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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTrust Agreement 3/30/04 TRUST AGREEMENT by and among BNY WESTERN TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee and TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT FINANCING CORPORATION, as Corporation and TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT, Dated as of 1,2004 Relating to TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION, SERIES 2004 DOCSSF\43383v3\22925.001 I ........... . ......... TRUST AGREEMENT THIS TRUST AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of 1, 2004 (the "Agreement"), by and among BNY WESTERN TRUST COMPANY, as�trustee (the "Trustee"), a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, and TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT FINANCING CORPORATION, as seller, a nonprofit public benefit corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of California (the "Corporation"), and TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT, as purchaser, a public utility district duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of California (the "District"); WITNESSETH: In consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and for other valuable consideration, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION; CONTENTS OF CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS; RECITALS Section 1.1. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this section shall for all purposes hereof and of any amendment hereof or supplement hereto and of any report or other document mentioned herein or therein have the meanings defined herein, the following definitions to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of any of the terms defined herein. All capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Installment Purchase Agreement: Agreement. The term "Agreement" means this Trust Agreement, as originally executed or as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented as provided for herein. Assignment Agreement. The term "Assignment Agreement" means that certain Assignment Agreement, by and between the Corporation and the Trustee, dated as of 1, 2004 as originally executed or as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented in accordance with its terms. Certificate Payment Fund. The term "Certificate Payment Fund" means the fund by that name established in Section 5.2 hereof. Certificates. The term "Certificates" means the certificates of participation executed and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement. Code. The term "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the United States Treasury Regulations in effect with respect thereto. Delivery Cost Fund. The term "Delivery Cost Fund" means the fund by that name established in Section 3.4 hereof. Delivery Costs. The term "Delivery Costs" means all items of expense directly or indirectly payable by or reimbursable to the District and related to the authorization, execution, sale and DOCSS F\43 3 83 0 22925.0011 ............................. .......... ..... ....... . ...... .... ..... .. . delivery of the Certificates, including but not limited to costs of preparation and reproduction of documents, printing expenses, filing and recording fees, initial fees and charges of the Trustee and counsel to the Trustee, legal fees and charges, fees and disbursements of consultants and professionals, rating agency fees, title insurance premiums, letter of credit fees and bond insurance premiums (if any), fees and charges for preparation, execution and safekeeping of the Certificates and any other cost, charge or fee in connection with the original execution and delivery of the Certificates. Depository or DTC. The term "Depository" or "DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York in its capacity as securities depository for the Certificates. Information Services. The term "Information Services" means national information services that disseminate securities redemption notices; or, in accordance with then-current guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such other services providing information with respect to called bonds as the District may specify in a Written Request to the District and the Trustee as the Trustee may select. Installment Payments. The term "Installment Payments" means the installment payments payable by the District pursuant to the Installment Purchase Agreement and in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Installment Purchase Agreement. Installment Payment Date. The term "Installment Payment Date" means each date on which Installment Payments are scheduled to be paid by the District pursuant to the Installment Purchase Agreement. Installment Purchase Agreement. The term "Installment Purchase Agreement" means the Installment Purchase Agreement, dated as of 1, 2004, by and between the District and the Corporation, as originally executed or as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented in accordance with its terms, Interest Fund. The term "Interest Fund" means the fund by that name established in Section 5.2 hereof. Letter of Representations. The term "Letter of Representations" means the letter of the District and the Trustee delivered to and accepted by the Depository on or prior to delivery of the Certificates as book-entry certificates setting forth the basis on which the Depository serves as depository for such book-entry certificates, as originally executed or as it may be supplemented or revised or replaced by a letter from the District and the Trustee delivered to and accepted by the Depository. Nominee. The term "Nominee" means the nominee of the Depository, which may be the Depository, as determined from time to time pursuant to Section 2.10 hereof. Outstandin . The term "Outstanding," when used as of any particular time with reference to Certificates, means (subject to the provisions of Section 11.4) all Certificates except: (1)certificates canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; (2) Certificates paid or deemed to have been paid within the meaning of Section 10.1; and (3)Certificates in lieu of or in substitution 2 DOC,SSF\43383v3\22925.001 1 --- ------ I I 'll for which other Certificates shall have been executed and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.10. Owner. The term "Owner" or"Certificate Owner" or "Owner of Certificates" or any similar term,when used with respect to the Certificates, means any person who shall be the registered owner of any Outstanding Certificate. Participants. The term "Participants" means those broker-dealers, banks and other financial institutions from time to time for which the Depository holds book-entry certificates as securities depository. Payment Dates; Payment Date. The term "Payment Dates" means April I and October 1 in each year commencing and any date on which the unpaid Installment Payments are declared to be due and payable immediately and provided such declaration is not rescinded or annulled,all in accordance with Section 8.1 of the Installment Purchase Agreement. Permitted Investments. The term"Permitted Investments" means any of the following which at the time of investment are legal investments under the laws of the State for the moneys proposed to be invested therein: (a) for all purposes, including but not limited to defeasance investments in refunding escrow accounts: (1) cash (insured at all times by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or otherwise collateralized with obligations described in paragraph(2) below), or (2) direct obligations of(including obligations issued or held in book entry form on the books of) the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America; and (b) for all purposes other than defeasance investments in refunding escrow accounts: (1) obligations of any of the following federal agencies which obligations represent full faith and credit of the United States of America, including the Export - Import Bank; Farmers Home Administration; General Services Administration; U.S. Maritime Administration; Small Business Administration; Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA); U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (PHA's); and Federal Housing Administration; (2)bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness rated "AAA" and "Aaa" by the applicable Rating Agency issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation with remaining maturities not exceeding three years; (3) U.S. dollar denominated deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, federal funds and banker's acceptances with domestic commercial banks (including the Trustee) which are either insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or have a rating on their short term certificates of deposit on the date of purchase of"A-1"or"A-1+"by S&P and "P-1" by Moody's and maturing no more than 360 days after the date of purchase (ratings on holding companies are not considered as the rating of the bank); (4) commercial paper which is rated at the time of purchase in the single highest classification, "A-1+" by S&P and "P-1" by Moody's and which matures not more than 270 days after the date of purchase; (5)investments in a money market ftmd rated "AAAm" or"AAAm-G" or better by S&P, including such funds for which the Trustee or an affiliate acts as investment advisor or provides other services; (6) pre-refunded municipal obligations defined as follows: any bonds or other obligations of any state of the United States of America or of any agency, instrumentality or local governmental unit of any such state which are not callable at the option of the obligor prior to maturity or as to which irrevocable instructions have been given by the obligor to call on the date specified in the notice and which are 3 DOCSSFl43383v3122925.001I rated, based on the escrow, in the highest rating category of S&P and Moody's or any successor thereto; (7) any Investment Agreement; and(8)the Local Agency Investment Fund. Prepayment Fund. The term "Prepayment Fund" means the fund by that name established in Section 5.2 hereof. Prepayment Price. The term"Prepayment Price" means the principal amount with respect to such Certificate (or portion thereof) plus the applicable premium, if any, payable upon prepayment thereof pursuant to the provisions of such Certificate and this Agreement. Principal Corporate Trust Office. The term "Principal Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, or such other office as the Trustee may from time to time designate in writing to the District,the Corporation and the Owners. Principal Fund. The term "Principal Fund" means the fund by that name established in Section 5.2 hereof. Project. The term "Project" means the facilities and equipment described in Exhibit B to the Installment Purchase Agreement. The term "Parity Project" means any additions, betterments, extensions or improvements designated by the Board of Directors of the District as a Parity Project, the acquisition and construction of which is to be paid for with the proceeds of any Contracts or Bonds. Rebate Fund. The term "Rebate Fund" means the fund by that name established in Section 5.6 hereof. Record Date. The term "Record Date" means, with respect to any Payment Date for a Certificate, the fifteenth day of the calendar month prior to such Payment Date. Reserve Fund. The term "Reserve Fund" means the fund by that name established in Section 5.2 hereof. Securities Depositories. The term "Securities Depositories" means The Depository Trust Company or, in accordance with then-current guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such other securities depositaries, or no such depositaries as the Corporation or the District may designate in a Written Request of the Corporation or a Written Request of the District, as the case may be,to the Trustee. Special Counsel. The term "Special Counsel" means any attorney at law or firm of attorneys selected by the District, of nationally-recognized standing in matters pertaining to the federal tax exemption of interest on bonds issued by states and political subdivisions, and duly admitted to practice law before the highest court of any state of the United States of America. State. The term"State"means the State of California. Statement of the Corporation or District. The term"Statement of the Corporation or District" means a statement signed by or on behalf of(i) the Corporation by its President or a Vice President or (ii) the District by the President and by the Secretary or by any two persons (whether or not members of the Board of Directors) who are specifically authorized by resolution of the District to sign or execute such a document on its behalf. If and to the extent required by the provisions of 4 DOC'SSF\43383v3Q2925.00 I i Section L3, each Statement of the Corporation or District shall include the statements provided for in Section 1.3. Tax Certificate. The Term "Tax Certificate" means the Tax Certificate dated , 2004, concerning certain matters pertaining to the use and investment of proceeds of the Certificates executed by and delivered to the District on the date of execution and delivery of the Certificates, including any and all exhibits attached thereto. Trustee. The term "Trustee" means BNY Western Trust Company, a national banking association duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the United States of America having a principal corporate trust office in Los Angeles, California, or such other office as the Trustee may from time to time designate in writing to the District, the Corporation and the Owners, or its successor as Trustee hereunder. Written Consent of the Corporation or District Written Order of the Corporation or District. Written Request of the Corporation or District, Written Requisition of the Corporation or District. The terms' "Written Consent of the Corporation or District," "Written Order of the Corporation or District,"� "Written Request of the Corporation or District," and "Written Requisition of the Corporation or District" mean, respectively, a written consent, order, request or requisition signed by or on behalf of (i) the Corporation by its President or a Vice President or (it) the District by the President or General Manager or its Assistant General Manager or by the Secretary or by any two persons (whether or not members of the Board of Directors) who are specifically authorized by resolution of the District to sign or execute such a document on its behalf. Section 1.2. Rules of Construction. Words of any gender shall be deemed and construed to include all genders, and words importing persons shall include corporations and associations, including public bodies, as well as natural persons. Unless the context otherwise indicates, words importing the singular number shall include the plural number and vice versa. Section 1.3. Content of Statements and Opinions. Every statement or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Agreement, including each Statement of the Corporation, shall include (a) a statement that the person or persons making or giving such statement or opinion have read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such statement or opinion are based; (c) a statement that, in the opinion of the signers, they have made or caused to be made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable them to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of the signers, such condition or covenant has been complied with. Any such statement or opinion made or given by an officer of the Corporation may be based, insofar as it relates to legal or accounting matters, upon a statement or opinion of or representations by counsel, accountants or consultants, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should have known, that the statement or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his statement or opinion may be based, as aforesaid, are erroneous. Any such statement or opinion made or given by counsel, accountants or consultants may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon information with respect to which is in the possession of the Corporation, or upon the statement or opinion of or representations by an officer or officers of the Corporation, unless such counsel, accountant or consultant knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should 5 DOCSSP43383v3\22925.001 I have known, that the statement or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous. Section 1.4. Recitals. (a) Installment Purchase Agreement. The Corporation and the District have entered into the Installment Purchase Agreement whereby the Corporation has agreed to assist the District in financing the Project and the District has agreed to purchase the Project from the Corporation. (b) Installment Pam. Under the Installment Purchase Agreement, the District is obligated to pay to the Corporation or its assigns Installment Payments for the purchase of the Project. (c) Assignment Agreement. For the purpose of obtaining the moneys required to be deposited by the Corporation with the Trustee, and for the purpose of securing the obligations of the Corporation hereunder, the Corporation has assigned and transferred certain of its rights under the Installment Purchase Agreement to the Trustee, pursuant to the Assignment Agreement; and in consideration of such assignment and the execution of this Agreement, the Trustee has agreed to execute and deliver certificates of participation, each evidencing an interest in the Installment Payments in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of certificates of participation so executed and delivered. (d) Conditions Precedent Satisfied. The District and the Corporation hereby certify that all acts, conditions and things required by law to exist, happen and be performed