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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2009-O0012 - General Obligation Refunding And Improvement Bonds Series 2009; $28,000,000. - 02/26/2009Ordinance Ro. 2009-oo012 ORDINANCE relating to CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING AND IMPROVEMENT BONDS SERIES2009 Adopted: February 26, 2009 1 530988v.l LUB200/l TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Part:ies ................................................................................................................................................ l ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PRELIMlNARY MATTERS Section 1.01. Definitions ................................................................................................................ 2 Sec.tion 1.02. Fin.d:iJlgs ................................................................................... a •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• S Section 1.03. Table of Contents, Titles and Headings ................................................................... S Section 1.04. Interpretation. ........................................................................................................... S ARTICLE IT SECURITY FOR THE BONDS; INTEREST AND SINKING FUND Section 2.01. Tax Levy .................................................................................................................. 5 Section 2.02. Interest and Sinking Fund ........................................................................................ 6 ARTICLE ill AU1HORIZATION; GENERAL TERMS AND PROVISIONS REGARDING THE BONDS Section 3.01. Authorization ........................................................................................................... 6 Section 3.02. Date, Denomination, Maturities and Interest. .......................................................... ? Section 3.03. Medium. Method and Place ofPayment .................................................................. 7 Section 3.04. Execution and Registration of Bonds ...................................................................... 8 Section 3.05. Ownenhip ................................................................................................................ 9 Section 3.06. Registrati~ Transfer and Exchange ....................................................................... 9 Section 3.07. Cancellation ........................................................................................................... 10 Section 3.08. Ten1porary Bonds ................................................................................................... IO Section 3.09. Replacement Bonds ............................................................................................... 11 Section 3.10. Book Entry Only System ....................................................................................... 12 Section 3.11. Successor Securities Depository; Transfer Outside Book Entry Only System ...... 12 Section 3.12. Payments to Cede & Co ......................................................................................... 13 ARTICLE IV REDEMPTION OF BONDS BEFORE MATURITY Section 4.01. Limitation on Redemption .................................................. ; .................................. 13 Section 4.02. Optional Redetnption. ............................................................................................ 13 Section 4.03. Mandatory Sinking Fund Redemption ................................................................... l3 Section 4.04. Partial Redetnption ................................................................................................. 14 Section 4.05. Notice of Redetnption to Owners .......................................................................... 14 (i) IS30988v.l LUB200/l Section 4.06. Payntent Upon Redemption. .................................................................................. 15 Section 4.07. Effect ofRedemption ............................................................................................. 15 Section 4.08. Lapse ofPa)'IIlent. .................................................................................................. 15 ARTICLEV PA YlNG AGENT/REGISTRAR Section 5.01. Appointment of Initial Paying Agent/Registrar ..................................................... 16 Section S .02. Qualifications ......................................................................................................... 16 Section 5.03. Maintaining Paying Agent/R.egistrar ..................................................................... 16 Section S .. Q4.. TeiDlination. ................................................................................ a •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 16 Section S.OS. Notice of Change to Owners .................................................................................. 16 Section 5.06. Agreement to Perform Duties and Functions ......................................................... 16 Section 5.07. Delivery of Records to Successor .................................... : ..................................... 17 ARTICLE VI FORM OF THE BONDS Section 6.0 1. Form Generally ...................................................................................................... 17 Section 6.02. Form ofthe Bonds ................................................................................................. 17 Section 6.03. CUSIP Registration ................................................................................................ 23 Section 6.04. Legal Opinion. ....................................................................................................... 24 Section 6.05. Statement oflnsurance ........................................................................................... 24 ARTICLEVll SALE AND DELIVERY OF BONDS; DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS Section 7.01. Sale of Bonds; Official Statement .......................................................................... 24 Section 7.02. Control and Delivery of Bonds .............................................................................. 25 Section 7.03. Deposit of Proceeds ............................................................................................... 26 ARTICLEVTII INVESTMENTS Section 8.01. InvestJnents ............................................................................................................ 26 Section 8.02. Investlnent Income ................................................................................................. 26 ARTICLE IX PARTICULAR REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS Section 9.01 . Payment of the Bonds ............................................................................................ 27 Section 9.02. Other Representations and Covenants ................................................................... 27 Section 9.03. Provisions Concerning Federal Income Tax Exclusion ......................................... 27 (ii) 1530988v.l LUB200/1 Section 9.04. No Private Use or Payment and No Private Loan Firuu;lcing ................................. 28 Section 9.05 . No Federal Guaranty .............................................................................................. 28 Section 9.06. Bonds are not Hedge Bonds ................................................................................... 28 Section 9.07. No Arbitrage Covenant. ......................................................................................... 28 Section 9.08. Arbitrage Rebate .................................................................................................... 28 Section 9.09. Information Reporting ........................................................................................... 29 Section 9.10. Continuing Obligation ........................................................................................... 29 ARTICLE X DEFAULT AND REMEDIES Section 10.01. Events of Default. .................................................................................................. 29 Section 1 0.02. Rem.edies for Default ............................................................................................ 30 Section 10.03. R.etnedies Not Exclusive ........................................................................................ 30 ARTICLE XI DISCHARGE Section 11.01. Disch.uge ............................................................................................................... 30 ARTICLE XII CONTINUING DISCLOSURE UNDERTAKING Section 12.01. Annual Reports ...................................................................................................... 30 Section 12.02. Material Event Notices .......................................................................................... 31 Section 12.03. Limitations, Disclaimers and Amendments ........................................................... 32 ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENTS; ATTORNEY GENERAL MODIFICATION Section 13.01. Amendments .......................................................................................................... 33 Section 13.02. Attorney General Modification .............................................................................. 33 ARTICLE XIV REDEMPTION OF REFUNDED OBLIGATIONS; APPROVAL OF ESCROW AGREEMENT; PURCHASE OF ESCROWED SECURITIES Section 14.01. Redemption of Refunded Obligations ................................................................... 34 Section 14.02. Subscription of Federal Securities ......................................................................... 34 Section 14.03. Approval of Escrow Agreetnent ........................................................................... 34 Section 14.04. Notice of Redemption ............................................................................................ 34 (iii) l.S30988v.l LUB20011 ARTICLE XV EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Section 15.01. Effective Immediately ............................................................................................ 3S Sigll.atllreS ................. """ ................. ' ............................. ' ........................................ ······ ............................... 