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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 21-063CERTIFICATE FOR ORDINANCE THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF JEFFERSON § I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Beaumont, Texas (the "City"), hereby certify as follows: 1. The City Council of the City convened in regular meeting on September 28, 2021, at the place stated in the notice of such meeting given as stated below, and the roll was called of the duly constituted official and members of said City Council, to wit Robin Mouton Mayor Albert Turner Councilmember Randy Feldschau Councilmember Taylor Neild Councilmember Mike Getz Councilmember Audwin Samuel Councilmember Charles Durio Councilmember And all of said persons were present except Taylor Neild, thus constituting a quorum. Whereupon, among other business, the following was transacted at said meeting: a written AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2021 IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $29,235,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC WORKS; LEVYING A TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF; MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS REGARDING SUCH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, INCLUDING AUTHORIZING THE PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ONE OR MORE PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENTS, ONE OR MORE OFFICIAL STATEMENTS AND MATTERS INCIDENT THERETO; AWARDING THE SALE OF THE CERTIFICATES; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF ONE OR MORE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A PAYING AGENTIREGISTRAR AGREEMENT; AUTHORIZING AND CONFIRMING THE ENGAGEMENT OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW; AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO. was duly introduced for the consideration of said City Council and read in full- It was then duly moved and seconded that said ordinance be adopted; and after due discussion, such motion, carrying with it the adoption of said ordinance, prevailed and carried by the following vote: AYES: All those present voted "aye" NOES: ABSTENTIONS: 2. That a true, full, and correct copy of the aforesaid ordinance adopted at the meeting described in the above and foregoing paragraph is attached to and follows this certificate; that said ordinance has been duly recorded in said City Council's minutes of said meeting; that the above and foregoing paragraph is a true, full, and correct excerpt from the said City Council's minutes of said meeting pertaining to the adoption of said ordinance; that the persons named in the above and foregoing paragraph are the duly chosen, qualified, and acting officers and members of said City Council as indicated therein; that each of the officers and members of said City Council was duly and sufficiently notified officially and personally, in advance, of the date, hour, place, and purpose of the aforesaid meeting, and each of said officers and members consented, in advance, to the holding of said meeting for such purpose; that said meeting was open to the public as required by law; and that public notice of the date, hour, place and subject of said meeting was given as required by the Texas Open Meetings Act. SIGNED AND SEALED this 28th day of September, 2021. AU A- � ruznn A �. City Clerk City of Beaumont, Texas -z_ 4150945538y7 ORDINANCE NO. 21-063 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2021 IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED S29,235,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC WORKS; LEVYING A TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF; MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS REGARDING SUCH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, INCLUDING AUTHORIZING THE PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ONE OR MORE PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENTS, ONE OR MORE OFFICIAL STATEMENTS AND MATTERS INCIDENT THERETO; AWARDING THE SALE OF THE CERTIFICATES; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF ONE OR MORE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR AGREEMENT; AUTHORIZING AND CONFIRMING THE ENGAGEMENT OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW; AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO. WHEREAS, under the provisions of Subchapter C, Chapter 271, Texas Local Government Code, as amended (the "Act"), the City of Beaumont, Texas, is authorized to issue certificates of obligation for the purposes specified in this Ordinance and for the payment of all or a portion of the contractual obligations for professional services, including that of engineers, attorneys, and financial advisors in connection therewith, and to sell the same for cash as herein provided; and WHEREAS, the City is authorized to provide that such obligations will be payable from and secured by the levy of a direct and continuing ad valorem tax, within the limits prescribed by law, against all taxable property within the City, in combination with a limited pledge of a subordinate lien on the net revenues of the City's waterworks and sewer system in an amount not to exceed $10,000 as authorized by the Act and Chapter 1502, Texas Government Code; and WHEREAS, the City Council has found and determined that it is necessary and in the best interests of the City and its citizens that it issue such certificates of obligation authorized by this Ordinance; and WHEREAS, pursuant to a resolution heretofore passed by this governing body, notice of intention to issue certificates of obligation of the City payable as provided in this Ordinance was published in The Beaumont Examiner or a newspaper of general circulation of the City in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas; and WHEREAS, no petition of any kind has been filed with the City Clerk, any member of the City Council or any other official of the City, protesting the issuance of such certificates of obligation; and WHEREAS, this City Council is now authorized and empowered to proceed with the issuance of said certificates of obligation and to sell the same for cash; and WHEREAS, the meeting at which this Ordinance is considered is open to the public as required by law, and public notice of the time, place, and purpose of said meeting was given as required by Chapter 551, "Texas Government Code, as amended; now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS: ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PRELIMINARY MATTERS Section 1.01. Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly provided or unless the context clearly requires otherwise in this Ordinance, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below: "Business Day" means any day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, or day on which banking institutions in the State of Texas or the city in which the Designated Payment/Transfer Office is located are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. "Certificate" means any of the Certificates. "Certificate Date" means the date designated as the initial date of the Certificates by Section 3.02(a) of this Ordinance. "Certificates" mean the certificates of obligation authorized to be issued by Section 3.01 of this Ordinance and designated as "City of Beaumont, Texas, Certificates of Obligation, Series 2021." "City" means the City of Beaumont, Texas. "City Manager" means the City Manager or the Interim City Manager of the City. "Closing Date" means the date of the initial delivery of and payment for the Certificates. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including applicable regulations, published rulings, and court decisions. "Designated Payment/Transfer Office" means (i) with respect to the initial Paying AgemfRegistrar named herein, its office in Dallas, Texas, or at such other location designated by the Paying Agent/Registrar and (n) with respect to any successor Paying Agent/Registrar, the office of such successor designated and located as may be agreed upon by the City and such successor. "DTC" means The Depository Trust Company of New York, New York, or any successor securities depository. "DTC Participant" means brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations on whose behalf DTC was created to hold securities to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among DTC Participants. "Event of Default" means any event of default as defined in Section 10.01 of this Ordinance. "Fiscal Year" means such fiscal year as shall from time to time be set by the City Council. "Initial Certificate" means the initial certificate authorized by Section 3.01 of this Ordinance. "Interest and Sinking Fund" means the interest and sinking fund established by Section 2.02 of this Ordinance. "Interest Payment Date" means the date or dates on which interest on the Certificates is scheduled to be paid until their respective dates of maturity or prior redemption, such dates being March I and September I, commencing March I, 2022. "MSRB" means the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. "Net Revenues" means the revenues of the System in an amount not to exceed $10,000 remaining after payment of all operation and maintenance expenses thereof. "Ordinance" as used herein and in the Certificates means this ordinance authorizing the Certificates. "Owner" means the person who is the registered owner of a Certificate or Certificates, as shown in the Register. "Paying Agent/Registrar" means initially UMB Bank, N.A., Houston, Texas, or any successor thereto as provided in this Ordinance. "Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement" means the Paying AgenURegistrar Agreement between the Paying Agent/Registrar and the City relating to the Certificates. "Purchase Agreement" shall means the Purchase Agreement by and between the City and the Underwriters dated September 28, 2021 _ "Project" means the purposes for which the Certificates are issued asset forth in Section 3.01. "Record Date" means the last business day of the month preceding such interest payment date. "Register" means the bond register specified in Section 3.06(a) of this Ordinance. "Representation Letter" means the Blanket Letter of Representations between the City and DTC. "Rule" means SEC Rule 15c2-12, as amended from time to time. "SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. "Special Payment Date" means the Special Payment Date prescribed by Section 3.03(b) of this Ordinance. "Special Record Date" means the Special Record Date prescribed by Section 3.03(b) of this Ordinance. "System" as used in this Ordinance means the City's combined waterworks and sewer system, including all present and future additions, extensions, replacements, and improvements thereto. "Unclaimed Payments" means money deposited with the Paying Agent/Registrar for the payment of principal of, redemption premium, if any, or interest on the Certificates as the same becomes due and payable or money set aside for the payment of Certificates duly called for redemption prior to maturity and remaining unclaimed by the Owners of such Certificates for 90 days after the applicable payment or redemption date. "Underwriters" mean Estrada Hinojosa & Company, Inc. (the "Representative"), acting on its own behalf and on behalf of, Huntington Securities, Inc., to serve together, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Certificates. Section 1.02. Findings. The declarations, determinations and findings declared, made and found in the preamble to this Ordinance are hereby adopted, restated and made a part of the operative provisions hereof. Section 1.03. Titles and Headings. The titles and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Ordinance have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered a part hereof and shall not in any way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof and shall never be considered or given any effect in construing this Ordinance or any provision hereof or in ascertaining intent, if any question of intent should arise. Section 1.04. Intemretation. (a) Unless the context requires otherwise, words of the masculine gender shall be construed to include correlative words of the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa, and words of the singular number shall be construed to include correlative words of the plural number and vice versa. (b) This Ordinance and all the terms and provisions hereof shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes set forth herein. ARTICLE II. SECURITY FOR THE CERTIFICATES; INTEREST AND SINKING FUND Section 2.01. Tax Levv. (a) Pursuant to the authority granted by the Texas Constitution and the laws of the State of Texas, there shall be levied and there is hereby levied for the current year and for each succeeding year thereafter while any of the Certificates or any interest thereon is outstanding and unpaid, an ad valorem tax on each one hundred dollars valuation of taxable property within the City, at a rate sufficient, within the limit prescribed by law, to pay the debt service requirements of the Certificates, being (i) the interest on the Certificates, and (ii) a sinking fund for their redemption at maturity or a sinking fund of 2% per annum (whichever amount is greater), when due and payable, full allowance being made for delinquencies and costs of collection. (b) The ad valorem tax thus levied shall be assessed and collected each year against all property appearing on the tax rolls of the City most recently approved in accordance with law, and the money thus collected shall be deposited as collected to the Interest and Sinking Fund. (c) Said ad valorem tax, the collections therefrom, and all amounts on deposit in or required hereby to be deposited to the Interest and Sinking Fund are hereby pledged and committed irrevocably to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Certificates when and as due and payable in accordance with their terms and this Ordinance. (it) The City hereby covenants and agrees that the Net Revenues are hereby irrevocably pledged equally and ratably to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Certificates, as the same become due, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03 hereof. The Net Revenues shall be deposited to the Interest and Sinking Fund at such time as the Net Revenues are to be applied to the payment of the Certificates. (e) If the liens and provisions of this Ordinance shall be released in a manner permitted by Article XIII hereof, then the collection of such ad valorem tax may be suspended or appropriately reduced, as the facts may permit, and further deposits to the Interest and Sinking Fund may be suspended or appropriately reduced, as the facts may permit. In determining the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Certificates, there shall be subtracted the amount of any Certificates that have been duly called for redemption and for which money has been deposited with the Paying Agent/Registrar for such redemption. Section 2.02. Interest and Sinking Fund - (a) The City hereby establishes special funds or accounts to be designated "City of Beaumont, Texas, Certificates of Obligation, Series 2021" Interest and Sinking Fund" (the "Interest and Sinking Fund"), said funds to be maintained at an official depository bank of the City separate and apart from all other funds and accounts of the City. (b) Money on deposit in or required by this Ordinance to be deposited to the Interest and Sinking Fund shall be used solely for the purpose of paying the interest on and principal of the Certificates when and as due and payable in accordance with their terms and this Ordinance. Section 2.03. Pledge of Revenues. The Net Revenues to be derived from the operation of the System in an amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars (S10,000) are hereby pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Certificates as the same come due; provided, however, that such pledge is and shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to the pledge of the Net Revenues to the payment of all outstanding obligations of the City and any obligation of the City, whether authorized heretofore or hereafter, which the City designates as having a pledge senior to the pledge of the Net Revenues to the payment of the Certificates_ The City also reserves the right to issue, for any lawful purpose at any time, in one or more installments, bonds, certificates of obligation and other obligations of any kind payable in whole or in part from the Net Revenues, secured by a pledge of the Net Revenues that may be prior and superior in right to, on a parity with, orjunior and subordinate to the pledge of Net Revenues securing the Certificates. ARTICLE III. AUTHORIZATION; GENERAL TERMS AND PROVISIONS REGARDING THE CERTIFICATES Section 3.01. Amount, Purpose Sale and Authorization. (a) The City's certificates of obligation to be designated "City of Beaumont, Texas, Certificates of Obligation, Series 2021," shall be dated February 15, 2021, and are hereby authorized to be issued and delivered in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, specifically §271.041-063, Local Government Code, V.T.C.A, as amended, in the principal amount not to exceed $29,235 00 , for the purpose of paying contractual obligations to be incurred for the following purposes, to wit: (1) the construction of public works, more specifically, the construction of roads and drainage improvements and any items related thereto, and (2) payment of professional services incurred in connection with item (1)_ (b) The issuance of the Certificates is hereby authorized under and in accordance with the provisions hereof, the officers of the City are each hereby authorized to execute, attest, and affix the City's seal to the Certificates and to deliver the Certificates to [he Attorney General of the State of Texas for approval, the Comptroller of Public Accounts for registration and the Paying Agent/Registrar for authentication, and thereafter to deliver such Certificates to the Underwriter pursuant to the Purchase Agreement authorized in Section 6.01 herein. Section 3.02, Date Denomination, Maturities and Interest. (a) The Certificates shall be dated as of the Dated Date. The Certificates shall be in fully registered forth, without coupons, in the denomination of 5,000 or any integral multiple thereof and shall be numbered separately from one upward, except the Initial Certificate, which shall each be numbered T-l. (b) The Certificates shall mature on March 1 15, in the years and in the principal amounts and shall bear interest at the per annum rates set forth in the following schedule: Principal Matunry Amount Interest Rate 03/01/2022 $1,085,000 5.000% 03/01/2023 965,000 5,000 03/01/2024 1,015,000 5.000 03/01/2025 1,065,000 5.000 03/01/2026 1,120,000 5.000 03/01/2027 1,175,000 5 000 03/01/2028 1,235,000 5 000 03/O1/2029 1,300,000 5.000 03/01/2030 1,370,000 5.000 03/O1/2031 1,430,000 4.000 03/01/2032 1,490,000 4.000 03/01/2033 1,550,000 4.000 03/01/2034 1,615,000 4.000 03/01/2035 1,670,000 3.000 03/01/2036 1,720,000 3.000 03/01/2037 1,775,000 3.000 03/01/2038 1,830,000 3 000 03/01/2039 1,885,000 3 000 03/01/2040 1,940,000 3-000 03/01/2041 2,000,000 3-000 (c) Interest shall accrue and be paid on each Certificate respectively until its maturity or prior redemption from the later of the date of initial delivery or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for at the rates per annum for each respective maturity specified in the schedule contained in subsection (b) above. Such interest shall be payable semiannually on each Interest Payment Date until maturity or prior redemption. Interest on the Certificates shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Section 3.03, Date Denomination Maturities, and Interest. The Certificates shall be initially issued bearing the numbers, in the principal amounts and bearing interest at the rates and mature as set forth in Section 3.02 above and may be transferred and exchanged as set out in this Ordinance. Certificates delivered in transfer of or in exchange for other Certificates shall be numbered in order of their authentication by the Paying Agent/Registrar, shall be in the denomination of $5,000 or integral multiples thereof and shall mature on the same date and bear interest at the same rate as the bond or certificates in lieu of which they are delivered. The Certificates shall be numbered separately from one upward, except the Initial Certificate, which shall be numbered T- 1. Section 3,04. Redemption Prior to Maturity. The Certificates are subject to optional redemption and mandatory redemption as set forth herein. (a) Optional Redemption. The Certificates maturing on or after March 1, 2031 are subject to redemption at the option of the City on March 1, 2030 or on any date thereafter, in whole or in part, at a redemption price of par plus accrued interest to the date of redemption. The City, at least 45 days before the redemption date, unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar, shall notify the Paying Agenr/Registrar of such redemption date and of the principal amount of Certificates be redeemed. (b) Mandatory Sinking Fund Redemption. (i) The Certificates designated as "Term Certificates" in the form of certificate as set forth in Article V herein ("Term Certificates"), are subject to scheduled mandatory redemption and will be redeemed by the City, in part at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, without premium, plus accrued interest to the redemption date, out of moneys available for such purpose in the Debt Service Fund, on the dates and in the respective principal amounts as set forth in the form of certificate contained herein. (ii) Prior to each scheduled mandatory redemption date, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall select for redemption by lot, or by any other customary method that results in a random selection, a principal amount of Term Certificates equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Term Certificates to be redeemed, shall call such Term Certificates for redemption on such scheduled mandatory redemption date, and shall give notice of such redemption, as provided herein. (iii) The principal amount of the Term Certificates required to be redeemed on any redemption date pursuant to subparagraph (a) of this Subsection (c) shall be reduced, at the option of the City, by the principal amount of any Term Certificates which, at least 45 days prior to the mandatory sinking fund redemption date (i) shall have been acquired by the City at a price not exceeding the principal amount of such Term Certificates plus accrued interest to the date of purchase thereof, and delivered to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation, or (it) shall have been redeemed pursuant to the optional redemption provisions hereof and not previously crufited to a mandatory sinking fund redemption_ Section 3.05. Notice o! Redemption. Notice of any redemption shall be sentby the Paying Agent/Regishvr by United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for any such redemption, to (he registered owner of each Bond, or portion thereof to be redeemed, at its address as it appeared on the Register on the close of business on the business day next preceding the date of mailing such notice; provided, however, that the failure to send, mail, or receive such notice, or any defeat therein or in the sending or mailing thereof, shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the proceedings for the redemption of any Bond. By the date fixed for any such redemption, due provision shall be made by the City with the Paying Agent/Registom for the payment of the required redemption price for this Bond or the portion hereof which is to be so redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date fixed for redemption. If such notice of redemption is given, and if due provision for ,such payment is made, all as provided above, this Bond, or the portion thereof which is to be so redeemed, thereby automatically shell be redeemed prior no its scheduled maturity, mid shall not bear interest after the date fixed for its redemption, and shall not be regarded as being outstanding except for the right of the registered owner to receive the redemption price plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption from the Paying Agent/Registrar out of the funds provided for such payment. The Paying Agent/ Registrar shall record is the Register all such redemptions of principal of ibis Bond or any portion hereof_ If a portion of any Bond shall be redeemed, a substitute Bond or Certificates having the same maturity date, bearing interest at the same rate, in any denomination or denominations in any integral multiple of $5,000, at the written request of the registered owner, and in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof, will be issued to the registered owner upon the surrender thereof for cancellation, at the expense of the City, all as provided in the Ordinance. The City, at least 4$ days before the redemption date, unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar, shall notify the Paying Agent/Registrar of such redemption date and of the principal amount of Certificates to be redeemed, Section 3.06. Conditional Redemption. The City reserves the right in the case of an optional redemption to give notice of its election or direction to redeem Certificates conditioned upon the occurrence of subsequent events. Such notice may state (i) that the redemption is conditioned upon the deposit of moneys and/or authorized securities, in an amount equal to the amount necessary to effect the redemption, with the Paying Agent/Registrar, or such other entity as may be authorized by law, no later than the redemption date or (it) that the City retains the right to rescind such notice at any time prior to the scheduled redemption date if the City delivers a certificate of the City to the Paying Agent/Registrar instructing the Paying Agent/Registrar to rescind the redemption notice, and such notice and redemption shall be of no effect if such moneys and/or authorized securities are not so deposited or if the notice is rescinded. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall give prompt notice of any such rescission of a conditional notice of redemption to the affected owners. Any Certificates subject to conditional redemption where redemption has been rescinded shall remain outstanding, and the rescission shall not constitute an Event of Default Further, in the case of a conditional redemption, the failure of the City to make moneys and/or authorized securities available in part or in whole on or before the redemption date shall not constitute an Event of Default. Section 3.07. De umece. The City may defense the provisions of this Ordinance and discharge its obligation to the Owners of any or all of the Certificates to pay principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, thereon in any manner permitted by law, including by depositing with the Paying Agent/Registrar, or if authorized by Texas law, with any national or state bank having trust powers and having combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million, or with the State Treasurer of the State of Texas either. (a) cash in an amount equal to The principal amount and redemption preminm, if any, of such certificates being defeased plus interest thereon to the date of maturity or redemption; or (b) pursuant to an escrow or trust agreement, cash and/or direct bonds of, or bonds the principal of and interest on which are guaranteed by or secured by the pledge of direct bonds of the United States of America, in principal amounts and maturities and bearing interest at rates sufficient to provide for the timely payment of the principal amount and redemption premium, if any, of such certificates being defeased plus interest thereon to the date of maturity or redemption; provided, however, that if any of such certificates being defeased are to be redeemed prior to their respective dates of maturity, provision shall have been made for giving notice of redemption as provided in this Ordinance. Upon such deposit, such certificates being defeased shall no longer be regarded to be outstanding or unpaid. Any surplus amounts not required to accomplish such defeasance shall be returned to the City. Section 3.08. Medium. Method, and Place of Pavment (a) The principal of and interest on the Certificates shall be paid in lawful money of the United States of America. (b) Interest on the Certificates shall be payable to the Owners as shown in the Register at the close of business on the Record Date; provided, however, that in the event of nonpayment of interest on a scheduled Interest Payment Date, and for 30 days thereafter, a new record date for such interest payment (a 'Special Record Date") will be established by the Paying Agent/Registrar if and when funds for the payment of such interest have been received from the City Notice of the Special Record Date and of the scheduled payment date of the past due interest (the "Special Payment Date," which shall be at least 15 days after the Special Record Date) shall be sent at least five Business Days prior to the Special Record Date by United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, to the address of each Owner of a Certificate appearing in the Register at the close of business on the last Business Day next preceding the date of mailing of such notice. (e) Interest shall be paid by check, dated as of and mailed on the Interest Payment Date, and sent United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, by the Paying Agent/Registrar to each Owner, at the address thereof as it appears in the Register, or by such other customary banking arrangement acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar and the Owner; provided, however, that the Owner shall bear all risk and expense of such alternative banking arrangement. At the option of an Owner of at least $1,000,000 principal amount of Certificates, interest may be paid by wire transfer to the bank account of such Owner on file with the Paying Agent/Registrar. (d) The principal of each Certificate shall be paid to the Owner thereof on the due date, whether at the maturity date or the date of prior redemption thereof, upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office. (e) If the date for the payment of the principal of or interest on the Certificates is not a Business Day, then the date for such payment shall be the next succeeding Business Day, and payment on such date shall have the same force and effect as if made on the original date payment was due and no additional interest shall be due by reason of nonpayment on the date on which such payment is otherwise stated to be due and payable. (f) Unclaimed Payments of amounts due hereunder shall be segregated in a special escrow account and held in trust, uninvested by the Paying Agent/Registrar, for the account of the Owner of the Certificates to which such Unclaimed Payments pertain. Subject to Title 6 of the Texas Property Code, any Unclaimed Payments remaining unclaimed by the Owners entitled thereto for three years after the applicable payment or redemption date shall be applied to the next payment or payments on the Certificates thereafter coming due and, to the extent any such money remains three years after the retirement of all outstanding Certificates, such money shall be paid to the City to be used for any lawful purpose. Thereafter, neither the City, the Paying Agent/Registrar, nor any other person shall be liable or responsible to any Owners of such Certificates for any further payment of such unclaimed moneys or on account of any such Certificates, subject to Title 6 of the Texas Property Code. Section 3.09. Execution and Registration of Certificates. (a) The Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the City by the Mayor and the City Clerk, by their manual or facsimile signatures, and the official seal of the City shall be impressed or placed in facsimile thereon. Such facsimile signatures on the Certificates shall have the same effect as if each of the Certificates had been signed manually and in person by each of said officers, and such facsimile seal on the Certificates shall have the same effect as if the official seal of the City had been manually impressed upon each of the Certificates_ (b) In the event that any officer of the City whose manual or facsimile signature appears on the Certificates ceases to be such officer before the authentication of such Certificates or before the delivery thereof, such manual or facsimile signature nevertheless shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes as if such officer had remained in such office. (e) Except as provided below, no Certificate shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit of this Ordinance unless and until there appears thereon the Certificate of Paying Agent/Registrar substantially in the form provided herein, duly authenticated by manual execution by an officer or duly authorized signatory of the Paying Agent/Registrar. It shall not be required that the same officer or authorized signatory of the Paying Agent/Registrar sign the Certificate of Paying Agent/Registrar on all of the Certificates. In lieu of the executed Certificate of Paying Agent/Registrar described above, the Initial Certificate delivered at the Closing Date shall have attached thereto the Comptroller's Registration Certificate substantially in the form provided in the Tom of Certificates, manually executed by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas (the "Comptroller"), or by his duly authorized agent, which certificate is evidence that such Initial Certificate has been duly approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas (the "Attorney General') and that it is a valid and binding obligation of the City, and has been registered by the Comptroller. (d) On the Closing Date, one Initial Certificate representing the entire principal amount of all Certificates, payable in stated installments to the Underwriters, or its designee, executed by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Clerk of the City, approved by the Attorney General, and registered and manually signed by the Comptroller, will be delivered to the Underwriters or its designee. Upon payment for the Initial Certificate, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall cancel the Initial Certificate and deliver to DTC on behalf of the Underwriters one registered definitive Certificate for each year of maturity of the Certificates in the aggregate principal amount of all Certificates for such maturity, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC_ Section 3.10. Ownership. (a) The City, the Paying Agent/Registrar and any other person may treat the person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the absolute owner of such Certificate for the purpose of making and receiving payment of the principal