Item 33 - Pension Debt Refinancing and Related Bond Financing

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16 4846-5351-8811v3/200434-0005 (b) All Bonds presented for transfer, redemption or payment shall be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer or authorization for exchange, in form and with guaranty of signature satisfactory to the City, duly executed by the Bondholder or by his or her duly authorized attorney. The Trustee also may require payment from the Bondholder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, or other governmental fee or charge that may be imposed in relation thereto. Such taxes, fees and charges shall be paid before any such new Bond shall be delivered. (c) Bonds delivered upon any transfer as provided herein, or as provided in Section 3.04, shall be valid obligations of the City, evidencing the same debt as the Bond surrendered, shall be secured by this Trust Agreement and shall be entitled to all of the security and benefits hereof to the same extent as the Bond surrendered. (d) The City, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall treat the Bondholder, as shown on the registration books kept by the Trustee, as the person exclusively entitled to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to such Bond and to the exercise of all other rights and powers of the Bondholder, except that all interest payments will be made to the party who, as of the Record Date, is the Bondholder. (e) The Trustee shall not be required to register the transfer or exchange of any Bond during the period in which the Trustee is selecting Bonds for redemption and any bond that has been selected for redemption. Section 3.03 Book-Entry Bonds. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section 3.03, the registered owner of all of the Bonds shall be DTC and the Bonds shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this Section 3.03, payment of principal, interest and premium, if any, for any Bonds registered in the name of Cede & Co. shall be made as provided in the Representation Letter. (b) The Bonds shall be initially issued in the form of a separate single authenticated fully registered Bond for each separate stated maturity of the Bonds. The Trustee, the Registrar and the City may treat DTC (or its nominee) as the sole and exclusive owner of the Bonds registered in its name for the purposes of payment of the principal or redemption price of, or interest on, the Bonds, selecting the Bonds or portions thereof to be redeemed, giving any notice permitted or required to be given to Bondholders under this Trust Agreement, registering the transfer of Bonds, obtaining any consent or other action to be taken by Bondholders and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Trustee, the Registrar nor the City shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Trustee, the Registrar nor the City shall have any responsibility or obligation to any Participant, any person claiming a beneficial ownership interest in the Bonds under or through DTC or any Participant or any other person which is not shown on the registration books as being a Bondholder, with respect to (i) the accuracy of any records maintained by DTC or any Participant, (ii) the payment by DTC or any Participant of any amount in respect of the principal or redemption price of or interest on the Bonds, (iii) any notice which is permitted or required to be given to Bondholders under this Trust Agreement, (iv) the selection by DTC or any Participant of any person to receive payment in the event of a partial redemption of the Bonds, or (v) any consent given or other action taken by DTC as a Bondholder. The Trustee shall pay, from funds held under the terms of this Trust Agreement or otherwise provided by the City, all principal or redemption price of and interest on the Bonds only to DTC as provided in the Representation Letter and all such payments