36 Schedule I-Refunded Obligation Candidates Exhibit A· Description of Annual Disclosure ofFinanciallnformation ................................... A-1 Exhibit B -Sale Parazneters ......................................................................................................... B-1 (iv) J530988v.l LUB20011 otmiRARCE No. 2009-()()0 12 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF LUBBOC~ TEXAS, GENERAL OBUGATION REFUNDING AND JMPROVEMENT BONDS, SERIES 2009 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $28,000,000; LEVYING A TAX IN PA YMENf THEREOF; APPROVING TilE OFFICIAL STATEMENT; APPROVING EXECUTION OF A PURCHASE CONTRACT AND ESCROW AGREEMENT; AND ENACTING OTIIER PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO WHEREAS, a portion of the bonds hereinafter authorized were duly and favorably voted, as required by the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, at an election held in the City of Lubbock, Texas (the "City''), on May 15, 2004; WHEREAS, at said election the following are among the purposes and amounts of the bonds which were authorized, reflecting any amount previously issued pursuant to each voted authorization, the amount therefrom being authorized pursuant to this Ordinance, and the balance that remains unissued after the issuance of the bonds herein authorized, to wit: (amounts in thousands) Amount Amount Election Amount Previously Being Unissued Purpose Date Voted Issued Issued Balance Parks 05115104 $ 6,395 $6,395 $ -0-$ .0· Streets 05/15/04 9,210 7,369 1,395 446 Libraries 05/15/04 2,145 -0-250 1,895 Animal Shelter 05115104 1,045 160 -0-885 Fire 05/15/04 1,405 1,405 -0--0- Police/Municipal Court 05/15/04 3,350 -0-500 2,850 Civic Center/ Auditorium 05/15/04 6,450 -0-500 5,950 Total $30.000 ~~~.J~2 $2.64.5 ~12.02~ WHEREAS, pursuant to a resolution heretofore passed by the City Council, notice of intention to issue the bonds was published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City in accordance with the City's Home-Rule Charter; WHEREAS, there are presently outstanding certain obligations of the City, described on Schedule I attached hereto (collectively, the "Refunded Obligation Candidates''); WHEREAS, the City now desires to refund all or a portion of such Refunded Obligation Candidates (such refunded obligations to be hereinafter referred to as the ~'Refunded Obligations''); WHEREAS, Chapter 1207, Texas Government Code, as amended ("Chapter 1207'') authorizes the City to issue refunding bonds and to deposit the proceeds from the sale thereof, and any other available funds or resources, directly with the paying agent for any of the Refunded Obligations, and such deposit, if made before such payment dates, shall constitute the l530988v.J LUB200/l making of firm banking and financial arrangements for the discharge and final payment of the Refunded Obligations; WHEREAS, Chapter 1207 further authorizes the City to enter into an escrow agreement with the paying agent for any of the Refunded Obligations with respect to the safekeeping, investment, reinvestment, administration and disposition of any such deposit; WHEREAS, The Bank ofNew York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, is the paying agent for the Refunded Obligations and the Escrow Agreement hereinafter authorized constitutes an escrow agreement of the kind authorized and permitted by said Chapter 1207; WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the refunding contemplated in this Ordinance will benefit the City by providing a present value savings of debt service payable by the City in an amount to be certified in the Pricing Certificate, and that such benefit is sufficient consideration for the refunding of the Refunded .Obligations; WHEREAS, the City Council has found and determined that it is necessary and in the best interest of the City and its citizens that it authorize by this Ordinance the issuance and delivery of an amount of bonds in or more series at this time, the proceeds of which will be sufficient to (i) pay costs of issuance of such bonds, (ii) fund the amounts listed in the table above under "Amount Being Issued" for the related projects and (iii) refund the Refunded Obligations; WHEREAS, the City Council desires to delegate, pursuant to Chapters 1207 and 1371, Texas Government Code, as amended, and the parameters of this Ordinance, to the Authorized Officer, the authority to approve the amount, the interest rate, the number of series, the price and terms of the Bonds authorized hereby and to otherwise take such actions as are necessary and appropriate to effect the sale of the Bonds and to select the specific maturities or series of Refunded Obligation Candidates to be refunded; 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; therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCTI... OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK; ARTICLE! DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PRELIMINARY MATTERS Section 1.01. Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly provided or unless the context clearly requires otherwise in this Ordinance, the following tenns shall have the meanings specified below: "Authorized Officer'' means each of the City Manager and the Chief Financial Officer. ''Bond" means any of the Bonds. -2- 1530988v.l LUB20011 "Bond Date, means the date designated as the initial date of the Bonds by Section 3.02(a) of this Ordinance. "Bond Purchase Contract', means the bond purchase contract approved in Section 7.01(b) of this Ordinance. "Bonds,. means the City,s bonds authorized to be issued by Section 3.01 of this Ordinance and designated as "City of Lubbock, Texas, General Obligation Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2009." "City'' means the City of Lubbock, Texas. "Closing Date" means the date of the initial delivery of and payment for the Bonds. "Code'• means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including applicable regulations, published rulings and court decisions. "Designated Payment/I'ransfer Office" means (i) with respect to the initial Paying Agent/Registrar named in this Ordinance, the Designated Payment/l'ransfer Office as designated in the Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement, 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 behalfDTC was created to hold securities to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among DTC Participants. "Escrow Agent" means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as escrow agent under the terms of the Escrow Agreement. "Escrow Agreement" means that certain Escrow Agreement between the City and the Escrow Agent pertaining to the defeasance of the Refunded Obligations. "Escrow Fund" means the fund by that name established in the Escrow Agreement. "Event of Default" means any event of default as defined in Section 10.01 of this Ordinance. "Initial Bond" means the initial bond or bonds authorized by Section 3.04 of this Ordinance. "Interest and Sinking Fund" means the interest and sinking fund or funds established by Section 2.02 of this Ordinance. -3· JS30988v.t LUB200/l "Interest Payment Date" means the date or dates on which interest on the Bonds is scheduled to be paid until their respective dates of matmity or prior redemption, such dates being February 15 and August 15 of each year. commencing on the date set forth in the Pricing Certificate. "MSRB" means the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. "NRMSIR" means each person whom the SEC or its staff has determined to be a nationally recognized municipal securities information repository within the meaning of the Rule from time to time. "Owner'' means the person who is the registered owner of a Bond or Bonds. as shown in the Register. ''Paying Agent/Registrar'• means initially The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association. or any successor thereto as provided in this Ordinance. ''Pricing Certificate" means a certificate or certificates to be signed by the Authorized Officer. "Record Date" means the last business day of the month next preceding an Interest Payment Date. "Refunded Obligation Candidates" means the obligations of the City described in Schedule I attached hereto which are authorized to be designated as Refunded Obligations in the Pricing Certificate. "Refunded Obligations" means those obligations of the City to be designated in the Pricing Certificate from the Refunded Obligation Candidates described in Schedule I attached hereto. ' ''Register'' means the Register specified in Section 3.06(a) of this Ordinance. "Representation Letter" means the Blanket Letter of Representations between the City andDTC. "Representative•• means the representative for the Underwriters named in the Bond Purehase Contract. "Rule" means SEC Rule 1Sc2 12, as amended from time to time. "SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. "SID" means any person designated by the State of Texas or an authorized department, office, or agency thereof as. and detennined by the SEC or its staff to be, a state information depository within the meaning of the Rule from time to time. "Special Record Date" means the Special Record Date prescribed by Section 3.03(b). -4- 1530988v.l LUB20011 "Term Bonds" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03 hereof. "Unclaimed Payments" means money deposited with the Paying Agent/Registrar for the payment of principal of or interest on the Bonds as the same come due and payable and remaining unclaimed by the Owners of such Bonds after the applicable payment or redemption date. "Underwriters" means the Underwriters named in the Bond Purchase Contract. Section 1.02. Findings. The declarations, determinations and findings declared, made and found in the preamble to this Ordinance are hereby adopt~ restated and made a part of the operative provisions hereof. Section 1.03. 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 1.04. Intetpretation. (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) This Ordinance and all the terms and provisions hereof shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes set forth herein. ARTICLED SECURITY FOR THE BONDS; INTEREST AND SINKING FUND Section 2.01. Tax Levy. (a) Pursuant to the authority granted by the Texas Constitution and the laws of the State of Texas, there shall be levied and there is hereby levied for the C!.D'nmt year and for each succeeding year hereafter while any of the Bonds 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 Bonds,. being (i) the interest on the Bonds, and (ii) a sinking fund for their redemption at maturity or a sinking fund of two percent (2%) per annum (whichever amount is greater), when due and payable, .full allowance being made for delinquencies and costs of collection. 1S30988v.t LUB20011 (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 thereftom, 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 Bonds when and as due and payable in accordance with their terms and this Ordinance. (d) If the lien and provisions of this Ordinance shall be released in a manner permitted by Article XI hereof, then the collection of such ad valorem tax may be suspended or appropriately reduced, as the facts may permit, and further deposits to the Interest and Sinking Fund may be suspended or appropriately reduced, as the facts may permit. In detennining the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Bonds, there shall be subtracted the amount of any Bonds that have been duly called for redemption and for which money has been deposited with the Paying Agent/Registrar for such redemption. Section 2.02. Interest and Sinking Fund. (a) The City hereby establishes a special fund or account to be designated the "City of Lubbock, Texas, General Obligation Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2009, Interest and Sinking Fund," or such other designation as is set forth in the Pricing Certificate, for each series of Bonds, said fund or funds 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 Bonds when and as due and payable in accordance with their terms and this Ordinance. ARTICLE ill AUTHORIZATION; GENERAL TERMS AND PROVISIONS REGARDING THE BONDS Section 3.01. Authorization. The City's bonds, to be designated "City of Lubbock, Texas, General Obligation Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2009," or such other designation or designations as set forth in the Pricing Certificate, are hereby authorized to be issued and delivered in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, including specifically Chapters 1207, 1331 and 1371, Texas Government Code, as amended, and Article VIII of the Charter of the City. The Bonds shall be issued in the number of series and aggregate principal amount designated in the Pricing Certificate, such amount not to exceed $28,000,000, for the pmpose of providing funds for refunding the Refunded Obligations, paying the costs of issuing the Bonds and for permanent public improvements, to wit: (i) $1,395,000 for street improvements including drainage, curbs, gutters, landscaping, sidewalks, curb