thereof, for the further purpose of making and receiving payment of the interest thereon, and for all other purposes (except interest will be paid to the person in whose name such certificate is registered on the Record Date or Special Record Date, as applicable), whether or not such Certificate is overdue, and neither the City nor the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be bound by any notice or knowledge to the contrary. (b) All payments made to the Owner of a Certificate shall be valid and effectual and shall discharge the liability of the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar upon such Certificate to the extent of the sums paid. Section 3.11- Registration Transfer and Exchange. (a) So long as any Certificates remain outstanding, the City shall cause the Paying Agent/Registrar to keep at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office a register (the "Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall provide for the registration and transfer of Certificates in accordance with this Ordinance. (b) The ownership of a Certificate may be transferred only upon the presentation and surrender of the Certificate at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office with such endorsement or other evidence of transfer as is acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar. No transfer of any Certificate shall be effective until entered in the Register. (c) The Certificates shall be exchangeable upon the presentation and surrender thereof at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office for a Certificate or Certificates of the same maturity and interest rate and in any denomination or denominations of any integral multiple of $5,000 and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the Certificates presented for exchange. The Paying Agent/Registmr is hereby authorized to authenticate and deliver Certificates exchanged for other Certificates in accordance with this Section_ (d) Each exchange Certificate delivered by the Paying Agent/Registrar in accordance with this Section shall constitute an original contractual obligation of the City and shall be entitled to the benefits and security of this Ordinance to the same extent as the Certificate or Certificates in lieu of which such exchange Certificate is delivered_ (e) No service charge shall be made to the Owner for the initial registration, subsequent transfer, or exchange for a different denomination of any of the Certificates. The Paying Agent/Registrar, however, may require the Owner to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that is authorized to be imposed in connection with the registration, transfer, or exchange of a Certificate. (f) Neither the City nor the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be required to issue, transfer, or exchange any Certificate called for redemption, in whole or in part, within 45 calendar days prior to the date fixed for redemption; provided, however, such limitation shall not be applicable to an exchange by the Owner of the uncalled principal balance of a Certificate. Section 3.12. Cancellation. All Certificates paid or redeemed before scheduled maturity in accordance with this Ordinance, and all Certificates in lieu of which exchange Certificates or replacement Certificates are authenticated and delivered in accordance with this Ordinance, shall be cancelled and proper records shall be made regarding such payment, redemption, exchange or replacement_ The Paying Agent/Registrar shall dispose of cancelled Certificates in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Section 3.13. 'fe�nporary Certificates_ (a) following the delivery and registration of the Initial Bond and pending the preparation of definitive Certificates, the proper officers of the City may execute and, upon the City's request, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, one or more temporary Certificates that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Certificates in lieu of which they are delivered, without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers of the City executing such temporary Certificates may determine, as evidenced by their signing of such temporary Certificates. (b) Until exchanged for Certificates in definitive form, such Certificates in temporary form shall be entitled to the benefit and security of this Ordinance. (c) The City, without unreasonable delay, shall prepare, execute and deliver to the Paying Agent/Registrar the Certificates in definitive form; thereupon, upon [he presentation and surrender of the Certificates in temporary form to the Paying Agent/Registrar, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall cancel the Certificates in temporary form and shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor Certificates of the same maturity and series, in definitive form, in the authorized denomination, and in the same aggregate principal amount, as the Certificates in temporary form surrendered. Such exchange shall be made without the making of any charge therefor to any Owner. Section 3.14_ Replacement Certificates. (a) Upon the presentation and surrender to the Paying Agent/Registrar of a mutilated Certificate, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a replacement Certificate of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. The City or the Paying Agent/Registrar may require the Owner of such Certificate to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that is authorized to be imposed in connection therewith and any other expenses connected therewith_ (b) In the event that any Certificate is lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Paying Agent/Registrar, pursuant to the applicable laws of the State of Texas and in the absence of notice or knowledge that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, shall authenticate and deliver a replacement Certificate of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, provided that the Owner first- (t) furnishes to the Paying Agent/Registrar satisfactory evidence of his or her ownership of and the circumstances of the loss, destruction or theft of such Certificate; (ii) furnishes such security or indemnity as may be required by the Paying Agent/Registrar to save it and the City harmless; (iii) pays all expenses and charges in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, printing costs, legal fees, fees of the Paying Agent/Registrar and any tax or other governmental charge that is authorized to be imposed; and (iv) satisfies any other reasonable requirements imposed by the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar. (C) If, after the delivery of such replacement Certificate, a bona fide purchaser of the original Certificate in lieu of which such replacement Certificate was issued presents for payment such original Certificate, the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be entitled to recover such replacement Certificate from the person to whom it was delivered or any person taking therefrom, except a bona fide purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the City or the Paying Agent/Registrar in connection therewith. (d) In the event that any such mutilated, lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken Certificate has become or is about to become due and payable, the Paying Agent/Registrar, in its discretion, instead of issuing a replacement Certificate, may pay such Certificate if it has become due and payable or may pay such Certificate when it becomes due and payable. (e) Each replacement Certificate delivered in accordance with this Section shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the City and shall be entitled to the benefits and security of this Ordinance to the same extent as the Certificate or Certificates in lieu of which such replacement Certificate is delivered. Section 3.15- Book -Entry Only System. (a) The definitive Certificates shall be initially issued in the form of a separate single fully registered Certificate for each maturity. Upon initial issuance, the ownership of each such Certificate shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co, as nominee of DTC and except as provided in Section 3.10 hereof, all of the outstanding Certificates shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. (b) With respect to Certificates registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall have no responsibility or obligation to any DTC Participant or to any person on behalf of whom such a DTC Participant holds an interest in the Certificates, except as provided in this Ordinance_ Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall have no responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the accuracy of the records of DTC, Cede & Co. or any DTC Participant with respect to any ownership interest in the Certificates, (it) the delivery to any DTC Participant or any other person, other than an Owner, as shown on the Register, of any notice with respect to the Certificates, including any notice of redemption, or (iii) the payment to any DTC Participant or any other person, other than an Owner, as shown in the Register of any amount with respect to principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Certificates. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance to the contrary, the City and the Paying Agem/Registrar shall be entitled to treat and consider the person in whose name each Certificate is registered in the Register as the absolute Owner of such Certificate for the purpose of payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Certificates, for the purpose of giving notices of redemption and other matters with respect to such Certificate, for the purpose of registering transfer with respect to such Certificate, and for all other purposes whatsoever. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall pay all principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Certificates only to or upon the order of the respective Owners, as shown in the Register as provided in this Ordinance, or their respective attorneys duly authorized in writing, and all such payments shall be valid and effective to fully satisfy and discharge the City's obligations with respect to payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Certificates to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. No person other than an Owner, as shown in the Register, shall receive a certificate evidencing the obligation of the City to make payments of amounts due pursuant to this Ordinance. Upon delivery by DTC to the Paying Agent/Registrar of written notice to the effect that DTC has determined to substitute a new nominee in place of Cede & Co., and subject to the provisions in this Ordinance with respect to interest checks or drafts being mailed to the registered Owner at the close of business on the Record Date, the word "Cede & CO." in this Ordinance shall refer to such new nominee of DTC. (c) The Representation Letter previously executed and delivered by the City, and applicable to the City's obligations delivered in book entry only form to DTC as securities depository, is hereby ratified and approved for the Certificates. Section 3.16. Successor Securities Depository. Transfer Outside Book -Entry -Only System. In the event that the City determines that it is in the best interest of the City and the beneficial owners of the Certificates that they be able to obtain certificated Certificates, or in the event DTC discontinues the services described herein, the City shall (i) appoint a successor securities depository, qualified to act as such under Section 17(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, notify DTC and DTC Participants of the appointment of such successor securities depository and transfer one or more separate Certificates to such successor securities depository; or (ii) notify D"IV and DTC Participants of the availability through DTC of certificated Certificates and cause the Paying Agent/Registrar to transfer one or more separate registered Certificates to D'fC Participants having Certificates credited to their DTC accounts. In such event, the Certificates shall no longer be restricted to being registered in the Register in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, but may be registered in the name of the successor securities depository, or its nominee, or in whatever name or names Owners transferring or exchanging Certificates shall designate, in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 3,17. Pavments to Cede & Co. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance to the contrary, so long as the Certificates are registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, all payments with respect to principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Certificates, and all notices with respect to such Certificates shall be made and given, respectively, in the manner provided in the Representation Letter of the City to DTC. Section 3.18. Successor Securities Depository; Transfer Outside Book-Entiv Only System. In the event that the City or the Paying Agent/Registrar determines that DTC is incapable of discharging its responsibilities described herein and in the representation letter of the City to DTC, and that it is in the best interest of the beneficial owners of the Certificates that they be able to obtain certificated Certificates, or in the event DTC discontinues the services described herein, the City or the Paying Agent/Registrar shall (i) appoint a successor securities depository, qualified to act as such under Section 17(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, notify DTC and DTC Participants of the appointment of such successor securities depository and transfer one or more separate Certificates to such successor securities depository or (ii) notify DTC and DTC Participants of the availability through DTC of Certificates and transfer one or more separate Certificates to DTC Participants having Certificates credited to their DTC accounts. In such event, the Certificates shall no longer be restricted to being registered in the Register in the name of Cede & Co, as nominee of DTC, but may be registered in the name of the successor securities depository, or its nominee, or in whatever name or names Owners transferring or exchanging Certificates shall designate, in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 3.19. Payments to Cede & Co. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance to the contrary, so long as any Certificates are registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of OTC, all payments with respect to principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Certificates, and all notices with respect to such Certificates, shall be made and given, respectively, in the manner provided in the representation letter of the City to DTC_ ARTICLE IV. PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR Section 4.01. Appointment of Initial Paving Agent/Registrar. UMB Bank, N.A., Houston, Texas is hereby appointed as the initial Paying Agent/Registrar for the Certificates. The Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement submitted to this City Council, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B, is hereby approved. The Mayor is hereby authorized to amend, complete or modity such agreement as necessary and is further authorized to execute such agreement and the City Clerk is hereby authorized to attest such agreement. Section 4.02. Qualifications. Each Paying Agent/Registrar shall be a commercial bank, a trust company organized under the laws of the State of Texas, or any other entity duly qualified and legally authorized to serve as and perform the duties and services of paying agent and registrar for the Certificates. Section 4, 03- Maintaining Paving Agent/Registrar. (a) At all times while any of the Certificates are outstanding, the City will maintain a Paying Agent/Registrar that is qualified under Section 4.02 of this Ordinance. