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Ordinance No. 15,785 ORDINANCE NO. 15,785 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2024; LEVYING A TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF; SETTING CERTAIN PARAMETERS FOR THE SALE OF THE CERTIFICATES; APPROVING THE PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT; ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF ****************************************************************************** WHEREAS,under the provisions of Subchapter C,Chapter 271,Texas Local Government Code, as amended (the "Act"), the City of Baytown, Texas (the "City"), is authorized to issue certificates of obligation for the purposes specified in this Ordinance and for the payment of all or a portion of the contractual obligations for professional services, including that of engineers, attorneys, and financial advisors in connection therewith, and to sell the same for cash as herein provided; and WHEREAS, the City is authorized to provide that such obligations will be payable from and secured by a direct and continuing annual ad valorem tax levied, within the limits prescribed by law, on all taxable property within the City, in combination with a limited pledge of a subordinate lien on the net revenues of the City's waterworks and sanitary sewer system (the "System") in an amount not to exceed $1,000 as authorized by the Act and Chapter 1502, Texas Government Code, as amended; and WHEREAS, pursuant to a resolution heretofore passed by this governing body, notice of intention to issue from time to time certificates of obligation of the City payable as provided in this Ordinance was published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City and posted on the City's website in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, which notice provided that the principal amount of such certificates of obligation would not exceed 60,000,000, and the proceeds would be used for the purposes set forth in Section 3.1 hereof; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City hereby finds and determines that it is necessary and in the best interests of the City and its citizens that it issue such certificates of obligation authorized by this Ordinance; and WHEREAS, such notice provided that the City tentatively planned to consider the passage of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of the certificates of obligation on April 25, 2024; and WHEREAS, no petition of any kind has been filed with the City Clerk, any member of the City Council, or any other official of the City, protesting the issuance of such certificates of obligation; and WHEREAS, this City Council is now authorized and empowered to proceed with the issuance of said certificates of obligation and to sell the same for cash; and WHEREAS, the City is a home-rule municipality that has adopted a charter under Article XI, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution, has a population in excess of 50,000 and has outstanding Error! Unknown document property name. indebtedness that is rated by a nationally recognized agency for municipal securities in one of the four highest rating categories for long-term obligations; and WHEREAS, the City has a principal amount of at least $100,000,000 in a combination of outstanding long-term indebtedness and long-term indebtedness proposed to be issued, and some amount of such long-term indebtedness is rated in one of the four highest rating categories for long-term debt instruments by a nationally recognized rating agency for municipal securities without regard to the effect of any credit agreement or other form of credit enhancement entered into in connection with the obligation, and therefore qualifies as an "Issuer" under Chapter 1371 of the Texas Government Code, as amended ("Chapter 1371"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 1371, the City desires to delegate the authority to effect the sale of the certificates of obligation to the Authorized Officer(hereinafter defined); and WHEREAS, the meeting at which this Ordinance is considered is open to the public as required by law, and public notice of the time, place, and purpose of said meeting was given as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PRELIMINARY MATTERS Section 1.1. Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Ordinance or unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below: "Act"means Subchapter C, Chapter 271, Texas Local Government Code, as amended. "Authorized Officer"means the Mayor,the City Manager or the Director of Finance of the City, who are authorized to act on behalf of the City in selling and delivering the Certificates, or such other officers of the City as designated in writing. "Bond Counsel"means Bracewell LLP. "Business Day" means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or other day on which banking institutions in the city where the Designated Payment./Transfer Office is located are required or authorized by law or executive order to close. "Certificates"means the City's certificates of obligation authorized to be issued by Section 3.1 of this Ordinance and designated as "City of Baytown, Texas, Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024"and such other series or subseries as may be designated in the Pricing Certificate. "Chapter 1371"has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Ordinance. -2- Error!Unknown document property name. "City"means the City of Baytown, Texas. "City Council"means the City Council of the City. "Closing Date" means the date of the initial delivery of and payment for the Certificates designated in the Pricing Certificate. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and, with respect to a specific section thereof,such reference shall be deemed to include(a)the Regulations promulgated under such section, (b) any successor provision of similar import hereafter enacted, (c) any corresponding provision of any subsequent Internal Revenue Code and (d) the regulations promulgated under the provisions described in (b) and (c). "Dated Date"means the date designated as the dated date of the Certificates in the Pricing Certificate. "Debt Service" means, collectively, all amounts due and payable with respect to the Certificates representing the principal of the Certificates and the interest, payable at the times and in the manner provided herein and the payment of the costs associated therewith. "Designated Payment.Transfer Office" means (i) with respect to the initial Paying Agent/Registrar named herein, its office in Dallas, Texas, or at such other location designated by the Paying Agent/Registrar, and (ii)with respect to any successor Paying Agent/Registrar, the office of such successor designated and located as may be agreed upon by the City and such successor. "DTC"means The Depository Trust Company of New York, New York, or any successor securities depository. "DTC Participant" means brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations on whose behalf DTC was created to hold securities to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among DTC Participants. "Financial Obligation" means a (i) debt obligation, (ii) derivative instrument entered into in connection with, or pledged as security or a source of payment for, an existing or planned debt obligation, or (iii) guarantee of a debt obligation or any such derivative instrument; provided that "financial obligation" shall not include municipal securities as to which a final official statement (as defined in the Rule)has been provided to the MSRB consistent with the Rule. "Fiscal Year"means such fiscal year as shall from time to time be set by the City Council. "Initial Certificate" means the initial certificate authorized by Section 3.4(d) of this Ordinance for each series of Certificates. "Interest and Sinking Fund"means the interest and sinking fund established by Section 2.2 of this Ordinance. -3- Error! Unknown document property name. "Interest Payment Date" means the date or dates on which interest on the principal of the Certificates is scheduled to be paid, as designated in the Pricing Certificate. "Maturity" means the date on which the principal of the Certificates becomes due and payable according to the terms thereof, whether at Stated Maturity or by proceedings for prior redemption. "MSRB"means the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. "Net Revenues" means the revenues to be derived from the System, after the payment of all operation and maintenance expenses thereof. "Ordinance" as used herein and in the Certificates means this ordinance authorizing the Certificates. "Owner" means the person who is the registered owner of a Certificate or Certificates, as shown in the Register. "Paying Agent/Registrar"means initially BOKF, NA or any successor thereto as provided in this Ordinance. "Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement" means the paying agent/registrar agreement between the Paying Agent/Registrar and the City relating to the Certificates. "Pricing Certificate" means a certificate or certificates to be signed by the Authorized Officer in connection with the issuance of the Certificates under this Ordinance. "Purchase Contract" means the purchase contract or contracts between the City and the Underwriters relating to the sale of the Certificates. "Record Date"means the fifteenth day of the month next preceding each Interest Payment Date, or such other date as may be specified in the Pricing Certificate. "Register"means the bond register specified in Section 3.6(a) of this Ordinance. "Regulations" means the applicable, proposed, temporary or final Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code, or, to the extent applicable to the Code, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as such regulations may be amended or supplemented from time to time. "Representation Letter"means the Blanket Letter of Representations between the City and DTC. "Representative" means the representative of the Underwriters designated in the Pricing Certificate. "Rule"means SEC Rule 15c2-12, as amended from time to time. "SEC"means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. -4- Error! Unknown document property name. "Special Payment Date" means the date that is fifteen (15) days after the Special Record Date, as described in Section 3.3(e). "Special Record Date" means a new record date for interest payment established in the event of a nonpayment of interest on a scheduled payment date, and for thirty(30)days thereafter, as described in Section 3.3(e). "State"means the State of Texas. "Stated Maturity" means the respective stated maturity dates of the Certificates specified in the Pricing Certificate. "System" as used in this Ordinance means the City's waterworks and sanitary sewer system. "Unclaimed Payments" means money deposited with the Paying Agent/Registrar for the payment of principal, redemption premium, if any, or interest on the Certificates as the same becomes due and payable or money set aside for the payment of Certificates duly called for redemption prior to maturity and remaining unclaimed by the Owners of such Certificates for ninety(90) days after the applicable payment or redemption date. "Underwriters" means the Underwriters of the Certificates designated in the Pricing Certificate. Section 1.2. Findings. The declarations, determinations, and findings declared, made, and found in the preamble to this Ordinance are hereby adopted,restated, and made a part of the operative provisions hereof. Section 1.3. Table of Contents, Titles, and Headings. The table of contents, titles, and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Ordinance have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered a part hereof and shall not in any way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof and shall never be considered or given any effect in construing this Ordinance or any provision hereof or in ascertaining