ramps, utility line relocation and traffic signaJization and the acquisition of land and rights-of-way therefore, (ii)· $500,000 for renovations . and improvements to the City's civic center/auditorium, (iii) $500,000 for constructing, renovating, -6- l530988v.l LUB20011 improving and equipping police/municipal court facilities and (iv) $250,000 for constructing. renovating, improving and equipping library facilities. Section 3.02. Date, Denomination. Maturities and Interest. (a) The Bonds shall be dated the date set forth in the Pricing Certificate. The Bonds shall be in fully registered fol1ll, without coupons, in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof, and shall be numbered separately from one upward, except the Initial Bond, which shall be numbered T-1. (b) The Bonds shall mature on February 15 in the years and in the principal amounts set forth in the Pricing Certificate provided that the maximum maturity for the Bonds shall not exceed twenty-five years. (c) Interest shall accrue and be paid on each Bond respectively until its maturity or prior redemption, from the later of the Bond Date or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for at the rates per annum for each respective maturity specified in the Pricing Certificate. Such interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date until maturity or prior redemption. Interest on the Bonds shall be calculated on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year composed of twelve (12) months of thirty (30) days each. Section 3.03. Medium, Method and Place of Payment. (a) The principal of and interest on the Bonds shall be paid in lawful money of the United States of America. (b) Interest on the Bonds shall be payable to each Owner as shown in the Register at the close of business on the Record 'Date; provided, however, in the event of nonpayment of interest on a scheduled Interest Payment Date and for 30 days thereafter, a new record date for such interest payment (a "Special Record Date") shall ~e 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 scheduled payment date of the past due interest (the "Special Payment Date," which shall be 15 days after the Special Record Date) shall be sent at least five business days prior to the Special Record Date by first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address of each Owner of a Bond appearing on the Register at the close of business on the last business day next preceding the date of mailing of such notice. (c) Interest shall be paid by check, dated as of the Interest Payment Date, and sent by the Paying Agent/Registrar to each Owner by United States mail, first class postage prepaid, to the address of each Owner as it appears in the Register, or by such other customary banking arrangement acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar and the Owner; provided, however, the Owner shall bear all risk and expense of such other banking arrangement. At the option of an Owner of at least $1,000,000 principal amount of the Bonds, interest may be paid by wire transfer to the bank accowtt of such Owner on file with the Paying Agent/Registrar. (d) The principal of each Bond shall be paid to the Owner thereof on the due date (whether at the maturity date or the date of prior redemption thereof) upon presentation and -7- lS30988v.l LUB200/l surrender of such Bond at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar. (e) If the date for the payment of the principal of or interest on the Bonds shall be a Saturday. Sunday, legal holiday. or day on which banking institutions in the city where the Designated Payment/Transfer Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar is located are required or authorized by law or executive order to close, then the date for such payment shall be the next succeeding day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day on which banking institutions are required or authorized to close, and payment on such date shall have the same force and effect as if made on the original date payment was due and no additional interest shall be due by reason of nonpayment on the date on which such payment is otherwise stated to be due and payable. (f) Unclaimed Payments shall be segregated in a special escrow account and held in trust, uninvested by the Paying Agent/Registrar, for the accounts of the Owners of the Bonds to which the Unclaimed Payments pertain. Subject to Title 6 of the Texas Property Code, Unclaimed Payments remaining unclaimed by the Owners entitled thereto for three years after the applicable payment or redemption date shall be applied to the next payment or payments on the Bonds thereafter coming due an~ to the extent any such money remains three years after the retirement of all outstanding Bonds, 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 Bonds for any further payment of such unclaimed monies or on account of any such Bonds, subject to Title 6 of the Texas Property Code. Section 3.04. Execution and Registration of Bonds. (a) The Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the City by the Mayor and the City Secretary, 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 Bonds shall have the same effect as if each of the Bonds had been signed manually and in person by each of said officers, and such facsimile seal on the Bonds shall have the same effect as if the official seal of the City had been manually impressed upon each of the Bonds. (b) In the event that any officer of the City whose manual or facsimile signature appears on the Bonds ceases to be such officer before the authentication of such Bonds or before the delivery thereof, such manual or facsimile 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 Bond shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit of this Ordinance unless and until there appears thereon the Certificate of Paying Agent/Registrar substantially in the form provided herein, 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 Bonds. In lieu of the executed Certificate of Paying Agent/Registrar described above, the Initial Bond 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 -8- 1530988v.l LUB20011 Public Accounts of the State of texas, or by his duly authorized agent, which Certificate shall be evidence that the Bond has been duly approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas, 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 of Texas. · (d) On the Closing Date, one Initial Bond of each series representing the entire principal amount of all Bonds of such series and the terms set forth in the Pricing Certificate, payable in stated installments to the Representative, or its designee, executed by the Mayor and City Secretary of the City by their manual or facsimile signatures, approved by the Attorney General, and registered and manually signed by the Comptroller of Public Accounts, will be delivered to the Representative or its designee. Upon payment for the Initial Bond, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall cancel the Initial Bond and deliver a single registered, definitive Bond for each maturity, in the aggregate principal amount thereof: to DTC on behalf of the Underwriters. Section 3.05. Ownership. (a) The City, the Paying Agent/Registrar and any other person may treat the person in whose name any Bond is registered as the absolute owner of such Bond for the pwpose of making and receiving payment as provided herein (except interest shall be paid to the person in. whose name such Bond is registered on the Record Date or Special Record Date, as applicable), and for all other purposes, whether or not such Bond 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 Bond shall be valid and effectual and shall discharge the liability of the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar upon such Bond to the extent of the sums paid. Section 3.06. Registration, Transfer and Exchange. (a) So long as any Bonds remain outstanding, the City shall cause the Paying Agent/Registrar to keep at the 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 Bonds in accordance with this Ordinance. (b) The ownership of a Bond may be transfemd only upon the presentation and surrender of the Bond at the Designated Payment!fransfer Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar with such endorsement or other evidence of transfer as is acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar. No transfer of any Bond shall be effective until entered in the Register. (c) The Bonds shall be exchangeable upon the presentation and surrender thereof at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar for a Bond or Bonds 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 Bonds presented for exchange. The Paying Agent/Registrar is hereby authorized to authenticate and deliver Bonds exchanged for other Bonds in accordance with this Section. (d) Each exchange Bond 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 -9- 1S30988v.l LUB20011 the benefits and security of this Ordinance to the same extent as the Bond or Bonds in lieu of which such exchange Bond is delivered. (e) No service charge shall be made to the Owner for the initial registration, subsequent transfer, or exchange for any different denomination of any of the Bonds. 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 Bond. (f) Neither the City nor the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be required to issue, transfer, or exchange any Bond called for redemption, in whole or in part, where such redemption is scheduled to occur within forty five (45) calendar days after the transfer or exchange date; provided, however, such limitation shall not be applicable to an exchange by the Owner of the uncalled principal balance of a Bond. Section 3.07. Cancellation. All Bonds paid or redeemed before scheduled maturity in accordance with this Ordinance, and all Bonds in lieu of which exchange Bonds or replacen;tent Bonds are authenticated and delivered in accordance with this Ordinance, shall be cancelled and proper records shall be made regarding such paymen4 redemption, exchange or replacement. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall then return such cancelled Bonds to the City or may in accordance with law destroy such cancelled Bonds and periodically furnish the City with certificates of destruction of such Bonds. Section 3.08. Temporary Bonds. (a) Following the delivery and registration of the Initial Bond and pending the preparation of definitive Bonds, the proper officers of the City may execute and, upon the City's request, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, one or more temporary Bonds that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Bonds in lieu of which they are delivered, without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers of the City executing such temporary Bonds may determine, as evidenced by their signing of such temporary Bonds. (b) Until exchanged for Bonds in definitive form, such Bonds in temporary form shall be entitled to the benefit and security of this Ordinance. (c) The City, without unreasonable delay, shall prepare, execute and deliver to the Paying Agent/Registrar the Bonds in definitive form; thereupon, upon the presentation and SUITeDder of the Bonds in temporary form to the Paying Agent/Registrar, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall cancel the Bonds in temporary fonn and shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor Bonds of the same maturity and series. in definitive fo~ in the authorized denomination, and in the same aggregate principal amount, as the Bonds in temporary form surrendered. Such exchange shall be made without the making of any charge therefor to any Owner. 