EXHIBIT 3(a)
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BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT
XXXXXXXXX-XXXXXX RIVER AUTHORITY
$40,890,000
Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds
(Central Power and Light Company Project)
Series 1995
BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Purchase Agreement") dated November
2, 1995 between XXXXXXXXX-XXXXXX RIVER AUTHORITY, a governmental agency and
body politic and corporate of the State of Texas (the "Issuer") and XXXXXX
XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED (the "Underwriter").
1. Background
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Underwriter hereby agrees to purchase from the Issuer, and the Issuer hereby
agrees to sell and deliver to the Underwriter, the Pollution Control Revenue
Refunding Bonds (Central Power and Light Company Project) Series 1995 (the
"Refunding Bonds") in the principal amount of $40,890,000. The Refunding
Bonds shall be dated, shall mature and shall bear interest from time to time
at adjustable or fixed rates as set forth in Section 2 hereof and shall
otherwise have such terms and provisions as set forth in the Refunding Bonds,
the Official Statement and the Indenture (as hereinafter defined).
(b) The Refunding Bonds will be issued pursuant to the resolution
adopted by the Board of Directors of the Issuer on October 18, 1995 (the
"Resolution"), and under an Indenture of Trust dated as of October 1, 1995
(the "Indenture") between the Issuer and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the
"Trustee"). The Refunding Bonds are to be issued to provide funds for the
redemption and cancellation of all outstanding Xxxxxxxxx-Xxxxxx River
Authority (Texas) 6% Pollution Control Revenue Bonds (Central Power and Light
Company Project) Series 1977 (the "Series 1977 Bonds") and all outstanding
Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas (formerly Nueces
County Navigation District No. 1) 7 1/8% Environmental Improvement Revenue
Bonds (Central Power and Light Company Facilities) Series 1974, Issue A (the
"Series 1974A Bonds"). The Series 1977 Bonds were originally issued to
provide funds for the acquisition, construction and improvement of certain
facilities designed to xxxxx or control air and water pollution (the "Coleto
Facilities") at the Coleto Creek generating plant of Central Power and Light
Company (the "Company") located in Goliad County, Texas. The Series 1974A
Bonds were originally issued to provide funds for the acquisition,
construction and improvement of air and water pollution control facilities
(the "Xxxxx Facilities", and together with the Coleto Facilities, the
"Facilities") at the Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx Power Station which is operated by the
Company and located in Nueces County, Texas. In connection with the issuance
of the Refunding Bonds, the Issuer and the Company have entered into an
Installment Payment Agreement dated as of October 1, 1995 (the "Installment
Agreement"), which obligates the Company to pay amounts designed to be
sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Refunding Bonds. The Issuer has assigned the right to receive such payments
from the Company to the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
(c) ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (the "Bank") has made a commitment to issue
an irrevocable, direct pay letter of credit (the "Letter of Credit") with
respect to the Refunding Bonds and effective as of the date of issuance of the
Refunding Bonds.
(d) Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Purchase
Agreement, the Company is delivering to the Issuer and the Underwriter its
Letter of Representation dated of even date herewith in substantially the form
of Appendix A hereto (the "Letter of Representation") indicating its approval
of the terms and provisions of this Purchase Agreement and acknowledging that
the Issuer will sell the Refunding Bonds to the Underwriter and the
Underwriter will purchase the Refunding Bonds and make a public offering
thereof in reliance upon the representations, covenants and indemnities
contained in the Letter of Representation.
(e) The Facilities constitute solid waste disposal facilities or
air or water pollution control facilities for purposes of Section 103(b)(4)(E)
or (F) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended. The Refunding Bonds
will be obligations described in Section 1313 of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 so
that interest on the Refunding Bonds will not be includible in gross income
for federal tax purposes (except as noted in the opinion of Bond Counsel
included as Appendix B to the Official Statement) and the Underwriter may
offer the Refunding Bonds for sale without registration under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or qualification of the
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Act").
