EXHIBIT 10.2
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE
BONDS,
BOND AGREEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 28,
2007
$4,000,000
City of Wisconsin Rapids,
Wisconsin
Industrial Development Revenue
Bonds, Series 2007A, 2007B and 2007C
(Advanced Fiberglass Technologies
Project)
By and Among
CITY OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS,
WISCONSIN,
as Issuer,
M & W FIBERGLASS,
LLC,
ADVANCED FIBERGLASS TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.,
and
JAMIE L. MANCL and JENNIFER
MANCL,
as Borrowers
NEKOOSA PORT EDWARDS STATE
BANK,
as Trustee
and
NEKOOSA PORT EDWARDS STATE
BANK,
as Original Purchaser
Dated February 28, 2007
$4,000,000
City of Wisconsin Rapids,
Wisconsin
Industrial Development Revenue
Bonds, Series 2007A, 2007B and 2007C
(Advanced Fiberglass Technologies
Project)
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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Use of Phrases;
Rules of Construction
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ARTICLE II ISSUANCE AND TERMS OF BONDS
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Creation of
Bonds for Issuance
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Maturity;
Repayment of Principal; Interest Payments
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Occurrence of a
Determination of Taxability
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Mandatory and
Optional Redemption of Bonds
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Optional
Redemption of Bonds Upon Occurrence of Certain Extraordinary
Events
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Purchase and
Cancellation of Bonds
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Notice and
Effect of Redemption
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Bonds to be
Limited Obligations of the Issuer
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Provision for
Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Bonds
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Persons Treated
as Bondowners
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Manner of
Payment of Bonds
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Mutilated,
Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Bonds
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Trustee
Designated as Bond Registrar
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Disposition of
Bonds Upon Payment; Safekeeping of Bonds Surrendered for
Exchange
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ARTICLE III FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS
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Application of
Proceeds of Bonds
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Insurance and
Condemnation Proceeds Fund
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Rebate Credit
Account; Arbitrage
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Trust Funds
Held in Trust
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Permitted
Investment of Trust Funds
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ARTICLE IV TERMS OF LOANS
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Amount and
Source of Loans
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Withdrawals
from the Project Fund
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Establishment
of Completion Date
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Distribution of
Project Fund on Completion Date
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Borrowers’ Obligations
Unconditional
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Credit for
Accrued Interest and Investment Earnings on Bond Fund
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Nature of
Borrowers’ Obligations
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Fees and
Expenses of Issuer
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ARTICLE V ISSUER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND
COVENANTS
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Payment of
Principal and Interest
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Performance of
and Authority for Covenants
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Right to
Payments; Instruments of Further Assurance
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Cooperation of
the Issuer and Trustee
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ARTICLE VI BORROWERS’ REPRESENTATIONS AND
COVENANTS
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Representations
by the Borrowers Individually
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Representations
by the Borrowers Collectively
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Completion of
Project by the Borrowers
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Payment of
Project Costs by the Borrower
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Borrowers to
Repair, Replace, Rebuild or Restore
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Maintenance of
Property; Insurance
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Compliance with
Zoning Laws
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Assurance of
Tax-exemption
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Legal
Existence; Compliance with Laws; Maintenance of Business;
Taxes
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Certain
Financial Covenants.
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Operating Funds
and Accounts.
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Inspection of
Property and Records
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Comply With,
Pay and Discharge All Notes, Mortgages, Deeds of Trust and
Leases
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ARTICLE VII POWERS AND DUTIES OF TRUSTEE
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Specific Duty
of Trustee to File Continuation Statements
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Notice to
Bondowners if an Event of Default Occurs
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Appointment of
Successor Trustee by Bondowners; Temporary Trustee
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Concerning Any
Successor Trustee
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Acquisition of
Conflicting Interests by Trustee
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Requirement of
a Corporate Trustee
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ARTICLE VIII BOND DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Right of
Bondowners to Direct Proceedings
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Remedies Vested
in Trustee
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Rights and
Remedies of Bondowners
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Termination of
Proceedings
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ARTICLE IX LOAN DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Certain Notices
to Borrower
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Acceleration
Upon Certain Circumstances
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Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses
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Waiver of Stay
or Extension Laws
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Amendments
Without Bondowners’ Consent
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Amendments With
Bondowners’ Consent
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Special
Provisions Regarding Certain Amendments
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ARTICLE XIII AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE BONDS AND FUND
Borrowers’ REQUISITIONS
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Certain Related
Documents
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Section
13.13
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Project
Compliance
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Section
13.14
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Supporting
Documents
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$4,000,000
City of Wisconsin Rapids,
Wisconsin
Industrial Development Revenue
Bonds, Series 2006
(Advanced Fiberglass Technologies
Project)
THIS BOND AGREEMENT (“ Bond Agreement ”), dated
February 28, 2007, is by and among:
(i) the
CITY OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WISCONSIN (the “
Issuer ”);
(ii)
M & W FIBERGLASS, LLC , a Wisconsin limited liability
company (“ M & W ”);
(iii)
ADVANCED FIBERGLASS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. , a Wisconsin
corporation (“ Advanced
”);
(iv)
JAMIE L. MANCL , an individual and JENNIFER MANCL ,
an individual, as husband and wife (the “ Mancls
” and, together with M & W and Advanced, sometimes
collectively referred to herein collectively as the “
Borrowers ” and individually as a “
Borrower ”);
(v)
NEKOOSA PORT EDWARDS STATE BANK , a a Wisconsin banking
corporation, as original purchaser of the Bonds issued hereunder
(the “ Original Purchaser ”);
(vi)
NEKOOSA PORT EDWARDS STATE BANK , a Wisconsin banking
corporation, as trustee (the “ Trustee
”).
