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Entergy Arkansas Inc · 35-CERT · On 7/1/94 · EX-4

Filed On 7/1/94   ·   SEC File 70-08405   ·   Accession Number 7323-94-19

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Certificate Concerning Terms and Conditions of a Transaction   ·   Form 35-CERT
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Exhibit B-3(b) _________________________________________________________________ POPE COUNTY, ARKANSAS to SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK Pine Bluff, Arkansas _______________ TRUST INDENTURE _______________ Dated as of June 15, 1994 _________________________________________________________________ $19,500,000 Pope County, Arkansas Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1994 (Arkansas Power & Light Company Project)
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TRUST INDENTURE This TRUST INDENTURE dated as of June 15, 1994, by and between POPE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, a political subdivision under the Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas (hereinafter referred to as the "County"), as party of the first part, and SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK, an institution organized under and existing by virtue of the laws of the United States of America with its principal office, domicile and post office address in Pine Bluff, Arkansas (hereinafter referred to as the "Trustee"), as party of the second part; W I T N E S E T H: WHEREAS, the County is authorized and empowered under the laws of the State of Arkansas, including particularly Title 14, Chapter 267 of the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated (the "Act"), to issue revenue bonds and to expend the proceeds thereof to finance and refinance the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extension, equipment or improvement of pollution control facilities for the disposal or control of sewage, solid waste, water pollution, air pollution, or any combination thereof; and WHEREAS, certain pollution control facilities (hereinafter referred to as the "Facilities") have been acquired, constructed and equipped at the electric generating plant of Arkansas Power & Light Company, an Arkansas corporation (the "Company"), located within the boundaries of the County near Russellville, Arkansas and known as Arkansas Nuclear One (hereinafter referred to as the "Plant"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Act, the County has heretofore issued and delivered its Pollution Control Revenue Bonds, Series 1976 (Arkansas Power & Light Company Project), in the aggregate principal amount of $16,600,000, its Pollution Control Revenue Bonds, Series 1978 (Arkansas Power & Light Company Project), in the aggregate principal amount of $1,900,000, and its Pollution Control Revenue Bonds, Special Industrial Series (Arkansas Power & Light Company Project), in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 (collectively, the "Prior Bonds"), for the purpose of financing the cost of acquiring, constructing and equipping the Facilities and paying the expenses of authorizing and issuing the Prior Bonds; and WHEREAS, the County proposes to issue $19,500,000 aggregate principal amount of its revenue bonds under the Act (identified in Article I hereof and referred to herein as the "Series 1994 Bonds") for the purpose of refunding the Prior Bonds; and WHEREAS, the Series 1994 Bonds bear interest, mature and are subject to redemption as hereinafter in this Trust Indenture set forth in detail; and WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Series 1994 Bonds and any Additional Bonds (hereinafter defined) which may be hereafter issued under this Trust Indenture (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Bonds"), when authenticated by the Trustee and issued as in this Trust Indenture provided, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the County according to the import thereof, and to constitute this Trust Indenture a valid assignment and pledge of revenues to the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds, in accordance with the provisions hereof, have or will have been done and performed, and the creation, execution and delivery of this Trust Indenture and the creation, execution and issuance of the Bonds, subject to the terms hereof, have in all respects been duly authorized; NOW, THEREFORE, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THIS TRUST INDENTURE WITNESSETH: That the County in consideration of the premises and the acceptance by the Trustee of the trusts hereby created and of the purchase and acceptance of the Bonds by the holders and owners thereof, and the sum of One Dollar ($1.00), lawful money of the United States of America, to it duly paid by the Trustee, at or before the execution and delivery of these presents, and for other good and valuable considerations, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and in order to secure the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds according to their tenor and effect and to secure the performance and observance by the County of all the covenants expressed or implied herein and in the Bonds, subject to all of the provisions hereof, does hereby grant, bargain, sell, convey, mortgage, assign and pledge unto the Trustee, and unto its successor or successors in trust, and to them and their assigns forever, for the securing of the performance of the obligations of the County hereinafter set forth: 1. All the rights and interest of the County in and to the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined) (except for the rights of the County under Sections 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, 6.03, and 8.05 of the Loan Agreement and any rights of the County to receive notices, certificates, requests, requisitions, directions and other communications under the Loan Agreement), including, without limitation, its right to receive the First Mortgage Bonds (as hereinafter defined); all Revenues (as hereinafter defined) and the proceeds of all thereof; and the First Mortgage Bonds issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to the Loan Agreement. 2. All the rights and interest of the County in and to the Bond Fund and the Clearing Fund (as hereinafter defined), and all moneys and investments therein, but subject to the provisions ofthis Trust Indenture pertaining thereto, including those pertaining to the making of disbursements therefrom. 3. All moneys, securities and obligations from time to time held by the Trustee under the terms of this Trust Indenture and any and all real and personal property of every kind and nature from time to time hereafter by delivery or by writing of any kind conveyed, mortgaged, pledged, assigned or transferred, as and for additional security hereunder by the County or by anyone in its behalf or with its written consent to the Trustee which is hereby authorized to receive any and all such property at any and all times and to hold and apply the same subject to the terms hereof; except for moneys, securities or obligations deposited with or paid to the Trustee for redemption or payment of Bonds which are deemed to have been paid in accordance with Article IX hereof and funds held pursuant to Section 505 hereof, which shall be held by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of said Article IX or Section 505, as the case may be. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all the same with all privileges and appurtenances hereby conveyed and assigned, or agreed or intended so to be, to the Trustee and its successors in said trusts and to them and their assigns forever; IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS, upon the terms and trusts herein set forth for the equal and proportionate benefit and security of all owners of the Bonds issued under and secured by this Trust Indenture without preference, priority or distinction as to lien of any Bonds over any other Bonds, except insofar as any sinking, amortization or other fund, or any terms or conditions of redemption or purchase, established under this Trust Indenture may afford additional benefit or security for the Bonds of any particular series. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the County shall pay or cause to be paid to the owners of the Bonds the principal of and premium, if any, and interest to become due thereon at the times and in the manner stipulated therein, and if the County shall keep, perform and observe all and singular the covenants and promises in the Bonds and in this Trust Indenture expressed as to be kept, performed and observed by it on its part, all as provided in and subject to the provisions of Article IX hereof, then and in that case these presents and the estate and rights hereby granted, except as otherwise provided in Article IX, shall cease, determine and be void, and thereupon the Trustee shall cancel and discharge the lien of this Trust Indenture and execute and deliver to the County such instruments in writing as shall be requisite to evidence the discharge hereof pursuant to the provisions of said Article IX; otherwise this Trust Indenture to be and remain in full force and effect. THIS TRUST INDENTURE FURTHER WITNESSETH, and it is expressly declared, that all Bonds issued and secured hereunder are to be issued, authenticated and delivered, and the Trust Estate (as hereinafter defined) and the other estate and rights hereby granted, are to be dealt with and disposed of, under, upon and subject to the terms, conditions, stipulations, covenants, agreements, trusts, uses and purposes as hereinafter expressed, and the County has agreed and covenanted, and does hereby agree and covenant, with the Trustee and with the respective owners, from time to time, of the Bonds, as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS Section 101. Definitions. In addition to the words and terms elsewhere defined in this Indenture, the following words and terms as used in this Indenture shall have the following meanings: "Act" -- Title 14, Chapter 267 of the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated, as amended and enacted from time to time. "Additional Bonds" -- The Bonds in addition to the Series 1994 Bonds, which are issued under the provisions of Section 211 of this Indenture. "Administration Expenses" -- The reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the County with respect to the Loan Agreement, this Indenture and any transaction or event contemplated by the Loan Agreement or this Indenture including the compensation and reimbursement of expenses and advances payable to the Trustee, any Paying Agent, and the Bond Registrar. "Authorized Company Representative" -- The person or persons at the time designated to act on behalf of the Company, such designation in each case, to be evidenced by a certificate furnished to the County and the Trustee containing the specimen signature of such person or persons and signed on behalf of the Company by its President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, or the Treasurer. "Bonds" -- The Series 1994 Bonds and all Additional Bonds issued by the County pursuant to this Indenture. "Bond Counsel" -- Any firm of nationally recognized municipal bond counsel selected by the Company and acceptable to the County and the Trustee. "Bond Fund" -- The fund by that name created and established in Section 501 of this Indenture. "Bond Registrar" -- The registrar of Bonds named herein. "Clearing Fund" -- The fund by that name created and established in Section 601 of this Indenture. "Clerk" -- The person holding the office and performing the duties of the County Clerk of the County. "Code" -- The Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as heretofore amended, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as heretofore or hereafter amended, as applicable. "Company" -- Arkansas Power & Light Company, an Arkansas corporation. The Company is a party to the Loan Agreement, and the reference includes any successor or assignee pursuant to the provisions thereof. "Company Mortgage" -- The Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of October 1, 1944, between the Company and Guaranty Trust Company of New York (Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, successor) and Henry A. Theis (John W. Flaherty, successor), and, as to property, real or personal, situated or being in Missouri, Marvin A. Mueller (The Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis, successor), as trustees, as heretofore and hereafter amended and supplemented. "Company Mortgage Trustees" -- The trustees under the Company Mortgage. "County" -- Pope County, Arkansas, a political subdivision under the Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas. "County Judge" -- The person holding the office and performing the duties of the County Judge of the County. "Event of Default" -- Any event of default specified in Section 1001 hereof. "Facilities" -- The pollution control facilities at the Plant which were financed and refinanced, in whole or in part, with the proceeds of the Prior Bonds, more particularly identified in the Loan Agreement. "First Mortgage Bonds" -- The bonds of one or more series issued and delivered under the Company Mortgage and held by the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.03 of the Loan Agreement. "Government Securities" -- (a) Direct or fully guaranteed obligations of the United States of America (including any such securities issued or held in book-entry form on the books of the Department of Treasury of the United States of America); and (b) Certificates, depositary receipts or other instruments which evidence a direct ownership interest in obligations described in clause (a) above or in any specific interest or principal payments due in respect thereof; provided, however, that the custodian of such obligations or specific interest or principal payments shall be a bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States of America or of any state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, with a combined capital stock, surplus and undivided profits of at least $50,000,000; and provided, further, that except as may be otherwise required by law, such custodian shall be obligated to pay to theholders of such certificates, depositary receipts or other instruments the full amount received by such custodian in respect of such obligations or specific payments and shall not be permitted to make any deduction therefrom. "holder" or "bondholder" or "owner of the Bonds" -- The registered owner of any Bond. "Indenture" -- This Trust Indenture and all amendments and supplements hereto. "Loan Agreement" -- The Loan Agreement dated as of June 15, 1994, by and between the County and the Company, and any amendments and supplements thereto. "outstanding" -- When used with reference to the Bonds, as of any particular date, all Bonds authenticated and delivered under this Indenture except: (a) Bonds canceled at or prior to such date or delivered to or acquired by the Trustee at or prior to such date for cancellation; (b) Bonds deemed to be paid in accordance with Article IX of this Indenture; and (c) Bonds in lieu of or in exchange or substitution for which other Bonds shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture. "Paying Agent" -- Any bank or trust company designated pursuant to this Indenture as the place at which the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds of a series are payable, and any successor designated pursuant to this Indenture. With respect to the Series 1994 Bonds, the Trustee is the original Paying Agent. "person" -- Includes natural persons, firms, associations, corporations and public bodies. "Plant" -- The Company's electric generating plant located within the boundaries of the County near Russellville, Arkansas and known as Arkansas Nuclear One. "Prior Bonds" -- The County's Pollution Control Revenue Bonds, Series 1976 (Arkansas Power & Light Company Project), in the aggregate principal amount of $16,600,000, the County's Pollution Control Revenue Bonds, Series 1978 (Arkansas Power & Light Company Project), in the aggregate principal amount of $1,900,000, and the County's Pollution Control Revenue Bonds, Special Industrial Series (Arkansas Power & Light Company Project), in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000. "Record Date" -- With respect to any interest payment date of the Bonds, the fifteenth day of the calendar month next preceding such interest payment date. "Revenues" -- All moneys paid or payable by the Company to the Trustee for the account of the County in respect of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the First Mortgage Bonds, including, without limitation, amounts paid or payable by the Company pursuant