Item 33 - Pension Debt Refinancing and Related Bond Financing

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39 4846-5351-8811v3/200434-0005 ARTICLE XIII MODIFICATION OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT Section 13.01 Limitations. This Trust Agreement shall not be modified or amended in any respect subsequent to the first delivery of fully executed and authenticated Bonds except as provided in and in accordance with and subject to the provisions of this Article XIII. Section 13.02 Supplemental Agreements Not Requiring Consent of Bondholders. (a) The City may, from time to time and at any time, without the consent of or notice to the Bondholders, execute and deliver supplemental agreements supplementing and/or amending this Trust Agreement as follows: (i) to cure any defect, omission, inconsistency or ambiguity in this Trust Agreement; (ii) to add to the covenants and agreements of the City in this Trust Agreement other covenants and agreements, or to surrender any right or power reserved or conferred upon the City, and which shall not adversely affect the interests of the Bondholders; (iii) to confirm, as further assurance, any interest of the Trustee in and to the Funds and Accounts held by the Trustee or in and to any other moneys, securities or funds of the City provided pursuant to this Trust Agreement or to otherwise add security for the Bondholders; (iv) to comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as from time to time amended; (v) to modify, alter, amend or supplement this Trust Agreement in any other respect which, in the judgment of the City, is not materially adverse to the Bondholders; (vi) to qualify the Bonds for a rating or ratings by any Rating Agency; and (vii) to authorize the issuance of Additional Bonds in accordance with this Trust Agreement. (b) Before the City shall, pursuant to this Section 13.02, execute any supplemental agreement there shall have been delivered to the City an opinion of Bond Counsel to the effect that such supplemental agreement (i) is authorized or permitted by this Trust Agreement and the Refunding Law, and (ii) will, upon the execution and delivery thereof, be valid and binding upon the City in accordance with its terms, subject to the typical exceptions. Section 13.03 Supplemental Agreement Requiring Consent of Bondholders. (a) Except for any supplemental agreement entered into pursuant to Section 13.02, the Holders of not less than a majority in Total Bond Obligation shall have the right from time to time to consent to and approve the execution by the City of any supplemental agreement deemed necessary or desirable by the City for the purposes of modifying, altering, amending, supplementing or rescinding, in any particular, any of the terms or provisions contained in this Trust Agreement or in a supplemental agreement; provided, however, that, unless approved in writing by