(f) A Preliminary Official Statement dated October 26, 1995,
including all Appendices thereto and all documents incorporated therein by
reference (the "Preliminary Official Statement"), has been prepared for use in
the offering of the Refunding Bonds, and a final Official Statement dated as
of the date hereof, including all Appendices thereto and all documents
incorporated therein by reference (the "Final Official Statement"), has been
delivered by the Issuer to the Underwriter. The Final Official Statement, as
it may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Issuer, the
Underwriter and the Company, is hereinafter referred to as the "Official
Statement."
2. Purchase, Sale and Closing. Subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth, the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the
Issuer, and the Issuer agrees to sell to the Underwriter, the Refunding Bonds
at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof. The
Refunding Bonds shall be dated as of October 1, 1995, shall mature on November
1, 2015, and shall bear interest at the Flexible Rate, the Daily Rate, the
Weekly Rate, the Monthly Rate, the Quarterly Rate, the Semiannual Rate, the
Multiannual Rate or the Fixed Rate (all as defined and more fully described in
the Indenture). Payment for the Refunding Bonds shall be made in immediately
available Federal funds payable to the order of the Trustee for the account of
the Issuer. Closing (the "Closing") will be at the offices of XxXxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx L.L.P., 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx at
9:00 a.m., Dallas time, on November 2, 1995 (the "Closing Date"), or at such
other date, time or place as may be agreed on by the Issuer, the Company and
the Underwriter. Refunding Bonds will be delivered to The Depository Trust
Company ("DTC") at least 24 hours before Closing; the Refunding Bond will be
registered in the name of CEDE & Co., as nominee for DTC, in the denomination
of $40,890,000.
3. Issuer's Representations. The Issuer makes the following
representations and warranties, all of which shall survive Closing:
(a) The information with respect to the Issuer contained in the
Preliminary Official Statement and in the Final Official Statement is,
and, as such information may be amended or supplemented as of the
Closing Date will be, true and correct in all material respects, and
such information does not, and as it may be amended or supplemented as
of the Closing Date will not, include any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
in the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement
relating to the Issuer, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. The copies of the Final Official
Statement delivered to the Underwriter on the date hereof have been duly
signed and delivered by the Issuer.
(b) The Issuer is a duly constituted and validly existing
governmental agency and body politic and corporate of the State of
Texas, with full legal right, power and authority under and pursuant to
Chapters 30 and 383, Texas Water Code (the "Enabling Legislation"), to
execute and deliver this Purchase Agreement, the Installment Agreement
and the Indenture, to sign and deliver the Official Statement, to carry
out and consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the
foregoing and all other agreements relating thereto, and to issue, sell
and deliver the Refunding Bonds for the purpose of refunding all or any
part of outstanding Series 1977 Bonds and Series 1974A Bonds.
(c) The Issuer has full legal right, power and authority and has
taken all necessary action and has complied with all applicable
provisions of law required (i) to adopt the Resolution, (ii) to execute
and deliver this Purchase Agreement, the Installment Agreement, the
Refunding Bonds and the Indenture, (iii) to issue and sell the Refunding
Bonds to the Underwriter pursuant hereto and to the Indenture and (iv)
to carry out and consummate all other transactions contemplated by each
of such documents, and the Issuer has complied with all applicable
provisions of law in all matters relating to such transactions.
(d) The Issuer has duly authorized (i) the delivery and due
performance of the Resolution and the execution, delivery and due
performance of this Purchase Agreement, the Installment Agreement, the
Refunding Bonds and the Indenture, including, without limitation, the
issuance and sale of the Refunding Bonds to the Underwriter, (ii) the
execution and delivery of the Official Statement by the Issuer and the
distribution of the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official
Statement and (iii) the taking of any and all such action as may be
required on the part of the Issuer to carry out, give effect to and
consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the foregoing. None
of the proceedings or actions taken by the Issuer with respect to any of
the Refunding Bonds, the Indenture, the Installment Agreement, the
Preliminary Official Statement, the Official Statement or this Purchase
Agreement have been repealed, rescinded or revoked. The Official
Statement is deemed final by the Issuer for purposes of Rule 15c2-12
("Rule 15c2-12") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act").