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute an agreement with the Paying Agent/Registrar specifying the duties and responsibilities of the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar. The signature of the Mayor shall be attested by the City Clerk of the City. (b) If the Paying Agent/Registrar resigns or otherwise ceases to serve as such, the City will promptly appoint a replacement, provided, that no such resignation shall be effective until a successor Paying Agent/Registrar has been appointed and has accepted the duties of Paying Agent/Registrar for the Certificates. Section 4.04. Termination. The City, upon not less than sixty (60) days notice, reserves the right to terminate the appointment of any Paying Agent/Registrar by delivering to the entity whose appointment is to be terminated written notice of such termination, provided, that no such termination shall be effective until a successor Paying Agent/Registrar has been appointed and has accepted the duties of Paying Agent/Registrar for the Certificates. Section 4.05. Notice of Change to Owners. Promptly upon each change in the entity serving as Paying Agent/Registrar, the City will cause notice of the change to be sent to each Owner by United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, at the address thereof in the Register, stating the effective date of the change and the name and mailing address of the replacement Paying Agent/Registrar. Section 4.06. Agreement to Perform Duties and Functions. By accepting the appointment as Paying Agent/Registrar and executing the Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement, the Paying Agent/Registrar is deemed to have agreed to the provisions of this Ordinance and that it will perform the duties and functions of Paying Agent/Registrar prescribed thereby. Section 4.07. Delivers, of Records to Successor. If a Paying Agent/Registrar is replaced, such Paying Agent/Registrar, promptly upon the appointment of the successor, will deliver the Register (or a copy thereof) and all other pertinent books and records relating to the Certificates to the successor Paying Agent/Registrar. Ell ;41[a] I WA FORM OF THE CERTIFICATES Section 5, 01_ Form Generall (a) The Certificates, including the Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, the Certificate of the Paying Agent/Registrar, and the Assignment form to appear on each of the Certificates, (i) shall be substantially in the form set forth in this Article, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as are permitted or required by this Ordinance, and (ii) may have such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification (including identifying numbers and letters of the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures of the American Bankers Association) and such legends and endorsements (including any reproduction of an opinion of counsel) thereon as, consistently herewith, may be determined by the City or by the officers executing such Certificates, as evidenced by their execution thereof. (b) Any portion of the text of any Certificates may be set forth on the reverse side thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Certificates. (c) The definitive Certificates, if any, shall be typewritten, photocopied, printed, lithographed, or engraved, and may be produced by any combination of these methods or produced in any other similar manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Certificates, as evidenced by their execution thereof. (d) The Initial Certificate submitted to the Attorney General of the State of Texas may be typewritten and photocopied or otherwise reproduced. (e) Form of the Certificates. 'Ihe form of the Certificates, including the form of the Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, the form of Certificate of the Paying Agent/Registrar and the form of Assignment appearing on the Certificates, shall be substantially as follows: REGISTERED No. United States of America State of Texas CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2021 REGISTERED INTEREST RATE: MATURITY DATE: CERTIFICATE DATE: CUSIP NUMBER: % October 15, 2021 The City of Beaumont, Texas (the "City"), in Jefferson County, State of Texas, for value received, hereby promises to pay to or registered assigns, on the Maturity Date specified above, the sum of MILLION DOLLARS unless this Certificate shall have been sooner called for redemption and the payment of the principal hereof shall have been paid or provided for, and to pay interest on such principal amount from the later of Closing Date or the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or provided for until payment of such principal amount has been paid or provided for, at the per annum rate of interest specified above, computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, such interest to be paid semiannually on March I and September I of each year, commencing March I, 2022. The principal of this Certificate shall be payable without exchange or collection charges in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the corporate trust office in Dallas, Texas (the "Designated Payment/'Transfer Office"), of UMB Bank, N.A., Houston, Texas, as Paying Agent/Registrar, or, with respect to a successor paying agent/registrar, at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office of such successor. Interest on this Certificate is payable by check dated as of the interest payment date, and will be mailed on or before such interest payment date, by United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, by the Paying Agent/Registrar to the registered owner at the address shown on the registration books kept by the Paying Agent/Registrar, or by such other customary banking arrangements acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar and the person to whom interest is to be paid; provided, however, that such person shall bear all risk and expense of such other customary banking arrangements. For the purpose of the payment of interest on this Certificate, the registered owner shall be the person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the 'Record Date," which shall be the last business day of the month preceding such interest payment date; provided, however, that in the event of nonpayment of interest on a scheduled interest payment date, and for thirty (30) days thereafter, a new record date for such interest payment (a 'Special Record Dale") will be established by the Paying Agent/Registrar, if and when funds for the payment of such interest have been received from the City. Notice of the Special Record Date and of the scheduled payment dale of the past due interest (the 'Special Payment Date," which date shall be fifteen (15) days after the Special Record Date) shall be sent at least five (5) Business Days (as hereinafter defined) prior to the Special Record Date by United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, to the address of each registered owner of a Certificate appearing on the books of the Paying Agent/Registrar at the close of business on the last Business Day next preceding the date of mailing of such notice. If the date for the payment of the principal of or interest on this Certificate is not a Business Day, the date for such payment shall be the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, or day on which banking institutions in the State of Texas or the city in which the Designated Payment/Transfer Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar is located are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close (a 'Business Day"), and payment on such date shall for all purposes be deemed to have been made on the original date payment was due. This Certificate is dated September 15, 2022 and is one of a series of fully registered Certificates specified in the title hereof issued in the aggregate principal amount of $29,235,000 (herein referred to as the "Certificates"), issued pursuant to a certain ordinance of the City (the "Ordinance") for the purpose of providing funds for certain projects approved by the City and to pay the costs of issuing the Certificates. The Certificates maturing on and after Much 1, 2031 are subject to redemption at the option of the City on March 1, 2030 or on any date thereafter at a price of par plus interest accrued to the date of redemption. If less than all of the Certificates are to be redeemed pursuant to an optional redemption, the City shall determine the maturity or maturities and the amounts thereof to be redeemed and shall direct the Paying Agent/Registrar to call by lot the Certificates, or portions thereof, within such maturity or maturities and in such principal amounts, for redemption. Notice of such redemption or redemptions shall be given by United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, not less than 30 days before the date fixed for redemption, to the registered owner of each of the Certificates to be redeemed in whole or in part In the Ordinance, the City reserves the right in the ease of an optional redemption to give notice of its election or direction to redeem Certificates conditioned upon the occurrence of subsequent events. Such notice may state (i) that the redemption is conditioned upon the deposit of moneys and/or authorized securities, in an amount equal to the amount necessary to effect the redemption, with the Paying Agent/Registrar, or such other entity as may be authorized by law, no later than the redemption date or (ii) that the City retains the right to rescind such notice at any time prior to the scheduled redemption date if the City delivers a certificate of the City to the Paying Agent/Registrar instructing the Paying Agent/Registrar to rescind the redemption notice, and such notice and redemption shall be of no effect if such moneys and/or authorized securities are not so deposited or if the notice is rescinded. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall give prompt notice of any such rescission of a conditional notice of redemption to the affected Owners. Any Certificates subject to conditional redemption where redemption has been rescinded shall remain Outstanding, and the rescission of such redemption shall not constitute an event of default. Further, in the case of a conditional redemption, the failure of the City to make moneys and/or authorized securities available in part or in whole on or before the redemption date shall not constitute an event of default. Any notice so mailed shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the registered owner receives such notice. Notice having been so given and subject, in the case of an optional redemption, to any rights or conditions reserved by the City in the notice, the Certificates called for redemption shall become due and payable on the specified redemption date, and notwithstanding that any Certificate or portion thereof has not been surrendered for payment, interest on such Certificate or portion thereof shall cease to accrue. As provided in the Ordinance, and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Certificate is transferable upon surrender of this Certificate for transfer at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar with Such endorsement or other evidence of transfer as is acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar; thereupon, one or more new fully registered Certificates of the same stated maturity, of authorized denominations, bearing the same rate of interest, and for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. Neither the City nor the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be required to issue, transfer or exchange any Certificate called for redemption, in whole or in part, within 45 calendar days prior to the date fixed for redemption; provided, however, such limitation shall not be applicable to an exchange by the owner of the uncalled principal balance of a Certificate. The City, the Paying Agent/Registrar, and any other person may treat the person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided (except interest shall be paid to the person in whose name this Certificate is registered on the Record Date or Special Record Date, as applicable) and for all other purposes, whether or not this Certificate be overdue, and neither the City nor the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED AND RECITED that the issuance of this Certificate and the series of which it is a part is duly authorized by law; that all acts, conditions, and things required to be done precedent to and in the issuance of the Certificates have been properly done and performed and have happened in regular and due time, form, and manner as required by law; and that ad valorem taxes upon all taxable property in the City have been levied for and pledged to the payment of the debt service requirements of the Certificates within the limit prescribed by law; that, in addition to said taxes, further provisions have been made for the payment of the debt service requirements of the Certificates by pledging to such purpose Net Revenues, as defined in the Ordinance, derived by the City from the operation of its combined waterworks and sewer system in an amount limited to $10,000; that when so collected, such taxes and Net Revenues shall be appropriated to such purposes; and that the total indebtedness of the City, including the Certificates, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City has caused this Certificate to be executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor of the City and countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of the City Clerk of the City, and the official seal of the City has been duly impressed or placed in facsimile on this Certificate. Mayor, City of Beaumont, Texas Texas (f) Form of Comptroller's Registration Certificate. The following Comptroller's Registration Certificate may be deleted from the definitive Certificates if such certificate on the Initial Certificate is fully executed. OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER § OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS § REGISTER NO OF THE S'FA'FE OF TEXAS § I hereby certify that there is on file and of record in my office a certificate of the Attorney General of the State of Texas to the effect that this Certificate has been examined by him as required by law, that he finds that it has been issued in conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and that it is a valid and binding obligation of the City of Beaumont, Texas, and that this Certificate has this day been registered by me. [SEAL] Witness my hand and seal of office at Austin, Texas, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas (g) Form of Certificate of Paying Agent/Registrar. The following Certificate of Paying Agent/Registrar may be deleted from the Initial Certificate if the executed Comptroller's Registration Certificate appears thereon. �giYld(N:rY[[�]Y7\LI�[t/:CB:1�Yg79[fIF.91Y�:7 The records of the Paying Agent/Registrar show that the Initial Certificate of this series of Certificates was approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas and registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, and that this is one of the Certificates referred to in the within -mentioned Ordinance. UMB Bank, N.A_, as Paying Agent/Registrar By: Authorized Signatory (h) Form of Assignment. ASSIGNML'N'F FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto (print or typewrite name, address and Zip Code of transferee): (Social Security or other identifying number: ) the within Certificate and all rights hereunder and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints attorney to transfer the within Certificate on the books kept for registration hereof, with full power of substitution in the premises. NOTICE: The signature on this Assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Certificate in every particular and must be guaranteed in a manner acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar_ Signature Guaranteed: Authorized Signatory (i) The Initial Certificate shall be in the form set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of this Section, except for the following alterations: (1) immediately under the name of the Certificate, the headings "INTEREST RATE" and "MATURITY DATE" shall both be completed with the words "As shown below" and the words "CUSIP NUMBER" deleted; and (ii) in the first paragraph of the Certificate, the words "on the Maturity Date specified above," shall be deleted and the following will be inserted: "on March I in each of the years, in the principal installments and bearing interest at the per annum rates in accordance with the following schedule: Principal Interest Years Installments Rate (Information to be inserted from the schedule in the Ordinance) Section 5.02. CUSIP Rceistration The City may secure identification numbers through the CUSIP Service Bureau Division of Standard & Poor's Corporation, New York, New York, and may authorize the printing of such numbers on the face of the Certificates_ It is expressly provided, however, that the presence or absence of CUSIP numbers on the Certificates shall be of no significance or effect as regards the legality thereof and neither the City nor the attorneys approving said Certificates as to legality are to be held responsible for CUSIP numbers incorrectly printed on the Certificates. Section 5.03. Legal Opinion. The approving legal opinion of Holland & Knight LLP, Bond Counsel, may be printed on the reverse side of or attached to each Certificate over the certification of the City Clerk of the City, which may be executed in facsimile. ARTICLE VI. SALE AND DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES, DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS; OFFICIAL STATEMENT Section 6.01. Sale of Certificates. (a) The Certificates are hereby officially sold and awarded to and shall be delivered to the Underwriters at the price and on the terms specified in the Purchase Agreement. the form, terms and provisions of the Purchase Agreement are hereby approved and the Chief Financial Officer is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver such Purchase Agreement upon completion of the terms thereof. It is hereby officially found, determined and declared that the terms of this sale are the most advantageous reasonably obtainable. The Certificates shall initially be registered in the name of the representative of the Underwriters, or its designee. The Mayor and all other officers, agents and representatives of the City are hereby authorized to do any and all things necessary or desirable to satisfy the conditions to and to provide for the issuance and delivery of the Certificates. (b) All officers of the City are authorized to execute such documents, certificates and receipts, and to make such elections with respect to the tax-exempt status of the Certificates, as they may deem appropriate in order to consummate the delivery of the Certificates. (c) The obligation of the Underwriters to accept delivery of the Certificates is subject to the Underwriters being furnished with the final, approving opinion of Bond Counsel for the City, which opinion shall be dated and delivered the Closing Date. Section 6.02. Control and Delivery of Certificates - (a) The Mayor of the City is hereby authorized to have control of the Initial Certificate and all necessary records and proceedings pertaining thereto pending investigation, examination, and approval of the Attorney General of the State of Texas, registration by the Comptroller and registration with, and initial exchange or transfer by, the Paying AgentfRegistrar. (b) Alter registration by the Comptroller, delivery of the Certificates shall be made to the Underwriters under and subject to the general supervision and direction of the Mayor, against receipt by the City of all amounts due to the City under the terms of sale. (c) All officers of the City are authorized to execute such documents, certificates and receipts and to make such elections with respect to the tax-exempt status of the Certificates, as they may deem necessary to consummate the delivery of the Certificates. Section 6-03. Deposit of Proceeds. Proceeds from the sale of the Certificates shall, promptly upon receipt by the City, be applied as set forth below: (a) All amounts received on the Closing Date as accrued interest on the Certificates from the Certificate Date to the Closing Date shall be deposited to the interest and Sinking Fund. (b) The remaining balance received on the Closing Date shall be deposited to a special account of the City, such moneys to be dedicated and used solely for the purposes for which the Certificates are being issued as herein provided as described in Section 3,01, including payment of costs of issuing the Certificates. Any amounts remaining following completion of the Project shall be transferred to the Interest and Sinking Fund. Section 6.04, Official Statement. 