The Issuer desires to issue the Bonds
(hereinafter defined) and to lend the proceeds thereof to the
Borrowers, and the Borrowers wish to borrow such proceeds from the
Issuer, for the purpose of financing the Project (hereinafter
defined).
Pursuant to its authorizing Resolution
(hereinafter defined), the Issuer has authorized the Bonds to be
issued in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $4,000,000
and has provided that the Bonds will be issued as tax-exempt bonds
of the Issuer.
In consideration of the premises, the promises
of the Issuer and the Borrowers set forth herein, and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, and to secure the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all Bonds issued and
outstanding under this Bond Agreement, the parties agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01
Definitions
. Capitalized terms
herein shall have the respective meanings set forth
below:
Advanced : Advanced Fiberglass
Technologies, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation.
Advanced Organizational Documents
: The Articles of
Incorporation and By-Laws of Advanced.
Affiliate : Any (a) director, officer or
employee of the Person, or (b) Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common
control with, another Person. A Person shall be deemed
to control another Person if the controlling Person directly or
indirectly, either individually or together with (in the case of an
individual) his spouse, lineal descendants and ascendant and
brothers or sisters by blood or adoption or spouses of such
descendants, ascendant, brothers and sisters, owns five percent or
more of any class of voting securities of the controlled Person or
possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct, or cause
the direction of, the management or policies of the controlled
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, through
common directors, trustees or officers, by contract or
otherwise.
Authorized Representative of the
Borrowers : Unless and until otherwise
designated by any Borrower by written notice to all of the Parties,
Jamie L. Mancl, acting in his capacity as President of
Advanced and Manager of M & W and as an individual, authorized
to bind each Borrower and all of the Borrowers to contracts, to
execute and deliver Borrowers’ Requisitions and to give Trust
Fund investment directions hereunder on behalf of the
Borrowers.
Bankruptcy Condition : The (i) filing of a petition in
bankruptcy by or against any Borrower or the Issuer as debtor under
the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et
seq., or (ii) continuance of other judicial proceedings with
respect to any Borrower or the Issuer as debtor under similar or
successor federal or state bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency
laws.
Bond Amount : $4,000,000.
Bond Counsel : A law firm whose legal and tax
opinion on municipal bond issues is nationally recognized,
initially, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.
Bond Fund : The Trust Fund described in
Section 3.03
Bond Proceeds : The proceeds of the sale of the
Bonds, namely, such amount not to exceed $4,000,000, as may be
advanced hereunder by the Original Purchaser.
Bond Register : The registration books maintained
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.15.
Bondowners : At the time or times of
determination, the Persons who are registered owners of Bonds as
shown in the Bond Register maintained by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 2.15.
Bonds : The Issuer’s aggregate
$4,000,000 Industrial Development Revenue Bonds, Series 2007A,
2007B and 2007C (Advanced Fiberglass Technologies Project), issued
pursuant to this Bond Agreement.
Bond Year : Each year ending on January
31.
Borrower : Any of M & W, Advanced or the
Mancls, individually.
Borrowers : All of M & W, Advanced and the
Mancls, collectively. Whenever in this Bond
Agreement the term Borrowers is used, it shall refer to the action
(or inaction) or the right or obligation of all three of the
Borrowers, collectively, except as the context otherwise clearly
requires.
Borrowers’ Address : The address which the Borrowers
designate for the delivery of notices hereunder. Until
changed by notice from any Borrower to all Parties, the
Borrower’s address shall be:
Prior to the
Completion Date:
c/o Advanced
Fiberglass Technologies, Inc.
Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin 54494
After the
Completion Date:
c/o Advanced
Fiberglass Technologies, Inc.
Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin 54494
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Borrower's Certificate : A certificate signed on behalf of
any Borrower by an Authorized Officer of the Borrowers.
Borrowers’ Requisition
: A withdrawal from the
Project Fund pursuant to Section 4.02, in the form of
Exhibit D attached hereto.
Business Day : Any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized to
remain closed in the city in which the Trustee’s Principal
Office is located.
Clerk : The Clerk of the Issuer.
Code : The Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
Completion Date : The completion date of the Project
established in accordance with Section 4.03.
Counsel : An attorney acceptable to the
Trustee, duly admitted to practice law before the highest court of
any state, who may be an attorney for any Borrower, the Original
Purchaser, the Trustee or the Issuer.
Dated Date : February 28, 2007.
Defeasance Obligations
: Any of the following
which are not subject to prepayment in whole or in part or to
redemption by the issuer thereof prior to maturity:
(a)
Government Obligations;
(b)
Evidences of ownership of proportionate interests in future
interest and principal payments on Government Obligations held by a
bank or trust company as custodian, under which the owner of the
investment is the real party in interest and has the right to
proceed directly and individually against the obligor on the
Government Obligations, and which underlying Government Obligations
are not available to satisfy any claim of the custodian or any
person claiming through the custodian or to whom the custodian may
be obligated; and
(c)
Obligations described in Section 103(a) of the Code, which
obligations have been assigned the highest rating assigned to
legally defeased debt by Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and
Moody’s Investors Service and provision for the payment of
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on which shall have
been made by the irrevocable deposit with a bank or trust company
acting as a trustee or escrow agent for holders of such obligations
of securities described in clauses (a) or (b), the maturing
principal of and interest on which, when due and payable, will
provide sufficient moneys to pay when due the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on such obligations, and which
securities described in clauses (a) or (b) are not available
to satisfy any other claim, including any claim of the trustee or
escrow agent or of any person claiming through the trustee or
escrow agent or proceedings arising out of such
insolvency.
