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MASTER
TRUST INDENTURE
ALABAMA
TOLL FACILITIES, INC.
TO
HSRF
TRUSTEE, AS TRUSTEE
Dated
as of December 1, 2010
Relating
to
$7,000,000,000
Alabama
Toll Facilities, Inc. Revenue Bonds
Series
2010
Global
Transportation & Infrastructure Inc.
Developer
MERRILL
LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INCORPORATED
and
ING
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO.
Financial
Advisor and Trust Custodian
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
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ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS
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3
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Section
101.
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Meaning
of Words and Terms
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3
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Section
102.
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Rules
of Construction
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13
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ARTICLE
II FORM, EXECUTION, DELIVERY AND DESIGNATION OF BONDS
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14
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Section
201.
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Issuance
of Bonds
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14
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Section
202.
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Details
of Bonds
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14
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Section
203.
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Execution
and Form of Bonds
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15
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Section
204.
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Registration
and Transfer of Bonds
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15
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Section
205.
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Ownership
of Bonds
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15
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Section
206.
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Special
Obligations
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15
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Section
207.
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Authorization
of Bonds
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16
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Section
208.
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Temporary
Bonds
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17
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Section
209.
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Mutilated,
Destroyed or Lost Bonds
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17
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Section
210.
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Pari
Passu Obligations Under Credit Agreements
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18
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Section
211.
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Tax
Status of Bonds
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18
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ARTICLE
III REDEMPTION OF BONDS
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19
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Section
301.
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Redemption
Generally
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19
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Section
302.
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Notice
of Redemption; Procedure for Selection
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19
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Section
303.
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Effect
of Calling for Redemption
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20
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Section
304.
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Cancellation
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21
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ARTICLE
IV ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION FUND
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22
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Section
401.
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Acquisition
and Construction Fund
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22
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Section
402.
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Payments
From Acquisition and Construction Fund
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22
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Section
403.
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Cost
of Project
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22
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Section
404.
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Disposition
of Balances in Acquisition and Construction Fund
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24
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ARTICLE
V ESTABLISHMENT OF FUNDS AND APPLICATION THEREOF
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25
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Section
501.
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Lien
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25
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Section
502.
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Establishment
of Funds and Accounts
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25
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Section
503.
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Acquisition
and Construction Fund
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26
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Section
504.
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Revenue
Fund and Series Revenue Accounts
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27
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Section
505.
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Debt
Service Fund and Series Debt Service Account
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27
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Section
506.
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Optional
Redemption
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29
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Section
507.
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Rebate
Fund and Series Rebate Accounts
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29
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Section
508.
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Investment
of Funds and Accounts
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30
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Section
509.
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Deficiencies
and Surpluses in Funds
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31
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Section
510.
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Investment
Income
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32
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Section
511.
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Cancellation
of the Bonds
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32
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ARTICLE
VI CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
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33
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Section
601.
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Acceptance
of Trust
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33
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Section
602.
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No
Responsibility for Recitals
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33
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Section
603.
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Trustee
May Act Through Agents; Answerable Only for Willful Misconduct or Gross
Negligence
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33
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Section
604.
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Compensation
and Indemnity
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33
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Section
605.
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No
Duty to Renew Insurance
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34
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Section
606.
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Notice
of Default; Right to Investigate
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34
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Section
607.
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Obligation
to Act on Default
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34
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Section
608.
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Reliance
by Trustee
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34
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Section
609.
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Trustee
May Deal in Bonds
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34
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Section
610.
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Construction
of Ambiguous Provision
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34
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Section
611.
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Resignation
of Trustee
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35
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Section
612.
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Removal
of Trustee
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35
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Section
613.
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Appointment
of Successor Trustee
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35
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Section
614.
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Qualification
of Successor Trustee
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36
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Section
615.
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Instruments
of Succession
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36
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Section
616.
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Merger
of Trustee
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36
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Section
617.
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Resignation
of Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar
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36
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Section
618.
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Removal
of Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar
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37
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Section
619.
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Appointment
of Successor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar
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37
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Section
620.
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Qualifications
of Successor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar
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37
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Section
621.
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Acceptance
of Duties by Successor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond
Registrar
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37
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Section
622.
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Successor
by Merger or Consolidation
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38
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Section
623.
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Patriot
Act Requirements of the Trustee
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38
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ARTICLE
VII FUNDS CONSTITUTE TRUST FUNDS
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39
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Section
701.
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Trust
Funds
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39
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ARTICLE
VIII COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS OF THE ISSUER
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40
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Section
801.
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Payment
of Bonds
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40
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Section
802.
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Extension
of Payment of Bonds
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40
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Section
803.
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Further
Assurance
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40
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Section
804.
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Power
to Issue Bonds and Create a Lien
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40
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Section
805.
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Power
to Undertake Series Projects and to Collect Pledged
Revenue
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40
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Section
806.
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Sale
of Series Projects
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41
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Section
807.
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Completion
and Maintenance of Series Projects
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41
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Section
808.
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Accounts
and Reports
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41
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Section
809.
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Arbitrage
and Other Tax Covenants
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42
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Section
810.
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Payment
of Tolls
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42
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Section
811.
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Method
of Collection of Toll Fees
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42
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Section
812.
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Deposit
of Proceeds from Sale of Property
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42
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Section
813.
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No
Other Obligations Payable from Tolls
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43
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Section
814.
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General
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43
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Section
815.
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Secondary
Market Disclosure
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43
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ARTICLE
IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
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44
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Section
901.
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Extension
of Interest Payment
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Section
902.
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Events
of Default
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44
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Section
903.
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No
Acceleration of Maturities of Bonds of a Series
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45
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Section
904.
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Enforcement
of Remedies
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45
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Section
905.
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Pro
Rata Application of Funds Among Owners of a Series of
Bonds
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46
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Section
906.
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Effect
of Discontinuance of Proceedings
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47
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Section
907.
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Restriction
on Individual Owner Actions
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47
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Section
908.
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No
Remedy Exclusive
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47
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Section
909.
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Delay
Not a Waiver
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47
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Section
910.
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Right
to Enforce Payment of Bonds
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47
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Section
911.
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No
Cross Default Among Series
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47
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Section
912.
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Indemnification
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48
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ARTICLE
X EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS BY OWNERS AND PROOF OF OWNERSHIP OF
BONDS
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49
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Section
1001.
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Execution
of Instruments by Owners and Proof of Ownership of Bonds
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49
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Section
1002.
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Deposit
of Bonds
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49
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ARTICLE
XI SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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50
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Section
1101.
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Supplemental
Indentures
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50
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Section
1102.
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Supplemental
Indentures With Owner Consent
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50
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Section
1103.
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Opinion
of Bond Counsel With Respect to Supplemental Indenture
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52
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Section
1104.
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Supplemental
Indenture Part of Indenture
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52
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Section
1105.
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Insurer
or Issuer of a Credit or Liquidity Facility as Owner of
Bonds
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52
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ARTICLE
XII DEFEASANCE
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53
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Section
1201.
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Defeasance
and Discharge of the Lien of this Master Indenture and Supplemental
Indentures
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53
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Section
1202.
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Moneys
Held in Trust
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ARTICLE
XIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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57
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Section
1301.
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Effect
of Covenant
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Section
1302.
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Manner
of Giving Notice to the Issuer and the Trustee
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57
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Section
1303.
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Manner
of Giving Notice to the Owners
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57
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Section
1304.
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Successorship
of Issuer Officers
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58
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Section
1305.
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Inconsistent
Provisions
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58
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Section
1306.
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Further
Acts; Counterparts
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58
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Section
1307.
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Headings
Not Part of Indenture
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58
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Section
1308.
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Effect
of Partial Invalidity
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58
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Section
1309.
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Effective
Date
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58
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EXHIBIT
A: FORM OF REQUISITION
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A-1
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MASTER
TRUST INDENTURE
THIS IS A MASTER TRUST
INDENTURE, dated as of December1, 2010, by and between ALABAMA TOLL FACILITIES, INC.,
an Alabama not for profit corporation (the "Issuer"), and HSRF TRUSTEE, a Wyoming trust
company as trustee (the "Trustee"), having the authority to exercise corporate
trust powers, with a designated corporate trust office located in Montgomery,
Alabama.
WHEREAS, the Issuer is a not
for profit corporation recognized as exempt from taxation under Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer was
organized to finance the cost of acquisition, construction and
equipping of a four (4) lane, limited access toll road from the Orange Beach
area to the Tennessee State Line (the “Project”); and
WHEREAS, the Issuer deems it
advisable to borrow money and to issue its Alabama Toll Facilities, Inc. Revenue
Bonds (the “Bonds”) and to mortgage and pledge as security for the Bonds, the
Issuer’s interest in the property comprising the Project and the revenue to be
derived from the operation of the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer has found
and determined and does hereby find and determine, that acquisition and
construction of the Series Projects (hereinafter defined) is and will be
necessary and desirable in serving the Issuer's goal of properly managing the
acquisition, construction, installation and operation
of the Project; and
WHEREAS, by Act 93-399, the
Legislature of Alabama recognized the need to utilize privately funded toll
roads to meet the future transportation needs of the State and designated the
Issuer as the exclusive entity to finance and construct the Project.
Subsequently, the Legislature of Alabama approved Act 2007-506 recognizing that
the construction of the Project would serve a public purpose and designating the
Issuer as the exclusive entity to finance and develop the Project and to hire
construction companies and others to assist with all phases of the Project. The
Legislature further recognized that the Project would pass to the State upon
full and complete payment and satisfaction of the Bonds issued
hereunder; and
WHEREAS, the execution and
delivery of the Bonds and of this Master Indenture have been duly authorized by
the Governing Body of the Issuer and all things necessary to make the Bonds,
when executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee, valid and binding
legal obligations of the Issuer and to make this Master Indenture a valid and
binding agreement and a valid and binding lien on the Trust Estate (hereinafter
defined) have been done; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer has
designated Global Transportation & Infrastructure Inc. as the developer of
the Project.
NOW,
THEREFORE, THIS MASTER TRUST INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
GRANTING
CLAUSES
That the
Issuer, in consideration of the premises and acceptance by the Trustee of the
trusts hereby created and the purchase and acceptance of the Bonds (hereafter
defined) by the Owners (hereafter defined), and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, in order to secure
the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds of a
Series (hereafter defined) issued hereunder according to their tenor and effect
and to secure the performance and observance by the Issuer of all of the
covenants expressed or implied herein, in the Supplemental Indenture authorizing
the issuance of such Series of Bonds and in the Bonds of such Series, does
hereby assign and grant a security interest in the following (herein called the
"Trust Estate") to the Trustee and its successors in trust, and assigns forever,
for the securing of the performance of the obligations of the Issuer herein set
forth: (i) the Pledged Revenues (hereinafter defined) and Pledged Funds
(hereinafter defined); and (ii) any and all property of every kind or
description which may from time to time hereafter be sold, transferred,
conveyed, assigned, hypothecated, endorsed, deposited, pledged, granted or
delivered to, or deposited with, the Trustee as security for any Series of Bonds
issued pursuant to this Master Indenture by the Issuer or anyone on its behalf
or with its consent, or which pursuant to any of the provisions hereof or of the
Supplemental Indenture securing such Series of Bonds may come into the
possession or control of the Trustee or of a lawfully appointed receiver, as
such additional security, and the Trustee is hereby authorized to receive any
and all such property as and for security for the payment of such Series of
Bonds and the interest and premium, if any, thereon, and to hold and apply all
such property subject to the terms hereof, it being expressly understood and
agreed that except as otherwise provided herein or in a Supplemental Indenture
the Trust Estate established and held hereunder for Bonds of a Series shall be
held separate and in trust solely for the benefit of the Owners of the Bonds of
such Series and for no other Series;
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Trust
Estate, whether now owned or held or hereafter acquired, forever;
IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS, upon
the terms and trusts herein set forth (a) for the equal and proportionate
benefit and security of all present and future Owners of the Bonds of a Series,
without preference of any Bond of such Series over any other Bond of such
Series, (b) for enforcement of the payment of the Bonds of a Series, in
accordance with their terms and the terms of this Master Indenture and the
Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of such Series of Bonds, and all
other sums payable hereunder, under the Supplemental Indenture authorizing such
Series of Bonds or on the Bonds of such Series, and (c) for the enforcement of
and compliance with the obligations, covenants and conditions of this Master
Indenture except as otherwise expressly provided herein, as if all the Bonds at
any time Outstanding (hereafter defined) had been authenticated, executed and
delivered simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Master
Indenture, all as herein set forth.
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IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED, DECLARED AND
AGREED (a) that this Master Indenture creates a continuing lien equally
and ratably to secure the payment in full of the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on all Bonds of a Series which may from time to time be Outstanding
hereunder, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, (b) that the Trust
Estate shall immediately be subject to the lien of this pledge and assignment
without any physical delivery thereof or further act, (c) that the lien of this
pledge and assignment shall be a first lien and shall be valid and binding
against all parties having any claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise
against the Issuer, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof,
and (d) that the Bonds of a Series are to be issued, authenticated and
delivered, and that the Trust Estate is to be held, dealt with, and disposed of
by the Trustee, upon and subject to the terms, covenants, conditions, uses,
agreements and trusts set forth in this Master Indenture and the Issuer
covenants and agrees with the Trustee, for the equal and proportionate benefit
of the respective Owners from time to time of the Bonds of each respective
Series, as follows:
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ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
101. Meaning
of Words and Terms. The
following words and terms used in this Master Indenture shall have the following
meanings, unless some other meaning is plainly intended:
"Accountant"
shall mean the independent certified public accountant or independent certified
public accounting firm retained by the Issuer to perform the duties of the
Accountant under this Master Indenture.
"Accountant's
Certificate" shall mean an opinion signed by an independent certified
public accountant or firm of certified public accountants (which may be the
Accountants) from time to time selected by the Issuer.
"Account"
shall mean any account created pursuant to Section 502 hereof except amounts on
deposit in the Series Rebate Account within the Rebate Fund.
"Accreted
Value" shall mean, as of the date of computation with respect to any
Capital Appreciation Bonds, an amount (truncated to three (3) decimal places)
equal to the original principal amount of such Capital Appreciation Bonds at the
date of issuance plus the interest accrued on such Bonds from the date of
original issuance of such Capital Appreciation Bonds to the date of computation,
such interest to accrue at the rate of interest per annum of the Capital
Appreciation Bonds (or in accordance with a table of compound accreted values
set forth in such Capital Appreciation Bonds), compounded semi-annually on each
Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that if the date with respect to which
any such computation is made is not an Interest Payment Date, the Accreted Value
of any Bond as of such date shall be the amount determined by compounding the
Accreted Value of such Bond as of the immediately preceding Interest Payment
Date (or the date of original issuance if the date of computation is prior to
the first Interest Payment Date succeeding the date of original issuance) at the
rate of interest per annum of the Capital Appreciation Bonds for the partial
semi-annual compounding period determined by dividing (x) the number of days
elapsed (determined on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year
comprised of twelve (12) thirty (30) day months) from the immediately preceding
Interest Payment Date (or the date of original issuance if the date of
computation is prior to the first Interest Payment Date succeeding the date of
original issuance), by (y) one hundred eighty (180). A table of Accreted Values
for the Capital Appreciation Bonds shall be incorporated in a Supplemental
Indenture executed by the Issuer upon issuance of any Capital Appreciation
Bonds.
"Acquisition and
Construction Fund" shall mean the fund so designated in, and created
pursuant to, Section 502 hereof.
"Act"
shall mean Title 10, Chapter 3A, Code of Alabama (1975), as amended from time to
time.
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"Additional
Bonds" shall mean Bonds of a Series authenticated and delivered pursuant
to the terms of a Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance of pari
passu Additional Bonds of such Series.
"Additional
Series Project" shall mean the acquisition and/or construction of any
additions, extensions, improvements and betterments to and reconstructions of a
Series Project to be financed, in whole or in part, from the proceeds of any
Additional Bonds.
"Alabama
Code" shall mean the Code of Alabama (1975) as amended from time to
time.
"Alabama
Constitution" shall mean the Alabama Constitution of 1901, as amended
from time to time.
"Amortization
Installments" shall mean the moneys required to be deposited in a Series
Redemption Account within the Debt Service Fund for the purpose of redeeming and
paying when due any Term Bonds, the specific amounts and dates of such deposits
to be set forth in a Supplemental Indenture.
"Assessments"
shall mean all tolls collected by the Issuer for use of the Project, and any
applicable penalties collected by or on behalf of the Issuer, together with any
and all amounts received by the Issuer from the sale of property or otherwise
from the collection of other user fees and which are referred to as
such and pledged to a Series of Bonds pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture
authorizing the issuance of such Series of Bonds.
"Authorized
Denomination" shall, except as provided in any Supplemental Indenture
relating to a Series of Bonds, mean the denomination of $100,000 or any larger
amount that is an integral multiple of $5,000.
"Authorized
Officer" shall mean any person authorized by the Issuer in writing
directed to the Trustee to perform the act or sign the document in
question.
"Bond
Counsel" shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys of nationally
recognized standing in the field of law relating to municipal bonds selected by
the Issuer.
"Bond
Registrar" or "Registrar"
shall mean the bank or trust company designated as such by Supplemental
Indenture with respect to a Series of Bonds for the purpose of maintaining the
registry of the Issuer reflecting the names, addresses, and other identifying
information of Owners of Bonds of such Series.
"Bond
Year" shall mean, unless otherwise provided in the Supplemental Indenture
authorizing a Series of Bonds, the period commencing on the first day of
December in each year and ending on the last day of November of the following
year.
"Bonds"
shall mean the Outstanding Bonds of all Series.
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"Business
Day" shall mean any day excluding Saturday, Sunday or any other day on
which banks in the cities in which the designated corporate trust office of the
Trustee, Escrow Agent or the Paying Agent are located are authorized or required
by law or other governmental action to close and on which the Trustee, Escrow
Agent or Paying Agent, or both, is closed.
"Capital
Appreciation Bonds" shall mean Bonds issued under this Master Indenture
and any Supplemental Indenture as to which interest is compounded periodically
on each of the applicable periodic dates designated for compounding and payable
in an amount equal to the then-current Accreted Value only at the maturity or
earlier redemption thereof, all as so designated in a Supplemental Indenture of
the Issuer providing for the issuance thereof.
