Section 8.03 hereof) be subject to levy, attachment or lien by or for the benefit of any creditor of the Corporation, the Trustee, the Town or any Owner of Certificates.
Section 8.02. Investments Authorized. Moneys held by the Trustee hereunder shall, upon written order of a Town Representative filed with the trustee at least two Business Days in advance of the making of such investments, be invested and reinvested by the Trustee in Permitted Investments. The Trustee may deem all investments directed by a Town Representative as Permitted Investments without independent investigation thereof. If a Town Representative shall fail to so direct investments, the Trustee shall hold such moneys uninvested. Such investments, if registrable, shall be registered in the name of and held by the Trustee or its nominee. The Trustee may purchase or sell to itself or any affiliate, as principal or agent, investments authorized by this Section 8.02. Such investments and reinvestments shall be made considering the time at which funds are required to be available. The Trustee may act as principal or agent in the making or disposing of any investment and make or dispose of any investment through its investment department or that of an affiliate and shall be entitled to its customary fees therefor. The Trustee is hereby authorized, in making or disposing of any investment permitted by this Section 8.02, to deal with itself (in its individual capacity) or with one or more of its affiliates, whether it or such affiliate is acting as an agent of the Trustee or for any third person or dealing as principal for its own account. The Trustee may rely on the investment directions of the Town Representative as to both the suitability and legality of the directed investments. The Trustee shall have no liability for any loss, fees, taxes or other charges in connection with any investment or liquidation of an investment hereunder. Ratings of Permitted Investments referred to herein shall be determined at the time of purchase of such Permitted Investments and without regard to rating subcategories. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to monitor the ratings of Permitted Investments after the initial purchase of such Permitted Investments or the responsibility to validate the ratings of Permitted Investments prior to the initial purchase.
Unless otherwise consented to by the Municipal Bond Insurer, so long as any Insured Certificates remain outstanding or any amounts are owed to the Municipal Bond Insurer by the Town, the Town shall not enter into any interest rate exchange agreement, cap, collar, floor, ceiling or other agreement or instrument involving reciprocal payment obligations between the Town and a counterparty based on interest rates applied to a notional amount of principal.
Section 8.03. Accounting. The Trustee shall furnish to the Town, at least monthly, an accounting which may be in the form of its customary accounting statements of all investments made by the Trustee or by brokers selected by the Town; provided that the Trustee shall not be obligated to deliver an accounting for any fund or account that (a) has a balance of $0.00 and (b) has not had any activity since the last reporting date. Upon the Town’s election, such statements will be delivered via the Trustee’s online service and upon electing such service, paper statements will be provided only upon request. The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any loss suffered in connection with any investment of funds made by it in accordance with Section 8.02 hereof. the Town acknowledges that, to the extent that regulations of the Comptroller of the Currency or other applicable regulatory agency grant the Town the right to
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receive brokerage confirmations of security transactions effected by the Trustee as they occur, the Town waives receipt of such confirmations. the Town further understands that trade confirmations for securities transactions effected by the Trustee will be available upon request and at no additional cost and other trade confirmations may be obtained from the applicable broker.
Section 8.04. Allocation of Earnings. Unless and until otherwise directed by the Town to the Trustee in writing, all interest or income received by the Trustee on investment of the Lease Payment Fund shall be retained in the Lease Payment Fund. Amounts retained or deposited in the Lease Payment Fund pursuant to this Section 8.04 shall be applied as a credit against the Lease Payment due by the Town pursuant to the Lease Agreement on the Lease Payment Date following the date of deposit. All interest received by the Trustee on investment of the Reserve Fund shall be retained in the Reserve Fund in the event that amounts on deposit in the Reserve Fund are less than the Reserve Requirement. Reserve Fund investments may not have maturities extending beyond five years, except for the Reserve Policy and investment agreements or repurchase agreements approved by the Municipal Bond Insurer. In the event that amounts then on deposit in the Reserve Fund on the valuation date described in Section
8.03 hereof equal or exceed the Reserve Requirement, such excess shall be transferred to the Lease Payment Fund. Transfers to the Lease Payment Fund from the Reserve Fund shall be made by the Trustee on or prior to each April 1 and October 1. All interest or income in the Delivery Costs Fund shall be retained in the Delivery Costs Fund until the Delivery Costs Fund is closed pursuant to Section 3.02 hereof. All interest or income in the Project Fund shall be retained in the Project Fund until the Project Fund is closed pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof.
Section 8.05. Acquisition, Disposition and Valuation of Investments. the Town covenants that all investments of amounts deposited in any fund or account created by or pursuant to this Trust Agreement, or otherwise containing gross proceeds of the Certificates (within the meaning of section 148 of the Code) shall be acquired, disposed of, and valued at their market value. In determining market value of Permitted Investments, the Trustee may use, and rely conclusively and without liability upon, any generally recognized securities pricing service (including brokers and dealers in securities) available to it, including those within the accounting system utilized by the Trustee with respect to the Certificates.
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ARTICLE IX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 9.01. Appointment of Trustee. U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America with a Designated Corporate Trust Office in San Francisco, California, is hereby appointed Trustee, registrar and paying agent by the Corporation and the Town for the purpose of receiving all moneys required to be deposited with the Trustee hereunder and to allocate, use and apply the same as provided in this Trust Agreement. The Corporation and the Town agree that they will maintain a Trustee which shall be a corporation or association organized under the laws of any state, the United States of America, or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, which shall have (or, in the case of a bank or trust company included in a bank holding company system, the related bank holding company shall have) a combined capital and surplus of at least fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), subject to supervision or examination by federal or State authority, so long as any Certificates are Outstanding and acceptable to the Municipal Bond Insurer. If such corporation or association publishes a report of condition at least annually pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority above referred to then for the purpose of this Section 9.01, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9.01, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 9.07.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to pay the Certificates when duly presented for payment at maturity, or on redemption, or on purchase by the Trustee prior to maturity in accordance with Section 4.05 hereof, and to cancel all Certificates upon payment thereof. The Trustee shall keep records in accordance with corporate trust industry standards of all funds administered by it and of all Certificates paid and discharged.
Section 9.02. Acceptance of Trusts. The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts imposed upon it by this Trust Agreement and agrees to perform said trusts, but only upon and subject to the following express terms and conditions:
(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Trust Agreement and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Trust Agreement against the Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured or waived) the Trustee may exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement and shall use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.
(b) No provision in this Trust Agreement 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, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(c) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereof and perform the duties required of it hereunder either directly or by or through attorneys, receivers or agents and shall
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be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters of trust and its duty hereunder and shall be absolutely protected in relying thereon. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the misconduct of such persons selected by it with reasonable care. (d) The Trustee shall not be responsible for any recital herein, in the Assignment Agreement or in the Certificates, or for any of the supplements thereto or instruments of further assurance, or for the sufficiency of the security for the Certificates delivered hereunder or intended to be secured hereby and the Trustee shall not be bound to ascertain or inquire as to the observance or performance of any covenants, conditions or agreements on the part of the Corporation or the Town under the Lease Agreement.
(e) The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use of any Certificates delivered hereunder or the proceeds thereof. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the Owner or pledgee of Certificates secured hereby with the same rights which it would have if it were not the Trustee; may acquire and dispose of other bonds or evidence of indebtedness of the Town with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee; and may act as a depository for and permit any of its officers or directors to act as a member of, or in any other capacity with respect to, any committee formed to protect the rights of Owners of Certificates, whether or not such committee shall represent the Owners of the majority in principal amount of the Certificates then Outstanding.
(f) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any notice, request, consent, requisition, certificate, order, affidavit, facsimile, letter, telegram or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Trustee in good faith pursuant to this Trust Agreement upon the request or authority or consent of any person who at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent is the Owner of any Certificate, shall be conclusive and binding upon all future Owners of the same Certificate and upon Certificates executed and delivered in exchange therefor or in place thereof. The Trustee shall not be bound to recognize any person as an Owner of any Certificate or to take any action at his request unless such person is the registered owner as shown on the Registration Books.
(g) As to the existence or non-existence of any fact or as to the sufficiency or validity of any instrument, paper or proceeding, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate signed by a Corporation Representative or a Town Representative as sufficient evidence of the facts therein contained and prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default of which the Trustee has been given notice or is deemed to have notice, shall also be at liberty to accept a similar certificate to the effect that any particular dealing, transaction or action is necessary or expedient. The Trustee may accept a certificate of a Corporation Representative or a Town Representative to the effect that an authorization in the form therein set forth has been adopted by the Corporation or the Town, as the case may be, as conclusive evidence that such authorization has been duly adopted and is in full force and effect. (h) The permissive right of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Trust Agreement shall not be construed as a duty and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct. The immunities and exceptions from liability of the Trustee shall extend to its officers, directors, employees, affiliates and agents. (i) The Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice of any Event of Default hereunder except failure by the Town to make any of the Lease Payments to the Trustee required to be made by the Town pursuant to the Lease Agreement or failure by the Corporation or the Town to file with the Trustee any document required by this Trust
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Agreement or a Lease Agreement to be so filed on a date certain subsequent to the delivery of the Certificates, unless the Trustee shall be specifically notified in writing of such default by the Corporation, the Town or by the Owners of at least five percent (5%) in aggregate principal amount of Certificates then Outstanding and all notices or other instruments required by this Trust Agreement to be delivered to the Trustee must, in order to be effective, be delivered at the Designated Corporate Trust Office, and in the absence of such notice so delivered the Trustee may conclusively assume there is no Event of Default except as aforesaid. (j) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the said trusts and powers or otherwise in respect of the premises. (k) Notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this Trust Agreement with respect to the execution of any Certificates, the withdrawal of any cash, the release of any property, or any action whatsoever within the purview of this Trust Agreement, the Trustee shall have the right, but shall not be required, to demand any showings, certificates, opinions, appraisals or other information, or corporate action or evidence thereof, in addition to that by the terms hereof required as a condition of such action, deemed desirable by the Trustee for the purpose of establishing the right of the Town to the withdrawal of any cash, or the taking of any other action by the Trustee.
(l) All moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied or invested as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any loss suffered in connection with any investment of moneys made by it in accordance with Article VII of this Trust Agreement. (m) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Certificates relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Trust Agreement. (n) Before taking any action under Article XII hereof or this Section 9.02 at the request or direction of the Certificate Owners or the Municipal Bond Insurer, the Trustee may require payment or reimbursement of its reasonable fees and expenses, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and receipt of an indemnity satisfactory to it from the Certificate Owners or the Municipal Bond Insurer to protect it against all liability, except liability which is adjudicated to have resulted from its own negligence or willful misconduct in connection with any action so taken. Before being required to take any action, the Trustee may require an opinion of Independent Counsel acceptable to the Trustee, which opinion shall be made available to the other parties hereto upon request, which counsel may be counsel to any of the parties hereto, or a verified certificate of any party hereto, or both, concerning the proposed action. If it does so in good faith, the Trustee shall be absolutely protected in relying thereon. (o) Under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable for the obligations evidenced by the Certificates.
(p) The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Town or the Corporation or any other party of any funds which the Trustee has released in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement.
(q) The Trustee has no obligation or duty to insure compliance by the Town with the Code.
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(r) The Trustee makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the title, value, design, compliance with specifications or legal or environmental requirements, quality, durability, operation, condition, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose or fitness for the use contemplated by the Town or the Corporation of the Property. In no event shall the Trustee be liable for incidental, indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages in connection with or arising from the Lease Agreement or this Trust Agreement for the existence, furnishing or use of the Property.
(s) The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates and shall incur no responsibility in respect thereof, other than in connection with the duties or obligations herein or in the Certificates assigned to or imposed upon it. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of the Lease Agreement or the assignment under the Assignment Agreement. The Trustee shall not be liable for the sufficiency or collection of any Lease Payments or other moneys required to be paid to it under the Lease Agreement (except as provided in this Trust Agreement), its right to receive moneys pursuant to the Lease Agreement, or the value of or title to the premises upon which the Property is located or the Property. The Trustee makes no representations and shall have no responsibility for any official statement or other offering material prepared or distributed with respect to the Certificates.