Determination of Taxability
: The issuance of a
statutory notice of deficiency by the Internal Revenue Service, or
a ruling of the National Office or any District Office of the
Internal Revenue Service, or a final decision of a court of
competent jurisdiction, or a regulation or revenue ruling issued by
the Internal Revenue Service, after the period, if any, for contest
or appeal by the taxpayer of such action, ruling or decision has
expired without any such contest or appeal having been properly
instituted by the taxpayer, or delivery to the Issuer by Bond
Counsel of an opinion, which holds or declares in effect that the
interest payable on any of the Bonds is includable for federal
income tax purposes in the gross income of the Bondowners of such
Bonds (other than a Bondowner who is a substantial user of the
Project or a related person, as such terms are defined in the
Code).
Employee Plan : Any savings, profit sharing, or
retirement plan or any deferred compensation contract or other plan
maintained for employees of any Borrower or its Subsidiaries and
covered by Title IV of ERISA, including, without limitation, any
“multiemployer plan” as defined in ERISA.
Environmental Law : Any local, state or federal law or
other statute, law, ordinance, rule, code, regulation, decree or
order governing, regulating or imposing liability or standards of
conduct concerning the use, treatment, generation, storage,
disposal or other handling or release of any Hazardous
Substance.
Environmental Liability : All liability arising under,
resulting from or imposed by any Environmental Law.
ERISA : The Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute,
together with the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time.
Event of Default : Any of the events described as such
in Section 8.01 (a “ Bond Default ”) or in
Section 9.01 (a “ Loan Default
”).
Event of Taxability : The circumstance of interest paid
or payable on any Bond becoming includable (other than for purposes
of a tax on preferences of the type imposed by Section 56 of
the Code or any successor statute thereto or any similar federal
tax on preferences or similar items and other than by reason having
to do with the tax status of, or rules applicable to, the
particular individual Bondowner rather than the status of, or rules
applicable to, all persons generally) for federal income tax
purposes in the gross income of any Bondowner (other than a
Bondowner who is a “substantial user” or a
“related person” within the meaning and for the
purposes of Section 147(a) of the Code) as a consequence of
any act, omission or event whatsoever; provided ,
however , that a change in the Code enacted after the date
of issuance of the Bonds which results in interest on borrowings by
state and local governments generally being included in gross
income shall not be an Event of Taxability.
GAAP : Those generally accepted accounting
principles and practices which are recognized as such by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants acting through
appropriate boards or committees thereof and which are consistently
applied for all periods so as to properly reflect the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of a Borrower and
its Subsidiaries.
Government Authority : Any nation or government, any state
or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or
other entity owned or controlled through stock or capital ownership
or otherwise, by any of the foregoing.
Government Obligations : Securities which are direct full
faith and credit obligations of the United States or securities as
to which the payment of both principal and interest are
unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of
America.
Guarantor : Fiberglass Piping and Fitting
Company, a Wisconsin corporation.
Hazardous Substance : Any pollutant, contaminant, waste
or toxic or hazardous chemicals, wastes or substances, including,
without limitation, asbestos, urea formaldehyde insulation,
petroleum, PCB’s, air pollutants, water pollutants, and other
substances defined as hazardous substances or toxic substances in
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 9061 et
seq., Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C.
§ 1802, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42
U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., the Toxic
Substance Control Act of 1976, as amended, 15
U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42
U.S.C. § 3251 et seq., the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.
§ 1857 et seq., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.
§ 1251 et seq., Chapters 280-299 of the Wisconsin
Statutes, or any other statute, rule, regulation or order of any
Government Authority having jurisdiction over the control of such
wastes or substances, including without limitation the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Nuclear
Regulatory Agency, the State of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee County
Department of Health.
Highest Elected Official : The Mayor of the Issuer.
Indebtedness : All liabilities or obligations of a
Person, whether or not included on the liability portion of a
balance sheet, and shall include, without limitation, all (a)
indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) indebtedness for the deferred
purchase price of property or services for which the Persons is
liable, contingently or otherwise, as obligor, guarantor or
otherwise; (c) any commitment by which the Person assures a
creditor against loss, including, without limitation, contingent
reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit; (d)
obligations which are evidenced by notes, acceptances or other
instruments; (e) indebtedness guaranteed in any manner by the
Person, including without limitation guaranties in the form of an
agreement to repurchase or reimburse; (f) any unfunded obligation
of the Person, to an Employee Plan; (g) all liabilities secured by
any Lien on any Property owned by the Person, even though it has
not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof; and
(h) other liabilities or obligations of the Person and its
Subsidiaries which would, in accordance with GAAP, be included on
the liability portion of a balance sheet.
Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds
Fund : The
Trust Fund described in Section 3.05.
Issuer : City of Wisconsin Rapids,
Wisconsin, its successors and assigns.
Issuer’s Address : The address which the Issuer
designates for the delivery of notices hereunder. Until
changed by notice from the Issuer to all Parties, the
Issuer’s Address shall be:
Wisconsin
Rapids, WI 54495
Phone:
(715) 421-8208
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Lien : Any mortgage, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien
(statutory or other), deed of trust, charge, preference, priority,
security interest or other security agreement or preferential
arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever including, without
limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of any
financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State
of Wisconsin or comparable law of any jurisdiction.