"Capitalized
Interest" shall mean, with respect to the interest due or to be due on a
Series of Bonds prior to, during and for a period not exceeding one year after
the completion of a Series Project to be funded by such Series, all or part of
such interest which will be paid, or is expected to be paid, from the proceeds
of such Series.
"Capitalized
Interest Account" shall mean any Capitalized Interest Account to be
established within a Series Debt Service Account by Supplemental Indenture with
respect to any Series of Bonds issued under this Master Indenture, as authorized
pursuant to this Master Indenture.
"Chairman"
shall mean the Chairman of the Issuer or the person succeeding to his or her
principal functions.
"Code"
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor
provisions thereto and the regulations promulgated thereunder or under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, if applicable, or any successor
provisions thereto.
"Completion
Bonds" shall mean Bonds issued pursuant to a Supplemental Indenture
ranking on a parity with the Series of Bonds issued under such Supplemental
Indenture, the proceeds of which are to be used to complete the Series
Project.
"Consulting
Engineers" shall mean the independent engineer or engineering firm or
corporation employed by the Issuer in connection with any Series Project to
perform and carry out the duties of the Consulting Engineer under this Indenture
or any Supplemental Indenture.
"Cost" as
applied to a Series Project or Additional Series Project, shall include the cost
of acquisition and construction thereof and all obligations and expenses
relating thereto including, but not limited to, those items of cost which are
set forth in Section 403 hereof.
"Credit or
Liquidity Facility" shall mean a letter of credit, a municipal bond
insurance policy, a surety bond or other similar agreement issued by a banking
institution or other entity satisfactory to the Issuer and providing for the
payment of the principal of, interest on or purchase price of a Series of Bonds
or any alternate or substitute Credit or Liquidity Facility if then in
effect.
"Current Interest
Bonds" shall mean Bonds of a Series the interest on which is payable at
least annually.
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"Date of
Completion" with respect to a Series Project or Additional Series Project
shall mean: (i) the date upon which such Project and all components thereof have
been acquired or constructed and are capable of performing the functions for
which they were intended, as evidenced by a certificate of the Consulting
Engineer filed with the Trustee and the Issuer; or (ii) the date on which the
Issuer determines, upon the recommendation of or in consultation with the
Consulting Engineer, that it cannot complete such Project in a sound and
economical manner within a reasonable period of time as evidenced by a
certificate of the Consulting Engineer of the Issuer filed with the Trustee and
the Issuer; provided that in each case such certificate of the Consulting
Engineer shall set forth the amount of all Costs of such Project which have
theretofore been incurred, but which on the Date of Completion is or will be
unpaid or unreimbursed.
"Debt
Service" shall mean collectively the principal (including Amortization
Installments), interest, and redemption premium, if any, payable with respect to
the Bonds.
"Debt Service
Fund" shall mean the fund so designated in, and created pursuant to,
Section 502 hereof.
"Depository"
shall mean any bank or trust company duly authorized by law to engage in the
banking business and designated by the Issuer as a depository of moneys subject
to the provisions of this Master Indenture.
“Developer”
shall mean, Global Transportation & Infrastructure Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Ameri Metro, Inc. a Delaware corporation and any
successors and assigns.
"Engineers'
Certificate" shall mean a certificate of the Consulting Engineers or of
such other engineer or firm of engineers having a favorable repute for skill and
experience in the engineering matters with respect to which such certification
is required by this Master Indenture.
“Escrow
Agent” shall mean the agent appointed from time to time by the
Trustee.
"Event of
Default" shall mean any of the events in Section 902.
"Federal
Securities" shall mean, to the extent permitted by law for investment as
contemplated in this Master Indenture and any Supplemental Indenture, (i)
Government Obligations, (ii) any Tax Exempt Obligations which are fully secured
as to principal and interest by an irrevocable pledge of Government Obligations,
which Government Obligations are segregated in trust and pledged for the benefit
of the holders of the Tax Exempt Obligations, (iii) certificates of ownership of
the principal or interest of Government Obligations, which Government
Obligations are held in trust and (iv) investment agreements at least 100%
collateralized by obligations described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii)
above.
"Fiscal
Year" shall mean the fiscal year of the Issuer in effect from time to
time, which shall initially mean the period commencing on the first day of
October of any year and ending on the last day of September of the following
year.
"Funds"
shall mean any fund, except the Rebate Fund, created pursuant to Section 502
hereof.
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"Governing
Body" shall mean the board of directors of the Issuer.
"Government
Obligations" shall mean direct obligations of, or obligations the payment
of which is unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of
America.
"Indenture"
shall mean this Master Indenture, as amended and supplemented from time to time
by a Supplemental Indenture or indentures, and, shall mean when used with
respect to a Series of Bonds issued hereunder, this Master Indenture, as amended
and supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture relating to such Series of
Bonds.
"Insurer"
shall mean the issuer of any municipal bond insurance policy insuring the timely
payment of the principal of and interest on Bonds or any Series of
Bonds.
"Interest Payment
Date" shall mean the dates specified in a Supplemental Indenture with
respect to a Series of Bonds upon which the principal of and/or interest on
Bonds of such Series shall be due and payable in each Bond Year.
"Investment
Obligations" shall mean and include, except as otherwise provided in the
Supplemental Indenture providing for the authorization of Bonds, any of the
following securities, if and to the extent that such securities are legal
investments for funds of the Issuer;
(i) Government
Obligations;
(ii) Bonds,
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued by any of the
following agencies or such other government - sponsored agencies which may
presently exist or be hereafter created; provided that, such bonds, debentures,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness are fully guaranteed as to
both principal and interest by the United States of America; Bank for
Cooperatives; Federal Intermediate Credit Banks; Federal Financing Bank; Federal
Home Loan Bank System; Export-Import Bank of the United States; Farmers Home
Administration; Small Business Administration; Inter-American Development Bank;
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Federal Land Banks; the
Federal National Mortgage Association; the Government National Mortgage
Association; the Tennessee Valley Authority; or the Washington Metropolitan Area
Transit Authority;
(iii) Negotiable
or non-negotiable certificates of deposit, time deposits or other similar
banking arrangements issued by any bank or trust company, including the Trustee,
or any federal savings and loan association, the deposits of which are insured
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which securities, to the extent
that the principal thereof exceeds the maximum amount insurable by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation and, therefore, are not so insured, shall be fully
secured to the extent permitted by law by Governmental Obligations;
(iv) Bank
or broker repurchase agreements fully secured by Government Obligations, which
may include repurchase agreements with the commercial banking department of the
Trustee, provided that such securities are deposited with the Trustee, with a
Federal Reserve Bank or with a bank or trust company (other than the seller of
such securities) having a combined capital and surplus of not less than
$100,000,000; and
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(v) Any
short term government fund or any money market fund (which may be managed by the
Trustee or its affiliates) whose underlying assets consist of (i) and (ii)
above.
"Issuer"
shall mean Alabama Toll Facilities, Inc. as more particularly described herein
above.
"Letter of Credit
Agreement" shall mean any financing agreement relating to a Credit
Facility for so long as such agreement will be in effect.
"Liquidity
Agreement" shall mean any financing agreement relating to a Liquidity
Facility for so long as such agreement will be in effect.
"Master
Indenture" shall mean this Master Trust Indenture, as amended and
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
"Maturity
Amount" shall mean the amount due at maturity with respect to a Capital
Appreciation Bond.
"Maximum Annual
Debt Service Requirement" shall mean, at any given time of determination,
the greatest amount of principal, interest and Amortization Installments coming
due in any current or future Bond Year with regard to the Series of Bonds for
which such calculation is made; provided, the amount of interest coming due in
any Bond Year shall be reduced to the extent moneys derived from the proceeds of
Bonds are used to pay interest in such Bond Year.
"Moody's"
shall mean Moody's Investors Service, Inc., a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, its successors and assigns, and, if
such corporation is dissolved or liquidated or no longer performs the functions
of a securities rating agency, Moody's will be deemed to refer to any other
nationally recognized securities rating agency designated by the Issuer by
written notice to the Trustee.
"Option
Bonds" shall mean Current Interest Bonds, which may be either Serial or
Term Bonds, which by their terms may be tendered by and at the option of the
Owner for purchase prior to the stated maturity thereof.
"Outstanding"
when used with reference to Bonds, shall mean, as of a particular date, all
Bonds theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Master Indenture,
except:
(i) Bonds
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(ii) Bonds
(or portions of Bonds) for the payment or redemption of which moneys, equal to
the principal amount or redemption price thereof, as the case may be, with
interest to the date of maturity or redemption date, shall be held in trust
under this Master Indenture or Supplemental Indenture with respect to Bonds of
any Series and set aside for such payment or redemption (whether at or prior to
the maturity or redemption date), provided that if such Bonds (or portions of
Bonds) are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption shall have been given or
provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for the giving of
such notice as provided in Article III hereof or in the Supplemental Indenture
relating to the Bonds of any Series;
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(iii) Bonds
in lieu of or in substitution for which other Bonds shall have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Master Indenture and the
Supplemental Indenture with respect to Bonds of a Series unless proof
satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Bonds are held by a bona
fide purchaser in due course; and
(iv) Bonds
paid or deemed to have been paid as provided in this Master Indenture or in a
Supplemental Indenture with respect to Bonds of a Series, including Bonds with
respect to which payment or provision for payment has been made in accordance
with Article XII hereof.
In
addition, Bonds actually known by the Trustee to be held by or for the Issuer
will not be deemed to be Outstanding for the purposes and within the purview of
Article IX and Article XI of this Master Indenture.
"Owner" or
"Owners"
shall mean the registered owners from time to time of Bonds.
"Paying
Agent" shall mean the bank or trust company designated by Supplemental
Indenture with respect to a Series of Bonds as the place where Debt Service
shall be payable with respect to such Series of Bonds and which accepts the
duties of Paying Agent under this Master Indenture and under such Supplemental
Indenture.
"Pledged
Funds" shall mean all of the Series Pledged Funds.
"Pledged
Revenues" shall mean all of the Series Pledged Revenues.
"Prepayments"
shall mean any Assessments, or portions thereof, which shall be paid to the
Issuer prior to the time such amounts become due. Prepayments shall not include
any interest paid on such Assessments.
"Principal and
Interest Requirement" shall mean with respect to a Series of Bonds, the
respective amounts which are required in each Bond Year to provide:
(i) for
paying the interest on all Bonds of such Series then Outstanding which is
payable in such Bond Year;
(ii) for
paying the principal or Maturity Amount of all Serial Bonds of such Series then
Outstanding which is payable in such Bond Year; and
(iii) the
Amortization Installments on the Term Bonds of such Series of Bonds, if any,
payable in such Bond Year.
"Rebate
Amount" shall mean the amount, if any, required to be rebated to the
United States pursuant to Section 148(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, and the regulations and rulings thereunder.
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"Rebate
Analyst" shall mean the person or firm selected by the Issuer to
calculate the Rebate Amount, which person or firm shall either be a firm of
attorneys or independent certified public accountants with expertise in the
calculation of the Rebate Amount.
"Rebate
Fund" shall mean the fund so designated in, and created pursuant to,
Section 502 hereof.
"Record
Date" shall mean the fifteenth (15th) day of the calendar month next
preceding any Debt Service payment date or, in the case of any proposed
redemption of Bonds, the fifth (5th) day next preceding the date of mailing of
notice of such redemption, or if either of the foregoing days is not a Business
Day, then the Business Day immediately preceding such day.
"Redemption
Price" shall mean the principal of, premium, if any, and interest accrued
to the date fixed for redemption of any Bond called for redemption pursuant to
the provisions thereof, hereof and of the Supplemental Indenture pursuant to
which such Bond is issued.
"Refunding
Bonds" shall mean Bonds issued pursuant to provisions of this Master
Indenture, the proceeds of which are used to refund one or more Series of
Outstanding Bonds.
"Reserve
Fund" shall mean the fund so designated in, and created pursuant to,
Section 502 hereof.
"Revenue
Fund" shall mean the fund so designated in, and created pursuant to,
Section 502 hereof.
"S&P"
shall mean Standard & Poor's Rating Group, a division of McGraw Hill, Inc.,
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York,
its successors and its assigns, and, if such corporation is dissolved or
liquidated or no longer performs the functions of a securities rating agency,
S&P will be deemed to refer to any other nationally recognized securities
rating agency designated by the Issuer by written notice to the
Trustee.
"Secretary"
shall mean the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary to the Governing Body, or
the person succeeding to his or her principal functions.
"Serial
Bonds" shall mean Bonds (other than Term Bonds) that mature in annual or
semi-annual installments.
"Series"
shall mean all of the Bonds authenticated and delivered on original issuance of
a stipulated aggregate principal amount in a simultaneous transaction under and
pursuant to the same Supplemental Indenture and any Bonds thereafter
authenticated and delivered in lieu of or in substitution therefor pursuant to
this Master Indenture and such Supplemental Indenture regardless of variations
in maturity, interest rate or other provisions; provided, however, two or more
Series of Bonds may be issued simultaneously under the same Supplemental
Indenture if designated as separate Series of Bonds by the Issuer upon original
issuance.
"Series
Acquisition and Construction Account" shall mean the account within the
Acquisition and Construction Fund with respect to each Series of Bonds so
designated in, and created pursuant to, Supplemental Indenture.
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"Series Interest
Account" shall mean the account with respect to a Series of Bonds
established within the Debt Service Fund so designated in, and created pursuant
to, Section 502 hereof.
"Series Pledged
Funds" shall mean all amounts on deposit from time to time in the Funds
and Accounts and designated in the Supplemental Indenture relating to such
Series of Bonds as pledged to the payment of such Series of Bonds; provided,
however, such term shall not include any amounts on deposit in a Series Rebate
Account in the Rebate Fund.
"Series Pledged
Revenues" shall mean the revenues designated as such by Supplemental
Indenture and which shall constitute the security for and source of payment of a
Series of Bonds and may consist of Assessments or other user fees or other
revenues or combinations thereof imposed or levied by the Issuer in
accordance with the Act.
"Series Principal
Account" shall mean the account with respect to a Series of Bonds
established within the Debt Service Fund so designated in, and created pursuant
to, Section 502 hereof.
"Series
Project" or "Series
Projects" shall mean the acquisition, construction, equipping and/or
improvement of the toll road to be financed with all or a part of the proceeds
of a Series of Bonds as shall be described in the Supplemental Indenture
authorizing such Series of Bonds.
"Series Rebate
Account" shall mean the account in the Rebate Fund with respect to a
Series of Bonds so designated in, and created pursuant to, Supplemental
Indenture.
"Series
Redemption Account" shall mean the account so designated in, and created
pursuant to, Section 502 hereof.
"Series Reserve
Account" shall mean the Reserve Account for the Series of Bonds
established in the Reserve Fund by Supplemental Indenture in an amount equal to
the Series Reserve Account Requirement for such Series of Bonds.
"Series Reserve
Account Requirement" shall mean the amount of money or other security
which may be in the form of a reserve fund insurance policy or other security as
may be required by the terms of a Supplemental Indenture to be deposited in or
credited to a Series Reserve Account for each Series of Bonds provided, however,
that unless otherwise provided in the Supplemental Indenture relating to a
Series of Bonds, as of any date of calculation for a particular Series Reserve
Account, the "Series Reserve Account Requirement" shall be an amount equal to
the least of: (A) Maximum Annual Debt Service Requirement for all Outstanding
Bonds of such Series, (B) 125% of the average annual debt service for all
Outstanding Bonds of such Series, or (C) the aggregate of 10% of the proceeds of
the Bonds of such Series calculated as of the date of original issuance thereof.
In computing the Series Reserve Account Requirement in respect of any Series of
Bonds that constitute Variable Rate Bonds, the interest rate on such Bonds shall
be assumed to be the greater of: (1) 110% of the daily average interest rate on
such Variable Rate Bonds during the 12 months ending with the month preceding
the date of calculation, or such shorter period of time that such Series of
Bonds shall have been Outstanding, or (2) the actual rate of interest borne by
such Variable Rate Bonds on such date of calculation; provided, in no event
shall the Series Reserve Account Requirement as adjusted on such date of
calculation exceed the least of the amounts specified in the immediately
preceding sentence. In computing the Series Reserve Account Requirement in
accordance with clause (C) of this definition in respect of any Capital
Appreciation Bonds, the principal amount of such Bonds shall be the original
principal amount thereof, not the Accreted Value.
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"Series Revenue
Account" shall mean the Revenue Account for a Series of Bonds established
in the Revenue Fund by Supplemental Indenture for such Series of
Bonds.
"Subordinate
Debt" shall mean indebtedness secured hereby or by any Supplemental
Indenture which is by its terms expressly subordinate and inferior hereto both
in lien and right of payment.
"Supplemental
Indenture" shall mean an indenture supplemental hereto authorizing the
issuance of a Series of Bonds hereunder and establishing the terms thereof and
the security therefor and shall also mean any indenture supplementary hereto
entered into for the purpose of amending the terms and provisions hereof with
respect to all Bonds in accordance with Article XI hereof.
"Taxable
Bonds" shall mean Bonds of a Series which are not Tax Exempt
Bonds.
"Tax Exempt
Bonds" shall mean Bonds of a Series the interest on which, in the opinion
of Bond Counsel on the date of original issuance thereof, is excludable from
gross income for federal income tax purposes.
"Tax Exempt
Obligations" shall mean any bond, note or other obligation issued by any
person, the interest on which is excludable from gross income for federal income
tax purposes.
"Tax Regulatory
Covenants" shall mean any Tax Regulatory Covenants of the Issuer
contained in the Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of a Series of
Tax Exempt Bonds, setting forth the covenants of the Issuer necessary for the
preservation of the excludability of interest thereon from gross income for
federal income tax purposes, as such covenants shall be amended from time to
time upon written instructions from Bond Counsel.
"Term
Bonds" shall mean Bonds that mature on one date and that are subject to
mandatory redemption from Amortization Installments or are subject to
extraordinary mandatory or mandatory redemption upon receipt of unscheduled
Pledged Revenues.
"Time
Deposits" shall mean time deposits, certificates of deposit or similar
arrangements with any bank or trust company, including the Trustee or an
affiliate thereof, which is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
"Trust
Estate" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the granting
clauses hereof, including, but not limited to, the Pledged Revenues and Pledged
Funds.