precedent to and in connection with the execution and entering into of this Agreement have happened and have been performed in regular and due time, form and manner as required by law, and the parties hereto are now duly empowered to execute and enter into this Agreement. ARTICLE 11 CERTIFICATES; TERMS AND PROVISIONS Section 2.1. Preparation of Certificates. The Trustee is hereby authori ct� exyce Jute certificates of participation, to be denominated "Revenue Certificates of Participation, Series 2004" in an aggregate principal amount of $ evidencing undivided interests in Installment Payments to be paid by the District under the Installment Purchase Agreement. Section 2.2. Denominations; Medium and Place of Payment; Dating. The Certificates shall be delivered in the form of fully registered Certificates, in the denomination of$5,000 each or any integral multiple thereof, provided that no Certificate shall have principal represented thereby maturing in more than one year. The principal and Prepayment Price with respect to the Certificates shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender thereof at the Principal Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. Interest with respect to the Certificates shall be payable by check or draft of the Trustee mailed by first class mail on each Payment Date of such Certificates to the respective Certificate Owners of record thereof as of the close of business on the Record Date at the addresses shown on the books required to be kept pursuant to Section 2.8 or, upon the written 6 DOCSSR433830\22925.0011 request received by the Trustee of an Owner of at least $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Certificates, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account in the United States designated by such Owner prior to the applicable Record Date. The Certificates shall be dated . Interest with respect to the Certificates shall be payable from the Payment Date preceding their date of execution, unless such date shall be after a Record Date and on or before the succeeding Payment Date, in which case interest shall be payable from such Payment Date or unless such date shall be on or before the first Record Date, in which case interest shall be payable from provided, however, that if, as shown by the records of the Trustee, interest represented by the Certificates shall be in default, Certificates executed in exchange for Certificates surrendered for transfer or exchange shall represent interest from the last date to which interest has been paid in full or duly provided for with respect to the Certificates, or,if no interest has been paid or duly provided for with respect to the Certificates, from Section 23. Payment of Principal and Interest with Respect to Certificates. The Certificates shall become payable on October 1 in the years, in the amounts and at the rates, as follows: Payment Date (October I) Principal Amount Interest Rate Section 2.4. Form of Certificates. The Certificates and the form of assignment to appear thereon shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto with necessary or appropriate variations, omissions and insertions as permitted or required by this Agreement. 7 DOCSSFA33830A22925.0011 ---------------- ----. ........... .................----.... ............................. ......-...... .............. Section 2.5. Execution. The Certificates shall be executed by and in the name of the Trustee, as trustee under this Agreement, by the manual signature of an authorized officer or signatory of the Trustee. Section 2.6. Transfer of Certificates. Any Certificate may, in accordance with its terms, be transferred, upon the books required to be kept pursuant to the provisions of Section 2,8, by the person in whose name it is registered, in person or by such person's duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of such Certificate for cancellation at the Principal Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, accompanied by delivery of a duly executed written instrument of transfer in a form approved by the Trustee. Whenever any Certificate or Certificates shall be surrendered for transfer, the Trustee shall execute and deliver a new Certificate or Certificates of the same maturity, for a like aggregate principal amount and of authorized denomination or denominations. The Trustee may charge a sum for each new Certificate executed and delivered upon any transfer. The Trustee may require the payment b,y any Certificate Owner requesting any such transfer of any tax or other governmental charge rewired to be paid with respect to such transfer. Following any transfer of Certificates the Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificates it has received. Section 2.7. Exchange of Certificates. Certificates may be exchanged at the Principal Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, for a like aggregate principal amount of Certificates of other authorized denominations of the same maturity. The Trustee may charge a sum for each new Certificate executed and delivered upon any exchange except in the case of any exchange of temporary Certificates for definitive Certificates. The Trustee may require the payment by the Owner requesting such exchange of any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such exchange. Following any exchange of Certificates the Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificates it has received. The Trustee shall not be required to register the exchange, or transfer pursuant to Section 2.6 hereof, of any Certificate (i) within IS days preceding selection of Certificates for prepayment or(ii) selected for prepayment. Section 2.8. Certificate ReOstration Books. The Trustee will keep or cause to be kept, at the office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, sufficient books for the registration and transfer of the Certificates, which shall upon reasonable prior notice and at all reasonable times be open to inspection by the Corporation or the District; and, upon presentation for such purpose, the Trustee shall, under such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, register or transfer or cause to be registered or transferred, on said books, Certificates as herembefore provided. The person in whose name any Certificate shall be registered shall be deemed the Owner thereof for all purposes hereof, and payment of or on account of the interest with respect to and principal of and Prepayment Price represented by such Certificate shall be made only to or upon the order in writing of such registered Owner, which payments shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge liability upon such Certificate to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. Section 2.9. Certificates Mutilated, Lost, Destroyed or Stolen. If any Certificate shall become mutilated, the Trustee shall execute and deliver a new Certificate of like tenor, maturity and principal amount in exchange and substitution for the Certificate so mutilated, but only upon surrender to the Trustee of the Certificate so mutilated. 8 DOCS SFA3 383v3\22925.0011 - Every mutilated Certificate so surrendered to the Trustee shall be canceled by it and destroyed. If any Certificate shall be lost, destroyed or stolen, evidence of such loss, destruction or theft may be submitted to the Trustee, and, if such evidence is satisfactory to the Trustee and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee shall be given indemnifying the Trustee, the Corporation and the District, the Trustee, at the expense of the Certificate Owner, shall execute and deliver a new Certificate of like tenor and maturity, and numbered as the Trustee shall determine, in lieu of and in substitution for the Certificate so lost, destroyed or stolen. The Trustee may require payment of a sum not exceeding the actual cost of preparing each new Certificate executed under this Section and of the expenses which may be incurred by the Trustee under this Section. Any Certificate executed under the provisions of this Section in lieu of any Certificate alleged to be lost, destroyed or stolen shall be equally and proportionately entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with all other Certificates secured by this Agreement. The Trustee shall not be required to treat both the original Certificate and any replacement Certificate as being Outstanding for the purpose of determining the principal amount of Certificates which may be executed hereunder or for the purpose of determining any percentage of Certificates Outstanding hereunder, but both the original and replacement Certificate shall be treated as one and the same. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, in lieu of delivering a new Certificate for a Certificate which has been mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen and which has matured or has been selected for prepayment, the Trustee may make payment of such Certificate upon receipt of indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee. Section2.10. Book-Entry System. (a) Election of Book-Entry System. Prior to the execution and delivery of the Certificates, the District may provide that such Certificates shall be initially executed and delivered as book-entry Certificates. If the District shall elect to deliver any Certificates in book-entry form, then the District shall cause the delivery of a separate single fully registered certificate (which may be typewritten) for each maturity date of such Certificates in an authorized denomination corresponding to that total principal amount of the Certificates designated to mature on such date. Upon initial execution and delivery, the ownership of each such Certificate shall be registered in the Certificate registration books in the name of the Nominee, as nominee of the Depository and ownership of the Certificates, or any portion thereof may not thereafter be transferred except as provided in Section 2.10(e). With respect to book-entry Certificates, the District and the Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any Participant or to any person on behalf of which such a Participant holds an interest in such book-entry Certificates. Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the District and the Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the accuracy of the records of the Depository, the Nominee, or any Participant with respect to any ownership interest in book-entry Certificates, (ii) the delivery to any Participant or any other person, other than an Owner as shown in the Certificate registration books, of any notice with respect to book-entry Certificates, including any notice of prepayment, (iii) the selection by the Depository and its Participants of the beneficial interests in book-entry Certificates to he prepaid in the event the District prepays the Certificates in part, or (iv) the payment by the Depository or any Participant or any other person, of any amount with respect to principal, premium, if any, or interest with respect to book-entry Certificates. The District and the Trustee may treat and consider the person in whose name each book-entry Certificate is registered in the Certificate registration books as the absolute Owner of such book-entry Certificate for the purpose of payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to such Certificate, for the purpose of giving notices of prepayment and other matters with respect to such Certificate, for the purpose of registering transfers with respect to such 9 DOCSS R43 3830 22925.0011 Certificate, and for all other purposes whatsoever. The Trustee shall pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the Certificates only to or upon the order of the respective Owner, as shown in the Certificate register, or his respective attorney duly authorized in writing, and all such payments shall be valid and effective to fully satisfy and discharge the District's obligations with respect to payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest evidenced and represented by the Certificates to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. No person other than an Owner, as shown in the Certificate registration books, shall receive a Certificate evidencing the obligation to make payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest evidenced and represented by the Certificates. Upon delivery by the Depository to the Owner and the Trustee, of written notice to the effect that the Depository has determined to substitute a new nominee in place of the Nominee, and subject to the provisions herein with respect to Record Dates, the word Nominee in this Trust Agreement shall refer to such nominee of the Depository. (b) Delivery of Letter of Representations. In order to qualify the book-entry Certificates for the Depository's book-entry system, the District and the Trustee shall execute and deliver to,the Depository a Letter of Representations. The execution and delivery of a Letter of Representations shall not in any way impose upon the District or the Trustee any obligation whatsoever with respect to persons having interests in such book-entry Certificates other than the Owners, as shown on the Certificate registration books. By executing a Letter of Representations, the Trustee shall agree to take all action necessary at all times so that the District will be in compliance with all representations of the District in such Letter of Representations. In addition to the execution and delivery of a Letter of Representations, the District and the Trustee shall take such other actions, not inconsistent with this Trust Agreement, as are reasonably necessary to qualify Book-Entry Certificates for the Depository's book-entry program. (c) Selection of Depository. In the event (i) the Depository determines not to continue to act as securities depository for book-entry Certificates, or(ii) the District determines that continuation of the book-entry system is not in the best interest of the beneficial owners of the Certificates or the District, then the District will discontinue the book-entry system with the Depository. If the District determines to replace the Depository with another qualified securities depository, the District shall prepare or direct the preparation of a new single, separate, fully registered Certificate for each of the maturity dates of such book-entry Certificates, registered in the name of such successor or substitute qualified securities depository or its Nominee as provided in subsection (e) hereof. If the District fails to identify another qualified securities depository to replace the Depository, then the Certificates shall no longer be restricted to being registered in such Certificate register in the name of the Nominee, but shall be registered in whatever name or names the Owners transferring or exchanging such Certificates shall designate, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.6 and 2.7 hereof. (d) Payments To Depository, Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, so long as all Outstanding Certificates are held in book-entry form and registered in the name of the Nominee, all payments with respect to principal, prepayment premium, if any, and interest with respect to such Certificate and all notices with respect to such Certificate shall be made and given, respectively to the Nominee, as provided in the Letter of Representations or as otherwise instructed by the Depository and agreed to by the Trustee notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions herein. 