Item 33 - Pension Debt Refinancing and Related Bond Financing

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10 4821-4853-6027v3/200434-0005 (A) the statements on the cover of the Official Statement and in the Official Statement under the captions [“INTRODUCTION,” “THE BONDS,” “SECURITY AND SOURCE OF PAYMENT FOR THE BONDS,” “VALIDATION,” and “TAX MATTERS,” and in APPENDIX C — “SUMMARY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT,” APPENDIX D — “PROPOSED FORM OF BOND COUNSEL OPINION” and APPENDIX E — “FORM OF CONTINUING DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATE,”] and excluding any material that may be treated as included under such captions and appendices by any cross-reference, insofar as such statements expressly summarize provisions of the Bonds, the Trust Agreement, and Bond Counsel’s final opinion relating to the Bonds, are accurate in all material respects as of the date of Closing; (B) this Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the City and is the valid, legal and binding agreement of the City enforceable in accordance with its terms, except that the rights and obligations under the Purchase Agreement are subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights, to the application of equitable principles if equitable remedies are sought, to the exercise of judicial discretion in appropriate cases and to limitations on legal remedies against public agencies in the State, and provided that no opinion is expressed with respect to any indemnification or contribution provisions contained therein; and (C) the Bonds are not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Trust Agreement is exempt from qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; (vi) the Official Statement, executed on behalf of the City; (vii) evidence that the rating on the Bonds is as described in the Official Statement; (viii) a certificate, dated the date of Closing, signed by a duly authorized officer of the City satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the representations, warranties and covenants of the City contained in this Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of Closing with the same effect as if made on the date of the Closing by the City, and the City has complied with all of the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement required to be complied with by the City at or prior to the date of Closing; (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, no event affecting the City has occurred since the date of the Official Statement which should be disclosed in the Official Statement for the purposes for which it is to be used or which is necessary to disclose therein in order to make the statements and information therein not misleading in any material respect; (iii) the information and statements contained in the Official Statement (other than information relating to DTC and its book entry system) did not as of its date and do not as of the Closing contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in any material respect; (iv) the City is not in breach of or default under any applicable law or administrative regulation of the State or the United States of America or any applicable judgment or decree or any loan agreement, indenture, bond, note, resolution, agreement or other instrument to which the City is a party or is otherwise subject, which would have a material adverse impact on the City’s ability to perform its obligations under the Legal Documents, and no event has occurred and is continuing which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute such a default or an event of default under any