"Trustee"
shall mean HSRF Trustee with a designated office in Montgomery, Alabama, and any
successor trustee appointed or serving pursuant to Article VI
hereof.
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"Variable Rate
Bonds" shall mean Current Interest Bonds, which may be either Serial
Bonds or Term Bonds, issued with a variable, adjustable, convertible or other
similar interest rate which is not fixed in percentage for the entire term
thereof at the date of issue, which Bonds may also be Option Bonds.
Section
102. Rules of
Construction. Words
of the masculine gender shall be deemed and construed to include correlative
words of the feminine and neuter genders. Unless the context shall otherwise
indicate, the words "Bond," “Escrow Agent”, "Owner," "person," Paying Agent,"
and "Bond Registrar" shall include the plural as well as the singular number and
the word "person shall mean any individual, corporation partnership, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. All references to the
Alabama Code or other provisions of Alabama law shall be deemed to include any
and all amendments thereto.
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ARTICLE
II
FORM,
EXECUTION, DELIVERY AND DESIGNATION OF BONDS
Section
201.
Issuance of
Bonds. For
the purpose of providing funds for paying all or part of the Cost of a Series
Project, Bonds of a Series, without limitation as to aggregate principal amount,
may be issued under this Master Indenture subject to the conditions hereinafter
provided in Section 207 of this Article. Debt Service on each Series
of Bonds shall be payable solely from the Pledged Revenues and Pledged Funds
pledged to such Series of Bonds in the Supplemental Indenture authorizing the
issuance of such Series of Bonds and, as may be provided in such Supplemental
Indenture, all of the provisions of this Master Indenture shall be for the
benefit and security of the present and future Owners of such Series of Bonds so
issued, without preference, priority or distinction, as to lien or otherwise, of
any one Bond of such Series over any other Bond of such Series. The
Issuer may also issue from time to time, Additional Bonds, Completion Bonds and
Refunding Bonds of a Series under and pursuant to the terms of the Supplemental
Indenture authorizing the issuance of such Series of Bonds.
Section
202. Details
of Bonds. Bonds
of a Series shall be in such denominations, numbered consecutively, shall bear
interest from their date until their payment at rates not exceeding the maximum
rate permitted by law, shall be dated, shall be stated to mature in such year or
years in accordance with the Act, and all be subject to redemption prior to
their respective maturities, subject to the limitations hereinafter provided, as
provided for in the Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of such
Series of Bonds. Bonds of a Series may be Current Interest Bonds,
Variable Rate Bonds, Capital Appreciation Bonds, Option Bonds or any combination
thereof and may be secured by a Credit and/or Liquidity Facility, all as shall
be provided in the Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of such
Series of Bonds. Bonds of a Series (or a part of a Series) may be in
book-entry form at the option of the Issuer as shall be provided in the
Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of such Series of
Bonds.
Debt
Service shall be payable in any coin or currency of the United States of America
which, at the date of payment thereof, is legal tender for the payment of public
and private debts. Interest shall be paid to the registered Owner of
Bonds at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest; provided,
however, that on or after the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default
under clause (a) of Section 902 hereof, the payment of interest and principal or
Redemption Price or Amortization Installments pursuant hereto shall be made by
the Paying Agent to such person, who, on a special record date which is fixed by
the Trustee, which shall be not more than fifteen (15) and not less than ten
(10) days prior to the date of such proposed payment, appears on the
registration books of the Bond Registrar as the registered Owner of a
Bond. Any payment of principal, Maturity Amount or Redemption Price
shall be made only upon presentation of the Bond at the designated corporate
trust office of the Paying Agent. Payment of interest shall be made
by check (or by wire transfer to the registered Owner if such Owner requests
such method of payment by delivery of written notice to the Paying Agent prior
to the Record Date for the respective interest payment to such account as shall
be specified in such request, but only if the registered Owner owns not less
than $1,000,000, or, if less than such amount, all of the Outstanding Bonds of a
Series, in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds). Unless otherwise
provided in the Supplemental Indenture authorizing a Series of Bonds, interest
on a Series of Bonds will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months.
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Section
203. Execution
and Form of Bonds. The
Bonds shall be signed by, or bear the facsimile signature of the Chairman, shall
be attested and countersigned by, or bear the facsimile signature of the
Secretary, and the certificate of authentication appearing on the Bonds shall be
manually signed by the Trustee. The official seal of the Issuer, or a
facsimile thereof, shall be imprinted or impressed on the
Bonds. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose
signature appears on any Bond shall cease to be such officer before the delivery
of such Bond, such signature or such facsimile shall nevertheless be valid for
all purposes the same as if he or she had remained in office until such
delivery. Any Bond may bear the facsimile signature of, or may be
signed by, such persons as at the actual time of the execution of such Bond
shall be proper officers to execute such Bond although at the date of such Bond
such persons may not have been such officers. The Bonds, and the
provisions for registration and reconversion to be endorsed on such Bonds, shall
be substantially in the form set forth in a Supplemental
Indenture. The Trustee may appoint one or more authenticating
agents.
Section
204. Registration
and Transfer of Bonds. The
Issuer shall cause books for the registration and for the transfer of the Bonds
as provided in this Master Indenture to be kept by the Bond
Registrar. All Bonds shall be registered as to both principal and
interest. Any Bond may be transferred only upon an assignment duly
executed by the registered owner or his attorney or legal representative in such
form as shall be satisfactory to the Bond Registrar, such transfer to be made on
such books and endorsed on the Bond by the Bond Registrar. No charge
shall be made to any Owner for registration and transfer as hereinabove
provided, but any Owner requesting any such registration or transfer shall pay
any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect
thereto. The Bond Registrar shall not be required to transfer any
Bond during the period between the Record Date and the Interest Payment Date
next succeeding the Record Date of such Bond, during the period between the
Record Date for the mailing of a notice of redemption and the date of such
mailing, nor after such Bond has been selected for redemption.
Section
205. Ownership
of Bonds. The
person in whose name any Bond shall be registered shall be deemed the absolute
owner thereof for all purposes, and payment of Debt Service shall be made only
to or upon the order of the registered owner thereof or his attorney or legal
representative as herein provided. All such payments shall be valid
and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such Bond to the
extent of the sum or sums so paid. The Trustee, the Issuer, the Bond
Registrar and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the registered owner of any
Bond as the absolute owner of such Bond, whether such Bond shall be overdue or
not, for the purpose of receiving payment thereof and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and neither the Trustee, the Issuer, the Bond Registrar nor the
Paying Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section
206. Special
Obligations. Each
Series of Bonds shall be a special and direct
obligation of the Issuer. Neither the Bonds nor the interest and
premium, if any, payable thereon shall constitute a general obligation or
general indebtedness of the Issuer within the meaning of the Alabama
Constitution and the other applicable laws of the State of
Alabama. The Bonds and the interest and premium, if any, payable
thereon do not constitute either a pledge of the full faith and credit of the
Issuer or a lien upon any property of the Issuer other than as provided herein
or in the Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of such Series of
Bonds. No Owner or any other person shall ever have the right to
compel the exercise of any taxing power of any public authority or governmental
body to pay Debt Service or to pay any other amounts required to be paid
pursuant to this Master Indenture, any Supplemental Indenture, or the
Bonds. Rather, Debt Service and any other amounts required to be paid
pursuant to this Master Indenture, any Supplemental Indenture, or the Bonds,
shall be payable solely from, and shall be secured solely by, the Series Pledged
Revenues and the Series Pledged Funds pledged to such Series of Bonds, all as
provided herein and in such Supplemental Indenture.
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Section
207. Authorization
of Bonds. There
shall be issued from time to time in Series, under and secured by this Master
Indenture, Bonds without limitation as to aggregate principal amount for the
purposes of: (i) paying all or part of the Cost of a Project or
Projects or refunding an Outstanding Series of Bonds or any portion thereof;
(ii) depositing the Series Reserve Account Requirement to the Series Reserve
Account for such Series of Bonds; and (iii) paying the costs and expenses of
issuing such Series of Bonds.
Each
Series of Bonds, upon initial issuance thereof, shall be executed by the Issuer
for delivery to the Trustee and thereupon shall be authenticated by the Trustee
and delivered to the Issuer or upon its order, but only upon the further receipt
by the Trustee of the following:
(i) an
executed and attested original or certified copy of this Master
Indenture;
(ii) an
executed and attested original or certified copy of the Supplemental Indenture
fixing the amount of and security for the Series of Bonds authorized to be
issued thereby and establishing, among other things, the dates on
which, and the amounts in which, such Series of Bonds will mature (provided that
the final maturity date of such Series of Bonds shall be not later than
permitted by the Act with respect to such Series of Bonds), designating the
Paying Agent and Bond Registrar, fixing the Amortization Installments, if any,
for the Term Bonds of such Series, awarding the Series of Bonds, specifying the
interest rates or the method for calculating such interest rates with respect to
such Series of Bonds, specifying the redemption provisions and prices thereupon,
specifying other details of such Series of Bonds, and directing the delivery of
such Series of Bonds to or upon the order of the initial purchaser thereof upon
payment of the purchase price therefor set forth in such Supplemental
Indenture;
(iii) an
opinion of counsel for the Issuer substantially to the effect that the signer is
of the opinion that this Master Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture
relating to such Series of Bonds have been duly and validly authorized in
accordance with the terms hereof and of the Act, and have been duly approved and
adopted, that the issuance of such Series of Bonds has been duly authorized, and
that this Master Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture constitute binding
obligations of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with
their terms except as enforcement thereof may be affected by bankruptcy and
other similar laws relating to creditor's rights generally;
(iv) an
opinion of Bond Counsel for the Issuer substantially to the effect that the
signer is of the opinion that the Bonds of such Series are valid, binding and
enforceable obligations of the Issuer and, if such Series of Bonds are not
Taxable Bonds, that interest thereon is excludable from gross income of the
Owners under the income tax laws of the United States in effect on the date such
Series of Bonds are delivered to their initial purchasers.
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The
Trustee shall be provided with reliance letters with respect to the opinions
required in paragraphs (iii) and (iv) above. When the documents
mentioned in subsections (i) through (iv) above shall have been received, and
when the Bonds of such Series shall have been executed and authenticated as
required by this Master Indenture, such Series of Bonds shall be delivered to,
or upon the order of, the Issuer, but only upon payment to the Trustee of the
purchase price of such Series of Bonds, together with accrued interest, if any,
thereon as set forth in a certificate of delivery and payment executed by the
Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Issuer.
The
proceeds (including accrued interest and any premium) of each Series of Bonds
shall be applied as soon as practicable upon delivery thereof to the Trustee as
follows:
(i) the
amount received as accrued interest on the Bonds shall be deposited to the
credit of the Series Interest Account and Capitalized Interest, if any, shall be
deposited to the credit of the Series Interest Account;
(ii) an
amount equal to the Series Reserve Account Requirement or the initial cost of
satisfying the Series Reserve Account Requirement if not satisfied by the
deposit of cash, shall be deposited to the credit of the Series Reserve Account;
and
(iii) the
balance shall be deposited and applied as provided for in the Supplemental
Indenture authorizing the issuance of such Series of Bonds.
Section
208. Temporary
Bonds. Pending
delivery of definitive Bonds, there may be executed, authenticated, and
delivered to the Owners thereof, in lieu of definitive Bonds and subject to the
same limitations and conditions except as to identifying numbers, temporary
printed, engraved, lithographed or typewritten Bonds in Authorized
Denominations, substantially of the tenor set forth in the Bond form to be set
forth in the Supplemental Indenture authorizing such Series of
Bonds. The Issuer shall cause definitive Bonds to be prepared and to
be executed, endorsed, registered and delivered to the Trustee, and the Trustee,
upon presentation to it of any temporary Bond, shall cancel the same or cause
the same to be canceled and cause to be authenticated and delivered, in exchange
therefor, at the place designated by the Owner, without expense to the Owner,
definitive Bonds of the same Series and in the same aggregate principal amount,
maturing on the same date and bearing interest or yield to maturity at the same
rate as the temporary Bond surrendered. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Bonds shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits of this
Master Indenture and any Supplemental Indenture as the definitive Bonds to be
issued hereunder.
Section
209. Mutilated,
Destroyed or Lost Bonds. If
any Bonds become mutilated or destroyed or lost, the Issuer may cause to be
executed, and the Issuer may cause to be delivered, a new Bond in substitution
therefor upon the cancellation of such mutilated Bond or in lieu of and in
substitution for such Bond destroyed or lost, and upon payment by the Owner of
the reasonable expenses and charges of the Issuer and the Trustee in connection
therewith and, in the case of a Bond destroyed or lost, upon the Owner filing
with the Trustee evidence satisfactory to it that such Bond was destroyed or
lost and of his or her ownership thereof, and upon furnishing the Issuer and the
Trustee with indemnity satisfactory to them.
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Section
210. Pari
Passu Obligations Under Credit Agreements. As
may be provided for or required in any Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer may
incur financial obligations under a Letter of Credit Agreement or a Liquidity
Agreement payable pari passu with respect to the lien on the Trust Estate
pledged to a Series of Bonds issued under this Master Indenture and a
Supplemental Indenture, without meeting any financial test or requirement set
forth in this Master Indenture or the corresponding Supplemental Indenture, but
only if the Letter of Credit Agreement or Liquidity Agreement supports a related
Series of Bonds then being issued which does meet such tests or
requirements.
Section
211. Tax
Status of Bonds. Any
Series of Bonds issued under this Master Indenture either (i) may be issued as
Tax Exempt Bonds, or (ii) may be issued as Taxable Bonds. The
intended tax status of any Series of Bonds to be issued may be referenced in any
Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of such Series of
Bonds.
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ARTICLE
III
REDEMPTION
OF BONDS
Section
301. Redemption
Generally. The
Bonds of any Series shall be subject to redemption, either in whole or in part
on any date, and at such times, in the manner and at such prices, as may be
provided by the Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of such Series
of Bonds. The Issuer shall provide written notice to the Trustee of
any optional redemption on or before the forty-fifth (45th) day next preceding
the date to be fixed for such optional redemption.
Unless
otherwise provided in the Supplemental Indenture relating to a Series of Bonds,
if less than all of the Bonds of any one maturity of a Series shall be called
for redemption, the particular Bonds of a Series to be redeemed shall be
selected by lot in such reasonable manner as the Bond Registrar in its
discretion may determine. The portion of any Series of Bonds to be
redeemed shall be in denominations of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof
and, in selecting the Bonds of such Series to be redeemed, the Bond Registrar
shall treat each such Bond as representing that number of Bonds of such Series
which is obtained by dividing the principal amount of such Bond by $5,000 (such
amount being hereafter referred to as the "unit of principal
amount").
If it is
determined that one or more, but not all, of the units of principal amount
represented by any such Bond is to be called for redemption, then upon notice of
intention to redeem such unit or units of principal amount as provided below,
the registered Owner of such Bond, upon surrender of such Bond to the Paying
Agent for payment to such registered Owner of the redemption price of the unit
or units of principal amount called for redemption, shall be entitled to receive
a new Bond or Bonds of such Series in the aggregate principal amount of the
unredeemed balance of the principal amount of such Bond. New Bonds of
such Series representing the unredeemed balance of the principal amount shall be
issued to the Owner thereof without any charge therefor. If the Owner
of any Bond of a denomination greater than the unit of principal amount to be
redeemed shall fail to present such Bond to the Paying Agent for payment in
exchange as aforesaid, such Bond shall, nevertheless, become due and payable on
the date fixed for redemption to the extent of the unit or units of principal
amount called for redemption.
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Section
302. Notice
of Redemption; Procedure for Selection. The
Issuer shall establish each redemption date, other than in the case of a
mandatory redemption, in which case the Trustee shall establish the redemption
date, and the Issuer or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall notify the Bond
Registrar in writing of such redemption date on or before the forty-fifth (45th)
day next preceding the date fixed for redemption, which notice shall set forth
the terms of the redemption and the aggregate principal amount of Bonds so to be
redeemed. Except as provided below, notice of redemption shall be
given by the Bond Registrar not less than thirty (30) nor more than forty-five
(45) days prior to the date fixed for redemption by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to any Paying Agent for the Bonds to be redeemed and to the registered
Owner of each Bond to be redeemed, at the address of such registered Owner on
the registration books maintained by the Bond Registrar (and, for any Owner of
$1,000,000 or more in the principal amount of Bonds, to one additional address
if written request therefor is provided to the Bond Registrar prior to the
Record Date); and a second notice of redemption shall be sent by registered or
certified mail at such address to any Owner who has not submitted his Bond to
the Paying Agent for payment on or before the date sixty (60) days following the
date fixed for redemption of such Bond, in each case stating: (i) the numbers of
the Bonds to be redeemed, by giving the individual certificate number of each
Bond to be redeemed (or stating that all Bonds between two stated certificate
numbers, both inclusive, are to be redeemed or that all of the Bonds of one or
more maturities have been called for redemption); (ii) the CUSIP numbers of all
Bonds being redeemed; (iii) in the case of a partial redemption of Bonds, the
principal amount of each Bond being redeemed; (iv) the date of issue of each
Bond as originally issued and the complete official name of the Bonds including
the series designation; (v) the rate or rates of interest borne by each Bond
being redeemed; (vi) the maturity date of each Bond being redeemed; (vii) the
place or places where amounts due upon such redemption will be payable; and
(viii) the notice date, redemption date, and redemption price. The
notice shall require that such Bonds be surrendered at the designated corporate
trust office of the Paying Agent for redemption at the redemption price and
shall state that further interest on such Bonds will not accrue from and after
the redemption date. CUSIP number identification with appropriate
dollar amounts for each CUSIP number also shall accompany all redemption
payments.
Any
required notice or redemption also shall be sent by registered mail, overnight
delivery service, telecopy or other secure means, postage prepaid, to any Owner
of $1,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of Bonds to be redeemed, to
certain municipal registered securities depositories in accordance with the
then-current guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Commission which are
known to the Bond Registrar to be holding Bonds thirty-two (32) days prior to
the redemption date and to at least two of the national Information
Services that disseminate securities redemption notices in accordance
with the then-current guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Commission, when
possible, at least thirty (30) days prior to the redemption date; provided that
neither failure to send or receive any such notice nor any defect in any notice
so mailed shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for the redemption of
such Bonds.
Failure
to give notice by mailing to the Owner of any Bond designated for redemption or
to any depository or information service shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Bond.