(t) In accepting the trust hereby created the Trustee acts solely as Trustee for the Owners and not in its individual capacity and all persons, including without limitation the Owners and the Town or the Corporation having any claim against the Trustee arising from this Trust Agreement shall look only to the funds and accounts held by the Trustee hereunder for payment except as otherwise provided herein.
(u) The Trustee is authorized and directed to execute the Assignment Agreement in its capacity as Trustee hereunder.
(v) The Trustee shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions (“Instructions”) given pursuant to this Trust Agreement and delivered using Electronic Means (“Electronic Means” means the following communications methods: email, facsimile transmission, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee, or another method or system specified by the Trustee as available for use in connection with its services hereunder); provided, however, that the Corporation and/or the Town, as applicable, shall provide to the Trustee an incumbency certificate listing officers with the authority to provide such Instructions (“Authorized Officers”) and containing specimen signatures of such Authorized Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the Corporation and/or the Town, as applicable, whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Corporation and/or the Town, as applicable, elects to give the Trustee Instructions using Electronic Means and the Trustee elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such Instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Corporation and the Town understand and agree that the Trustee cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee shall conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Trustee have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The Corporation and the Town shall be responsible for ensuring that only Authorized Officers transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and that the Corporation, the Town and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Corporation and/or the Town, as applicable. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the
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Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Corporation and the Town agree: (i) to assume all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions 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; (ii) that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the Trustee and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s) selected by the Corporation and/or the Town, as applicable; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify the Trustee immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures. (w) In acting or omitting to act pursuant to the Lease Agreement, the Site and Facility Lease or any other document contemplated or executed in connection herewith, the Trustee shall be entitled to all of the rights, immunities and indemnities accorded to it under this Trust Agreement and the Lease Agreement, including, but not limited to, this Article VIII. (x) The Trustee shall not be liable to the parties hereto or deemed in breach or default hereunder if and to the extent its performance hereunder is prevented by reason of force majeure. The term “force majeure” means an occurrence that is beyond the control of the Trustee and could not have been avoided by exercising due care. Force majeure shall include but not be limited to acts of God, terrorism, war, riots, strikes, fire, floods, earthquakes, epidemics or other similar occurrences.
(y) The Trustee shall not be liable in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder, except for its own negligence or willful misconduct. (z) The Trustee may consult with counsel, who may be counsel of or to the Town or the Corporation, with regard to legal questions, and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance therewith.
(aa) Whenever in the administration of the trusts imposed upon it by this Trust Agreement 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 certificate of the Town, and such certificate shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or suffered in good faith under the provisions of this Trust Agreement in reliance upon such certificate, but the Trustee may, in lieu thereof, accept other evidence of such matter or may require such additional evidence as it may deem reasonable.
Section 9.03. Fees, Charges and Expenses of Trustee. the Town shall pay and reimburse the Trustee for such fees for its services rendered hereunder as shall be agreed upon in writing and under the Assignment Agreement and all advances and expenditures, including but not limited to, advances to and reasonable fees and expenses of independent appraisers, accountants, consultants, counsel, agents and attorneys or other experts employed by the Trustee in connection with such services and the Trustee shall, in the Event of Default, have a first and prior lien on the funds held hereunder to secure the same. The Trustee’s rights hereunder, including its rights under Section 11.03 hereof, shall survive its resignation or removal and final payment of the Certificates. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after the occurrence of an Event of Default, such expenses and the compensation for
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such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, arrangement, moratorium, reorganization or other debtor relief law.
Section 9.04. Notice to Certificate Owners of Default. If an Event of Default occurs of which the Trustee has been given or is deemed to have notice pursuant to Section 9.02(i) hereof, then the Trustee shall, within ninety (90) days of the occurrence thereof, give written notice thereof at the expense of the Town by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the Owner of each Certificate, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured before the giving of such notice; provided, however that unless such Event of Default consists of the failure by the Town to make any Lease Payment when due, the Trustee may elect not to give such notice if and so long as the Trustee in good faith determines that it is in the best interests of the Certificate Owners not to give such notice.
Section 9.05. Intervention by Trustee. In any judicial proceeding to which the Corporation or the Town is a party which, in the opinion of the Trustee and its counsel, has a substantial bearing on the interests of Owners of the Certificates, the Trustee may intervene on behalf of the Certificate Owners and shall do so if requested in writing by the Municipal Bond Insurer or the Owners of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of Certificates then Outstanding and the Municipal Bond Insurer, provided the Trustee shall have no duty to take such action unless it has received payment or reimbursement and has been indemnified to its satisfaction as provided in Section 9.02(n) hereof against all risk or liability arising from such action.
Section 9.06. Removal of Trustee. Upon thirty (30) days’ notice, the Town (so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing) or the Owners of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Certificates then Outstanding may, with the consent of the Corporation, remove the Trustee initially appointed, and any successor thereto, by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing delivered to the Trustee and the Corporation, and may appoint a successor or successors thereto; provided that any such successor shall be a corporation or association meeting the requirements set forth in Section 9.01 hereof.
Section 9.07. Resignation by Trustee. The Trustee and any successor Trustee may, at any time, resign by giving thirty (30) days’ written notice by registered or certified mail to the Town, the Corporation and the Municipal Bond Insurer.
Section 9.08. Appointment of Successor Trustee. In the event of the removal or resignation of the Trustee pursuant to Sections 9.06 or 9.07 hereof, the Town shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. In the event the Town shall, for any reason whatsoever, fail to appoint a successor Trustee within thirty (30) days following the delivery to the Trustee of the instrument described in Section 9.06 hereof or within thirty (30) days following the receipt of notice by the Town pursuant to Section 9.07 hereof, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction at the expense of the Town, for the appointment of a successor Trustee meeting the requirements of Section 9.01 hereof. Any such successor Trustee appointed by such court shall become the successor Trustee hereunder notwithstanding any action by the Town purporting to appoint a successor Trustee following the expiration of such thirty (30) day period. Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee.
Section 9.09. Merger or Consolidation. Any company or association into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any company resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which it shall be a party or any company or association to which the Trustee may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its corporate trust business, provided that such company or association shall be eligible under
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Section 9.01 hereof, shall be the successor to the Trustee and vested with all of the title to the trust estate and all of the trusts, powers, discretions, immunities, privileges and all other matters as was its predecessor, without the execution or filing of any paper or further act, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section 9.10. Concerning any Successor Trustee. Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to its or his predecessor and also the Corporation and the Town an instrument in writing accepting such appointment hereunder and thereupon such successor, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the estates, properties, rights, powers, trusts, duties and obligations of its predecessors; but such predecessor shall, nevertheless, on the written request of the Town, or of its successor, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all the estates, properties, rights, powers and trusts of such predecessor hereunder; and every predecessor Trustee shall deliver all securities and moneys held by it as the Trustee hereunder to its successor. Upon such acceptance, the Town shall mail, by first class mail, postage prepaid, or cause the mailing of, notice thereof to the Certificate Owners at their respective addresses set forth on the Registration Books. Should any instrument in writing from the Town be required by any successor Trustee for more fully and certainly vesting in such successor the estate, rights, powers and duties hereby vested or intended to be vested in the predecessor, any and all such instruments in writing shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged and delivered by the Town. The resignation of any Trustee and the instrument or instruments removing any Trustee and appointing a successor hereunder, together with all other instruments provided for in this Article VIII, shall be filed or recorded by the successor Trustee in each recording office where the Assignment Agreement shall have been filed or recorded.
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ARTICLE X
MODIFICATION OR AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENTS
Section 10.01. Amendments Permitted. This Trust Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Owners of the Certificates, the Lease Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties thereto, the Site and Facility Lease and the rights and obligations of the parties thereto and the Assignment Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties thereto, may be modified or amended at any time by a supplemental agreement which shall become effective when the written consent of the Municipal Bond Insurer and at least sixty percent (60%) in aggregate principal amount of the Certificates then Outstanding or, if the Municipal Bond Insurer is in breach of its obligations under the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy, of the Owners of at least sixty percent (60%) in aggregate principal amount of the Certificates then Outstanding, exclusive of Certificates disqualified as provided in Section 10.03 hereof, shall have been filed with the Trustee. No such modification or amendment shall (1) extend or have the effect of extending the fixed maturity of any Certificate or reducing the interest rate with respect thereto or extending the time of payment of interest, or reducing the amount of principal thereof, without the express consent of the Owner of such Certificate and the Municipal Bond Insurer; or (2) reduce or have the effect of reducing the percentage of Certificates required for the affirmative vote or written consent to an amendment or modification of a Lease Agreement; or (3) modify any of the rights or obligations of the Trustee without its written assent thereto. Any such supplemental agreement shall become effective as provided in Section 10.02 hereof.
This Trust Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Owners of the Certificates and the Lease Agreement and the rights and obligations of the respective parties thereto, and the Assignment Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties thereto, may (with the prior written consent of the Municipal Bond Insurer) be modified or amended at any time by a supplemental agreement, without the consent of any such Owners, but only to the extent permitted by law and only (1) to add to the covenants and agreements of the Corporation or the Town; (2) to cure, correct or supplement any ambiguous or defective provision contained herein or therein and which shall not, in the opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel, materially adversely affect the interests of the Owners of the Certificates; (3) in regard to questions arising hereunder or thereunder, as the parties hereto or thereto may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not, in the opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel, materially adversely affect the interests of the Owners of the Certificates; (4) to make such additions, deletions or modifications as may be necessary or appropriate in the opinion of bond counsel to assure the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of the interest component of Lease Payments and the interest payable with respect to the Certificates; (5) to add to the rights of the Trustee; or (6) to maintain the rating or ratings assigned to the Certificates. Any such supplemental agreement shall become effective upon execution and delivery by the parties hereto or thereto, as the case may be.
This Trust Agreement and the Lease Agreement may not be modified or amended at any time by a supplemental agreement which would modify any of the rights and obligations of the Trustee without its written assent thereto.
The Trustee shall receive an opinion of Independent Counsel that any amendment entered into hereunder complies with the provisions of this Article IX and the Trustee may rely conclusively on such opinion.
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Section 10.02. Procedure for Amendment with Written Consent of Certificate Owners.
This Trust Agreement and the Lease Agreement may be amended by supplemental agreement as provided in this Section 10.02 in the event the consent of the Owners of the Certificates is required pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof. A copy of such supplemental agreement (or a summary thereof), together with a request to the Certificate Owners for their consent thereto, shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, by the Trustee at the expense of the Town, to each Owner of a Certificate at his address as set forth on the Registration Books, but failure to mail copies of such supplemental agreement and request shall not affect the validity of the supplemental agreement when assented to as in this Section 10.02 provided.
Such supplemental agreement shall not become effective unless there shall be filed with the Trustee the written consent of the Municipal Bond Insurer or, if the Municipal Bond Insurer is in breach of its obligations under the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy, the Owners of at least sixty percent (60%) in aggregate principal amount of the Certificates then Outstanding (exclusive of Certificates disqualified as provided in Section 10.03 hereof) and a notice shall have been mailed as hereinafter in this Section 10.02 provided. Each such consent shall be effective only if accompanied by proof of ownership of the Certificates for which such consent is given, which proof shall be such as is permitted by Section 2.11 hereof. Any such consent shall be binding upon the Owner of the Certificate giving such consent and on any subsequent Owner (whether or not such subsequent Owner has notice thereof) unless such consent is revoked in writing by the Owner giving such consent or a subsequent Owner by filing such revocation with the Trustee prior to the date when the notice hereinafter in the following paragraph of this Section 10.02 provided for has been mailed.