Loan : The Loan of the Bond Proceeds by
the Issuer to the Borrowers.
Loan Documents : The documents relating to the Bonds
and the Loan, including the Resolution, this Bond Agreement, the
Security Documents, the Promissory Note, and other documents
executed and delivered at the Closing.
Loan Repayments : The payments required to be made by
the Borrowers pursuant to Section 4.06.
M & W : M & W Fiberglass, LLC, a
Wisconsin limited liability company.
M & W Organizational Documents
: The Articles of
Organization and Operating Agreement of M & W.
Mancls : Jamie L. Mancl, an individual, and
Jennifer Mancl, an individual, as husband and wife.
Material Adverse Effect : (a) an Event of Default, (b) a
material adverse change in the business, prospects or condition
(financial or otherwise) of a Borrower or any of its respective
Subsidiaries or in any Property, (c) the termination of any
material agreement to which a Borrower is a party, (d) any material
impairment of the right to carry on the business as now or proposed
to be conducted by a Borrower, or (e) any material impairment of
the ability of a Borrower to perform its obligations under this
Bond Agreement or the Security Documents.
Net Proceeds : The gross proceeds of an insurance
claim or condemnation award with respect to the Project after
payment of all expenses (including attorneys’ fees and any
extraordinary fee or expense of the Trustee) incurred in its
collection.
No Arbitrage Certificate : That certain No Arbitrage
Certificate dated February 28, 2007made by the Issuer and
acknowledged, with respect to accuracy and reasonableness of
certain expectations, facts and estimates contained therein, by the
Borrower.
Obligations : The Promissory Note, all mandatory
prepayments, all costs and expenses and all other Indebtedness of
the Borrowers to the Original Purchaser, including, without
limitation, all Obligations as defined in the Credit
Agreement.
Of Record : When used in reference to any Bondowner, the
Person whose name appears in the registration books maintained by
the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.15 as the owner of a
Bond.
Opinion of Counsel : A written opinion of Counsel or
Bond Counsel.
Original Issue Date : February 28, 2007.
Original Purchaser : Nekoosa Port Edwards State Bank, a
Wisconsin banking corporation, Nekoosa, Wisconsin.
Original Purchaser’s Address
: The address which the
Original Purchaser designates for the delivery of notices
hereunder. Until changed by notice from the Original
Purchaser to the Borrower, the Issuer and the Trustee, the Original
Purchaser’s Address is:
Nekoosa Port
Edwards State Bank
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Outstanding Bonds and Outstanding (when used with reference
to Bonds): All Bonds which have been authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee hereunder, except:
(a) Bonds
or portions thereof cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation; and
(b) Bonds
in lieu of which other Bonds have been authenticated and delivered
in accordance with Sections Section 2.13,
Section 2.14 and Section 2.21.
Participant : Bankers’ Bank, Madison,
Wisconsin.
Paying Agent : Any bank or banks designated
pursuant to this Bond Agreement as the agent of the Issuer to
receive and disburse the principal of and interest on the Bonds;
initially, the Trustee.
Payment Date : Monthly on the 28th day of each
month, commencing on March 28, 2007.
Prime Rate : the Prime Rate of Interest as published in the
“Money Rates” section of the most recent Midwest
Edition of The Wall Street Journal , provided that if at any
time the Prime Rate of Interest is no longer so published in the
Midwest Edition of The Wall Street Journal published as of
the business day immediately preceding any adjustment in the
interest rate on the Bonds to the Prime Rate, then “Prime
Rate” shall mean the interest rate announced as its Prime
Rate of Interest by the largest commercial bank headquartered in
the State of Wisconsin on such date.
PBGC : The Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of
ERISA.
Person : An individual, partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, enterprise, association,
business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, trust,
unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any agency
or political subdivision thereof, or other entity of whatever
nature.
Pledged Revenues : All revenues and income derived by
or for the account of the Issuer from or for the account of the
Borrowers pursuant to the terms hereof, including, without
limitation (i) all payments by the Borrowers on the Loan or
pursuant to Section 4.07, (ii) all cash and securities held
from time to time in the Trust Funds (with the exception of the
Rebate Credit Account) and the investment earnings thereon, and
(iii) all proceeds of any casualty insurance or condemnation awards
payable with respect to the Project.
Project : The project described in
Exhibit A attached hereto.
(a) All
legal, abstracting, surveying, financial and accounting and other
fees and expenses, printing and engraving costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the establishment of title, the
authorization, sale and issuance of the Bonds (including any
underwriter’s or agent’s fees, commitment or
origination fees, or points in connection with the issuing of the
Bonds but, to the extent paid from Bond proceeds, not to exceed two
percent of the face amount of the Bonds), and the preparation of
this Bond Agreement and all other documents, including filing fees
for any financing statements deemed necessary by
Counsel;
(b) All
costs of improving the Project Site;
(c) All
costs of acquiring and installing the Project Equipment;
(d) All
architectural, engineering, consulting, legal, supervisory and
other services incurred and to be incurred in the construction,
purchase, acquiring, installing, improving, equipping or furnishing
of the Project;
(e) The
contract price of all labor, services, materials, supplies and
equipment furnished under any contract entered into in connection
with the construction, purchase, acquisition, installing,
improving, equipping or furnishing of the Project;
(f) The
cost of all other labor, services, materials, supplies and
equipment necessary to complete the Project;
(g) All
fees and expenses of the Trustee that become due before the
Completion Date;
(h) To
the extent permitted by the Statute and not prohibited by rules or
regulations of the Internal Revenue Service and not otherwise paid
from Bond proceeds deposited in the Bond Fund, all interest
accruing up until and not later than the completion of the Project,
on money borrowed by a Borrower for temporary financing of Project
Costs if such money was borrowed by a Borrower for the specific
purpose of temporarily financing Project Costs and was not part of
a general purpose open line of credit, and interest accruing on the
Bonds prior to, and up to completion of the Project;
(i) Without
limitation by the foregoing, all other expenses which under GAAP
constitute necessary capital expenditures for the completion of the
construction, acquisition, purchase, installation, improving,
equipping or furnishing of the Project, not including initial
working capital or expendable supplies (all of which are
nevertheless to be supplied by a Borrower or the Borrowers from its
own funds without reimbursement);
(j) All
advances, payments and expenditures made or to be made by the
Issuer, the Trustee or any other person with respect to any of the
foregoing expenses; and
(k) Reimbursement
of the Borrowers for its payment of any of the foregoing incurred
after June 20, 2006.