1530988v.l LUB200/l Section 3.09. Re:placement Bonds. (a) Upon the presentation and surrender to the Paying Agent/Registrar of a mutilated Bond, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a replacement Bond of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a nwnber not contemporaneously outstanding. The City or the Paying Agent/Registrar may require the Owner of such Bond 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 Bond is lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Paying Agent/Registrar, pursuant to the applicable laws of the State of Texas and in the absence of notice or knowledge that such Bond has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, shall authenticate and deliver a replacement Bond of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, provided that the Owner first: (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 Bond; (ii) furnishes such security or indemnity as may be required by the Paying Agent/Registrar to save it and the City hannless; (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 govermnental 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 Bond, a bona fide purchaser of the original Bond in lieu of which such replacement Bond was issued presents for payment such original Bond, the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be entitled to recover such replacement Bond 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 Bond has become or is about to become due and payable, the Paying Agent/Registrar, in its discretion. instead of issuing a replacement Bond, may pay such Bond if it has become due and payable or may pay such Bond when it becomes due and payable. (e) Each replacement Bond 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 Bond or Bonds in lieu of which such replacement Bond is delivered. -11- I 530988v.l LUB200/1 Section 3.1 0. Book Ently Only Svstem. Notwithstandiitg any other provision hereof, upon initial issuance of the Bonds, the ownership of the Bonds shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee ofDTC. The definitive Bonds shall be initially issued in the form of a single separate fully registered certificate for each of the maturities thereof. With respect to Bonds 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 Bonds. 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 Bonds, (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 Bonds, including any notice of redemption, or (iii) the payment to any DTC Participant or any other person, other than a Bondholder, as shown in the Register of any amount with respect to principal of or interest on the Bonds. 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 Bond is registered in the Register as the absolute owner: of such Bond for the purpose of payment of principal of and interest on such Bonds, for the purpose of giving notices of redemption and other matters with respect to such Bond, for the purpose of registering transfer with respect to such Bond, and for all other purposes whatsoever. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall pay all principal of and interest on the Bonds 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 and interest on the Bonds to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. No person other than an Owner, as shown in the 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., the word "Cede & Co." in this Ordinance shall refer to such new nominee ofDTC. 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 depository is hereby ratified and approved for the Bonds. Section 3.11. Successor Securities Depositozy; Transfer Outside Book Enqy Only System. In the event that the City or the Paying Agent/Registrar determines that DTC is incapable of discharging its responsibilities described herein and in the Representations Letter of the City to DTC, 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 and 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 Bonds to such successor securities depository or (ii} notify DTC and DTC Participants 1530988v.l LUB200/1 of the availability through DTC of Bonds and transfer one or more separate Bonds to DTC Participants having Bonds credited to their DTC accounts. In such event, the Bonds 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 Bondholders transferring or exchanging Bonds shall designate, in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 3.12. Pavments to Cede & Co. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance to the contrary, so long as any Bonds are registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee ofDTC, all payments with respect to principal of and interest on such Bonds, and all notices with respect to such Bonds, shall be made and given, respectively, in the manner provided in the Representation Letter. ARTICLE IV REDEMPTION OF BONDS BEFORE MATURITY Section 4.01. Limitation on Redemption. The Bonds shall be subject to redemption before scheduled maturity only as provided in this Article IV. Section 4.02. Ootional Redemption. (a) The City reserves the option to redeem Bonds in the manner provided in the Form of Bond set forth in Section 6.02 of this Ordinance with such changes as are required by the Pricing Certificate. (b) If less than all of the Bonds are to be redeemed pursuant to an optional redemption, the City shall determine the maturity or maturities and the amounts thereof to be redeemed and shall direct the Paying Agent/Registrar to call by lot the Bonds, or portions thereof, within such maturity or maturities and in such principal amounts for redemption. (c) The City, at least 45 days before the redemption date, unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar, shall notify the Paying Agent/Registrar of such redemption date and of the principal amount of Bonds to be redeemed. Section 4.03. Mandatory Sinking Fund Redemption. (a) Bonds designated as ''Term Bonds," if any, in the Pricing Certificate are subject to scheduled mandatory redemption and will be redeemed by the City, in part at a price equal to the principal amom1t thereof: without premimn, plus accrued interest to the redemption date, out of moneys available for such purpose in the Interest and Sinking Fund, on the dates and in the respective principal amounts as set forth in the Pricing Certificate. (b) At least forty-five (45) days prior to each scheduled mandatory redemption date, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall select for redemption by lot, or by any other customary method -13- 1530988v.l LUB20011 that results in a random selection, a principal amount of Term Bonds equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Term Bonds to be redeemed, shall call such Term Bonds for redemption on such scheduled mandatory redemption date, and shall give notice of such redemption, as provided in Section 4.05. The principal amount of the Term Bonds required to be redeemed on any redemption date pursuant to subparagraph (a) of this Section 4.03 shall be reduced, at the option of the City, by the principal amount of any Term Bonds whi~ at least 45 days prior to the mandatory sinking fund redemption date (i) shall have been acquired by the City at a price not exceeding the principal amount of such Term Bonds plus accrued interest to the date of purchase thereof: 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. Section 4.04. Partial Redemption. (a) A portion of a single Bond 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 Bond is to be partially redeemed, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall treat each $5,000 portion of the Bond as though it were a single Bond for purposes of selection for redemption. (b) Upon surrender of any Bond for redemption in part, the Paying Agent/Registrar, in accordance with Section 3.06 of this Ordinance, shall authenticate ·and deliver an exchange Bond or Bonds in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Bond so surrendered, such exchange being without charge. (c) The Paying Agent/Registrar shall promptly notify the City in writing of the principal amount to be redeemed of any Bond as to which only a portion thereof is to be redeemed. Section 4.05. Notice of Redemption to Owners. (a) The Paying Agent/Registrar shall give notice of any redemption of Bonds 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 Bond (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. (b) The notice shall state the redemption date, the redemption price, the place at which the Bonds are to be surrendered for payment, and, if less than all the Bonds outstanding are to be redeemed, an identification of the Bonds or portions thereof to be redeemed. (c) The City reserves the right to give notice of its election or direction to redeem Bonds under Section 4.02 conditioned upon the ocCUlTence 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 -14- 1530988v.l LUB20011 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 Bonds subject to conditional redemption where redemption has been rescinded shall remain Outstanding, and the rescission sball 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 (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. Section 4.06. 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 Bonds 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 and accrued interest on the Bonds being redeemed. (b) Upon pres~tation and surrender of any Bond called for redemption at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office on or after the date fixed for redemption, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall pay the principal of and accrued interest on such Bond to the date of redemption from the money set aside for such purpose. Section 4.07. Effect of Redemption. (a) Notice of redemption having been given as provided in Section 4.05 of this Ordinance and subject to any conditions or rights reserved by the City under Section 4.05(c), the Bonds or portions thereof called for redemption shall become due and payable on the date fixed for redemption and, unless the City defaults in its obligation to make provision for the payment of the principal thereof, or accrued interest thereon, such Bonds or portions thereof shall cease to bear interest from and after the date fixed for redemption, whether or not such Bonds are presented and surrendered for payment on such date. (b) If the City shall fail to make provision for payment of all sums due on a redemption date, then any Bond or portion thereof called for redemption shall continue to bear interest at the rate stated on the Bond until due provision is made for the payment of same by the City. Section 4.08. Laose of Payment. Money set aside for the redemption of Bonds and remaining unclaimed by the Owners of such Bonds shall be subject to the provisions of Section 3.03(1) hereof. IS30988v.l LUB20011 ARTICLEV PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR Section 5.01. Appointment of Initial Paying Agent/Registrar. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, is hereby appointed as the initial Paying Agent/Registrar for the Bonds. Section 5.02. Qualifications. Each Paying Agent/Registrar shall be a commercial bank, a trust company organized under the laws of the State of Texas, or any other entity duly qualified and legally authorized to serve as and perform the duties and services of paying agent and registrar for the Bonds. Section 5.03. Maintaining Paying Agent/Registrar. (a) At all times while any Bonds are outstanding, the City will maintain a Paying Agent/Registrar that is qualified under Section 5.02 of this Ordinance. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute an agreement with the Paying Agent/Registrar specifying the duties and responsibilities of the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar. The signature of the Mayor shall be attested by the City Secretary of the City. The form of the Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement presented at this meeting is hereby approved with such changes as may be approved by bond counsel to the City. (b) If the Paying Agent/Registrar resigns or otherwise ceases to serve as such, the City will promptly appoint a replacement. Section 5.04. Termination. The City, upon not less than sixty (60) days notice, reserves the right to terminate the appointment of any Paying Agent/ Registrar by delivering to the entity whose appointment is to be terminated written notice of such termination. Section 5.05. 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 thereof, stating the effective date of the change and the name and mailing address of the replacement Paying Agent/Registrar. Section 5.06. Agreement to Perform Duties and FunctiOD.§. 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 thereby. -16- IS30988v.l LUB200/l Section 5.07. Delivery ofRecords 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 Bonds to the successor Paying Agent/Registrar. ARTICLE VI FORM OF THE BONDS Section 6.01. Form Generally. (a) The Bonds, including the Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, the Certificate of the Paying Agent/Registrar, and the Assignment form to appear on each of the Bonds, (i) shall be substantially in the form set forth in this Article, 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 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 Bonds, as evidenced by their execution thereof. (b) Any portion of the text of any Bonds may be set forth on the reverse side thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Bonds. (c) The definitive Bonds 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 Bonds, as evidenced by their execution thereof. (d) The Initial Bond submitted to the Attorney General of the State of Texas may be typewritten and photocopied or otherwise reproduced. Section 6.02. Form of the Bonds. The form of the Bond, including the form of the Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, the fonn of Certificate of the Paying Agent/ Registrar and the form of Assignment appearing on the Bonds, shall be substantially as follows: 1530988v.l LUB200/l (a) Form of Bond. REGISTERED No. __ United States of America State ofTexas County of Lubbock CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS REGISTERED s __ _ GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING AND IMPROVEMENT BOND SERIES2009 INT~REST RATE: MATURITY DATE: BOND DATE: CUSIP NUMBER: __ % The City of Lubbock (the "City"), in the County of Lubbock, State of Texas, for value received, hereby promises to pay to or registered assigns, on the Maturity Date specified above, the sum of _______________ DOLLARS unless this Bond shall have been sooner called for redemption and the payment of the principal hereof shall have been paid or provided for, and to pay interest on such principal amount from the later of the Bond Date specified above or the most recent interest payment date to which interest bas 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 three hundred sixty (360) day year of twelve (12) thirty (30) day months, such interest to be paid semiannually on February 15 and August 15 of each year, commencing 2• All capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Ordinance (defined below). The principal of this Bond shall be payable without exchange or collection charges in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at the corporate trust office in Dallas, Texas (the "Designated Paym.ent!I'ransfer Office'') of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as Paying Agent/Registrar or, with respect to a successor Paying Agent/Registrar, at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office thereof. Interest on this Bond is payable by check dated as of the interest payment date, and will be mailed by the Paying Agent/Registrar to the registered owner at the address shown on the registration books kept by the Paying Agent/Registrar or by such other customary banking ammgement acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar and the registered owner; provided, however, such registered owner shall bear all risk and expense of such other banking 1 Information to be inserted from Pricing Certificate. 2 Information to be inserted from Pricing Certificate. 1530988v.l LUB20011 -18- ammgement At the option of an Owner of at least $1,000,000 principal amount of the Bonds, interest may be paid ~Y wire transfer to the bank account of such Owner on file with the Paying Agent/Registrar. For the purpose of the payment of interest on this Bond, the registered owner shall be the person in whose name this Bond is registered at the close of business on the "Record Date,., which shall be the last business day of the month next preceding such interest payment date; provided, however, that in the event of nonpayment of interest on a scheduled payment date and for 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 scheduled payment date of the past due interest (the "Special Payment Date,'' which shall be 15 days after the Special Record Date) shall be sent at least five business days prior to the Special Record Date by first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address of each owner of a Bond appearing in the registration 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. If the date for the payment of the principal of or interest on this Bond shall be a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day on which banking institutions in the city where the Designated Payment!fransfer Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar is located are required or authorized by law or executive order to close, the date for such payment shall be the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day on which banking institutions are required or authorized to close, and payment on such date shall have the same force and effect as if made on the original date payment was due and no additional interest shall be due by reason of nonpayment on the date on which such payment is otherwise ~ted to be due and payable. This Bond is one of a series of fully registered bonds specified in the title hereof issued in the aggregate principal amount of $ 3 (herein referred to as the "Bonds''), issued pursuant to a certain ordinance of the City (the "Ordinance•') for the purpose of providing funds with which to make various permanent public improvements for the City, to refund certain outstanding obligations of the City, and to pay the costs of issuing the Bonds. [The City has reserved the option to redeem the Bonds maturing on or after February 15, __ before their respective scheduled maturities in whole or in part in integral multiples of $5,000 on February 15, __,or on any date thereafter, at a redemption price of par, plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. If less than all of the Bonds are to be redeemed, the City shall determine the maturity or maturities and the amounts thereof to be redeemed and shall direct the Paying Agent/Registrar to call by lot or other customary method that results in a random selection of the Bonds, or portions thereof, within such maturity or maturities and in such principal amounts, for redemption. t [Bonds maturing on February 15 in each of the years __ through ~ inclusive (the "Term Bonds"), 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 amoWlts shown in the following schedule: 31nformation to be inserted from Pricing Certificate. 4 Insert optiooal redemption provisions. if any, aDd revise as necessazy to conform to the Pricing Certificate. -19- IS30988v.l LUB200/l Redemption Date Principal Amount The Paying Agent/Registrar will select by lot or by any other customary method that results in a random selection the specific Term Bonds (or with respect to Term Bonds having a denomination in excess of $5,000, each $5,000 portion thereof) to be redeemed by mandatory redemption. The principal amount of Term Bonds 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 Bonds which, at least 45 days prior to the mandatory sinking fund redemption date (i) shall have been acquired by the City at a price not exceeding the principal amount of such Bonds plus accrued interest to the date of purchase thereof, and delivered to the Paying AgentiR.eiistrar 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. Notice of such redemption or redemptions shall be given by first "class mail, postage prepaid, not less than thirty (30) days before the date fixed for redemptio~ to the registered owner of each of the Bonds to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the Ordinance, the City reserves the right in the case of an optional redemption to give notice of its election or direction to redeem Bonds 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 redemptio~ 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 Agei:tt/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 Bonds subject to conditional redemption where redemption has been rescinded shall remain Outstanding, and the rescission 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. ]5 As provided in the Ordinance, and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Bond is transferable upon surrender of this Bond for transfer at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar with such endorsement or other evidence of transfer as is acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar; thereup~ one or more new fully registered Bonds 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. Neither the City nor the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be required to issue, transfer or exchange any Bond called for redemption where such redemption is scheduled to occur within forty five (45) calendar days of the transfer or exchange date; provid~ however, such limitation s Insert mandatory sinking fund redemption provisions, if any, and conform as necessary to the Pricing Certificate. -20- 1530988v.l LUB200JI shall not be applicable to an exchange by the registered owner of the uncalled principal balance of a Bond. The City, the Paying Agent/Registrar, and any other person may treat the person in whose name this Bond 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 Bond is registered on the Record Date or Special Record Date, as applicable) and for all other purposes, whether or not this Bond be overdue, and neither the City nor the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED AND RECITED that the issuance of this Bond and the series of which it is a part is duly authorized by law; that all acts, conditions and things required to be done precedent to and in the issuance of the Bonds have been properly done and performed and have happened in regular and due time, form and manner, as required by law; and that ad valorem taxes upon all taxable property in the City have been levied for and pledged to the payment of the debt service requirements of the Bonds, within the limit prescribed by law; and that the total indebtedness of the City, including the Bonds, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City has caused this Bond to be executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor of the City and countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of the City Secretary, and the official seal of the City has been duly impressed or placed in facsimile on this Bond. City Secretary, CityofLubbock, Texas [SEAL] 1 S30988v.l LUB20011 Mayor, City of Lubbock, Texas -21- (b) Form of Comptroller's Registration Certificate. The following Comptroller's Registration Certificate