(e) The Issuer has not been notified of any listing or proposed
listing by the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the Issuer is
a bond issuer whose arbitrage certifications may not be relied upon.
(f) The Resolution has been duly adopted by the Issuer, is in full
force and effect and constitutes the legal, valid and binding act of the
Issuer. This Purchase Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
the Issuer and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Issuer enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with its terms,
subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and to the effect of general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law). The Installment Agreement and the
Indenture each will be duly executed by the Issuer and, when delivered,
each will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Issuer enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with its terms,
subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and to the effect of general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(g) When delivered to and paid for by the Underwriter at Closing in
accordance with the provisions of this Purchase Agreement, the Refunding
Bonds initially delivered will have been duly approved by the Attorney
General of the State of Texas and registered by the Comptroller of
Public Accounts of the State of Texas, and the Refunding Bonds will be
duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered and will constitute
legal, valid, binding and enforceable limited obligations of the Issuer
in accordance with their terms and in conformity with the Enabling
Legislation and will be entitled to the benefit and security of the
Installment Agreement, the Resolution and the Indenture.
(h) No approval, permit, consent or authorization of any
governmental or public agency, authority or person not already obtained
(other than the approval of the Attorney General of the State of Texas
with respect to the Refunding Bonds, the registration of the Refunding
Bonds by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas and
the order of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (the
"1935 Act"), authorizing the Company's obligations with respect to the
Refunding Bonds and the Installment Agreement, which approvals and
orders shall be obtained on or prior to the Closing Date, the receipt of
which are expressly made a condition to the Issuer's, the Underwriter's
and the Company's respective obligations to issue, purchase and sell the
Refunding Bonds hereunder and under the Letter of Representation; and
other than any approvals that might be required under the Blue Sky or
securities laws of any jurisdiction) is required in connection with the
issuance and sale of the Refunding Bonds, the adoption of the Resolution
or the execution and delivery by the Issuer of the Refunding Bonds, the
Installment Agreement, the Indenture or this Purchase Agreement or the
performance of its obligations under any of such instruments.
(i) The adoption of the Resolution, the issuance and sale of the
Refunding Bonds, the acceptance of the Letter of Representation, the
execution and delivery by the Issuer of this Purchase Agreement, the
Installment Agreement, the Refunding Bonds and the Indenture, the
execution and delivery by the Issuer of the Official Statement and
compliance with the provisions hereof and thereof, will not conflict
with, violate or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a
default (or an event which with notice or passage of time, or both,
would constitute a default) on the part of the Issuer under, any
indenture, commitment, agreement or other instrument to which the Issuer
is a party or by which it is bound, or under any provision of the Texas
Constitution or any existing law, rule, regulation, judgment, ordinance,
order or decree to which the Issuer (or any of its directors or officers
in their respective capacities as such) is subject, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or other security interest or
encumbrance of any nature whatsoever upon any of the property, assets or
revenues of the Issuer, except as provided in the Refunding Bonds and
the Indenture.
(j) The Issuer is solvent and since its creation, the Issuer has
not been in default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on, or otherwise been in default with respect to, any of its
bonds, notes or other securities or any legally authorized obligation
issued or guaranteed by it; and no bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings
have been taken by or against the Issuer.
(k) Payments under the Installment Agreement, the Indenture, the
Resolution and the Refunding Bonds, and the interest on the Refunding
Bonds, are not subject to taxation in the State of Texas. No
legislation, ordinance, rule or regulation has been enacted by, or is
currently pending before, any governmental body, department or agency of
the State of Texas, nor has any decision been rendered by any court of
competent jurisdiction of the State of Texas, which would adversely
affect the exemption from all taxation in the State of Texas of (i) any
payments under the Installment Agreement, the Indenture, the Resolution
or the Refunding Bonds and the interest on the Refunding Bonds or (ii)
all bonds and obligations of the general character of the Refunding
Bonds. There are no stamp, documentary, transfer or like taxes in the
State of Texas which would be applicable to the original issuance or
subsequent transfers of the Refunding Bonds.