Project Equipment : The equipment to be installed by a
Borrower at the Project Site as part of the Project, and listed on
Exhibit A attached hereto.
Project Fund : The Trust Fund described in
Section 3.02.
Project Site : The location of the Project and the
Project Equipment, namely, 4400 Commerce Drive, in the City of
Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin.
Promissory Note : The Promissory Notes to the Issuer
from the Borrowers, dated the Original Issue Date, in the original
principal amounts of $3,000,000 (the “ Series A Note
”), $500,000 (the “ Series B Note ”) and
$500,000 (the “ Series C Note ”).
Property : Any interest of the Borrowers or
any of their respective Subsidiaries of any kind in property or
assets, whether real, personal, mixed, tangible or intangible,
wherever located, and whether now owned or subsequently acquired or
arising and in the products, proceeds, additions and accessions
thereof or thereto.
Qualified Investments : Includes any of the following
securities, in and to the extent that the Trustee has not been
notified that the same have not been disqualified as legal for the
investment of the Issuer’s moneys: Government
Obligations and (a) the obligations, including discount notes, of
(i) Federal National Mortgage Association, (ii) Federal
Intermediate Credit Banks, (iii) Federal Banks for Cooperatives,
(iv) Federal Land Banks, (v) Federal Home Loan Banks, (vi) Federal
Financing Bank, (vii) Federal Farm Credit System, (viii) Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, (ix) Government National
Mortgage Association, (x) Federal Housing Administration, and
(xi) Farmers Home Administration; provided ,
however , that obligations listed in this subpart (a) shall
be guaranteed by the United States of America; (b) unsecured
certificates of deposit, demand deposits, including interest
bearing money market accounts, trust deposits, time deposits or
bankers acceptances (in each case having maturities of not more
than 360 days) of any domestic bank (including the Original
Purchaser and the Trustee and any bank affiliated with the Trustee)
including a branch office of a foreign bank, which branch office is
located in the United States, provided that such bank at the time
of purchase, has a short-term “Bank Deposit” rating of
“Prime-1” or better by Moody’s Investors Service
and a rating of “A-1” or better by Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Services; (c) certificates of deposit or
time deposits fully collateralized by Government Obligations; (d)
any repurchase agreement by the Trustee that is with a bank or
institution, which bank, institution or holding company thereof is
rated “BAA1” or better by Moody’s Investors
Service or “B+” or better by Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Services, provided that such repurchase
agreement may not extend more than 30 days beyond its issuance and
such repurchase obligation will be for Government Obligations; and
notwithstanding any of the foregoing, to the extent that any
obligations described in this definition are repurchase agreements
then (i) the Trustee must have perfected a first security interest
in such obligations, (ii) the Trustee or a third party acting
solely as agent for the Trustee must have possession of such
obligations, (iii) such obligations must be free and clear of third
party claims, and (iv) any investment in a repurchase agreement
will be considered to mature on the date the bank or trust company
providing the repurchase agreement is obligated to repurchase the
Government Obligations; (e) commercial paper or finance company
paper rated not less than A 1 or prime-one or their equivalents by
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and Moody’s
Investors Service; (f) state and local government obligations, the
interest on which is excludable from the gross income of the holder
thereof for federal income tax purposes pursuant to
Section 103(a) of the Code, provided that such obligations
have a rating of “A “ or better from Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Services or Moody’s Investors Service;
(g) the “Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund” for which the
Trustee acts as investment advisor; (h) the “Short Term
Investment Fund” of the Trustee; and (i) so long as the
Original Purchaser is the Bondowner of all of the Bonds
Outstanding,
investment agreements or certificates of deposit
as may be approved by the Borrowers and the Original Purchaser;
provided , however , that such investment ratings
shall apply only at the time of acquisition of such
investment.
Rebate Credit Account : The account described in
Section 3.06, which account shall not be pledged for the
benefit of the Bondowners hereunder.
Record Date : For the interest payable on any
Payment Date means the day (whether or not a Business Day) next
preceding such Payment Date.
Redemption Date : The date upon which any Bond is to
be redeemed prior to maturity.
Redemption Fund : The Trust Fund described in
Section 3.04.
Registered Bondowner : The person in whose name a Bond is
registered in the Bond Register.
Requirements of Law : As to any matter or Person, the
Certificate or Articles of Incorporation or Organization and Bylaws
or Operating Agreement or other organizational or governing
documents of such Person, and any law (including, without
limitation, any Environmental Law), ordinance, treaty, rule,
regulation, order, decree, determination or other requirement
having the force of law relating to such matter or Person and,
where applicable, any interpretation thereof by any Government
Authority.