1'he form and substance of the Preliminary Official Statement and any addenda, supplement or amendment thereto, is hereby ratified and approved, and is confirmed as deemed final within the meaning and for the purposes of paragraph (b)(I ) of Rule 15c2-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The City hereby authorizes the preparation of a final Official Statement to add the terms of the Underwriters' bid and other relevant information. The use of such final Official Statement in the reoffering of the Certificates by the Underwriters is hereby approved and authorized. The proper officials of the City are authorized to execute and deliver a certificate pertaining to such Official Statement as prescribed therein, dated as of the date of payment for and delivery of the Certificates. ARTICLE VII. 11-Mm'"11IWN161 Section 7.01. Investments. (a) Money in the Interest and Sinking Fund created by this Ordinance and any of the funds to be deposited pursuant to Section 6.03 hereof, at the option of the City, may be invested in such securities or obligations as permitted under applicable law as in effect on the date of the investment. (b) Any securities or obligations in which such money is so invested shall be kept and held in trust for the benefit of the Owners and shall be sold and the proceeds of sale shall be timely applied to the making of all payments required to be made from the fund from which the investment was made. Section 7.02. Investment Income (a) Interest and income derived from investment of the Interest and Sinking Fund shall be credited to such fund_ (b) Interest and income derived from investment of the funds to be deposited pursuant to Section 6.03 hereof shall be credited to the account where deposited until the acquisition or construction of the Projects is completed and thereafter, to the extent such interest and income are present, such interest and income shall be deposited to the Interest and Sinking Fund. ARTICLE Vill. PARTICULAR REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS Section 8,01. Payment of the Certificates, On or before each Interest Payment Date or any redemption date for the Certificates and while any of the Certificates are outstanding and unpaid, there shall be made available to the Paying Agent/Registrar, out of the Interest and Sinking Fund, money sufficient to pay such interest on and principal of the Certificates as will accrue or mature on the applicable Interest Payment Date, maturity date or date of prior redemption. Such transfer of funds shall be made in such manner as will cause immediately available funds to be deposited with the Paying Agent/Registrar not later than the close of business on the Business Day next preceding the date of payment for the Certificates. Section 8, 02. Other Representations and Covenants_ (a) The City will faithfully perform, at all times, any and ail covenants, undertakings, stipulations, and provisions contained in this Ordinance and in each Certificate, the City will promptly pay or cause to be paid the principal of and interest on each Certificate on the dates and at the places and manner prescribed in such Certificate; and the City will, at the times and in the manner prescribed by this Ordinance, deposit or cause to be deposited the amounts of money specified by this Ordinance. (b) The City is duly authorized under the laws of the State of Texas to issue the Certificates; all action on its part for the creation and issuance of the Certificates has been duly and effectively taken; and the Certificates in the hands of the Owners thereof are and will be valid and enforceable obligations of the City in accordance with their terms. ARTICLE IX. PROVISIONS CONCERNING FEDERAL INCOME TAX EXCLUSION Section 9.01. Provisions Concerning Federal Income Tax (a) General. The City intends that the interest on the Certificates be excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes pursuant to sections 103 and 141 through 150 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1996, as amended (the "Code"), and the applicable Treasury Regulations (the "Regulations"). The City covenants and agrees not to take any action, or omit to take any action within its control, that if taken or omitted, respectively, would (i) cause the interest on the Certificates to be includable in gross income, as defined in section 61 of the Code, for federal income tax purposes or (ii) result in the violation of or failure to satisfy any provision of Section 103 and 141 through 150 of the Code and the applicable Regulations. In particular, the City covenants and agrees to comply with each requirement of this Article; provided, however, that the City will not be required to comply with any particular requirement of this Article if the City has received an opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel ("Counsel's Opinion") that (i) such noncompliance will not adversely affect the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest on the Certificates or (ii) compliance with some other requirement set forth in this Article will satisfy the applicable requirements of the Code and the Regulations, in which case compliance with such other requirement specified in such Counsel's Opinion will constitute compliance with the corresponding requirement specified in this article_ (b) No Private Use or Payment and No Private Loan Financing- The City covenants and agrees that it will make such use of the proceeds of the Certificates, including interest or other investment income derived from Certificates proceeds, regulate the use of property financed, directly or indirectly, with such proceeds, and take such other and further action as may be required so that the Certificates will not be "private activity bonds" within the meaning of section 141 of the Code and the Regulations promulgated thereunder. Moreover, the City will certify, through an authorized officer, employee or agent, based upon all facts and estimates known or reasonably expected to be in existence on the date the Certificates are delivered, that the proceeds of the Certificates will not be used in a manner that would cause the Certificates to be "private activity bonds" within the meaning of section 141 of the Code and the Regulations promulgated thereunder. (c) No Federal Guarantee. The City covenants and agrees not to take any action, or knowingly omit to take any action within its control, that if taken or omitted, respectively, would cause the Certificates to be "federally guaranteed" within the meaning of section 149(b) of the Code and the applicable Regulations thereunder, except as permitted by section 149(b)(3) of the Code and such Regulations. (d) No Hedge Bonds. 'I he City covenants and agrees not to take any action, or knowingly omit to take any action within its control, that if taken or omitted, respectively, would cause the Certificates to be "hedge bonds" within the meaning of section 149(g) of the Code and the applicable Regulations thereunder. (e) No Arbitrage. The City covenants and agrees that it will make such use of the proceeds of the Certificates, including interest or other investment income derived from Certificate proceeds, regulate investments of proceeds of the Certificates, and take such other and further action as may be required so that the Certificates will not be "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of section 148(a) of the Code and the applicable Regulations promulgated thereunder. Moreover, the City will certify, through an authorized officer, employee or agent, based upon all facts and estimates known or reasonably expected to be in existence on the date the Certificates are delivered, that the proceeds of the Certificates will not be used in a manner that would cause the Certificates to be "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of section 148(a) of the Code and the applicable Regulations promulgated thereunder. (f) Arbitrage Rebate. If the City does not qualify for an exception to the requirements of section 148(f) of the Code relating to the required rebate to the United States, the City will take all necessary steps to comply with the requirement that certain amounts earned by the City on the investment of the "gross proceeds" of the Certificates (within the meaning of section 148(f)(6)(B) of the Code), be rebated to the federal government. Specifically, the City will (i) maintain records regarding the investment of the gross proceeds of the Certificates as may be required to calculate the amount earned on the investment of the gross proceeds of the Certificates separately from records of amounts on deposit in the funds and accounts of the City allocable to other bond issues of the City or moneys that do not represent gross proceeds of any obligations of the City, (ii) determine at such times as are required by applicable Regulations, the amount earned from the investment of the gross proceeds of the Certificates which is required to be rebated to the federal government, and (iii) pay, not less often than every fifth anniversary date of the delivery of the Certificates, or on such other dates as may be permitted under applicable Regulations, all amounts required to be rebated to the federal government. Further, the City will not indirectly pay any amount otherwise payable to the federal government pursuant to the foregoing requirements to any person other than the federal government by entering into any investment arrangement with respect to the gross proceeds of the Certificates that might result in a reduction in the amount required to be paid to the federal government because such arrangement results in a smaller profit or a larger loss than would have resulted if the arrangement had been at arm's length and had the yield on the issue not been relevant to either party. (g) Information Reporting, The City covenants and agrees to file or cause to be filed with the Secretary of the Treasury, not later than the 15th day of the second calendar month after the close of the calendar quarter in which the Certificates are issued, an information statement concerning the Certificates, all under and in accordance with section 149(e) of the Code and the applicable Regulations promulgated thereunder. (h) Record Retention, The City will retain all pertinent and material records relating to the use and expenditure of the proceeds of the Certificates until three years after the last Certificate is redeemed, or such shorter period as authorized by subsequent guidance issued by the Department of Treasury, if applicable. All records will be kept in a manner that ensures their complete access throughout the retention period- For this purpose, it is acceptable that such records are kept either as hardcopy books and records or in an electronic storage and retrieval system, provided that such electronic system includes reasonable controls and quality assurance programs that assure the ability of the City to retrieve and reproduce such books and records in the event of an examination of the Certificates by the Internal Revenue Service. (1) Registration. The Certificates will be issued in registered form. O Deliberate Actions, The City will not take a deliberate action (as defined in section 1.141-2(d)(3) of the Regulations) that causes the Certificates to fail to meet any requirement of section 141 of the Code after the issue date of the Certificates unless an appropriate remedial action is permitted by section 1,141-12 of the Regulations and an opinion of Bond Counsel is obtained that such remedial action cures any failure to meet the requirements of section 141 of the Code. (k) Continuing Obligation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, the City obligations under the covenants and provisions of this Article X will survive the defeasance and discharge of the Certificates for as long as such matters are relevant to the exclusion from gross income of interest on the Certificates for federal income tax purposes. ARTICLE X. DEFAULT AND REMEDIES Section 10.01-Events of Default. Each of the following occurrences or events for the purpose of this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an Event of Default: (a) the failure to make payment of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, or interest on any of the Certificates when the same becomes due and payable; or (b) default in the performance or observance of any other covenant, agreement, or obligation of the City, which default materially and adversely affects the rights of the Owners, including but not limited to their prospect or ability to be repaid in accordance with this Ordinance, and the continuation thereof for a period of sixty (60) days after notice of such default is given by any Owner to the City. Section 10.02. Remedies for Default. (a) Upon the happening of any Event of Default, any Owner or an authorized representative thereof, including but not limited to a trustee or trustees therefor, may proceed against the City for the purpose of protecting and enforcing the rights of the Owners under this Ordinance by mandamus or other suit, action or special proceeding in equity or at law in any court of competent jurisdiction for any relief permitted by law, including the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained herein, or thereby to enjoin any act or thing that may be unlawful or in violation of any right of the Owners hereunder or any combination of such remedies. (b) It is provided that all such proceedings shall be instituted and maintained for the equal benefit of all Owners of Certificates then outstanding. Section 10.03. Remedies Not Exclusive. (a) No remedy herein conferred or reserved is intended to be exclusive of any other available remedy, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or under the Certificates or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity; provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, the right to accelerate the debt evidenced by the Certificates shall not be available as a remedy under this Ordinance. (b) The exercise of any remedy herein conferred or reserved shall not be deemed a waiver of any other available remedy. ARTICLE XI. DISCHARGE Section 11.01. Discharge. The Certificates may be defeased, refunded or discharged in any manner permitted by applicable law. ARTICLE XII. CONTINUING DISCLOSURE UNDERTAKING Section 12.01. Annual Reports. The City shall provide annually to the MSRB, within six (6) months after the end of each Fiscal Year, financial information and operating data with respect to the City of the general type included in the final Official Statement, being the information described in Exhibit C hereto. Any financial statements so to be provided shall be (i) prepared in accordance with the accounting principles described in Exhibit C hereto, and (ii) audited, if the City commissions an audit of such statements and the audit is completed within the period during which they must be provided. If the audit of such financial statements is not complete within such period, then the City shall provide notice that audited financial statements are not available and shall provide unaudited financial statements for the applicable Fiscal Year to the MSRB. Thereafter, when and if audited financial statements become available, the City shall provide such audited financial statements as required to the MSRB. (a) If the City changes its Fiscal Year, it will notify each the MSRB of the change (and of the date of the new Fiscal Year end) prior to the next date by which the City otherwise would be required to provide financial information and operating data pursuant to this Section. (b) The