After the Municipal Bond Insurer and the Owners of the required percentage of Certificates shall have filed their consents to such supplemental agreement, the Trustee shall mail by first class mail, postage prepaid, a notice at the expense of the Town, to the Municipal Bond Insurer and the Owners of the Certificates in the manner hereinbefore provided in this Section 10.02 for the mailing of such supplemental agreement of the notice of adoption thereof, stating in substance that such supplemental agreement has been consented to by the Municipal Bond Insurer and the Owners of the required percentage of Certificates and will be effective as provided in this Section 10.02 (but failure to mail copies of said notice shall not affect the validity of such supplemental agreement or consents thereto). A record, consisting of the papers required by this Section 10.02 to be filed with the Trustee, shall be conclusive proof of the matters therein stated. Such supplemental agreement shall become effective upon the mailing of such last-mentioned notice, and such supplemental agreement shall be deemed conclusively binding upon the parties hereto and the Owners of all Certificates at the expiration of sixty (60) days after such filing, except in the event of a final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction setting aside such consent in a legal action or equitable proceeding for such purpose commenced within such sixty (60) day period.
Section 10.03. Disqualified Certificates. Certificates owned or held by or for the account of the Town or by any person directly or indirectly controlled or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with the Town (except any Certificates held in any pension or retirement fund) shall not be deemed Outstanding (unless all such Certificates are owned or held, in which case all such Certificates shall be deemed Outstanding) for the purpose of any vote, consent, waiver or other action or any calculation of Outstanding Certificates provided for in this Trust Agreement, and shall not be entitled to vote upon, consent to, or take any other action provided for in this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be liable for determining whether Certificates are owned or held by the Town or any such other person unless such Certificates are registered in the name of the Town on the Registration Books.
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Section 10.04. Effect of Supplemental Agreement. From and after the time any supplemental agreement becomes effective pursuant to this Article IX, this Trust Agreement or a Lease Agreement, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith, the respective rights, duties and obligations of the parties hereto or thereto and all Owners of Certificates Outstanding, as the case may be, 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 supplemental agreement shall be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Trust Agreement or a Lease Agreement, as the case may be, for any and all purposes.
Section 10.05. Endorsement or Replacement of Certificates Delivered After Amendments. the Town may determine that Certificates delivered after the effective date of any action taken as provided in this Article IX shall bear a notation, by endorsement or otherwise, in form approved by the Town, as to such action. In that case, upon demand of the Owner of any Certificate Outstanding at such effective date and presentation of his Certificate for such purpose at the Designated Corporate Trust Office, a suitable notation shall be made on such Certificate. the Town may determine that the delivery of substitute Certificates, so modified as in the opinion of the Town is necessary to conform to such Certificate Owners’ action, is necessary and such substitute Certificates shall thereupon be prepared, executed and delivered.
In that case, upon demand of the Owner of any Certificate then Outstanding, such substitute Certificate shall be exchanged at the Designated Corporate Trust Office, at the expense of the Town, for a Certificate of the same character then Outstanding, upon surrender of such Outstanding Certificate.
Section 10.06. Amendatory Endorsement of Certificates. The provisions of this Article IX shall not prevent any Certificate Owner from accepting any amendment as to the particular Certificates held by him, provided that proper notation thereof is made on such Certificates.
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ARTICLE XI
COVENANTS
Section 11.01. Compliance with and Enforcement of Lease Agreement. the Town covenants and agrees with the Municipal Bond Insurer and the Owners of the Certificates to perform all obligations and duties imposed on it under the Lease Agreement. The Corporation covenants and agrees with the Owners of the Certificates to perform all obligations and duties imposed on it under the Lease Agreement.
The Town will not do or permit anything to be done, or omit or refrain from doing anything, in any case where any such act done or permitted to be done, or any such omission of or refraining from action, would or might be a ground for cancellation or termination of their respective Lease Agreement by the Corporation thereunder. The Corporation and the Town, immediately upon receiving or giving any notice, communication or other document in any way relating to or affecting their respective estates, or either of them, in the Property, which may or can in any manner affect such estate of the Town or the Corporation, will deliver the same, or a copy thereof, to the Trustee and the Municipal Bond Insurer.
Section 11.02. Observance of Laws and Regulations. the Town and the Corporation will well and truly keep, observe and perform all valid and lawful obligations or regulations now or hereafter imposed on them by contract, or prescribed by any law of the United States, or of the State, or by any officer, board or commission having jurisdiction or control, as a condition of the continued enjoyment of any and every right, privilege or franchise now owned or hereafter acquired by the Town or the Corporation, respectively, including its right to exist and carry on business as a public entity, to the end that such rights, privileges and franchises shall be maintained and preserved, and shall not become abandoned, forfeited or in any manner impaired.
Section 11.03. Prosecution and Defense of Suits. the Town shall promptly, upon request of the Trustee or any Certificate Owner, from time to time take such action as may be necessary or proper to remedy or cure any defect in or cloud upon the title to the Property, whether now existing or hereafter developing and shall prosecute all such suits, actions and other proceedings as may be appropriate for such purpose and shall indemnify and save the Trustee and every Certificate Owner harmless from all loss, cost, damage and expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, which they or any of them may incur by reason of any such defect, cloud, suit, action or proceeding.
Section 11.04. Recordation and Filing. the Town shall record and file, or cause to be recorded and filed, the Site and Facility Lease, the Lease Agreement (or a memorandum thereof), the Assignment Agreement and all such documents as may be required by law (and shall take all further actions which may be necessary or be reasonably required by the Trustee), all in such manner, at such times and in such places as may be required by law in order fully to preserve, protect and perfect the security of the Trustee and the Certificate Owners.
Section 11.05. Budgets. the Town shall supply to the Trustee and the Municipal Bond Insurer as soon as practicable, but not later than July 1 in each year, a written determination by a Town Representative that the Town has made adequate provision in its annual budget for the payment of Lease Payments and Additional Payments due under the Lease Agreement in the Fiscal Year covered by such budget. The determination given by the Town to the Trustee shall be that the amounts so budgeted are fully adequate for the payment of all Lease Payments and
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Additional Payments due under the Lease Agreement in the annual period covered by such budget.
Section 11.06. Further Assurances. The Corporation and the Town will make, execute and deliver any and all such further resolutions, instruments and assurances as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out the intention or to facilitate the performance of this Trust Agreement and the Lease Agreement, or as may be requested by the Trustee and for the better assuring and confirming unto the Owners of the Certificates and the Trustee the rights and benefits provided herein.
Section 11.07. Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent. the Town hereby certifies, recites and declares that all acts, conditions and things required by the constitution and statutes of the State, the Lease Agreement and this Trust Agreement to exist, to have happened and to have been performed precedent to and in the delivery of the Certificates, do exist, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law.
Section 11.08. Continuing Disclosure. the Town hereby covenants and agrees that it will comply with and carry out all of the provisions of the Continuing Disclosure Certificate.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, failure of the Town to comply with the Continuing Disclosure Certificate shall not be considered an Event of Default; however, the holders of at least 25% aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Certificates, or any holder or beneficial owner of the Certificates may, take such actions as may be necessary and appropriate to compel performance, including seeking mandate or specific performance by court order.
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ARTICLE XII
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Section 12.01. Limited Liability of Town. Except for the payment of Lease Payments when due and Additional Payments, if any, in accordance with the Lease Agreement and the performance of the other covenants and agreements of the Town contained in the Lease Agreement and this Trust Agreement, the Town shall have no pecuniary obligation or liability to any of the other parties or to the Owners of the Certificates with respect to this Trust Agreement or the terms, execution, delivery or transfer of the Certificates, or the distribution of Lease Payments to the Owners by the Trustee, except as expressly set forth herein.
Section 12.02. No Liability of Town or Corporation for Trustee Performance. Neither the Town nor the Corporation shall have any obligation or liability to any of the other parties or to the Owners of the Certificates with respect to the performance by the Trustee of any duty imposed upon it under this Trust Agreement.
Section 12.03. Indemnification of Trustee. the Town shall to the extent permitted by law indemnify and save the Trustee, its officers, employees, directors, affiliates and agents harmless from and against all claims, losses, costs, expenses, liability and damages, including reasonable legal fees and expenses (including allocated costs of internal counsel), arising out of (i) the use, maintenance, condition or management of, or from any work or thing done on, the Property by the Corporation or the Town; (ii) any breach or default on the part of the Corporation or the Town the performance of any of their respective obligations under the Lease Agreement, the Assignment Agreement, this Trust Agreement and any other agreement made and entered into for purposes of the Property; (iii) any act of the Corporation or the Town or of any of their respective agents, contractors, servants, employees, licensees with respect to the Property; (iv) any act of any assignee of, or purchaser from the Corporation or the Town or of any of its or their respective agents, contractors, servants, employees or licensees with respect to the Property; (v) the authorization of payment of Delivery Costs; (vi) the actions of any other party, including but not limited to the ownership, operation or use of the Property by the Corporation or the Town including, without limitation, the use, storage, presence, disposal or release of any Hazardous Substances on or about the Property; (vii) the Trustee’s exercise and performance of its powers and duties hereunder or as assigned to it under the Assignment Agreement or any other documents contemplated or executed in connection herewith or therewith; (viii) the offering and sale of the Certificates; (ix) the presence under or about or release from the Property, or any portion thereof, of any substance, material or waste which is or becomes regulated or classified as hazardous or toxic under State, local or federal law, or the violation of any such law by the Town; or (x) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in any official statement or other offering document utilized in connection with the sale of the Certificates. Such indemnification shall include the costs and expenses of defending against any claim or liability arising under this Trust Agreement. No indemnification will be made under this Section 12.03 or elsewhere in this Trust Agreement for willful misconduct or negligence under this Trust Agreement by the Trustee, its officers, affiliates or employees. the Town’s obligations hereunder shall remain valid and binding notwithstanding maturity and payment of the Certificates or resignation or removal of the Trustee. This Section 12.03 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement and the earlier removal or resignation of the Trustee.
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Section 12.04. Limitation of Rights to Parties and Certificate Owners. Nothing in this Trust Agreement or in the Certificates expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to give any person other than the Town, the Corporation, the Trustee, the Municipal Bond Insurer and the Owners of the Certificates, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Trust Agreement or any covenant, condition or provision hereof; and all such covenants, conditions and provisions are and shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Town, the Corporation, the Trustee, the Municipal Bond Insurer and said Owners.
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ARTICLE XIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES OF
CERTIFICATE OWNERS
Section 13.01. Assignment of Rights. Pursuant to the Assignment Agreement, the Corporation has transferred, assigned and set over to the Trustee all of the Corporation’s rights in and to the Lease Agreement (excepting only the Corporation’s rights to give approvals and consents, and its rights under Sections 5.8, 7.3 and 9.4 and its obligations thereof), including without limitation all of the Corporation’s rights to exercise such rights and remedies conferred on the Corporation pursuant to the Lease Agreement as may be necessary or convenient (i) to enforce payment of the Lease Payments, Additional Payments and any other amounts required to be deposited in the Lease Payment Fund or the Insurance and Condemnation Fund, and (ii) otherwise to exercise the Corporation’s rights and take any action to protect the interests of the Trustee or the Certificate Owners in an Event of Default.
Section 13.02. Remedies. If an Event of Default shall happen, then and in each and every such case during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Trustee may (with the prior written consent of the Municipal Bond Insurer), and shall upon request of the Municipal Bond Insurer or, if the Municipal Bond Insurer is in breach of its obligations under the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy,, and shall upon request of the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Certificates then Outstanding, and upon payment of its reasonable fees and expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, and being indemnified to its satisfaction therefor shall, exercise any and all remedies available pursuant to law or granted pursuant to the Lease Agreement; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein or in the Lease Agreement to the contrary, there shall be no right under any circumstances to accelerate the maturities of the Certificates or otherwise to declare any Lease Payment not then in default to be immediately due and payable.
Section 13.03. Application of Funds. All moneys held by the Trustee in the funds and accounts held hereunder and all moneys received by the Trustee pursuant to any right given or action taken under the provisions of this Article XII or Article IX of the Lease Agreement shall be applied by the Trustee in the following order upon presentation of the several Certificates:
First, to the payment of the fees, costs and expenses of the Trustee in declaring such Event of Default, and collecting moneys owed hereunder, including reasonable compensation to its agents, attorneys and counsel (including allocated costs of internal counsel), including all fees, indemnity and expenses past due, and then fees, costs and expenses of the Certificate Owners in declaring such Event of Default, and collecting moneys owed hereunder, including reasonable compensation to its agents, attorneys and counsel; and Second, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid with respect to the Certificates for principal and interest, with interest on the overdue principal and installments of interest at the rate per annum payable with respect to the Certificates (but such interest on overdue installments of interest shall be paid only to the extent funds are available therefor following payment of principal and interest and interest on overdue principal, as aforesaid), and in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so owing and unpaid with respect to the Certificates, then to the payment of such principal and interest without preference or priority of principal over interest, or of interest over principal, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and interest.