(l) There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation,
at law or in equity, before or by any court, public board, governmental
agency or body or arbitrator, pending or, to the best of the knowledge
of the Issuer, threatened (nor to the best of the knowledge of the
Issuer is there any basis therefor), which in any way questions the
validity of the Enabling Legislation, the powers of the Issuer referred
to in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 3 above, or the validity of
any proceedings taken by the Issuer in connection with the issuance and
sale of the Refunding Bonds, or wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling
or finding might adversely affect the transactions contemplated hereby
or by the Installment Agreement, the Indenture or the Official Statement
or which, in any way, might adversely affect the validity or
enforceability of the Refunding Bonds, the Resolution, the Installment
Agreement, the Indenture or this Purchase Agreement (or of any other
instrument required or contemplated for use in consummating the
transactions contemplated thereby or hereby) or the exclusion from gross
income for federal income tax purposes of interest on the Refunding
Bonds.
4. Covenants and Agreements of the Issuer. The Issuer covenants
and agrees with the Underwriter that it will:
(a) Furnish or cause to be furnished to the Underwriter (i) on the
date of the execution of this Purchase Agreement, two copies of the
Final Official Statement and, on the date of any amendment or supplement
thereto, two copies of such amendment or supplement, prepared in a
manner consistent with (b) below, in each case signed by or on behalf of
the Issuer by its Chairman and (ii) on or prior to the Closing Date, two
specimens of the form of Refunding Bond, two certified copies of the
Resolution and two executed copies of the Indenture and of the
Installment Agreement (which documents shall be in the forms previously
delivered to the Underwriter, subject to such changes as the Underwriter
shall approve); the Issuer agrees that the Company may at its expense
furnish to the Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of the
Official Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as the
Underwriter may reasonably request.
(b) Before amending or supplementing the Official Statement,
furnish to the Underwriter two copies and the Company two copies of each
proposed amendment or supplement. No amendment or supplement to the
Official Statement will contain material information different from that
contained in the Final Official Statement which is reasonably
unsatisfactory to the Underwriter or the Company.
(c) During such period as the Underwriter believes delivery of the
Official Statement is necessary or desirable in connection with sales of
the Refunding Bonds by the Underwriter or a dealer, if any event shall
occur as a result of which it may be necessary to amend or supplement
the Official Statement in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances when the Official Statement is delivered to a
purchaser, not misleading, immediately notify the Underwriter and the
Company of such event and cooperate at the request of the Underwriter in
the preparation of amendments or supplements to the Official Statement
which in the judgment of the Underwriter are necessary so that the
statements in the Official Statement as so amended or supplemented will
not, in light of the circumstances when the Official Statement is
delivered to a purchaser, be misleading.
(d) Cooperate in qualifying the Refunding Bonds for offer and sale
and in determining their eligibility for investment under the laws of
such jurisdictions as the Underwriter may reasonably request, provided
that the Issuer shall not be required to qualify to do business or
consent to general service of process in any state or jurisdiction other
than the State of Texas.
(e) Apply the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Refunding
Bonds in the manner set forth in the Official Statement, and not take
any action which will adversely affect the exclusion from gross income
for federal income tax purposes of the interest on the Refunding Bonds.
(f) Promptly make or cause to be made under the Uniform Commercial
Code of the State of Texas, or under any other applicable law, at such
times as may be required, all filings, if any, required in order to
establish, maintain, protect or preserve the interest of the Trustee in
the rights assigned to it under the Resolution, the Installment
Agreement and the Indenture.
(g) The Issuer will refrain from knowingly taking any action with
regard to which the Issuer may exercise control that would result, or
could reasonably be expected to result, in the loss of the exclusion
from gross income for federal income tax purposes of the interest on the
Refunding Bonds referred to under the caption "Tax Matters" in the
Official Statement.
5. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. The
respective covenants, agreements, representations, warranties and other
statements of each of the Issuer and the Underwriter, as set forth in this
Purchase Agreement or made by them pursuant to this Purchase Agreement, shall
remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on
behalf of the Issuer or the Underwriter or any officer, director or
controlling person thereof, and shall survive the termination of this Purchase
Agreement and the delivery of and payment for the Refunding Bonds.
6. Conditions of Underwriter's Obligations. The Underwriter's
obligation to purchase and pay for the Refunding Bonds at Closing is subject
to the performance by the Issuer of its obligations and agreements to be
performed hereunder and under the Installment Agreement, the Resolution and
the Indenture at or prior to Closing and the performance by the Company of the
obligations to be performed by it under the Letter of Representation, the
Installment Agreement, the Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Agreement
between the Company and the Bank, dated as of October 1, 1995 and relating to
the Refunding Bonds (the "Letter of Credit Agreement") and the Remarketing
Agreement between the Company and the Remarketing Agent dated the Closing Date
relating to the Refunding Bonds (the "Remarketing Agreement") at or prior to
Closing and to the fulfillment of the following conditions at or prior to
Closing:
(a) The Company shall have executed and the Issuer shall have
accepted the Letter of Representation, and the representations and warranties
of the Issuer herein and of the Company in the Letter of Representation shall
be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date;
(b) Each of the Indenture, the Installment Agreement, the Letter of
Credit, the Remarketing Agreement and the Letter of Credit Agreement shall
have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the respective parties
thereto and shall be in full force and effect, and each shall not have been
amended, modified or supplemented since the date hereof except as may have
been agreed to by the Underwriter;
(c) Neither the Issuer nor the Company shall be in default in the
performance of any of its covenants and agreements herein or in the Letter of
Representation, respectively;
(d) Subsequent to the execution of this Purchase Agreement, there
shall not have been any downgrading of any rating by Xxxxx'x Investors
Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Ratings Group of any securities issued by
the Company or of any bonds issued by the Issuer with respect to the
Facilities or of the Refunding Bonds;
(e) The Underwriter shall have received:
(i) The Final Official Statement signed on behalf of the
Issuer by its Chairman, together with any amendments or supplements
thereto to the Closing Date;
(ii) Opinions of XxXxxx, Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., Bond
Counsel ("Bond Counsel"), dated the Closing Date, substantially in the
forms attached hereto as Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2;
(iii) An opinion, dated the Closing Date, of XxXxxx, Xxxxxxxxx
& Xxxxxx L.L.P. ("Issuer's Counsel"), counsel for the Issuer,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B;
(iv) An opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Milbank, Tweed,
Xxxxxx & XxXxxx, special counsel for the Company, substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit C;
(v) An opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx
L.L.P., special counsel for the Company, substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit D;
(vi) An opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Sidley & Austin,
counsel for the Underwriter, substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit E;
(vii) A letter, dated the Closing Date, from Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
LLP, independent certified public accountants of the Company, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and its counsel and
covering the matters set forth in Exhibit F hereto;
(viii) A certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by the
Chairman of the Issuer or other appropriate official satisfactory to the
Underwriter, to the effect that each of the representations and
warranties of the Issuer set forth in this Purchase Agreement is true
and correct on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the
Closing Date and that all agreements to be complied with and obligations
to be performed by the Issuer hereunder and under the Installment
Agreement, the Resolution and the Indenture on or prior to the Closing
Date or as contemplated hereby or thereby have been complied with and
performed;
(ix) A certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by a Vice
President or the Treasurer of the Company to the effect that, (A) the
representations and warranties contained in the Letter of Representation
and the Remarketing Agreement or in any certificate delivered by the
Company hereunder or thereunder are true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the
Closing Date, (B) all agreements to be complied with and obligations to
be performed by the Company pursuant to the Letter of Representation,
the Remarketing Agreement and the Letter of Credit Agreement or as
contemplated by the Letter of Representation, the Remarketing Agreement,