If at the
time of mailing of notice of an optional redemption, the Issuer shall not have
deposited with the Trustee moneys sufficient to redeem or purchase all the
Series 2010 Bonds called for redemption or purchase, such notice shall state
that it is subject to the deposit of the redemption moneys with the Trustee not
later than the opening of business on the redemption date and such notice shall
be of no effect unless such moneys are so deposited.
Section
303. Effect
of Calling for Redemption. On
the date designated for redemption
of any Bonds, notice having been filed and mailed in the manner provided above,
the Bonds called for redemption shall be due and payable at the redemption price
provided for the redemption of such Bonds on such date and, moneys for payment
of the redemption price being held in a separate account by the Paying Agent in
trust for the Owners of the Bonds to be redeemed, interest on the Bonds called
for redemption shall cease to be entitled to any benefit under this Master
Indenture, and the Owners of such Bonds shall have no rights in respect thereof,
except to receive payment of the redemption price thereof, and interest, if any,
accrued thereon to the redemption date, and such Bonds shall no longer be deemed
to be Outstanding.
Section
304. Cancellation. Bonds
called for redemption shall be canceled upon the surrender thereof.
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ARTICLE
IV
ACQUISITION
AND CONSTRUCTION FUND
Section
401. Acquisition
and Construction Fund. There
is created and established by Section 502 hereof a fund designated as the
"Acquisition and Construction Fund" which shall be held by the Escrow Agent and
to the credit of the Series Acquisition and Construction Accounts there shall be
deposited the amounts specified in the Supplemental Indenture relating to such
Series of Bonds.
Section
402. Payments
From Acquisition and Construction Fund. Payments
of the Cost of constructing and acquiring a Series Project shall be made from
the Acquisition and Construction Fund as herein provided. All such
payments shall be subject to the provisions and restrictions set forth in this
Article and in Article V hereof, and the Issuer covenants that it will not
request any sums to be paid from the Acquisition and Construction Fund except in
accordance with such provisions and restrictions. Moneys in the
Acquisition and Construction Fund shall be disbursed by check, voucher, order,
draft, certificate or warrant signed by any one or more officers or employees of
the Escrow Agent legally authorized to sign such items or by wire transfer to an
account specified by the payee upon satisfaction of the conditions for
disbursement set forth in Section 503(b) hereof.
Section
403. Cost
of Project. For
the purposes of this Master Indenture, the Cost of the Series Project shall
include, without intending thereby to limit or to restrict or expand any proper
definition of such cost under the Act, other applicable provisions of the
Alabama Code or other applicable Alabama law or this Master Indenture, the
following:
(i) Expenses of Bond
Issuance. All expenses and
fees relating to the issuance of the Bonds, including, but not limited to,
initial Credit and Liquidity Facility fees and costs, attorneys' fees,
underwriting fees and discounts, the Trustee's acceptance fees and first-year
annual fee, expenses and Trustee's counsel fees and costs, rating agency fees,
fees of financial advisors, engineer's fees and costs, administrative expenses
of the Issuer, the costs of preparing audits and engineering reports, the costs
of preparing reports, surveys, and studies, and the costs of printing the Bonds
and preliminary and final disclosure documents.
(ii) Accrued and
Capitalized Interest. Any interest
accruing on the Bonds from their date through the first Interest Payment Date
received from the proceeds of the Bonds shall be deposited into the related
Series Interest Account, and amounts received from the proceeds of the Bonds to
be used for Capitalized Interest shall be deposited into the related Series
Interest Account or Capitalized Interest Account as may be authorized or
provided for by a Supplemental Indenture related to a Series of
Bonds. Notwithstanding the deposit of Capitalized Interest into the
related Series Capitalized Interest Account or Interest Account, Capitalized
Interest shall also include any amount directed by the Issuer to the Trustee in
writing to be withdrawn from the related Series Acquisition and Construction
Account and deposited into such Capitalized Interest Account or Interest
Account, provided that such direction includes a certification that such amount
represents earnings on amounts on deposit in the related Series Acquisition and
Construction Account and that, after such deposit, the amount on deposit in such
Acquisition and Construction Account, together with earnings thereon will be
sufficient to complete the related Series Project which is to be funded from
such Acquisition and Construction Account.
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(iii) Acquisition
Expenses. The costs of
acquiring, by purchase or condemnation, all of the land, structures,
improvements, rights-of-law, franchises, easements, plans and specifications and
similar items and other interests in property, whether real or personal,
tangible or intangible, which themselves constitute the Project or which are
necessary or convenient to acquire, install and construct the Project and
payments, contributions, dedications, taxes, assessments or permit fees or costs
and any other exactions required as a condition to receive any government
approval or permit necessary to accomplish any Issuer purpose.
(iv) Construction
Expense. All costs
incurred including interest charges, for labor and materials, including
equipment, machinery and fixtures, by contractors, builders, and materialmen in
connection with the acquisition, installation and construction of the Project,
and including without limitation costs incident to the award of
contracts.
(v) Other
Professional Fees and Miscellaneous Expenses. All legal,
architectural, engineering survey, and consulting fees, as well as all financing
charges, taxes, insurance premiums, and miscellaneous expenses, not specifically
referred to in this Master Indenture that are incurred in connection with the
acquisition and construction of the Project.
(vi) Expenses
of determining the feasibility or practicality of acquisition, construction,
installation, or reconstruction.
(vii) Costs
of surveys, estimates, plans and specifications.
(viii) Costs
of improvements.
(ix) Financing
charges.
(x) Creation
of initial reserve and debt service funds.
(xi) Working
capital to the extent provided in the Act.
(xii) Amounts
to repay temporary or bond anticipation notes or loans made to finance any costs
permitted under the Act.
(xiii) Costs
incurred to enforce remedies against contractors, subcontractors, any provider
of labor, material, services or any other person for a default or breach under
the corresponding contract, or in connection with any dispute.
(xiv) Premiums
for contract bonds and insurance during construction and costs on account of
personal injuries and property damage in the course of construction and
insurance against the same.
(xv) Expenses
of Project management and supervision.
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(xvi) Costs
of effecting compliance with any and all governmental permits relating to the
Project.
(xvii) Any
other cost or expense as provided by the Act.
(xviii) Refinancing
Costs. All costs
described in (i) through (xvii) above or otherwise permitted by the Act
associated with refinancing or repaying any loan or other debt obligation, of
the Issuer.
Section
404. Disposition
of Balances in Acquisition and Construction Fund. On
the Date of Completion of a Series Project, the balance in the related Series
Acquisition and Construction Account not reserved for the payment of any
remaining part of the Cost of the Series Project shall be transferred by the
Escrow Agent to the credit of the Series Redemption Account, and used for the
purposes set forth for such Account in the Supplemental Indenture relating to
such Series of Bonds.
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ARTICLE
V
ESTABLISHMENT
OF FUNDS AND APPLICATION THEREOF
Section
501. Lien. There
is hereby irrevocably pledged for the payment of the Bonds of each Series issued
hereunder, subject only to the provisions of this Master Indenture and any
Supplemental Indenture permitting the application thereof for the purposes and
on the terms and conditions set forth in this Master Indenture and any such
Supplemental Indenture with respect to each Series of Bonds, the Trust Estate;
provided, however, that unless otherwise specifically provided herein or in a
Supplemental Indenture relating to a Series of Bonds with respect to the Trust
Estate securing such Series of Bonds, the Pledged Funds and Pledged Revenues
securing a Series of Bonds shall secure only such Series of Bonds and shall not
secure any other Bonds or Series of Bonds.
The
foregoing pledge shall be valid and binding from and after the date of initial
delivery of the Bonds and the proceeds of sale of the Bonds and all the moneys,
securities and funds set forth in this Section 501 shall immediately be subject
to the lien of the foregoing pledge, which lien is hereby created, without any
physical delivery thereof or further act. Such lien shall be valid
and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract
or otherwise against the Issuer or the Trustee, irrespective of whether such
parties have notice thereof. Such lien shall be prior and superior to
all other liens now existing or hereafter created.
Section
502. Establishment
of Funds and Accounts. The
following funds and accounts are hereby established and shall be held by the
Escrow Agent:
(a) Acquisition
and Construction Fund, and within such Fund there may be established by
Supplemental Indenture authorizing a Series of Bonds a separate Series
Acquisition and Construction Account and a Series Costs of Issuance Account for
each Series of Bonds issued hereunder;
(b) Revenue
Fund, and within such Fund there may be established by Supplemental Indenture
authorizing a Series of Bonds a separate Series Revenue Account for each Series
issued hereunder;
(c) Debt
Service Fund, and within such Fund there may be established by Supplemental
Indenture authorizing a Series of Bonds a separate Series Debt Service Account
and within such Series Debt Service Account,
(i) a
Series Interest Account,
(ii) a
Series Principal Account,
(iii) a
Series Sinking Fund Account,
(iv) a
Series Redemption Account and therein a Prepayment Subaccount and an Optional
Redemption Subaccount, and
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(v) a
Capitalized Interest Account for each such series of Bonds issued
hereunder;
(d) Reserve
Fund, and within such Fund there may be established by Supplemental Indenture
authorizing a Series of Bonds a separate Series Reserve Account for each such
Series of Bonds issued hereunder and any Bonds issued on a parity with any such
Series of Bonds hereunder; and
(e) Rebate
Fund, and within such Fund there may be established by Supplemental Indenture
authorizing a Series of Bonds a separate Series Rebate Account for each such
Series of Bonds issued hereunder.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Supplemental Indenture authorizing any Series of Bonds may
establish such other Series Accounts or dispense with the Series Accounts set
forth above as shall be deemed advisable by the Issuer in connection with such
Series of Bonds.
Section
503. Acquisition
and Construction Fund.
(a) Deposits. The
Issuer shall pay to the Escrow Agent, for deposit into the related Acquisition
and Construction Account in the Acquisition and Construction Fund, as promptly
as practicable, the following amounts received by it:
(1) the
amount set forth in the Supplemental Indenture relating to such Series of
Bonds;
(2) subject
to Section 806 hereof, payments made to the Issuer from the sale, lease or other
disposition of the Series Project or any portion thereof;
(3) the
balance of insurance proceeds with respect to the loss or destruction of the
Series Project or any portion thereof; and
(4) such
other amounts as may be provided in a Supplemental Indenture.
Amounts
in such Acquisition and Construction Account shall be applied to the Cost of the
Series Project; provided, however, that if any amounts remain in the Acquisition
and Construction Account after the Date of Completion, and if such amounts are
not reserved for payment of any remaining part of the Cost of the Series
Project, such amounts shall be applied in the manner set forth in Section 404
above.
(b) Disbursements. Unless
otherwise provided in the Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of
such Series of Bonds, payments from a Series Acquisition and Construction
Account shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of this subsection
(b). Before any such payment shall be made, the Issuer shall file
with the Escrow Agent a requisition in the form of Exhibit A hereto, signed by
an Authorized Officer.
Upon
receipt of each such requisition and accompanying certificate the Escrow Agent
shall promptly withdraw from the Series Acquisition and Construction Account and
pay to the person, firm or corporation named in such requisition the amount
designated in such requisition. The Escrow Agent shall have no duty
to investigate the accuracy or validity of the items delivered pursuant to this
Section 503(b).
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(c) Inspection. All
requisitions and certificates received by the Escrow Agent pursuant to this
Article shall be retained in the possession of the Escrow Agent, subject at all
reasonable times to the inspection of the Issuer, the Consulting Engineer, the
Owner of any Bonds of the related Series, and the agents and representatives
thereof.
(d) Completion of Series
Project. On the Date of Completion, the balance in the
Acquisition and Construction Account not reserved by the Issuer for the payment
of any remaining part of the Cost of acquiring or constructing the Series
Project shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 404
hereof.
Section
504. Revenue
Fund and Series Revenue Accounts. The
Issuer hereby covenants and agrees that it will assess, impose, establish and
collect the Pledged Revenues with respect to each Series of Bonds in amounts and
at times sufficient to pay, when due, the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on such Series of Bonds. The Issuer hereby covenants and
agrees to immediately deposit with the Escrow Agent upon receipt of all such
Pledged Revenues (except Prepayments), when received, into the related Series
Revenue Account and to immediately deposit all Prepayments, when received, into
the related Series Redemption Account, unless otherwise provided for in the
Supplemental Indenture relating to a Series of Bonds.
Section
505. Debt
Service Fund and Series Debt Service Account.
(a) Principal, Maturity Amount,
Interest and Amortization Installments. On the Business Day
preceding each Interest Payment Date on the Bonds, the Trustee shall direct the
Escrow Agent to withdraw from the Series Revenue Account and, from the amount so
withdrawn, shall make the following deposits in the following order of
priority:
(i) to
the credit of the related Series Interest Account, an amount which, together
with other amounts, if any, then on deposit therein will equal the amount of
interest payable on the Bonds of such Series on such Interest Payment
Date;
(ii) to
the related Series Principal Account, an amount which, together with other
amounts, if any, then on deposit therein will equal the principal amount, if
any, payable with respect to Serial Bonds of such Series on such Interest
Payment Date;
(iii) in
each Bond Year in which Term Bonds of such Series are subject to mandatory
redemption from Amortization Installments, to the related Series Sinking Fund
Account, an amount which, together with other amounts, if any, then on deposit
therein, will equal the Amortization Installment payable on the Term Bonds of
such Series on such Interest Payment Date;
(iv) in
each Bond Year in which Capital Appreciation Bonds of such Series mature to the
related Series Principal Account, an amount which, together with other amounts,
if any, then on deposit therein, will equal the Maturity Amount payable with
respect to the Capital Appreciation Bonds of such Series maturing on such
Interest Payment Date;
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(v) to
the credit of the Series Reserve Account, an amount, if any, which, together
with the amount then on deposit therein, will equal the Series Reserve Account
Requirement; and
(vi) to
the credit of the Series Rebate Account the Rebate Amount, if any, required to
be deposited therein pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture related to a Series
of Tax Exempt Bonds.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, so long as there are moneys on deposit in the related Series
Capitalized Interest Account on the date required for any transfer into the
Series Interest Account as set forth above, the Trustee shall, prior to
directing the Escrow Agent to make any transfer into the related Series Interest
Account from the related Series Revenue Account, transfer to the related Series
Interest Account from the related Series Capitalized Interest Account, the
lesser of the interest on such Series of Bonds coming due on the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date or the amount remaining on deposit in the related Series
Capitalized Interest Account.
(b) Disposition of Remaining
Amounts on Deposit in Series Revenue Account. The Issuer shall
authorize the withdrawal, from time to time, from the Series Revenue Account of
an amount sufficient to pay the fees and charges of the Trustee, Escrow Agent,
Bond Registrar, and Paying Agent, when due. If, after such amounts have been
withdrawn, paid and provided for as provided above, any amounts remain in the
Series Revenue Account, such amounts shall be disbursed to the Issuer on written
request of an Authorized Officer and applied to pay the operating and
administrative costs and expenses of the Issuer. After making the payments
provided for in this subsection (b), the balance, if any, remaining in the
Series Revenue Account shall be retained therein, or, at the written direction
of an Authorized Officer to the Trustee, transferred into the Series Redemption
Account.
(c) Series Reserve
Account. Moneys held for the credit of a Series Reserve
Account shall be used for the purpose of paying interest or principal or
Amortization Installment or Maturity Amount on the Bonds of the related Series
whenever amounts on deposit in the Series Debt Service Account shall be
insufficient for such purpose.
(d) Series Debt Service
Account. Moneys held for the credit of a Series Principal
Account and Series Interest Account in a Series Debt Service Account shall be
withdrawn therefrom by the Escrow Agent and transferred by the Trustee to the
Paying Agent in amounts and at times sufficient to pay, when due, the interest
on the Bonds of such Series, the principal of Serial Bonds of such Series, the
Maturity Amount of Capital Appreciation Bonds of such Series and to redeem Term
Bonds of such Series that are subject to mandatory redemption from Amortization
Installments, as the case may be.
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(e) Series Redemption
Account. Moneys representing Prepayments on deposit in a
Series Redemption Account to the full extent of a multiple of $5,000 shall
unless otherwise provided in the Supplemental Indenture relating to such Series
of Bonds, be used by the Trustee to redeem Bonds of such Series on the earliest
date on which such Bonds are permitted to be called without payment of premium
by the terms hereof (including extraordinary or extraordinary mandatory
redemption) and of the Supplemental Indenture relating to such Series of
Bonds. Such redemption shall be made pursuant to the provisions of
Article III. The Issuer shall pay all expenses incurred by the
Trustee, Escrow Agent and Paying Agent in connection with such
redemption. Moneys other than from Prepayments shall be held and
applied in a Series Redemption Account as provided in Section 506(a)
hereof.
(f) Payment to the
Issuer. When no Bonds of a Series remain Outstanding, and
after all expenses and charges herein and in the related Supplemental Indenture
required to be paid have been paid as certified to the Trustee in writing by an
Authorized officer, and after all amounts due and owing to the Trustee have been
paid in full, the Trustee shall direct the Escrow Agent to pay any balance in
the Series Accounts for such Series of Bonds to the Issuer upon the written
direction of an Authorized Officer, free and clear of any lien and pledge
created by this Master Indenture; provided, however, that if an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing in the payment of the principal or Maturity
Amount of, or interest or premium on the Bonds of any other Series, the Trustee
shall direct the Escrow Agent to pay over and apply any such excess pro rata
(based upon the ratio of the aggregate principal amount of such Series to the
aggregate principal amount of all Series Outstanding and for which such an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing) to each other Series of Bonds for
which such an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
Section
506.
Optional Redemption.
(a) Excess Amounts in Series
Redemption Account. The Trustee shall, but only at the written
direction of an Authorized Officer on or prior to the forty-fifth (45th) day
preceding the date of redemption, call for redemption on the date on which Bonds
are subject to optional redemption, from moneys on deposit with the Escrow Agent
in a Series Redemption Account such amount of Bonds of such Series then subject
to optional redemption as, with the redemption premium, if any, will exhaust
such amount as nearly as may be practicable. Such redemption shall be
made pursuant to the provisions of Article III. The Issuer shall pay
all expenses incurred by the Trustee, Escrow Agent and Paying Agent in
connection with such redemption.
Section
507.
Rebate Fund and Series Rebate Accounts.