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Third, any amount due to the Municipal Bond Insurer, not paid pursuant to First or Second above, and unpaid.
Section 13.04. Institution of Legal Proceedings. If one or more Events of Default shall happen and be continuing, or if there shall be nonpayment of principal or interest with respect to the Certificates, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of the Owners of a majority in principal amount of the Certificates then Outstanding, and upon payment of its fees and expenses, including counsel fees and expenses, and being indemnified to its satisfaction therefor, shall, proceed to protect or enforce its rights or the rights of the Owners of Certificates by a suit in equity or action at law, either for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained herein, or in aid of the execution of any power herein granted, or by mandamus or other appropriate proceeding for the enforcement of any other legal or equitable remedy as shall be deemed most effectual in support of any of its rights or duties hereunder. If one or more Events of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee shall be entitled as a matter of right to the appointment of a receiver or receivers for the Property and for any property securing the Certificates and the revenues, income, produce, and profits thereon. In the case of any receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, or other judicial proceedings affecting the Town or the Property, the Trustee shall be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and Owners allowed in such proceedings for the entire amount due and payable under this Trust Agreement at the time of the institution of such proceedings, and also for any additional amount which may become due and payable thereafter, without prejudice to the right of any Owner to file a claim on his or her own behalf. The Trustee shall not be obligated to take any such action unless offered compensation, indemnity for its potential liability, and reimbursement for its reasonable legal fees and expenses in accordance with this Section 13.04.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Certificate Owner any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or composition affecting the Certificates 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 Certificate Owners so affected.
Section 13.05. Non-waiver. Nothing in this Article XII or in any other provision of this Trust Agreement or in the Certificates, shall affect or impair the obligation of the Town to pay or prepay the Lease Payments as provided in the Lease Agreement, or affect or impair the right of action, which is absolute and unconditional, of the Certificate Owners to institute suit to enforce and collect such payment. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Owner of any of the Certificates to exercise any right or power arising upon the happening of any Event of Default shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein, and every power and remedy given by this Article XII to the Trustee, to the Municipal Bond Insurer or to the Owners of Certificates may be exercised from time to time and as often as shall be deemed expedient by the Trustee or the Certificate Owners.
Section 13.06. Remedies Not Exclusive. No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Certificate Owners is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing, at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise.
Section 13.07. Power of Trustee to Control Proceedings. In the event that the Trustee, upon the happening of an Event of Default, shall have taken any action, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, pursuant to its duties hereunder, upon the request of the Owners of a majority in principal amount of the Certificates then Outstanding, it shall have full power, for the best interests of the Owners of the Certificates, with respect to the continuance, discontinuance,
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withdrawal, compromise, settlement or other disposal of such action; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not discontinue, withdraw, compromise or settle, or otherwise dispose of any litigation pending at law or in equity, without the consent of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Certificates Outstanding.
Section 13.08. Limitation on Certificate Owners’ Right to Sue. No Owner of any Certificate executed and delivered hereunder shall have the right to institute any suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity, for any remedy under or upon this Trust Agreement, unless (a) such Owner shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder; (b) the Owners of at least twenty-five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of all the Certificates then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to exercise the powers hereinbefore granted or to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name; (c) said Owners shall have tendered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; and (d) the Trustee shall have refused or omitted to comply with such request for a period of sixty (60) days after such written request shall have been received by, and said tender of indemnity shall have been made to, the Trustee.
Such notification, request, tender of indemnity and refusal or omission are hereby declared, in every case, to be conditions precedent to the exercise by any Owner of Certificates of any remedy hereunder; it being understood and intended that no one or more Owners of Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatever by his or their action to enforce any right under this Trust Agreement, except in the manner herein provided, and that all proceedings at law or in equity with respect to an Event of Default shall be instituted, had and maintained in the manner herein provided and for the equal benefit of all Owners of the Outstanding Certificates.
The right of any Owner of any Certificate to receive payment of said Owner’s fractional interest in the Lease Payments as the same become due, or to institute suit for the enforcement of such payment, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Owner, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 13.08 or any other provision of this Trust Agreement.
Section 13.09. Parties Interested Herein. Nothing in this Trust Agreement expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or to give to, any person or entity, other than the Town, the Corporation, the Trustee and the Municipal Bond Insurer, their officers, employees and agents, and the Owners any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Trust Agreement, or any covenant, condition or stipulation hereof, and all covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Trust Agreement contained by and on behalf of the Town shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Town, the Corporation and the Trustee, their officers, employees and agents, and the Owners.
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ARTICLE XIV
PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE MUNICIPAL BOND
INSURER AND THE MUNICIPAL BOND INSURANCE POLICY
Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary, the following provisions shall prevail for as long as the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy is in effect.
Section 14.01. Notices and Other Information.
(a) Any notice that is required to be given to an Owner, nationally recognized municipal securities information repositories or state information depositories pursuant to Rule 15c2- 12(b)(5) adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission or to the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement or the Lease Agreement shall also be provided to the Municipal Bond Insurer, simultaneously with the sending of such notices. In addition, all information furnished by the Town pursuant to the Continuing Disclosure Certificate shall also be provided to the Municipal Bond Insurer, simultaneously with the furnishing of such information. All notices required to be given to the Municipal Bond Insurer shall be in writing and shall be sent by registered or certified mail addressed to ___________, ____________, Attention: ____________, Re: Municipal Bond Insurance Policy No. _______ and Reserve Policy No. _______, Telephone: (___) ___-____; Fax: (___) ___-____. If such communication refers to an Event of Default, then a copy of such notice or other communication shall also be sent to the attention of the Deputy General Counsel-Public Finance of the Municipal Bond Insurer and shall be marked to indicate “URGENT MATERIAL ENCLOSED.”
(b) the Municipal Bond Insurer shall have the right to receive such additional information as it may reasonably request.
(c) the Town will permit the Municipal Bond Insurer to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Town or any information the Municipal Bond Insurer may reasonably request regarding the security for the Certificates with appropriate officers of the Town, and the Town will use best efforts to enable the Municipal Bond Insurer to have access to the facilities, books and records of the Town on any Business Day upon reasonable prior notice. (d) The Trustee shall notify the Municipal Bond Insurer of any failure of the Corporation or the Town to provide notices, certificates and other information required to be provided to the Trustee under the Trust Agreement or the Lease Agreement.
Section 14.02. Defeasance. In the event that the principal and/or interest due with respect to the Insured Certificates shall be paid by the Municipal Bond Insurer pursuant to the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy, the Insured Certificates shall remain outstanding for all purposes, not be defeased or otherwise satisfied and not be considered paid, and the assignment and pledge of the trust estate and all covenants, agreements and other obligations of the Town to the Owners shall continue to exist and shall run to the benefit of the Municipal Bond Insurer and the Municipal Bond Insurer shall be subrogated to the rights of such Owners, including, without limitation, any rights that such owners may have in respect of securities law violations arising from the offer and sale of the Insured Certificates.
Section 14.03. Trustee-Related Provisions.
(a) the Municipal Bond Insurer shall receive prior written notice of any name change of the Trustee or the resignation, removal or termination of the Trustee.
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(b) No resignation, removal or termination of the Trustee shall take effect until a successor, acceptable to the Municipal Bond Insurer, shall be appointed. (c) The Trustee may be removed at any time at the request of the Municipal Bond Insurer for any breach of its obligations under the Trust Agreement.
Section 14.04. Amendments and Supplements.
(a) With respect to amendments or supplements to this Trust Agreement or the Lease Agreement, the Municipal Bond Insurer’s prior written consent is required. (b) Copies of any amendments or supplements to this Trust Agreement or the Lease Agreement which are consented to by the Municipal Bond Insurer shall be sent to the rating agencies that have assigned a rating to the Certificates. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement or the Lease Agreement, in determining whether the rights of Owners will be adversely affected by any action taken pursuant to the terms and provisions thereof, the effect on the Owners shall be considered as if there was no Municipal Bond Insurance Policy.
Section 14.05. The Municipal Bond Insurer as Third Party Beneficiary. To the extent that this Trust Agreement or the Lease Agreement confer upon or give or grant to the Municipal Bond Insurer any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of the Trust Agreement or the Lease Agreement, the Municipal Bond Insurer is explicitly recognized as being a third party beneficiary hereunder and may enforce any such right, remedy or claim conferred, given or granted hereunder.
Section 14.06. Control Rights of the Municipal Bond Insurer. (a) Anything in this Trust Agreement or the Lease Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Municipal Bond Insurer shall be entitled to control and direct the enforcement of all rights and remedies granted to the Owners or the Trustee for the benefit of the Owners of Insured Certificates. (b) The rights granted to the Municipal Bond Insurer under the Site and Facility Lease, the Lease Agreement, the Assignment Agreement and/or this Trust Agreement to request, consent to or direct any action are rights granted to the Municipal Bond Insurer in consideration of its issuance of the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy. Any exercise by the Municipal Bond Insurer of such rights is merely an exercise of the Municipal Bond Insurer’s contractual rights and shall not be construed or deemed to be taken for the benefit, or on behalf, of the Owners and such action does not evidence any position of the Municipal Bond Insurer, affirmative or negative, as to whether the consent of the Owners or any other person is required in addition to the consent of the Municipal Bond Insurer.
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Section 14.07. Consent Rights of the Municipal Bond Insurer. (a) Consent of the Municipal Bond Insurer. Any provision of this Trust Agreement or the Lease Agreement expressly recognizing or granting rights in or to the Municipal Bond Insurer may not be amended without the prior written consent of the Municipal Bond Insurer. (b) Consent of the Municipal Bond Insurer in Addition to Owner Consent. Wherever this Trust Agreement or the Lease Agreement require the consent of Owners, the Municipal Bond Insurer's consent shall also be required.
(c) Consent of the Municipal Bond Insurer. The Municipal Bond Insurer shall be deemed to be the sole holder of the Insured Certificates for the purpose of exercising any voting right or privilege or giving any consent or direction or taking any other action that the Owners are entitled to take pursuant the provisions of this Trust Agreement. pertaining to (i) defaults and remedies and (ii) the duties and obligations of the Trustee. In furtherance thereof, each Owner appoints the Municipal Bond Insurer as its agent and attorney-in-fact and agrees that the Municipal Bond Insurer may at any time during the continuation of any proceeding by or against the Town under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, rehabilitation or similar law (an "Insolvency Proceeding") direct all matters relating to such Insolvency Proceeding, including without limitation, (A) all matters relating to any claim or enforcement proceeding in connection with an Insolvency Proceeding (a "Claim"), (B) the direction of any appeal of any order relating to any Claim, (C) the posting of any surety, supersedeas or performance bond pending any such appeal, and (D) the right to vote to accept or reject any plan of adjustment. In addition, each Owner of an Insured Certificate delegates and assigns to the Municipal Bond Insurer, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the rights of the Trustee and each Owner in the conduct of any Insolvency Proceeding, including, without limitation, all rights of any party to an adversary proceeding or action with respect to any court order issued in connection with any such Insolvency Proceeding. The Trustee acknowledges such appointment, delegation and assignment by each holder of an Insured Certificate for the Municipal Bond Insurer’s benefit and agrees to cooperate with the Municipal Bond Insurer in taking any action reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with such appointment, delegation and assignment. Remedies granted to the Owners shall expressly include mandamus.
Section 14.08. Payment Procedures Under the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy.