Requisite Consent : Unless all Bonds are then owned by
the Borrower, the affirmative written consent of Bondowners
registered as the Bondowners in aggregate not less than a majority
in principal amount of the Bonds (other than Bonds owned by the
Borrowers or any “related person” as defined in
Section 147 of the Code) at the time Outstanding.
Security Documents : the Construction Mortgage and
Assignment of Leases and Rents, the Pledge and Security Agreement,
the Security Agreement, [the Collateral Assignment of
Architect’s Contract], and the Collateral Assignment of
Construction Contracts, all by the Borrowers in favor of the
Trustee and the Original Purchaser.
Series A Bonds : The Issuer’s $3,000,000
principal amount Industrial Development Revenue Bonds, Series 2007A
(Advanced Fiberglass Technologies Project), authorized by and
issued pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i)of this Bond
Agreement.
Series B Bonds : The Issuer’s $500,000
principal amount Industrial Development Revenue Bonds, Series 2007B
(Advanced Fiberglass Technologies Project), authorized by and
issued pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(ii) of this Bond
Agreement.
Series C Bonds : The Issuer’s $500,000
principal amount Industrial Development Revenue Bonds, Series 2007C
(Advanced Fiberglass Technologies Project), authorized by and
issued pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(iii) of this Bond
Agreement.
Statute : Section 66.1103 of the
Wisconsin Statutes, as amended from time to time.
Subsidiary : As to any Person, a corporation or
limited liability company of which shares of stock or membership
interest having voting power (other than stock or membership
interest having such power only by reason of the happening of a
contingency that has not occurred) sufficient to elect a majority
of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation or
limited liability company are at the time owned, or the management
of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
Tax Certificate : The Borrower’s certification,
executed and delivered on and as of the Closing Date, certifying to
certain facts and circumstances upon which Bond Counsel will rely
in part in issuing its Opinion of Counsel as to the tax-exempt
status of interest on the Bonds, subject to the assumptions,
qualifications and limitations set forth in such Opinion of
Counsel.
Trustee : Initially, Nekoosa Port Edwards
State Bank, Nekoosa, Wisconsin, and any successor banking
corporation, banking association or trust company at the time
serving as corporate trustee hereunder.
Trustee’s Address and Trustee’s Principal Office
: The address or office which the Trustee designates for
the delivery of notices or payments hereunder. Until
changed by notice from the Trustee to the Borrower, the Issuer and
the Original Purchaser, the Trustee’s Address and Principal
Office is:
Nekoosa Port
Edwards State Bank
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Trust Funds : The trust funds and accounts
administered by the Trustee hereunder.
Unassigned Rights : The Borrower’s obligations to
the Issuer under Section 4.13, Section 6.09 and
Section 9.07.
Section 1.02
Use of Phrases; Rules of
Construction . The following provisions shall be
applied wherever appropriate herein:
“ Herein ,” “
hereby ,” “ hereunder ,” “
hereof ” and other equivalent words refer to this Bond
Agreement as an entirety and not solely to the particular portion
hereof in which any such word is used.
The definitions set forth in Section 1.01
shall be deemed applicable whether the words defined are herein
used in the singular or the plural.
Wherever used herein, any pronoun or pronouns
shall be deemed to include both the singular and plural and to
cover all genders.
Unless otherwise provided, any determinations or
reports hereunder which require the application of accounting
concepts or principles shall be made in accordance with
GAAP.
ARTICLE II
ISSUANCE AND TERMS OF
BONDS
Section 2.01
Creation of Bonds for
Issuance . There is hereby created for
issuance an issue of Bonds to be designated:
CITY OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS,
WISCONSIN
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE
BONDS, SERIES 2007A, 2007B and 2007C
(ADVANCED FIBERGLASS TECHNOLOGIES
PROJECT)
The Bonds shall be issued in the aggregate
principal amount not to exceed FOUR MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS
($4,000,000.00).
(a) The
Issuer has, pursuant to the Bond Resolution, further divided the
Bonds into three series, designated as
“Series 2007A,” “Series 2007B”
and “Series 2007C” as provided
below. The Bonds of each and all Series shall have
parity with all Bonds of every other Series as provided in
Section 2.22.
(i) The
Bonds designated as Series 2007A shall be issued in the
maximum aggregate principal amount of THREE MILLION AND 00/100
DOLLARS ($3,000,000.00) and are referred to herein as the “
Series A Bonds .”
(ii) The
Bonds designated as Series 2007B shall be issued in the
maximum aggregate principal amount of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND
00/100 DOLLARS ($500,000) and are referred to herein as the “
Series B Bonds .”
(iii) The
Bonds designated as Series 2007C shall be issued in the
maximum aggregate principal amount of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND
00/100 DOLLARS ($500,000) and are referred to herein as the “
Series C Bonds .”
(b) The
Bonds of each series shall be numbered in such manner as the
Trustee shall deem appropriate, provided that each particular Bond
shall have a different identifying number. The Bonds
shall be issuable in the form of typewritten or printed, fully
registered Bonds. The Bonds shall specify the Original
Issue Date as their original issue date, and each particular Bond
shall be dated, as its registration date, the date of its
authentication.
Section 2.02
Maturity; Repayment of
Principal; Interest Payments
The Bonds shall mature as
follows:
(i) The
Series A Bonds shall have a final maturity date (the “
Series A Maturity Date ”) of July 28,
2027. On the Series A Maturity Date there shall be
a full and final payment of all unpaid principal and accrued unpaid
interest in respect of the Series A Bonds.