may be deleted from the definitive Bonds if such certificate on the Initial Bond is fully executed. OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS § § § REGISTER NO. ___ _ I hereby certify that there is on file and of record in my office a certificate of the Attorney General of the State of Texas to the effect that this Bond has been examined by him as required by law, that he finds that it has been issued in conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and that it is a valid and binding obligation of the City of Lubbock, Texas, and that this Bond has this day been registered by me. Witness my hand and seal of office at Austin, Texas, ------- [SEAL] Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas (c) Form of Certificate of Paying Agent/Registrar. The following Certificate of Paying Agent/Registrar may be deleted from the Initial Bond if the Comptroller's Registration Certificate appears thereon. . CERTIFICATE OF PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR The records of the Paying Agent/Registrar show that the Initial Bond of this series of Bonds was approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas and registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, and that this is one of the Bonds referred to in the within mentioned Ordinance. Dated: 1530988v.l LUB200/l The Bank ofNew York Mellon Trust Company, National Association as Paying Agent/Registrar 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 Bond and all rights hereunder and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints -~~--:-~--~ attorney to transfer the within Bond on the books kept for registration hereof, with full power of substitution in the premises. Dared: ____________________ __ Signature Guaranteed By: Authorized Signatory NOTICE: The signature on this Assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Bond in every particular and must be guaranteed in a manner acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar. (e) The Initial Bond shall be in the form set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of this Section, except for the following alterations: (i) immediately under the name of the Bond, the headings "INTEREST RATE" and "MATURITY DATE" shall both be completed with the words "As shown below"; and (ii) in the .first paragmph of the Bond, the words '"on the Maturity Date specified above" shall be deleted and the following will be inserted: "on February 15 in each of the years, in the principal installments and bearing interest at the per annum rates in accordance with the following schedule: Principal Installments Interest Rate (Information to be inserted from the Pricing Certificate pursuant to Section 3.02 of this Ordinance) Section 6.03. CUSIP Registration. The City may secure identification numbers through the CUSIP Service Bureau Division of Standard & Poor's, A Division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, New York, and may authorize the printing of such numbers on the face of the Bonds. It is expressly provided, however, that the presence or absence of CUSIP numbers on the Bonds shall be of no significance or effect as regards the legality thereof and neither the City nor the attorneys approving said Bonds as to legality are to be held responsible for CUSIP numbers incorrectly printed on the Bonds. -23- JS30988v.l LUB20011 Section 6.04. Legal Opinion. The approving legal opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Bond Counse4 may be attached to or printed on the reverse side of each Bond over the certification of the City Secretary of the City, which may be executed in facsimile. Section 6.05. Statement of Insurance. A statement relating to a municipal bond insurance policy, if any, to be issued for the Bonds may be printed on or attached to each Bond. ARTICLE VII SALE AND DELNERY OF BONDS; DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS Section 7.01. Sale of Bonds: Official Statement. (a) The Bonds shall be sold at negotiated sale to the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Ordinance, including this Section 7.01(a) and Exhibit B hereto, provided that all of the conditions set forth in Exhibit B can be satisfied. As authorized by Chapters 1207 and 1371, Texas Government Code, as amended, the Authorized Officer is authorized to act on behalf of the City upon determining that the conditions set forth in Exhibit B can be satisfi~ in selling and delivering the Bonds and carrying out the other procedures specified in this Ordinance, including determining whether to acquire bond insurance for the Bon~ the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds and price at which each of the Bonds will be sold, the aggregate principal amount of the Refunded Obligations and their redemption dates, the number and designation of series of Bonds to be issued, the form in which the Bonds shall be issued, the years in which the Bonds will mature, the principal amount to mature in each of such years, the rate of interest to be borne by each such maturity, the first interest payment date, the dates, prices and terms upon and at which the Bonds shall be subject to redemption prior to maturity at the option of the City an4 shall be subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption, and all other matters relating to the issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds and the refunding of the Refunded Obligations, all of which shall be specified in the Pricing Certificate. The authority granted to the Authorized Officer under this Section 7.01(a) shall expire at 5:00p.m., August 26, 2009, unless otherwise extended by the City Council by separate action. Any finding or determination made by the Authorized Officer relating to the issuance and sale of the Bonds and the execution of the Bond Purchase Contract in connection therewith shall have the same force and effect as a finding or determination made by the City Council. (b) The Authorized Officer is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver, and the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to attest, a bond pmcbase contract (the "Bond Purchase Contract") which Bond Purchase Contract is hereby accepted, approved and authorized in substantially the form submitted to the City and upon completion of the terms of the Bond Purchase Contract in accordance with the terms of the Pricing Certificate and this Ordinance, the Authorized Officer is authorized and directed to execute such Bond Purchase Contract on behalf of the City and the Authorized Officer and all other officers, agents and -24- IS30988v.l LUB20011 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 Bonds. The Bonds shall initially be registered in the name of the Representative. (c) The form and substance of the Preliminary Official Statement and any addenda, supplement or amendment thereto, are hereby in all respects approved and adopted and is hereby deemed final as of its date within the meaning and for the purposes of paragraph (b)( 1) of Rule 15c2-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Authorized Officer and City Secretary are hereby authorized and directed to cause to be prepared a final Official Statement (the '4Qfficial Statement") incorporating applicable pricing information pertaining to the Bonds, and to execute the same by manual or facsimile signature and deliver appropriate numbers of executed copies thereof to the Undenvriters. The Official Statement as thus approved, executed and delivered, with such appropriate variations as shall be approved by the Authorized Officer and the Underwriters, may be used by the Underwriters in the public offering and sale thereof. The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to include and maintain a copy of the Official Statement and any addenda, supplement or amendment thereto thus approved among the permanent records of this meeting. The use and distribution of the Preliminary Official Statement, and the preJiminary public offering of the Bonds by the Underwriters, is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed. (d) All officers of the City are authorized to execute such documents, certificates and receipts as they may deem appropriate in order to consummate the delivery of the Bonds in accordance with the tenns of sale therefor including, without limitation, the Purchase Contract. (e) The obligation of the Underwriters identified in subsection (a) of this Section to accept delivery of the Bonds is subject to the Undenvriters being furnished with the final, approving opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., bond counsel for the City, which opinion shall be dated and delivered the Closing Date. Section 7 .02. Control and Delivery of Bonds. (a) The Authorized Officer of the City is hereby authorized to have control of the Initial Bond and all necessary records and proceedings pertaining thereto pending investigation, examination, and approval of the Attorney General of the State of Texas, registration by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas and registration with, and initial exchange or transfer by, the Paying Agent/Registrar. (b) After registration by the Comptroller of Public Accounts, delivery of the Bonds shall be made to the Underwriters thereof under and subject to the general supervision and direction of the Authorized Officer, against receipt by the City of all amounts due to the City under the terms of sale. (c) In the event the Mayor or City Secretary is absent or othexwise unable to execute any document or take any attion authorized herein, the Mayor ProTem and the Assistant City Secretary, respectively, shall be authorized to execute such documents and take such actions, and the performance of such duties by the Mayor Pro Tem and the Assistant City Secretary shall for -25- I 530988v.l LUB200/1 the pwposes of this Ordinance have the same force and effect as if such duties were performed by the Mayor and City Secretary, respectively. Section 7.03. Demsit of Proceeds. (a) First All amounts received on the C•osing Date as accrued interest on the Bonds from the Bond Date to the Closing Date shall be deposited to the Interest and Sinking Fund. (b) Second. a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Bonds, funds transferred from the interest and sinking funds for the Refunded Obligations, and other funds of the City, if any, as set forth in the Pricing Certificate shall be applied to establish an Escrow Fund to refund the Refunded Obligations and, to the extent not otherwise provided for, to pay all expenses arising in connection with the establishment of such Escrow Fund and the refunding of the Refunded Obligations. (c) Third: The remaining balance received on the Closing Date shall be deposited to special accounts of the City, as set forth in the Pricing Certificate, sucp moneys to be dedicated and used solely for the additional purposes for which the Bonds are being issued as herein provided. · ARTICLEVffi INVESTMENTS Section 8.01. Investments. (a) Money in the Interest and Sinking Fund created by this Ordinance and accounts provided for in Section 7.03(c), at the City's option, may be invested m such securities or obligations as permitted under applicable law. The City's Chief Financial Officer, and any other officer of the City authorized to make investments on behalf of the City, are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver, on behalf of the City, any and all investment agreements, guaranteed investment contracts or repurchase agreements in connection with the investment of moneys on deposit in the Interest and Sinking Fund and the accounts provided for in Section 7.03(c), but only to the extent such investment agreements, guaranteed investment contracts or