intent, if any question of intent should arise. Section 1.4. Interpretation. (a) Unless the context requires otherwise, words of the masculine gender shall be construed to include correlative words of the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa, and words of the singular number shall be construed to include correlative words of the plural number and vice versa. (b) Any action required to be taken on a date which is not a Business Day shall be taken on the next succeeding Business Day and have the same effect as if taken on the date so required. -5- Error! Unknown document property name. (c) This Ordinance and all the terms and provisions hereof shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes set forth herein and to sustain the validity of this Ordinance. (d) Article and section references shall mean references to articles and sections of this Ordinance unless otherwise designated. (e) The findings and determinations contained in the recitals to this Ordinance are incorporated herein for all purposes. ARTICLE II TAX LEVY; INTEREST AND SINKING FUND; PLEDGE OF REVENUES Section 2.1. Tax Levy. (a) Pursuant to the authority granted by the Texas Constitution and the laws of the State, there shall be levied and there is hereby levied for the current year and for each succeeding year hereafter while any of the Certificates or any interest thereon is outstanding and unpaid, an ad valorem tax on each one hundred dollars valuation of taxable property within the City, at a rate sufficient, within the limit prescribed by law, to pay the Debt Service requirements of the Certificates,being(i)the interest on the Certificates, and(ii) a sinking fund for their redemption at maturity or a sinking fund of 2°o per annum(whichever amount is greater), when due and payable, full allowance being made for delinquencies and costs of collection. (b) The ad valorem tax thus levied shall be assessed and collected each year against all property appearing on the tax rolls of the City most recently approved in accordance with law; and the money thus collected shall be deposited as collected to the Interest and Sinking Fund. (c) Said ad valorem tax, the collections therefrom, and all amounts on deposit in or required hereby to be deposited to the Interest and Sinking Fund are hereby pledged and committed irrevocably to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Certificates and related fees and expenses when and as due and payable in accordance with their terms and this Ordinance. (d) To pay Debt Service on the Certificates coming due prior to receipt of the taxes levied to pay such Debt Service, there is hereby appropriated from current funds on hand, which are hereby certified to be on hand and available for such purpose, an amount sufficient to pay such Debt Service, and such amount shall be used for no other purpose. Section 2.2. Interest and Sinking Fund. (a) The City hereby establishes a special fund or account to be designated the"City of Baytown, Texas, Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024, Interest and Sinking Fund"(the"Interest and Sinking Fund") with said fund to be maintained at an official depository bank of the City separate and apart from all other funds and accounts of the City. (b) Money on deposit in, or required by this Ordinance to be deposited to, the Interest and Sinking Fund shall be used solely for the purpose of paying the interest on and principal of the Certificates when and as due and payable in accordance with their terms and this Ordinance. -6- Error!Unknown document property name. Section 2.3. Pledge of Revenues. The Net Revenues to be derived from the operation of the System in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) are hereby pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Certificates as the same come due; provided,however, that such pledge is and shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to the pledge of the Net Revenues to the payment of all outstanding obligations of the City and any obligation of the City, whether authorized heretofore or hereafter, that the City designates as having a pledge senior to the pledge of the Net Revenues to the payment of the Certificates. The City also reserves the right to issue, for any lawful purpose at any time, in one or more installments, bonds, certificates of obligation and other obligations of any kind payable in whole or in part from the Net Revenues, secured by a pledge of the Net Revenues that may be prior and superior in right to, on a parity with, or junior and subordinate to the pledge of Net Revenues securing the Certificates. The revenues of the System available after the payment of all operation and maintenance expenses of the System, any Debt Service payable from gross revenues or Net Revenues of the System, if any, as well as other payments, costs or expenses designated in an ordinance authorizing the issuance of System revenue obligations may be used for any lawful purpose of the City. ARTICLE III AUTHORIZATION; GENERAL TERMS AND PROVISIONS REGARDING THE CERTIFICATES Section 3.1. Authorization. The Certificates are hereby authorized to be issued and delivered in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State, specifically the Act and Chapter 1371. The Certificates shall be issued from time to time in the total aggregate principal amount not to exceed $60,000,000 for the costs associated with (i) the design, construction, improvement and equipment of drainage and detention facilities, (ii) the design, construction, improvement and equipment of the City's waterworks and sanitary sewer system, including lift station improvements, wastewater treatment plant improvements, water meter replacements, and water and sewer line replacements and rehabilitation,(iii)the design,construction,improvement and equipment of City streets,sidewalks, and related infrastructure, (iv) the design, construction, renovation and equipment of improvements to existing City buildings and facilities housing governmental functions of the City, and (v) the cost of professional services incurred in connection therewith. Section 3.2. Date, Denomination, Maturities, and Interest. (a) The Certificates shall be dated the Dated Date and shall be issued in fully registered form, without coupons. (b) The Certificates shall be issued in the aggregate principal amount designated in the Pricing Certificate,shall be in the denomination of$5,000 principal amount or any integral multiple thereof and shall be numbered separately from R-1 upward, except the Initial Certificate, which shall be numbered I-1. (c) The Certificates shall mature on the dates and in the principal amounts and shall -7- Error!Unknown document property name. bear interest at the per annum rates set forth in the Pricing Certificate. (d) Interest shall accrue and be paid on each Certificate,respectively,until the principal amount thereof has been paid or provision for such payment has been made, from the later of(i) the Dated Date or the Closing Date, as provided in the Pricing Certificate, or (ii) the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for at the rate per annum for each respective maturity specified in the Pricing Certificate. Such interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Section 3.3. Medium, Method and Place of Payment. (a) Debt Service shall be paid in lawful money of the United States of America. (b) Interest on each Certificate shall be paid by check dated as of the Interest Payment Date, and sent by United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, by the Paying Agent;'Registrar to each Owner, as shown in the Register at the close of business on the Record Date, at the address of each such Owner as such appears in the Register or by such other customary banking arrangements acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar and the person to whom interest is to be paid; provided, however, that such person shall bear all risk and expense of such other customary banking arrangements. (c) The principal of each Certificate shall be paid to the Owner thereof at Maturity or prior redemption upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar. (d) If the date for the payment of Debt Service is not a Business Day, the date for such payment shall be the next succeeding Business Day,and payment on such date shall for all purposes be deemed to have been made on the due date thereof as specified in this Section. (e) In the event of a nonpayment of interest on a scheduled payment date, and for thirty (30) days thereafter, a Special Record Date will be established by the Paying Agent/Registrar, if and when funds for the payment of such interest have been received from the City. Notice of the Special Record Date and of the Special Payment Date of the past due interest shall be sent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Special Record Date by United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, to the address of each Owner of a Certificate appearing on the books of the Paying Agent"Registrar at the close of business on the last Business Day next preceding the date of mailing of such notice. (f) Unclaimed Payments shall be segregated in a special account and held in trust, uninvested by the Paying Agent/Registrar,for the account of the Owner of the Certificates to which the Unclaimed Payments pertain. Subject to Title 6, Texas Property Code, Unclaimed Payments remaining unclaimed by the Owners entitled thereto for three(3)years after the applicable payment or redemption date shall be applied to the next payment or payments on the Certificates thereafter coming due and, to the extent any such money remains after the retirement of all outstanding Certificates, shall be paid to the City to be used for any lawful purpose. Thereafter, neither the City, the Paying Agent/Registrar nor any other person shall be liable or responsible to any holders of such Certificates for any further payment of such unclaimed moneys or on account of any such -8- Error!Unknown document property name. Certificates, subject to Title 6, Texas Property Code. Section 3.4. Execution and Registration of Certificates. (a) The Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the City by the Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem and the City Clerk, by their manual or facsimile signatures, and the official seal of the City shall be impressed or placed in facsimile thereon. Such facsimile signatures on the Certificates shall have the same effect as if each of the Certificates had been signed manually and in person by each of said officers, and such facsimile seal on the Certificates shall have the same effect as if the official seal of the City had been manually impressed upon each of the Certificates. (b) In the event that any officer of the City whose manual or facsimile signature appears on the Certificates ceases to be such officer before the authentication of such Certificates or before the delivery thereof, such signature nevertheless shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes as if such officer had remained in such office. (c) Except as provided below, no Certificate shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit of this Ordinance unless and until the Certificate of Paying Agent/Registrar, substantially in the form provided herein, has been duly authenticated by manual execution by an officer or duly authorized signatory of the Paying Agent/Registrar. It shall not be required that the same officer or authorized signatory of the Paying Agent/Registrar sign the certificate of Paying Agent/Registrar on all of the Certificates. In lieu of the executed certificate of Paying Agent/Registrar described above, the Initial Certificate delivered at the Closing Date shall have attached thereto the Comptroller's Registration Certificate substantially in the form provided herein, manually executed by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State, or