10 [OCSSFA33830A22925.001 I (e) Transfer of Certificates to Substitute Depository. (i) The Certificates shall be initially executed and delivered as provided in Section 2.1 hereof. Registered ownership of such Certificates, or any portions thereof, may not thereafter be transferred except: (1) to any successor of DTC or its nominee, or of any substitute depository designated pursuant to clause (B) of subsection (i) of this Section 2.10(e) ("Substitute Depository"); provided that any successor of DTC or Substitute Depository shall be qualified under any applicable laws to provide the service proposed to be provided by it; (2) to any Substitute Depository, upon (1) the resignation of DTC or its successor (or any Substitute Depository or its successor) from its functions as depository, or (2) a determination by the District that DTC (or its successor) is no longer able to carry out its functions as depository; provided that any such Substitute Depository shall be qualified under any applicable laws to provide the services proposed to be provided by it; or (3) to any person as provided below, upon (1) the resignation of DTC or its successor(or any Substitute Depository or its successor) from its functions as depository, or (2) a determination by the District that DTC or its successor (or Substitute Depository or its successor) is no longer able to carry out its functions as depository. (ii) In the case of any transfer pursuant to clause (A) or clause (B) of subsection (i) of this Section 2.10(e), upon receipt of all Outstanding Certificates by the Trustee, together with a written request of the District to the Trustee designating the Substitute Depository, a single new Certificate, which the District shall prepare or cause to be prepared, shall be executed and delivered for each maturity of Certificates then Outstanding,registered in the name of such successor or such Substitute Depository or their Nominees, as the case may be, all as specified in such written request of the District. In the case of any transfer pursuant to clause (C) of subsection (i) of this Section 2.10(e), upon receipt of all Outstanding Certificates by the Trustee, together with a written request of the District to the Trustee, new Certificates, which the District shall prepare or cause to be prepared, shall be executed and delivered in such denominations and registered in the names of such persons as are requested in such written request of the District, subject to the limitations of Section 2.1 hereof, provided that the Trustee shall not be required to deliver such new Certificates within a period of less than sixty (60) days from the date of receipt of such written request from the District. (iii) In the case of a partial prepayment or an advance refunding of any Certificates evidencing a portion of the principal maturing in a particular year, DTC or its successor (or any Substitute Depository or its successor) shall make an appropriate notation on such Certificates indicating the date and amounts of such reduction in principal, in form acceptable to the Trustee, all in accordance with the Letter of Representations. The Trustee shall not be liable for such Depository's failure to make such notations or errors in making such notations. (iv) The District and the Trustee shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any Certificate is,registered as the Owner thereof for all purposes of this Trust Agreement and any applicable laws, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary received by the Trustee or the District; and the District and the Trustee shall not have responsibility for transmitting payments to, communicating with, notifying, or otherwise dealing with any beneficial owners of the Certificates. Neither the District nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility or obligation, legal or I DOCSSF\43383v3\22925.0011 otherwise, to any such beneficial owners or to any other parry, including DTC or its successor (or Substitute Depository or its successor), except to the Owner of any Certificates, and the Trustee may rely conclusively on its records as to the identity of the Owners of the Certificates. ARTICLE III DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES; DELIVERY COST FUND Section 3.1. Delivery of Certificates. The Trustee is hereby authorized to execute and deliver Certificates in an aggregate principal amount of$ , upon the Written Order of the District. Section 3.2. Application of Proceeds of Certificates and Certain Other Moneys. The proceeds received from the sale of the Certificates being $ , which represents $ face amount of the Certificates, plus accrued interest of$ , less original issue discount of$ and less Underwriter's discount of$ , shall be deposited with the Trustee, who shall deposit the sum of$ representing accrued interest, in the Certificate Payment Fund, shall deposit the sum of$ , in the Delivery Cost Fund and shall transfer the remaining proceeds to the District for deposit in the Acquisition Fund to finance the cost of the Project. Section 3.3. Validity of Certificates. The validity of the execution and delivery of the Certificates is not dependent on and shall not be affected in any way by any proceedings taken by the District, the Corporation or the Trustee with respect to or in connection with the Installment Purchase Agreement. The recital contained in the Certificates that all acts, conditions and things required by the Constitution and statutes of the State of California and this Agreement to exist, to have happened and to have been performed precedent to and in the delivery thereof do exist, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law shall be conclusive evidence of their validity and of compliance with the provisions of law in their delivery. Section 3.4. Delivery Cost Fund. There is hereby established with the Trustee the Delivery Cost Fund which the Trustee shall establish and maintain and hold in trust separate and apart from other funds held by it. The moneys in the Delivery Cost Fund shall be used and withdrawn by the Trustee to pay Delivery Costs upon submission of Written Requisitions of the District stating the person to whom payment is to be made, the amount to be paid, the purpose for which the obligation was incurred, that such payment is a proper charge against said fund and that payment for such charge has not previously been made. On or upon the earlier Written Request of the District, all amounts remaining in the Delivery Cost Fund shall be transferred by the Trustee to the Certificate Payment Fund. ARTICLE IV PREPAYMENT OF CERTIFICATES Section 4.1. Terms of Preparent. [TO BE DISCUSSED] (a) The Certificates shall be subject to extraordinary prepayment prior to their respective stated maturities, as a whole or in part on any date in the order of maturity as directed by the District in a Written Request provided to the Trustee at least 60 days prior to such date and by lot 12 DOCSSR433830Q2925.001 I within each maturity in integral multiples of$5,000 from prepaid Installment Payments made by the District from Net Proceeds, upon the terms and conditions of, and as provided for in, Section 6.10 of this Agreement, and Sections 6.09 and 6.15 of the Installment Purchase Agreement, at a Prepayment Price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest evidenced and represented thereby to the date fixed for prepayment, without premium. (b) The Certificates shall further be subject to prepayment prior to their respective stated maturities, as a whole or in part on any date in the order of maturity as directed by the District in a Written Request provided to the Trustee at least 60 days prior to such date and by lot within each maturity in integral multiples of $5,000, on or after October 1, 20_, from amounts prepaid by the District pursuant to the Installment Purchase Agreement at a -Prepayment Price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of such Certificates to be prepaid) plus accrued interest evidenced and represented thereby to the date fixed for prepayment, as set forth below: Prepayment Dates Prepayment Price (c) The Certificates with a stated maturity of October 1, 20_ are subject to mandatory prepayment prior to such stated maturity in part (by lot) on any October I on or after October 1, 20, in integral multiples of $5,000 at a Prepayment Price of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest evidenced and represented thereby to the date fixed for prepayment, without premium. Such Certificates shall be prepaid in the amounts and upon the dates as follows: Mandatort,Prepayment Date (October 1) Principal Amount Final maturity (d) The Certificates with a stated maturity of October 1, 20 are subject to mandatory prepayment prior to such stated maturity in part (by lot) on any October I on and after October 1, 20. in integral multiples of $5,000 at a Prepayment Price of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest evidenced and represented thereby to the date fixed for prepayment, without premium. Such Certificates shall be prepaid in the amounts and upon the dates as follows: 13 DOCSSF\43383v3',22925.0011 ........ ..... ........ ....... .......... .............. Mandatory Prepayment Date (October 1) Principal Amount Final maturity (c) The Certificates are subject to prepayment in part on the next April I or October I for which timely notice of prepayment can be given after the date on which the Trustee receives the statement of the District from proceeds transferred by the District from the Acquisition Fund in accordance with Section 3.5 of the Installment Purchase Agreement, in the order of maturity as directed by the District and by lot within each maturity in integral multiples of $5,000 at a Prepayment Price of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest evidenced and represented thereby,to the date fixed for prepayment, without premium. Section 4.2. Selection of Certificates for Prepayment. Whenever less than all of the Certificates are called for prepayment, the Trustee shall select the Certificates or portions thereof to be prepaid from the Outstanding Certificates in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof The Trustee shall promptly notify the District in writing of the numbers of the Certificates or portions thereof so selected for prepayment. Section 4.3. Notice of Proavinent. Notice of prepayment shall be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to the respective Owners of any Certificates designated for prepayment at their addresses appearing on the Certificate registration books and to the Information Services and by registered or certified or overnight mail to the Securities Depositories at least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to the prepayment date. Each notice of prepayment shall state the date of notice, the prepayment date, the place or places of prepayment and the Prepayment Price, shall designate the maturities, CUSIP numbers, if any, and, if less than all Certificates of any such maturity are to be prepaid, the serial numbers of the Certificates of such maturity to be prepaid by giving the individual number of each Certificate or by stating that all Certificates between two stated numbers, both inclusive, have been called for prepayment and, in the case of Certificates to be prepaid in part only, the portions thereof to be prepaid. Each such notice shall also state that on said date there will become due and payable on each of said Certificates the Prepayment Price thereof or of said specified portion of the principal represented thereby in the case of a Certificate to be prepaid in part only, together with interest accrued with respect thereto to the prepayment date, and that (provided that moneys for prepayment have been deposited with the Trustee) from and after such prepayment date interest with respect thereto shall cease to accrue, and shall require that such Certificates be then surrendered to the Trustee. Any defect in the notice or the mailing thereof will not affect the validity of the prepayment of any Certificate. Notice of prepayment of Certificates shall be given by the Trustee on behalf of and at the expense of the District. 14 DOCSSR433830\22925.001 I Section 4.4. Partial Prepayment of Certificate. Upon surrender of any Certificate prepaid in part only, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Owner thereof, at the expense of the District, a new Certificate or Certificates of authorized denominations equal in aggregate principal amount to the unprepaid portion of the Certificate surrendered and of the same maturity. Section 4.5. Effect of Prepay. When notice of prepayment has been duly given as aforesaid, and moneys for payment of the Prepayment Price of, together with interest accrued to the prepayment date with respect to, the Certificates (or portions thereof) so called for prepayment are held by the Trustee, the Certificates (or portions thereof) so called for prepayment shall, on the prepayment date designated in such notice, become due and payable at the Prepayment Price specified in such notice and interest accrued thereon to the prepayment date; and from and after the prepayment date interest represented by the Certificates so called for prepayment shall cease to accrue, said Certificates (or portions thereof) shall cease to be entitled to any benefit or security under this Agreement, and the Owners of said Certificates shall have no rights in respect thereof except to receive payment of said Prepayment Price and accrued interest. Aft Certificates prepaid pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall be canceled upon surrender thereof and destroyed by the Trustee. ARTICLE V INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS Section 5.1. Pledge and Deposit of Installment Payments. The Installment Payments are hereby irrevocably pledged to, and shall be used for,the punctual payment of the Certificates, and the Installment Payments shall not be used for any other purpose while any of the Certificates remain Outstanding. This pledge shall constitute a first and exclusive lien on the Installment Payments in accordance with the terms hereof. All Installment Payments to which the Corporation may at any time be entitled (including income or profit from investments pursuant to Section 5.3) shall be paid directly to the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Assignment Agreement, and if received by the Corporation at any time shall be deposited by the Corporation with the Trustee within one business day after the receipt thereof, and the Trustee shall deposit all Installment Payments as and when received in the Certificate Payment Fund. All moneys at any time deposited in the Certificate Payment Fund shall be held by the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Owners from time to time of the Certificates, but shall nevertheless be disbursed, allocated and applied solely for the uses and purposes herein set forth. Section 5.2. Certificate Payment Fund. There is hereby established with the Trustee each of the Certificate Payment Fund and the Reserve Fund each of which the Trustee covenants to maintain and hold in trust separate and apart from other funds held by it so long as any Installment Payments remain unpaid. All moneys on deposit in the Certificate Payment Fund (including income or profit from investments) shall be retained therein except as expressly provided herein. The Trustee shall transfer from the Certificate Payment Fund the following amounts at the times and in the manner hereinafter provided, and shall deposit such amounts in one or more of the following respective funds, each of which the Trustee shall establish and maintain and hold in trust separate and apart from other funds held by it, and each of which shall be disbursed and applied only 15 IOCSSF743383v3l22925.0011 as hereinafter authorized. Such amounts shall be so transferred to and deposited in the following respective funds in the following order of priority, the requirements of each such fmtd at the time of deposit to be satisfied before any transfer is made to any fund subsequent in priority: (a) Interest Fund. The Trustee, on the last business day before each Interest Payment Date (commencing on the last business day of ), shall deposit in the Interest Fund an amount representing the portion of the Installment Payments designated as interest corning due on the next succeeding April I or October 1, as the case may be. No deposit need be made into the Interest Fund so long as there shall be in such fund moneys sufficient to pay the interest portion of Certificates then Outstanding due, if any, on the next April 1 or October 1, as the case may be. Except as hereinafter provided, moneys in the Interest Fund shall be used and withdrawn by the Trustee solely for the purpose of paying the interest with respect to the Certificates when due and payable (including accrued interest on any Certificates prepaid prior to maturity pursuant to this Agreement). (b) Principal Fund. The Trustee, on the last business day before each October 1 (commencing on the last business day of �, shall deposit in the Principal Fund an amount equal to the principal coming due with respect to the Certificates on the next succeeding October I. No deposit need be made into the Principal Fund so long as there shall be in such fund moneys sufficient to pay the portion of all Certificates then Outstanding designated as principal, and coming due on the next succeeding October 1. Except as hereinafter provided, moneys in the Principal Fund shall be used and withdrawn by the Trustee solely for the purpose of paying the principal with respect to the Certificates when due and payable. (c) Prepayment Fund. Moneys to be used for prepayment pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof and paid by the District pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Installment Purchase Agreement shall be transferred by the Trustee from the Certificate Payment Fund and deposited in the Prepayment Fund on the prepayment date specified in the Written Request of the District filed with the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Installment Purchase Agreement. Said moneys shall be set aside in the Prepayment Fund solely for the purpose of prepaying the Certificates in advance of their respective stated maturities and shall be applied on or after the date specified for prepayment pursuant to Section 41 hereof to the payment of the Prepayment Price with respect to the Certificates to be prepaid upon presentation and surrender of such Certificates. Section 5.3. Investment of Moneys in Special Funds. Any moneys in the Delivery Cost Fund, the Certificate Payment Fund, the Interest Fund, the Principal Fund, the Reserve Fund and the Prepayment Fund shall be invested upon the Written Request of the District, by the Trustee, in Permitted Investments which will mature on or before the dates when such moneys are scheduled to be needed for payment from such fund. Securities acquired as an investment of moneys in a fund shall be credited to such fund. In the absence of written investment direction from the District, the Trustee shall invest moneys held by it solely in Permitted Investments specified in clause(b)(5) of the definition thereof. 