to Sections 5.02 and 9.01 of the Loan Agreement, and all receipts of the Trustee credited under the provisions of this Indenture against such payments. "Series 1994 Bonds" -- The initial issue of Bonds under and secured by this Indenture in the aggregate principal amount of $19,500,000. "Trustee" -- The banking corporation or association designated as Trustee herein, and its successor or successors as such Trustee. The original Trustee is Simmons First National Bank, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. "Trust Estate" -- The property conveyed to the Trustee pursuant to the Granting Clauses hereof. Section 102. Use of Words. Words of the masculine gender shall be deemed and construed to include correlative words of the feminine and neuter genders. Unless the context shall otherwise indicate, the words "Bond", "owner", "holder" and "person" shall include the plural, as well as the singular, number. ARTICLE II THE BONDS Section 201. Authorized Form and Amount of Bonds. No Bonds may be issued under the provisions of this Indenture except in accordance with this Article. All Bonds issued hereunder shall be in the form of registered Bonds without coupons. The total principal amount of Bonds that may be issued is hereby expressly limited to $19,500,000, except as provided in Sections 208, 211 and 212 hereof. Section 202. Details of Series 1994 Bonds. The Series 1994 Bonds (i) shall be designated "Pope County, Arkansas Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1994 (Arkansas Power & Light Company Project)," (ii) shall be in the aggregate principal amount of $19,500,000, (iii) shall be issued in the denomination of $5,000 each, or any integral multiple thereof, (iv) shall be numbered consecutively from 1 upwards in order of issuance according to the records of the Trustee, (v) shall be dated as hereinafter provided, (vi) shall bear interest as hereinafter provided, payable semiannually on June 1 and December 1 of each year commencing December 1, 1994, and (vii) shall mature, unless sooner redeemed in the manner in this Indenture set forth, on December 1, 2016. The Series 1994 Bonds shall bear interest from and including the date thereof until the principal thereof shall have become due and payable in accordance with the provisions hereof, whether at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise, at the rate of six and thirty one-hundredths percent (6.30%) per annum. Overdue principal of the Series 1994 Bonds shall bear interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum until paid. Overdue installments of interest shall not bear interest. Series 1994 Bonds issued before December 1, 1994, shall be dated as of June 15, 1994, and Series 1994 Bonds issued on or subsequent to December 1, 1994, shall be dated as of the interest payment date next preceding the date of authentication and delivery thereof by the Trustee, unless such date of authentication and delivery shall be an interest payment date, in which case they shall be dated as of such date of authentication and delivery, or unless such date of authentication and delivery shall be during the period from the Record Date to the next interest payment date, in which case they shall be dated as of such interest payment date; provided, however, that if, as shown by the records of the Trustee, interest on any Bonds surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be in default, the Bonds issued in exchange for Bonds surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be dated as of the date to which interest has been paid in full on the Bonds surrendered. The Series 1994 Bonds shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto with such appropriate variations, omissions and insertions as are permitted or required by this Indenture. Section 203. Payment. The principal of and premium, if any, on the Bonds shall be paid upon the presentation and surrender of said Bonds at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee. The interest on the Bonds shall be payable by check drawn upon the Trustee and mailed to the registered owners as of the close of business on the Record Date next preceding the interest payment date at their respective addresses as such appear on the bond registration books kept by the Trustee. All payments shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America. Section 204. Execution. The Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the County by the County Judge and the County Clerk (by their manual or facsimile signatures) and shall have impressed or imprinted thereon the seal of the County. A facsimile signature shall have the same force and effect as if personally signed. In case any officer whose signature or facsimile of whose signature shall appear on the Bonds shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such Bonds, such signature or such facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if he had remained in office until delivery. Section 205. Limited Obligation. The Bonds, together with interest thereon, shall be payable from the Bond Fund, as hereinafter set forth, and shall be a valid claim of the holders thereof only against the Bond Fund and the revenues pledged to the Bond Fund, which revenues are hereby pledged and mortgaged for the equal and ratable payment of the Bonds (principal, premium, if any, and interest) and shall be used for no other purpose than to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds, and the Paying Agent's fees, except as may be otherwise expressly authorized in this Indenture. The Bonds (including premium, if any) and interest thereon shall not constitute an indebtedness of the County within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision and shall never constitute an obligation of or a charge against the general credit or taxing powers of the County. Section 206. Authentication. Only such Bonds as shall have endorsed thereon a Certificate of Authentication substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto duly executed by the Trustee shall be entitled to any right or benefit under this Indenture. No Bond shall be valid and obligatory for any purpose unless and until such Certificate of Authentication shall have been duly executed by the Trustee, and such Certificate of the Trustee upon any such Bond shall be conclusive evidence that such Bond has been authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. The Trustee's Certificate of Authentication on any Bond shall be deemed to have been executed if signed by an authorized officer of theTrustee, but it shall not be necessary that the same officer sign the Certificate of Authentication on all of the Bonds issued hereunder. Section 207. Delivery of the Bonds. The County shall execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Trustee shall authenticate the Bonds of any series and deliver said Bonds to the original purchaser or purchasers thereof as may be directed hereinafter in this Section 207, in Section 211 hereof, or in any supplemental indenture. Prior to the delivery on original issuance by the Trustee of any authenticated Bonds of any series there shall be or have been delivered to the Trustee: (a) An original duly executed counterpart or a duly certified copy of this Indenture and, in the case of Additional Bonds, a supplemental indenture by and between the County and the Trustee setting forth the details concerning such Bonds. (b) An original duly executed counterpart or a duly certified copy of the Loan Agreement and, in the case of Additional Bonds, an amendment of or supplement to the Loan Agreement, if any. (c) (i) An original duly executed counterpart or a duly certified copy of the indenture supplemental to the Company Mortgage creating the series of First Mortgage Bonds to be issued in respect of such series of Bonds as provided in Section 5.03 of the Loan Agreement and (ii) such First Mortgage Bonds. (d) A written order to the Trustee by the County to authenticate and deliver the Bonds of such series to the original purchasers thereof upon payment to Trustee, but for the account of the County, of a sum specified in such order. (e) A copy, duly certified by the Clerk, of the proceedings of the governing body of the County authorizing the issuance of the Bonds. (f) In the case of any series of Additional Bonds, a written opinion of Bond Counsel, to the effect that the issuance of such Bonds and the execution thereof have been duly authorized, all conditions precedent to the delivery thereof have been fulfilled, and that the exclusion of the interest on the Series 1994 Bonds and any Additional Bonds theretofore issued from gross income for federal income tax purposes will not be affected by the issuance of the Bonds being issued. Section 208. Mutilated, Destroyed or Lost Bonds. In case any Bond issued hereunder shall become mutilated or be destroyed or lost, the County shall, if not then prohibited by law, cause to be executed and the Trustee shall authenticate and delivera new Bond of the same series of like date, number, maturity and tenor in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of such mutilated Bond, or in lieu of and in substitution for such Bond destroyed or lost, upon the holder's paying the reasonable expenses and charges of the County and Trustee in connection therewith, and, in the case of a Bond destroyed or lost, his filing with the Trustee evidence satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee that such Bonds were destroyed or lost, and of his ownership thereof, and furnishing the County, the Company and the Trustee with indemnity satisfactory to them. The Trustee is hereby authorized to authenticate any such new Bond. In the event any such Bonds shall have matured, instead of issuing a new Bond, the County may pay the same without the surrender thereof. Section 209. Registration and Exchange of Bonds. The County hereby constitutes and appoints the Trustee as Bond Registrar of the County, and as Bond Registrar the Trustee shall keep books for the registration and for the transfer of the Bonds as provided in this Indenture at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee. The person in whose name any Bond shall be registered shall be deemed and regarded as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and payment of or on account of the principal of and interest on any such Bond shall be made only to or upon the order of the registered owner thereof or his legal representative, and neither the County, the Trustee, nor the Bond Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary but such registration may be changed as herein provided. All payments shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. Bonds may be transferred on the books of registration kept by the Trustee by the registered owner in person or by his duly authorized attorney, upon surrender thereof, together with a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered owner or his duly authorized attorney in such form as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. Upon surrender for transfer of any Bond at the principal corporate office of the Trustee, the County shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Bond or Bonds in the same aggregate principal amount and of any authorized denomination or denominations. Bonds may be exchanged at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee for an equal aggregate principal amount of Bonds of any other authorized denomination or denominations of the same series with corresponding maturities. The County shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Bonds which the bondholder making the exchange is entitled to receive, bearing numbers not then outstanding. The execution by the County of any Bond of any denomination shall constitute full and due authorization of such denomination and the Trustee shall thereby be authorized to authenticate and deliver such Bond. Such transfers of registration or exchanges of Bonds shall be without charge to the holders of such Bonds, but any taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid with respect to the same shall be paid by the holder of the Bond requesting such transfer or exchange as a condition precedent to the exercise of such privilege. The Trustee shall not be required to transfer or exchange any Bond after the mailing of notice calling such Bond for redemption has been made and prior to such redemption, nor during the period of fifteen (15) days next preceding mailing of a notice of redemption of any Bonds. At reasonable times and under reasonable regulations established by the Trustee, the list of registered owners of the Bonds may be inspected and copied by the Company or by holders or owners (or a designated representative thereof) of 10% or more in principal amount of Bonds then outstanding, such possession or ownership and the authority of such designated representative to be evidenced to the satisfaction of the Trustee. Section 210. Cremation and Other Dispositions. All Bonds surrendered for the purpose of payment or retirement, or for exchange, or for replacement or payment as provided above, or for cancellation, shall be canceled upon surrender thereof to the Trustee and, at the option of the Trustee, either cremated, shredded or otherwise disposed of. The Trustee shall execute and forward to the County an appropriate certificate describing the Bonds involved and the manner of disposition. Section 211. Additional Bonds. The County, at the request of the Company and to the extent permitted by law in effect at the time thereof, may issue from time to time one or more series of Additional Bonds for the purposes provided in Section 4.02 of the Loan Agreement. Additional Bonds shall be secured equally and ratably with the Series 1994 Bonds and any other Additional Bonds theretofore issued and then outstanding, except insofar as any sinking, amortization or other fund, or any terms or conditions of redemption or purchase, established under this Indenture may afford additional benefit or security for the Bonds of any particular series. Before any Additional Bonds are authenticated there shall be delivered to the Trustee the items required for the issuance of Bonds by Section 207 hereof. The right to issue Additional Bonds set forth in this Indenture shall not imply that the County may not issue, and the County expressly reserves the right to issue, to the extent permitted by law, obligations under another indenture or indentures to refund all or any principal amount of all or any series of Bonds, or any combination thereof, and the provisions of this Indenture governing the issuance of Additional Bonds shall not apply thereto. The proceeds of the issuance and sale of any series of Additional Bonds, including purchase premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, thereon to the date of delivery thereof paid by the original purchasers thereof, shall be applied simultaneously with the delivery of such Additional Bonds in the manner provided in this Indenture and in the supplemental indenture authorizing such Additional Bonds. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Additional Bonds shall be issued unless (i) the Loan Agreement is in effect, and (ii) at the time of issuance there is no Event of Default (defined in the Loan Agreement) under the Loan Agreement or Event of Default under this Indenture. Section 212. Temporary Bonds. Until Bonds in definitive form are ready for delivery, the County may execute, and upon the request of the County, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, subject to the provisions, limitations and conditions set forth herein, one or more Bonds in temporary form, whether printed, typewritten, lithographed or otherwise produced, substantially in the form of the definitive Bonds, with appropriate omissions, variations and insertions, and in authorized denominations. Until exchanged for Bonds in definitive form, such Bonds in temporary form shall be entitled to the lien and benefit of this Indenture. Upon the presentation and surrender of any Bond or Bonds in temporary form, the County shall, without unreasonable delay, prepare, execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange therefor, a Bond or Bonds in definitive form. Such exchange shall be made by the Trustee without making any charge therefor to the holder of such Bond in temporary form. Section 213. Book Entry System. The Trustee and the County, at the direction of the Company, may from time to time enter into, and discontinue, an agreement with a "clearing agency" registered under Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Securities Depository"), which is the owner of the Bonds of any series, to establish procedures with respect to the Bonds of such series not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that any such agreement may provide: (a) that such Securities Depository is not required to present a Bond to the Trustee in order to receive a partial payment of principal; (b) that a legend shall appear on each Bond of such series so long as the Bonds of such series are subject to such agreement; and (c) that different provisions for notice to such Securities Depository may be set forth therein. ARTICLE III REDEMPTION OF BONDS BEFORE MATURITY Section 301. Redemption Applicable to Series 1994 Bonds Only. The Series 1994 Bonds shall be subject to redemption prior to maturity as follows: (a) The Series 1994 Bonds shall be subject to optional redemption by the County, at the direction of the Company, in whole but not in part, at any time, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount being redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date, if: (i) the Company shall have determined that the continued operation of either unit of the Plant is impracticable, uneconomical or undesirable for any reason; (ii) the Company shall have determined that the continued construction or operation of the Facilities associated with either unit of the Plant is impracticable, uneconomical or undesirable due to (A) the imposition of taxes, other than ad valorem taxes currently levied upon privately owned property used for the same general purpose as the Facilities, or other liabilities or burdens with respect to the Facilities or the construction or operation thereof, (B) changes in technology, in environmental standards or legal requirements or in the economic availability of materials, supplies, equipment or labor or (C) destruction of or damage to all or part of the Facilities; (iii) all or substantially all of either unit of the Plant or the Facilities associated with either unit shall have been condemned or taken by eminent domain; or (iv) the construction or operation of either unit of the Plant or the Facilities associated with either unit shall have been enjoined or shall have otherwise been prohibited by any order, decree, rule or regulation of any court or of any federal, state or local regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body. (b) The Series 1994 Bonds shall be subject to mandatory redemption, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount being redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date, on the one hundred eightieth day (or such earlier date as may be designated by the Company) after a final determination by a court of competent jurisdiction or an administrative agency, to the effect that as a result of a failure by the Company to perform or observe any covenant, agreement or representation contained in the Loan Agreement, the interest payable on the Series 1994 Bonds is included for federal income tax purposes in the gross income of thebondholders thereof, other than any bondholder who is a "substantial user" of the Facilities or a "related person" within the meaning of Section 147(a) of the Code. No determination by any court or administrative agency will be considered final unless the Company has participated in the proceeding which resulted in such determination, either directly or through a bondholder, to a degree it reasonably deems sufficient and until the conclusion of any appellate review sought by any party to such proceeding or the expiration of the time for seeking such review. The Series 1994 Bonds shall be redeemed either in whole or in part in such principal amount that the interest payable on the Series 1994 Bonds remaining outstanding after such redemption would not be included in the gross income of any bondholder thereof, other than a bondholder who is a "substantial user" of the Facilities or a "related person" within the meaning of Section 147(a) of the Code. (c) The Series 1994 Bonds shall be subject to optional redemption by the County, at the direction of the Company, on and after June 1, 2004, in whole at any time or in part from time to time (and if in part, by lot or in such other manner as may be determined by the Trustee to be fair and equitable), at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued interest to the redemption date: Redemption Redemption Period Price June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2005 102% June 1, 2005 through May 31, 2006 101% June 1, 2006 and thereafter 100% The Series 1994 Bonds shall also be subject to optional redemption by the County, at the direction of the Company, in whole but not in part, at any time prior to June 1, 2004, at a redemption price equal to 102% of the principal amount being redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date, if the Company shall have consolidated with or merged with or into another corporation, or sold or otherwise transferred all or substantially all of its assets. In case a Series 1994 Bond is of a denomination larger than $5,000, a portion of such Bond ($5,000 or any integral multiple thereof) may be redeemed if otherwise permitted, but Series 1994 Bonds shall be redeemed only in the principal amount of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof. Section 302. Notice. Notice of the call for any redemption, identifying the Bonds or portions thereof being called and the date on which they shall be presented for payment, shall be given by the Trustee by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the registered owner of each such Bond addressed to such registered owner at his registered address and placed in the mails not lessthan thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for redemption; provided, however, that failure to give such notice by mailing, or any defect therein, shall not affect the validity of any proceeding for the redemption of any Bond with respect to which no such failure or defect has occurred. Any notice mailed as provided in this Section shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder or owner receives the notice. With respect to notice of redemption of the Bonds at the option of the County (at the direction of the Company), unless moneys sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds to be redeemed shall have been received by the Trustee prior to the giving of such notice, such notice shall state that said redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt of such moneys by the Trustee on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption. If such moneys shall not have been so received, such notice shall be of no force and effect, the County shall not redeem such Bonds and the Trustee shall give notice, in the manner in which the notice of redemption was given, that such moneys were not so received. Section 303. Redemption Payments. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 302 hereof, on or prior to the date fixed for redemption, funds shall be deposited with the Trustee to pay, and the Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to apply such funds to the payment of, the Bonds or portions thereof to be redeemed, together with accrued interest thereon to the redemption date and any required premium. Upon the giving of notice and the deposit of funds for redemption, interest on the Bonds or portions thereof thus redeemed shall no longer accrue after the date fixed for redemption. Section 304. Cancellation. All Bonds which have been redeemed shall not be reissued but shall be canceled and disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with Section 210 hereof. Section 305. Partial Redemption of Bonds. Upon surrender of any Bond for redemption in part only, the County shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the holder thereof a new Bond or Bonds of the same series and the same maturity, of authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Bond surrendered. ARTICLE IV GENERAL COVENANTS; THE FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS Section 401. Payment of Principal, Premium, If Any, and Interest. The County covenants that it will promptly pay or cause to be paid the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on every Bond issued under this Indenture at the place, on the dates and in the manner provided herein and in the Bond according to the true intent and meaning thereof; provided, however, that the obligation of the County hereunder to make or cause to be made any payment to the Trustee in respect of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Bonds shall be reduced by the amount of moneys, if any, on deposit in the Bond Fund and available to be applied by the Trustee toward the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Bonds. The principal and premium, if any, and interest (except interest paid from the proceeds from the sale of the Bonds) are payable solely from the Revenues, which Revenues are hereby specifically pledged to the payment thereof in the manner and to the extent herein specified, and nothing in the Bonds or this Indenture should be considered as assigning or pledging any funds or assets of the County other than the Revenues and the right, title and interest of the County in the Loan Agreement (except for the rights of the County under Sections 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, 6.03, and 8.05 of the Loan Agreement and any rights of the County to receive notices, certificates, requests, requisitions, directions and other communications under the Loan Agreement) in the manner and to the extent herein specified. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, it is understood that whenever the County makes any covenants involving financial commitments, including, without limitation, those in the various sections of this Article IV, it pledges no funds or assets other than the Revenues and the right, title and interest of the County in the Loan Agreement (except for the rights of the County under Sections 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, 6.03, and 8.05 of the Loan Agreement and any rights of the County to receive notices, certificates, requests, requisitions, directions and other communications under the Loan Agreement), the Bond Fund and the Clearing Fund in the manner and to the extent herein specified, but nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the County from using any other funds or assets. Section 402. Performance of Covenants. The County covenants that it will faithfully perform at all times any and all covenants, undertakings, stipulations and provisions contained in this Indenture, in any and every Bond executed, authenticated and delivered hereunder and in all ordinances pertaining thereto. The County covenants that it is duly authorized under the Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas, including particularly and without limitation the Act, to issue Bonds authorized hereby and to execute this Indenture and to make the pledge and covenants in the manner and to the extent herein set forth; that all action on itspart for the issuance of the Bonds and the execution and delivery of this Indenture has been duly and effectively taken; and that the Bonds in the hands of the holders and owners thereof are and will be valid and enforceable obligations of the County according to the import thereof. Section 403. Instruments of Further Assurance. The County covenants that it will do, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be done, executed, acknowledged and delivered, such indenture or indentures supplemental hereto and such further acts, instruments and transfers as the Trustee may reasonably require for the better assuring, transferring, mortgaging, pledging, assigning and confirming unto the Trustee the Trust Estate. Section 404. Recordation and Other Instruments. The County and the Trustee covenant that they will cooperate with the Company in causing this Indenture, the Loan Agreement, such security agreements, financing statements and all supplements thereto and other instruments as may be required from time to time to be kept, to be recorded and filed in such manner and in such places as may be required by law in order to fully preserve and protect the security of the holders and owners of the Bonds and the rights of the Trustee hereunder, and to perfect the security interest created by this Indenture. Section 405. Inspection of Project Books. The County and the Trustee covenant and agree that all books and documents in their possession relating to the Facilities and the revenues derived from the Facilities (including the records pertaining to the Clearing Fund) shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by such accountants or other agencies as the other party may from time to time designate and by the Company. Section 406. Rights Under Loan Agreement. The Loan Agreement, a duly executed counterpart of which has been filed with the Trustee, sets forth the covenants and obligations of the County and the Company, including provisions that subsequent to the issuance of Bonds and prior to their payment in full or provision for payment thereof in accordance with the provisions hereof the Loan Agreement may not be effectively amended, changed, modified, altered or terminated, or any provision waived without the written consent of the Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the same for a detailed statement of said covenants and obligations of the Company thereunder, and the County agrees that the Trustee in its name or in the name of the County may enforce all rights of the County and all obligations of the Company under and pursuant to the Loan Agreement, for and on behalf of the bondholders, whether or not the County is in default hereunder. Section 407. Prohibited Activities. The County and the Trustee covenant that neither of them shall take any action or suffer or permit any action to be taken or condition to exist whichcauses or may cause the interest payable on the Bonds to be includable in gross income for purposes of federal income taxation. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the County and the Trustee covenant that (a) the proceeds of the sale of the Bonds, the earnings thereon, and any other moneys on deposit in any fund or account maintained in respect of the Bonds (whether such moneys were derived from the proceeds of the sale of the Bonds or from other sources) will not be used in a manner which would cause the Bonds to be treated as "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of Section 148 of the Code, and (b) all action with respect to the Bonds required by Section 148(f) of the Code shall be taken in a timely manner. Section 408. No Transfer of First Mortgage Bonds. The Trustee shall not sell, assign or transfer the First Mortgage Bonds except to a successor trustee under this Indenture. Section 409. Voting of First Mortgage Bonds. The Trustee shall, as the holder of the First Mortgage Bonds, attend such meeting or meetings of bondholders under the Company Mortgage or, at its option, deliver its proxy in connection therewith, as relate to matters with respect to which it is entitled to vote or consent. So long as no Event of Default hereunder shall have occurred and be continuing, either at any such meeting or meetings, or otherwise when the consent of the holders of the Company's first mortgage bonds issued under the Company Mortgage is sought without a meeting, the Trustee shall vote as the holder of the First Mortgage Bonds, or shall consent with respect thereto, proportionately with what the Trustee reasonably believes will be the vote or consent of the holders of all other first mortgage bonds of the Company then outstanding under the Company Mortgage the holders of which are eligible to vote or consent; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not vote as such holder in favor of, or give its consent to, any amendment or modification of the Company Mortgage which is correlative to any amendment or modification of this Indenture referred to in Section 1202 hereof without the prior consent and approval, obtained in the manner prescribed in said Section 1202, of bondholders which would be required under said Section 1202 for such correlative amendment or modification of this Indenture. Any action taken by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 409 shall be binding upon the County and the bondholders. Section 410. Surrender of First Mortgage Bonds. The Trustee shall surrender First Mortgage Bonds to the Company Mortgage Trustees in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03(d) of the Loan Agreement. Section 411. Notice to Company Mortgage Trustees. In the event that a payment on the First Mortgage Bonds shall havebecome due and payable and shall not have been fully paid, the Trustee shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Company Mortgage Trustees specifying the amount of funds required to make such payment. In the event that any Bonds are to be redeemed pursuant to any provisions of this Indenture requiring mandatory redemption of Bonds of any series (other than at the direction of the Company), except for provisions which establish sinking fund redemption requirements, the Trustee shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Company Mortgage Trustees specifying the principal amount of Bonds so to be redeemed and the redemption date therefor. Any such notice given by the Trustee shall be signed by its President, a Vice President or a Trust Officer thereof. The Trustee shall incur no liability for failure to give any such notice and such failure shall have no effect on the obligations of the Company on the First Mortgage Bonds or on the rights of the Trustee or of the bondholders. ARTICLE V REVENUES AND FUNDS Section 501. Creation of Bond Fund. There is hereby created and ordered to be established with the Trustee a trust fund of and in the name of the County to be designated "Pope County, Arkansas Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bond Fund - Arkansas Power & Light Company Project". Section 502. Payments Into Bond Fund. There shall be deposited into the Bond Fund as and when received: (a) All accrued interest received at the time of the issuance and delivery of the Bonds; (b) Amounts transferred to the Bond Fund pursuant to the provisions of Section 604 hereof; (c) All Revenues; and (d) All moneys received by the Trustee under and pursuant to any of the provisions of the Loan Agreement or this Indenture which are not directed to be paid into a fund (or held) other than the Bond Fund. Section 503. Use of Moneys in Bond Fund. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 508 and 1102 hereof, moneys in the Bond Fund shall be used solely for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds. Section 504. Withdrawals from Bond Fund. The Bond Fund shall be in the name of the County, designated as set forth in Section 501, and the County hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Trustee to withdraw from the Bond Fund sufficient funds to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds at maturity and redemption prior to maturity and to use such funds for the purpose of paying principal, premium, if any, and interest in accordance with the provisions hereof pertaining to payment, which authorization and direction the Trustee hereby accepts. Section 505. Non-Presentment of Bonds. In the event any Bonds shall not be presented for payment when the principal thereof becomes due, either at maturity or otherwise, or at the date fixed for redemption thereof, if there shall have been deposited with the Trustee for that purpose, or left in trust if previously so deposited, funds sufficient to pay the principal thereof, and premium, if any, together with all interest unpaid and due thereon, to the due date thereof, for the benefit of the holder thereof, all liability of the County to the holder thereof for thepayment of the principal thereof, premium, if any, and interest thereon, shall forthwith cease, determine and be completely discharged, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the Trustee to hold such fund or funds, without liability for interest thereon, for benefit of the holder of such Bond, who shall thereafter be restricted exclusively to such fund or funds for any claim of whatever nature on his part under this Indenture or on, or with respect to, the Bond. Section 506. Administration Expenses. It is understood and agreed that pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.05 of the Loan Agreement, the Company agrees to pay the Administration Expenses of the County. All such payments under the Loan Agreement which are received by the Trustee shall not be paid into the Bond Fund, but shall be segregated by the Trustee and expended solely for the purpose for which such payments are received. Section 507. Moneys to be Held in Trust. All moneys required to be deposited with or paid to the Trustee for deposit into the Bond Fund or the Clearing Fund under any provision of this Indenture and all moneys withdrawn from the Bond Fund and held by any Paying Agent, shall be held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent in trust, and except for moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee for the redemption of Bonds, notice of which redemption has been duly given, and for moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article IX hereof, shall, while held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent, constitute part of the Trust Estate and be subject to the lien hereof. Any moneys received by or paid to the Trustee pursuant to any provisions of the Loan Agreement calling for the Trustee to hold, administer and disburse the same in accordance with the specific provisions of the Loan Agreement shall be held, administered and disbursed pursuant to such provisions, and where required by the provisions of the Loan Agreement the Trustee shall set the same aside in a separate account. The County agrees that if it shall receive any moneys pursuant to applicable provisions of the Loan Agreement, it will forthwith upon receipt thereof pay the same over to the Trustee to be held, administered and disbursed by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Agreement pursuant to which the County may have received the same. Furthermore, if for any reason the Loan Agreement ceases to be in force and effect while any Bonds are outstanding, the County agrees that if it shall receive any moneys derived from the Facilities, it will forthwith upon receipt thereof pay the same over to the Trustee to be held, administered and disbursed by the Trustee in accordance with provisions of the Loan Agreement that would be applicable if the Loan Agreement were then in force and effect, and if there be no such provisions which would be so applicable, then the Trustee shall hold, administer and disburse such moneys solely for the discharge of the County's obligations under this Indenture. Section 508. Refund to Company of Excess Payments. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee is authorized and directed to refund to the Company all excess amounts as specified in the Loan Agreement, whether such excess amounts be in the Bond Fund or in special accounts. ARTICLE VI CUSTODY AND APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS OF BONDS Section 601. Creation of Clearing Fund. There is hereby created and ordered to be established with the Trustee a special account of the County to be designated "Pope County, Arkansas Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bond Clearing Fund -Arkansas Power & Light Company Project." Section 602. Payments into Clearing Fund. The proceeds from the issuance and sale of each series of Bonds, other than accrued interest, if any, on such Bonds to the date of delivery thereof paid by the original purchaser or purchasers thereof, shall be deposited into the Clearing Fund established in respect of such series of Bonds. Section 603. Disbursements from Clearing Fund. Moneys in the Clearing Fund shall be disbursed by the Trustee to the trustee for the Prior Bonds to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Prior Bonds (in the case of the Series 1994 Bonds) or to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all or any portion of any series of Bonds then being refunded (in the case of Additional Bonds) on the applicable dates of redemption thereof. Section 604. Balance in Clearing Fund. Upon the redemption of the Prior Bonds or all or any portion of any series of Bonds then being refunded, any balance remaining in the Clearing Fund in respect thereof (except for amounts retained by the Trustee to pay such Bonds) shall be transferred by the Trustee into the Bond Fund; provided, however, no amount shall be transferred into the Bond Fund unless the Trustee is furnished with an opinion of Bond Counsel to the effect that such use is lawful under the Act and will not adversely affect the exclusion of interest on any of the Bonds from gross income for purposes of federal income taxation. ARTICLE VII INVESTMENTS Section 701. Investment of Moneys. (a) Moneys held for the credit of the Clearing Fund shall, upon direction by the Authorized Company Representative, be invested and reinvested by the Trustee in any one or more of the following obligations or securities on which neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is the obligor: (i) Government Securities; (ii) interest bearing deposit accounts (which may be represented by certificates of deposit) in national or state banks (which may include the Trustee, any Paying Agent, and the Bond Registrar) having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $10,000,000, or savings and loan associations having total assets of not less than $40,000,000; (iii) bankers' acceptances drawn on and accepted by commercial banks (which may include the Trustee, any Paying Agent, and the Bond Registrar) having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $10,000,000; (iv) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, any State of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, which are rated in any of the three highest rating categories by a nationally recognized rating agency; (v) obligations of any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America; (vi) commercial or finance company paper which is rated in any of the three highest rating categories by a nationally recognized rating agency; (vii) corporate debt securities rated in any of the three highest rating categories by a nationally recognized rating agency; and (viii) repurchase agreements with banking or financial institutions having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $10,000,000 (which may include the Trustee, any Paying Agent, and the Bond Registrar) with respect to any of the foregoing obligations or securities. As used above, the reference to rating categories shall mean generic categories which may include numerical or other qualifications of rankings within each such generic rating category such as "+" or "-". Such investments shall have maturity dates, or shall be subject to redemption by the holder at the option of the holder, on or prior to the dates the moneys invested therein will be needed as reflected by a statement of the Authorized Company Representative which statement must be on file with the Trustee prior to any investment. (b) Moneys held for the credit of any other fund or account, including, without limitation, the Bond Fund, shall to the extent practicable be invested and reinvested in Government Securities which will mature, or which will be subject to redemption at the option of the holder, not later than the date or dates on which the money held for credit of the particular fund shall be required for the purposes intended. The Trustee shall soinvest and reinvest pursuant to instructions from the Authorized Company Representative. (c) Obligations so purchased as an investment of moneys in any fund or account shall be deemed at all times a part of such fund or account. Any profit and income realized from such investments shall be credited to the fund or account and any loss shall be charged to the fund or account. Section 702. Arbitrage Law Requirements. In compliance with the provisions of Section 148 of the Code and regulations thereunder, all investments and reinvestments made under this Article VII shall be subject to the following: (a) In the event that the County or the Company is of the opinion that it is necessary or advisable to restrict or limit the yield on the investment of any moneys held in the Clearing Fund, the Bond Fund or any other fund in order to avoid the Bonds being considered "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of Section 148 of the Code, or any proposed, temporary or final regulations thereunder as such regulations may apply to obligations issued as of the date of original issuance and delivery of the Bonds, the County or the Company may issue to the Trustee a written certificate to such effect together with appropriate written instructions, in which event the Trustee shall take such action as is necessary so as to restrict or limit the yield on such investment in accordance with such certificate and instructions, irrespective of whether the Trustee shares such opinion. (b) The Trustee shall establish and maintain within the Bond Fund, the Clearing Fund or any other fund, in respect of each series of Bonds issued hereunder, a separate account into which shall be deposited as and when received any amounts which are subject or could be subject to rebate to the United States under Section 148(f) of the Code, which amounts shall be held in such separate accounts until paid to the United States pursuant to said Section or until the Trustee determines that no such payment is required. (c) The County and the Trustee shall not make or agree to make any payments or participate in any non-arms-length transaction which would have the effect of reducing the earnings on investments, thereby reducing the amount required to be rebated to the United States under Section 148(f) of the Code and regulations thereunder. (d) The Company has undertaken in the Loan Agreement to make the determinations required by paragraph (b) of this Section 702 and to provide statements to the Trustee to the effect that all actions with respect to the Bonds required by Section 148(f) of the Code has been taken. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely uponsuch determinations and statements as sufficient evidence of the facts therein contained. ARTICLE VIII RIGHTS OF THE COMPANY Section 801. Rights of Company Under Loan Agreement. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to impair the rights and privileges of the Company set forth in the Loan Agreement and an Event of Default hereunder shall not constitute an "Event of Default" under the Loan Agreement unless by the terms of the Loan Agreement it constitutes an "Event of Default" thereunder. Section 802. Enforcement of Rights and Obligations. The County and the Trustee agree that the Company in its own name or in the name of the County may enforce all of the rights of the County, all obligations of the Trustee, and all of the Company's rights provided for in this Indenture. ARTICLE IX DISCHARGE OF LIEN Section 901. Discharge of Lien. If the County shall pay or cause to be paid to the holders and owners of the Bonds the principal of and premium, if any, and interest to become due thereon at the times and in the manner stipulated therein, and if the County shall keep, perform and observe all and singular the covenants and promises in the Bonds and in this Indenture expressed as to be kept, performed and observed by it on its part and shall pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the County, then these presents and the estate and rights hereby granted shall cease, determine and be void, and thereupon the Trustee shall cancel and discharge the lien of this Indenture, and execute and deliver to the County such instruments in writing as shall be requisite to satisfy the lien hereof, and reconvey to the County the estate hereby conveyed, and assign and deliver to the County any property at the time subject to the lien of this Indenture which may then be in its possession, except moneys or Government Securities held by it for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds. Any Bond shall be deemed to be paid within the meaning of this Article when payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Bond (whether at maturity or upon redemption as provided in this Indenture, or otherwise), either (a) shall have been made or caused to be made in accordance with the terms thereof, or (b) shall have been provided for by irrevocably depositing with the Trustee, in trust and irrevocably set aside exclusively for such payment, (i) moneys sufficient to make such payment or (ii) Government Securities (provided that the Trustee shall have received an opinion of Bond Counsel to the effect that such deposit will not affect the exclusion of the interest on any of the Bonds from gross income for purposes of federal income taxation or cause any of the Bonds to be treated as arbitrage bonds within the meaning of Section 148(a) of the Code) maturing as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as will provide sufficient moneys to make such payment when due, and all necessary and proper fees, compensation and expenses of the Trustee and any Paying Agent pertaining to the Bonds with respect to which such deposit is made and all other liabilities of the Company under the Loan Agreement shall have been paid or the payment thereof provided for to the satisfaction of the Trustee. No deposit under (b) above shall constitute such discharge