by his duly authorized agent, which certificate shall be evidence that the Initial Certificate has been duly approved by the Attorney General of the State, and that it is a valid and binding obligation of the City, and that it has been registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State. (d) On the Closing Date,one Initial Certificate representing the entire principal amount of the Certificates designated in the Pricing Certificate, to be payable in stated installments to the Representative or its designee, to be executed by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem and City Clerk, approved by the Attorney General of the State, and registered and manually signed by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State, will be delivered to the Representative or its designee. Upon payment for the Initial Certificate, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall cancel the Initial Certificate and deliver registered definitive Certificates to DTC in accordance with Section 3.9 hereof. To the extent the Paying Agent/Registrar is eligible to participate in DTC's FAST System, as evidenced by an agreement between the Paying Agent/Registrar and DTC, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall hold the definitive Certificates in safekeeping for DTC. Section 3.5. Ownership. (a) The City, the Paying Agent/Registrar and any other person may treat the Owner as the absolute owner of such Certificate for the purpose of making and receiving payment of the principal thereof, for the purpose of making and receiving payment of the interest thereon(subject -9- Error! Unknown document property name. to the provisions herein that the interest is to be paid to the person in whose name the Certificate is registered on the Record Date or Special Record Date, as applicable), and for all other purposes, whether or not such Certificate is overdue, and neither the City nor the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be bound by any notice or knowledge to the contrary. (b) All payments made to the Owner of a Certificate shall be valid and effectual and shall discharge the liability of the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar upon such Certificate to the extent of the sums paid. Section 3.6. Registration, Transfer, and Exchange. (a) So long as any Certificates remain outstanding, the City shall cause the Paying Agent.!Registrar to keep at its Designated Payment/Transfer Office a register (the "Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,the Paying Agent/Registrar shall provide for the registration and transfer of Certificates in accordance with this Ordinance. (b) The ownership of a Certificate may be transferred only upon the presentation and surrender of the Certificate to the Paying Agent/Registrar at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office with such endorsement or other instrument of transfer and assignment as is acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar. No transfer of any Certificate shall be effective until entered in the Register. (c) The Certificates shall be exchangeable upon the presentation and surrender thereof at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office for a Certificate or Certificates of the same maturity and interest rate and in any denomination or denominations of any integral multiple of$5,000, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the Certificates presented for exchange. (d) The Paying Agent/Registrar is hereby authorized to authenticate and deliver Certificates transferred or exchanged in accordance with this Section. A new Certificate or Certificates will be delivered by the Paying Agent/Registrar, in lieu of the Certificate being transferred or exchanged,at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office,or sent by United States mail, first class,postage prepaid, to the Owner or his designee. Each Certificate delivered by the Paying Agent/Registrar in accordance with this Section shall constitute an original contractual obligation of the City and shall be entitled to the benefits and security of this Ordinance to the same extent as the Certificate or Certificates in lieu of which such Certificate is delivered. (e) No service charge shall be made to the Owner for the initial registration,subsequent transfer, or exchange for a different denomination of any of the Certificates. The Paying Agent/Registrar,however, may require the Owner to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that is authorized to be imposed in connection with the registration, transfer, or exchange of a Certificate. (f) Neither the City nor the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be required to transfer or exchange any Certificate called for redemption, in whole or in part, within forty-five (45) days prior to the date fixed for redemption; provided, however, such limitation shall not be applicable to an exchange by the Owner of the uncalled balance of a Certificate. -10- Error! Unknown document property name. Section 3.7. Cancellation. All Certificates paid or redeemed before Stated Maturity in accordance with this Ordinance, and all Certificates in lieu of which exchange Certificates or replacement Certificates are authenticated and delivered in accordance with this Ordinance, shall be cancelled and proper records made regarding such payment, redemption, exchange, or replacement. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall dispose of such cancelled Certificates in the manner required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Section 3.8. Replacement Certificates. (a) Upon the presentation and surrender to the Paying Agent/Registrar of a mutilated Certificate, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a replacement Certificate of like maturity, interest rate and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. The City or the Paying Agent'Registrar may require the Owner of such Certificate to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that is authorized to be imposed in connection therewith and any other expenses connected therewith. (b) In the event that any Certificate is lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Paying Agent/Registrar,pursuant to the applicable laws of the State and in the absence of notice or knowledge that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, shall authenticate and deliver a replacement Certificate of like maturity, interest rate and principal amount,bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, provided that the Owner first complies with the following requirements: (i) furnishes to the Paying Agent/Registrar satisfactory evidence of his or her ownership of and the circumstances of the loss, destruction, or theft of such Certificate; (ii) furnishes such security or indemnity as may be required by the Paying Agent!Registrar to save it and the City harmless; (iii) pays all expenses and charges in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, printing costs, legal fees, fees of the Paying Agent'Registrar, and any tax or other governmental charge that is authorized to be imposed; and (iv) satisfies any other reasonable requirements imposed by the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar. (c) If, after the delivery of such replacement Certificate, a bona fide purchaser of the original Certificate in lieu of which such replacement Certificate was issued presents for payment such original Certificate, the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be entitled to recover such replacement Certificate from the person to whom it was delivered or any person taking therefrom, except a bona fide purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost, or expense incurred by the City or the Paying Agent/Registrar in connection therewith. (d) In the event that any such mutilated,lost,apparently destroyed,or wrongfully taken Certificate has become or is about to become due and payable, the Paying Agent/Registrar, in its -11- Error!Unknown document property name. discretion, instead of issuing a replacement Certificate, may pay such Certificate when it becomes due and payable. (e) Each replacement Certificate delivered in accordance with this Section shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the City and shall be entitled to the benefits and security of this Ordinance to the same extent as the Certificate or Certificates in lieu of which such replacement Certificate is delivered. Section 3.9. Book-Entry-Only System. (a) Unless otherwise specified in the Pricing Certificate, the definitive Certificates shall be initially issued in the form of a separate single fully registered Certificate for each maturity. Upon initial issuance, the ownership of each such Certificate shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, and except as provided in Section 3.10 hereof, all of the outstanding Certificates shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. (b) With respect to Certificates registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall have no responsibility or obligation to any DTC Participant or to any person on behalf of whom such a DTC Participant holds an interest in the Certificates,except as provided in this Ordinance. Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall have no responsibility or obligation with respect to (i)the accuracy of the records of DTC, Cede& Co. or any DTC Participant with respect to any ownership interest in the Certificates, (ii) the delivery to any DTC Participant or any other person, other than an Owner, as shown on the Register, of any notice with respect to the Certificates,including any notice of redemption,or(iii)the payment to any DTC Participant or any other person,other than an Owner,as shown in the Register,of any amount with respect to principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Certificates. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance to the contrary, the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be entitled to treat and consider the person in whose name each Certificate is registered in the Register as the absolute Owner of such Certificate for the purpose of payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Certificates, for the purpose of giving notices of redemption and other matters with respect to such Certificate, for the purpose of registering transfer with respect to such Certificate, and for all other purposes whatsoever. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall pay all principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Certificates only to or upon the order of the respective Owners, as shown in the Register as provided in this Ordinance, or their respective attorneys duly authorized in writing, and all such payments shall be valid and effective to fully satisfy and discharge the City's obligations with respect to payment of principal of,premium,if any,and interest on the Certificates to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. No person other than an Owner, as shown in the Register, shall receive a certificate evidencing the obligation of the City to make payments of amounts due pursuant to this Ordinance. Upon delivery by DTC to the Paying Agent/Registrar of written notice to the effect that DTC has determined to substitute a new nominee in place of Cede & Co., and subject to the provisions in this Ordinance with respect to interest checks or drafts being mailed to the registered Owner at the close of business on the Record Date, the word "Cede & Co." in this Ordinance shall refer to such new nominee of DTC. (c) The Representation Letter previously executed and delivered by the City, and applicable to the City's obligations delivered in book entry only form to DTC as securities -12- Error! Unknown document property name. depository, is hereby ratified and approved for the Certificates. Section 3.10. Successor Securities Depository; Transfer Outside Book-Entry-Only System. In the event that the City determines that it is in the best interest of the City and the beneficial owners of the Certificates that they be able to obtain certificated Certificates, or in the event DTC discontinues the services described herein,the City or the Paying Agent/Registrar shall (i) appoint a successor securities depository, qualified to act as such under Section 17(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, notify DTC and DTC Participants of the appointment of such successor securities depository and transfer one or more separate Certificates to such successor securities depository; or(ii)notify DTC and DTC Participants of the availability through DTC of certificated Certificates and cause the Paying Agent/Registrar to transfer one or more separate registered Certificates to DTC Participants having Certificates credited to their DTC accounts. In such event, the Certificates shall no longer be restricted to being registered in the Register in the name of Cede&Co., as nominee of DTC,but may be registered in the name of the successor securities depository,or its nominee,or in whatever name or names Owners transferring or exchanging Certificates shall designate, in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 3.11. Payments to Cede & Co. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance to the contrary, so long as the Certificates are registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, all payments with respect to principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Certificates, and all notices with respect to such Certificates shall be made and given, respectively, in the manner provided in the Representation Letter of the City to DTC. ARTICLE IV REDEMPTION OF CERTIFICATES BEFORE MATURITY Section 4.1. Limitation on Redemption. The Certificates shall be subject to redemption before Stated Maturity only as provided in this Article IV and in the Pricing Certificate. Section 4.2. Optional Redemption. The Certificates shall be subject to redemption at the option of the City at such times, in such amounts, in such manner and at such redemption prices as may be designated in the Pricing Certificate. Section 4.3. Mandatory Sinking Fund Redemption. (a) The Certificates designated as"Term Certificates"in the Pricing Certificate("Term Certificates"), if any, are subject to scheduled mandatory redemption and will be redeemed by the City, in part at a price equal to the principal amount thereof,without premium,plus accrued interest to the redemption date, out of moneys available for such purpose in the Interest and Sinking Fund, -13- Error!Unknown document property name. on the dates and in the respective principal amounts as set forth in the Pricing Certificate. (b) Prior to each scheduled mandatory redemption date, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall select for redemption by lot, or by any other customary method that results in a random selection, a principal amount of Term Certificates equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Term Certificates to be redeemed, shall call such Term Certificates for redemption on such scheduled mandatory redemption date, and shall give notice of such redemption, as provided in Section 4.5. (c) The principal amount of the Term Certificates required to be redeemed on any redemption date pursuant to subparagraph (a) of this Section 4.3 shall be reduced, at the option of the City,by the principal amount of any Term Certificates which, at least forty-five(45) days prior to the mandatory sinking fund redemption date (i) shall have been acquired by the City and delivered to the Paying AgentRegistrar for cancellation, or(ii) shall have been redeemed pursuant to the optional redemption provisions hereof and not previously credited to a mandatory sinking fund redemption. Section 4.4. Partial Redemption. (a) If less than all of the Certificates are to be redeemed pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof, the City shall determine the maturity or maturities and the amounts thereof(or mandatory sinking fund payment within a maturity with respect to Term Certificates, if any)to be redeemed and shall direct the Paying Agent/Registrar to call by lot, or other customary method that results in random selection, the Certificates, or portions thereof, within such maturity or maturities and in such principal amounts for redemption. (b) A portion of a single Certificate of a denomination greater than $5,000 may be redeemed, but only in a principal amount equal to $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof. If such a Certificate is to be partially redeemed,the Paying Agent/Registrar shall treat each$5,000 portion of the Certificate as though it were a single Certificate for purposes of selection for redemption. (c) Upon surrender of any Certificate for redemption in part, the Paying AgentRegistrar,in accordance with Section 3.5(b)of this Ordinance,shall authenticate and deliver an exchange Certificate or Certificates in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Certificate so surrendered, such exchange being without charge. (d) The Paying Agent/Registrar shall promptly notify the City in writing of the principal amount to be redeemed of any Certificate as to which only a portion thereof is to be redeemed. Section 4.5. Notice of Redemption to Owners. (a) The Paying Agent/Registrar shall give notice of any redemption of Certificates by sending notice by United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, not less than thirty (30) days before the date fixed for redemption, to the Owner of each Certificate (or part thereof) to be redeemed, at the address shown on the Register at the close of business on the Business Day next preceding the date of mailing such notice. -14- Error! Unknown document property name. (b) The notice shall state the redemption date, the redemption price, the place at which the Certificates are to be surrendered for payment, and, if less than all the Certificates outstanding are to be redeemed, an identification of the Certificates or portions thereof to be redeemed. (c) The City reserves the right to give notice of its election or direction to redeem Certificates under Section 4.2 conditioned upon the occurrence of subsequent events. Such notice may state (i) that the redemption is conditioned upon the deposit of moneys and/or authorized securities, in an amount equal to the amount necessary to effect the redemption, with the Paying Agent/Registrar, or such other entity as may be authorized by law, no later than the redemption date or (ii) that the City retains the right to rescind such notice at any time prior to the scheduled redemption date if the City delivers a certificate of the City to the Paying Agent/Registrar instructing the Paying Agent/Registrar to rescind the redemption notice, and such notice and redemption shall be of no effect if such moneys and!or authorized securities are not so deposited or if the notice is rescinded. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall give prompt notice of any such rescission of a conditional notice of redemption to the affected Owners. Any Certificates subject to conditional redemption where redemption has been rescinded shall remain outstanding and the rescission of such redemption shall not constitute an event of default. (d) Any notice given as provided in this Section shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Owner receives such notice. Notice having been so given and due provision for the payment of the same having been made, the Certificate called of redemption shall become due and payable on the specified redemption date, and notwithstanding that any Certificate or portion thereof has not been surrendered for payment, interest on such Certificate or portion thereof shall cease to accrue. Section 4.6. Payment Upon Redemption. (a) Before or on each redemption date, the City shall deposit with the Paying Agent/Registrar money sufficient to pay all amounts due on the redemption date and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall make provision for the payment of the Certificates to be redeemed on such date by setting aside and holding in trust such amounts as are received by the Paying Agent/Registrar from the City and shall use such funds solely for the purpose of paying the principal of, redemption premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Certificates being redeemed. (b) Upon presentation and surrender of any Certificate called for redemption at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar on or after the date fixed for redemption, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall pay the principal of, redemption premium, if any, and accrued interest on such Certificate to the date of redemption from the money set aside for such purpose. Section 4.7. Effect of Redemption. (a) When Certificates have been called for redemption in whole or in part and due provision has been made to redeem same as herein provided,the Certificates or portions thereof so redeemed shall no longer be regarded as outstanding except for the purpose of receiving payment solely from the funds so provided for redemption, and the rights of the Owners to collect interest which would otherwise accrue after the redemption date on any Certificate or portion thereof called -15- Error!Unknown document property name. for redemption shall terminate on the date fixed for redemption. If the City shall fail to make provision for payment of all sums due on a redemption date,then any Certificate or portion thereof called for redemption shall continue to bear interest at the rate stated on the Certificate until due provision is made for the payment of same. (b) If the City shall fail to make provision for payment of all sums due on a redemption date, then any Certificate or portion thereof called for redemption shall continue to bear interest at the rate stated on the Certificate until due provision is made for the payment of same by the City. Section 4.8. Lapse of Payment. Money set aside for the redemption of the Certificates and remaining unclaimed by the Owners thereof shall be subject to the provisions of Section 3.3(f) hereof. ARTICLE V PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR Section 5.1. Appointment of Initial Paying A eg nt!Registrar. (a) BOKF, NA, is hereby appointed as the initial Paying Agent'Registrar for the Certificates. (b) The Paying Agent;Registrar shall keep such books or records and make such transfers and registrations under such reasonable regulations as the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar may prescribe; and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall make such transfer and registrations as herein provided. It shall be the duty of the Paying Agent/Registrar to obtain from the Owners and record in the Register the address of such Owner of each Certificate to which payments with respect to the Certificates shall be mailed, as provided herein. The City or its designee shall have the right to inspect the Register during regular business hours of the Paying Agent/Registrar,but otherwise the Paying Agent/Registrar shall keep the Register confidential and, unless otherwise required by law, shall not permit its inspection by any other entity. (c) The City hereby further appoints the Paying Agent/Registrar to act as the paying agent for paying the principal of and interest on the Certificates. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall keep proper records of all payments made by the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar with respect to the Certificates, and of all conversions, exchanges and replacements of such Certificates, as provided in this Ordinance. (d) The form of Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement is hereby approved. The Authorized Officer is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver or cause the execution and delivery by the Mayor or the Mayor Pro Tern and the City Clerk of the City, a Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement, specifying the duties and responsibilities of the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar. Section 5.2. Qualifications. Each Paying Agent/Registrar shall be a commercial bank or trust company organized under the laws of the State, or any other entity duly qualified and legally authorized to serve as and -16- Error! Unknown document property name. perform the duties and services of paying agent and registrar for the Certificates. Section 5.3. Maintaining Paving Agent/Re ig strar. (a) At all times while any Certificates are outstanding, the City will maintain a Paying Agent/Registrar that is qualified under Section 5.2 of this Ordinance. (b) If the Paying Agent/Registrar resigns or otherwise ceases to serve as such, the City will promptly appoint a replacement, provided no such resignation shall be effective until a successor Paying Agent/Registrar has accepted the duties of Paying Agent/Registrar for the Certificates. Section 5.4. Termination. The City reserves the right to terminate the appointment of any Paying Agent/Registrar by (i)delivering to the entity whose appointment is to be terminated forty-five(45)days written notice of the termination of the appointment and of the Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement, stating the effective date of such termination, and (ii) appointing a successor Paying Agent./Registrar; provided, that, no such termination shall be effective until a successor Paying Agent/Registrar has assumed the duties of Paying Agent"Registrar for the Certificates. Section 5.5. Notice of Change to Owners. Promptly upon each change in the entity serving as Paying Agent/Registrar, the City will cause notice of the change to be sent to each Owner by United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, at the address in the Register, stating the effective date of the change and the name and mailing address of the replacement Paying Agent;'Registrar. Section 5.6. Agreement to Perform Duties and Functions. By accepting the appointment as Paying Agent/Registrar and executing the Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement,the Paying Agent/Registrar is deemed to have agreed to the provisions of this Ordinance and that it will perform the duties and functions of Paying Agent/Registrar prescribed hereby and under the Paying Agent./Registrar Agreement. Section 5.7. Delivery of Records to Successor. If a Paying Agent/Registrar is replaced, such Paying Agent/Registrar, promptly upon the appointment of the successor, will deliver the Register (or a copy thereof) and all other pertinent books and records relating to the Certificates to the successor Paying Agent/Registrar. ARTICLE VI FORM OF THE CERTIFICATES Section 6.1. Form Generally. (a) The Certificates,including the Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public -17- Error!Unknown document property name. Accounts of the State, the Certificate of the Paying Agent/Registrar and the Assignment form to appear on each of the Certificates, (i) shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as are permitted or required by this Ordinance and the Pricing Certificate, and (ii) may have such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification (including identifying numbers and letters of the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures (CUSIP) of the American Bankers Association) and such legends and endorsements (including any reproduction of an opinion of counsel) thereon as, consistently herewith, may be determined by the City or by the officers executing such Certificates, as evidenced by their execution thereof. (b) Any portion of the text of any Certificates may be set forth on the reverse side thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Certificates. (c) The Certificates shall be typewritten, photocopied, printed lithographed, or engraved, and may be produced by any combination of these methods or produced in any other similar manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Certificates, as evidenced by their execution thereof. Section 6.2. Securities Identification Registration. The City may secure identification numbers through CUSIP Global Services, or another entity that provides securities identification numbers for municipal securities, and may print such numbers on the face of the Certificates. It is expressly provided, however, that the presence or absence of securities identification numbers on the Certificates or any errors or omissions in the printing of such number shall be of no significance or effect in regard to the legality thereof and neither the City nor Bond Counsel to the City are to be held responsible for securities identification numbers incorrectly printed on the Certificates. Section 6.3. Legal Opinion. The approving legal opinion of Bond Counsel may be attached to or printed on the reverse side of each Certificate over the certification of the City Clerk of the City, which may be executed in facsimile. ARTICLE VII SALE AND DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES; DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS; OFFICIAL STATEMENT Section 7.1. Sale of Certificates. (a) The Certificates shall be sold to the Underwriters from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Ordinance. As authorized by Chapter 1371, the Authorized Officer is authorized to act on behalf of the City in selling and delivering the Certificates and in carrying out the other procedures specified in this Ordinance, including determining the price at which each of the Certificates will be sold, the number and designation of each series or subseries of Certificates to be issued, the form in which the Certificates shall be issued, the years and dates on which the Certificates will mature, the principal amount to mature in each of such years, the aggregate -18- Error!Unknown document property name. principal amount to be issued by the City, the rate of interest to be borne by each maturity of the Certificates, the Interest Payment Dates, the dates, prices and terms upon and at which the Certificates shall be subject to redemption prior to maturity at the option of the City and shall be subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption, the defeasance provisions, the selection of Underwriters, and all other matters relating to the issuance, sale and delivery of the Certificates, all of which shall be specified in the Pricing Certificate;provided that the following conditions can be satisfied: (i) the price to be paid for the Certificates shall not be less than 970,0 of the aggregate original principal amount of the Certificates plus accrued interest thereon from their date to their delivery; (ii) the true interest costs for the Certificates shall not be greater than 5.00°o, which amount is less than the maximum interest rate allowed under Section 1204.006, Texas Government Code, as amended; (iii) the aggregate principal amount of the Certificates authorized to be issued for the purposes described in Section 3.1 shall not exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount described in Section 3.1; (iv) no Certificate shall mature more than forty (40) years from the date of delivery thereof; and (v) the Pricing Certificate shall reflect the remaining authority under Section 3.1 that is being reserved for a subsequent issuance of Certificates under this Ordinance. The Authorized Officer is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver one or more Purchase Contracts providing for the sale of the Certificates to the Underwriters, in such form as determined by the Authorized Officer. The Authorized Officer is hereby authorized and directed to approved the final terms and provisions of each Purchase Contract in accordance to the terms of the applicable Pricing Certificate and this Ordinance, which final terms are hereby determined to be the most advantageous reasonably attainable by the City,such approval and determination being evidenced by the execution of the Purchase Contract by the Authorized Officer. All officers,agents and representatives of the City are hereby authorized to do any and all things necessary or desirable to satisfy the conditions set out therein and to provide for the issuance and delivery of the Certificates. The Initial Certificate shall initially be registered in the name of the Representative or such other entity as may be specified in the Purchase Contract. (b) The authority granted to the Authorized Officer under Sections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b) shall expire at 11:59 p.m. on a date 90 days from the date of this Ordinance, unless otherwise extended by the City by separate action. For purposes of clarity, if the award of sale is made within such 90-day period, the closing on the Certificates may take place after the expiration of such period. (c) The Authorized Officer and all other officers of the City are authorized to take such actions, to obtain such consents or approvals and to execute such documents, agreements, certificates and receipts as they may deem necessary and appropriate in order to consummate the delivery of the Certificates, pay the costs of issuance of the Certificates, and effectuate the terms -19- Error!Unknown document property name. and provisions of this Ordinance. Section 7.2. Official Statement. The City hereby approves the preparation and distribution of one or more Preliminary Official Statements for the use in the initial offering and sale of the Certificates, each in the form and with such addenda,supplements or amendments as may be approved by the Authorized Officer as evidenced by a certificate of the Authorized Officer. The City hereby authorizes the Authorized Officer to approve the form and content and the distribution of each Preliminary Official Statement prepared for the use in the initial offering and sale of the Certificates and to deem the Preliminary Official Statement (with such addenda, supplements or amendments as may be approved by the Authorized Officer), final within the meaning and for the purposes of paragraph (b)(1) of Rule 15c2-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The City hereby authorizes the preparation of a final Official Statement reflecting the terms of the Purchase Contract and other relevant information. The use of such final Official Statement by the Underwriters (in the form and with which such appropriate variations as shall be approved by the Authorized Officer and the Representative)is hereby approved and authorized, and if required,the proper officials of the City are authorized to sign such Official Statement. The proper officials of the City are authorized to execute and deliver a certificate pertaining to such Official Statement as prescribed therein, dated as of the date of payment for and delivery of the Certificates. Section 7.3. Deposit of Proceeds. Proceeds from the sale of the Certificates, together with other funds of the City, if any, shall, promptly upon receipt by the City, be applied as set out in the Pricing Certificate. Any proceeds remaining after the accomplishment of such purposes, including interest earnings on the investment of such proceeds, shall be deposited to the Interest and Sinking Fund. Section 7.4. Control and Delivery of Certificates. (a) The Mayor of the City is hereby authorized to have control of the Initial Certificate and all necessary records and proceedings pertaining thereto pending investigation, examination, and approval of the Attorney General of the State, registration by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State and registration with, and initial exchange or transfer by, the Paying Agent/Registrar. (b) After registration by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State, delivery of the Certificates shall be made to the Representative under and subject to the