(a) Creation. There
is hereby created and established a Rebate Fund, and within the Rebate Fund a
Series Rebate Account for each Series of Tax Exempt Bonds. Moneys
deposited and held in the Rebate Fund shall not be subject to the pledge of this
Master Indenture.
(b) Payment to United
States. The Trustee shall direct the Escrow Agent to pay to
the Issuer upon written request of the Issuer, the Rebate Amount required to be
paid to the United States at the times, in the manner and as calculated in
accordance with the Supplemental Indenture related to a Series of Tax Exempt
Bonds. The Trustee shall have no responsibility for computation of
the Rebate Amount and instead the Issuer shall cause the Rebate Amount to be
calculated by the Rebate Analyst and shall cause the Rebate Analyst to deliver
such computation to the Trustee as provided in the Supplemental Indenture
related to a Series of Tax Exempt Bonds but before the date of any required
payment of the Rebate Amount to the Internal Revenue Service. The
fees of, and expenses incurred by, the Rebate Analyst in computing the Rebate
Amount shall be paid by the Issuer, which amount shall be treated as
administrative and operating expenses of the Issuer payable or reimbursable from
the Series Revenue Account in accordance with Section 505(b)
hereof.
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(c) Deficiencies. If
the Escrow Agent does not have on deposit in the Series Rebate Account
sufficient amounts to make the payments required by this Section, the Issuer
shall pay, from any legally available source, the amount of any such deficiency
to the United States as in paragraph (b) above provided.
(d) Survival. The
covenants and agreements of the Issuer in this Section 507 and Section 809, and,
any additional covenants related to compliance with provisions necessary in
order to preserve the exclusion of interest on the Bonds of a Series from gross
income for Federal income tax purposes shall survive the defeasance of the Bonds
of such Series in accordance with Article XII hereof.
Section
508.
Investment of Funds and Accounts. Unless
otherwise provided in the Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of a
Series of Bonds, moneys held for the credit of the Series Accounts shall be
invested by the Escrow Agent as hereinafter in this Section 508
provided.
(a) Series Acquisition and
Construction Account, Revenue Account and Debt Service
Account. Moneys held for the credit of a Series Acquisition
and Construction Account, the Series Revenue Account, and the Series Debt
Service Account shall, as nearly as may be practicable, be continuously invested
and reinvested by the Escrow Agent in Investment Obligations as directed in
writing by an Authorized Officer, which Investment Obligations shall mature, or
shall be subject to redemption by the holder thereof at the option of such
holder, not later than the respective dates, as estimated by an Authorized
Officer, when moneys held for the credit of each such Series Account will be
required for the purposes intended.
(b) Series Reserve
Account. Moneys held for the credit of a Series Reserve
Account shall be continuously invested and reinvested by the Escrow Agent in
Investment Obligations as directed in writing by an Authorized
Officer.
(c) Investment Obligations as a
Part of Funds and Accounts. Investment Obligations purchased
as an investment of moneys in any Fund or Account shall be deemed at all times
to be a part of such Fund or Account, and the interest accruing thereon and
profit realized from such investment shall be credited as provided in Section
510 hereof. Any loss resulting from such investment shall be charged
to such Fund or Account. The foregoing notwithstanding, for purposes
of investment and to the extent permitted by law, amounts on deposit in any Fund
or Account may be commingled for purposes of investment, provided adequate care
is taken to account for such amounts in accordance with the prior
sentence. The Escrow Agent may, upon the written direction of an
Authorized Officer, transfer investments within such Funds or Accounts without
being required to sell such investments. The Escrow Agent shall sell
at the best price obtainable or present for redemption any obligations so
purchased whenever it shall be necessary so to do in order to provide moneys to
meet any payment or transfer from any such Fund or Account. The
Escrow Agent shall not be liable or responsible for any loss resulting from any
such investment or for failure to make an investment (except failure to make an
investment in accordance with the written direction of an Authorized Officer) or
for failure to achieve the maximum possible earnings on
investments. The Escrow Agent shall have no obligation to invest
funds without written direction from an Authorized Officer.
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(d) Valuation. In
computing the value of the assets of any Fund or Account, investments and
earnings thereon shall be deemed a part thereof. Except as may be
otherwise provided in a Supplemental Indenture, the Escrow Agent shall value the
assets in each of the Funds and Accounts established hereunder as of September
30 of each Fiscal Year, and as soon as practicable after each such valuation
date (but no later than ten (10) days after each such valuation date) shall
provide the Issuer a report of the status of each Fund and Account as of the
valuation date. For the purpose of determining the amount on deposit
to the credit of any Fund or Account established hereunder, with the exception
of a Series Reserve Account, obligations in which money in such Fund or Account
shall have been invested shall be valued at the market value or the amortized
cost thereof, whichever is lower, or at the redemption price thereof, to the
extent that any such obligation is then redeemable at the option of the
holder. For the purpose of determining the amount on deposit to the
credit of a Series Reserve Account, obligations in which money in such Account
shall have been invested shall be valued at the value such obligations were
traded on the preceding business day. Amortized cost, when used with
respect to an obligation purchased at a premium above or a discount below par,
means the value as of any given time obtained by dividing the total premium or
discount at which such obligation was purchased by the number of days remaining
to maturity on such obligation at the date of such purchase and by multiplying
the amount thus calculated by the number of days having passed since such
purchase; and (1) in the case of an obligation purchased at a premium by
deducting the product thus obtained from the purchase price, and (2) in the case
of an obligation purchased at a discount by adding the product thus obtained to
the purchase price.
Section
509.
Deficiencies and Surpluses in Funds. For
purposes of this Section: (a) a "deficiency" shall mean, in the case of a Series
Reserve Account, that the amount on deposit therein is less than the Series
Reserve Account Requirement (but only after the Bond Year in which the amount on
deposit therein is less than the Series Reserve Account Requirement) (but only
after the Bond Year in which the amount on deposit therein first equals the
Series Reserve Account Requirement), and (b) a "surplus" shall mean in the case
of a Series Reserve Account, that the amount on deposit therein is in excess of
the applicable Series Reserve Account Requirement.
At the
time of any withdrawal from a Series Reserve Account that results in a
deficiency therein, the Escrow Agent shall promptly notify the Issuer of the
amount of any such deficiency and the Escrow Agent shall withdraw the amount of
such deficiency from the related Series Revenue Account, and, if amounts on
deposit therein are insufficient therefor, the Issuer shall pay the amount of
such deficiency to the Escrow Agent, for deposit in such Series Reserve Account,
from the first legally available sources of the Issuer.
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The
Escrow Agent, as of the close of business on the last Business Day in each Bond
Year, after taking into account all payments and transfers made as of such date,
shall compute, in the manner set forth in Section 508(d), the value of the
Series Reserve Account and shall promptly notify the Issuer of the amount of any
deficiency or surplus as of such date in such Series Reserve
Account. The Issuer shall immediately pay the amount of any
deficiency to the Escrow Agent, for deposit in the Series Reserve Account, from
any legally available sources of the Issuer. The Escrow Agent, as
soon as practicable after such computation, shall deposit any surplus, at the
direction of an Authorized Officer, to the credit of the Series Redemption
Account or the Series Principal Account.
Section
510.
Investment Income. Unless
provided otherwise in a Supplemental Indenture, earnings on Investments in a
Series Acquisition and Construction Account, a Series Interest Account and a
Series Revenue Account shall be deposited, as realized, to the credit of such
Series Account and used for the purpose of such Account. Unless
provided in a Supplemental Indenture, earnings on investments in a Series
Principal Account and Redemption Account shall be deposited, as realized, to the
credit of such Series Interest Account and used for the purpose of such
Account.
Earnings
on investments in a Series Reserve Account shall unless otherwise therein
provided in a Supplemental Indenture be disposed of as follows:
(a) if
there was no deficiency (as defined in Section 509 above) in the Series Reserve
Account as of the most recent date on which amounts on deposit in the Series
Reserve Account were valued by the Escrow Agent, and if no withdrawals have been
made from the Series Reserve Account since such date, then earnings on
investments in the Series Reserve Account shall be deposited, as realized, in
the Series Revenue Account.
(b) if
as of the last date on which amounts on deposit in the Series Reserve Account
were valued by the Escrow Agent there was a deficiency (as defined in Section
509 above) in the Series Reserve Account, or if after such date withdrawals have
been made from the Series Reserve Account and have created such a deficiency,
then earnings on investments in the Series Reserve Account shall be deposited to
the credit of the Series Reserve Account until the amount on deposit therein
equals the Series Reserve Account Requirement and thereafter shall be deposited
to the Series Revenue Account.
Section
511. Cancellation
of the Bonds. All
Bonds paid, redeemed or purchased, either at or before maturity, shall be
canceled upon the payment, redemption or purchase of such Bonds. All
Bonds canceled under any of the provisions of this Master Indenture shall be
destroyed by the Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE
VI
CONCERNING
THE TRUSTEE
Section
601. Acceptance
of Trust. The
Trustee accepts and agrees to execute the trusts hereby created, but only upon
the additional terms set forth in this Article, to all of which the parties
hereto and the Owners agree. The Trustee shall have only those duties
expressly set forth herein, and no duties shall be implied against the
Trustee.
Section
602. No
Responsibility for Recitals. The
recitals, statements and representations in this Master Indenture, in any
Supplemental Indenture or in the Bonds, save only the Trustee's authentication
certificate, if any, upon the Bonds, have been made by the Issuer and not by the
Trustee; and the Trustee shall be under no responsibility for the correctness
thereof.
Section
603. Trustee
May Act Through Agents; Answerable Only for Willful Misconduct or Gross
Negligence. The
Trustee may execute any powers hereunder and perform any duties required of it
through attorneys, agents, officers or employees, and shall be entitled to
advice of counsel concerning all questions hereunder, and the Trustee shall not
be answerable for the default or misconduct of any attorney, agent or employee
selected by it with reasonable care. In performance of its duties
hereunder, the Trustee may rely on the advice of counsel and shall not be held
liable for actions taken in reliance on the advice of counsel. The
Trustee shall not be answerable for the exercise of any discretion or power
under this Master Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture nor for anything
whatever in connection with the trust hereunder, except only its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
Section
604. Compensation
and Indemnity. The
Issuer shall pay the Trustee reasonable compensation for its services hereunder,
and also all its reasonable expenses and disbursements, including the reasonable
fees and expenses of Trustee's counsel, and to the extent permitted under
Alabama law shall indemnify the Trustee and hold the Trustee harmless against
any liabilities which it may incur in the exercise and performance of its powers
and duties hereunder except with respect to its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The Trustee shall have no duty in connection with its
responsibilities hereunder to advance its own funds nor shall the Trustee have
any duty to take any action hereunder without first having received
indemnification satisfactory to it. If the Issuer defaults in respect
of the foregoing obligations, the Trustee may deduct the amount owing to it from
any moneys received or held by the Escrow Agent under this Master Indenture or
any Supplemental Indenture and payable to the Issuer other than moneys from a
Credit Facility or a Liquidity Facility. This provision shall survive
termination of this Master Indenture and any Supplemental Indenture, and as to
any Trustee, its resignation or removal thereof. As security for the
foregoing, the Issuer hereby grants to the Trustee a security interest in and to
the amounts on deposit in all Series Funds and Accounts (other than the Rebate
Fund) thereby, in effect, granting the Trustee a first charge against these
moneys following an Event of Default for its fees and expenses (including legal
counsel and default administration costs and expenses), subordinate and inferior
to the security interest granted to the Owners of the Bonds from time to time
secured thereby, but nevertheless payable in the order of priority as set forth
in Section 905(a) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default.
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Section
605. No
Duty to Renew Insurance. The
Trustee shall be under no duty to effect or to renew any insurance policy nor
shall it incur any liability for the failure of the Issuer to require or effect
or renew insurance or to report or file claims of loss thereunder.
Section
606. Notice
of Default; Right to Investigate. The
Trustee shall give written notice, as soon as practicable, by first-class mail
to registered Owners of Bonds of all defaults of which the Trustee has actual
knowledge, unless such defaults have been remedied (the term
"defaults" for purposes of this Section and Section 607 being defined
to include the events specified as "Events of Default" in Section 902 hereof,
but not including any notice or periods of grace provided for therein) or if the
Trustee based upon the advice of counsel upon which the Trustee is entitled to
rely, determines that the giving of such notice is not in the best interests of
the Owners of the Bonds. The Trustee will be deemed to have actual
knowledge of any payment default under this Master Indenture or under any
Supplemental Indenture and, after receipt of written notice thereof by a Credit
Facility issuer or a Liquidity Facility issuer of a default under its respective
reimbursement agreement, but shall not be deemed to have actual knowledge of any
other default unless notified in writing of such default by the Owners of at
least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds. The
Trustee may, however, at any time require of the Issuer full information as to
the performance of any covenant hereunder; and if information satisfactory to it
is not forthcoming, the Trustee may make or cause to be made, at the expense of
the Issuer, an investigation into the affairs of the Issuer.
Section
607. Obligation
to Act on Default. Before
taking any action under this Master Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture in
respect of an Event of Default, the Trustee may require that a satisfactory
indemnity bond be furnished for the reimbursement of all expenses to which it
may be put and to protect it against all liability, except liability resulting
from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with any such
action.
Section
608. Reliance
by Trustee. The
Trustee may act on any requisition, resolution, notice, request, consent,
waiver, certificate, statement, affidavit, voucher, bond, or other paper or
document or telephone message which it in good faith believes to be genuine and
to have been passed, signed or given by the proper persons or to have been
prepared and furnished pursuant to any of the provisions of this Master
Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture; and the Trustee shall be under no duty
to make any investigation as to any statement contained in any such instrument,
but may accept the same as conclusive evidence of the accuracy of such
statement.
Section
609. Trustee
May Deal in Bonds. The
Trustee may in good faith buy, sell, own, hold and deal in any of the Bonds and
may join in any action which any Owners may be entitled to take with like effect
as if the Trustee were not a party to this Master Indenture or any Supplemental
Indenture. The Trustee may also engage in or be interested in any
financial or other transaction with the Issuer.
Section
610.
Construction of Ambiguous Provision. The
Trustee may construe any ambiguous or inconsistent provisions of this Master
Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture and any construction by the Trustee
shall be binding upon the Owners. The Trustee shall give prompt
written notice to the Issuer of any intention to make such
construal.
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Section
611. Resignation
of Trustee. The
Trustee may resign and be discharged of the trusts created by this Master
Indenture by written resignation filed with the Secretary of the Issuer not less
than sixty (60) days before the date when such resignation is to take effect;
provided that notice of such resignation shall be sent by first-class mail to
each Owner as its name and address appears on the Bond Register and to any
Escrow Agent, Paying Agent, Bond Registrar, any Credit Facility issuer, and any
Liquidity Facility issuer, at least sixty (60) days before the resignation is to
take effect. Such resignation shall take effect on the day specified
in the Trustee's notice of resignation unless a successor Trustee is previously
appointed, in which event the resignation shall take effect immediately on the
appointment of such successor; provided, however, that notwithstanding the
foregoing such resignation shall not take effect until a successor Trustee has
been appointed. If a successor Trustee has not been appointed within
sixty (60) days after the Trustee has given its notice of resignation, the
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a temporary successor Trustee to serve as Trustee until a successor Trustee has
been duly appointed.
Section
612. Removal
of Trustee. Any
Trustee hereunder may be removed at any time by an instrument appointing a
successor to the Trustee so removed, upon application of the Issuer; provided,
however, that if an Event of Default has occurred hereunder and is continuing
with respect to a Series of Bonds, then the Trustee hereunder may be removed
only by an instrument appointing a successor to the Trustee so removed executed
by the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Bonds
Outstanding of the Series as to which Event of Default exists and filed with the
Trustee and the Issuer.
The
Trustee may also be removed at any time for any breach of trust or for acting or
proceeding in violation of, or for failing to act or proceed in accordance with,
any provision of this Master Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture with
respect to the duties and obligations of the Trustee, by any court of competent
jurisdiction upon the application of the Issuer; provided that no Event of
Default has occurred hereunder and is continuing, or upon the application of the
Owners of not less than 20% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then
Outstanding.
Section
613. Appointment
of Successor Trustee. If
the Trustee or any successor Trustee resigns or is
removed or dissolved, or if its property or business is taken under the control
of any state or federal court or administrative body, a vacancy shall
forthwith exist in the office of the Trustee, and the Issuer shall appoint a
successor and shall mail notice of such appointment, including the name and
address of the applicable corporate trust office of the successor
Trustee, by first-class mail to each Owner as its name and address
appears on the Bond Register, and to the Escrow Agent, Paying Agent, Bond
Registrar, any Credit Facility issuer and any Liquidity Facility issuer;
provided, however, that the Issuer shall not appoint a successor Trustee unless
no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and unless the Issuer shall
have received the prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, of any Credit Facility issuer, and any Liquidity Facility issuer, to
the appointment of such successor Trustee. If an Event of Default has
occurred hereunder and is continuing and the Trustee or any successor Trustee
resigns or is removed or dissolved, or if its property or business is taken
under the control of any state or federal court or administrative body, a
vacancy shall forthwith exist in the office of the Trustee, and a successor may
be appointed by any court of competent jurisdiction upon the application of the
Owners of not less than twenty percent (20%) in aggregate principal amount of
the Bonds then Outstanding and such successor Trustee shall mail notice of its
appointment, including the name and address of the applicable corporate trust
office of the successor Trustee, by first-class mail to each Owner as its name
and address appears on the Bond Registrar, and to the Escrow Agent, Paying
Agent, Bond Registrar, any Credit Facility issuer and any Liquidity Facility
issuer.
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Section
614. Qualification
of Successor Trustee. A
successor Trustee shall be a national bank with trust powers or a bank or trust
company with trust powers, having a combined net capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000.
Section
615. Instruments
of Succession. Any
successor Trustee shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer an
instrument accepting such appointment hereunder; and thereupon such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed, or conveyance, shall become fully vested
with all the estates, properties, rights, powers, trusts, duties and obligations
of its predecessor in trust hereunder, with like effect as if originally named
Trustee herein. After withholding from the funds on hand any amounts
owed to itself hereunder, the Trustee ceasing to act hereunder shall pay over to
the successor Trustee all moneys held by it hereunder; and the Trustee ceasing
to act and the Issuer shall execute and deliver an instrument or instruments
transferring to the successor Trustee all the estates, properties, rights,
powers and trusts hereunder of the Trustee ceasing to act except for the rights
granted under Section 604 hereof. The successor Trustee shall mail
notice of its appointment, including the name and address of the applicable
corporate trust office of the successor Trustee, by first-class mail to each
Owner as its name and address appears on the Bond Registrar, and to the Escrow
Agent, Paying Agent, Bond Registrar, any Credit Facility issuer and any
Liquidity Facility issuer.