16 DOCSSF\43383v3\22925.001 I Any interest, profit or other income on such investments will be deposited when received by the Trustee in the Reserve Fund to the extent the amount available and contained therein is less than the Reserve Requirement and thereafter in the Certificate Payment Fund established hereunder. Subject to the further provisions of Section 6.3 hereof, the Trustee may sell or present for prepayment any obligations so purchased at the direction of the District whenever it shall be necessary in order to provide moneys to meet any payment, and the Trustee shall not be liable or responsible for any loss resulting from such investment. The Trustee or an affiliate may act as principal or agent in the acquisition or disposition of any investment and should be entitled to its customary fee therefor. The Trustee may commingle any of the funds or accounts established pursuant to this Agreement into a separate fund or funds for investment purposes only; provided, however, that all funds or accounts held by the Trustee hereunder shall be accounted for separately notwithstanding such commingling. Section 5.4, Reserve Fund. The Trustee shall deposit in the Reserve Fund the amounts required to be deposited therein pursuant to the Installment Purchase Agreement and this Agreement and applym� oncys in the Reserve Fund in accordance with this Section. If one business day prior to any Payment Date the moneys in the Certificate Payment Fund are insufficient to make the payments required by this Agreement with respect to Certificates on such Payment Date, the Trustee shall transfer from the Reserve Fund to the Certificate Payment Fund the amount of such insufficiency. In the event that the Trustee has transferred moneys from the Reserve Fund to the Certificate Payment Fund in accordance with this Section, upon receipt of the moneys from the District to increase the balance in the Reserve Fund to the Reserve Requirement, the Trustee shall deposit such moneys in the Reserve Fund. If the amount available and contained in the Reserve Fund exceeds an amount equal to the Reserve Requirement and if the District is not then in default under the Installment Purchase Agreement, the Trustee shall semiannually on or before each Payment Date withdraw the amount of such excess from the Reserve Fund and shall deposit such amount in the Certificate Payment Fund, and for this determination the Trustee shall make a valuation of the Reserve Fund as often as it may deem appropriate, and in any event on or before each Payment Date in each year. In addition, the Trustee shall, on the date all or any portion of the Certificates are discharged in accordance with Section 10.2 hereof, value the Reserve Fund in accordance with this Section and withdraw the excess, if any, on deposit in the Reserve Fund and transfer such amount to or in accordance with the written direction of the District. Except for such withdrawals, all moneys in the Reserve Fund shall be used and withdrawn by the Trustee solely for the purpose of paying principal, Prepayment Price and interest with respect to the Certificates in the event that no other moneys of the District are available therefor. For the purpose of determining the amount in the Reserve Fund, all Permitted Investments credited to the Reserve Fund shall be valued at the lower of cost (inclusive of all interest accrued but not paid), or book value. The District may substitute a municipal bond debt service reserve fund policy or a surety bond or a letter of credit (a "Reserve Insurance Policy") or money for any Reserve Insurance Policy or money held by the Trustee in the Reserve Fund; provided, that (i) in the case of a municipal bond debt service reserve fund policy or a surety bond, bonds which are insured by the issuer thereof are rated in the highest rating category by Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Service 17 DOCSSFA33830122925.001 I (collectively, the "Rating Agencies"), or, in the case of a letter of credit, the unsecured debt obligations of the issuing bank thereof are rated in the highest short-term rating category by the Rating Agencies; (ii) the sum of the money and face amount of any Reserve Insurance Policy in effect after such substitution will be equal to the Reserve Requirement; and (iii) in the case of the substitution of a new Reserve Insurance Policy for money or an existing Reserve Insurance Policy, the Trustee receives an opinion of Special Counsel to the effect that such substitution will not adversely affect the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest with respect to the Certificates. Section 5.5. Pledge of Moneys in Funds. All amounts on deposit in the Delivery Cost Fund, the Certificate Payment Fund, the Interest Fund, the Principal Fund, the Prepayment Fund and the Reserve Fund are hereby irrevocably pledged to the Owners of the Certificates as provided herein. This pledge shall constitute a first and exclusive lien on the Delivery Cost Fund, the Certificate Payment Fund, the Interest Fund, the Principal Fund, the Prepayment Fund and the Reserve Fund for the benefit of the Owners of the Certificates in accordance with the terms hereof and of the'Installment Purchase Agreement. Section 5.6. Rebate Fund. (a) Establishment. The Trustee shall establish a separate account for the Certificates designated the "Rebate Fund." Absent an opinion of Special Counsel that the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest with respect to the Certificates will not be adversely affected, the District shall cause to be deposited in the Rebate Fund such amounts as are required to be deposited therein pursuant to this Section and the Tax Certificate. All money at any time deposited in the Rebate Fund shall be held by the Trustee in trust for payment to the United States Treasury. All amounts on deposit in the Rebate Fund for the Certificates shall be governed by this Section and the Tax Certificate for the Certificates, unless and to the extent that the District delivers to the Trustee an opinion of Special Counsel that the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest with respect to the Certificates will not be adversely affected if such requirements are not satisfied. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Tax Certificate, the Trustee (i) shall be deemed conclusively to have complied with the provisions thereof if it follows all Written Requests of the District, and (ii) shall have no liability or responsibility to enforce compliance by the District with the terms of the Tax Certificate, and (iii) may rely conclusively on the District's calculations and determinations and certifications relating to rebate matters, and (iv)shall have no responsibility to independently make any calculations or determinations or to review the District's calculations or determinations thereunder. (i) Annual Computation. Within 55 days of the end of each Certificate Year (as such term is defined in the Tax Certificate), the District shall calculate or cause to be calculated the amount of rebatable arbitrage, in accordance with Section 148(t)(2) of the Code and Section 1.148-3 of the Treasury Regulations (taking into account any applicable exceptions with respect to the computation of the rebatable arbitrage, described, if applicable, in the Tax Certificate (e.g., the temporary investments exceptions of Section 148(f)(4)(B) and(C) of the Code), and taking into account whether the election pursuant to Section 148(f)(4)(C)(vii) of the Code (the "1%% Penalty") has been made), for this purpose treating the last day of the applicable Certificate Year as a computation date, within the meaning of Section 1.148-1(b) of the Treasury Regulations (the "Rebatable Arbitrage"). The District shall obtain expert advice as to the amount of the Rebatable Arbitrage to comply with this Section. 18 DOCSSP143383v3\22925.0011 . . . .......... ...... ... .............. ...--. ......... (ii) Annual Transfer. Within 55 days of the end of each Certificate Year, upon the written Request of the District, an amount shall be deposited to the Rebate Fund by the Trustee from any Revenues legally available for such purpose (as specified by the District in the aforesaid written Request), if and to the extent required so that the balance in the Rebate Fund shall equal the amount of Rebatable Arbitrage so calculated in accordance with (i) of this Subsection (a). In the event that immediately following the transfer required by the previous sentence, the amount then on deposit to the credit of the Rebate Fund exceeds the amount required to be on deposit therein, upon written Request of the District, the Trustee shall withdraw the excess from the Rebate Fund and then credit the excess to the Revenue Fund. (iii) Payment to the Treasury. The Trustee shall pay, as directed by Request of the District,to the United States Treasury, out of amounts in the Rebate Account, (1) Not later than 60 days after the end of(X) the fifth Certificate Year, and (Y)each applicable fifth Certificate Year thereafter, an amount equal to at least 90% of the Rebatable Arbitrage calculated as of the end of such Certificate Year; and (2) Not later than 60 days after the payment of all the Certificates, an amount equal to 100% of the Rebatable Arbitrage calculated as of the end of such applicable Certificate Year, and any income attributable to the Rebatable Arbitrage, computed in accordance with Section 148(f) of the Code. In the event that, prior to the time of any payment required to be made from the Rebate Fund, the amount in the Rebate Fund is not sufficient to make such payment when such payment is due, the District shall calculate or cause to be calculated the amount of such deficiency and deposit an amount received from any legally available source equal to such deficiency prior to the time such payment is due. Each payment required to be made pursuant to this Subsection(a) shall be made to the Internal Revenue Service Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19255 on or before the date on which such payment is due, and shall be accompanied by Internal Revenue Service Form 803 8-T, or shall be made in such other manner as provided under the Code. (b) Disposition of Unexpended Funds. Any funds remaining in the Rebate Fund after redemption and payment of the Certificates and the payments described in Subsection(a) above being made may be withdrawn by the District and utilized in any manner by the District. (c) Survival of Defeasance. Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, the obligation to comply with the requirements of this Section shall survive the defeasance or payment in full of the Certificates, ARTICLE VI COVENANTS Section 6.1. Corporation and District to Perform Under Installment Purchase Agreement. The Corporation and District covenant and agree with the Owners of the Certificates to perform all obligations and duties imposed on them under the Installment Purchase Agreement and, together with the Trustee, to enforce such Installment Purchase Agreement against the other party thereto in accordance with its terms. 19 DOCSSF143383v3\22925.001 I __ _ . . . ... ............... _ _ _ _ _. __. . The Corporation and the District will in all respects promptly and faithfully keep, perform and comply with all the terms, provisions, covenants, conditions and agreements of the Installment Purchase Agreement to be kept,performed and complied with by it. The Corporation and the District agree not to do or permit anything to be done, or omit or refrain from doing anything, in any case where any such act done or permitted to be done, or any such omission of or refraining from action, would or might be a ground for cancellation or termination of the Installment Purchase Agreement. Section 6.2. Budgets. On or prior to the fifteenth day of each Fiscal Year, the District shall certify to the Trustee that the amounts budgeted for payment of Installment Payments are fully adequate for the payment of all Installment Payments due under the Installment Purchase Agreement for such Fiscal Year. If the amounts so budgeted are not adequate for the payment of Installment Payments due under the Installment Purchase Agreement, the District will take such action as may be necessary to cause such annual budget to be amended, corrected or augmented so as to include therein the amounts required to be raised by the District in the then ensuing Fiscal Year for the payment of Installment Payments due under the Installment Purchase Agreement and will notify the Trustee of the proceedings then taken or proposed to be taken by the District. Section 6.3. Tax Covenants. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, absent an opinion of Special Counsel that the exclusion from gross income of interest with respect to the Certificates will not be adversely affected for federal income tax purposes, the District covenants to comply with all applicable requirements of the Code necessary to preserve such exclusion from gross income and specifically covenants, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, as follows: (a) Private Activity. The District will not take or omit to take any action or make any use of the proceeds of the Certificates or of any other moneys or property which would cause the Certificates to be"private activity bonds"within the meaning of Section 141 of the Code. (b) Arbitrage. The District will make no use of the proceeds of the Certificates or of any other amounts or property, regardless of the source, or take or omit to take any action which would cause the Certificates to be"arbitrage bonds"within the meaning of Section 148 of the Code. (c) Federal Guarantee. The District will make no use of the proceeds of the Certificates or take or omit to take any action that would cause the Certificates to be "federally guaranteed"within the meaning of Section 149(b) of the Code. (d) Information Reporting. The District will take or cause to be taken all necessary action to comply with the informational reporting requirement of Section 149(e) of the Code. (e) Miscellaneous. The District will take no action inconsistent with its expectations stated in any Tax Certificate executed with respect to the Certificates and will comply with the covenants and requirements stated therein and incorporated by reference herein. This Section and the covenants set forth herein shall not be applicable to, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prevent the District from causing the Trustee to execute and deliver, Certificates the interest with respect to which has been determined by Special Counsel to be subject to federal income taxation. 20 DOCSSF\43383v3\22925.001 I Section 6.4, Accounting Records and Reports. The Trustee shall keep or cause to be kept proper books of record and account in which complete and correct entries shall be made of all transactions made by it relating to the receipts, disbursements, allocation and application of the Installment Payments, and such books shall be available upon reasonable prior notice for inspection by the District and by any Owner of Certificates, or his agent or representative, at reasonable hours and under reasonable conditions. Each month, so long as the Certificates are Outstanding, the Trustee shall furnish to the District a statement covering receipts, disbursements, allocation and application of amounts on deposit in the funds and accounts created hereunder held by it. Section 6.5. Compliance with Trust Agreement. The Trustee will not execute, or permit to be executed, any Certificates in any manner other than in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, and the District will not suffer or permit any default by it to occur under this Agreement, but will faithfully observe and perform all the covenants, conditions and requirements hereof. Section 6.6. Observance of Laws and Regulations. To the extent necessary to assure their performance hereunder, the Corporation and the District will well and truly keep, observe and perform all valid and lawful obligations or regulations now or hereafter imposed on them by contract, or prescribed by any law of the United States of America, or of the State, or by any officer,board or commission having jurisdiction or control, as a condition of the continued enjoyment of any and every right, privilege or franchise now owned or hereafter acquired by the Corporation or the District, respectively, including its right to exist and carry on its business, to the end that such contracts, rights and franchises shall be maintained and preserved, and shall not become abandoned, forfeited or in any manner impaired. Section 6.7. Compliance with Contracts. The District shall comply with the terms, covenants and provisions, express or implied, of all contracts for the use of the Project by the District, and all other contracts and agreements affecting or involving the Project to the extent that the District is a party thereto. Section 6.8. Prosecution and Defense of Suits. The District shall promptly, upon request of the Trustee or any Certificate Owner, from time to time take such action as may be necessary or proper to remedy or cure any defect in or cloud upon the title to the Broadband System or any part thereof, whether now existing or hereafter developing, shall prosecute all such suits, actions and other proceedings as may be appropriate for such purpose and shall indemnify and save the Trustee (including all of its employees, officers and directors), the Corporation and every Certificate Owner harmless from all loss, cost, damage and expense, including attorneys' fees, which they or any of them may incur by reason of any such defect, cloud, suit, action or proceeding. The District shall defend against every suit, action or proceeding at any time brought against the Trustee (including all of its employees, officers and directors), the Corporation or any Certificate Owner upon any claim arising out of the receipt, application or disbursement of any of the Installment Payments or involving the rights of the Trustee, the Corporation or any Certificate Owner under this Agreement; provided that the Trustee, the Corporation or any Certificate Owner at such parry's election may appear in and defend any such suit, action or proceeding. The District shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee,the Corporation and the Certificate Owners against any and all liability claimed or asserted by any person, arising out of such receipt, application or disbursement, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Certificate Owners against any attorneys' fees or other expenses which any of them may incur in connection with any litigation(including pre- litigation activities)to which any of them may become a parry by reason of ownership of Certificates. 