general supervision and direction of the Authorized Officer, or, in his absence any officer of the City, against receipt by the City of all amounts due to the City under the terms of sale. (c) All officers of the City are authorized to execute such documents, certificates and receipts and to make such elections with respect to the tax-exempt status of the Certificates,as they may deem necessary to consummate the delivery of the Certificates. ARTICLE VIII -20- Error! Unknown document property name. REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS Section 8.1. Payment of the Certificates. On or before each Interest Payment Date while any of the Certificates are outstanding and unpaid,there shall be made available to the Paying Agent/Registrar, out of the Interest and Sinking Fund, money sufficient to pay such interest on and principal of, redemption premium, if any, and interest on the Certificates as will accrue or mature on the applicable Interest Payment Date or date of prior redemption. Section 8.2. Other Representations and Covenants. (a) The City will faithfully perform, at all times, any and all covenants, undertakings, stipulations, and provisions contained in this Ordinance and in each Certificate; the City will promptly pay or cause to be paid the principal of,redemption premium,if any, and interest on each Certificate on the dates and at the places and manner prescribed in such Certificate; and the City will, at the times and in the manner prescribed by this Ordinance, deposit or cause to be deposited the amounts of money specified by this Ordinance. (b) The City is duly authorized under the laws of the State to issue the Certificates; all action on its part for the creation and issuance of the Certificates has been duly and effectively taken; and the Certificates in the hands of the Owners thereof are and will be valid and enforceable obligations of the City in accordance with their terms. (c) It is hereby found and determined that the facilities described in Section 3.1 of this Ordinance constitute public works as such term is defined under Section 271.043(7-a)of the Texas Local Government Code and are eligible to be financed through the issuance of the Certificates. ARTICLE IX PROVISIONS CONCERNING FEDERAL INCOME TAX MATTERS Section 9.1. General. The City covenants not to take any action or omit to take any action that,if taken or omitted, would cause the interest on the Certificates to be includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes. In furtherance thereof, the City covenants to comply with sections 103 and 141 through 150 of the Code and the provisions set forth in the Federal Tax Certificate executed by the City in connection with the Certificates. Section 9.2. No Private Activity Bonds. The City covenants that it will use the proceeds of the Certificates (including investment income)and the property financed,directly or indirectly,with such proceeds so that the Certificates will not be"private activity bonds" within the meaning of section 141 of the Code. Furthermore, the City will not take a deliberate action (as defined in section 1.141-2(d)(3) of the Regulations) that causes the Certificates to be a "private activity bond" unless it takes a remedial action permitted by section 1.141-12 of the Regulations. -21- Error!Unknown document property name. Section 9.3. No Federal Guarantee. The City covenants not to take any action or omit to take action that, if taken or omitted, would cause the Certificates to be"federally guaranteed"within the meaning of section 149(b) of the Code, except as permitted by section 149(b)(3) of the Code. Section 9.4. No Hedge Bonds. The City covenants not to take any action or omit to take action that, if taken or omitted, would cause the Certificates to be"hedge bonds"within the meaning of section 149(g)of the Code. Section 9.5. No Arbitrage Bonds. The City covenants that it will make such use of the proceeds of the Certificates (including investment income) and regulate the investment of such proceeds of the Certificates so that the Certificates will not be"arbitrage bonds"within the meaning of section 148(a) of the Code. Section 9.6. Required Rebate. The City covenants that, if the City does not qualify for an exception to the requirements of section 148(f) of the Code, the City will comply with the requirement that certain amounts earned by the City on the investment of the gross proceeds of the Certificates, be rebated to the United States. Section 9.7. Information Reporting. The City covenants to file or cause to be filed with the Secretary of the Treasury an information statement concerning the Certificates in accordance with section 149(e)of the Code. Section 9.8. Record Retention. The City covenants to retain all material records relating to the expenditure of the proceeds (including investment income) of the Certificates and the use of the property financed, directly or indirectly, thereby until three years after the last Certificate is redeemed or paid at maturity (or such other period as provided by subsequent guidance issued by the Department of the Treasury) in a manner that ensures their complete access throughout such retention period. Section 9.9. Registration. If the Certificates are "registration-required bonds" under section 149(a)(2) of the Code, the Certificates will be issued in registered form. Section 9.10. Favorable Opinion of Bond Counsel. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City will not be required to comply with any of the federal tax covenants set forth above if the City has received an opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel that such noncompliance will not adversely affect the excludability of interest on the Certificates from gross income for federal income tax purposes. -22- Error!Unknown document property name. Section 9.11. Continuing Compliance. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, the City's obligations under the federal tax covenants set forth above will survive the defeasance and discharge of the Certificates for as long as such matters are relevant to the excludability of interest on the Certificates from gross income for federal income tax purposes. Section 9.12. Official Intent. For purposes of section 1.150-2(d) of the Regulations, to the extent that an official intent to reimburse by the City has not been adopted for a particular project, this Ordinance serves as the City's official declaration of intent to use proceeds of the Certificates to reimburse itself from proceeds of the Certificates issued in the maximum amount authorized by this Ordinance for certain expenditures paid in connection with the projects set forth herein. Any such reimbursement will only be made (i) for an original expenditure paid no earlier than 60 days prior to the date hereof and (ii) not later than 18 months after the later of(A) the date the original expenditure is paid or(B) the date of which the project to which such expenditure relates is placed in service or abandoned, but in no event more than three years after the original expenditure is paid. ARTICLE X DISCHARGE Section 10.1. Discharge. The Certificates may be defeased, discharged or refunded in any manner now or hereafter permitted by applicable law. ARTICLE XI CONTINUING DISCLOSURE UNDERTAKING Section 11.1. Annual Reports. (a) The City shall provide annually to the MSRB, in an electronic format,accompanied by identifying information as prescribed by the MSRB (i) within six (6) months after the end of each Fiscal Year of the City ending in and after 2024,financial information and operating data with respect to the City of the general type included in the Official Statement, being the information described in the Pricing Certificate, and including financial statements of the City if audited financial statements of the City are then available, and (ii) if not provided as part of such financial information and operating data, audited financial statements of the City, when and if they become available. Any financial statements to be provided shall be (i) prepared in accordance with the accounting principles described in the notes to the financial statements for the most recently concluded Fiscal Year, or such other accounting principles as the City may be required to employ, from time to time, by State law or regulation, and (ii) audited, if the City commissions an audit of such statements and the audit is completed within the period during which they must be provided. If the audit of such financial statements is not complete within 12 months after any such fiscal year end,then the City shall file unaudited financial statements within such 12-month period and audited -23- Error! Unknown document property name. financial statements for the applicable fiscal year, when and if the audit report on such financial statements becomes available. (b) If the City changes its fiscal year, it will notify the MSRB of the change(and of the date of the new fiscal year end)prior to the next date by which the City otherwise would be required to provide financial information and operating data pursuant to this Section. (c) The financial information and operating data to be provided pursuant to this Section may be set forth in full in one or more documents or may be included by specific reference to any document (including an official statement or other offering document, if it is available from the MSRB) that theretofore has been provided to the MSRB or filed with the SEC. Section 11.2. Event Notices. (a) The City shall provide the following to the MSRB, in an electronic format as prescribed by the MSRB, in a timely manner not in excess of ten (10) business days after the occurrence of the event, notice of any of the following events with respect to the Certificates: (1) Principal and interest payment delinquencies; (2) Non-payment related defaults, if material; (3) Unscheduled draws on debt service reserves reflecting financial difficulties; (4) Unscheduled draws on credit enhancements reflecting financial difficulties; (5) Substitution of credit or liquidity providers, or their failure to perform; (6) Adverse tax opinions, the issuance by the Internal Revenue Service of proposed or final determinations of taxability, Notices of Proposed Issue (IRS Form 5701-TEB) or other material notices or determinations with respect to the tax status of Certificates,or other material events affecting the tax status of the Certificates; (7) Modifications to rights of the holders of the Certificates, if material; (8) Certificate calls, if material, and tender offers; (9) Defeasances; (10) Release, substitution, or sale of property securing repayment of the Certificates, if material; (11) Rating changes; (12) Bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar event of the City; Note to paragraph 12: For the purposes of the event identified in paragraph 12 of this section,the event is considered to occur when any of the following -24- Error!Unknown document property name. occur: the appointment of a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer for the City in a proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or in any other proceeding under state or federal law in which a court or governmental authority has assumed jurisdiction over substantially all of the assets or business of the City, or if such jurisdiction has been assumed by leaving the existing governing body and officials or officers in possession but subject to the supervision and orders of a court or governmental authority, or the entry of an order confirming a plan of reorganization, arrangement or liquidation by a court or governmental authority having supervision or jurisdiction over substantially all of the assets or business of the City. (13) The consummation of a merger, consolidation, or acquisition involving the City or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the City, other than in the ordinary course of business, the entry into a definitive