If, on the third Business Day prior to the related scheduled interest payment date or principal payment date (“Payment Date”) there is not on deposit with the Trustee, after making all transfers and deposits required under this Trust Agreement, moneys sufficient to pay the principal and interest with respect to the Insured Certificates due on such Payment Date, the Trustee shall give notice to the Municipal Bond Insurer and to its designated agent (if any) (the “Insurer’s Fiscal Agent”) by telephone or telecopy of the amount of such deficiency by 12:00 noon, New York Town time, on such Business Day. If, on the second Business Day prior to the related Payment Date, there continues to be a deficiency in the amount available to pay the principal and interest with respect to the Insured Certificates due on such Payment Date, the Trustee shall make a claim under the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy and give notice to the Municipal Bond Insurer and the Municipal Bond Insurer’s Fiscal Agent (if any) by telephone of the amount of such deficiency, and the allocation of such deficiency between the amount required to pay interest with respect to the Insured Certificates and the amount required to pay principal with respect to the Insured Certificates, confirmed in writing to the Municipal Bond Insurer and the Municipal Bond Insurer’s Fiscal Agent by 12:00 noon, New York Town time, on such second Business Day by filling in the form of Notice of Claim and Insured Certificate delivered with the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy.
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The Trustee shall designate any portion of payment of principal with respect to Insured Certificates paid by the Municipal Bond Insurer, whether by virtue of mandatory sinking fund redemption, maturity or other advancement of maturity, on its books as a reduction in the principal amount of Insured Certificates registered to then current Owners of Insured Certificates, whether DTC or its nominee or otherwise, and shall issue a replacement Insured Certificate to the Municipal Bond Insurer, registered in the name of Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. in a principal amount equal to the amount of principal so paid (without regard to authorized denominations); provided that the Trustee’s failure to so designate any payment or issue any replacement Insured Certificate shall have no effect on the amount of principal or interest payable by the Town with respect to any Insured Certificate or the subrogation rights of the Municipal Bond Insurer.
The Trustee shall keep a complete and accurate record of all funds deposited by the Municipal Bond Insurer into the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy Payments Account (defined below) and the allocation of such funds to payment of interest on and principal with respect to any Insured Certificate. The Municipal Bond Insurer shall have the right to inspect such records at reasonable times upon reasonable notice to the Trustee.
Upon payment of a claim under the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy, the Trustee shall establish a separate special purpose trust account for the benefit of Owners of Insured Certificates referred to herein as the “the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy Payments Account” and over which the Trustee shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal. The Trustee shall receive any amount paid under the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy in trust on behalf of Owners of Insured Certificates and shall deposit any such amount in the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy Payments Account and distribute such amount only for purposes of making the payments for which a claim was made. Such amounts shall be disbursed by the Trustee to Owners of Insured Certificates in the same manner as principal and interest payments are to be made with respect to the Insured Certificates under the sections of this Trust Agreement regarding payment of Insured Certificates. It shall not be necessary for such payments to be made by checks or wire transfers separate from the check or wire transfer used to pay debt service with other funds available to make such payments. Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary, the Town agrees to pay to the Municipal Bond Insurer (i) a sum equal to the total of all amounts paid by the Municipal Bond Insurer under the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy (the “Insurer Advances”); and (ii) interest on such Insurer Advances from the date paid by the Municipal Bond Insurer until payment thereof in full, payable to the Municipal Bond Insurer at the Late Payment Rate per annum (collectively, the “Insurer Reimbursement Amounts”). “Late Payment Rate” means the lesser of (a) the greater of (i) the per annum rate of interest, publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank at its principal office in the Town of New York, as its prime or base lending rate (any change in such rate of interest to be effective on the date such change is announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank) plus 3%, and (ii) then applicable highest rate of interest with respect to the Insured Certificates, and (b) the maximum rate permissible under applicable usury or similar laws limiting interest rates. The Late Payment Rate shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days. If the interest provisions of this paragraph shall result in an effective rate of interest which, for any period, exceeds the limit of the usury or any other laws applicable to the indebtedness created herein, then all sums in excess of those lawfully collectible as interest for the period in question shall, without further agreement or notice between or by any party hereto, be applied as additional interest for any later periods of time when amounts are outstanding hereunder to the extent that interest otherwise due hereunder for such periods plus such additional interest would not exceed the limit of the usury or such other laws, and any excess shall be applied upon principal immediately upon receipt of such moneys by the Municipal Bond Insurer, with the same force
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and effect as if the Town had specifically designated such extra sums to be so applied and the Insurer had agreed to accept such extra payment(s) as additional interest for such later periods.
In no event shall any agreed-to or actual exaction as consideration for the indebtedness created herein exceed the limits imposed or provided by the law applicable to this transaction for the use or detention of money or for forbearance in seeking its collection. the Town covenants and agrees that the Municipal Bond Insurer Reimbursement Amounts are secured on a parity with amounts due under the Lease Agreement.
Funds held in the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy Payments Account shall not be invested by the Trustee and may not be applied to satisfy any costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trustee. Any funds remaining in the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy Payments Account following a Payment Date shall promptly be remitted to the Municipal Bond Insurer.
The Municipal Bond Insurer shall, to the extent it makes any payment of principal or interest with respect to the Insured Certificates, become subrogated to the rights of the recipients of such payments in accordance with the terms of the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy (which subrogation rights shall also include the rights of any such recipients in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding). Each obligation of the Town to the Municipal Bond Insurer under the Lease Agreement or this Trust Agreement shall survive discharge or termination of the Lease Agreement or this Trust Agreement.
The Town shall pay or reimburse the Municipal Bond Insurer, as an Additional Payment, any and all charges, fees, costs and expenses that the Municipal Bond Insurer may reasonably pay or incur in connection with (i) the administration, enforcement, defense or preservation of any rights or security in the Site and Facility Lease, the Lease Agreement, the Assignment Agreement or this Trust Agreement; (ii) the pursuit of any remedies under the Site and Facility Lease, the Lease Agreement, the Assignment Agreement or this Trust Agreement or otherwise afforded by law or equity; (iii) any amendment, waiver or other action with respect to, or related to, the Site and Facility Lease, the Lease Agreement, the Assignment Agreement or this Trust Agreement whether or not executed or completed; or (iv) any litigation or other dispute in connection with the Site and Facility Lease, the Lease Agreement, the Assignment Agreement or this Trust Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby, other than costs resulting from the failure of the Municipal Bond Insurer to honor its obligations under the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy. The Municipal Bond Insurer reserves the right to charge a reasonable fee as a condition to executing any amendment, waiver or consent proposed in respect of the Site and Facility Lease, the Lease Agreement, the Assignment Agreement or this Trust Agreement.
After payment of reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee, the application of funds realized upon default shall be applied to the payment of expenses of the Town or rebate only after the payment of past due and current debt service on the Insured Certificates and amounts required to restore the Reserve Fund to the Reserve Requirement.
The Municipal Bond Insurer shall be entitled to pay principal or interest with respect to the Insured Certificates that shall become Due for Payment but shall be unpaid by reason of Nonpayment by the Issuer (as such terms are defined in the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy), whether or not the Municipal Bond Insurer has received a Notice of Nonpayment (as such terms are defined in the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy) or a claim upon the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy.
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ARTICLE XV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 15.01. Defeasance. If and when all Outstanding Certificates shall be paid and discharged and all other amounts due and owing hereunder have been paid (as set forth below) then, notwithstanding that any Certificates shall not have been surrendered for payment, all obligations of the Corporation, the Trustee and the Town with respect to all Outstanding Certificates shall cease and terminate, except only the obligations of the Town under Section
11.03 hereof and to pay or cause to be paid, from Lease Payments paid by or on behalf of the Town from funds deposited pursuant to paragraphs (b) or (c) of this Section 15.01, to the Owners of the Certificates not so surrendered and paid all sums due with respect thereto, and in the event of deposits pursuant to paragraphs (b) or (c), the Certificates shall continue to represent direct and fractional interests of the Owners thereof in Lease Payments under the Lease Agreement.
Such payment and discharge may be accomplished in either of the following ways:
(a) by well and truly paying or causing to be paid the principal, and interest with respect to all Certificates Outstanding, as and when the same become due and payable; (b) by irrevocably depositing with the Trustee or an escrow agent security for the payment of Lease Payments as more particularly described in Section 10.1 of the Lease Agreement, to be applied to pay the Lease Payments as the same become due and payable and prepay the Lease Payments in full on any prepayment date, pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Lease Agreement.
(c) by irrevocably depositing with the Trustee or an escrow agent, Defeasance Obligations in such amount as an Accountant (hereinafter defined) shall determine will, together with the interest to accrue thereon and available moneys then on deposit in the funds and accounts established pursuant to this Trust Agreement, be fully sufficient to pay and discharge the Town’s obligations with respect to all Certificates or the applicable portion of (including all principal, interest and redemption premiums) at or before maturity.
Any funds held by the Trustee, at the time of one of the events described in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 15.01, which are not required for the payment to be made to Owners or the Municipal Bond Insurer shall, after payment of all fees and expenses of the Trustee and the Municipal Bond Insurer, including attorneys' fees and expenses (including allocated costs of internal counsel), be paid over to the Town.
To accomplish defeasance, other than as described in paragraph (c) above, the Town shall cause to be delivered to the Municipal Bond Insurer (i) a report of an independent firm of nationally recognized certified public accountants or such other accountant as shall be acceptable to the Municipal Bond Insurer (“Accountant”) verifying the sufficiency of the escrow established to pay the Insured Certificates in full on the maturity or redemption date (“Verification”), (ii) an escrow deposit agreement (which shall be acceptable in form and substance to the Municipal Bond Insurer), and (iii) an opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel to the effect that (A) the Insured Certificates are no longer Outstanding and (B) the defeasance will not adversely affect the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest with respect to the Certificates; each Verification and defeasance opinion shall be acceptable in form and substance to the Townand the Municipal Bond Insurer, and addressed, to the Town and the Trusteeand the Municipal Bond Insurer. In the event a forward
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purchase agreement will be employed in the refunding, such agreement shall be subject to the approval of the Municipal Bond Insurer and shall be accompanied by such opinions of counsel as may be required by the Municipal Bond Insurer. The Municipal Bond Insurer shall be provided with final drafts of the above-referenced documentation not less than five Business Days prior to the funding of the escrow.
Insured Certificates shall be deemed Outstanding under this Trust Agreement unless and until they are in fact paid and retired or the above criteria are met.
Section 15.02. Records. The Trustee shall keep records in accordance with corporate trust industry standards of all moneys received and disbursed by it under this Trust Agreement, which shall be available for inspection by the Town, the Corporation, the Municipal Bond Insurer and any Owner of at least five percent (5%) of the Outstanding principal amount of the Certificates, or the agent of any of them, at any time during regular business hours on any Business Day upon reasonable prior notice.
Section 15.03. Notices. All written notices to be given under this Trust Agreement shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, overnight mail, courier, and if the information is included below by fax or email to the party entitled thereto at its address set forth below, or at such address as the party may provide to the other party in writing from time to time. Notice shall be effective upon deposit in the United States first class mail, postage prepaid to the address set forth below:
If to the Corporation: Mammoth Lakes Municipal Service Corporation c/o Town of Mammoth Lakes
437 Old Mammoth Road, Suite 230
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
Attention: Town Manager
Phone: (760) 965-3601
To the Town: Town of Mammoth Lakes
437 Old Mammoth Road, Suite 230
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
Attention: Town Manager
Phone: : (760) 965-3601
To the Trustee: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association 555 SW Oak Street
Portland, OR 97204
Attention: Global Corporate Trust
Phone: (503) 464-4199
If to the Municipal Bond Insurer: See Section 14.01(a)
The Corporation, the Town, the Trustee and the Municipal Bond Insurer, by notice given hereunder, may designate different addresses to which subsequent notices, certificates or other communications will be sent.
Section 15.04. Governing Law. This Trust Agreement shall be construed and governed in accordance with the laws of the State.
Section 15.05. Binding Effect; Successors. This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
Whenever in this Trust Agreement the Corporation, the Town or the Trustee is named or referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors or assigns thereof, and all
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the covenants and agreements in this Trust Agreement contained by or on behalf of the Corporation, the Town or the Trustee shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns thereof whether so expressed or not.