Section
616. Merger
of Trustee. Any
corporation into which any Trustee hereunder may be merged or with which it may
be consolidated or into which all or substantially all of its corporate trust
assets shall be sold or its operations conveyed, or any corporation resulting
from any merger or consolidation to which any Trustee hereunder shall be a
party, shall be the successor Trustee under this Master Indenture, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties
thereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however,
that any such successor corporation continuing to act as Trustee hereunder shall
meet the requirements of Section 614 hereof, and if such corporation does not
meet the aforesaid requirements, a successor Trustee shall be appointed pursuant
to this Article VI.
Section
617. Resignation
of Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar. The
Escrow Agent, Paying
Agent or Bond Registrar may resign and be discharged of the duties created by
this Master Indenture by executing an instrument in writing resigning such
duties and specifying the date when such resignation shall take effect, and
filing the same with the Issuer and the Trustee not less than sixty (60) days
before the date specified in such instrument when such resignation shall take
effect, and by giving written notice of such resignation shall take effect, and
by giving written notice of such resignation mailed not less than sixty (60)
days prior to such resignation date to each Owner as its name and address appear
on the registration books of the Issuer maintained by the Bond
Registrar. Such resignation shall take effect on the date specified
in such notice, unless a successor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar
is previously appointed in which event such resignation shall take effect
immediately upon the appointment of such successor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or
Bond Registrar. If the successor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond
Registrar shall not have been appointed within a period of sixty (60) days
following the giving of notice, then the Trustee may appoint a successor Escrow
Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar as provided in Section 619
hereof.
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Section
618. Removal
of Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar. The
Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar may be removed at any time prior to
any Event of Default by the Issuer by filing with the Escrow Agent, Paying Agent
or Bond Registrar to be removed, and with the Trustee, an instrument or
instruments in writing executed by an Authorized Officer appointing a
successor. Such removal shall be effective thirty (30) days (or such
longer period as may be set forth in such instrument) after delivery of the
instrument; provided, however, that no such removal shall be effective until the
successor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar appointed hereunder shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer an instrument accepting such
appointment hereunder.
Section
619. Appointment
of Successor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar. In
case at any time the Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar shall be
removed, or be dissolved, or if its property or affairs shall be taken under the
control of any state or federal court or administrative body because of
insolvency or bankruptcy, or for any other reason, then a vacancy shall
forthwith and ipso facto exist in the office of the Escrow Agent, Paying Agent
or Bond Registrar, as the case may be, and a successor shall be appointed by the
Issuer; and in case at any time the Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar
shall resign, then a successor shall be appointed by the Issuer. Upon
any such appointment, the Issuer shall give written notice of such appointment
to the predecessor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar, the successor
Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar, the Trustee and all Owners. Any
new Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar so appointed shall immediately
and without further act supersede the predecessor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or
Bond Registrar.
Section
620. Qualifications
of Successor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar. Every
successor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar (i) shall be a subsidiary
of any commercial bank or trust company (a) duly organized under the laws of the
United States or any state or territory thereof, (b) authorized by law to
perform all the duties imposed upon it by this Master Indenture, and (c) capable
of meeting its obligations hereunder, and (ii) shall have a combined net capital
and surplus of at least $50,000,000.
Section
621. Acceptance
of Duties by Successor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar. Any
successor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar appointed hereunder shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer an instrument accepting such
appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent
or Bond Registrar, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
duly vested with all the estates property, rights, powers, duties and
obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally
named Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar herein. Upon
request of such Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar, such predecessor
Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar and the Issuer shall execute and
deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent
or Bond Registrar all the estates, property, rights and powers hereunder of such
predecessor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar and such predecessor
Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or registrar shall pay over and deliver to
the successor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar all moneys and other
assets at the time held by it hereunder.
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Section
622. Successor
by Merger or Consolidation. Any
corporation into which any Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar
hereunder may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or
into which substantially all of its corporate trust assets shall be sold or
otherwise conveyed, or any corporation resulting from any merger or
consolidation to which any Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or Bond Registrar
hereunder shall be a party, shall be the successor Escrow Agent, Paying Agent or
Bond Registrar under this Master Indenture without the execution or filing of
any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto, anything in this
Master Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section
623. Patriot
Act Requirements of the Trustee. To
help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering
activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify,
and record information that identifies each person who opens an
account. For a non-individual person such as a business entity, a
charity, or other legal entity, the Trustee will ask for documentation to verify
its formation and existence as a legal entity. The Trustee may also
ask to see financial statements, licenses, identification and authorization
documents from individuals claiming authority to represent the entity or other
relevant documentation.
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ARTICLE
VII
FUNDS
CONSTITUTE TRUST FUNDS
Section
701. Trust
Funds. Subject
to the provisions of Section 604 and Section 905(a) hereof, all amounts on
deposit with the Escrow Agent in Series Funds or Accounts for the benefit of a
Series of Bonds shall:
(a) be
used only for the purposes and in the manner herein and in the Supplemental
Indenture relating to such Series of Bonds provided and, pending such
application, be held by the Escrow Agent for the Trustee in trust for the
benefit of the Owners of such Series of Bonds;
(b) be
irrevocably pledged to the payment of such Series of Bonds, except for amounts
on deposit in the Series Rebate Accounts in the Rebate Fund;
(c) be
held and accounted for separate and apart from all other Funds and Accounts,
including Series Accounts of other Series of Bonds, and other funds and accounts
of the Trustee and the Issuer;
(d) until
applied for the purposes provided herein, be subject to a first lien in favor of
the Owners of such Series of Bonds and any pari passu obligations to issuers of
Credit or Liquidity Facilities with respect to such series of Bonds, which lien
is hereby created, prior and superior to all other liens now existing or
hereafter created, and, to a second lien in favor of the Trustee, as security
for the reasonable compensation for the services of the trustee hereunder, and
also all its reasonable expenses and disbursements, including the reasonable
fees and expenses of Trustee's counsel, subordinate and inferior to the security
interest granted to the Owners of such Series of Bonds and any pari passu
obligations to issuers of Credit or Liquidity Facilities with respect to such
series of Bonds, but nevertheless payable in the order of priority as set forth
in Section 905(a) hereof upon the occurrence of an Event of Default;
and
(e) shall
not be subject to lien or attachment by any creditor of the Trustee or any
creditor of the Issuer or any other Series of Bonds other than the Owners of
such Series of Bonds and the issuers of Credit or Liquidity Facilities with
respect to such Series of Bonds.
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ARTICLE
VIII
COVENANTS
AND AGREEMENTS OF THE ISSUER
Section
801. Payment
of Bonds. The
Issuer shall duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid, but only from the
Trust Estate with respect to each Series of Bonds, Debt Service on the dates, at
the places, and in the amounts stated herein, in any Supplemental Indenture, and
in the Bonds of such Series.
Section
802. Extension
of Payment of Bonds. Except
as provided in Section 901 hereof, the Issuer shall not directly or indirectly
extend the time for payment of the interest on any Bonds. The time
for payment of Bonds of any Series shall be the time prescribed in the
Supplemental Indenture relating to such Series of Bonds.
Section
803. Further
Assurance. At
any and all times the Issuer shall, so far as it may be authorized by law, pass,
make, do, execute, acknowledge and deliver, all and every such further
resolutions, acts, deeds, conveyances, assignments, transfers and assurances as
may be necessary or desirable for the better assuring, conveying, granting,
assigning and confirming all and singular the rights, moneys, securities and
funds hereby pledged or assigned, or intended so to be, or which the Issuer may
become bound to pledge or assign after the date of execution of this Master
Indenture.
Section
804. Power
to Issue Bonds and Create a Lien. The
Issuer hereby represents to the Trustee and to the Owners that it is and will be
duly authorized under all applicable laws to issue the Bonds of each Series, to
execute this Master Indenture, to adopt Supplemental Indentures, and to pledge
its moneys, securities and funds in the manner and to the extent provided
herein. Except as provided herein, the Issuer hereby represents that
such moneys, securities and funds of the Issuer are and will be free and clear
of any pledge, lien, charge or encumbrance thereon and all action on the part of
the Issuer to that end has been and will be duly and validly
taken. The Bonds of each Series, this Master Indenture and any
Supplemental Indenture are and will be the valid and legally enforceable
obligations of the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their terms except to
the extent that enforcement thereof may be subject to bankruptcy and other
similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally. The Issuer shall
at all times, to the extent permitted by law, defend, preserve and protect the
pledge and lien created by this Master Indenture and all the rights of the
Owners hereunder against all claims and demands of all other persons
whomsoever.
Section
805. Power
to Undertake Series Projects and to Collect Pledged Revenue. The
Issuer has or will have upon the date of issuance of each Series of Bonds, and
will have so long as any Bonds are Outstanding, good right and lawful power: (i)
to undertake the Series Projects, or it will take such action on its part
required which it deems reasonable in order to obtain licenses, orders, permits
or other authorizations, if any, from any agency or regulatory body having
lawful jurisdiction which must be obtained in order to undertake such Series
Project; and (ii) to fix, levy and collect or cause to be collected any and all
Pledged Revenues.
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Section
806. Sale
of Series Projects. The
Issuer covenants that, until such time as there are no Bonds of a Series
Outstanding, it will not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of or encumber the
related Series Project or any part thereof other than as provided
herein. The Issuer may, however, from time to time, sell any
machinery, fixtures, apparatus, tools, instruments, or other movable property
acquired by the Issuer in connection with a Series Project, or any materials
used in connection therewith, if the Issuer shall determine that such articles
are no longer needed or are no longer useful in connection with the acquisition,
construction, operation or maintenance of a Series Project, and the proceeds
thereof may be applied to the replacement of the properties so sold or disposed
of and, if not so applied, shall be deposited to the credit of the related
Series Acquisition and Construction Account or, after the Date of Completion of
the Series Project, shall be deposited to the credit of the related Series
Principal Account. The Issuer may from time to time sell or lease
such other property forming part of a Series Project which it may determine is
not needed or serves no useful purpose in connection with the maintenance and
operation of such Series Project, if the Consulting Engineers shall in writing
approve such sale or lease; the proceeds of any such sale shall be disposed of
as hereinabove provided for the proceeds of the sale or disposal of movable
property. The proceeds of any lease as described above shall be
deposited to the credit of the related Series Principal Account or Redemption
Account.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Issuer may: (i) dispose of all or any part of a Series
Project, other than a Series Project the revenues to be derived from the
operation of which are pledged to a Series of Bonds, by gift or dedication
thereof to any unit of local government, or to the State or any agency or
instrumentality of either of the foregoing or the United States Government;
and/or (ii) impose, declare or grant title to or interests in the Series Project
or a portion or portions thereof in order to create ingress and egress rights
and public and private utility easements as the Issuer may deem necessary or
desirable for the development, use and occupancy of the property within the
Issuer; and/or (iii) impose or declare covenants, conditions and restrictions
pertaining to the use, occupancy and operation of the Series
Projects.
Section
807. Completion
and Maintenance of Series Projects. The
Issuer shall complete the acquisition and construction of a Series Project with
all practical dispatch and in a sound and economical manner. So long
as any Series Project is owned by the Issuer, the Issuer shall maintain,
preserve and keep the same or cause the same to be maintained, preserved and
kept, with the appurtenances and every part and parcel thereof, in good repair,
working order and condition, and shall from time to time make, or cause to be
made, all necessary and proper repairs, replacements and renewals so that at all
times the operation thereof may be properly and advantageously
conducted.
Section
808. Accounts
and Reports.
(a) Annual
Report. The Issuer shall, within one hundred eighty (180) days
after the end of its Fiscal Year, so long as any Bonds are Outstanding, deliver
to each Requesting Owner (hereinafter defined) and file with the Trustee, solely
as a repository of such information, and otherwise as provided by law, a copy of
its annual audit for such year, accompanied by an Accountant's Certificate,
including: (a) statements in reasonable detail of its financial condition as of
the end of such Fiscal Year and income and expenses for such Fiscal Year, and
(b) statements of all receipts and disbursements of the Pledged Revenues of each
Series of Bonds (unless the Pledged Revenues of such Series are remitted
directly to the Trustee). The Trustee shall, within ninety (90) days
after the close of each Fiscal Year so long as any Bonds are Outstanding, file
with the Issuer a summary with respect to each Fund and Account of the deposits
thereto and disbursements therefrom during such Fiscal Year and the amounts held
therein at the end of such Fiscal Year, or at the option of the Trustee, such
summary can be made on a monthly basis. For purposes of the
foregoing, the term "Requesting Owner" shall mean the Owner (or beneficial owner
in the case of book-entry Bonds) of more than $1,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of any Series of Bonds who requests such information in writing to the
Issuer.
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(b) Default
Certificate. The Issuer shall file with the Trustee, so long
as any Bonds are Outstanding, a certificate of an Authorized Officer upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default as described in Section 902(g) hereof, such
certificate to contain a description of the nature of such default and actions
taken or to be taken to remedy such default.
(c) Inspection. The
reports, statements and other documents required to be furnished by the Issuer
to the Trustee and by the Trustee to the Issuer pursuant to any provisions
hereof shall be available on any business day, during regular business hours,
for inspection by any Owner at the designated corporate trust office of the
Trustee upon the giving of at least five (5) days advance written notice to the
Trustee.
Section
809. Arbitrage
and Other Tax Covenants. The
Issuer hereby covenants that it will not take any action, and will not fail to
take any action, which action or failure would cause the Tax Exempt Bonds to
become "arbitrage bonds" as defined in Section 148 of the Code or "private
activity bonds" as defined in Section 141 of the Code. The Issuer
further covenants that it will take all such actions after delivery of any Tax
Exempt Bonds as may be required in order for interest on such Tax Exempt Bonds
to remain excludable from gross income (as defined in Section 61 of the Code) of
the Owners. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Issuer hereby covenants that it will to the extent not remitted by the Trustee
from funds held in the Rebate Account, remit to the United States that Rebate
Amount at the time and place required by this Master Indenture and any
Supplemental Indenture, including any Tax Regulatory Covenants contained
therein.
Section
810. Payment
of Tolls. The
Issuer will collect and enforce the payment of tolls for users of the Project
and any other sources which constitute Pledged Revenues for the payment of any
Series of Bonds in the manner prescribed by this Master Indenture, any
Supplemental Indenture and all resolutions, ordinances or laws thereunto
appertaining at times and in amounts as shall be necessary in order to pay, when
due, the principal of and interest on the Series of Bonds to which such Pledged
Revenues are pledged; and to pay or cause to be paid the tolls as received to
the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof.
Section
811. Method
of Collection of Toll Fees. The
Issuer will develop and implement a plan to collect the toll fees from users of
the Project.
Section
812. Deposit
of Proceeds from Sale of Property. If
any property comprising a Series Project is sold, the proceeds of such sale
shall be paid by the Issuer to the Trustee not later than five (5) Business Days
following receipt of such proceeds by the Issuer and shall be deposited by the
Trustee to the credit of the related Series Revenue Account.
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Section
813. No
Other Obligations Payable from Tolls. The
Issuer will not issue or incur any obligations payable from the proceeds of the
tolls securing a Series of Bonds nor voluntarily create or cause to be created
any debt, lien, pledge, assignment, encumbrance or other charge upon such tolls
other than the lien of any Subordinate Debt.
Section
814. General. The
Issuer shall do and perform or cause to be done and performed all acts and
things required to be done or performed by or on behalf of the
Issuer under law and this Master Indenture, in accordance with the
terms of such provisions.
Upon the
date of issuance of each Series of Bonds, all conditions, acts and things
required by law and this Master Indenture and any Supplemental Indenture to
exist, to have happened and to have been performed precedent to and in the
issuance of such Series of Bonds shall exist, have happened and have been
performed and upon issuance the issue of such Series of Bonds shall be within
every debt and other limit prescribed by the Alabama Constitution applicable to
the Issuer.
Section
815. Secondary
Market Disclosure. The
Issuer covenants and agrees with the Owners, from time to time, of the Bonds
issued hereunder to make best efforts to provide, or cause to be provided, on a
timely basis, all appropriate information repositories such information and
documents as shall be required by applicable law to enable Owners to purchase
and resell the Bonds issued, from time to time, hereunder. For
purposes of complying with the above-described provision, the Issuer may rely on
an opinion of counsel which is familiar with disclosure of information relating
to municipal securities. Nothing herein shall, however, require the
Issuer to provide disclosure in order to enable the purchaser of a security in a
"private placement transaction" within the meaning of applicable securities
laws, to offer or re-sell such security in other than a "private placement
transaction.” All financial statements provided to a repository shall
be in accordance with generally accepted governmental accounting principles and
shall be provided to such repository as soon as practicable after the same
becomes available. The financial statements shall contain such
information as shall be customary for local governments, such as the
Issuer. Nothing in this Section 815 is intended to impose upon the
Issuer, and this Section 815 shall not be construed as imposing upon the Issuer,
any disclosure obligations beyond those imposed by applicable
law.
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ARTICLE
IX
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section
901. Extension
of Interest Payment. If
the time for payment of interest of a Bond of any Series shall be extended,
whether or not such extension be by or with the consent of the Issuer, such
interest so extended shall not be entitled in case of default hereunder to the
benefit or security of this Master Indenture unless the aggregate principal
amount of all Bonds of such Bonds then Outstanding and of all accrued interest
the time for payment of which shall not have been extended shall have previously
been paid in full.