financial information and operating data to be provided pursuant to this Section may be set forth in full in one or more documents or may be included by specific reference to any document (including an official statement or other offering document) that theretofore has been provided to the MSRB or filed with the SEC. Section 12,02. Material Event Notices. (a) The City shall notify the MSRB, in a timely manner, of any of the following events with respect to the Certificates, if such event is material within the meaning of the federal securities laws: (i) principal and interest payment delinquencies; (I) nonpayment related defaults; (in) unscheduled draws on debt service reserves reflecting financial difficulties; (iv) unscheduled draws on credit enhancements reflecting financial difficulties; (v) substitution of credit or liquidity providers, or their failure to perform; (vi) adverse tax opinions or events affecting the tax exempt status of the Certificates; (vii) modifications to rights of Owners; (VIII) bond calls; (ix) defeasance; (x) release, substitution, or sale of property securing repayment of the Certificates; (A) rating changes; (xiQ bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, or similar event of the obligated person; Note to paragraph (xii): For the purposes of the event identified in paragraph (xii) of this section, the event is considered to occur when any of the following occur: the appointment of a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer for an obligated person in a proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or in any other proceeding under state or federal law in which a court or governmental authority has assumed jurisdiction over substantially all of the assets or business of the obligated person, or if such jurisdiction has been assumed by leaving the existing governing body and officials or officers in possession but subject to the supervision and orders of a court or governmental authority, or the entry of an order confirming a plan of reorganization, arrangement or liquidation by a court or governmental authority having supervision orjurisdiction over substantially all of the assets or business of the obligated person. (xiii) the consummation of a merger, consolidation, or acquisition involving an obligated person or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the obligated person, other than in the ordinary course of business, the entry into a definitive agreement to undertake such an action, or the termination of a definitive agreement relating to any such actions, other than pursuant to its terms, if material; and (xiv) the appointment of a successor or additional trustee or the change in the name of the trustee, if material. (xv) the incurrence of a financial obligation of the City, if material, or an agreement to covenants, events of default, remedies, priority rights, or other similar terms of a financial obligation of the City, any of which affect security holders, if material; and (Xvi) a default, event of acceleration, termination event, modification of terms, or other similar events under the terms of a financial obligation of the City, any of which reflect financial difficulties. (b) The City shall notify the MSRB, in a timely manner, of any failure by the City to provide financial information or operating data in accordance with Section 12.01 of this Ordinance by the time required by such Section. (e) The City reserves the right to file all information and notices required under this Article through the facilities of DiselosureUSA or any other central post office approved by the SEC for such purpose_ Section 12.03. Limitations Disclaimers and Amendments. The City shall be obligated to observe and perform the covenants specified in this Article for so long as, but only for so long as the City remains an 'obligated person' with respect to the Certificates within the meaning of the Rule, except that the City in any event will give notice of any redemption calls and any defeasances that cause the City to be no longer an "obligated person." The provisions of this Article are for the sole benefit of the Owners and beneficial owners of the Certificates, and nothing in this Article, express or implied, shall give any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy, or claim hereunder to any other person. The City undertakes to provide only the financial information, operating data, financial statements, and notices which it has expressly agreed to provide pursuant to this Article and does not hereby undertake to provide any other information that may be relevant or material to a complete presentation of the City's financial results, condition, or prospects or hereby undertake to update any information provided in accordance with this Article or otherwise, except as expressly provided herein. The City does not make any representation or warranty concerning such information or its usefulness to a decision to invest in or sell Certificates at any future date_ UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE CITY BE LIABLE 'TO THE OWNER OR BENEFICIAL OWNER OF ANY CERTIFICATE OR ANY OTHER PERSON, IN CONTRACT OR TORT, FOR DAMAGES RESULTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM ANY BREACH BY THE CFI'Y, WHETHER NEGLIGENT OR WITHOUT FAULT ON ITS PART, OF ANY COVENANT SPECIFIED IN THIS ARTICLE, BUT EVERY RIGHT AND REMEDY OF ANY SUCH PERSON, IN CONTRACT OR TORT, FOR OR ON ACCOUNT OF ANY SUCH BREACH SHALL BE LIMITED TO AN ACTION FOR MANDAMUS OR SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. (a) No default by the City in observing or performing its obligations under this Article shall constitute a breach of or default under the Ordinance for purposes of any other provisions of this Ordinance. (b) Nothing in this Article is intended or shall act to disclaim, waive, or otherwise limit the duties of the City under federal and state securities laws. (0) The provisions of this Article may be amended by the City from time to time to adapt to changed circumstances that arise from a change in legal requirements, a change in law, or a change in the identity, nature, status, or type of operations of the City, but only if (i) the provisions of this Article, as so amended, would have permitted an underwriter to purchase or sell Certificates in the primary offering of the Certificates in compliance with the Rule, taking into account any amendments or interpretations of the Rule to the date of such amendment, as well as such changed circumstances, and (ii) either (A) the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount (or any greater amount required by any other provisions of this Ordinance that authorizes such an amendment) of the Outstanding Certificates consent to such amendment or (B) an entity or individual person that is unaffiliated with the City (such as nationally recognized bond counsel) determines that such amendment will not materially impair the interests of the Owners and beneficial owners of the Certificates. The provisions of this Article may also be amended from time to time or repealed by the City if the SEC amends or repeals the applicable provisions of the Rule or a court of final jurisdiction determines that such provisions are invalid, but only if and to the extent that reservation of the City's right to do so would not prevent underwriters of the initial public offering of the Certificates from lawfully purchasing or selling Certificates in such offering. If the City so amends the provisions of this Article, it shall include with any amended financial information or operating data next provided in accordance with Section 13.01 an explanation, in narrative form, of the reasons for the amendment and of the impact of any change in the type of financial information or operating data so provided. ARTICLE XIII. ENGAGEMENT OF PROFESSIONALS The City Council hereby confirms the prior engagement of (1) Holland & Knight LLP, as Bond Counsel to the City and (2) RBC Capital Markets, Inc., as Financial Advisor to the City, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Certificates and (3) the engagement of Estrada Hinojosa & Company, Inc. (senior manager) and Huntington Securities, Inc. to serve together, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Certificates. ARTICLE XIV. MISCELLANEOUS Section 14.01. Changes to Ordinance. Bond Counsel is hereby authorized to make any changes to the terms of this Ordinance if necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes hereof or in connection with the approval of the issuance of the Certificates by the Attorney General of Texas. Section 14.02. Partial Invalidity. If any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this Ordinance shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability of such section, paragraph, clause or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance. Section 14.03, Repealer. All ordinances or resolutions, or parts thereof, heretofore adopted by the City and inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. Section 14.04. Individuals Not Liable. No covenant, stipulation, obligation or agreement herein contained shall be deemed to be a covenant, stipulation, obligation or agreement of any member of City Council or agent or employee of City Council or of the City in his or her individual capacity and neither the members of City Council nor any officer thereof, nor any agent or employee of City Council or of the City, shall be liable personally on the Certificates, or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof_ Section 14.05. Related Matters. To satisfy in a timely manner all of the City's obligations under this Ordinance, the Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem, the City Clerk and all other appropriate officers and agents of the City are hereby authorized and directed to do any and all things necessary and/or convenient in order to consummate the delivery of the Certificates, pay the costs of issuance on the Certificates, and effectuate the terms and purposes of this Ordinance. Section 14.06. Force and Effect. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its final passage, and it is so ordained. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on first and final reading this 28th day of September, ! 2021, with b members voting yes, b members voting no, and D members abstaining_ Robin Mouton, Mayor ATTEST: jim.-I ^ ^ �� u m L4G� oa Tina Broussard, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Jil►iit�'��l'. Tyrt C 00Pmr: EXHIBIT B FORM OF PAYING AGENUREGISTRAR AGREEMENT [Attached] PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR AGREEMENT between CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS and UMB BANK, N.A., HOUSTON, TEXAS Pertaining to City of Beaumont, Texas Certificates of Obligation, Series 2021 Dated as of October 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Recital... _.. _.. _........................................ _..... ...... _.. _..... ...... ...... _.. _............ _.. _.. .......................... l ARTICLE I APPOINTMENT OF BANK AS PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR Section 1.01. Appointment. ... _... _.._.._..,_.,_..,... _... .... ... ... .... ... ................................. .... _.. _.. _... _..._I Section 1.02. Compensation ..... --- _.,_._... ... _... _... ... ............ ................................. ... _.. _.. _... _.....I ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS Section2.01. Definitions_.._.. ... ,_.._..... .... ... .............................. ..........._............_.._..._.._..,_.._..._...2 ARTICLE III PAYING AGENT Section 3.01. Duties of Paying Agent ............. .................................. ......_...._.._.._.._..._..._.._............3 Section3.02. Payment Dates ..,_... ... ... ............ .................................. .._.._..._...._.._.__.._.._.._........_..3 ARTICLE IV REGISTRAR Section 4.01, Transfer and Exchange ..................... .... ... ...._...... ... ....... ............................................... 3 Section 4.02. The Certificates ..................................... .._..._........ ... ... _.._... ... ... ... .............................. 4 Section 4.03. Form of Register .......................... ..._.._.._.... ... ..... _...... _._... .......................................... 4 Section4.04. List of Owners ......................... ..._..._....... ............ _....... ........ ...................................... ..4 Section 4.05. Cancellation of Certificates ...................................... ....... ... ... ._.._..... .... _....................... 4 Section 4.06- Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost, or Stolen Certificates ... ._._..,_._... _.._....................................4 Section 4.07. "Transaction Information to Issuer ................... ............ ..... _.,.... ... ... .................... ........... 5 ARTICLE V THE BANK Section5.01. Duties of Bank ................................ ..._........ ............. _.._... ... ........................................... 5 Section 5.02. Reliance on Documents, Etc .. ........ .................................. .._........_.._.._..._.._.................5 Section5,03. Recitals of Issuer _._... ... ...................................... ............._.._..._......_.............................6 Section 5.04. May Hold Certificates. ... ..___.... ... ,... __,... .... ......................... ......_....... ........ _... _... .... _..6 Section 5.05. Money Held by Bank .._.... ... _..__,_..,_............................... ....... ........ _..__.__.._._.. _..__.6 Section5.06. Indemnification .._..,_.._..... _... .................................. .._...._._...._._.._.._..._.._.._............7 Section5.07. Interpleader......... ......................... ................. .... _... ._... _... _... __... _.............................. ......... .7 ARTICLE VI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Section6.01. Amendment .............. .._.... ... ._._... ..... ..................... .._...... ..._.._....... .... _... _................. 8 Section6.02- Assignment ................ _..... _.._... _.......................... .._....... __..._...-.._._... .... ................. 8 Section6.03. Notices..._................._............_.._..._..._............................................ ............................................. _.... _..._... _........... 8 Section 6.04. Bank to Give Notice of Change._..._...._ ........................................... _.. _.... _... _... _... ....... 8 Section 6.05. Anti -Boycott Verification ....... ... ... ._... _.... ..................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Section 6-06. Iran, Sudan and Foreign Terrorist Organizations _... ........ Error! Bookmark not defined. Section 6,07. Effect of Headings ........................ ......... ,... _................................... .. _.. _..... .... _... ... .... 12 Section 6-08, Successors and Assigns ..................... ...._.... ... _........................................... .........,_.._.. 12 Section6.09. Separability......_._ ... ............... ..............._.._.._.._..._................_... _...... _...__..._..._...... 12 Section 6. 10- Benefits of Agreement .............. .._..._..... _.._... ... ....... ................................. .... _... ....... 12 Section 6.11- Entire Agreement_ .... _._.._...................... ..._....... _... _._.._._ ........ ..................... ... _...._. 12 Section6.12. Counterparts ...... ....... _...... _.................... .._....___.._.._.._._........................ .......................... _...._..._ 12 Section6.13. Termination .............. .._........ _...... _................................ ............ _... ... ...................... .. 12 Section 6.14. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession ..... __..._...... ... ...................... ........_ 13 Section 6.15. Governing Law ....... ....... ........ _.._......................................... .... ... .... ... _..................... . 13 Section 6.16. Electronic Means ........ .._........ _... .......................... ......_...___......._.._..._...................._ 13 Section 6.17. Resignation or Removal of the Bank .................................. .._........ ..... ... .... .................. 14 EXECUTION...................... .._.._.._................................... ....... ........ .._................................. .. 