Section 15.06. Execution in Counterparts. This Trust Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Trust Agreement and of signature pages by facsimile or pdf transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Trust Agreement and signature pages for all purposes.
Section 15.07. Destruction of Canceled Certificates. Whenever in this Trust Agreement provision is made for the surrender to or cancellation by the Trustee and the delivery to the Town of any Certificates, the Trustee may, in lieu of such cancellation and delivery, destroy such Certificates and shall deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Town.
Section 15.08. Headings. The headings or titles of the several Articles and Sections hereof, and any table of contents appended to copies hereof, shall be solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Trust Agreement. All references herein to “Articles,” “Sections,” and other subdivisions are to the corresponding Articles, Sections or subdivisions of this Trust Agreement; and the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or subdivision hereof.
Section 15.09. Waiver of Notice. Whenever in this Trust Agreement the giving of notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, or otherwise is required, the giving of such notice may be waived in writing by the person entitled to receive such notice and in any case the giving or receipt of such notice shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Section 15.10. Payments Due on Other than Business Day. If the date for making any payment as provided in this Trust Agreement is not a Business Day, such payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if done on the date provided therefore herein.
Section 15.11. Payment of Unclaimed Moneys. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Trust Agreement and subject to the escheat laws of the State, any moneys held by the Trustee in trust for the payment of the principal or interest due with respect to any Certificates and remaining unclaimed two years from the date of deposit of such funds, or if the law shall have been changed and the Town has notified the Trustee of such change or the Trustee notifies the Town, then on the date thirty (30) days prior to the then applicable escheat provision of State law, shall, on such date, be repaid to the Town (without liability for interest) free from the trusts created by this Trust Agreement, 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 Town as aforesaid, the Trustee may (at the cost and request of the Town) first mail to the Owners to whom such amounts have not yet been paid, at the addresses shown on the Registration Books, a notice, in such form as may be deemed appropriate by the Trustee with respect to the amounts so payable and with respect to the provisions relating to the repayment to the Town of the moneys held for the payment thereof. The Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on funds held by it. the Town shall not be liable for any interest on the sums paid to it pursuant to this Section 15.11 and shall not be regarded as a trustee of such money.
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Section 15.12. U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Trust Agreement agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
Section 15.13. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE CORPORATION, THE Town AND
THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT, THIS
TRUST AGREEMENT, THE CERTIFICATES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 15.14. Separability of Invalid Provisions. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Trust Agreement or in the Certificates shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Trust Agreement, and this Trust Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein. The parties hereto hereby declare that they would have entered into this Trust Agreement and each and every other section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase hereof and authorized the delivery of the Certificates pursuant thereto irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Trust Agreement may be held illegal, invalid or unenforceable.
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[Signature page to Trust Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Trust Agreement as of the date and year first above written.
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By
Authorized Signatory
TOWN OF MAMMOTH LAKES
By
______________
Town Manager
MAMMOTH LAKES MUNICIPAL
SERVICE CORPORATION
By
_____________
Executive Director
Quint & Thimmig LLP 01/17/24
Exhibit A 13021.16
EXHIBIT A
DEFINITIONS
“Additional Payments” means the payments so designated and required to be paid by the Town pursuant to Section 4.7 of the Lease Agreement.
“Assignment Agreement” means the Assignment Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2024, by and between the Corporation and the Trustee, together with any duly authorized and executed amendments thereto.
“Bond Counsel” means (a) Quint & Thimmig LLP, or (b) any other attorney or firm of attorneys appointed by or acceptable to the Town of nationally recognized experience in the issuance of obligations the interest on which is excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes under the Code.
“Business Day” means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday on which banking institutions in the state in which the Designated Corporate Trust Office is located or in the State are closed or are required to close or a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is closed.
“Certificate of Completion” means the certificate of a Town Representative certifying that the Project has been completed by the Town and that all costs relating thereto have been paid. “Certificates” means the $_____ aggregate principal amount of certificates of participation to be executed and delivered pursuant to the Trust Agreement which evidence direct, undivided fractional Interests of the Owners thereof in Lease Payments. “Closing Date” means July 2, 2024, the date upon which there is a physical delivery of the Certificates in exchange for the amount representing the purchase price of the Certificates by the Original Purchaser.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as in effect on the Closing Date or (except as otherwise referenced in the Lease Agreement or the Trust Agreement) as it may be amended to apply to obligations issued on the Closing Date, together with applicable temporary and final regulations promulgated under the Code. “Continuing Disclosure Certificate” shall mean that certain Continuing Disclosure Certificate executed by the Town and dated the date of execution and delivery of the Certificates, as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. “Corporation” means the Mammoth Lakes Municipal Service Corporation, a nonprofit public benefit corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State. “Corporation Representative” means the President, the Executive Director, the Treasurer and the Secretary of the Corporation, or the designee of any such official, or any other person authorized by resolution delivered to the Trustee to act on behalf of the Corporation under or with respect to the Site and Facility Lease, the Lease Agreement, the Assignment Agreement and the Trust Agreement.
“Council” means the Town Council of the Town.
Exhibit A
“County” means Mono County, a political subdivision of the State. “Defeasance Obligations” means (a) cash, (b) non-callable direct obligations of the United States of America (“Treasuries”), (c) evidences of ownership of proportionate interests in future interest and principal payments on Treasuries 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 Treasuries are not available to any person claiming through the custodian or to whom the custodian may be obligated, (d) subject to the prior written consent of the Insurer, pre-refunded municipal obligations rated “AAA” and “Aaa” by S&P and Moody’s, respectively, or (e) subject to the prior written consent of the Municipal Bond Insurer, securities eligible for “AAA” defeasance under then existing criteria of S&P the Municipal Bond Insurer otherwise approves. “Delivery Costs” means all items of expense directly or indirectly payable by or reimbursable to the Town or the Corporation relating to the execution and delivery of the Site and Facility Lease, the Lease Agreement, the Trust Agreement and the Assignment Agreement or the execution, sale and delivery of the Certificates, including but not limited to filing and recording costs, settlement costs, printing costs, reproduction and binding costs, costs for statistical data, initial fees and charges of the Trustee (including the fees and expenses of its counsel), financing discounts, legal fees and charges, insurance fees and charges (including title insurance), financial and other professional consultant fees, costs of rating agencies for credit ratings, fees for execution, transportation and safekeeping of the Certificates, the premiums for the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy and the Reserve Policy and charges and fees in connection with the foregoing.
“Delivery Costs Fund” means the fund by that name established and held by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Trust Agreement.
“Designated Corporate Trust Office” means the corporate trust office of the Trustee as designated in Section 10.13 of the Trust Agreement or such other office designated by the Trustee from time to time except that with respect to presentation of Certificates for payment or for registration of transfer and exchange or surrender and cancellation, such term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust agency business shall be conducted.
“Event of Default” means an event of default under the Lease Agreement, as defined in Section 9.1 thereof.
“Facility” means, collectively, those facilities described in Exhibit B to the Site and Facility Lease and in Exhibit B to the Lease Agreement. “Federal Securities” means (a) Cash, and (b) obligations of, or obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, when such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States including: (i) United States treasury obligations, (ii) all direct or fully guaranteed obligations, (iii) General Services Administration, (iv) Guaranteed Title XI financing, (v) Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), and (vi) State and Local Government Series. “Fiscal Year” means the twelve-month period beginning on July 1 of any year and ending on June 30 of the next succeeding year, or any other twelve-month period selected by the Town as its fiscal year.
Exhibit A
“Independent Counsel” means an attorney duly admitted to the practice of law before the highest court of the state in which such attorney maintains an office and who is not an employee of the Corporation, the Town or the Trustee.
“Information Services” means the Electronic Municipal Market Access System (referred to as “EMMA”), a facility of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Council (at http://emma.msrb.org) or, in accordance with then current guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such other addresses and/or such other national information services providing information or disseminating notices of redemption of obligations similar to the Certificates.
“Insurance and Condemnation Fund” means the fund by that name established and held by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.01 of the Trust Agreement. “Interest Payment Date” means the first (1st) day of June and December in each year, commencing December 1, 2024, so long as any Certificates are Outstanding. “Lease Agreement” means that certain agreement for the lease of the Property by the Corporation to the Town, dated as of July 1, 2024, together with any duly authorized and executed amendments thereto.
“Lease Payment Date” means the fifteenth (15th) day of May and November in each year during the Term of the Lease Agreement, commencing November 1, 2024. “Lease Payment Fund” means the fund by that name established and held by the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Trust Agreement.
“Lease Payments” means the total payments required to be paid by the Town pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Lease Agreement, including any prepayment thereof pursuant to Article X of the Lease Agreement, which payments consist of an interest component and a principal component, as set forth in Exhibit C to the Lease Agreement. “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, New York, New York, or its successors. “Municipal Bond Insurance Policy” means the municipal bond insurance policy issued by the Municipal Bond Insurer guaranteeing the scheduled payment, when due, of the principal and interest with respect to the Insured Certificates.
“Municipal Bond Insurer” means _____________, a ____________, or any successor thereto or assigns thereof.
“Net Proceeds,” when used with respect to insurance or condemnation proceeds, means any insurance proceeds or condemnation award paid with respect to the Property, to the extent remaining after payment therefrom of all expenses incurred in the collection thereof. “Original Purchaser” means the first purchaser of the Certificates upon their delivery by the Trustee on the Closing Date.
“Outstanding,” when used as of any particular time with respect to Certificates, means (subject to the provisions of Section 9.03 of the Trust Agreement) all Certificates theretofore executed and delivered by the Trustee under the Trust Agreement except:
Exhibit A
(a) Certificates theretofore canceled by the Trustee or surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Certificates for the payment or redemption of which funds or Defeasance Obligations in the necessary amount shall have theretofore been deposited with the Trustee or an escrow holder (whether upon or prior to the maturity or redemption date of such Certificates), provided that, if such Certificates are to be redeemed prior to maturity, notice of such redemption shall have been given as provided in Section 4.03 of the Trust Agreement or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for the giving of such notice; (c) Certificates in lieu of or in exchange for which other Certificates shall have been executed and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.09 of the Trust Agreement; and (d) Certificates paid pursuant to Section 2.09 of the Trust Agreement. “Owner” or “Certificate Owner” or “Owner of a Certificate,” or any similar term, when used with respect to a Certificate means the person in whose name such Certificate shall be registered on the Registration Books.
“Participating Underwriter” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Continuing Disclosure Certificate.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means, as of any particular time: (a) liens for general ad valorem taxes and assessments, if any, not then delinquent, or which the Town may, pursuant to provisions of Article V of the Lease Agreement, permit to remain unpaid; (b) the Site and Facility Lease; (c) the Lease Agreement; (d) the Assignment Agreement; (e) any right or claim of any mechanic, laborer, materialman, supplier or vendor not filed or perfected in the manner prescribed by law; (f) easements, rights-of-way, mineral rights, drilling rights and other rights, reservations, covenants, conditions or restrictions which exist of record as of the Closing Date and which the Town certifies in writing will not materially impair the use of the Property; and (g) easements, rights of way, mineral rights, drilling rights and other rights, reservations, covenants, conditions or restrictions established following the date of recordation of the Lease Agreement and to which the Corporation and the Town agree in writing do not reduce the value of the Property.