the Letter of Credit Agreement, the Resolution, the Installment
Agreement or the Indenture on or prior to the Closing Date have been
complied with and performed and (C) there has been no material adverse
change in the Company's financial condition or any adverse development
concerning its business or assets which would result in a material
adverse change in its prospective financial condition or results of
operations from that described in or contemplated by the Official
Statement or, if such change has occurred, full information with respect
thereto;
(x) A certificate, satisfactory in form and substance to the
Underwriter, of one or more duly authorized officers of the Trustee,
dated the Closing Date, as to the due authentication and delivery of the
Refunding Bonds by the Trustee under the Indenture;
(xi) Arbitrage certifications, satisfactory in form to the
Underwriter and Underwriter's counsel, by the Company and the Issuer
(which may be in the form of a single document);
(xii) Evidence, satisfactory to the Underwriter, of the ratings
on the Refunding Bonds;
(xiii) Such additional certificates (including appropriate no
litigation certificates), instruments or other documents as the
Underwriter or Underwriter's counsel may reasonably request to evidence
compliance with applicable law, the authority of the Trustee to act
under the Indenture, and the due performance and satisfaction by the
Company at or prior to such date of all agreements then to be performed
and all conditions then to be satisfied by it, in connection with this
Purchase Agreement, the Letter of Representation, the Remarketing
Agreement, the Letter of Credit Agreement, the Installment Agreement,
the Resolution and the Indenture, and to evidence that the interest on
the Refunding Bonds is excludable from the gross income of the owners
thereof for federal income tax purposes under the statutes, regulations,
published rulings and court decisions on the Closing Date, and the
status of the offering under the Securities Act, the 1935 Act and the
Trust Act;
(xiv) An opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Xxxxxxx and
Xxxxxx, counsel for the Bank, with respect to the enforceability
of the Letter of Credit and certain matters contained in the
Official Statement, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit G;
(xv) A copy of the Letter of Credit, duly executed by
the Bank and delivered to the Trustee, satisfactory in form and
substance to the Underwriter; and
(xvi) A certificate, satisfactory in form and substance to the
Underwriter, of one or more duly authorized officers of the Bank, to the
effect that the information with respect to the Bank (including Appendix
B) contained or incorporated by reference in the Official Statement
(including any amendments or supplements thereto) is true and correct in
all material respects and does not include, and the Preliminary Official
Statement as of its date did not include, any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under
which they were made.
(f) At Closing there shall not have been any material adverse
change in the financial condition of the Company or any adverse development
concerning the business or assets of the Company which would result in a
material adverse change in the prospective financial condition or results of
operations of the Company from that described in the Official Statement which,
in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, makes it inadvisable to proceed with
the sale of the Refunding Bonds;
(g) The Commission shall have issued an order under the 1935 Act,
authorizing the Company's obligations with respect to the Refunding Bonds, the
Installment Agreement, the Remarketing Agreement and the Letter of Credit
Agreement; the Attorney General of the State of Texas shall have examined the
Refunding Bonds and the records relating to their issuance, shall have
certified as to their validity and shall have approved the Refunding Bonds;
and the Refunding Bonds shall have been registered by the Comptroller of
Public Accounts of the State of Texas;
(h) All matters relating to this Purchase Agreement, the Official
Statement, the Refunding Bonds and the sale thereof, the Installment
Agreement, the Remarketing Agreement, the Letter of Credit Agreement, the
Letter of Credit, the Indenture, the Resolution, the Letter of Representation,
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall
be satisfactory to and approved by the Underwriter as of the Closing, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Any certificate signed by or on
behalf of the Issuer or the Company and delivered at the Closing shall be a
representation and warranty by the Issuer or the Company, as the case may be,
to the Underwriter as to the statements made therein;
(i) The Underwriter shall have received from the Company payment on
the Closing Date by wire transfer of the Underwriter's fees (.397% of the
principal amount of the Refunding Bonds) as set forth in Section 5 of the
Letter of Representation; and
(j) Subsequent to the dates as of which information is given in
the Official Statement, there shall not have been any change or decrease
specified in the letter required by subsection (e)(vii) which is, in the
judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical
or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Refunding Bonds
as contemplated in the Official Statement.