21 DOCSSFA433830A22925.001 t The District shall promptly reimburse the Corporation or any Certificate Owner in the full amount of any attorneys' fees or other expenses which the Corporation or such Owner may incur in litigation or otherwise in order to enforce such partying rights under this Agreement or the Certificates, provided that such litigation shall be concluded favorably to such party's contentions therein. Section 6.9. Recordation and Filing. The Trustee, upon written direction of the District, shall record, register, file, renew, refile and re-record all such documents, including financing statements, as may be required by law in order to maintain a security interest in this Agreement and the Assignment Agreement, all in such manner, at such times and in such places as may be required by, and to the extent permitted by, law in order fully to preserve, protect and perfect the security of the Certificate Owners and the rights and security interests of the Trustee. The Trustee, upon written direction of the District, shall(subject to Section 8.5 hereof) do whatever else may be necessary or be reasonably required in order to perfect and continue the lien of this Agreement and the Assignment Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, the Trustee shall have no duty or liability whatsoever to monitor or notify any party with respect to the timeliness, sufficiency or validity of any such recording, re-recording, filing, filing of continuation statements and the like with respect to this Agreement; it being expressly understood and agreed that the Trustee's duties under this Section shall be exclusively limited to following the express written filing or recording instructions of the District, from time to time with respect to the above described actions so long as the District shall supply said recording or filing instruments. Section 6.10. Eminent Domain. If all or any part of the Broadband System shall be taken by eminent domain proceedings (or sold to a government threatening to exercise the power of eminent domain), the Net Proceeds therefrom shall be applied in the manner specified in Section 6.15 of the Installment Purchase Agreement. Section 6.11. Further Assurances. Whenever and so often as requested so to do by the Trustee or any Certificate Owner, the Corporation and the District will promptly execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered all such other and further instruments, documents or assurances, and promptly do or cause to be done all such other and further things, as may be necessary or reasonably required in order to further and more fully vest in the Trustee and the Certificate Owners all rights, interest, powers, benefits, privileges and advantages conferred or intended to be conferred upon them by this Agreement. Section 6.12. Continuing Disclosure. The District hereby covenants and agrees that it will comply with and carry out all of its obligations under the continuing disclosure certificate to be executed and delivered by the District in connection with the delivery of the Certificates. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, failure of the District to comply with the continuing disclosure certificate shall not be considered an Event of Default; however, any Owner or Beneficial Owner may take such actions as may be necessary and appropriate, including seeking mandate or specific performance by court order, to cause the District to comply with its obligations under this Section 6.12. For purposes of this Section, "Beneficial Owner" means any person which has or shares the power, directly or indirectly, to make investment decisions concerning ownership of any Certificates (including persons holding Certificates through nominees, depositories or other intermediaries). 22 DOCSSF\43383v3y22925.0011 ARTICLE VII DEFAULT AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY Section 7.1. Notice of Non-Payment. In the event of delinquency in the payment of any Installment Payments due by the District pursuant to the Installment Purchase Agreement, the Trustee shall, after one business day following the date upon which such delinquent Installment Payment was due, as soon as practicable give written notice of the delinquency and the amount of the delinquency to the District and the Corporation. Section 7.2. Action on Default or Termination. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as that term is defined in the Installment Purchase Agreement), which event shall constitute a default hereunder, and in each and every such case during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Trustee or the Owners of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of Certificates at the time Outstanding shall be entitled, upon notice in writing to the District, to exercise the remedies provided to the Corporation in the Installment Purchase Agreement. Upon declaration of the entire principal amount of the unpaid Installment Payments and the accrued interest thereon to be due and payable immediately and provided such declaration is not rescinded or annulled, all in accordance with Section 8.I of the Installment Purchase Agreement, the Trustee shall apply all moneys received as Installment Payments and all moneys held in any fund or account hereunder to the payment of the entire principal amount of the Certificates and the accrued interest with respect thereto, with interest on the overdue Certificates at the rate or rates of interest or yields-to-maturity applicable to the Certificates if paid in accordance with their terms. Section 7.3. Other Remedies of the Trustee. The Trustee shall have the right-- (a) by mandamus or other action or proceeding or suit at law or in equity to enforce its rights against the District or any board member, officer or employee thereof, and to compel the District or any such board member, officer or employee to perform or carry out its or his duties under law and the agreements and covenants required to be performed by it or him contained herein; (b) by suit in equity to enjoin any acts or things which are unlawful or violate the rights of the Trustee; or (c) by suit in equity upon the happening of any default hereunder to require the District and its directors, officers and employees to account as the trustee of an express trust. Section 7.4. Non-Waiver. A waiver of any default or breach of duty or contract by the Trustee shall not affect any subsequent default or breach of duty or contract or impair any rights or remedies on any such subsequent default or breach of duty or contract. No delay or omission by the Trustee to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any default or breach of duty or contract shall impair any such right or remedy or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or breach of duty or contract or an acquiescence therein, and every right or remedy conferred upon the Trustee by law or by this article may be enforced and exercised from time to time and as often as shall be deemed expedient by the Trustee. 23 DOCSSF\43383v3\22925.0011 If any action, proceeding or suit to enforce any right or to exercise any remedy is abandoned or determined adversely to the Trustee, the Trustee and the District shall be restored to their former positions, rights and remedies as if such action, proceeding or suit had not been brought or taken. Section 7.5. Remedies Not Exclusive. No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing in law or in equity or by statute or otherwise and may be exercised without exhausting and without regard to any other remedy conferred by any law. Section 7.6. No Obligation by the District to Owners. Except for the payment of Installment Payments when due in accordance with the Installment Purchase Agreement and the performance of the other covenants and agreements of the District contained in said Installment Purchase Agreement and herein, the District shall have no obligation or liability to the Owners of the Certificates with respect to this Agreement or the execution, delivery or transfer of the Certificates, or the disbursement of Installment Payments to the Owners by the Trustee; provided however that nothing contained in this Section shall affect the rights, duties or obligations of the Trustee expressly set forth herein. Section 7.7. Trustee Appointed Agent for Certificate-owners: Direction of Proceedings. The Trustee is hereby appointed the agent and attorney of the Owners of all Certificates outstanding hereunder for the purpose of filing any claims relating to the Certificates. The Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Certificates Outstanding hereunder shall, upon tender to the Trustee of reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such direction, have the right to direct the method and place of conducting all remedial proceedings by the Trustee, provided such direction shall be in accordance with law and the provisions of this Trust Agreement and that the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction which in the opinion of the Trustee would be unjustly prejudicial to Certificate-owners not parties to such a direction. Section 7.8. Power of Trustee to Control Proceedings. In the event that the Trustee, upon the happening of an Event of Default, shall have taken any action, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, pursuant to its duties hereunder, whether upon its own discretion or upon the request of the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Certificates then outstanding pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof, it shall have full power, in the exercise of its discretion for the best interests of the Owners of the Certificates, with respect to the continuance, discontinuance, withdrawal, compromise, settlement or other disposal of such action; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not, unless there no longer continues an Event of Default hereunder, discontinue, withdraw, compromise or settle, or otherwise dispose of, any litigation pending at law or in equity, if at the time there has been filed with it a written request signed by the Owners of at least a majority in principal amount of the Certificates Outstanding hereunder opposing such discontinuance, withdrawal, compromise, settlement or other disposal of such litigation. Section 7.9. Limitation on Certificate-owners' Right to Sue. No Owner of any Certificate executed and delivered hereunder shall have the right to institute any suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity, for any remedy under or upon this Agreement, unless (a) such Owner shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder; (b) the Owners of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of all the Certificates then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to exercise the powers herembefore 24 DOCSSF\43383v3\22925.001 1 granted or to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name; (c) said Owners shall have tendered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; and (d) the Trustee shall have refused or omitted to comply with such request for a period of sixty (60) days after such written request shall have been received by, and said tender of indemnity shall have been made to, the Trustee. Such notification, request, tender or indemnity and refusal or omission are hereby declared, in every case, to be conditions precedent to the exercise by any Owner of Certificates of any remedy hereunder; it being understood and intended that no one or more Owners of Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatever by his or their action to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided, and that all proceedings at law or in equity to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall be instituted, had and maintained in the manner herein provided and for the equal benefit of all owners of the Outstanding Certificates. The right of any Owner of any Certificate to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, (if any) and interest with respect to such Certificate, as herein provided, on and after the respective'due dates expressed in such Certificate, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Owner, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section or Section 7.10 or any other provision of this Agreement. Section 7.10. No Obligation with Respect to Performance by Trustee. Neither the District nor the Corporation shall have any obligation or liability to any of the other parties hereto or to the Owners of the Certificates with respect to the performance by the Trustee of any duty imposed upon it under this Agreement. Section 7.11. No Liability to Owners for Payment. The Corporation shall not have any obligation or liability to the Owners of the Certificates with respect to the payment of the Installment Payments by the District when due, or with respect to the performance by the District of any other covenant made by it in the Installment Purchase Agreement or herein. Except as provided in this Agreement, the Trustee shall not have any obligation or liability to the Owners of the Certificates with respect to the payment of the Installment Payments by the District when due, or with respect to the performance by the District of any other covenant made by it in the Installment Purchase Agreement or herein. Section 7.12. No Responsibility for Sufficiency. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the sufficiency of this Agreement, the Installment Purchase Agreement, or of the assignment made to it by the Assignment Agreement of rights to receive Installment Payments pursuant to the Installment Purchase Agreement, or the value of or title to the Project. The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for selection or liquidation of investments or any loss suffered in connection with any investment of funds made by it under the terms of and in accordance with this Agreement. Section 7.13. Indemnification of Trustee. The District shall indemnify the Trustee (including all of its employees, officers and directors) and hold it harmless against any loss, liability, expenses or advances, including but not limited to fees and expenses of counsel and other experts, incurred or made without negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, (i) in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder or under the Installment Purchase Agreement by the Trustee, (ii) relating to or arising out of the Project, or the conditions, occupancy, use, possession, conduct or management of, or work done in or about, or from the 25 DOCSSR43383v3\22925.0011 .......... planning, design, acquisition, installation or construction of the Project or any part thereof, or (iii) arising out of or relating to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in any official statement or other offering circular utilized in connection with the sale of the Certificates, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability arising under this Agreement. Such indemnity shall survive payment of the Certificates and discharge of this Agreement or resignation or removal of the Trustee. ARTICLE VIII THE TRUSTEE Section 8.1. Employment of Trustee. In consideration of the recitals hereinabove set forth and for other valuable consideration, the District hereby agrees to employ the Trustee to receive, hold, invest and disburse the moneys received pursuant to the Installment Purchase Agreement for credit to the various funds and accounts established by this Agreement; to execute, deliver and transfer the Certificates; and to apply and disburse the Installment Payments received from the District to the Owners of Certificates; and to perform certain other functions; all as herein provided and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Section 8.2. Acceptance of Employment. In consideration of the compensation herein provided for, the Trustee accepts the employment above referred to subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Section 8.3. Trustee: Duties. Removal and Resignation. By executing and delivering this Agreement, the Trustee accepts the duties and obligations of the Trustee provided in this Agreement, but only upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The District may, by written request to the Trustee, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee; provided, however, that if the District is in default under the Installment Purchase Agreement, the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Certificates Outstanding may,by written request to the Trustee, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee. Any such successor shall be a bank or trust company doing business and having a corporate trust office in California, which has (or the parent holding company of which has) a combined capital (exclusive of borrowed capital) and surplus of at least twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. If such bank or trust company publishes a report of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority above referred to, then for the purposes of this Section the combined capital and surplus of such bank or trust company shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice to the District and by giving to the Certificate Owners notice of such resignation by mail at the addresses shown on the registration books maintained by the Trustee. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the District shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee by an instrument in writing; provided, however, that in the event that the District does not appoint a successor Trustee within thirty (30) days following receipt of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may at the expense of the District petition the appropriate court having jurisdiction to appoint a successor Trustee. Any resignation or removal of 26 DOCSSF\43383v322925.001 I the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective upon written acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee. Section 8.4. Compensation of the Trustee. The District shall from time to time, subject to any agreement in effect with the Trustee, pay to the Trustee reasonable compensation for its services and shall reimburse the Trustee (including all of its employees, officers and directors) for all its advances and expenditures, including but not limited to advances to and fees and expenses of independent appraisers, accountants, consultants, counsel, agents and attorneys-at-law or other experts employed by it in the exercise and performance of its powers and duties hereunder. Such compensation and reimbursement shall be paid by the District and amounts owing therefor shall constitute a charge on the moneys in the Acquisition Fund and payable by the District; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not otherwise have any claims, except in accordance with Section 7.13 hereof and Section 8.2 of the Installment Purchase Agreement, or lien for payment of compensation for its services against any other moneys held by it in the funds or accounts established hereunder but may take whatever legal actions are lawfully available to it directly against the District. T,he obligations of the District under this Section shall survive resignation or removal of the Trustee and payment of the Certificates and discharge of this Agreement Section 8.5. Protection of the Trustee. The Trustee shall be protected and shall incur no liability whatsoever in acting or refraining from acting or proceeding in good faith upon any resolution, notice, telegram, request, consent, waiver, certificate, statement, affidavit, voucher, bond, requisition or other paper or document which it shall in good faith believe to be genuine and to have been adopted, executed or delivered by the proper party or pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement, and the Trustee shall be under no duty to make any investigation or inquiry as to any statements contained or matters referred to in any such instrument, but may accept and rely upon the same as conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of such statements. The Trustee shall not be bound to recognize any person as an Owner of any Certificate or to take any action at the request of any such person unless such Certificate shall be deposited with the Trustee or satisfactory evidence of the ownership of such Certificate shall be furnished to the Trustee. The Trustee may consult with counsel, who may be counsel to the Corporation or the District, with regard to legal questions, and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered by it hereunder in good faith in accordance therewith. Whenever in the administration of its duties under this Agreement, the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) shall be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate of the Corporation or the District and such certificate shall be full warranty to the Trustee for any action taken or suffered under the provisions of this Agreement upon the faith thereof, but in its discretion the Trustee may (but shall have no duty), in lieu thereof, accept other evidence of such matter or may require such additional evidence as to it may seem reasonable. The Trustee may buy, sell, own,hold and deal in any of the Certificates provided pursuant to this Agreement, and may join in any action which any Owner may be entitled to take with like effect as if the Trustee were not a party to this Agreement.The Trustee, either as principal or agent, may also engage in or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the District or the Corporation, and may act as depository, trustee, or agent for any committee or body of Owners of Certificates or of obligations of the Corporation or the District as freely as if it were not Trustee hereunder. 27 DOCSSR433830A22925D01 I The Trustee may, to the extent reasonably necessary, execute any of the trusts or powers hereof and perform the duties required of it hereunder by or through attorneys, agents, or receivers, and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters of trust and its duties hereunder, and the Trustee shall not be answerable for the default or misconduct of any such attorney, agent or receiver selected by it with reasonable care. The Trustee shall not be answerable for the exercise of any discretion or power under this Agreement or in the performance of its duties hereunder or for anything whatever in connection with the funds and accounts established hereunder, except only for its own willful misconduct or negligence. The recitals, statements and representations by the District or the Corporation contained in this Agreement or in the Certificates shall be taken and construed as made by and on the part of the District or Corporation and not by the Trustee and the Trustee does not assume, and shall not have, any responsibility or obligations for the correctness of any thereof. The Trustee undertakes to perform such duties, and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee. No provision in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to risk or expend its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to it. In accepting the trust hereby created, the Trustee acts solely as Trustee for the Owners and not in its individual capacity and all persons, including without limitation the Owners and the District or the Corporation having any claim against the Trustee arising from this Agreement shall look only to the funds and accounts held by the Trustee hereunder for payment except as otherwise provided herein. Under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable in its individual capacity for the obligations evidenced by the Certificates. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty, express or implied as to the title, value, design, compliance with specifications or legal requirements, quality, durability, operation, condition, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose or fitness for the use contemplated by the District or the Corporation of the Project. In no event shall the Trustee be liable for incidental, indirect, special or consequential damages in connection with or arising from the Installment Purchase Agreement or this Agreement for the existence, furnishing or use of the Project. The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default hereunder or under the Installment Purchase Agreement unless and until it shall have actual knowledge thereof or have received notice thereof at its corporate trust office at the address set forth in Section II.11 hereof. The Trustee shall, during the existence of any Event of Default (which has not been cured) use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the District, or the Corporation or any other party of any funds which the Trustee has released in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 28 DOCSSR43383v3122925.001 I Section 8.6. Merger or Consolidation. Any company into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any company resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which it shall be a party or any company to which the Trustee may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its corporate trust business (provided such company is eligible under Section 8.3 hereof), shall be the successor to the Trustee without the execution or filing of any paper or further act, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. ARTICLE IX AMENDMENT OF TRUST AGREEMENT Section 9.1. Amendments Permitted. (a) This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the District and of the Owners of the Certificates and of the Trustee may be modified or amended at any time by an amendment hereto which shall become binding when the written consents of the Owners of a majority iii aggregate principal amount of the Certificates then Outstanding, exclusive of Certificates disqualified as provided in Section 11.4 hereof, shall have been filed with the Trustee. No such modification or amendment shall (1) extend the stated maturities of the Certificates, or reduce the rate of interest or yields-to-maturity, as the case may be, represented thereby, or extend the time of payment of interest, or reduce the amount of principal represented thereby, or reduce any premium payable on the prepayment thereof, without the consent of the Owner of each Certificate so affected, or (2) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Owners of Certificates whose consent is required for the execution of any amendment or modification of this Agreement, or (3) modify any of the rights or obligations of the Trustee or the Corporation without its written consent thereto. (b) This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Corporation and the District and of the Owners of the Certificates may also be modified or amended at any time by an amendment hereto which shall become binding upon adoption, without the consent of the Owners of any Certificates, but only to the extent permitted by law and only for any one or more of the following purposes— (i) to add to the covenants and agreements of the Corporation or the District contained in this Agreement other covenants and agreements thereafter to be observed or to surrender any right or power herein reserved to or conferred upon the Corporation or the District, and which shall not adversely affect the interests of the Owners of the Certificates: (ii) to cure, correct or supplement any ambiguous or defective provision contained in this Agreement or in regard to questions arising under this Agreement, as the Corporation or the District may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the interests of the Owners of the Certificates; and (iii) to make such other amendments or modifications as may be in the best interests of the Owners of the Certificates. Section 9.2. Endorsement or Replacement of Certificates After Amendment or Supplement. After the effective date of any action taken as hereinabove provided, the Trustee may determine that the Certificates may bear a notation by endorsement in form approved by the Trustee as to such action, and in that case upon demand of the Trustee to the Owner of any Outstanding 29 DOCSSE43383v3,22925.001 L Certificate and presentation of such Owner's Certificate for such purpose at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee a suitable notation as to such action shall be made on such Certificate. If the Trustee shall so determine, new Certificates so modified as in the opinion of the Trustee shall be necessary to conform to such action shall be prepared, and in that case upon demand of the Trustee to the Owner of any Outstanding Certificates such new Certificates shall be exchanged at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee without cost to each Owner for Certificates then Outstanding upon surrender of such Outstanding Certificates. Section 9.3. Amendment of Particular Certificates. The provisions of this article shall not prevent any Owner from accepting any amendments to the particular Certificates held by him or her, provided that due notation thereof is made on such Certificates. ARTICLE X DEFEASANCE Section 10.1. Discharge of Trust Agreement. When the obligations of the District under the Installment Purchase Agreement shall cease pursuant to Article IX of the Installment Purchase Agreement (except for the right of the Trustee and the obligation of the District to have the money and Permitted Investments mentioned therein applied to the payment of Installment Payments as therein set forth and the obligation to apply moneys on deposit in the Rebate Fund as provided in Section 5.6), then and in that case the obligations created by this Agreement shall thereupon cease, terminate and become void except for the obligation of the District to direct the Trustee to apply money on deposit in the Rebate Fund as provided herein which shall continue until such moneys are so applied and the right of the Owners to have applied and the obligation of the Trustee to apply such moneys and Permitted Investments to the payment of the Certificates as herein set forth, and subject to application of moneys on deposit in the Rebate Fund as provided in Section 5.6, the Trustee shall turn over to the District, after provision for payment of amounts due the Trustee hereunder, as an overpayment of Installment Payments, any surplus in the Certificate Payment Fund and all balances remaining in any other funds or accounts other than moneys and Permitted Investments held for the payment of the Certificates at maturity or on prepayment, which moneys and Permitted Investments shall continue to be held by the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Owners and shall be applied by the Trustee to the payment,when due, of the principal or interest and premium, if any, represented by the Certificates, and after such payment, this Agreement shall become void. If moneys or securities described in clause (i) (a) or (d) of the definition of Permitted Investments are deposited with and held by the Trustee as hereinabove provided, the Trustee shall within thirty (30) days after such moneys or Permitted Investments shall have been deposited with it, mail a notice, first class postage prepaid, to the Owners at the addresses listed on the registration books kept by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.8, setting forth (a) the date fixed for prepayment of the Certificates, (b) a description of the moneys or securities described in clause (i) (a) or (d) of the definition of Permitted Investments so held by it, and (c) that this Agreement has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Section 10.2. Deposit of Money or Securities with Trustee. Whenever in this Agreement or the Installment Purchase Agreement it is provided or permitted that there be deposited with or held in trust by the Trustee money or securities in the necessary amount to pay or prepay any Certificates, the money or securities to be so deposited or held may include money or securities held by the Trustee in the funds and accounts established pursuant to this Agreement and shall be— 30 DOCSSR433830',22925.001 I (a) lawful money of the United States of America in an amount equal to the principal amount represented by such Certificates and all unpaid interest represented thereby to maturity, except that, in the case of Certificates which are to be prepaid prior to maturity and in respect of which notice of such prepayment shall have been given as in Article IV provided or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for the giving of such notice, the amount to be deposited or held shall be the principal amount or Prepayment Price and all unpaid interest to such date of prepayment if any,represented by such Certificates; or (b) non-callable securities described in clause (i) (a) or (d) of the definition of Permitted Investments which will provide money sufficient to pay the principal at maturity or upon prepayment plus all accrued interest to maturity or to the prepayment date, as the case may be, represented by the Certificates to be paid or prepaid, as such amounts become due, plus premium, if any, provided that, in the case of Certificates which are to be prepaid prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such prepayment shall have been given as in Article IV provided or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for the giving of such notice; provided, in each case, that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed (by the terms of this Agreement and the Installment Purchase Agreement or by Written Request of the District) to apply such money or securities to the payment of such principal or Prepayment Price and interest represented by such Certificates. Section 10.3. Unclaimed Moneys. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any moneys held by the Trustee in trust for the payment and discharge of the interest, principal or Prepayment Price represented by any of the Certificates which remain unclaimed for two years after the date of deposit of such moneys if deposited with the Trustee after the date when the interest, principal or Prepayment Price represented by such Certificates have become payable, shall at the Written Request of the District be repaid by the Trustee to the District as its absolute property free from trust, and the Trustee shall thereupon be released and discharged with respect thereto and the Owners shall look only to the District for the payment of the interest and principal or Prepayment Price represented by much Certificates; provided, however, that before being required to make any such payment to the District, the Trustee shall, at the written request and expense of the District, first mail a notice to the owners of the Certificates so payable that such moneys remain unclaimed and that after a date named in such notice, which date shall not be less than thirty (30) days after the date of the mailing of such notice, the balance of such moneys then unclaimed will be returned to the District. ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS Section 11.1. Benefits of Trust Agreement Limited to Parties. Nothing contained herein, expressed or implied, is intended to give to any person other than the District, the Trustee, the Corporation and the Owners any claim, remedy or right under or pursuant hereto, and any agreement, condition, covenant or term required herein to be observed or performed by or on behalf of the District shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Trustee, the Corporation and the Owners. Section 11.2. Successor Deemed Included in all References to Predecessor. Whenever either the District, the Corporation or the Trustee or any officer thereof is named or referred to herein, such reference shall be deemed to include the successor to the powers, duties and functions 31 D(WSSR433830A22925.001 1 that are presently vested in the District, the Corporation or the Trustee or such officer, and all agreements, conditions, covenants and terms required hereby to be observed or performed by or on behalf of the District, the Corporation or the Trustee or any officer thereof shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors thereof whether so expressed or not. Section 11.3. Execution of Documents by Owners. Any declaration, request or other instrument which is permitted or required herein to be executed by Owners may be in one or more instruments of similar tenor and may be executed by Owners in person or by their attorneys appointed in writing. The fact and date of the execution by any Owner or such Owner's attorney of any declaration, request or other instrument or of any writing appointing such attorney may be proved by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds to be recorded in the state or territory in which he or she purports to act that the person signing such declaration, request or other instrument or writing acknowledged to him or her the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness of such execution duly sworn to before such notary public or other officer, or by such other proof as the Trustee may accept which it may deem sufficient. II1 The ownership of any Certificates and the amount,payment date, number and date of owning the same may be proved by the books required to be kept by the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.8. Any declaration, request or other instrument in writing of the Owner of any Certificate shall bind all future Owners of such Certificate with respect to anything done or suffered to be done by the District or the Trustee in good faith and in accordance therewith. Section 11.4. Disqualified Certificates. Certificates owned or held by or for the account of the Corporation or the District (but excluding Certificates held in any pension or retirement fund) shall not be deemed Outstanding for the purpose of any consent or other action or any calculation of Outstanding Certificates provided for in this Agreement, and shall not be entitled to consent to or take any other action provided for in this Agreement. The Trustee may adopt appropriate regulations to require each Owner of Certificates, before his or her consent provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed effective, to reveal if the Certificates as to which such consent is given are disqualified as provided in this Section. Section 11.5. Waiver of Personal Liability. No director, officer or employee of the District or the Corporation shall be individually or personally liable for the payment of the interest, principal or the prepayment premiums, if any, represented by the Certificates, but nothing contained herein shall relieve any director, officer or employee of the District or Corporation from the performance of any official duty provided by any applicable provisions of law or by the Installment Purchase Agreement or hereby. Section 11.6. Acquisition of Certificates by the District Destruction of Certificates. All Certificates acquired by the District, whether by purchase or gift or otherwise shall be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. Whenever in this Agreement provision is made for the cancellation by the Trustee of any Certificates, the Trustee shall destroy such Certificates and upon written request deliver a certificate of such destruction to the District. 32 DOCSSF\43383v3\22935.001 I Section 11.7. Headings. Headings preceding the text of the several Articles and Sections hereof, and the table of contents, are solely for convenience of reference and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement or affect its meaning, construction or effect. All references herein to "Articles," "Sections" and other subdivisions are to the corresponding Articles, Sections or subdivisions of this Agreement; and the words "herein," "hereof," "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or subdivision hereof. Section 11.8. Funds and Accounts. Any fund required by this Agreement to be established and maintained by the Trustee may be established and maintained in the accounting records of the Trustee either as a fund or an account, and may, for the purposes of such records, any audits thereof and any reports or statements with respect thereto,be treated either as a fund or as an account; but all such records with respect to all such funds shall at all times be maintained in accordance with sound industry practices and with due regard for the protection of the security of the Certificates and the rights of every Owner thereof. Section 11.9. Partial Invaliditv. If any one or more of the agreements, conditions, covenants or terms required herein to be observed or performed by or on the part of the District, the Corporation or the Trustee shall be contrary to law, then such agreement or agreements, such condition or conditions, such covenant or covenants or such term or terms shall be null and void and shall be deemed separable from the remaining agreements, conditions, covenants and terms hereof and shall in no way affect the validity hereof or of the Certificates, and the Owners shall retain all the benefit,protection and security afforded to them under any applicable provisions of law. The District, the Corporation and the Trustee hereby declare that they would have executed this Agreement, and each and every other article, section, paragraph, subdivision, sentence, clause and phrase hereof and would have authorized the execution and delivery of the Certificates pursuant hereto irrespective of the fact that any one or more articles, sections, paragraphs, subdivisions, sentences, clauses or phrases hereof or the application thereof to any person or circumstances may be held to be unconstitutional, unenforceable or invalid. Section 11.10. California Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND GOVERNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE. Section 11.11. Notices, All written notices to be given under this Agreement to the parties hereto shall be given by mail or personal delivery to the party entitled thereto at its address set forth below, or at such address as the party may provide to the other parties in writing from time to time. If to the District: Truckee Donner Public Utility District P.O. Box 309 11570 Donner Pass Road Truckee, CA 96160 Attention: General Manager If to the Corporation: Truckee Donner Public Utility District Financing Corporation c/o Truckee Donner Public Utility District 11570 Donner Pass Road Truckee, CA 96160 Attention: President 33 D0CSSF143383v3Q2925.007 7 If to the Trustee: BNY Western Trust Company 700 South Flower Street, Suite 500 Los Angeles, CA 90017-4104 Attention: Corporate Trust Section 11.12. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument. 34 DOCSSFA33830A22925.0011 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and attested this Agreement by their officers hereunto duly authorized as of the date and year first written above. BNY WESTERN TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee By: Authorized Officer TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT FINANCING CORPORATION By: President By: Clerk TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT By: President By: Clerk 35 DOCSSF\43383v3\22925.0011 EXHIBIT A [FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION] TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT REVENUE CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION, SERIES 2004 Evidencing an Interest of the Owner Hereof in Installment Payments to be Made by the TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT CERTIFICATE INTEREST RATE PAYMENT DATE DATED CUSIP _% , 2000 REGISTERED OWNER: PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: AND NO/100 DOLLARS THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the Registered Owner (specified above) of this Certificate of Participation (herein called the "Certificate") is the owner of an undivided interest in the right to receive certain Installment Payments (as that term is defined in the Trust Agreement hereinafter mentioned) under that certain Installment Purchase Agreement (the "Installment Purchase Agreement"), dated as of 1, 2004, by and between Truckee Donner Public Utility District Financing Corporation (the "Corporation") and the Truckee Donner Public Utility District (the "District'). The Installment Payments to be made thereunder have been assigned to BNY Western Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"), having a corporate trust office in Los Angeles, California. The Trustee has executed and delivered $ aggregate principal amount of Certificates. The Registered Owner of this Certificate is entitled to receive, subject to the terms of the Installment Purchase Agreement and the Trust Agreement, dated as of 1, 2004, by and among the Trustee, the Corporation and the District (the "Trust Agreement') on the Certificate Payment Date (specified above) the Principal Amount(specified above) representing a portion of the Installment Payments designated as principal coming due on the Certificate Payment Date, and to receive an interest component on such principal component at the interest rate per annum specified above, from the Interest Payment Date(as hereinafter defined)preceding the date of execution hereof by the Trustee, unless such date of execution is after a Record Date (as hereinafter defined) and on or before the succeeding Interest Payment Date, in which case interest shall be payable from such Interest Payment Date, or unless such date of execution is on or before the first Record Date, in which case interest shall be payable from ; provided, however, that if, as shown by the records of the Trustee, interest represented by this Certificate is in default, Certificates executed in exchange for this Certificate surrendered for transfer or exchange shall represent interest from the last date to which interest has been paid in full or duly provided for with respect to this Certificate, or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for with respect to this Certificate, from A-1 nOC9SR433830\22925.001 I Interest with respect to this Certificate shall be paid on April 1 and October 1 in each year, commencing (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), and continuing to and including the Certificate Payment Date or the date of prior prepayment hereof, whichever is earlier. Interest with respect to this Certificate shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The principal with respect hereto and prepayment premiums, if any, are payable in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California or such other office as the Trustee may from time to time designate in writing to the District, the Corporation and the registered owners (the "Principal Corporate Trust Office"). Interest with respect hereto is payable by check or draft of the Trustee mailed by first class mail on each Interest Payment Date to the Registered Owner hereof as of the close of business on the fifteenth day of the calendar month prior to such Interest Payment Date (the "Record Date") at the address shown on the books maintained by the Trustee or, upon the written request received by the Trustee of an Owner of at least $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Certificates, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account in the United States designated by such Owner prior to the applicable Record Date, except, in each case that, if and to the extent that there is a default in the payment of the interest due on such Interest Payment Date, such defaulted interest shall be paid to the owner in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on a special record date as determined by the Trustee. This Certificate has been executed by the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement. Copies of the Trust Agreement and the Installment Purchase Agreement are on file at the corporate trust office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, and reference is made to the Trust Agreement and the Installment Purchase Agreement and any and all amendments thereto for a description of the pledges and covenants securing the Certificates, the nature, extent and manner of enforcement of such pledges, the rights and remedies of the registered owners of the Certificates with respect thereto and the other terms and conditions upon which the Certificates are delivered thereunder. The Certificates are payable from Installment Payments payable by the District and other amounts on deposit in certain funds and accounts held under the Trust Agreement, including but not limited to the Reserve Fund, all in accordance therewith. All Revenues and all amounts on deposit in the Revenue Fund (as such terms are defined in the Installment Purchase Agreement) are irrevocably pledged to the payment of the Installment Payments and the Revenues shall not be used for any other purpose while any of the Installment Payments remain unpaid; provided that out of Revenues there may be apportioned such sums for such purposes as are expressly permitted in the Installment Purchase Agreement. This pledge, together with the pledge created by all other Contracts and Bonds (as such terms are defined in the Installment Purchase Agreement) constitutes a first lien on Revenues, subject to application of Revenues and all amounts on deposit in the Revenue Fund as permitted in the Installment Purchase Agreement, and the Revenue Fund for the payment of the Installment Payments and all other Contracts and Bonds in accordance with the terms of the Installment Purchase Agreement. The obligation of the District to make Installment Payments is a special obligation of the District payable solely from Net Revenues (as defined in the Installment Purchase Agreement) on a parity with certain outstanding Contracts as described in the Installment Purchase Agreement and does not constitute a debt of the District or of the State of California or of any political subdivision thereof in contravention of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction. The District may at any time incur Contracts or issue Bonds, the payments of which are on a parity with the A-2 DOCSSF1433830,22925.0011 -I,-,--,'-,----.._. ..... ...._... _...- . Installment Payments and which are secured by a pledge of and lien on the Revenues in accordance with the Installment Purchase Agreement. The Certificates are authorized to be executed and delivered in the form of fully registered Certificates in the denomination of $5,000 each or any integral multiple thereof-, provided that no Certificate shall have principal represented thereby maturing in more than one year. Subject to the limitations and conditions and upon payment of the taxes and governmental charges provided in the Trust Agreement, Certificates may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Certificates of the same Certificate Payment Date of other authorized denominations at the Principal Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. This Certificate is transferable by the Registered Owner hereof, in person or by such person's duly authorized attorney, but only in the manner, subject to the limitations and conditions and upon payment of the taxes and governmental charges provided in the Trust Agreement, and upon surrender of this Certificate for cancellation at the Principal Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, accompanied by delivery of a duly executed written instrument of transfer, in a form approved by the Trustee. Upon such transfer a new Certificate or Certificates of the same Certificate Payment Date and of authorized denomination or denominations, for a like aggregate principal amount will be delivered to the transferee in exchange herefor. The Trustee may treat the Registered Owner hereof as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, and the Trustee shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. The Trustee shall not be required to register the transfer or exchange of any Certificate (i)within 15 days preceding selection of Certificates for prepayment or(ii) selected for prepayment. The Certificates are subject to prepayment prior to their respective stated maturities, as a whole or in part on any date in the order of maturity as directed by the District in a written request to the Trustee and by lot within each maturity in integral multiples of$5,000, from prepaid Installment Payments made by the District from Net Proceeds (as defined in the Installment Purchase Agreement), under the circumstances and upon the terms prescribed in the Trust Agreement and the Installment Purchase Agreement, at a prepayment price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest evidenced and represented thereby to the date fixed for prepayment, without premium. The Certificates shall be subject to prepayment in part on the next April 1 or October 1 for which timely notice of prepayment can be given after the date on which the Trustee receives the statement of the District referred to in the Trust Agreement in the order of maturity as directed by the District and by lot within each maturity in integral multiples of $5,000 from proceeds transferred from the Acquisition Fund to the Certificate Payment Fund for deposit into the Prepayment Fund at a Prepayment Price of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest evidenced and represented thereby to the date fixed for prepayment, without premium. The Certificates are subject to prepayment prior to their respective stated maturities, as a whole or in part on any date in the order of maturity as directed by the District in a written