repurchase agreements are authorized investments under applicable law. (b) Any securities or obligations in which money in the Interest and Sinking Fund is so invested shall be kept and held in trust for the benefit of the Owners and shall be sold and the proceeds of sale shall be timely applied to the making of all payments required to be made from the fund from which the investment was made. Section 8.02. Investment Income. (a) Interest and income derived from investment of the Interest and Sinking Fund shall be credited to such fund. (b) Interest and income derived from the investment of the funds deposited pursuant to Section 7 .03( c) hereof shall be credited to the fund or account where deposited until the -26- 1S30988v.l LUB200Jl construction of the projects for which the Bonds are issued is completed or shall be transferred to the Interest and Sinking Fund as shall be determined by the City Council. Upon completion of the projects. to the extent such interest and income are present. such interest and income shall be deposited to the Interest and Sinking Fund. · (c) The investment and application of money in the Escrow Fund shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Escrow Agreement. ARTICLE IX PARTICULAR REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS Section 9.01. Payment of the Bonds. On or before each Interest Payment Date and while any of the Bonds 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 the Bonds as will accrue or mature on the applicable Interest Payment Date or date of prior redemption. Section 9.02. Other Re.presentations and Covenants. (a) The City will faithfully perform at all times any and all covenants, undertakings, stipulations. and provisions contained in this Ordinance; the City will promptly pay or cause to be paid the principal of and interest on each Bond on the dates and at the places and manner prescribed in such Bond; 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 of Texas to issue the Bonds; all action on its part for the creation and issuance of the Bonds bas been duly and effectively taken; and the Bonds in the hands of the Owners thereof are and will be valid and enforceable obligations of the City in accordance with their terms. Section 9.03. Provisions Concerning Federal Income Tax Exclusion. The City intends that the interest on the Bonds shall be excludable from gross income for purposes of federal income taxation pursuant to sections 103 and 141 through 150 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code''), and the applicable regulations promulgated thereunder (the "Regulations''). The City covenants and agrees not to take any action, or knowingly omit to take any action within its control, that if taken or omitted, respectively, would cause the interest on the Bonds to be includable in the gross income, as defined in section 61 of the Code, of the. holders thereof for purposes of federal income taxation. In particular, the City covenants and agrees to comply with each requirement of Sections 9.03 through 9.09 of this Article IX; provided, however, that the City shall not be required to comply with any particular requirement of Sections 9.03 through 9.09 of this Article IX if the City bas received an opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel ("Counsel's Opinion'') that such noncompliance will not adversely affect the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest on the Bonds or if the City has received a Counsel's Opinion to the effect that compliance with some other requirement set forth in this Article IX will satisfy the applicable requirements of the -27- 1530988v.l LUB20011 Code, in which case compliance with such other requirement specified in such Counsel's Opinion shall constitute compliance with the corresponding requirement specified in Sections 9.03 through 9.09. of this Article IX. Section 9.04. No Private Use or Payment and No Private Loan Financing. The City shall certify, through an authorized officer, employee or agent, that, based upon all facts and estimates known or reasonably expected to be in existence on the date the Bonds are delivered, and that the proceeds of the Refunded Obligations have not been used and the proceeds of the Bonds will not be used in a manner that would cause the Bonds to be "private activity bonds" within the meaning of section 141 of the Code and the Regulations. The City covenants and agrees that it will make such use of the proceeds of the Bonds and the Refunded Obligations, including interest or other investment income derived from Bond proceeds, regulate the use of property financed, directly or indirectly, with such proceeds, and take such other and further action as may be required so that the bonds will not be ''private activity bonds" within the meaning of section 141 of the Code and the Regulations. Section 9.05. No Federal Guaranty. The City covenants and agrees not to take any action, or knowingly omit to take any action within its control, that, if taken or omitted, respectively, would cause the Bonds to be "federally guaranteed" within the meaning of section 149(b) of the Code and the Regulations, except as permitted by section 149(b)(3) of the Code and the Regulations. Section 9.06. Bonds are not Hedge Bonds. The City covenants and agrees not to take any action, or knowingly omit to take any action, and has not knowingly omitted and will not knowingly omit to take any action, within its control, that, if taken or omitted, respectively, would cause the Bonds to be "hedge bonds" within the meaning of section 149(g) of the Code and the Regulations. Section 9.07. No Arbitra&e Covenant. The City shall certify, through an authorized officer, employee or agent, that, based upon all facts and estimates known or reasonably expected to be in existence on the date the Bonds are delivered, the City will reasonably expect that the proceeds of the Bonds will not be used in a manner that would cause the Bonds to be "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of section 148(a) of the Code and the Regulations. Moreover, the City covenants and agrees that it will make such use of the proceeds of the Bonds including interest or other investment income derived from Bond proceeds, regulate investments of proceeds of the Bonds, and take such other and further action as may be required so that the Bonds will not be "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of section 148(a) of the Code and the Regulations. Section 9.08. Arbitrage Rebate. If the City does not qualify for an exception to the requirements of Section 148(f) of the Code, the City will take all necessary steps to comply with the requirement that certain amounts earned by the City on the investment of the "gross proceeds., of the Bonds (within the meaning -28- l530988v.l LUB200/I of section 148(f)(6)(B) of the Code), be rebated to the federal government. Specifically, the City will (i) maintain records regarding the investment of the gross proceeds of the Bonds as may be required to calculate the amount earned on the investment of the gross proceeds of the Bonds separately from records of amounts on deposit in the funds and accounts of the City allocable to other bond issues of the City or moneys which do not represent gross proceeds of any bonds of the City, (ii) calculate at such times as are required by the Regulations, the amount earned from the investment of the gross proceeds of the Bonds which is required to be rebated to the federal government, and (iii) pay, not less often than every fifth anniversary date of the delivery of the Bonds or on such other dates as may be permitted under the Regulations, all amounts required to be rebated to the federal government Further, the City will not indirectly pay any amount otherwise payable to the federal government pursuant to the foregoing requirements to any person other than the federal government by entering into any investment arrangement with respect to the gross proceeds of the Bonds that might result in a reduction in the amount required to be paid to the federal government because such arrangement results in a smaller profit or a larger loss than would have resulted if the arrangement had been at arm, s length and had the yield on the issue not been relevant to either party. Section 9.09. Information Rej)Orting. The City covenants and agrees to file or cause to be filed with the Secretary of the Treasury, not later than the 15th day of the second calendar month after the close of the calendar quarter in which the Bonds are issued, an information statement concerning the Bonds, all under and in accordance with section 149(e) of the Code and the Regulations. Section 9.1 0. Continuing Obligation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, the City's obligations under the covenants and provisions of Sections 9.03 through 9.09 of this Article IX shall SUIVive the defeasance and discharge of the Bonds. ARTICLE X DEFAULT AND REMEDIES Section 10.01. Events of Default. Each of the following occurrences or events for the pmpose of this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an Event ofDefault: (i) · the failure to make payment of the principal of or interest on any of the Bands when the same becomes due and payable; or (ii) default in the performance or observance of any other covenant, agreement or obligation of the City, which default materially and adversely affects the rights of the Owners, including but not limited to, their prospect or ability to be repaid in accordance with this Ordinance, and the continuation thereof for a period of sixty (60) days after notice of such default is given by any Owner to the City. -29. JS30988v.l LUB20011 Section 1 0.02. Remedies for Default (a) Upon the happening of any Event of Default, then any Owner or an authorized representative thereof, including but not limited to, a trustee or trustees therefor, may proceed against the City for the purpose of protecting and enforcing the rights of the Owners under this Ordinance, by mandamus or other suit, action or special proceeding in equity or at law, in any court of competent jurisdiction. for any relief permitted by law, including the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained herein, or thereby to enjoin any act or thing that may be unlawful or in violation of any right of the Owners hereunder or any combination of such remedies. (b) It is provided that all such proceedings shall be instituted and maintained for the equal benefit of all Owners of Bonds then outstanding. Section 10.03. Remedies Not Exclusive. (a) No remedy herein conferred or reserved is intended to be exclusive of any other available remedy or remedies, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or under the Bonds or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity; provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, the right to accelerate the debt evidenced by the Bonds shall not be available as a remedy under this Ordinance. (b) The exercise of any remedy herein conferred or reserved shall not be deemed a waiver of any other available remedy. Section 11.01. Discharge. ARTICLE XI DISCHARGE The Bonds may be defeased, discharged or refunded in any manner permitted by applicable law. ARTICLE XU CONTINUING DISCLOSURE UNDERTAKING Section 12.01. Annual Reports. (a) The City shall provide annually to each NRMSIR and to any SID, within six (6) months after the end of ea£h fiscal year, financial information and operating data with respect to the City of the general type included in the final Official Statemen~ being the information described in Exhibit A hereto. Any financial statements so to be provided shall be (i) prepared in accordance with the accounting principles described in