7. Events Permitting the Underwriter to Terminate. The
Underwriter may terminate its obligations to purchase the Refunding Bonds at
any time before Closing if any of the following occurs:
(a) A legislative, executive or regulatory action (including the
introduction or proposal for adoption of legislation, executive orders or
regulations) or a court decision which, in the sole judgment of the
Underwriter, casts sufficient doubt on the legality of, or the tax-free status
of interest on, obligations of the general kind and character as the Refunding
Bonds so as to materially impair the marketability or materially lower the
market price thereof or would make it impractical to market the Refunding
Bonds on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Official Statement;
(b) Any action by the Commission, any other governmental agency,
or a court which, directly or indirectly, would require, in the reasonable
judgment of the Underwriter, (i) registration of the Refunding Bonds under the
Securities Act or (ii) qualification of an indenture in respect of the
Refunding Bonds under the Trust Act, or any such action or legislative,
executive or regulatory action with the purpose or effect of otherwise
prohibiting the issuance, offering or sale of the Refunding Bonds as
contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement or of obligations of the
general character of the Refunding Bonds;
(c) (i) Any general suspension or material limitation on trading in
securities on the New York Stock Exchange or by the Commission or by any
federal or state agency or by the decision of any court, any limitation on
prices for such trading or any restrictions on the distribution of securities,
(ii) trading in any securities of the Company shall have been suspended by the
Commission or a national securities exchange, (iii) a general banking
moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York shall have been
declared either by federal or New York State authorities, (iv) the rating
assigned by any nationally recognized securities rating agency to any
securities of the Company as of the date of this Purchase Agreement shall have
been lowered since that date or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or
material escalation of hostilities or other calamity or crisis, the effect of
which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in
the judgment of the Underwriter, impracticable to market the Refunding Bonds;
or
(d) Any event or condition not expressly contemplated in the
Official Statement which, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, renders
untrue or incorrect, in any material adverse respect as of the time to which
the same purports to relate, the information, including the financial
statements, contained in the Official Statement, including Appendices thereto
and documents incorporated therein by reference, or which requires that
information not reflected in such Official Statement should be reflected
therein in order to make the statements and information contained therein not
misleading in any material respect at such time, which, in either event, in
the sole judgment of the Underwriter, makes it inadvisable to proceed with the
sale of the Refunding Bonds; provided, however, that the Underwriter shall not
exercise the termination right provided in this subparagraph (d) (i) until the
Underwriter shall have consulted with the Company with respect to the event or
condition at issue and (ii) so long as the Company and the Underwriter shall
reasonably believe that such event or condition can be eliminated or cured
prior to the Closing Date.
8. Execution in Counterparts. This Purchase Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall
constitute one and the same instrument, and any of the parties hereto may
execute this Purchase Agreement by signing any such counterpart.
9. Notices and Other Actions. All notices, requests, demands and
formal actions hereunder will be in writing mailed, telegraphed or delivered
to:
The Underwriter:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Municipal Department
The Issuer:
Xxxxxxxxx-Xxxxxx River Authority
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Director of Finance
The Company:
x/x Xxxxxxx xxx Xxxxx Xxxx Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Director, Finance
10. GOVERNING LAW. THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
11. Successors. This Purchase Agreement will inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the parties and their respective successors, and will
not confer any rights upon any
other person. The term "successor" shall not include any holder of any
Refunding Bonds merely by virtue of such holding.
XXXXXXXXX-XXXXXX RIVER AUTHORITY
By:
Name:
Title:
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
By:
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Principal
