Item 33 - Pension Debt Refinancing and Related Bond Financing

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41 4846-5351-8811v3/200434-0005 ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Section 14.01 Parties in Interest. Except as herein otherwise specifically provided, nothing in this Trust Agreement expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon any person, firm or corporation other than the City, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, and the Bondholders any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Trust Agreement, this Trust Agreement being intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the City, the Paying Agent, the Trustee and the Bondholders. Section 14.02 Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions of this Trust Agreement, or of any Bonds issued hereunder shall, for any reason, be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any other provisions of this Trust Agreement or of Bonds, and this Trust Agreement and any Bonds issued hereunder shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provisions had not been contained herein or therein. Section 14.03 No Personal Liability of City Officials; Limited Liability of City to Bondholders. (a) No covenant or agreement contained in the Bonds or in this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to be the covenant or agreement of any present or future official, officer, agent or employee of the City in their individual capacity, and neither the members of the City Council of the City nor any person 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. (b) Except for the payment when due of the payments and the observance and performance of the other agreements, conditions, covenants and terms required to be performed by it contained in this Trust Agreement, the City shall not have any obligation or liability to the Bondholders with respect to this Trust Agreement or the preparation, execution, delivery, transfer, exchange or cancellation of the Bonds or the receipt, deposit or disbursement of the payments by the Trustee, or with respect to the performance by the Trustee of any obligation required to be performed by it contained in this Trust Agreement. Section 14.04 Execution of Instruments; Proof of Ownership. (a) Any request, direction, consent or other instrument in writing required or permitted by this Trust Agreement to be signed or executed by Bondholders or on their behalf by an attorney-in-fact may be in any number of concurrent instruments of similar tenor and may be signed or executed by such Bondholders in person or by an agent or attorney-in-fact appointed by an instrument in writing or as provided in the Bonds. Proof of the execution of any such instrument and of the ownership of Bonds shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Trust Agreement and shall be conclusive in favor of the Trustee with regard to any action taken by it under such instrument if made in the following manner: (i) the fact and date of the execution by any person of any such instrument may be proved by the certificate of any officer in any jurisdiction who, by the laws thereof, has power to take acknowledgments within such jurisdiction, to the effect that the person