Exhibit A hereto, 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 -30- IS30988v.I LUB20011 such period, then the City shall provide notice that audited financial statements are not available and shall provide unaudited financial statements for the applicable fiscal year to each NRMSIR and any SID. The City shall provide audited financial statements for the applicable fiscal year to each NRMSIR. and to any SID, when and if audited financial statements become available. (b) If the City changes its fiscal year, it will notify each NRMSIR and any SID 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 infonnation 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 referenced to any document (including an official statement or other offering document, if it is available from the MSRB) that theretofore has been provided to each NRMSIR and any SID or filed with the SEC. Section 12.02. Material Event Notices. (a) The City shall notify any SID and either each NRMSIR or the MSRB, in a timely manner, of any of the following events with respect to the Bonds, if such event is material within the meaning of the federal securities laws: (i) principal and interest payment delinquencies; (ii) nonpayment related defaults; (iii) unscheduled draws on debt service reserves reflecting financial difficulties; (iv) unscheduled draws on credit enhancements reflecting financial difficulties; (v) substitution of credit or liquidity providers, or their failure to perfonn; (vi) adverse tax opinions or events affecting the tax exempt status of the Bonds; (vii) modifications to rights of Owners; (viii) redemption calls; (ix) defeasances; (x) release, substitution, or sale of property securing repayment of the Bonds; and (xi) rating changes. -31- IS30988v.l LUB2001l (b) The City shall notify any SID and either each NRMSIR or the MSRB, in a timely manner, of any failure by the City to provide financial information or operating data in accordance with Section 12.01 of this Ordinance by the time required by such Section. Section 12.03. 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 Bonds within the meaning of the Rule, except that the City in any event will give notice of any Bond calls and any defeasances that cause the City to be no longer an •&obligated person.'' (b) The provisions of this Article are for the sole benefit of the Owners and beneficial owners of the Bonds, 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 Bonds at any future date. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE CITY BE LIABLE TO THE OWNER OR BENEFICIAL OWNER OF ANY BOND OR ANY OTHER PERSON, lN CONTRACT OR TORT, FOR DAMAGES RESULTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM ANY BREACH BY THE CITY, WHETHER NEGLIGENT OR WITHOUT FAULT ON ITS PART, OF ANY · COVENANf SPECIFmD IN TIDS 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 otheiWise 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 \Dlderwriter to purchase or sell Bonds in the primary offering of the Bonds 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 1530988v.l LUB200/I such an amendment) of the outstanding Bonds consent to such amendment or (B) an entity or individual 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 Bonds. If the City so amends the provisions of this Article, it sball include with any amended financial information or operating data next provided in accordance with Section 12.01 an explanation, in narrative form, of the reasons for the amendment and of the impact of any change in type of financial information or operating data so provided. (f) Any filing required to be made pursuant to this Article xn may be made through the facilities of DisclosureUSA or such other central post office as may be approved in writing by the SEC for such purpose. Any such filing made through such central post office will be deemed to have been filed with each NRMSIR and SID or MSRB as if such filing had been made directly to such entity. ARTICLEXIIT AMENDMENTS; ATIORNEY GENERAL MODIFICATION Section 13.01. Amendments. This Ordinance shall constitute a contract with the Owners, be binding on the City, and shall not be amended or repealed by the City so long as any Bond remains outstanding except as pennitted in this Section. The City may, without consent of or notice to any Owners, from time to time and at any time, amend this Ordinance in any manner not detrimental to the interests of the Owners, including the curing of any ambiguity, inconsistency, or formal defect or omission herein. In addition, the City may, with the written consent of the Owners of the Bonds holding a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding, amend, add to, or rescind any of the provisions of this Ordinance; provided that, without the consent of all Owners of outstanding Bonds, no such amendment, addition, or rescission shall (i) extend the time or times of payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds, reduce the principal amount thereof, the redemption price, or the rate of interest thereon, or in any other way modify the terms of payment of the principal of, or interest on the Bonds, (ii) give any preference to any Bond over any other Bond, or (iill reduce the aggregate principal amount of Bonds required to be held by Owners for consent to any such amendment, addition, or rescission. Section 13.02. Attorney General Modification. In order to obtain the approval of the Bonds by the Attorney General of the State of Texas, any provision of this Ordinance may be modified, altered or amended after the date of its adoption if required by the Attorney General in connection with the Attorney General's examination as to the legality of the Bonds and approval thereof in accordance with the applicable law. Such changes, if any, shall be provided to the City Secretary and the City Secretary shall insert such changes into this Ordinance as if approved on the date hereof. -33- 1S30988v.l LUB200/l ARTICLE XIV REDEMPTION OF REFUNDED OBLIGATIONS; APPROVAL OF ESCROW AGREEMENT; PURCHASE OF ESCROWED SECURITIES Section 14.01. Redemption of Refunded Obligations. (a) The City hereby calls the Refunded Obligations for redemption prior to maturity on the dates and at the prices set forth in the Pricing Certificate. (b) The Chief Financial Officer is hereby authorized and directed to cause a copy of this Ordinance to be delivered to each paying agent/registrar for the Refunded Obligations, the delivery of which shall constitute notice of redemption and notice of defeasance to such paying agent/registrar. Section 14.02. Subscription ofFederal Securities. The Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer, either or both, are hereby authorized to make necessary arrangements for the purchase of the Federal Securities referenced in the Escrow Agreement, as may be necessary for the Escrow Fund and the application for the acquisition of the Federal Securities is hereby approved and ratified. Following the deposits to the E~w Fund as specified herein and in the Pricing Certificate, the Refunded Obligations shall be payable solely from and secured by such deposits. Section 14.03. Awroval of Escrow Agreement The discharge and defeasance of the Refunded Obligations sball be effectuated pursuant to the terms and provisions of an Escrow Agreement (the "Escrow Agreement") to be entered into by and between the City and the Escrow Agent, which shall be substantially in the form presented at this meeting, the terms and provisions of which are hereby approved, subject to such insertions, additions and modifications as shall be necessary (a) to carry out the program designed for the City, (b) to minimize the City's costs of refunding, (c) to comply with all applicable laws and· regulations relating to the refunding of the Refunded Obligations, (d) to cmy out the other intents and purposes of this Ordinance and (e) to comply with the terms set forth in the Pricing Certificate. The Chief Financial Officer is hereby authorized to execute and deliver such Escrow Agreement on behalf of the City in multiple counterparts and the City Secretary is hereby authorized to attest thereto and affix the City's seal. Section 14.04. Notice of Redemption. Each paying agent'registrar for the Refunded Obligations is hereby authorized and directed to give notice of redemption and deposit with respect to the Refunded Obligations as required under the ordinance pursuant to which the Refunded Obligations were issued . • 34- 1S30988v.l LUB20011 ARTICLE XV EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Section 15.01. Effective Immediately. Notwithstanding the provisions of the City Charter, this Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption at this meeting pursuant to Section 1201.028, Texas Government Code. -35- JS30988v.l LUB20011 PRESENTED, FINALLY PASSED AND APPROVED, AND EFFECITVE on the 26th day of February, 2009, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas. TOM MARTIN, Mayor ATTEST: [SEAL] APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: APPROVED AS TO FORM: By: Signature Page for Ordinance IS30988v.l LUB20011 SCHEDULE I REFUNDED OBLIGATION CANDIDATES All of the City's outstanding obligations of the following series: Tax and WatCIWorks System (Limited Pledge) Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 1993 General Obligation Bonds, Series 1993 Tax and Waterworks System (Limited Pledge) Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 1998 General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 1999 Tax and Waterworks System Swplus Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1999 Schedule I-1 1530988v.l LUB200'1 EXHIBIT A DESCRIPTION OF ANNUAL DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION The following information is referred to in Article XII of this Ordinance. Annual FlnandaJ Statements and Operating Data The financial information and operating data with respect to the City to be provided annually in accordance with such Section are as specified (and included in the Appendix or other headings of the Official Statement referred to) below: 1. The portions of the financial statements of the City appended to the Official Statement as Appendix B, but for the most recently concluded fiscal year. 2. Statistical and financial data set forth in Tables 1-6 and SA-15 of the Official Statement. AeeountiDg Principles The accounting principles referred to in such Section are the accounting principles descnoed in the notes to the financial statements referred to in Paragraph 1 above. ExhibitA-1 IS30988v.l LUB200/l EXHIBITB SALE PARAMETERS In accordance with Section 7.0l(a) of the Ordinance, the following conditions with respect to the Bonds must be satisfied in order for the Authorized Officer to act on behalf of the City in selling and delivering the Bonds to the Underwriters: (a) the price to be paid for the Bonds shall be not less than 95% of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds; (b) the Bonds shall not bear interest at a rate greater than the maximum rate allowed by Chapter 1204, Texas Government Code, as amended; (c) the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds shall produce proceeds in an amount sufficient to fund the purposes desaibed in Section 3.01 and such aggregate principal amount shall not exceed the maximum amount authorized in Section 3.01; (e) the refunding of the Refunded Obligations shall result in a net present value savings of at least 2%; and (d) the maximum maturity for the Bonds shall not exceed twenty-five years; and (e) the Bonds to be issued, prior to delivery, must have been rated by a nationally recognized rating agency for municipal securities in one of the four highest rating categories for long term obligations. ExhibitB-1 IS30988v.l LUB200/l