(ii) The
Series B Bonds shall have a final maturity date of July 28,
2014 (the “ Series B Maturity Date
”). On the Series B Maturity Date there shall
be a full and final payment of all unpaid principal and accrued
unpaid interest in respect of the Series B Bonds.
(iii) The
Series C Bonds shall have a final maturity date of July 28,
2014 (the “ Series C Maturity Date
”). On the Series C Maturity Date there shall
be a full and final payment of all unpaid principal and accrued
unpaid interest in respect of the Series C Bonds.
(b)
Principal of the Bonds shall be repaid by the Issuer (from payments
to be made by the Borrowers hereunder) in such amounts and on such
dates as provided in Section 2.05.
(c)
Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, the principal
amount of any series of Bonds Outstanding shall never exceed the
aggregate amounts transferred from the Original Purchaser to the
Trustee for Deposit into the Project Fund pursuant to
Section 3.01 less repayments of principal made by the Issuer,
provided , however , that nothing herein shall be
construed to obligate the Borrowers to proceed with the Project,
and in the event Borrowers do not proceed with the Project, the
Borrowers shall have no obligation hereunder, other than the
repayment, together with interest, of amounts advanced by the
Original Purchaser.
(d)
Payments of principal in excess of the scheduled installments set
forth herein and related payments of premium, if any, shall be
credited against scheduled installments in inverse order with
respect to the Bonds (for this purpose, treating all Bonds as a
single series).
Section 2.03
Interest on the
Bonds .
(i) Initial
Interest Rate . From the Original Issue Date through
February 28, 2012, the Series A Bonds shall bear interest
at a fixed rate of Five and 50/100 percent (5.50%) per
annum.
(ii)
Interest Rate Resets . The interest
rate on the Series A Bonds shall be reset on each Reset Date
to a fixed rate calculated as follows (i) the Prime Rate in
effect on the Business Day next preceding the Reset Date
minus (ii) 2.25 percentage
points. The Series A Bonds shall bear interest from
each Reset Date through the day immediately prior to the next Reset
Date at the rate determined according to the formula in the
preceding sentence (in each case, the “ Reset Rate
”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest
rate on the Series A Bonds shall never (i) exceed the
Maximum Rate, nor (ii) be lower than the Minimum
Rate.
(b) Series B
Bonds . The Series B Bonds shall bear interest
from the Original Issue Date through the Series B Maturity Date at
a fixed rate of Five and 75/100 percent (5.75%) per
annum.
(c)
Series C Bonds . The Series C Bonds
shall bear interest from the Original Issue Date through the
Series C Maturity Date at a fixed rate of Five and 75/100
percent (5.75%) per annum.
(d)
Definitions . The following definitions are
applicable to this Section 2.03:
(i)
Marginal Bank Tax Rate : The tax rate at which a
commercial bank located in the United States and subject to federal
income taxation as a corporation would be taxed for federal income
tax purposes pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Code or
any future
United States internal revenue or similar laws
applicable to such bank, if such bank’s taxable income were
in the highest tax bracket specified by the Code. As of
the date of this Bond Agreement, the Marginal Bank Tax Rate is
Thirty-Five and 00/100 percent (35.00%)
(ii)
Reset Date : Each of February 28, 2012; February 28, 2017;
and February 28, 2022.
(iii)
Maximum Rate : Eighteen and 00/100 percent (18.00%) per
annum.
(iv) Minimum
Rate : Four and 00/100 percent (4.00%) per
annum.
(v)
Default Rate : The rate of interest per annum
equal to the greater of (i) the Prime Rate or (ii) the
sum of the then-applicable tax-exempt interest rate or rates
applicable to each Series of Bonds as determined pursuant to
Section 2.03, plus 3.0%, but in any event not greater than the
Maximum Rate nor less than the Minimum Rate.
(e) Tax-Exempt
Yield Protection . Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the interest rate on the Bonds shall be subject to further
adjustment on any Payment Date if on such Payment Date the Marginal
Bank Tax Rate has changed to become either greater than or less
than 35%. The adjusted interest rate shall be determined
by multiplying the then-applicable interest rate on the Bonds
immediately prior to such change by a fraction: (i) the
numerator of which is the difference between (A) 100% and (B)
the applicable Marginal Bank Tax Rate immediately after such change
and (ii) the denominator of which is the difference between
(A) 100% and (B) the Marginal Bank Tax Rate in effect
immediately prior to such change.
(f)
Interest Determinations Final . All
determinations of the interest rate hereunder shall be final and
conclusive absent manifest error.
(g)
Computation of Interest . Interest on the Bonds
shall be computed on a 360 day year, actual days elapsed basis.
Interest shall accrue only on principal amounts actually deposited
and from the date such amounts are actually deposited into the
Project Fund pursuant to Section 3.01 and Section 4.02 of
this Bond Agreement.
(h)
Interest-Only Payments . Interest shall be
payable on each Payment Date, commencing on March 28, 2007 through
and including July 28, 2007 (the “ Interest Only
Period ”). From and after August 28, 2007,
interest shall be included in the monthly principal and interest
payments payable as provided in Section 2.05(a).
(i)
Default Interest . Overdue principal and interest
on each Bond shall (to the extent legally enforceable) bear
interest at the Default Rate. Any interest on any Bond
which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for,
may be paid in any lawful manner, at the discretion of the
Trustee.