Section
902. Events
of Default. Each
of the following events is hereby declared an Event of Default with respect to a
Series of Bonds:
(a) Any
payment of Debt Service on such Series of Bonds is not made when
due;
(b) The
Issuer shall for any reason be rendered incapable of fulfilling its obligations
hereunder or under the Supplemental Indenture relating to such Series of
Bonds;
(c) The
Issuer admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become
due, or files a petition in bankruptcy or makes an assignment for the benefit of
its creditors or consents to the appointment of a receiver or trustee for itself
or for the whole or any part of a related Series Project;
(d) The
Issuer is adjudged insolvent by a court of competent jurisdiction, or is
adjudged a bankrupt on a petition in bankruptcy filed against the Issuer, or an
order, judgment or decree be entered by any court of competent jurisdiction
appointing, without the consent of the Issuer, a receiver or trustee of the
Issuer or of the whole or any part of its property and if the aforesaid
adjudications, orders, judgments or decrees shall not be vacated or set aside or
stayed within ninety (90) days from the date of entry thereof;
(e) The
Issuer shall file a petition or answer seeking reorganization or any arrangement
under the Federal bankruptcy laws or any other applicable law or statute of the
United States of America or any state thereof;
(f) Under
the provisions of any other law for the relief or aid of debtors, any court of
competent jurisdiction shall assume custody or control of the Issuer's assets or
any part thereof, and such custody or control shall not be terminated within
ninety (90) days from the date of assumption of such custody or control;
or
(g) The
Issuer shall default in the due and punctual performance of any of the material
covenants, conditions, agreements and provisions contained in the Bonds of such
Series or in this Master Indenture or in the Supplemental Indenture relating to
such Series of Bonds on the part of the Issuer to be performed (other than a
default in the payment of Debt Service on the related Series of Bonds when due,
which is an Event of Default under subsection (a) above) and such default shall
continue for thirty (30) days after written notice specifying such default and
requiring same to be remedied shall have been given to the Issuer by the Trustee
or, if the Trustee is unwilling or unable to act, by Owners of not less than ten
percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds of such Series then
Outstanding and affected by such default.
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Section
903. No
Acceleration of Maturities of Bonds of a Series. No
Bonds of a Series issued under this Master Trust Indenture shall be subject to
acceleration by reason of an Event of Default.
Section
904. Enforcement
of Remedies. Upon
the happening and continuance of any Event of Default specified in Section 902
above with respect to a Series of Bonds, the Trustee may protect and enforce the
rights of the Owners of the Bonds of such Series under Alabama law, and under
this Master Indenture, the related Supplemental Indenture and the Bonds of such
Series, by such proceedings in equity or at law, either for the specific
performance of any covenant or agreement contained herein or in aid or execution
of any power herein or in the related Supplemental Indenture granted or for the
enforcement of any proper legal or equitable remedy, as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce such rights.
The
Owners of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds of
such Series Outstanding shall, subject to the requirements of Section 607, have
the right, by an instrument or instruments in writing executed and delivered to
the Trustee, to direct the method and place of conducting all remedial
proceedings by the Trustee hereunder, provided that such directions shall not be
in conflict with any rule of law or this Indenture and that the Trustee shall
have the right to decline to follow any such direction which in the opinion of
the Trustee would be unduly prejudicial to the rights of the Owners of such
Series of Bonds not parties to such direction or would subject the Trustee to
personal liability or expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Trustee shall have the right to select and retain legal counsel of its choosing
to represent it in any such proceedings. The Trustee may take any
other action which is not inconsistent with any direction under this second
paragraph of this Section 904.
No Owner
of such Series of Bonds shall have any right to pursue any other remedy under
this Indenture or such Series of Bonds unless: (1) an Event of Default shall
have occurred and is continuing; (2) the Owners of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Bonds of such Series Outstanding have
requested the Trustee, in writing, to exercise the powers granted in this first
paragraph of this Section 904 or to pursue such remedy in its or their name or
names; (3) the Trustee has been offered indemnity satisfactory to it against
costs, expenses and liabilities reasonably anticipated to be incurred; (4) the
Trustee has declined to comply with such request, or has failed to do so, within
sixty (60) days after its receipt of such written request and offer of
indemnity; and (5) no direction inconsistent with such request has been given to
the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Owners of not less than a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds of such Series
Outstanding. The provisions of this immediately preceding sentence of
this Section 904 are conditions precedent to the exercise by any Owner of such
Series of Bonds of any remedy hereunder. The exercise of such rights
is further subject to the provisions of Section 909, and the second paragraph of
this Section 904. No one or more Owner of such Series of Bonds shall
have any right in any manner whatever to enforce any right under this Indenture,
except in the manner herein provided.
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Section
905. Pro
Rata Application of Funds Among Owners of a Series of Bonds. Anything
in this Master Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, if at any time the
moneys in the Series Funds and Accounts shall not be sufficient to pay Debt
Service on the related Series of Bonds when due, such moneys together with any
moneys then available or thereafter becoming available for such purpose, whether
through the exercise of the remedies provided for in this Article or otherwise,
shall be applied as follows:
(a) Unless
the aggregate principal amount of all the Bonds of such Series shall have become
due and payable, all such moneys shall be applied:
First: to
the payment of any then-due fees and expenses of the Trustee, including
reasonable counsel fees and expenses, to the extent not otherwise
paid;
Second: to
payment to the persons entitled thereto of all installments of interest then due
and payable on the Bonds of such Series, in the order in which such installments
become due and payable and, if the amount available shall not be sufficient to
pay in full any particular installment, then to the payment ratably, according
to the amounts due on such installment, to the persons entitled thereto, without
any discrimination or preference except as to any difference in the rates of
interest specified in the Bonds of such Series; and
Third: to
the payment to the persons entitled thereto of the unpaid principal of any of
the Bonds of such Series which shall have become due (other than Bonds of such
Series called for redemption for the payment of which sufficient moneys are held
pursuant to this Master Indenture), in the order of their due dates, with
interest upon the Bonds of such Series at the rates specified therein from the
dates upon which they become due to their payment date, and, if the amount
available shall not be sufficient to pay in full the principal of Bonds of such
Series due on any particular date, together with such interest, then to the
payment first of such interest, ratably according to the amount of such interest
due on such date, and then to the payment of such principal, ratably according
to the amount of such principal due on such date, to the Owners of the Bonds of
such Series entitled thereto without any discrimination or preference except as
to any difference in the foregoing rates of interest.
(b) If
the aggregate principal amount of all the Bonds of a Series shall have become
due and payable in accordance with their terms, all such moneys shall be applied
first to the payment of any fees and expenses of the Trustee, including
reasonable counsel fees and expenses, to the extent not otherwise paid, and,
then the payment of the whole amount of principal and interest then due and
unpaid upon the Bonds of such Series, without preference or priority of
principal or of interest or of any installment of interest over any other, or of
any Bond over any other Bond of such Series, ratably, according to the amounts
due respectively for principal and interest, to the persons entitled thereto
without any discrimination or preference except as to any difference in the
respective rates of interest specified in the Bonds of such Series.
The
provisions of this Section are in all respects subject to the provisions of
Section 901 of this Article.
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Whenever
moneys are to be applied pursuant to this Section, such moneys shall be applied
by the Escrow Agent at such times as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall
determine, having due regard to the amount of such moneys available for
application and the likelihood of additional moneys becoming available for such
application. The deposit of such moneys with the Escrow Agent for the
benefit of the Payment Agent shall constitute proper application by the Trustee,
and the Trustee shall incur no liability whatsoever to any Owner or to any other
person for any delay in applying any such funds, so long as the Trustee acts
with reasonable diligence, having due regard to the circumstances, and
ultimately applies such moneys in accordance with such provisions of this Master
Indenture as may be applicable at the time of application. Whenever
the Trustee shall exercise such discretion in applying such funds, it shall fix
the date upon which such application is to be made and upon such date interest
on the amounts of principal to be paid on such date shall cease to
accrue. The Trustee shall give such notice as it may deem appropriate
of the fixing of any such date, and shall not be required to make payment to any
Owner until such Bond shall be surrendered to him for appropriate
endorsement.
Section
906. Effect
of Discontinuance of Proceedings. If
any proceeding taken by the Trustee or any Owner on account of any default shall
have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, then the Issuer and the
Owner shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder,
respectively, and all rights and remedies of the Owners shall continue as though
no such proceeding had been taken.
Section
907. Restriction
on Individual Owner Actions. Except
as provided in Section 910 below, no Owner of any of the Bonds shall have any
right in any manner whatever to affect, disturb or prejudice the security of
this Master Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture, or to enforce any right
hereunder or thereunder except in the manner herein or therein provided, and all
proceedings at law or in equity shall be instituted and maintained for the
benefit of all Owners of the Bonds of such Series.
Section
908. No
Remedy Exclusive. No
remedy conferred upon the Trustee or the Owners is intended to be exclusive of
any other remedy herein or in any Supplemental Indenture provided, and each such
remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given
hereunder or thereunder.
Section
909. Delay
Not a Waiver. No
delay or omission of the Trustee or any Owner to exercise any right or power
accruing upon any default shall impair any such right or power or shall be
construed to be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein; and
every power and remedy given to the Trustee and the Owners may be exercised from
time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient.
Section
910. Right
to Enforce Payment of Bonds. Nothing
in this Article shall affect or impair the right of any Owner to enforce the
payment of Debt Service on the Bond of which such person is the registered
Owner, or the obligation of the Issuer to pay Debt Service to the Owner at the
time and place specified in such Bond.
Section
911. No
Cross Default Among Series. The
occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder or under any Supplemental Indenture
with respect to any Series of Bonds shall not constitute an Event of Default
with respect to any other Series of Bonds, unless the event giving rise to the
Event of Default also constitutes an Event of Default hereunder or under the
Supplemental Indenture with respect to such other Series of
Bonds.
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Section
912. Indemnification. Other
than to make proper draws under a Credit Facility, the Trustee shall be under no
obligation to institute any suit or to take any remedial proceeding under this
Master Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture or to enter any appearance or in
any way defend in any suit in which it may be made defendant, or to advance its
own money, or to take any steps in the execution of the trusts hereby created or
in the enforcement of any rights and powers hereunder, until it shall be
indemnified to its satisfaction against any and all costs and expenses, outlays
and counsel fees and other reasonable disbursements, and against all
liability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification
provided by this Section 912 shall not be applicable in cases of the Trustee's
gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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ARTICLE
X
EXECUTION
OF INSTRUMENTS BY OWNERS AND PROOF OF OWNERSHIP OF BONDS
Section
1001. Execution of
Instruments by Owners and Proof of Ownership of Bonds. Any
request, direction, consent or other instrument in writing required or permitted
by this Master Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture to be signed or executed
by Owners may be in any number of concurrent instruments of similar tenor and
may be signed or executed by Owners or their attorneys or legal
representatives. Proof of the execution of any such instrument shall
be sufficient for any purpose of this Master Indenture and shall be conclusive
in favor of the Issuer with regard to any action taken by it under such
instrument if verified by any officer in any jurisdiction who, by the laws
thereof, has power to take affidavits within such jurisdiction, to the effect
that such instrument was subscribed and sworn to before him, or by an affidavit
of a witness to such execution. Where such execution is on behalf of
a person other than an individual, such verification or affidavit shall also
constitute sufficient proof of the authority of the signer thereof.
Nothing
contained in this Article shall be construed as limiting the Trustee to such
proof, it being intended that the Trustee may accept any other evidence of the
matters herein stated which it may deem sufficient. Any request or
consent of the Owner of any Bond shall bind every future owner of the same Bond
in respect of anything done by the Trustee or the Issuer in pursuance of such
request or consent.
Section
1002. Deposit of
Bonds. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, neither the Issuer nor the Trustee shall be required to recognize
any person as an Owner of any Bond or to take any action at his request unless
such Bond shall be deposited with the Trustee.
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ARTICLE
XI
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
Section
1101. Supplemental
Indentures. Without
Owners' consent, the Governing Body from time to time may authorize such
indentures supplemental hereto or amendatory hereof as shall not be inconsistent
with the terms and provisions hereof (which supplemental indenture shall
thereafter form a part hereof), without the consent of the Owners, for the
following purposes:
(a) to
provide for the initial issuance of a Series of Bonds or refunding bonds of a
Series; or
(b) to
make any change whatsoever to the terms and provisions of this Master Indenture,
but only as such change relates to a Series of Bonds upon the original issuance
thereof (or upon the original issuance of refunding bonds of a Series which
defease and discharge the Supplemental Indenture of the Series of Bonds to be
refunded) under and pursuant to the terms of the Supplemental Indenture
effecting such change; or
(c) to
cure any ambiguity or formal defect or omission or to correct any inconsistent
provisions in this Master Indenture; or
(d) to
grant to the Owners or to the Trustee on behalf of the Owners any additional
rights or security that may lawfully be granted; or
(e) to
add to the covenants and agreements of the Issuer in this Master Indenture other
covenants and agreements thereafter to be observed by the Issuer to the benefit
of the Owners of the Outstanding Bonds; or
(f) to
modify the provisions of this Master Indenture or any Supplemental indenture
provided that such modification does not, in the written opinion of Bond
Counsel, materially adversely affect the interests of the Owners of the Bonds
Outstanding, upon which opinion the Trustee may conclusively rely.
Section
1102. Supplemental
Indentures With Owner Consent. Subject
to the provisions contained in this Section, and not otherwise, the Owners of
not less than fifty-one percent (51%) in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds
then Outstanding shall have the right, from time to time, anything contained in
this Master Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, to consent to and approve
the adoption of such indentures supplemental hereto or amendatory hereof as
shall be deemed desirable by the Issuer for the purpose of modifying, altering,
amending, adding to or rescinding, in any particular, any of the provisions of
this Master Indenture; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall
permit, or be construed as permitting, without the consent of all Owners of
Bonds then Outstanding and affected by such supplement or
amendment,
(a) an
extension of the maturity of, or an extension of the Interest Payment Date on,
any Bond;
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(b) a
reduction in the principal, premium, or interest on any Bond;
(c) a
preference or priority of any Bond over any other Bond; or
(d) a
reduction in the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds required for consent to
such Supplemental Indenture.
In
addition to the foregoing, the Owners of not less than fifty-one percent (51%)
in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds of any Series then Outstanding shall
have the right, from time to time, anything contained in this Master Indenture
or in the Supplemental Indenture relating to such Series of Bonds to the
contrary notwithstanding, to consent to and approve the adoption of such
indentures supplemental to the Supplemental Indenture relating to such Series of
Bonds or amendatory thereof, but not hereof, as shall be deemed desirable by the
Issuer for the purpose of modifying, altering, amending, adding to or
rescinding, in any particular, any of the provisions of such Supplemental
Indenture or of any indenture supplemental thereto; provided, however, that
nothing herein contained shall permit, or be construed as permitting, without
the consent of all Owners of Bonds of such Series then Outstanding and affected
by such amendment,
(a) an
extension of the maturity of, or an extension of the Interest Payment Date on,
any Bond of such Series;
(b) a
reduction in the principal, premium, or interest on any Bond of such
Series;
(c) a
preference or priority of any Bond of such Series over any other Bond of such
Series; or
(d) a
reduction in the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds of such Series required
for consent to such indenture supplemental to the Supplemental
Indenture.
If at any
time the Issuer shall determine that it is desirable to approve any Supplemental
Indenture pursuant to this Section 1102, the Issuer shall cause the Trustee to
mail, at the expense of the Issuer, notice of the proposed approval to the
Owners whose approval is required. Such notice shall be prepared by
the Issuer and shall briefly set forth the nature of the proposed Supplemental
Indenture or indenture supplemental to a Supplemental Indenture and shall state
that copies thereof are on file with the Secretary for inspection by all
affected Owners. The Issuer shall not, however, be subject to any
liability to any Owner by reason of its failure to cause the notice required by
this Section to be mailed and any such failure shall not affect the validity of
such Supplemental Indenture or indenture supplemental to a Supplemental
Indenture when consented to and approved as provided in this
Section.
Whenever,
at any time within one (1) year after the date of the first mailing of such
notice, there shall be delivered to the Issuer an instrument or instruments in
writing purporting to be executed by the Owners of the requisite principal
amount of the Bonds of such Series Outstanding, which instrument or instruments
shall refer to the proposed Supplemental Indenture or indenture supplemental to
a Supplemental Indenture described in such notice and shall specifically consent
to and approve the execution thereof in substantially the form of the copy
thereof referred to in such notice, thereupon, but not otherwise, the Governing
Body and the Trustee may approve such Supplemental Indenture and cause it to be
executed, in substantially such form, without liability or responsibility to any
Owner.
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Section
1103. Opinion of Bond
Counsel With Respect to Supplemental Indenture. In
addition to the other requirements herein set forth with respect to Supplemental
Indentures or indenture supplemental to a Supplemental Indenture, no such
indenture shall be effective unless and until there shall have been delivered to
the Trustee the opinion of Bond Counsel to the effect that such indenture is
permitted pursuant to this Master Indenture and that such indenture is the valid
and binding obligation of the Issuer enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or
general equitable principles, upon which opinion the Trustee may conclusively
rely. In addition, if such indenture relates to a Series of Tax
Exempt Bonds, such opinion shall also state that such indenture will not
adversely affect the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes
of interest on the related Series of Bonds.
Section
1104. Supplemental
Indenture Part of Indenture. Any
supplemental indenture executed in accordance with this Article and approved as
to legality by counsel to the Issuer shall thereafter, except as otherwise
provided therein, form a part of this Master Indenture. Except as
applicable only to Bonds of a Series, all of the terms and conditions contained
in any such supplemental indenture amendatory of this Master indenture shall be
part of the terms and conditions hereof.
Section
1105. Insurer or
Issuer of a Credit or Liquidity Facility as Owner of Bonds. As
long as a Credit or Liquidity Facility securing all or a portion of the Bonds of
a Series Outstanding is in effect and the issuer thereof is not in default of
any of its obligations under such Credit or Liquidity Facility, as the case may
be, the issuer of the Credit or Liquidity Facility or the Insurer, to the extent
so authorized in the applicable Supplemental Indenture, will be deemed to be the
Owner of the Bonds of such Series secured by the Credit or Liquidity Facility:
(i) at all times for the purpose of the execution and delivery of a supplemental
indenture or of any amendment, change or modification of the Master Indenture or
the applicable Supplemental Indenture or the initiation by Owners of any action
to be undertaken by the Trustee at the Owner's request, which under the Master
Indenture or the applicable Supplemental Indenture requires the written approval
or consent of or can be initiated by the Owners of at least a majority in
principal amount of the Bonds of the Series at the time Outstanding; (ii) at all
times for the purpose of the mailing of any notice to Owners under the Master
Indenture or the applicable Supplemental Indenture; and (iii) following an Event
of Default for all other purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
neither an Insurer nor the issuer of a Credit or Liquidity Facility with respect
to a Series of Bonds will be deemed to be an Owner of the Bonds of such Series
with respect to any such Supplemental Indenture or of any amendment, change or
modification of the Master Indenture which would have the effect of permitting:
(i) a change in the terms of redemption or maturity of any Bonds of a Series
Outstanding or of any installment of interest thereon; or (ii) a reduction in
the principal amount or the Redemption Price thereof or in rate of interest
thereon; or (iii) reducing the percentage or otherwise affecting the classes of
Bonds the consent of the Owners of which is required to effect any such
modification or amendment; or (iv) creating any preference or priority of any
Bond of a Series over any other Bond of such Series.