request to the Trustee and by lot within each maturity in integral multiples of $5,000, on or after October 1, 20, from amounts prepaid by the District pursuant to the Installment Purchase Agreement, at a prepayment price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of such Certificates to be A-3 DOCSSF\433830A2292S.00L1 ` prepaid)plus accrued interest evidenced and represented thereby to the date fixed for prepayment, as set forth below: Prepayment Dates Prepayment Price The Certificates with a stated maturity of October 1, 20 are subject to mandatory prepayment prior to such stated maturity in part (by lot) on any October 1 on and after October 1, 20, in integral multiples of $5,000 at a prepayment price of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest evidenced and represented thereby to the date fixed for prepayment, without premium, in the amounts set forth in the Trust Agreement. The Certificates with a stated maturity of October 1, 20_ are subject to mandatory prepayment prior to such stated maturity in part (by lot) on any October 1 on and after October 1, 20_, in integral multiples of $5,000 at a prepayment price of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest evidenced and represented thereby to the date fixed for prepayment, without premium,in the amounts set forth in the Trust Agreement. As provided in the Trust Agreement, notice of prepayment hereof shall be mailed, first class postage prepaid, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the prepayment date, to the Registered Owner of this Certificate at the address thereof appearing on the Certificate registration books. If this Certificate is called for prepayment and payment is duly provided therefor as specified in the Trust Agreement, interest represented hereby shall cease to accrue from and after the date fixed for prepayment. Any defect in the notice or the mailing thereof will not affect the validity of the prepayment of this Certificate. To the extent and in the manner permitted by the terms of the Trust Agreement and the Installment Purchase Agreement, as the case may be, the Trust Agreement and the rights and obligations of the District and of the registered owners of the Certificates and of the Trustee or the Installment Purchase Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Corporation and the District and the registered owners of the Certificates and the Trustee, respectively, may be modified or amended with the written consents of the registered owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Certificates then outstanding, but no such modification or amendment shall (1) extend the stated maturities of the Certificates, or reduce the rate of interest or yield-to-maturity represented thereby, or extend the time of payment of interest, or reduce the amount of principal represented thereby, or reduce any premium payable on the prepayment thereof, without the consent of the registered owner of each Certificate so affected, or(2) reduce the percentage of registered owners of Certificates whose consent is required for the execution of any amendment or modification of the Trust Agreement or the Installment Purchase Agreement, or (3) modify any of the rights or obligations of the Trustee or the Corporation without its written consent thereto. To the extent and in the manner permitted by the terns of the Trust Agreement and the Installment Purchase Agreement, as the case may be, the Trust Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Corporation and the District and of the registered obligations of the Corporation and the District and of the registered owners of the Certificates or the Installment Purchase Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Corporation and the District also be modified or A-4 DOCSSF43383v3\22925.0011 ...................... . amended, without the consent of the registered owners of any Certificates, but only to the extent permitted by law and only for any one or more of the following purposes- - (1) to add to the covenants and agreements of the Corporation or the District contained in the Trust Agreement or the Installment Purchase Agreement other covenants and agreements thereafter to be observed or to surrender any right or power in the Trust Agreement or the Installment Purchase Agreement reserved to or conferred upon the Corporation or the District, and which shall not adversely affect the interests of the registered owners of the Certificates; (2) to cure, correct or supplement any ambiguous or defective provision contained in the Trust Agreement or the Installment Purchase Agreement or in regard to questions arising under the Trust Agreement or the Installment Purchase Agreement, as the Corporation or the District may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the interests of the registered owners of the Certificates; and (3) to make such other amendments or modifications as may be in the best interests of the registered owners of the Certificates. Upon acceleration, the Installment Payments and the Certificates shall become due and payable immediately from the sources described in the Installment Purchase Agreement and the Trust Agreement,respectively. The Trustee has no obligation or liability to the registered owners of the Certificates for the payment of interest, principal or prepayment premium, if any, with respect to the Certificates out of the Trustee's own funds; the Trustee's sole obligations are those described in the Trust Agreement. The recitals of facts herein shall be taken as statements of the District and the Corporation and the Trustee does not have any responsibility for the accuracy thereof. The District has certified that all acts, conditions and things required by the Constitution and statutes of the State of California and the Trust Agreement to exist, to have happened and to have been performed precedent to and in the delivery of this Certificate, do exist, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law. A-5 DOCSSF\4338303 22925.001I ............. ........ ............... IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate has been executed by the manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Trustee, all as of the date set forth below. Execution date: BNY WESTERN TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee By: _ Authorized Signatory A-6 DOCSSP\43383v3\22925.0011 [FORM OF ASSIGNMENT] ASSIGNMENT For value received the undersigned do(es) hereby sell, assign and transfer unto _ the within mentioned Certificate and hereby irrevocably constitute(s) and appoint(s) _ attorney, to transfer the same on the Certificate register of the Trustee with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: Note: The signature(s) to this Assignment must correspond with the name(s) as written on the face of the within Certificate in every I particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. Signature Guaranteed: Note: 'Signature(s)must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution. A-7 DOCSSFl433830,A22925.001 I Table of Contents Page ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION; CONTENTS OF CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS; RECITALS SectionI.I. Definitions ....... ................._.......... .................... ............................_......................... 1 Section 1.2. Rules of Construction ...................................................................................................5 Section 1.3. Content of Statements and Opinions.............................................................................5 Section1.4. Recitals..........................................................................................................................6 ARTICLE II CERTIFICATES; TERMS AND PROVISIONS Section 2.1. Preparation of Certificates............................................................................................6 Section 2.2. Denominations; Medium and Place of Payment; Dating.......................... ............._....6 Section 2.3. Payment of Principal and Interest with Respect to Certificates....................................7 Section 2.4. Form of Certificates......................................................................................................7 Section2.5. Execution......................................................................................................................8 Section 2.6. Transfer of Certificates.................................................................................................8 Section 2.7. Exchange of Certificates............................................................................................... 8 Section 2.8. Certificate Registration Books......................................................................................8 Section 2.9. Certificates Mutilated, Lost, Destroyed or Stolen ........................................................8 Section2.10. Book-Entry System.......................................................................................................9 ARTICLE III DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES; DELIVERY COST FUND Section 3.1. Delivery of Certificates............................................................................................... 12 Section 3.2. Application of Proceeds of Certificates and Certain Other Moneys........................... 12 Section 3.3. Validity of Certificates................................................................................................ 12 Section3.4. Delivery Cost Fund..................................................................................................... 12 ARTICLE IV PREPAYMENT OF CERTIFICATES Section 4.1. Terms of Prepayment.................................................................................................. 12 Section 4.2. Selection of Certificates for Prepayment.................................................................... 14 Section 4.3. Notice of Prepayment................................................................................................. 14 Section 4.4. Partial Prepayment of Certificate................................................................................ 15 Section 4.5. Effect of Prepayment.................................................................................................. 15 i DOCSSF43383v3\22925.0011 Table of Contents (continued) Page ARTICLE V INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS Section 5.1. Pledge and Deposit of Installment Payments.............................................................. 15 Section 5.2. Certificate Payment Fund........................................................................................... 15 Section 5.3. Investment of Moneys in Special Funds..................................................................... 16 Section5.4. Reserve Fund.............................................................................................................. 17 Section 5.5. Pledge of Moneys in Funds......................................................................................... 18 Section5.6. Rebate Fund................................................................................................................ 18 Section 5.7. Reserved...................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. I ARTICLE VI COVENANTS Section 6.1. Corporation and District to Perform Under Installment Purchase Agreement........... 19 Section6.2. Budgets.......................................................................................................................20 Section 6.3. Tax Covenants .......__.........._........................................................................ ..........20 Section 6.4. Accounting Records and Reports................................................................................21 Section 6.5. Compliance with Trust Agreement.............................................................................21 Section 6.6. Observance of Laws and Regulations.........................................................................21 Section 6.7. Compliance with Contracts.........................................................................................21 Section 6.8. Prosecution and Defense of Suits ...............................................................................21 Section 6.9. Recordation and Filing................................................................................................22 Section 6.10. Eminent Domain.........................................................................................................22 Section 6.11. Further Assurances .....................................................................................................22 Section 6.12. Continuing Disclosure ................................................................................................22 ARTICLE VII DEFAULT AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY Section 7.1. Notice of Non-Payment..............................................................................................23 Section 7.2. Action on Default or Termination...............................................................................23 Section 7.3. Other Remedies of the Trustee ...................................................................................23 Section7.4, Non-Waiver................................................................................................................23 Section 7.5. Remedies Not Exclusive.............................................................................................24 Section 7.6. No Obligation by the District to Owners....................................................................24 Section 7.7. Trustee Appointed Agent for Certificate-owners: Direction of Proceedings ............24 Section 7.8. Power of Trustee to Control Proceedings...................................................................24 Section 7.9. Limitation on Certificate-owners' Right to Sue..........................................................24 Section 7.10. No Obligation with Respect to Performance by Trustee............................................25 Section 7.11. No Liability to Owners for Payment...........................................................................25 Section 7.12. No Responsibility for Sufficiency ..............................................................................25 ii DOCSSft43383v3122925.001 I Table of Contents (continued) Page Section 7.13. Indemnification of Trustee..........................................................................................25 ARTICLE VIII THE TRUSTEE Section 8.1. Employment of Trustee...............................................................................................26 Section 8.2. Acceptance of Employment........................................................................................26 Section 8.3. Trustee: Duties, Removal and Resignation................................................................26 Section 8.4. Compensation of the Trustee......................................................................................27 Section 8.5. Protection of the Trustee.............................................................................................27 Section 8.6. Merger or Consolidation.............................................................................................29 ARTICLE IX AMENDMENT OF TRUST AGREEMENT Section 9.1. Amendments Permitted...............................................................................................29 Section 9.2. Endorsement or Replacement of Certificates After Amendment or Supplement.......29 Section 9.3. Amendment of Particular Certificates ........................................................................30 ARTICLE X DEFEASANCE Section 10.1. Discharge of Trust Agreement.......................-......... .................... .......... ............. ...30 Section 10.2. Deposit of Money or Securities with Trustee.............................................................30 Section10.3. Unclaimed Moneys.....................................................................................................31 ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS Section 11.1. Benefits of Trust Agreement Limited to Parties.........................................................31 Section 11.2. Successor Deemed Included in all References to Predecessor...................................31 Section I L3. Execution of Documents by Owners ..........................................................................32 Section 11.4. Disqualified Certificates.............................................................................................32 Section 11.5. Waiver of Personal Liability...............-............. ........................................ ...............32 Section 11.6. Acquisition of Certificates by the District; Destruction of Certificates......................32 Section11.T Headings .....................................................................................................................33 Section 11.8. Funds and Accounts....................................................................................................33 Section 11.9. Partial Invalidity .........................................................................................................33 Section11.10, California Law............................................................................................................33 SectionI I.11. Notices........................................................................................................................33 Section 11.12. Execution in Counterparts.................. ...................... ......—....... ........................34 DOCSSF:433830\22925.001 I