12 Annex A - Schedule of Fees for Service as Paying Agent/Registrar PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR AGREEMENT THIS PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR AGREEMENT (the or this "Agreement'), dated as of , 2021, is by and between CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS (the "Issuer") and LIMB BANK, N.A., Houston, Texas (the "Bank"), a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America. WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized and provided for the issuance of its City of Beaumont, Texas Certificates of Obligation, Series 2021 (the "Certificates"), to be issued as registered securities without coupons; and WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Certificates the valid obligations of the Issuer, in accordance with their terms, will be taken upon the issuance and delivery thereof, WHEREAS, the Issuer desires that the Bank act as the Paying Agent of the Issuer in paying the principal, redemption premium, if any, and interest on the Certificates, in accordance with the terms thereof, and that the Bank act as Registrar for the Certificates; and WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and all things necessary to make this Agreement the valid agreement of the Issuer, in accordance with its terms, have been done; NOW, THEREFORE, it is mutually agreed as follows: ARTICLE APPOINTMENT OF BANK AS PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR Section I.I. Appointment. (a) The Issuer hereby appoints the Bank to act as Paying Agent with respect to the Certificates in paying to the Owners of the Certificates the principal, redemption premium, if any, and interest on all or any of the Certificates. (b) The Issuer hereby appoints the Bank as Registrar with respect to the Certificates. (c) The Bank hereby accepts its appointment, and agrees to act as, the Paying Agent and Registrar. Section 1.2. Comnensatton. (a) As compensation for the Bank's services as Paying Agent/Registrar, the Issuer hereby agrees to pay the Bank the fees and amounts set forth in Annex A. (b) In addition, the Issuer agrees to reimburse the Bank upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Bank in accordance with any of the provisions hereof, including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel. ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS Section 2.1. Definitions. The terms "Agreement," "Bank," "Certificates," and "Issuer" have the meanings assigned them in the recitals hereto. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned in the Certificate Ordinance (as hereinafter defined). For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms have the following meanings when used in this Agreement: "Bank Office" means the Bank's office in Houston, Texas. The Bank will notify the Issuer in writing of any change in location of the Bank Office. "Certificate Ordinance" means the ordinance of the City Council of the Issuer authorizing the issuance and delivery of the Certificates. "Financial Advisor" means Hilltop Securities Inc., and its successor in that capacity. "Issuer Request" and "Issuer Order" means a written request or order signed in the name of the Mayor of the Issuer, or any other authorized representative of the Issuer and delivered to the Bank. "Owner" means the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Register. "Paying Agent" means the Bank when it is performing the functions associated with the terms in this Agreement. "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or political subdivision of a government. "Predecessor Certificates" of any particular Certificate means every previous Certificate evidencing all or a portion of the same obligation as that evidenced by such particular Certificate (and, for the purposes of this definition, any Certificate registered and delivered under Section 4.06 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Certificate shall be deemed to evidence the same obligation as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Certificate). "Record Date" has the meaning assigned in the Certificate Ordinance. "Registef' means a register in which the Registrar shall provide for the registration and transfer of Certificates. "Responsible Officer" means, when used with respect to the Bank, the officer or officers of the Bank with in the corporate trust department having direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement. "Stated Maturity" means the date or dates specified in the Certificate Ordinance as the fixed date on which the principal of the Certificates is due and payable or the date fixed in accordance with the terms of the Certificate Ordinance for redemption of the Certificates, or any portion thereof, prior to the fixed maturity date. ARTICLE III PAYING AGENT Section 3.1. Duties of Paving Agent. (a) The Bank, as Paying Agent and on behalf of the Issuer, shall pay to the Owner, at the Stated Maturity and upon the surrender of the Certificate or Certificates so maturing at the Bank Office, the principal amount of the Certificate or Certificates then maturing, and redemption premium, if any, provided that the Bank shall have been provided by or on behalf of the Issuer adequate funds to make such payment. (b) The Bank, as Paying Agent and on behalf of the Issuer, shall pay interest when due on the Certificates to each Owner of the Certificates (or their Predecessor Certificates) as shown in the Register at the close of business on the Record Date, provided that the Bank shall have been provided by or on behalf of the Issuer adequate funds to make such payments. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall make such payments in accordance with the Certificate Ordinance by computing the amount of interest to be paid each Owner, preparing the checks, and mailing the checks (or other payment method allowed under the terms of the Certificate Ordinance) on each Interest Payment Date addressed to each Owner's address as it appears in the Register at the close of business on the Record Date. Section 3.2. Payment Dates. The Issuer hereby instructs the Bank to pay the principal of, redemption premium, if any, and interest on the Certificates at the dates specified in the Certificate Ordinance. ARTICLE IV REGISTRAR Section 4.1. Transfer and Exchange. (a) The Bank is hereby appointed `Registrar" for the purpose of registering and transferring the Certificates as herein provided. The Bank agrees to maintain the Register while it is Registrar. The Bank shall keep the Register at the Bank Office, and subject to such reasonable written regulations as the Issuer may prescribe, which regulations shall be famished to the Bank herewith or subsequent hereto by Issuer Order, the Bank shall provide for the registration and transfer of the Certificates. (b) The Certificates shall be subject to transfer and exchange as set forth in the Certificate Ordinance. Section 4.2. The Certificates, The Issuer shall provide an adequate inventory of unregistered Certificates to facilitate transfers. The Bank covenants that it will maintain the unregistered Certificates in safekeeping and will use reasonable care in maintaining such unregistered Certificates in safekeeping, which shall be not less than the care it maintains for debt securities of other governments or corporations for which it serves as registrar, or which it maintains for its own securities_ Section 4.3. Form of Register. (a) The Bank as Registrar will maintain the records of the Register in accordance with the Bank's general practices and procedures in effect from time to time. The Bank shall not be obligated to maintain such Register in any form other than a form which the Bank has currently available and currently utilizes at the time. (b) The Register may be maintained in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. Section 4.4. List of Owners. (a) The Bank will provide the Issuer at any time requested by the Issuer, upon payment of the cost, if any, of reproduction, a copy of the information contained in the Register. The Issuer may also inspect the information in the Register at any time the Bank is customarily open for business, provided that reasonable time is allowed the Bank to provide an up-to-date listing or to convert the information into written form. (b) The Bank will not release or disclose the content of the Register to any person other than to, or at the written request of, an authorized officer or employee of the Issuer, except upon receipt of a subpoena or court order or as otherwise required by law. Upon receipt of a subpoena or court order the Bank will notify the Issuer so that the Issuer may contest the subpoena or court order. Section 4.5. Cancellation of Certificates. All Certificates surrendered to the Bank for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange, or replacement, shall be promptly cancelled by it upon the making of proper records regarding such payment, transfer, exchange or replacement. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Bank for cancellation any Certificates previously certified or registered and delivered which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Certificates so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Bank. All cancelled Certificates held by the Bank shall be disposed of pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Section 4.6. Mutilated, Destroyed Lost, or Stolen Certificates. (a) Subject to the provisions and conditions of this Section 4.6, Sections 3.09, 3.10 and it l of the Certificate Ordinance, the Issuer hereby instructs the Bank to deliver fully registered Certificates in exchange for or in lieu of mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Certificates as long as the same does not result in an overissuance_ (b) The Issuer hereby accepts the Bank's current blanket bond for lost, stolen, or destroyed Certificates and any future substitute blanket bond for lost, stolen, or destroyed Certificates that the Bank may arrange, and agrees that the coverage under any such blanket bond is acceptable to it and meets the Issuer's requirements as to security or indemnity. The Bank need not notify the Issuer of any changes in the security or other company giving such bond or the terms of any such bond, provided that the amount of such bond is not reduced below the amount of the bond on the date of execution of this Agreement. The blanket bond then utilized by the Bank for lost, stolen, or destroyed Certificates by the Bank is available for inspection by the Issuer on request. Section 4.7. Transaction Information to Issuer. The Bank will, within a reasonable time after receipt of written request from the Issuer, furnish the Issuer information as to the Certificates it has paid pursuant to Section 3.1; Certificates it has delivered upon the transfer or exchange of any Certificates pursuant to Section 4.1; and Certificates it has delivered in exchange for or in lieu of mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Certificates pursuant to Section 4.6 of this Agreement. ARTICLE V THE BANK Section 5.1. Duties of Bank. The Bank undertakes to perform the duties set forth herein and in accordance with the Certificate Ordinance and agrees to use reasonable care in the performance thereof. The Bank hereby agrees to use the funds deposited with it for payment of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, and interest on the Certificates to pay the Certificates as the same shall become due and further agrees to establish and maintain all accounts and funds as may be required for the Bank to function as Paying Agent. Section 5.2. Reliance on Documents Etc. (a) The Bank may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and correctness of the opinions expressed therein, on certificates or opinions famished to the Bank. (b) The Bank shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Bank was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts. (e) No provisions of this Agreement shall require the Bank to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability for performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity satisfactory to it against such risks or liability is not assured to it. (d) The Bank may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any ordinance, resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, certificate, note, security, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing statement, the Bank need not examine the ownership of any Certificates, but is protected in acting upon receipt of Certificates containing an endorsement or instruction of transfer or power of transfer which appears on its face to be signed by the Owner or an attomey-in-fact of the Owner. The Bank shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in an ordinance, resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, certificate, note, security, or other paper or document supplied by Issuer. (e) 'the Bank is also authorized to transfer funds relating to the closing and initial delivery of the Certificates in the manner disclosed in the closing memorandum as prepared by the Issuer's Financial Advisor or other agents. The Bank may act on a facsimile or e-mail transmission of the closing memorandum acknowledged by the Financial Advisor or the Issuer as the final closing memorandum. The Bank shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Bank's reliance upon and compliance with such instructions. (f) The Bank may consult with counsel, and the written advice of such counsel or any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection with respect to any action taken, suffered, or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon. (g) "fhe Bank may exercise any of the powers hereunder and perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys of the Bank. Section 5.3. Recitals of Issuer. (a) The recitals contained herein and in the Certificate Ordinance shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Bank assumes no responsibility for their correctness. (b) The Bank shall in no event be liable to the Issuer, any Owner or Owners, or any other Person for any amount due on any Certificate except as otherwise expressly provided herein with respect to the liability of the Bank for its duties under this Agreement. Section 5.4. May Hold Certificates. The Bank, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the Owner or pledgee of Certificates and may otherwise deal with the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not the Paying Agent/Registrar, or any other agent. Section 5.5. Money Held by Bunk. (a) Money held by the Bank hereunder need not be segregated from any other funds provided appropriate accounts are maintained. (b) The Bank shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder. (e) Subject to the provisions of Title 6, Texas Property Code, any money deposited with the Bank for the payment of the principal, redemption premium, if any, or interest on any Certificate and remaining unclaimed for three years after final maturity of the Certificate has become due and payable will be paid by the Bank to the Issuer, and the Owner of such Certificate shall thereafter look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Bank with respect to such monies shall thereupon cease. (d) 'fhe Bank will comply with the reporting requirements of Chapter 74 of the Texas Property Code. (e) The Bank shall deposit any moneys received from the Issuer into a trust account to be held in a paying agent capacity for the payment of the Certificates, with such moneys in the account that exceed the deposit insurance, available to the Issuer, provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to be fully collateralized with securities or obligations that are eligible under the laws of the State of Texas and to the extent practicable under the laws of the United States of America to secure and be pledged as collateral for trust accounts until the principal and interest on the Certificates have been presented for payment and paid to the owner thereof. Payments made from such trust account shall be made by check drawn on such trust account unless the owner of such Certificates shall, at its own expense and risk, request such other medium of payment. Section 5.6. Indemnification. To the extent permitted by taw, the Issuer agrees to indemnify the Bank and its officers, directors, employees, and agents and save and them harmless from and against, any and all actions or suits, whether groundless or otherwise, and from any and against any and all loss, liability, or expense incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on their part arising out of or in connection with its acceptance or administration of the Bank's duties hereunder, and under Article IV of the Certificate Ordinance, including the cost and expense (including the reasonable counsel fees and expenses outside counsel engaged by the Bank; the Issuer shall not be responsible for the salary, expenses or any costs associated with counsel employed by the Bank or any affiliate, subsidiary or parent of the Bank) of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under this Agreement. Section 5.7. Interpleader. 'the Issuer and the Bank agree that the Bank may seek adjudication of any adverse claim, demands or controversy over its persons as well as funds on deposit in a court of competent jurisdiction within the State of Texas; waive personal service of any process; and agree that service of process by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the address set forth in this Agreement shall constitute adequate service. The Issuer and the Bank further agree that the Bank has the right to file a Bill of Interpleader in any court of competent jurisdiction within the State of Texas to determine the rights of any person claiming any interest herein. ARTICLE VI ENGAGEMENT OF PROFESSIONALS Section 6.1. Professionals. The City Council hereby confirms the prior engagement of (1) Holland & Knight LLP, as Bond Counsel to the City and (2) RBC Capital Markets LLC, as Financial Advisor to the City, in connection with the issuance and sate of the Bonds and (3) the engagement of Estrada Hinojosa & Company, Inc. to serve as the senior underwriter, acting on its own behalf and on behalf of, Huntington Securities, Inc., co -senior manager, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Certificates. ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Section 7.1. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended only by an agreement in writing signed by both of the parties hereof. Section 7.2. Assienment. This Agreement may not be assigned by either party without the prior written consent of the other. Section 7.3. Notices. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other document provided or permitted hereby to be given or furnished to the Issuer or the Bank shall be mailed or delivered to the Issuer or the Bank, respectively, at the addresses shown below: (a) if to the City of Beaumont, Texas Issuer: 1522 Texas Parkway Beaumont, Texas 77489 Attention: Mayor (b) if to the UMB Bank, N.A.Attendon: Corporate Trust Bank: Department Section 7.4. Bank to Give Notice of Change. The Bank hereby agrees that it will give notice to the Issuer, the Owners and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board of (a) any change in the time of the Bank after the date hereof, (b) any change in the Location of the Bank Office or a change in the mailing address of the Bank, and (e) any merger or other change in the corporate structure affecting the name, location and address of the Bank, in each case within ten (10) business days of the effective date of such change. Section 7.5. Anti -Boycott Verification, The Bank represents that, to the extent this Agreement constitutes a contract for goods or services within the meaning of Section 2271,002 of the Texas Government Code, as amended, solely for purposes of compliance with Chapter 2271 of the Texas Government Code, and subject to applicable federal law, including without limitation 50 U.S.C. Section 4607, the Bank, nor any wholly owned subsidiary, majority -owned subsidiary, parent company or affiliate of the Underwriters (i) boycotts Israel or (ii) will boycott Israel through the term of this Agreement. The terms "boycotts Israel" and "boycott IsraeP" as used in this paragraph mean refusing to deal with, terminating business activities with, or otherwise taking any action that is intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations specifically with Israel, or with a person or entity doing business in Israel or in an Israeli -controlled territory, but does not include an action made for ordinary business purposes. Section 7.6. Iran, Sudan and Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The Bank represents that, to the extent this Agreement constitutes a governmental contract within the meaning of Section 2252.151 of the Texas Government Code, as amended, solely for purposes of compliance with Section 2252.152 of the Texas Government Code, and except to the extent otherwise required by applicable federal law, the Bank, nor any wholly owned subsidiary, majority -owned subsidiary, parent company or affiliate of the Underwriters (i) engages in business with Iran or Sudan in violation of United States law, or any foreign terrorist organization as described in Chapter 808 of the Texas Government Code, or Subchapter F of Chapter 2252 of the Texas Government Code, or (h) is a company listed by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts under Sections 808.051, or 2252.153 of the Texas Government Code. The term "foreign terrorist organization' in this paaagraph means an organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States secretary of state as authorized by 8 U.S.C. Section 1189. Section 7.7. Anti-Boveott of Energy Companies. To the extent this Agreement constitutes a contract for goods or services for which a written verification is required under Section 2274.002 (as added by Senate Bill 13 in the 87th Texas Legislature, Regular Session), Texas Government Code, as amended, each of the Underwriters hereby verifies that it and its parent company, wholly- or majority -owned subsidiaries, and other affiliates, if any, do not boycott energy companies and will not boycott energy companies during the term of this Purchase Agreement. fhe foregoing verification is made solely to enable the Issuer to comply with such Section and to the extent such Section does not contravene applicable Texas or Federal law or the Texas Constitution. As used in the foregoing verification, "boycott energy companies," a term defined in Section 2274.001(1), Texas Government Code (as enacted by such Senate Bill) by reference to Section 809.001, Texas Government Code (also as enacted by such Senate Bilf ,shall mean, without an ordinary business purpose, refusing to deal with, terminating business activities with, or otherwise taking any action that is intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations with a company because the company (A) engages in the exploration, production, utilization, transportation, sale, or manufacturing of fossil fuel -based energy and does not commit or pledge to meet environmental standards beyond applicable federal and state law; or (B) does business with a company described by (A) above. Section 7.8. Anti-Bovcott Firearm Industry. To the extent this Agreement constitutes a contract for goods or services for which a written verification is required under Section 2274.002 (as added by Senate Bill 19 in the 87th Texas Legislature, Regular Session), Texas Government Code, as amended, each of the Underwriters hereby verifies that it and its parent company, wholly- or majority -owned subsidiaries, and other affiliates, if any, do not have a practice, policy, guidance, or directive that discriminates against a firearm entity or firearm trade association and will not discriminate against a firearm entity or firearm trade association during the term of this Agreement. The foregoing verification is made solely to enable the Issuer to comply with such Section and to the extent such Section does not contravene applicable Texas or Federal law or the Texas Constitution. Section 7.9. Definitions. As used in the foregoing verifications are the following definitions, (a) `discriminate against a firearm entity or firearm trade association,' a term defined in Section 2274.001(3), Texas Government Code (as enacted by such Senate Bill), (A) means, with respect to the firearm entity or firearm trade association, to (i) refuse to engage in the trade of any goods or services with the firearm entity or firearm trade association based solely on its status as a firearm entity or firearm trade association, (ii) refrain from continuing an existing business relationship with the firearm entity or firearm trade association based solely on its status as a firearm entity or firearm trade association, or (iii) terminate an existing business relationship with the frrearin entity or firearm trade association based solely on its status as a firearm entity or firearm trade association and (B) does not include (i) the established policies of a merchant, retail seller, or platform that restrict or prohibit the listing or selling of ammunition, firearms, or firearm accessories and (ii) a company's refusal to engage in the trade of any goods or services, decision to refrain from continuing an existing business relationship, or decision to terminate an existing business relationship (a i) to comply with federal, state, or local law, policy, or regulations or a directive by a regulatory agency or (bb) for any traditional business reason that is specific to the customer or potential customer and not based solely on an entity's or association's status as a firearm entity or firearm trade association, (b) `firearm entity,' a term defined in Section 2274.001(6), Texas Government Code (as enacted by such Senate Bill), means a manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, supplier, or retailer of firearms (defined in Section 2274.001(4), "fexas Government Code, as enacted by such Senate Bill, as weapons that expel projectiles by the action of explosive or expanding gases), firearm accessories (defined in Section 2274.001(5), Texas Government Code, as enacted by such Senate Bill, as devices specifically designed or adapted to enable an individual to wear, carry, store, or mount a firearm on the individual or on a conveyance and items used in conjunction with or mounted on a firearm that are not essential to the basic function of the firearm, including detachable firearm magazines), or ammunition (defined in Section 2274.001(1), Texas Government Code, as enacted by such Senate Bill, as a loaded cartridge case, primer, bullet, or propellant powder with or without a projectile) or a sport shooting range (defined in Section 250.001, Texas Local Government Code, as a business establishment, private club, or association that operates an area for the discharge or other use of firearms for silhouette, skeet, trap, black powder, target, self-defense, or similar recreational shooting), and (c) `firearm trade association,' a tern defined in Section 2274.001(7), Texas Government Code (as enacted by such Senate Bill), means any person, corporation, unincorporated association, federation, business league, or business organization that (i) is not organized or operated for profit (and none of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual), (it) has two or more firearm entities as members, and (iii) is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization described by Section 501(c) of that code. (d) As used in Sections 6.5-6.8, the Bank understands `affiliate' to mean an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Underwriter within the meaning of SEC Rule 405, 17 C.F.R. § 230.405, and exists to make a profit. Section 7.10. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. Section 7.11. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements herein by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. Section 7.12. Separability. If any provision herein shall be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. Section 7.13. Benefits of Agreement. Nothing herein, express or implied, shalt give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy, or claim hereunder. Section 7,14. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Certificate Ordinance constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto relative to the Bank acting as Paying Agent/Registrar, and if any conflict exists between this Agreement and the Certificate Ordinance, the Certificate Ordinance shall govern. Section 7.15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Section 7.16. Termination. (a) This Agreement will terminate on the date of final payment by the Bank issuing its checks for the final payment of principal, redemption premium, if any, and interest of the Certificates. (b) Phis Agreement may be earlier terminated upon 60 days written notice by either party; provided, that, no termination shall be effective until a successor has been appointed by the Issuer and has accepted the duties imposed by this Agreement. A resigning Paying Agent/Registrar may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Paying Agent/Registrar if an instmment of acceptance by a successor Paying Agent/Registrar has not been delivered to the resigning Paying Agent/Registrar within 60 days after the giving of notice of resignation. (c) The provisions of Section 1.02 and of Article V shall survive and remain in full force and effect following the termination of this Agreement. Section 7.17. Mercer Conversion, Consolidation or Succession. Any corporation into which the Bank may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion, or consolidation to which the Bank shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Bank shall be the successor of the Bank hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of either of the parties hereto; provided, however, that the resulting entity must qualify to serve as the Paying Agent/Registrar under the terms of the Certificate Ordinance and Texas law. In case any Certificate shall have been registered, but not delivered, by the Bank then in office, any successor by merger, conversion, or consolidation to such authenticating Bank may adopt such registration and deliver the Certificate so registered with the same effect as if such successor Bank had itself registered such Certificate. The Bank shall notify the Issuer of any changes described in this paragraph in accordance with Section 6.04. Section 7.18. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Texas. Section 7.19. Electronic Means. The Bank shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions ("Instructions") given pursuant to this Agreement and delivered using Electronic Means ("Electronic Means" shall mean the following communications methods: e-mail, facsimile transmission, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Bank, or another method or system specified by the Bank as available for use in connection with its services hereunder.); provided, however, that the Issuer shall provide to the Bank an incumbency certificate listing officers with the Issuer to provide such Instructions ("Authorized Officers") and containing specimen signatures of such Authorized Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the Issuer, whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Issuer elects to give the Bank Instructions using Electronic Means and the Bank in its discretion elects to act upon such Instructions, the Bank's understanding of such Instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Issuer understands and agrees that the Bank cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Bank shall conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Bank have been sent by such Authorized Officer. 'the Issuer shall be responsible for ensuring that only Authorized Officers transmit such Instructions to the Bank and that the Issuer and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Issuer. The Bank shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Bank's reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. To the extent allowed by law, the Issuer agrees: (i) to assume all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions to the Bank, including without limitation the risk of the Bank acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; (d) that it is frilly informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the Bank and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s) selected by the Issuer; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify the Bank immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures. Section 7.20. Resignation or Removal of the Bank. Any time, other than on a day during the forty-five (45) day period preceding any payment date for the issuer's Certificates, the Bank may resign by giving at least forty-five (45) days' prior written notice to the Issuer; and the Bank's agency shall be terminated and its duties shall cease upon expiration of such forty-five (45) days or such lesser period of time as shall be mutually agreeable to the Bank and the Issuer; provided, however, that no such termination shall be effective until a successor paying agent/registrar has assumed the duties of paying agenuregistrar for the Certificates. The Issuer agrees that it wilt use commercially responsible efforts to engage a replacement paying agent/registrar following the receipt of such notice. At any time, following at least forty-five (45) days' prior written notice (or such lesser period of time as shall be mutually agreeable to the Bank and the Issuer) from the Issuer, the Bank may be removed from its agency. Such removal shall become effective upon the expiration of the forty- five (45) day or agreed upon lesser time period, and upon payment to the Bank of all amounts payable to it in connection with its agency, provided, however, that no such termination shall be effective unless a successor paying agent/registrar has assumed the duties of paying agent/registrar with respect to the Certificates. In such event, the Bank shall deliver to the Issuer, or to the Issuer's designated representative, all Certificates and cash belonging to the Issuer and shall furnish to the Issuer, or to the Issuers designated representative, the register and all other pertinent books and records relating to the Certificates, including reasonably detailed information regarding the status of the Issuer's outstanding Certificates and copies of other pertinent records then in the Bank's possession, reasonably requested by the Issuer. /Signature Pages to Follow] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first written above. CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS By: \q Mayor ATTEST: By: Jim City Clerk UMB BANK, N.A., as Paying Agent/Registrar By: ANNEX A SCHEDULE OF FF,F.S FOR SERVICE AS PAYING AGENUREGISTRAR [Attached] EXHIBIT C DESCRIPTION OF ANNUAL DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION The following information is referred to in Article XII of this Ordinance. Annual Financial Statements and Operating Data The financial information and operating data with respect to the City to be provided annually in accordance with such Article are as specified (and included in the Appendix or other headings of the Official Statement referred to) below: The portions of the financial statements of the City appended to the Official Statement as Appendix B, but for the most recently concluded Fiscal Year. 2. The quantitative financial information and operating data with respect to the City of the general type included in the main text of the Official Statement is numbered Tables_ throughand through both inclusive. Accounting Principles The accounting principles referred to in such Article are the accounting principles described in the notes to the financial statements referred to in Paragraph I above, as such principles may be changed from time to time to comply with State law.