“Permitted Investments” means any of the following:
(a) Federal Securities;
(b) Federal Housing Administration debentures;
(c) The following listed obligations government-sponsored agencies which are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America:
(i) Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) senior debt obligations and participation certificates (excluded are stripped mortgage securities which are purchased at prices exceeding their principal amounts), (ii) Farm Credit System (formerly Federal Land Banks, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks and Banks for Cooperatives) consolidated system-wide bonds and notes, (iii) Federal Home Loan Banks (FHL Banks) consolidated debt obligations,
Exhibit A
(iv) Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) senior debt obligations and mortgage-backed securities (excluded are stripped mortgage securities which are purchased at prices exceeding their principal amounts), (v) Financing Corporation (FICO) debt obligations, and
(vi) Resolution Funding Corporation (REFCORP) debt obligations; (d) Unsecured certificates of deposit, time deposits, and bankers” acceptances (having maturities of not more than 30 days) of any bank, which may include the Trustee and its affiliates, the short-term obligations of which are rated “A-1” or better by S&P; (e) Bank deposit products, demand deposits, interest bearing money market accounts, trust funds, trust accounts, overnight deposits the aggregate amount of which are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), in banks, which may include the Trustee and its affiliates, which have capital and surplus of at least $5 million; (f) Commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than 30 days) rated at the time of purchase “A-1+” by S&P and “Prime-1” by Moody’s; (g) Money market funds rated in the highest rating category by S&P and Moody’s including such funds for which the Trustee or an affiliate receives and retains a fee for services provided to the fund, whether as a custodian, transfer agent, investment advisor or otherwise; (h) “State Obligations,” which means:
(i) Direct general obligations of any state of the United States of America or any subdivision of agency thereof to which is pledged the full faith and credit of a state the unsecured general obligation debt of which is rated “A3” 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, (ii) Direct general short-term obligations of any state agency or subdivision or agency thereof described in (i) above and rated “A-1+” by S&P and “MIG-1” by Moody’s, and
(iii) Special Revenue Bonds (as defined in the United States Bankruptcy Code) of any state or state agency described in (i) above and rated “AA” or better by S&P and “Aa” or better by Moody’s;
(i) Pre-refunded municipal obligations rated “AAA” by S&P and “Aaa” by Moody’s meeting the following requirements:
(i) the municipal obligations are (A) not subject to redemption prior to maturity or (B) 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,
(ii) the municipal obligations are secured by cash or U.S. Treasury Obligations which may be applied only to payment of the principal of, interest and premium on such municipal obligations,
Exhibit A
(iii) the principal of and interest on the U.S. 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”), (iv) the cash or U.S. 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
(v) no substitution of a U.S. Treasury Obligation shall be permitted except with another U.S. Treasury Obligation and upon delivery of a new Verification, and (vi) the cash or U.S. Treasury Obligations are not available to satisfy any other claims, including those by or against the trustee or escrow agent; (j) Repurchase agreements with
(i) any domestic bank, or domestic branch of a foreign bank, the long term debt of which is rated at least “AA” by S&P and Moody’s, or
(ii) 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 “AA” by S&P and Moody’s, which broker-dealer falls under the jurisdiction of the Securities Investors Protection Corporation, or (iii) any other entity rated “AA” or better by S&P and Moody’s and acceptable to the Municipal Bond Insurer, provided that:
(A) The market value of the collateral is maintained at levels and upon such conditions as would be acceptable to S & P and Moody’s to maintain an “A” rating in an “A” rated structured financing (with a market value approach), (B) The Trustee or a third party acting solely as agent therefor or for the District (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 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 perfected 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) All other requirements of S&P in respect of repurchase agreements shall be met, and
(E) The repurchase agreement shall provide that if during its term the provider’s rating by either Moody’s or S&P is withdrawn or suspended or falls below “A-” by S&P or “A3” by Moody’s, as appropriate, the provider must, at the direction of the District or the Trustee (who shall give such direction if so directed by the Municipal Bond Insurer), within 10 days of receipt of such
Exhibit A
direction, repurchase all collateral and terminate the agreement, with no penalty or premium to the District or Trustee.
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 S&P and Moody’s, respectively.
(k) 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 is rated at least “AA” (stable) by S&P and “Aa” (stable) by Moody’s, or, in the case of a monoline municipal bond insurance company, claims paying ability of the guarantor is rated at least “AAA” (stable) by S&P and “Aaa” (stable) by Moody’s; provided that, by the terms of the investment agreement:
(i) interest payments are to be made to the Trustee at times and in amounts as necessary to pay debt service (or, if the investment agreement is for the construction fund, construction draws) with respect to the Certificates; (ii) the invested funds are available for withdrawal without penalty or premium, at any time upon not more than seven days’ prior notice; the District and the Trustee agree to give or cause to be given notice in accordance with the terms of the investment agreement so as to receive funds thereunder with no penalty or premium paid; (iii) the investment agreement shall state that is the unconditional and general obligation of, and is not subordinated to any other obligation of, the provider thereof or, if the provider is a bank, the agreement or the opinion of counsel shall state that the obligation of the provider to make payments thereunder ranks pari passu with the obligations of the provider to its other depositors and its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors;
(iv) the District or the Trustee receives the opinion of domestic counsel (which opinion shall be addressed to the District and the Municipal Bond Insurer) that such investment agreement is legal, valid, binding and enforceable upon the provider in accordance with its terms and of foreign counsel (if applicable) in form and substance acceptable, and addressed to, the Municipal Bond Insurer; (v) the investment agreement shall provide that if during its term:
(A) the provider’s rating by either S&P or Moody’s falls below “AA-” or “Aa3”, respectively, the provider shall, at its option, within 10 days of receipt of publication of such downgrade, either (i) collateralize the investment agreement by delivering or transferring in accordance with applicable state and federal laws (other than by means of entries on the provider’s books) to the District, the Trustee or a third party acting solely as agent therefor (the “Holder of the Collateral”) collateral free and clear of any third-party liens or claims the market value of which collateral is maintained at levels and upon such conditions as would be acceptable to S & P and Moody’s to maintain an “A” rating in an “A” rated structured financing (with a market value approach); or (ii) repay the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on the investment, and (B) the provider’s rating by either S&P or Moody’s is withdrawn or suspended or falls below “A-” or “A3”, respectively, the provider must, at the
Exhibit A
direction of the District or the Trustee (who shall give such direction if so directed by the Municipal Bond Insurer), within 10 days of receipt of such direction, repay the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on the investment, in either case with no penalty or premium to the District or Trustee, and
(vi) the investment agreement shall state, and an opinion of counsel shall be rendered, in the event collateral is required to be pledged by the provider under the terms of the investment agreement, at the time such collateral is delivered, that the Holder of the Collateral 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 Holder of the Collateral is in possession); and (vii) the investment agreement must provide that if during its term:
(A) the provider shall default in its payment obligations, the provider’s obligations under the investment agreement shall, at the direction of the District or the Trustee (who shall give such direction if so, directed by the Municipal Bond Insurer), be accelerated and amounts invested and accrued but unpaid interest thereon shall be repaid to the District 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 obligations shall automatically be accelerated and amounts invested and accrued but unpaid interest thereon shall be repaid to the District or Trustee, as appropriate.
(l) The Local Agency Investment Fund of the State created pursuant to section 16429.1 of the California Government Code, to the extent the Trustee is authorized to register such investment in its name.
(m) The County Investment Pool
(n) Other forms of investments (including repurchase agreements) approved in writing by the Municipal Bond Insurer.
“Proceeds,” when used with reference to the Certificates, means the face amount of the Certificates, less original issue discount.
“Project” means the construction of a new Town Hall facility and the acquisition of certain land and improvements, more particularly described in Exhibit C to the Trust Agreement.
“Project Costs” means all costs of payment of, or reimbursement for, the Project. “Project Fund” means the fund by that name established and held by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Trust Agreement.
“Property” means, collectively, the Site and the Facility. “Qualified Reserve Fund Credit Instrument” means an irrevocable standby or direct-pay letter of credit, insurance policy or surety bond issued by a commercial bank or insurance company and deposited with the Trustee in the Reserve Fund, including the Reserve Policy,
Exhibit A
provided that with respect to any such letter of credit, insurance policy or surety bond other than the Reserve Policy, all of the following requirements are met at the time of acceptance thereof by the Trustee: (a) at the time of issuance the long-term credit rating of such bank or insurance company is AA or better from S&P or Aa or better from Moody’s, or the claims paying ability of such insurance company is rated in the highest rating category by A.M. Best & Company; (b) such letter of credit or surety bond has a term of at least 12 months; (c) such letter of credit or surety bond has a stated amount at least equal to the portion of the Reserve Requirement with respect to which funds are proposed to be released under the Trust Agreement; and (d) the Trustee is authorized under the terms of such letter of credit or surety bond to draw thereunder an amount equal to any deficiencies which may exist from time to time in the Lease Payment Fund for the purpose of making payments required under the Trust Agreement.
“Rating Category” means, with respect to any Permitted Investment, one of the generic categories of rating by Moody’s or S&P applicable to such Permitted Investment, without regard to any refinement or graduation of such rating category by a plus or minus sign or a numeral.
“Registration Books” means the records maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section
2.12 of the Trust Agreement for registration of the ownership and transfer of ownership of the Certificates.
“Regular Record Date” means the close of business on the fifteenth (15th) day of the month preceding each Interest Payment Date, whether or not such fifteenth (15th) day is a Business Day.
“Rental Period” means each twelve-month period during the Term of the Lease Agreement commencing on December 2 in any year and ending on December 1 in the next succeeding year; provided, however, that the first Rental Period shall commence on the Closing Date and shall end on December 1, 2024.
“Reserve Fund” means the fund by that name established and held by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.01 of the Trust Agreement.
“Reserve Policy” means the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy issued by the Municipal Bond Insurer for deposit in the Reserve Fund in an amount equal to the Reserve Requirement. “Reserve Requirement” means an amount equal to the least of maximum annual Lease Payments, 125% of average annual Lease Payments and 10% of the principal amount of the Certificates, which amount shall be $_________ on the Closing Date (maximum annual Lease Payments). On the date of delivery of the Certificates, in lieu of a cash deposit to the Reserve Fund, the Municipal Bond Insurer will issue the Reserve Policy, in an amount equal to the Reserve Requirement.
“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC business, New York, New York, or its successors.
“Securities Depositories” means The Depository Trust Company, 55 Water Street, 50th Floor, New York, NY 10041 Attention: Call Notification Department; or to such other addresses and/or such other registered securities depositories holding substantial amounts of obligations of types similar to the Certificates.
Exhibit A
“Site” means, collectively, that certain real property more particularly described in Exhibit A to the Site and Facility Lease and in Exhibit A to the Lease Agreement. “Site and Facility Lease” means the Site and Facility Lease, dated as of July 1, 2024, by and between the Town, as lessor, and the Corporation, as lessee, together with any duly authorized and executed amendments thereto.
“State” means the State of California.
“Term of the Lease Agreement” means the time during which the Lease Agreement is in effect, as provided in Section 4.2 of the Lease Agreement. “Town” means Town of Mammoth Lakes, a municipal corporation and general law city, duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State. “Town Representative” means the Mayor, the Town Manager, the Finance Director or any other person authorized by resolution of the Council delivered to the Trustee to act on behalf of the Town under or with respect to the Site and Facility Lease, the Lease Agreement and the Trust Agreement.
“Trust Agreement” means the Trust Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2024, by and among the Town, the Corporation and the Trustee, together with any duly authorized amendments thereto.
“Trustee” means U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, or any successor thereto, acting as Trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
Quint & Thimmig LLP 01/17/24
Exhibit B 13021.16
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF THE CERTIFICATES
Certificate of Participation
(2024 Capital Improvement Financing Project)
Evidencing a Direct, Undivided Fractional Interest of the Owners Hereof in Lease Payments to be Made by the
TOWN OF MAMMOTH LAKES
As the Rental for Certain Property Pursuant to a Lease Agreement with the Mammoth Lakes Municipal Service Corporation
RATE OF INTEREST MATURITY DATE DATED DATE CUSIP
______% June 1, ____ July 2, 2024 _____ ___
REGISTERED OWNER: CEDE & CO.
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: __________________________ DOLLARS
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT the registered owner identified above, or registered assigns (the “Owner”), as the registered owner of this Certificate of Participation (the “Certificate”), is the owner of a direct, undivided, fractional interest in a portion of the lease payments (the “Lease Payments”) to be paid by the Town of Mammoth Lakes, a municipal corporation and general law city, duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of California (the “Town”), pursuant to that certain Lease Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2024, by and between the Mammoth Lakes Municipal Service Corporation, a nonprofit public benefit corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of California (the “Corporation”) and the Town (the “Lease Agreement”), which Lease Payments, prepayments and certain other rights and interests under the Lease Agreement have been assigned to U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), having a corporate trust office in San Francisco, California, or any other such location so designated by the Trustee (the “Designated Corporate Trust Office”).