and satisfaction until the Company shall have irrevocably notified the Trustee of the date for payment of such Bond either at maturity or on a date on which such Bond may be redeemed in accordance with the provisions hereof and notice of such redemption shall have been given or irrevocable provisions shall have been made for the giving of such notice. The County or the Company may at any time surrender to the Trustee for cancellation by it any Bonds previously authenticated and delivered hereunder, which the County or the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and such Bonds, upon such surrender and cancellation, shall be deemed to be paid and retired. ARTICLE X DEFAULT PROVISIONS AND REMEDIES OF TRUSTEE AND BONDHOLDERS Section 1001. Events of Default. Each of the following events shall constitute and is referred to in this Indenture as an "Event of Default": (a) default in the due and punctual payment of any interest on any Bond hereby secured and outstanding and the continuance thereof for a period of sixty (60) days; (b) default in the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, on any Bond hereby secured and outstanding, whether at the stated maturity thereof, or upon unconditional proceedings for redemption thereof, or upon the maturity thereof by acceleration; (c) an "Event of Default" as such term is defined in Section 8.01 of the Loan Agreement; or (d) default in the payment of any other amount required to be paid under this Indenture or the performance or observance of any other of the covenants, agreements or conditions contained in this Indenture, or in the Bonds issued under this Indenture, and continuance thereof for a period of ninety (90) days after written notice specifying such failure and requesting that it be remedied, shall have been given to the County and the Company by the Trustee, which may give such notice in its discretion and shall give such notice at the written request of Bondholders of not less than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding, unless the Trustee, or the Trustee and bondholders of an aggregate principal amount of Bonds not less than the aggregate principal amount of Bonds the bondholders of which requested such notice, as the case may be, shall agree in writing to an extension of such period prior to its expiration; provided, however, that the Trustee, or the Trustee and the bondholders of such principal amount of Bonds, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have agreed to an extension of such period if corrective action is instituted by the County, or the Company on behalf of the County within such period and is being diligently pursued. The term "default" as used in clauses (a), (b) and (d) above shall mean default by the County in the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or conditions on its part contained in this Indenture, or in the Bonds outstanding hereunder, exclusive of any period of grace required to constitute a default an "Event of Default" as hereinabove provided. Section 1002. Acceleration. Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default described in clause (a) or (b)of the first paragraph of Section 1001 hereof, the Bonds shall, without further action, become and be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Bonds to the contrary notwithstanding, and the Trustee shall give notice thereof in writing to the County and the Company, and notice to bondholders in the same manner as a notice of redemption under Section 302 hereof. Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default described in clause (c) of the first paragraph of Section 1001 hereof, and further upon the condition that, in accordance with the terms of the Company Mortgage, the First Mortgage Bonds shall have become immediately due and payable pursuant to any provision of the Company Mortgage, the Bonds shall, without further action, become and be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Bonds to the contrary notwithstanding, and the Trustee shall give notice thereof in writing to the County and the Company, and notice to bondholders in the same manner as a notice of redemption under Section 302 hereof. Section 1003. Other Remedies; Rights of Bondholders. Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee may, in addition or as an alternative, pursue any available remedy by suit at law or in equity to enforce the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds then outstanding hereunder, then due and payable. If an Event of Default shall have occurred, and if it shall have been requested so to do by the holders of twenty-five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of Bonds outstanding hereunder and shall have been indemnified as provided in Section 1101 hereof, the Trustee shall be obligated to exercise such one or more of the rights and powers conferred upon it by this Section as the Trustee, being advised by counsel, shall deem most expedient in the interests of the bondholders. No remedy by the terms of this Indenture conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee (or to the bondholders) is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to any other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute. No delay or omission to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or Event of Default or acquiescence therein; and every such right and power may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient. No waiver of any default or Event of Default hereunder, whether by the Trustee or by the bondholders, shall extend to orshall affect any subsequent default or Event of Default or shall impair any rights or remedies consequent thereon. Section 1004. Right of Bondholders to Direct Proceedings. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Bonds outstanding hereunder shall have the right, at any time, by an instrument or instruments in writing executed and delivered to the Trustee, to direct the method and place of conducting all proceedings to be taken in connection with the enforcement of the terms and conditions of this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or any other proceeding hereunder; provided that such direction shall not be otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of law and of this Indenture. Section 1005. Appointment of Receiver. Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, and upon the filing of a suit or other commencement of judicial proceedings to enforce the rights of the Trustee and of the bondholders under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled, as a matter of right, to the appointment of a receiver or receivers of the Trust Estate and of the tolls, rents, revenues, issues, earnings, income, products and profits thereof, pending such proceedings with such powers as the court making such appointment shall confer. Section 1006. Waiver. In case of an Event of Default on the part of the County, as aforesaid, to the extent that such rights may then lawfully be waived, neither the County nor anyone claiming through it or under it shall or will set up, claim, or seek to take advantage of any appraisement, valuation, stay, extension or redemption laws now or hereafter in force, in order to prevent or hinder the enforcement of this Indenture, but the County, for itself and all who may claim through or under it, hereby waives, to the extent that it lawfully may do so, the benefit of all such laws and all right of appraisement and redemption to which it may be entitled under the laws of the State of Arkansas. Section 1007. Application of Moneys. Available moneys remaining after discharge of costs, charges and liens prior to this Indenture shall be applied by the Trustee as follows: (a) Unless the principal of all the Bonds shall have become due and payable, all such moneys shall be applied: First: To the payment to the persons entitled thereto of all installments of interest then due, in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, and, if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full any particular installment, then to the payment ratably, according to the amounts due on such installment, to the persons entitled thereto, without any discrimination or privilege; Second: To the payment to the persons entitled thereto of the unpaid principal of any of the Bonds which shall have become due (other than Bonds called for redemption for the payment of which moneys are held pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture), in the order of their due dates, with interest on such Bonds from the respective dates upon which they become due, and, if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full Bonds due on any particular date, together with such interest, then to the payment ratably, according to the amount of principal due on such date, to the persons entitled thereto without any discrimination or privilege of any Bond over any other Bond and without preference or priority of principal over interest or of interest over principal; and Third: To the payment of the interest on and the principal of the Bonds, and to the redemption of Bonds, all in accordance with the provisions of Article V of this Indenture. (b) If the principal of all the Bonds shall have become due and payable, all such moneys shall be applied to the payment of the principal and interest then due and unpaid upon the Bonds, without preference or priority of principal over interest or of interest over principal, or of any Bond over any other Bond, ratably, according to the amounts due respectively for principal and interest, to the person entitled thereto without discrimination or privilege. (c) If the principal of all the Bonds shall have become due and payable, and if acceleration of the maturity of the Bonds by reason of an Event of Default shall thereafter have been rescinded and annulled under the provisions of this Article then, subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section in the event that the principal of all the Bonds shall later become due and payable, the moneys shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section. Whenever moneys are to be applied by the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Section, such moneys shall be applied by it at such times, and from time to time, as it shall determine, having due regard to the amount of such moneys available for application and the likelihood of additional moneys becoming available for such application in the future. Whenever the Trustee shall apply such funds, it shall fix the date (which shall be an interest payment date unless it shall deem another date more suitable) upon which such application is to be made and upon such date interest on the amounts of principal to be paid on such dates shall cease to accrue. The Trustee shall give such notice as it may deem appropriate of the deposit with it of any such moneys and of the fixing of any such date and shall not be required to make payment to the holder of any Bond until such Bond shall be presented to the Trustee for appropriate endorsement or for cancellation if fully paid. Section 1008. Remedies Vested in Trustee. All rights of action (including the right to file proof of claim) under this Indenture or under any of the Bonds may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Bonds or the production thereof in any trial or other proceeding relating thereto and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name as Trustee, without the necessity of joining as plaintiffs or defendants any holders of the Bonds hereby secured, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the equal benefit of the holders of the outstanding Bonds. Section 1009. Rights and Remedies of Bondholders. No holder of any Bond shall have any right to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law for the enforcement of this Indenture or for the execution of any trust hereof or for the appointment of a receiver or any other remedy hereunder, unless a default has occurred of which the Trustee has been notified as provided in subsection (g) of Section 1101, or of which by said subsection it is deemed to have notice, nor unless such default shall have become an Event of Default and the holders of twenty-five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of Bonds outstanding hereunder shall have made written request to the Trustee and shall have offered it reasonable opportunity either to proceed to exercise the powers hereinbefore granted or to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name, nor unless also they have offered to the Trustee indemnity as provided in Section 1101 nor unless the Trustee shall thereafter fail or refuse to exercise the powers hereinbefore granted, or to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name; and such notification, request and offer of indemnity are hereby declared in every such case at the option of the Trustee to be conditions precedent to the execution of the powers and trusts of this Indenture, and to any action or cause of action for the enforcement of this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or for any other remedy hereunder; it being understood and intended that no one or more holders of the Bonds shall have any right in any manner whatsoever to affect, disturb or prejudice the lien of this Indenture by his or their action or to enforce any right hereunder except in the manner herein provided, and that all proceedings at law or in equity shall be instituted, held and maintained in the manner herein provided for the equal benefit of the holders of all Bonds outstanding hereunder. Nothing in this Indenture contained shall, however, affect or impair the right of any bondholders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Bonds at and after the maturity thereof, or the obligation of the County to pay the principal of and interest on each of the Bonds issued hereunder to the respective holders thereof at the time and place in said Bonds expressed. Section 1010. Termination of Proceedings. In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture by the appointment of a receiver or otherwise, and suchproceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the County and the Trustee shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder with respect to the property herein conveyed, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Trustee shall continue as if no such proceedings had been taken, except to the extent the Trustee is legally bound by such adverse determination. Section 1011. Waivers of Events of Default. The provisions of Article X are subject to the condition that any waiver of any "Default" under the Company Mortgage and a rescission and annulment of its consequences shall constitute a waiver of the corresponding Event or Events of Default under clause (c) of the first paragraph of Section 1001 hereof and a rescission and annulment of the consequences thereof, but no such waiver, rescission and annulment shall extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right or remedy consequent thereon. ARTICLE XI THE TRUSTEE AND PAYING AGENTS Section 1101. Acceptance of Trusts. The Trustee hereby accepts the trust imposed upon it by this Indenture, and agrees to perform said trust (i) except during the continuance of an Event of Default as an ordinarily prudent trustee under a corporate mortgage, and (ii) during the continuance of an Event of Default, with the same degree of care and skill in the exercise of its rights hereunder as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his affairs, but only upon and subject to the following expressed terms and conditions: (a) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereof and perform any duties required of it by or through attorneys, agents, receivers or employees, and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters of trusts hereof and its duties hereunder, and may in all cases pay reasonable compensation to all such attorneys, agents, receivers and employees as may reasonably be employed in connection with the trusts hereof. The Trustee may act upon the opinion or advice of any attorney, surveyor, engineer or accountant selected by it in the exercise of reasonable care, or, if selected or retained by the County prior to the occurrence of a default of which the Trustee has been notified as provided in subsection (g) of this Section 1101, or of which by said subsection the Trustee is deemed to have notice, approved by the Trustee in the exercise of such care. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from an action or non-action in accordance with any such opinion or advice. (b) The Trustee shall not be responsible for any recital herein, or in the Bonds (except in respect to the certificate of the Trustee endorsed on such Bonds), or for insuring the property herein conveyed or collecting any insurance moneys, or for the validity of the execution by the County of this Indenture or of any supplemental indentures or instrument of further assurance, or for the sufficiency of the security for the Bonds issued hereunder or intended to be secured hereby, or for the value of the title of the property herein conveyed or otherwise as to the maintenance of the security hereof; except that in the event the Trustee enters into possession of a part or all of the property herein conveyed pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, it shall use due diligence in preserving such property; and the Trustee shall not be bound to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any covenants, conditions and agreements aforesaid as to the condition of the property herein conveyed. (c) The Trustee may become the owner of Bonds secured hereby with the same rights which it would have if not Trustee. (d) The Trustee shall be protected in acting upon any notice, request, consent, certificate, order, affidavit, letter, telegram or other paper or document believed by it, in the exercise of reasonable care, to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. Any action taken by the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture upon the request or authority or consent of the owner of any Bond secured hereby, shall be conclusive and binding upon all future owners of the same Bond and upon Bonds issued in exchange therefor or in place thereof. (e) As to the existence or non-existence of any fact or as to the sufficiency or validity of any instrument, paper or proceeding, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of the County signed by its County Judge and attested by the Clerk of the County, as sufficient evidence of the facts therein contained and prior to the occurrence of a default of which it has been notified as provided in subsection (g) of this Section 1101, or of which by that subsection it is deemed to have notice, and shall also be at liberty to accept a similar certificate to the effect that any particular dealing, transaction or action is necessary or expedient, but may at its discretion, at the reasonable expense of the County, in every case secure such further evidence as it may think necessary or advisable but shall in no case be bound to secure the same. The Trustee may accept a certificate of the Clerk of the County under its seal to the effect that a resolution or ordinance in the form therein set forth has been adopted by the County as conclusive evidence that such resolution or ordinance has been duly adopted, and is in full force and effect. (f) The permissive right of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty of the Trustee. (g) The Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice of any default hereunder (except a default under clause (a) or (b) of the first paragraph of Section 1001 hereof concerning which the Trustee shall be deemed to have notice) unless the Trustee shall be specifically notified in writing of such default by the County or by the holders of at least ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of Bonds outstanding hereunder and all notices or other instruments required by this Indenture to be delivered to the Trustee must, in order to be effective, be delivered to the office of the Trustee, and in the absence of such notice so delivered, the Trustee may conclusively assume there is no such default except as aforesaid. (h) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for any debts contracted or for damages to persons or to personal property injured or damaged, or for salaries or non-fulfillment of contracts during any period in which it may be in the possession of ormanaging the real and tangible personal property as in this Indenture provided. (i) At any and all reasonable times the Trustee, and its duly authorized agents, attorneys, experts, engineers, accountants and representatives, shall have the right fully to inspect any and all of the property herein conveyed, including all books, papers and records of the County pertaining to the Facilities and the Bonds, and to take such memoranda from and in regard thereto as may be desired, provided, however, that nothing contained in this subsection or in any other provision of this Indenture shall be construed to entitle the above named persons to any information or inspection involving the confidential know-how of the Company. (j) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the said trusts and powers or otherwise in respect of the premises. (k) Notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this Indenture contained, the Trustee shall have the right, but shall not be required, to demand, in respect of the authentication of any Bonds, the withdrawal of any cash, the release of any property, or any action whatsoever within the purview of this Indenture, any showings, certificates, opinions, appraisals, or other information, or corporate action or evidence thereof, in addition to that by the terms hereof required as a condition of such action by the Trustee, deemed desirable for the purpose of establishing the right of the County to the authentication of any Bonds, the withdrawal of any cash, the release of any property, or the taking of any other action by the Trustee. (l) Before taking such action hereunder, the Trustee may require that it be furnished an indemnity bond satisfactory to it for the reimbursement to it of all expenses to which it may be put and to protect it against all liability, except liability which is adjudicated to have resulted from the negligence or willful default of the Trustee, by reason of any action so taken by the Trustee. Section 1102. Fees, Charges and Expenses of Trustee and Paying Agents. The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall be entitled to payment and/or reimbursement for reasonable fees for services rendered hereunder and all advances, counsel fees and other expenses reasonably and necessarily made or incurred in and about the execution of the trusts created by this Indenture. The County has made provisions in the Loan Agreement for the payment of such Administration Expenses and reference is hereby made to the Loan Agreement for the provisions so made. In this regard, it is understood that the County pledges no funds or revenues other than those derived from and the avails of the Trust Estate to the payment of any obligation of the County set forth in this Indenture, including the obligations set forth in this Section 1102, but nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting theCounty from using any other funds and revenues for the payment of any of its obligations under this Indenture. Upon an Event of Default, but only upon an Event of Default, the Trustee and the Paying Agents shall have a first lien with right of payment prior to payment on account of principal or interest of any Bond issued hereunder upon the Trust Estate for such reasonable and necessary advances, fees, costs and expenses incurred by them respectively. Section 1103. Notice to Bondholders of Default. The Trustee shall be required to make demand upon and give notice to the Company and each registered owner of Bonds then outstanding as follows: (a) If the Company shall fail to make any installment payment under the Loan Agreement on the day such payment is due and payable, the Trustee shall give notice to and make demand upon the Company on the next succeeding business day. (b) If a default occurs of which the Trustee is pursuant to the provisions of Section 1101(g) deemed to have or is given notice, the Trustee shall promptly give notice to the Company and to bondholders. Section 1104. Intervention by Trustee. In any judicial proceeding to which the County is a party and which in the opinion of the Trustee and its counsel has a substantial bearing on the interests of holders of Bonds issued hereunder, the Trustee may intervene on behalf of bondholders and shall do so if requested in writing by the holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the aggregate principal amount of Bonds outstanding hereunder. The rights and obligations of the Trustee under this Section 1104 are subject to the approval of the court having jurisdiction in the premises. Section 1105. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee. Any bank or trust company to which the Trustee may be merged, or with which it may be consolidated, or to which it may sell or transfer its trust business and assets as a whole or substantially as a whole, or any bank or trust company resulting from any such sale, merger, consolidation or transfer to which it is a party, ipso facto, shall be and become successor trustee hereunder and vested with all of the title to the whole property or Trust Estate and all the trusts, powers, discretions, immunities, privileges, and all other matters as was its predecessor, without the execution or filing of any instrument or any further act, deed or conveyance on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that such successor trustee shall have capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000. Section 1106. Resignation by Trustee. The Trustee and any successor trustee may at any time resign from the trusts hereby created by giving thirty (30) days written notice to the County andto the Company, and such resignation shall take effect at the end of such thirty (30) days, or upon the earlier appointment of a successor trustee by the bondholders or by the County. Such notice may be served personally or sent by registered mail. Section 1107. Removal of Trustee. The Trustee may be removed at any time by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing delivered to the Trustee and to the County, and signed by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Bonds outstanding hereunder. Section 1108. Appointment of Successor Trustee. In case the Trustee hereunder shall resign or be removed, or be dissolved, or shall be in course of dissolution or liquidation, or otherwise become incapable of acting hereunder, or in case it shall be taken under the control of any public officer or officers, or of a receiver appointed by the court, a successor may be appointed by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Bonds outstanding hereunder, by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing signed by such holders, or by their attorneys in fact, duly authorized; provided, nevertheless, that in case of such vacancy the County by an instrument executed and signed by its County Judge and attested by its Clerk under its seal, shall appoint a temporary trustee to fill such vacancy until a successor trustee shall be appointed by the bondholders in the manner above provided; and any such temporary trustee so appointed by the County shall immediately and without further act be superseded by the trustee so appointed by such bondholders. Every such temporary trustee and every such successor trustee shall be a trust company or bank in good standing, having capital and surplus of not less than $10,000,000. Section 1109. Concerning Any Successor Trustee. Every successor or temporary trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor and also to the County an instrument in writing accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor or temporary trustee, without any further act or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the estates, properties, rights, powers, trusts, duties and obligations of its predecessor; but such predecessor shall, nevertheless, on the written request of the County or of its successor trustee, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all the estate, properties, rights, powers and trusts of such predecessor hereunder; and every predecessor trustee shall deliver all securities, moneys and any other property held by it as trustee hereunder to its successor. Should any instrument in writing from the County be required by any successor trustee for more fully and certainly vesting in such successor the estates, rights, powers and duties hereby vested or intended to be vested in the predecessor trustee, any and all such instruments in writing shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged and delivered by the County. The resignation of any trustee and the instrument or instrumentsremoving any trustee and appointing a successor hereunder, together with all other instruments provided for in this Article shall, at the expense of the County, be forthwith filed and/or recorded by the successor trustee in each recording office where the Indenture shall have been filed and/or recorded. Section 1110. Reliance Upon Instruments. The resolutions, opinions, certificates and other instruments provided for in this Indenture may be accepted and relied upon by the Trustee as conclusive evidence of the facts and conclusions stated therein and shall be full warrant, protection and authority to the Trustee for its actions taken hereunder. Section 1111. Appointment of Co-Trustee. The County and the Trustee shall have power to appoint and upon the request of the Trustee the County shall for such purpose join with the Trustee in the execution of all instruments necessary or proper to appoint another corporation or one or more persons approved by the Trustee, and satisfactory to the Company so long as there is no termination of the interest of the Company by virtue of an event of default or otherwise, either to act as co-trustee or co-trustees jointly with the Trustee of all or any of the property subject to the lien hereof, or to act as separate trustee or co-trustee of all or any such property, with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment and to vest in such corporation or person or persons as such separate trustee or co-trustee any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable. In the event that the County shall not have joined in such appointment within fifteen (15) days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. Should any deed, conveyance or instrument in writing from the County be required by separate trustee or co-trustee so appointed for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to him or to it such properties, rights, powers, trusts, duties and obligations, any and all such deeds, conveyances and instruments in writing shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged and delivered by the County. Every such co-trustee and separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed subject to the following provisions and conditions, namely: (1) The Bonds shall be authenticated and delivered, and all powers, duties, obligations and rights con ferred upon the Trustee in respect of the custody of all money and securities pledged or deposited hereunder, shall be exercised solely by the Trustee; and (2) The Trustee, at any time by an instrument in writing, may remove any such separate trustee or co-trustee. Every instrument, other than this Indenture, appointing any such co-trustee or separate trustee, shall refer to thisIndenture and the conditions of this Article XI expressed, and upon the acceptance in writing by such separate trustee or co-trustee, he, they or it shall be vested with the estate or property specified in such instrument, jointly with the Trustee (except insofar as local law makes it necessary for any separate trustee to act alone), subject to all the trusts, conditions and provisions of this Indenture. Any such separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time, by an instrument in writing, constitute the Trustee as his, their or its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent authorized by law, to do all acts and things and exercise all discretion authorized or permitted by him, them or it, for and on behalf of him, them or it and in his, their or its name. In case any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all the estate, properties, rights, powers, trusts, duties and obligations of said separate trustee or co-trustee shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee until the appointment of a new trustee or a successor to such separate trustee or co-trustee. Section 1112. Designation and Succession of Paying Agents. The Trustee and any other banks or trust companies, if any, designated as Paying Agent or Paying Agents in any supplemental indenture providing for the issuance of Additional Bonds as provided in Section 211 hereof or in an instrument appointing a successor Trustee, shall be the Paying Agent or Paying Agents for the applicable series of Bonds. Any bank or trust company with which or into which any Paying Agent may be merged or consolidated, or to which the assets and business of such Paying Agent may be sold, shall be deemed the successor of such Paying Agent for the purposes of this Indenture. If the position of Paying Agent shall become vacant for any reason, the County shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, appoint such bank or trust company as shall be specified by the Company as such Paying Agent to fill such vacancy; provided, however, that, if the County shall fail to appoint such Paying Agent within said period, the Trustee shall make such appointment. The Paying Agents shall enjoy the same protective provisions in the performance of their duties hereunder as are specified in Section 1101 hereof with respect to the Trustee insofar as such provisions may be applicable. Section 1113. Several Capacities. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the same entity may serve hereunder as the Trustee, the Paying Agent, and the Bond Registrar and in any other combination of such capacities, to the extent permitted by law. ARTICLE XII SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES Section 1201. Supplemental Indentures Without Bondholder Consent. The County and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, without the consent of or notice to the bondholders, enter into supplemental indentures as follows: (a) to cure any formal defect, omission, inconsistency or ambiguity in this Indenture; (b) to grant to or confer or impose upon the Trustee for the benefit of the bondholders any additional rights, remedies, powers, authority, security, liabilities or duties which may lawfully be granted, conferred or imposed and which are not contrary to or inconsistent with this Indenture as theretofore in effect, provided that no such additional liabilities or duties shall be imposed upon the Trustee without its consent; (c) to add to the covenants and agreements of, and limitations and restrictions upon, the County in this Indenture other covenants, agreements, limitations and restrictions to be observed by the County which are not contrary to or inconsistent with this Indenture as theretofore in effect; (d) to confirm, as further assurance, any pledge under, and the subjection to any claim, lien or pledge created or to be created by, this Indenture, of the Revenues of the County from the Loan Agreement or of any other moneys, securities or funds; (e) to authorize the issuance and sale of one or more series of Additional Bonds; (f) to comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as from time to time amended; (g) to provide for the registration and registration of transfer of the Bonds through a book-entry or similar method, whether or not the Bonds are evidenced by certificates; or (h) to modify, alter, amend or supplement this Indenture in any other respect which is not materially adverse to the bondholders and which does not involve a change described in clause (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of Section 1202 hereof and which, in the judgment of the Trustee, is not to the prejudice of the Trustee. Section 1202. Supplemental Indentures Requiring Bondholder Consent. Subject to the terms and provisions contained in this Section, and not otherwise, the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding shall have the right, from time to time, anything contained in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, to consent to and approve the execution by the County and the Trustee of such indenture or indentures supplemental hereto as shall be deemed necessary and desirable by the County for the purpose of modifying, altering, amending, adding to or rescinding, in any particular, any of the terms or provisions contained in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall permit, or be construed as permitting, unless approved by the holders of all Bonds then outstanding (a) an extension of the maturity (or mandatory sinking fund or other mandatory redemption date) of the principal of or the interest on any Bond issued hereunder, or (b) a reduction in the principal amount of or redemption premium or rate of interest on any Bond issued hereunder, or (c) the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien of this Indenture on the Trust Estate or any part thereof, except as hereinbefore expressly permitted, or (d) a privilege or priority of any Bond or Bonds over any other Bond or Bonds, or (e) a reduction in the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds required for consent to such supplemental indenture, or (f) depriving the holder of any Bond then outstanding of the lien hereby created on the Trust Estate. Nothing herein contained, however, shall be construed as making necessary the approval of bondholders of the execution of any supplemental indenture as provided in Section 1201 of this Article. If, at any time the County shall request the Trustee to enter into any supplemental indenture for any of the purposes of this Section, the Trustee shall, at the expense of the County, cause notice of the proposed execution of such supplemental indenture to be mailed by first class mail to each registered owner of the Bonds. Such notice shall briefly set forth the nature of the proposed supplemental indenture and shall state that copies thereof are on file at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee for inspection by bondholders. The Trustee shall not, however, be subject to any liability to any bondholder by reason of its failure to mail such notice, and any such failure shall not affect the validity of such supplemental indenture when consented to and approved as provided in this Section. If the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds outstanding at the time of the execution of any such supplemental indenture shall have consented to and approved the execution thereof as herein provided, no holder of any Bond shall have any right to object to any of the terms and provisions contained therein, or the operation thereof, or in any manner to question the propriety of the execution thereof, or to enjoin or restrain the Trustee or the County from executing the same or from taking any action pursuant to the provisions thereof. Upon the execution ofany such supplemental indenture, this Indenture shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith. Section 1203. Consent of Company. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, a supplemental indenture under this Article XII shall not become effective unless and until the Company shall have consented to the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture. In this regard, the Trustee shall cause notice of the proposed execution and delivery of any such supplemental indenture together with a copy of the proposed supplemental indenture to be mailed by certified or registered mail to the Company at least fifteen (15) days prior to the proposed date of execution and delivery of any such supplemental indenture. The Company shall be deemed to have consented to the execution and delivery of any such supplemental indenture if the Trustee receives a letter or other instrument signed by an authorized officer of the Company expressing consent. Section 1204. Opinion of Bond Counsel. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, a supplemental indenture under this Article XII shall not become effective unless and until the Trustee shall have received an opinion of Bond Counsel to the effect that such supplemental indenture will not affect the exclusion of interest on the Bonds from gross income for purposes of federal income taxation. ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT Section 1301. Amendments Not Requiring Consent of Bondholders. The Trustee may from time to time, and at any time, consent to any amendment, change or modification of the Loan Agreement for the purpose of curing any ambiguity or formal defect or omission or making any other change therein, which in the reasonable judgment of the Trustee is not to the prejudice of the Trustee or the holders of the Bonds. The Trustee shall not consent to any other amendment, change or modification of the Loan Agreement without the approval or consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the time outstanding, evidenced in the manner provided in Section 1401 hereof; provided the Trustee shall not, without the unanimous consent of the holders of all Bonds then outstanding, evidenced in the manner provided in Section 1401 hereof, consent to any amendment which would change the obligations of the Company under Section 5.02 or 5.03 of the Loan Agreement or the nature of the obligations of the Company on the First Mortgage Bonds as provided in Section 5.03 of the Loan Agreement. Section 1302. Amendments Requiring Consent of Bondholders. If at any time the County or the Company shall request the Trustee's consent to a proposed amendment, change or modification requiring bondholder approval under Section 1301, the Trustee, shall, at the expense of the requesting party, cause notice of such proposed amendment, change or modification to the Loan Agreement to be mailed in the same manner as provided by Section 1202 hereof with respect to supplemental indentures. Such notice shall briefly set forth the nature of such proposed amendment, change or modification and shall state that copies of the instrument embodying the same are on file in the principal office of the Trustee for inspection by any interested bondholder. The Trustee shall not, however, be subject to any liability to any bondholder by reason of its failure to publish or mail such notice, and any such failure shall not affect the validity of such amendment, change or modification when consented to by the Trustee in the manner hereinabove provided. Section 1303. Opinion of Bond Counsel. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any amendment to the Loan Agreement shall not become effective unless and until the Trustee shall have received an opinion of Bond Counsel to the effect that such amendment will not affect the exclusion of interest on the Bonds from gross income for purposes of federal income taxation. ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS Section 1401. Consents, etc. of Bondholders. Any request, direction, objection or other instrument required by this Indenture to be signed and executed by the bondholders may be in any number of concurrent writings of similar tenor and may be signed or executed by such bondholders in person or by agent appointed in writing. Proof of the execution of any such request, direction, objection or other instrument or of the writing appointing any such agent and of the ownership of Bonds, if made in the following manner, shall be sufficient for any of the purposes of this Indenture, and shall be conclusive in favor of the Trustee with regard to any action taken by it under such request or other instrument, namely: (a) The fact and date of the execution by any person of any such writing may be proved by the certificate of any officer in any jurisdiction who by law has power to take acknowledgments within such jurisdiction that the person signing such writing acknowledged before him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of any witness to such execution. (b) The fact of ownership of Bonds and the amount or amounts, numbers and other identification of such Bonds, and the date of holding the same shall be proved by the registration books of the County maintained by the Trustee as Bond Registrar. Section 1402. Limitation of Rights. With the exception of rights herein expressly conferred, nothing expressed or mentioned in or to be implied from this Indenture, or the Bonds issued hereunder, is intended or shall be construed to give to any person or company other than the parties hereto, the Company, and the holders of the Bonds secured by this Indenture any legal or equitable rights, remedy or claim under or in respect to this Indenture or any covenants, conditions and provisions herein contained; this Indenture and all of the covenants, conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, the Company, and the holders of the Bonds hereby secured as herein provided. Section 1403. Severability. If any provisions of this Indenture shall be held or deemed to be or shall, in fact, be inoperative or unenforceable as applied in any particular case in any jurisdiction or jurisdictions or in all jurisdictions or in all cases because it conflicts with any provisions of any constitution or statute or rule of public policy, or for any other reason, such circumstances shall not have the effect of rendering the provision in question inoperative or unenforceable in any other case or circumstance, or of rendering any other provision or provisionsherein contained invalid, inoperative or unenforceable to any extent whatever. The invalidity of any one or more phrases, sentences, clauses or paragraphs in this Indenture contained shall not affect the remaining portions of this Indenture or any part thereof. Section 1404. Notices. Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, all notices, certificates or other communications shall be sufficiently given and shall be deemed given when mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the County, the Company, the Trustee and any Paying Agent. Notices, certificates or other communications shall be sent to the following addresses: Company: Arkansas Power & Light Company P.O. Box 551 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 Attention: Treasurer County: Pope County, Arkansas Pope County Courthouse 100 West Main Street Russellville, Arkansas 72801 Attention: County Judge Trustee: Simmons First National Bank P.O. Box 7009 Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71611 Attention: Corporate Trust Department Any Paying Agent other than the Trustee: At the address designated to the County and the Trustee. Any of the foregoing may, by notice given hereunder, designate any further or different addresses to which subsequent notices, certificates or other communications shall be sent. Section 1405. Applicable Provisions of Law. This Indenture shall be considered to have been executed in the State of Arkansas and it is the intention of the parties that the substantive law of the State of Arkansas govern as to all questions of interpretation, validity and effect. Section 1406. Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Section 1407. Successors and Assigns. All the covenants, stipulations, provisions, agreements, rights, remedies and claims of the parties hereto in this Indenture contained shall bind and inure to the benefit of their successors and assigns. Section 1408. Captions. The captions or headings in this Indenture are for convenience only and in no way define, limit or describe the scope or intent of any provisions or sections of this Indenture. Section 1409. Photocopies and Reproductions. A photocopy or other reproduction of this Indenture may be filed as a financing statement pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code, although the signatures of the County and the Trustee on such reproduction are not original manual signatures. Section 1410. Bonds Owned by the County or the Company. In determining whether bondholders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of the Bonds have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Bonds which are owned by the County or the Company or by any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Bonds which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Bonds so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Bonds and that the pledgee is not the County or the Company or any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company. In case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Section 1411. Holidays. If the date for making any payment or the last date for performance of any act or the exercising of any right, as provided in this Indenture, shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the city in which is located the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee are authorized by law to remain closed, such payment may be made or act performed or right exercised on the next succeeding day not a legal holiday or a day on which such banking institutions are authorized by law to remain closed, with the same force and effect as if done on the nominal date provided in this Indenture, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such nominal date.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the County has caused these presents to be signed in its name and behalf by its County Judge and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and attested by its County Clerk, and, to evidence its acceptance of the trust hereby created, the Trustee has caused these presents to be signed in its behalf by its duly authorized officers and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed. POPE COUNTY, ARKANSAS By ___________________________ ATTEST: County Judge _______________________________ County Clerk (SEAL) SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK Pine Bluff, Arkansas TRUSTEE By _____________________________ _____________________________ ATTEST: (title) ______________________________ ______________________________ (title) (SEAL)