agreement to undertake such an action or the termination of a definitive agreement relating to any such actions, other than pursuant to its terms, if material; (14) Appointment of a successor or additional trustee or the change of name of a trustee, if material; (15) Incurrence of a Financial Obligation of the City, if material, or agreement to covenants, events of default, remedies, priority rights, or other similar terms of a Financial Obligation of the City, any of which affect security holders, if material; and (16) Default, event of acceleration, termination event, modification of terms, or other similar events under the terms of a Financial Obligation of the City, any of which reflect financial difficulties. Note to paragraphs (15) and (16): For purposes of the events identified in paragraphs (15) and (16) of this section and in the definition of Financial Obligation in Section 1.1, the City intends the words used in such paragraphs to have the meanings ascribed to them in SEC Release No. 34- 83885 dated August 20, 2018 (the "2018 Release") and any further written guidance provided by the SEC or its staff with respect to the amendments to the Rule affected by the 2018 Release. (b) The City shall notify the MSRB, in a timely manner, of any failure by the City to provide financial information or operating data in accordance with Section 11.1. All documents provided to the MSRB pursuant to this section shall be accompanied by identifying information as prescribed by the MSRB. Section 11.3. Limitations, Disclaimers and Amendments. (a) The City shall be obligated to observe and perform the covenants specified in this Article for so long as, but only for so long as, the City remains an"obligated person"with respect to the Certificates within the meaning of the Rule, except that the City, in any event, will give notice of any redemption calls and any defeasances that cause the City to be no longer an"obligated -25- Error! Unknown document property name. person." (b) The provisions of this Article are for the sole benefit of the Owners and beneficial owners of the Certificates, and nothing in this Article, express or implied, shall give any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy, or claim hereunder to any other person. The City undertakes to provide only the financial information, operating data, financial statements, and notices which it has expressly agreed to provide pursuant to this Article and does not hereby undertake to provide any other information that may be relevant or material to a complete presentation of the City's financial results, condition, or prospects or hereby undertake to update any information provided in accordance with this Article or otherwise, except as expressly provided herein. The City does not make any representation or warranty concerning such information or its usefulness to a decision to invest in or sell Certificates at any future date. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE CITY BE LIABLE TO THE OWNER OR BENEFICIAL OWNER OF ANY CERTIFICATE OR ANY OTHER PERSON, IN CONTRACT OR TORT, FOR DAMAGES RESULTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM ANY BREACH BY THE CITY, WHETHER NEGLIGENT OR WITH OR WITHOUT FAULT ON ITS PART, OF ANY COVENANT SPECIFIED IN THIS ARTICLE, BUT EVERY RIGHT AND REMEDY OF ANY SUCH PERSON, IN CONTRACT OR TORT, FOR OR ON ACCOUNT OF ANY SUCH BREACH SHALL BE LIMITED TO AN ACTION FOR MANDAMUS OR SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. (c) No default by the City in observing or performing its obligations under this Article shall constitute a breach of or default under the Ordinance for purposes of any other provisions of this Ordinance. (d) Nothing in this Article is intended or shall act to disclaim,waive, or otherwise limit the duties of the City under federal and state securities laws. (e) The provisions of this Article may be amended by the City from time to time to adapt to changed circumstances that arise from a change in legal requirements, a change in law, or a change in the identity,nature, status,or type of operations of the City,but only if(i)the provisions of this Article, as so amended, would have permitted an underwriter to purchase or sell Certificates in the primary offering of the Certificates in compliance with the Rule, taking into account any amendments or interpretations of the Rule to the date of such amendment, as well as such changed circumstances, and (ii) either (A) the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount (or any greater amount required by any other provisions of this Ordinance that authorizes such an amendment) of the outstanding Certificates consent to such amendment or (B) a person that is unaffiliated with the City (such as nationally recognized bond counsel) determines that such amendment will not materially impair the interests of the Owners and beneficial owners of the Certificates. The provisions of this Article may also be amended from time to time or repealed by the City if the SEC amends or repeals the applicable provisions of the Rule or a court of final jurisdiction determines that such provisions are invalid,but only if and to the extent that reservation of the City's right to do so would not prevent the Underwriter of the initial public offering of the Certificates from lawfully purchasing or selling Certificates in such offering. If the City so amends the provisions of this Article, it shall include with any amended financial information or operating data next provided in accordance with Section 11.1 an explanation,in narrative form,of the reasons -26- Error! Unknown document property name. for the amendment and of the impact of any change in the type of financial information or operating data so provided. ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS Section 12.1. Changes to Ordinance. The City Attorney or Bond Counsel is hereby authorized to make changes to the terms of this Ordinance if necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes hereof or in connection with the approval of the issuance of the Certificates by the Attorney General of the State. Section 12.2. Related Matters. To satisfy in a timely manner all of the City's obligations under this Ordinance, the Mayor, the City Manager,the Finance Director,the City Clerk and all other appropriate officers and agents of the City are hereby authorized and directed to do any and all things necessary and/or convenient to carry out the terms and purposes of this Ordinance. Section 12.3. Individuals Not Liable. No covenant, stipulation, obligation or agreement herein contained shall be deemed to be a covenant, stipulation, obligation or agreement of any member of City Council or agent or employee of City Council or of the City in his or her individual capacity, and neither the members of City Council nor any officer thereof, nor any agent or employee of City Council or of the City, shall be liable personally on the Certificates,or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof. Section 12.4. Severability and Savings. If any section,paragraph, clause or provision of this Ordinance shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unenforceable,the invalidity or unenforceability of such section,paragraph, clause or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance. Section 12.5. Repealer. All ordinances or resolutions, or parts thereof, heretofore adopted by the City and inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. Section 12.6. Force and Effect. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its final passage, and it is so ordained. [Execution Page Follows] -27- Error!Unknown document property name. INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 251h day of April, 2024. BRANDON CAPETILL , Mayor ATTEST: ANGELA ACKSON, City Clerk �O oeeeJecccce joss T;c e J ALj z 4 Q co \L O APPROVED A TO FORM: SCOTT I'VEMOND, City Attorney Signature Page to City of Baytown Ordinance No. 15,785 Error!Unknown document property name. EXHIBIT A FORM OF THE CERTIFICATES (a) Form of Certificate. REGISTERED REGISTERED NO. $ United States of America State of Texas Counties of Harris and Chambers CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2024 INTEREST RATE: MATURITY DATE: CLOSING DATE: CUSIP NO.: I The City of Baytown(the"City"), in the Counties of Harris and Chambers, State of Texas, for value received, hereby promises to pay to or registered assigns, on the maturity date specified above, the sum of DOLLARS and to pay interest on such principal amount from the later of the Closing Date specified above or the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or provided for until payment of such principal amount has been paid or provided for, at the per annum rate of interest specified above, computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, such interest to be paid semiannually on 2 and s of each year, commencing on 4 The principal of this Certificate shall be payable without exchange or collection charges in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the corporate trust office of BOKF,NA, Dallas, Texas, or such other location designated by the Paying Agent/Registrar (the "Designated Payment/Transfer Office"), of the Paying Agent/Registrar or, with respect to a successor Paying Agent/Registrar, at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office of such successor. Interest on this Certificate is payable by check dated as of the interest payment date, and will be mailed by the Paying Agent/Registrar to the registered Insert from Pricing Certificate. Insert from Pricing Certificate. Insert from Pricing Certificate. Insert from Pricing Certificate. A-1 Error!Unknown document property name. owner at the address shown on the registration books kept by the Paying Agent/Registrar or by such other customary banking arrangement acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar and the registered owner; provided, however, such registered owner shall bear all risk and expenses of such customary banking arrangement. For the purpose of the payment of interest on this Certificate, the registered owner shall be the person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the "Record Date," which shall be the fifteenth day of the month next preceding such interest payment date. In the event of a nonpayment of interest on a scheduled payment date, and for thirty (30) days thereafter, a new record date for such interest payment (a "Special Record Date") will be established by the Paying Agent/Registrar, if and when funds for the payment of such interest have been received from the City. Notice of the Special Record Date and of the special payment date of the past due interest (the "Special Payment Date," which date shall be fifteen(15)days after the Special Record Date) shall be sent at least five(5)business days prior to the Special Record Date by United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, to the address of each owner of a Certificate appearing on the books of the Paying Agent/Registrar at the close of business on the last day next preceding the date of mailing of such notice. If the date for the payment of the principal of or interest on this Certificate is not a Business Day, the date for such payment shall be the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday. Sunday or legal holiday, or day on which banking institutions in the State of Texas or the city in which the Designated Payment/Transfer Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar is located are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close (a "Business Day"), and payment on such date shall for all purposes be deemed to have been made on the original date payment was due. This Certificate is dated 5 , and is one of a series of fully registered certificates specified in the title hereof issued in the aggregate principal amount of$ 6 (herein referred to as the "Certificates") pursuant to a certain ordinance (the "Certificate Ordinance") adopted by the City Council of the City and a pricing certificate executed pursuant to the Certificate Ordinance(the"Pricing Certificate"and together with the Certificate Ordinance,the"Ordinance") for the costs associated with(i) the design, construction, improvement and equipment of drainage and detention facilities, (ii) the design, construction, improvement and equipment of the City's waterworks and sanitary sewer system, including lift station improvements, wastewater treatment plant improvements, water meter replacements, and water and sewer line replacements and rehabilitation,(iii)the design,construction,improvement and equipment of City streets,sidewalks, and related infrastructure, (iv) the design, construction, renovation and equipment of improvements to existing City buildings and facilities housing governmental functions of the City, and (v) the cost of professional services incurred in connection therewith. The City has reserved the right to redeem the Certificates maturing on and after [ , in whole or from time to time in part before their respective scheduled maturity dates, on 17, or on any date thereafter, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of redemption. If less than all of the Certificates are to be redeemed,the City shall determine the maturity or maturities and the amounts thereof(or 5 Insert from Pricing Certificate. G Insert from Pricing Certificate. 