The Owner is entitled to receive, subject to the terms of the Lease Agreement, on the Maturity Date identified above, the Principal Amount identified above, representing a direct, undivided fractional portion of the Lease Payments designated as principal coming due on such date, and to receive on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 2024 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), until payment in full of said Principal Amount, the Owner’s direct, undivided fractional share of the Lease Payments designated as interest coming due during the six months immediately preceding each of the Interest Payment Dates; provided that interest represented hereby shall be payable from the Interest Payment Date next preceding the date of execution of this Certificate unless (i) this Certificate is executed on an Interest Payment Date, in which event interest shall be payable from such Interest Payment Date, or (ii) this Certificate is executed after the close of business on the fifteenth (15th) day of the month immediately preceding an Interest Payment Date, and prior to such Interest Payment Date, in which event interest shall be payable from such Interest Payment Date, or (iii) this Certificate is executed on or before November 15, 2024, in which event interest shall be payable from the Dated Date stated above; provided, however, that if, as of the date of execution of any Certificate,
Exhibit B
interest is in default with respect to any Outstanding Certificates, interest represented by such Certificate shall be payable from the Interest Payment Date to which interest has previously been paid or made available for payment with respect to the Outstanding Certificates. Payment of defaulted interest shall be paid by check of the Trustee mailed to the registered owners of the Certificates as of a special record date to be fixed by the Trustee, notice of which shall be given to the registered owners of the Certificates not less than ten (10) days prior to such special record date. Said direct, undivided fractional share of the portion of the Lease Payments designated as interest is the result of the multiplication of the aforesaid portion of the Lease Payments designated as principal by the Rate of Interest per annum identified above. Interest represented hereby is payable in lawful money of the United States of America by check mailed by the Trustee on each Interest Payment Date by first class mail to the Owner at his address as it appears on the registration books of the Trustee, as of the close of business on the fifteenth (15th) day of the month immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date or, upon written request filed with the Trustee prior to the fifteenth (15th) day of the month immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date by a registered owner of at least $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Certificates, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account in the United States designated by each registered owner in such written request. Principal represented hereby is payable in lawful money of the United States of America by check of the Trustee upon presentation and surrender hereof at the Designated Corporate Trust Office.
This Certificate has been executed and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to the terms of a Trust Agreement by and among the Trustee, the Corporation and the Town, dated as of July 1, 2024 (the “Trust Agreement”). The Town is authorized to enter into the Lease Agreement and the Trust Agreement under the laws of the State of California. Reference is hereby made to the Lease Agreement and the Trust Agreement (copies of which are on file at the Designated Corporate Trust Office) for a description of the terms on which the Certificates are delivered, the rights thereunder of the registered owners of the Certificates, the rights, duties and immunities of the Trustee and the rights and obligations of the Town under the Lease Agreement, all of the provisions of which the Owner of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, assents and agrees.
The Town is obligated under the Lease Agreement to pay Lease Payments from any source of legally available moneys and the Town has covenanted in the Lease Agreement to make the necessary annual appropriations therefor. The obligation of the Town to pay the Lease Payments does not constitute an obligation of the Town for which the Town is obligated to levy or pledge any form of taxation or for which the Town has levied or pledged any form of taxation. The obligation of the Town to pay Lease Payments does not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction.
To the extent and in the manner permitted by the terms of the Trust Agreement, the provisions of the Trust Agreement December be amended by the parties thereto with the written consent of the registered owners of at least sixty percent (60%) in aggregate principal amount of the Certificates then outstanding and December be amended without such consent under certain circumstances; provided that no such amendment shall impair the right of any registered owner to receive, in any case, such registered owner’s fractional share of any Lease Payment or prepayment thereof in accordance with such registered owner’s Certificate, without the consent of such registered owner.
This Certificate is transferable and exchangeable by the Owner, in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, at the Designated Corporate Trust Office, but only in the manner, subject to the limitations and upon payment of any charges provided in the Trust Agreement and upon surrender and cancellation of this Certificate. Upon such transfer, a new Certificate or Certificates of an authorized denomination or denominations for the same
Exhibit B
aggregate principal amount will be delivered to the transferee in exchange for this Certificate.
The Town, the Corporation and the Trustee December treat the Owner as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not the payments represented by this Certificate shall be overdue and the Town, the Corporation and the Trustee shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The Certificates maturing on or before June 1, ____, are not subject to optional redemption. Certificates maturing on and after June 1, ____, are subject to redemption prior to their respective stated maturity dates, at the option of the Town, from the proceeds of optional prepayments of Lease Payments made by the Town pursuant to the Lease Agreement, in whole or in part, on any date on or after June 1, ____, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount to be redeemed, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption, from the proceeds of the optional prepayment of Lease Payments made by the Town pursuant to the Lease Agreement, without premium.
The Certificates maturing on June 1, ____, are subject to mandatory redemption in part on June 1 in each year on and after June 1, ____, to and including June 1, ____, from the principal components of scheduled Lease Payments required to be paid by the Town pursuant to the Lease Agreement with respect to each such redemption date, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption, without premium, as follows:
Year Principal Amount of
(June 1) Certificates to be Redeemed
†Maturity.
The Certificates maturing on June 1, ____, are subject to mandatory redemption in part on June 1 in each year on and after June 1, ____, to and including June 1, ____, from the principal components of scheduled Lease Payments required to be paid by the Town pursuant to the Lease Agreement with respect to each such redemption date, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption, without premium, as follows:
Year Principal Amount of
(June 1) Certificates to be Redeemed
†Maturity.
The Certificates are subject to extraordinary redemption, in whole or in part, on any Interest Payment Date, in an order of maturity determined by the Town, from the Net Proceeds of insurance or eminent domain proceedings credited towards the redemption of the Lease Payments pursuant to the Lease Agreement, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
Exhibit B
principal amount to be redeemed, together with accrued interest represented thereby to the date fixed for redemption, without premium.
Notice of redemption is to be given by the Trustee by mailing a redemption notice by first class mail at least twenty (20) days and not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the registered owner of the Certificate or Certificates to be redeemed at the address shown on the Certificate registration books maintained by the Trustee. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Certificates or portions of Certificates so to be redeemed shall, on the redemption date, become due and payable at the redemption price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Town shall default in the payment of the redemption price) interest with respect to such Certificates or portions of Certificates shall cease to accrue and be payable. Neither the failure to receive such notice nor any defect in any notice shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for the redemption of Certificates.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any optional redemption of the Certificates, the notice of redemption shall state that the redemption is conditioned upon receipt by the Trustee of sufficient moneys to redeem the Certificates on the scheduled redemption date, and that the optional redemption shall not occur if, by no later than the scheduled redemption date, sufficient moneys to redeem the Certificates have not been deposited with the Trustee. In the event that the Trustee does not receive sufficient funds by the scheduled optional redemption date to so redeem the Certificates to be optionally redeemed, such event shall not constitute an Event of Default; the Trustee shall send written notice to the Owners, to the Securities Depositories and to one or more of the Information Services to the effect that the redemption did not occur as anticipated, and the Certificates for which notice of optional redemption was given shall remain Outstanding for all purposes of the Trust Agreement.
The Trustee has no obligation or liability to the registered owners of the Certificates to make payments of principal or interest with respect to the Certificates. The Trustee’s sole obligations are to administer, for the benefit of the registered owners of the Certificates, the various funds and accounts established under the Trust Agreement. The Trustee makes no representation concerning the recitals contained in the Trust Agreement or in this Certificate.
The Town has certified, recited and declared that all conditions, things and acts required by the constitution and statutes of the State of California, the Lease Agreement and the Trust Agreement to exist, to have happened and to have been performed precedent to and in the delivery of this Certificate, do exist, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law.
Unless this Certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York Corporation (“DTC”), to the Town or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any Certificate executed is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
Exhibit B
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate has been executed by U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, acting pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
Date of Execution:
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By
Authorized Signatory
Exhibit B
ASSIGNMENT
For value received, the undersigned do(es) hereby sell, assign and transfer unto (Name, Address and Tax Identification or Social Security Number of Assignee) the within Certificate and do(es) hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ,
attorney, to transfer the same on the registration books of the Trustee, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: _________________________
Signature Guaranteed:
NOTICE: Signature guarantee shall be made by a
guarantor institution participating in the Securities
Transfer Agents Medallion Program or in such other
guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee.
NOTICE: The signature(s) on this Assignment must
correspond with the name(s) as written on the face of
the within Certificate in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
Exhibit B
STATEMENT OF INSURANCE
Exhibit C
EXHIBIT C
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
The Project includes the following:
New Town Hall. The Town Office Building will be located near the Police Station, County Administrative building, Courts, and Mammoth Hospital as part of an overall planned Civic Center. The stie to be occupied by the new Town Offices, parking and associated sidewalks and landscaping is approximately 1.3 acres of an approximate 2.36 acers site parcel owned by the Town. The new Town Office / Town Hall will include staff offices, Council Chambers, open aeras to accommodate public use as allowed and all supporting spaces. The site will include construction of approximately 50 additional parking spaces. This facility will replace existing leased space currently being utilized. Construction is anticipated to start in July 2024.
Occupancy of the building is planned prior to Oct. 1, 2026.
Land Acquisition. The Land purchase is approximately 8 acres. The site currently has an approximately 7,000 square foot building known as Edison Hall, which has an 90+ seat theater, meeting rooms, kitchen, and offices. The Town currently leases the facility from Mammoth Lakes Foundation (“MLF”) to support the continued theater operation. The facility will be remodeled to support a planned 250 seat new performing arts auditorium, which is being done with private funding. MLF is preparing to go out to bid this winter, with work expected to take 4-6 moths. The seating will be reduced to 50 or less, with expanded restrooms, green room, storage, ticket office, keeping meeting space and administrative offices. As part of the purchase of the land the Town will have the right to purchase the building for a nominal amount. The site has an existing 45+/- space parking lot. The new theater is being funded by the Town, use of a bond issued by the Kern County Community College District – Cerro Coso Eastern Sierra Campus - Mammoth Campus, and private donors. A majority of the funds paid to purchase the property will also be used to fund the new theater – Total cost estimated at $15M, with $11- $12M currently committed. A new 40 space parking lot, outdoor restroom and dog park are under construction by the Town. These are located on the other side of the parcel from the current building. The new building will be owned and operated by the Town. The Town is preparing to go out to bid on a child care facility located generally adjacent to the current parking area.
MAMMOTH LAKES MUNICIPAL SERVICE CORPORATION
MINUTES OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
JANUARY 3, 2024
Town Clerk’s Notice of Meeting dated December 28, 2023
CALL TO ORDER
Secretary Bill Sauser called the meeting to order at 5:27 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 437 Old Mammoth Road, Suite Z, Mammoth Lakes, California. Trustee Amanda Rice, Treasurer Chris Bubser, Secretary Bill Sauser, and President John Wentworth were in attendance. Trustee Sarah Rea was absent.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments given at this time.
POLICY MATTERS
1. Election of officers – President, Secretary, and Treasurer.
ACTION:
It was moved by Secretary Bill Sauser, seconded by President John Wentworth, and carried by a 4-0 roll call vote to appoint Mayor Sauser as the President, Mayor Pro Tem Bubser as the Secretary, and Councilmember Rice as the Treasurer.
2. Accept the Annual Report.
ACTION:
It was moved by President Bill Sauser, seconded by Trustee John Wentworth, and carried by a 4- 0 roll call vote to accept the Annual Report.
CONSENT AGENDA
3. Approve the minutes of the meeting of January 4, 2023.
ACTION:
It was moved by Secretary Chris Bubser, seconded by Treasurer Amanda Rice, and carried by a 4-0 roll call vote to approve the minutes of the meeting of January 4, 2023.
Mammoth Lakes Municipal Service Corporation Minutes
January 3, 2024
ADJOURNMENT
The Board adjourned the meeting at 5:31 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jamie Gray
Town Clerk