Section 2.04
Occurrence of a Determination
of Taxability . The Bonds shall bear interest,
payable on the first Payment Date after the occurrence of a
Determination of Taxability with respect to all prior periods,
computed at the rate set forth in the following paragraph, but not
to exceed the Maximum Rate (the “ Taxable Rate
”) (on a 360-day year, actual days elapsed basis) on the
outstanding principal amount of the Bonds (as reduced from time to
time) from the date of the Event of Taxability, less any interest
already paid, from the date of the Event of
Taxability to such Payment
Date. Thereafter, the Bonds shall bear interest at the
Taxable Rate (“ Taxable Interest ”) as provided
in this Section on the Bonds Outstanding on each Payment
Date. Except for Taxable Interest allocable to the
period between the Event of Taxability and the Payment Date
immediately succeeding the Determination of Taxability, Taxable
Interest payable under this Section shall be payable with respect
to the same period, at the same time and in the same manner as
interest payments regularly paid pursuant to this Bond
Agreement.
Taxable Interest payable on the Bonds of all
Series shall be equal to the higher of (i) the Prime Rate or
(ii) the sum of the then-applicable tax-exempt interest rate
or rates applicable to each Series of Bonds as determined pursuant
to Section 2.03, plus 3.0% per annum. The Borrowers
shall also pay to the Bondowners (and any former Bondowners holding
Bonds during any period subsequent to an Event of Taxability) as
additional interest, the amount of penalties, additions to tax
(exclusive of any taxes imposed under Section 11 or any successor
provision of the Code) or interest assessed against the Bondowners
(and former Bondowners) on account of a Determination of
Taxability. Taxable Interest to be paid pursuant to this
Section for the period between the Event of Taxability and the
Payment Date immediately succeeding the Determination of Taxability
shall be paid immediately following the Determination of Taxability
in the same manner as interest is paid to Bondowners in accordance
with this Bond Agreement.
Any Bondowner shall have the right, but not the
obligation, to arrange for the contest of an allegation that an
Event of Taxability has occurred, by appropriate legal
proceedings. In the event no Bondowner shall contest the
Event of Taxability, the Borrowers shall have the option but not
the obligation to do so. If (i) the Borrowers shall have
made any additional payments to a Bondowner or former Bondowner by
reason of an Event of Taxability pursuant to this Section, and (ii)
it shall be successfully claimed for the taxable year in question
that the interest on the Bonds for such taxable year is excluded
from the Bondowner’s or former Bondowner’s taxable
income for federal income tax purposes (for this purpose a claim
shall be deemed successful only upon the occurrence of a
“determination,” as defined in Section 1313(a) or
any successor provision of the Code) or, if the Bondowner or former
Bondowner shall not have included such interest in the
Bondowner’s or former Bondowner’s taxable income for
federal income tax purposes upon expiration of the statute of
limitations provided by Section 6501 or any successor
provision of the Code with respect to such taxable year, then the
Bondowner or former Bondowner (as the case may be) shall pay to the
Borrowers the amount of any such additional payments which had been
made by the Borrowers to the Bondowner or former Bondowner, less
any actual expenses incurred by such Bondowner or former Bondowner
as a result of the alleged Event of Taxability. Upon
successful challenge of an Event of Taxability, the interest rate
on the Bonds shall return to the interest rate ordinarily payable
hereunder as if no Event of Taxability had ever been
alleged.
Section 2.05
Mandatory and Optional
Redemption of Bonds . No Bond may be called for
redemption prior to its stated maturity except as provided in this
Section 2.05; provided , however , that nothing
herein shall be deemed to limit the right of acceleration of Bond
maturities upon the occurrence of a Bond Default.
(a)
Amortizing Redemptions . Each Series of Bonds
shall be subject to mandatory redemption in accordance with the
redemption schedule set forth. On or prior to each “
Amortizing Redemption Date ” set forth below, the
Borrowers shall provide to the Trustee immediately available funds
sufficient to effect the redemption of the principal amount of
Bonds
required to be redeemed on such Amortizing
Redemption Date as set forth below plus accrued interest to the
Redemption Date.
(i)
Series A Bonds . Following the Interest Only
Period, beginning on August 28, 2007, and on the 28
th day of each calendar month through and including
July 28, 2012, sixty (60) equal monthly principal and interest
payments each in the amount of Twenty Thousand Seven Hundred
Seventy-Six and 10/100 Dollars ($20,776.10). On each
Reset Date, the monthly principal and interest payments due
hereunder shall be adjusted to level monthly principal and interest
payments sufficient to amortize the then-current Principal Balance
hereof over the remaining term to the Series A Maturity Date
at the applicable Reset Rate (with the first such adjusted payment
due on the March 28th following the Reset Date).
(ii)
Series B
Bonds . Following the Interest Only Period,
beginning on August 28, 2007, and on the 28
th day of each calendar month through and including
July 28, 2014, eighty-four (84) equal monthly principal and
interest payments in the amount of Seven Thousand Two Hundred
Sixty-Five and 78/100 Dollars ($7,265.78);
(iii)
Series C
Bonds . Following the Interest Only Period,
beginning on August 28, 2007, and on the 28
th day of each calendar month through and including
July 28 2014, eighty-four (84) equal monthly principal
and interest payments in the amount of Seven Thousand Two Hundred
Sixty-Five and 78/100 Dollars ($7,265.78).
(b)
Redemption at Original Purchaser's Option (Put Right)
. The Series A Bonds shall be subject to mandatory
redemption, in whole, but not in part, on any Reset Date at the
option of the Original Purchaser, so long as the Original
Purcha