7 Insert from Pricing Certificate. A-2 Error!Unknown document property name. mandatory sinking fund payments within a maturity with respect to Term Certificates) to be redeemed and shall direct the Paying Agent/Registrar to call by lot the Certificates, or portions thereof, within such maturity and in such principal amounts, for redemption. [Certificates maturing on 8 (the "Term Certificates") are subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption prior to their scheduled maturity, and will be redeemed by the City, in part at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof, without premium, plus interest accrued to the redemption date, on the dates and in the principal amounts shown in the following schedule: $ 9 Term Certificates Maturing 10 Mandatory Redemption Date Redemption Date 11 12 13 (maturity) 14 The Paying Agent/Registrar will select for redemption by lot, or by any other customary method that results in a random selection, the specific Term Certificates (or with respect to Term Certificates having a denomination in excess of $5,000, each $5,000 portion thereof) to be redeemed by mandatory redemption. The principal amount of Term Certificates required to be redeemed on any redemption date pursuant to the foregoing mandatory sinking fund redemption provisions hereof shall be reduced, at the option of the City, by the principal amount of any Term Certificates which, at least forty-five (45) days prior to the mandatory sinking fund redemption date (i) shall have been acquired by the City and delivered to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation, or (ii) shall have been redeemed pursuant to the optional redemption provisions hereof and not previously credited to a mandatory sinking fund redemption.] 15 Not less than thirty (30) days prior to a redemption date for the Certificates, the City shall cause a notice of redemption to be sent by United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, to the Owners of the Certificates to be redeemed at the address of the Owner appearing on the registration books of the Paying Agent/Registrar at the close of business on the business day next preceding the date of mailing such notice. The City reserves the right to give notice of its election or direction to redeem Certificates pursuant to an optional redemption conditioned upon the occurrence of subsequent events. Such notice may state (i) that the redemption is conditioned upon the deposit of moneys and/or authorized securities, in an amount equal to the amount necessary to effect the redemption, with the Paying Agent/Registrar, or such other entity as may be authorized by law, no later than the redemption date, or(ii) that the City retains the right to rescind such notice at any time on or prior s Insert from Pricing Certificate. 9 Insert from Pricing Certificate. 10 Insert from Pricing Certificate. " Insert from Pricing Certificate. 12 Insert from Pricing Certificate. 13 Insert from Pricing Certificate. Insert from Pricing Certificate. 15 Delete if Term Certificates are not issued. A-3 Error!Unknown document property name. to the scheduled redemption date if the City delivers a certificate of the City to the Paying Agent/Registrar instructing the Paying Agent!Registrar to rescind the redemption notice and such notice and redemption shall be of no effect if such moneys and./or authorized securities are not so deposited or if the notice is rescinded. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall give prompt notice of any such rescission of a conditional notice of redemption to the affected Owners. Any Certificates subject to conditional redemption and such redemption has been rescinded shall remain Outstanding and the rescission of such redemption shall not constitute an event of default. Further, in the case of a conditional redemption, the failure of the City to make moneys and or authorized securities available in part or in whole on or before the redemption date shall not constitute an event of default and the rescission of such redemption shall not constitute an event of default. Further, in the case of a conditional redemption, the failure of the City to make moneys and or authorized securities available in part or in whole on or before the redemption date shall not constitute an event of default. Any notice so mailed shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the registered owner receives such notice. Notice having been so given and subject, in the case of an optional redemption, to any rights or conditions reserved by the City in the notice, the Certificates called for redemption shall become due and payable on the specified redemption date, and notwithstanding that any Certificate or portion thereof has not been surrendered for payment, interest on such Certificates or portions thereof shall cease to accrue. As provided in the Ordinance, and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Certificate is transferable upon surrender of this Certificate for transfer at the designated office of the Paying Agent/Registrar with such endorsement or other evidence of transfer as is acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar;thereupon,one or more new fully registered Certificates of the same stated maturity, of authorized denominations, bearing the same rate of interest, and for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. The City, the Paying Agent Registrar, and any other person may treat the person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided (except interest shall be paid to the person in whose name this Certificate is registered on the Record Date) and for all other purposes, whether or not this Certificate be overdue, and neither the City nor the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary. IT IS HEREBY certified, recited and covenanted that this Certificate has been duly and validly issued and delivered;that all acts,conditions and things required or proper to be performed, to exist and to be done precedent to or in the issuance and delivery of this Certificate have been performed, exist and have been done in accordance with law; and that annual ad valorem taxes, within the limits prescribed by law, sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest on and principal of this Certificate, as such interest comes due and such principal matures, have been levied and ordered to be levied against all taxable property in the City. IT IS FURTHER certified,recited and represented that the revenues to be derived from the operation of the City's waterworks and sanitary sewer system, after the payment of all operation and maintenance expenses thereof (the "Net Revenues"), are pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Certificates in an amount not to exceed $1,000;provided,however. A-4 Error!Unknown document property name. that such pledge is junior and subordinate in all respects to the pledge of the Net Revenues to the payment of all outstanding obligations of the City and any obligation of the City, whether authorized heretofore or hereafter, which the City designates as having a pledge senior to the pledge of the Net Revenues to the payment of the Certificates. The City also reserves the right to issue, for any lawful purpose at any time, in one or more installments, bonds, certificates of obligation and other obligations of any kind payable in whole or in part from the Net Revenues, secured by a pledge of the Net Revenues that may be prior and superior in right to, on a parity with, or junior and subordinate to the pledge of the Net Revenues securing the Certificates. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under its o t 'al seal in Gorda •e with law. rk U Mayor [Pro Tem] 16 r Ci{9Ib own,Texas City of Baytown, Texas u u J c I^l U L�1 G V� 7- orm of Comptroller's Registration Certificate. O s REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER § OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS § REGISTER NO. THE STATE OF TEXAS § I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT this Certificate has been examined, certified as to validity, and approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas and that this Certificate has been registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. WITNESS MY SIGNATURE AND SEAL OF OFFICE this [SEAL] Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas (c) Form of Certificate of Paving Agent/Registrar. Delete if the Mayor executes the Certificates. A-5 Error! Unknown document property name. CERTIFICATE OF PAYING AGENT'REGISTRAR This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Ordinance. The series of Certificates of which this Certificate is a part was originally issued as one Initial Certificate which was approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas and registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. BOKF, NA, as Paying Agent/Registrar Date: By: Authorized Signatory (d) Form of Assignment. ASSIGNMENT FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto (print or typewrite name, address and Zip Code of transferee): (Social Security or other identifying number: } the within Certificate and all rights hereunder and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints attorney to transfer the within Certificate on the books kept for registration hereof,with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: NOTICE: The signature on this Assignment must correspond with the name of the Signature Guaranteed By: registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Certificate in every particular and must be guaranteed in a manner acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar. Authorized Signatory (e) The Initial Certificate shall be in the form set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of this Section, except for the following alterations: A-6 Error! Unknown document property name. (i) immediately under the name of the Certificate the headings "INTEREST RATE"and"MATURITY DATE"shall both be completed with the expression"As Shown Below" and "CUSIP NO. "deleted; and (ii) in the first paragraph of the Certificate, the words "on the maturity date specified above, the sum of DOLLARS"shall be deleted and the following will be inserted: "on in each of the years, in the principal installments and bearing interest at the per annum rates set forth in the following schedule:" (Information to be inserted from the Pricing Certificate) (iii) the Initial Certificate shall be numbered I-1. A-7 Error!Unknown document property name.