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EXHIBIT A Form of Series 1994 Bond No. ____ $_______ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF ARKANSAS POPE COUNTY, ARKANSAS POLLUTION CONTROL REVENUE REFUNDING BOND, SERIES 1994 (ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY PROJECT) Date of Bond: __________ Maturity Date: December 1, 2016 Interest Rate: 6.30% per annum CUSIP _________________________ Registered Owner: _________________________________________________ Principal Amount: _________________________________________ DOLLARS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That Pope County, Arkansas, a political subdivision under the Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas (the "County"), for value received, promises to pay to the registered owner shown above, or registered assigns, but solely from the source and in the manner hereinafter set forth, on the maturity date shown above, the principal amount shown above and in like manner to pay interest on said amount from the date hereof shown above until such principal amount becomes due and payable, at the rate per annum shown above, semiannually on June 1 and December 1 of each year commencing on the June 1 or December 1 next succeeding the date of this Bond, and to pay interest on overdue principal at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum until paid, except as the provisions hereinafter set forth with respect to redemption of this Bond prior to maturity may become applicable hereto. The principal of and premium, if any, on this Bond are payable in lawful money of the United States of America upon the presentation and surrender hereof at the principal corporate trust office of Simmons First National Bank, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, or its successor or successors, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), and interest on this Bond is payable in like money to the registered owner hereof by check drawn upon the Trustee and mailed to the person in whose name this Bond is registered at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the calendar month next preceding such interest payment date, at his address as it appears on the bond registration books of the County kept by the Trustee. This Bond, designated "Pope County, Arkansas Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bond, Series 1994 (Arkansas Power & Light Company Project)," is one of a series of Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of Nineteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($19,500,000) (the "Bonds"), issued for the purpose of refunding the County's Pollution Control Revenue Bonds, Series 1976, Series 1978 and Special Industrial Series (Arkansas Power & Light Company Project), which were issued to finance the cost of acquiring,constructing and equipping certain pollution control facilities (the "Facilities") at the electric generating plant of Arkansas Power & Light Company, an Arkansas corporation (the "Company"), located within the boundaries of the County and known as Arkansas Nuclear One (the "Plant"), and paying expenses of issuing such bonds. The Bonds are all issued under and are all equally and ratably secured and entitled to the protection given by a Trust Indenture dated as of June 15, 1994 (the "Indenture"), duly executed and delivered by the County to the Trustee. The Indenture provides that the County may hereafter issue Additional Bonds from time to time under certain terms and conditions contained in the Indenture and, if issued, such Additional Bonds will be equally and ratably secured by and entitled to the protection of the Indenture. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto for the provisions, among others, with respect to the nature and extent of the security, the rights, duties and obligations of the County, the Trustee and the registered owners of the Bonds, and the terms upon which the Bonds are issued and secured. The terms and conditions of the refinancing of the Facilities, the use of the proceeds of the Bonds for such purpose, and the payment of certain amounts thereunder, are contained in a Loan Agreement dated as of June 15, 1994 (the "Loan Agreement"), by and between the County and the Company. The Bonds are issued pursuant to and in full compliance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas, particularly Title 14, Chapter 267 of the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated (the "Act"), and pursuant to Orders of the County Court of the County, which Orders authorized the execution and delivery of the Indenture. The Bonds do not constitute an indebtedness of the County within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation. REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS OF THIS BOND SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF WHICH FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH HEREIN. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED AND DECLARED that all acts, conditions and things required to exist, happen and be performed precedent to and in the issuance of the Bonds do exist, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law; that the indebtedness represented by the Bonds, together with all obligations of the County, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation; and that the above referred to revenues pledged to the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds as the same become due and payable will be sufficient in amount for that purpose. This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit under the Indenture until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Pope County, Arkansas, has caused this Bond to be executed by its County Judge and County Clerk, thereunto duly authorized (by their manual or facsimile signatures), and its corporate seal to be affixed or imprinted, all as of the date of this Bond shown above. POPE COUNTY, ARKANSAS By ____________________________ ATTEST: County Judge ______________________________ County Clerk (SEAL)
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(Form of Trustee's Certificate) TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This Bond is one of the Bonds of the issue described in and issued under the provisions of the within mentioned Indenture. Date of registration and authentication: ____________ SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK Pine Bluff, Arkansas TRUSTEE By_____________________________ Authorized Signature (Form of Assignment) ASSIGNMENT FOR VALUE RECEIVED, __________________________________ ("Transferor"), hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _______________, the within Bond and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints ________________ ("Transferee") as attorney to transfer the within Bond on the books kept for registration thereof with full power of substitution in the premises. DATE: __________________ _________________________________ Transferor GUARANTEED BY: ______________________ NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a guarantor acceptable to the Trustee. (Reverse Side of Series 1994 Bond) ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS The Bonds are not general obligations of the County but are special obligations payable solely from revenues derived from the Facilities (including particularly payments under the Loan Agreement). The Loan Agreement provides for payments by the Company, as a repayment of the loan made by the County to the Company out of the proceeds of the Bonds, in amounts sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds as due and payable. Such payments will be made directly to the Trustee and deposited in a special account of the County designated "Pope County, Arkansas Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bond Fund - Arkansas Power & Light Company Project," and such payments have been duly assigned to the Trustee for that purpose. The obligation of the Company to make such payments is evidenced in part by the Company's first mortgage bonds issued and delivered to the Trustee as an additional series under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of October 1, 1944, between the Company and Guaranty Trust Company of New York (Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, successor) and Henry A. Theis (John W. Flaherty, successor), and, as to property, real and personal, situated or being in Missouri, Marvin A. Mueller (The Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis, successor), as trustees, as amended and supplemented. All the rights and interest of the County in and to the Loan Agreement (except for certain rights specified in the Indenture) have been assigned under the Indenture to the Trustee to secure the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds. The owner of this Bond shall have no right to enforce the provisions of the Indenture or to institute action to enforce the covenants therein, or to take any action with respect to any event of default under the Indenture, or to institute, appear in and defend any suit or other proceeding with respect thereto, except as provided in the Indenture. In certain events, on the conditions, in the manner and with the effect set forth in the Indenture, the principal of all the Bonds and Additional Bonds issued under the Indenture and then outstanding may be declared and may become due and payable before the stated maturity thereof, together with accrued interest thereon. Modifications or alterations of the Indenture, or of any indenture supplemental thereto, may be made only to the extent and in the circumstances permitted by the Indenture. The Bonds are subject to redemption prior to maturity as follows: (a) The Bonds shall be subject to optional redemption by the County, at the direction of the Company, in whole but not inpart, at any time, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount being redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date, if: (i) the Company shall have determined that the continued operation of either unit of the Plant is impracticable, uneconomical or undesirable for any reason; (ii) the Company shall have determined that the continued construction or operation of the Facilities associated with either unit of the Plant is impracticable, uneconomical or undesirable due to (A) the imposition of taxes, other than ad valorem taxes currently levied upon privately owned property used for the same general purpose as the Facilities, or other liabilities or burdens with respect to the Facilities or the construction or operation thereof, (B) changes in technology, in environmental standards or legal requirements or in the economic availability of materials, supplies, equipment or labor or (C) destruction of or damage to all or part of the Facilities; (iii) all or substantially all of either unit of the Plant or the Facilities associated with either unit shall have been condemned or taken by eminent domain; or (iv) the construction or operation of either unit of the Plant or the Facilities associated with either unit shall have been enjoined or shall have otherwise been prohibited by any order, decree, rule or regulation of any court or of any federal, state or local regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body. (b) The Bonds shall be subject to mandatory redemption, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount being redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date, on the one hundred eightieth day (or such earlier date as may be designated by the Company) after a final determination by a court of competent jurisdiction or an administrative agency, to the effect that as a result of a failure by the Company to perform or observe any covenant, agreement or representation contained in the Loan Agreement, the interest payable on the Bonds is included for federal income tax purposes in the gross income of the bondholders thereof, other than any bondholder who is a "substantial user" of the Facilities or a "related person" within the meaning of Section 147(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). No determination by any court or administrative agency will be considered final unless the Company has participated in the proceeding which resulted in such determination, either directly or through a bondholder, to a degree it reasonably deems sufficient and until the conclusion of any appellate review sought by any party to such proceeding or the expiration of the time for seeking such review. The Bonds shall be redeemed either in whole or inpart in such principal amount that the interest payable on the Bonds remaining outstanding after such redemption would not be included in the gross income of any bondholder thereof, other than a bondholder who is a "substantial user" of the Facilities or a "related person" within the meaning of Section 147(a) of the Code. (c) The Bonds shall be subject to optional redemption by the County, at the direction of the Company, on and after June 1, 2004, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, by lot or in such other manner as may be determined by the Trustee to be fair and equitable, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued interest to the redemption date: Redemption Redemption Period Price June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2005 102% June 1, 2005 through May 31, 2006 101% June 1, 2006 and thereafter 100% The Bonds shall also be subject to optional redemption by the County, at the direction of the Company, in whole but not in part, at any time prior to June 1, 2004, at a redemption price equal to 102% of the principal amount being redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date, if the Company shall have consolidated with or merged with or into another corporation, or sold or otherwise transferred all or substantially all of its assets. In the event any of the Bonds or portions thereof (which shall be $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof) are called for redemption, notice thereof shall be given by the Trustee by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the registered owner of each such Bond addressed to such registered owner at his registered address and placed in the mails not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for redemption; provided, however, that failure to give such notice by mailing, or any defect therein, shall not affect the validity of any proceeding for the redemption of any Bond with respect to which no such failure or defect has occurred. Each notice shall identify the Bonds or portions thereof being called, and the date on which they shall be presented for payment. After the date specified in such call, the Bond or Bonds so called will cease to bear interest provided funds sufficient for their redemption have been deposited with the Trustee, and, except for the purpose of payment, shall no longer be protected by the Indenture and shall not be deemed to be outstanding under the provisions of the Indenture. With respect to notice of redemption of Bonds at the option of the County (at the direction of the Company), unless moneys sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds to be redeemed shall have been received bythe Trustee prior to the giving of such notice, such notice shall state that said redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt of such moneys by the Trustee on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption. If such moneys shall not have been so received, such notice shall be of no force and effect, the County shall not redeem such Bonds and the Trustee shall give notice, in the manner in which the notice of redemption was given, that such moneys were not so received. This Bond may be transferred on the books of registration kept by the Trustee by the registered owner or by his duly authorized attorney upon surrender hereof, together with a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered owner or his duly authorized attorney. The Bonds are issuable as registered Bonds without coupons in denominations of $5,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Subject to the limitations and upon payment of the charges provided in the Indenture, Bonds may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Bonds of other authorized denominations. This Bond is issued with the intent that the laws of the State of Arkansas will govern its construction.

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