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ARTICLE
XII
DEFEASANCE
Section
1201. Defeasance and
Discharge of the Lien of this Master Indenture and Supplemental
Indentures.
(a) If
the Issuer pays or causes to be paid, or there shall otherwise be paid, to the
Owners of all Bonds the principal or Redemption Price, if applicable, and
interest due or to become due thereon and the obligations under any Letter of
Credit Agreement and any Liquidity Agreement, at the times and in the manner
stipulated therein and in this Master Indenture and any Letter of Credit
Agreement and any Liquidity Agreement and pays or causes to be paid all other
moneys owing hereunder and under any Supplemental Indenture (including, without
limitation the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including reasonable counsel
fees and expenses), then the lien of this Master Indenture and all covenants,
agreements and other obligations of the Issuer to the Owners and the issuer of
any Credit Facility or Liquidity Facility shall thereupon cease, terminate and
become void and be discharged and satisfied. In such event, the
Trustee upon the request of the Issuer shall execute and deliver to the Issuer
all such instruments as may be desirable to evidence such discharge and
satisfaction, and the Trustee, Escrow Agent and the Paying Agent shall pay over
or deliver, as directed by the Issuer, all moneys or securities held by them
pursuant to this Master Indenture which are not required for the payment of
principal or Redemption Price, if applicable, on Bonds not theretofore
surrendered for such payment or redemption or for payment of obligations under
any Letter of Credit Agreement and any Liquidity Agreement. If the
Issuer pays or causes to be paid, or there shall otherwise be paid, to the
Owners of all Outstanding Bonds or of a particular maturity, of a particular
Series or of any part of a particular maturity or Series the principal or
Redemption Price, if applicable, and interest due or to become due thereon, at
the times and in the manner stipulated therein and in this Master Indenture,
such Bonds shall cease to be entitled to any lien, benefit or security under
this Master Indenture, and all covenants, agreements and obligations of the
Issuer to the Owners of such Bonds shall thereupon cease, terminate and become
void and be discharged and satisfied. Anything to the contrary in
this Section 1201 notwithstanding, this Master Indenture shall not be discharged
nor shall any Bonds with respect to which moneys or Governmental Obligations
have been deposited in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1201 cease
to be entitled to the lien, benefit or security under this Master Indenture,
except to the extent that the lien, benefit and security of this Master
Indenture and the obligations of the Issuer hereunder shall be limited solely to
and such Bonds shall be secured solely by and be payable solely from the moneys
or Governmental Obligations so deposited.
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(b) Bonds
or interest installments for the payment or redemption of which moneys shall
have been set aside and shall be held in trust by the Escrow Agent for the
Trustee (through deposit pursuant to this Master Indenture of funds for such
payment or redemption or otherwise) at the maturity or redemption date thereof
shall be deemed to have been paid within the meaning and with the effect
expressed in this Section. All Outstanding Bonds of any particular
maturity or Series shall prior to the maturity or redemption date thereof be
deemed to have been paid within the meaning and with the effect expressed in
subsection (a) of this Section 1201 if: (i) in case any of such Bonds are to be
redeemed on any date prior to their maturity, the Issuer shall have given to the
Trustee or the Bond Registrar irrevocable instructions accepted in writing by
the Trustee or the Bond Registrar to mail as provided in Article III notice of
redemption of such Bonds on such date; (ii) there shall have been deposited with
the Escrow Agent for the Trustee either moneys in an amount which shall be
sufficient, or Governmental Obligations, the principal of and the interest on
which when due shall, as demonstrated in an Accountant's Certificate, provide
moneys which, together with the moneys, if any, deposited with the Escrow Agent
for the Trustee at the same time, shall be sufficient, to pay when due the
principal or Redemption Price, if applicable, and interest due and to become due
on said Bonds on or prior to the redemption date or maturity date thereof, as
the case may be; (iii) the Issuer shall have given the Trustee or the Bond
Registrar in form satisfactory to it irrevocable instructions to mail, postage
prepaid, to each registered Owner of Bonds then Outstanding at the address, if
any, appearing upon the registry books of the Issuer, a notice to the registered
Owners of such Bonds and to the Registrar that the deposit required by (ii)
above has been made with the Trustee and that such Bonds are deemed to have been
paid in accordance with this Section 1201 and stating such maturity or
redemption date upon which moneys are to be available for the payment of the
principal or redemption price, if applicable, on such Bonds; and (iv) an opinion
of Bond Counsel to the effect that such defeasance is permitted under this
Master Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture relating to the Series of Bonds
so defeased and that, in the case of Tax-Exempt Bonds, such defeasance will not
adversely affect the tax exempt status of such Series of
Bonds. Neither Governmental Obligations nor moneys deposited with the
Escrow Agent for the Trustee pursuant to this Section 1201 nor principal or
interest payments on any such Governmental Obligations shall be withdrawn or
used for any purpose other than, and shall be held in trust for, the payment of
the principal or redemption price, if applicable, and interest on such Bonds;
provided that any cash received from such principal or interest payments on such
Governmental Obligations deposited with the Escrow Agent: (i) to the extent such
cash shall not be required at any time for such purpose as evidenced by an
Accountant's Certificate or, and to the extent all obligations under any Letter
of Credit Agreement or any Liquidity Agreement are satisfied, as determined by
an Insurer or an issuer of any Credit Facility and any Liquidity Facility
securing the Bonds with respect to which such Governmental Obligations have been
so deposited, shall be paid over upon the direction of the Issuer as received by
the Escrow Agent, free and clear of any trust, lien, pledge or assignment
securing such Bonds or otherwise existing under this Master Indenture; and (ii)
to the extent such cash shall be required for such purpose at a later date,
shall, to the extent practicable, be reinvested in Governmental Obligations
maturing at times and in amounts sufficient to pay when due the principal or
redemption price, if applicable, and interest to become due on such Bonds, or
obligations under any Letter of Credit Agreement or any Liquidity Agreement, on
or prior to such redemption date or maturity date thereof, as the case may be,
and interest earned from such reinvestments shall be paid over as received by
the Escrow to the Trustee for the Issuer, free and clear of any lien, pledge or
security interest securing such Bonds or otherwise existing under this Master
Indenture. For the purposes of this provision, Governmental
Obligations means and includes only such securities which shall not be subject
to redemption prior to their maturity other than at the option of the holder
thereof.
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(c) As
to any Variable Rate Bonds, whether discharged and satisfied under the
provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, the amount required for the interest
thereon shall be calculated at the maximum rate permitted by the terms of the
provisions which authorized the issuance of such Variable Rate Bonds; provided,
however, that if on any date, as a result of such Variable Rate Bonds having
borne interest at less than such maximum rate for any period, the total amount
of moneys and Investment Obligations on deposit for the payment of interest on
such Variable Rate Bonds is in excess of the total amount which would have been
required to be deposited on such date in respect of such Variable Rate Bonds in
order to fully discharge and satisfy such Bonds and obligations under Letter of
Credit Agreement and any Liquidity Agreement pursuant to the provisions of this
Section, the Issuer may use the amount of such excess free and clear of any
trust, lien, security interest, pledge or assignment securing said Variable Rate
Bonds or otherwise existing under this Master Indenture or under any Letter of
Credit Agreement or any Liquidity Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding
any of the provisions of this Master Indenture to the contrary, Option Bonds may
only be fully discharged and satisfied either pursuant to subsection (a) above
or by depositing in the Series Interest Account, the Series Principal Account
and the Series Redemption Account, or in such other accounts which are
irrevocably pledged to the payment of the Option Bonds, as the Issuer may create
and establish by Supplemental Indenture, moneys which together with other moneys
lawfully available therefor shall be sufficient at the time of such deposit to
pay when due the maximum amount of principal of and redemption price, if any,
and interest on such Option Bonds which could become payable to the Owners of
such Bonds upon the exercise of any options provided to the Owners of such
Bonds; provided however, that if, at the time a deposit is made pursuant to this
subsection (d), the options originally exercisable by the Owner of an Option
Bond are no longer exercisable, such Bond shall not be considered an Option Bond
for purposes of this subsection (d). If any portion of the moneys
deposited for the payment of the principal of and redemption price, if any, and
interest on Option Bonds is not required for such purpose and is not needed to
reimburse an Insurer or an issuer of any Credit Facility or Liquidity Facility,
for obligations under any Letter of Credit Agreement or any Liquidity Agreement,
the Issuer may use the amount of such excess free and clear of any trust, lien,
security interest, pledge or assignment securing such Option Bonds or otherwise
existing under this Master Indenture or any Letter of Credit Agreement or
Liquidity Agreement.
(e) Anything
in this Master Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, any moneys held by the
Escrow Agent for the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment and
discharge of any of the Bonds which remain unclaimed for six (6) years after the
date when such Bonds have become due and payable, either at their stated
maturity dates or by call for earlier redemption, if such moneys were held by
the Escrow Agent for the Trustee or any Paying Agent at such date, or for six
(6) years after the date of deposit of such moneys if deposited with the Escrow
Agent for the Trustee or Paying Agent after the date when such Bonds became due
and payable, shall, at the written request of the Issuer be repaid by the Escrow
Agent for the Trustee or Paying Agent to the Issuer, as its absolute property
and free from trust, and the Escrow Agent for the Trustee or Paying Agent shall
thereupon be released and discharged with respect thereto and the Owners shall
look only to the Issuer for the payment of such Bonds; provided, however, that
before being required to make any such payment to the Issuer, the Escrow Agent,
Trustee or Paying Agent shall, at the expense of the Issuer, cause to be mailed,
postage prepaid, to any Insurer or any issuer of any Credit Facility or
Liquidity Facility, and to each registered Owner of Bonds then Outstanding at
the address, if any, appearing upon the registry books of the Issuer, a notice
that such moneys remain unclaimed and that, after a date named in such notice,
which date shall be not less than thirty (30) days after the date of the mailing
of such notice, the balance of such moneys then unclaimed shall be returned to
the Issuer.
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(f) In
the event that the principal and Redemption Price, if applicable, and interest
due on the Bonds shall be paid by the Insurer pursuant to a municipal bond
insurance policy, the assignment and pledge and all covenants, agreements and
other obligations of the Issuer to the Owners of such Bonds shall continue to
exist and the Insurer shall be subrogated to the rights of such
Owners.
(g) Anything
in this Master Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of the
foregoing subsections (b) through (f) shall apply to the discharge of Bonds of a
Series and to the discharge of the lien of any Supplemental Indenture securing
such Series of Bonds as though each reference to the "Master Indenture" were a
reference to such "Supplemental Indenture" and as though each reference to
"Bonds Outstanding" were a reference to the "Bonds of such Series
Outstanding."
Section
1202. Moneys Held in
Trust. All
moneys and obligations held by an escrow agent or paying agent or trustee
pursuant to this Section shall be held in trust and the principal and interest
of said obligations when received, and said moneys, shall be applied to the
payment, when due, of the principal, interest and premium, if any, of the Bonds
to be paid or to be called for redemption.
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ARTICLE
XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
1301. Effect of
Covenant. All
covenants, stipulations, obligations and agreements of the Issuer contained in
this Master Indenture shall be deemed to be covenants, stipulations, obligations
and agreements of the Issuer and of the Governing Body of the Issuer to the full
extent authorized or permitted by law and all such covenants,
stipulations, obligations and agreements shall bind or inure to the benefit of
the successor or successors thereof from time to time and any officer, board,
body or commission to whom or to which any power or duty affecting such
covenants, stipulations, obligations and agreements shall be transferred by or
in accordance with law.
Except as
otherwise provided herein, all rights, powers and privileges conferred, and
duties and liabilities imposed, upon the Issuer or upon the Governing Body by
this Master Indenture shall be exercised or performed by the Governing Body, or
by such other officers, board, body or commission as may be required by law to
exercise such powers or to perform such duties.
No
covenant, stipulation, obligation or agreement herein contained shall be deemed
to be a covenant, stipulation, obligation or agreement of any member, agent or
employee of the Governing Body in his or her individual capacity, and neither
the members of the Governing Body nor any official executing the Bonds shall be
liable personally on the Bonds or be subject to any personal liability or
accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.
Section
1302. Manner of
Giving Notice to the Issuer and the Trustee. Any
notice, demand, direction, request or other instrument authorized or required by
this Master Indenture to be given to or filed with the Issuer or the Governing
Body or the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or filed for
all purposes of this Master Indenture if and when sent by certified mail, return
receipt requested:
To the
Issuer, addressed to:
To the
Trustee, addressed to:
or to
such other address as shall be provided to the other party hereto in
writing.
All
documents received by the Issuer and the Trustee under this Master Indenture
shall be retained in their possession, subject at all reasonable times to the
inspection of any Owner and the agents and representatives thereof.
Section
1303. Manner of
Giving Notice to the Owners. Any
notice, demand, direction, request, or other instrument authorized or required
by this Master Indenture to be mailed to the Owners shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently mailed if mailed by first class mail, postage pre-paid, to the
Owners at their addresses as they appear at the time of mailing on the
registration books maintained by the Bond Registrar.
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Section
1304. Successorship
of Issuer Officers. If
the offices of Chairman, or Secretary shall be abolished or any two or more of
such offices shall be merged or consolidated, or in the event of a vacancy in
any such office by reason of death, resignation, removal from office or
otherwise, or in the event any such officer shall become incapable of performing
the duties of his office by reason of sickness, absence from the Issuer or
otherwise, all powers conferred and all obligations and duties imposed upon such
officer shall be performed by the officer succeeding to the principal functions
thereof or by the officer upon whom such powers, obligations and duties shall be
imposed by law.
Section
1305. Inconsistent
Provisions. All
provisions of any resolutions, and parts thereof, which are inconsistent with
any of the provisions of this Master Indenture are hereby declared to be
inapplicable to this Master Indenture.
Section
1306. Further Acts;
Counterparts. The
officers and agents of the Issuer are hereby authorized and directed to do all
the acts and things required of them by the Bonds and this Master Indenture, for
the full, punctual and complete performance of all of the terms, covenants,
provisions and agreements contained in the Bonds and this Master
Indenture.
This
Master Indenture and any Supplemental Indenture may be executed in duplicate
counterparts each of which shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
Section
1307. Headings Not
Part of Indenture. Any
headings preceding the texts of the several Articles and Sections hereof and any
table of contents, marginal notes or footnotes appended to copies hereof shall
be solely for convenience of reference, and shall not constitute a part of this
Master Indenture, nor shall they affect its meaning, construction or
effect.
Section
1308. Effect of
Partial Invalidity. In
case any one or more of the provisions of this Master Indenture or of any Bonds
shall for any reason be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or
invalidity shall not affect any other provision of this Master Indenture or of
the Bonds, but this Master Indenture and the Bonds shall be construed and
enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had not been contained
therein. The Bonds are issued and this Master Indenture is adopted
with the intent that the laws of the State of Alabama shall govern their
construction.
Section
1309. Effective
Date. This
Master Indenture shall be effective as of the date first
above-written.
(SEAL)
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Alabama
Toll Facilities, Inc.
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B. Craig Smith
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Naresh Mirchandani
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Chairman
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David Martin
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Michael Guy
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EXHIBIT
A
FORM
OF REQUISITION
The
undersigned, an Authorized Officer of Alabama Toll Facilities, Inc. (the
"Issuer") hereby submits the following requisition for disbursement under and
pursuant to the terms of the Master Trust Indenture from the Issuer to HSRF
Trustee, as trustee (the "Trustee"), dated as of December 1, 2010 (the "Master
Indenture"), as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Trust
Indenture from the Issuer to the Trustee, dated as of December 1, 2010 (the
Master Indenture as amended and supplemented is hereinafter referred to as the
"Indenture") (all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning ascribed
to such term in the Indenture):
(A) Requisition
Number:
(B) Name
of Payee:
(C) Amount
Payable:
(D) Purpose
for which paid or incurred (refer also to specific contract if amount is due and
payable pursuant to a contract involving progress payments, or, state Costs of
Issuance, if applicable):
(E) Fund
or Account and subaccount, if any, from which disbursement to be
made:
The
undersigned hereby certifies that [obligations in the stated amount set forth
above have been incurred by the Issuer, that each disbursement set forth above
is a proper charge against the Acquisition and Construction Account and the
subaccount, if any, referenced above, that each disbursement set forth above was
incurred in connection with the acquisition and construction of the Series 2010
Project and each represents a Cost of the Series 2010 Project, and has not
previously been paid] OR [this requisition is for Costs of Issuance payable from
the Costs of Issuance Account that has not previously been paid].
The
undersigned hereby further certifies that there has not been filed with or
served upon the Issuer notice of any lien, right to lien, or attachment upon, or
claim affecting the right to receive payment of, any of the moneys payable to
the Payee set forth above, which has not been released or will not be released
simultaneously with the payment hereof.
The
undersigned hereby further certifies that such requisition contains no item
representing payment on account of any retained percentage which the Issuer is
at the date of such certificate entitled to retain.
ALABAMA
TOLL FACILITIES, INC.
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Officer
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CONSULTING
ENGINEER'S APPROVAL FOR NON-COST OF
ISSUANCE
REQUESTS ONLY
If this
requisition is for a disbursement from other than Costs of Issuance, the
undersigned Consulting Engineer hereby certifies that this disbursement is for a
Cost of the Series 2010 Project and is consistent with: (i) the applicable
acquisition or construction contract; (ii) the plans and specifications for the
portion of the Series 2010 Project with respect to which such disbursement is
being made; and, (ii) the report of the Consulting Engineer attached as an
Exhibit to the First Supplemental Trust Indenture, as such report shall have
been amended or modified on the date hereof.
___________________., Consulting
Engineer
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