Guam § 1 - Definitions.
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§ 1. Definitions.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in
THIS Section shall for all purposes of THIS Indenture, and of any
indenture supplemental hereto and of any certificate, opinion or
other document herein mentioned, have the meanings herein
specified, to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural
forms of any of the terms herein defined.
Act
Act means Section____ of Title 5, Guam Code Annotated, as
amended, and as it may from time to time hereafter be amended
or supplemented with respect to the Bonds.
Annual Debt Service
Annual Debt Service means, as of any date of calculation, the
sum of (1) the interest falling due on then Outstanding Bonds
(assuming that all then Outstanding Serial Bonds are retired on
their respective maturity dates and that all then Outstanding Term
Bonds are retired at the times of and in amounts provided for by
the Mandatory Sinking Account Payments applicable to such
Term Bonds), (2) the principal amount of then Outstanding Serial
Bonds falling due by their terms, and (3) the aggregate amount of
all Mandatory Sinking Account Payments required; all as
computed for any Bond Year.
Bond Expense Fund
Bond Expense Fund means the fund by that name established
pursuant to § 5.01.
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Bond Expenses
Bond Expenses means the fees and expenses of the
Fiduciaries, fees for any Credit Facility, including any instrument
designated by a Supplemental Indenture as providing
supplemental credit support for a Series of Bonds, Costs of
Issuance not paid from the proceeds of Bonds, expenses of any
audit report provided pursuant to § 6.06 hereof, fees for any
Opinion of Counsel, and any other casts or expenses designated
as Bond Expenses by a Supplemental indenture.
Bond Fund
Bond Fund means the fund by that§ name established
pursuant to § 5.01.
Bond Reserve Fund
Bond Reserve Fund means the fund by that name established
pursuant to § 5.01.
Bond Reserve Fund Requirement
Bond Reserve Fund Requirement means (a) for any date of
calculation, an amount equal to the least of (i) Maximum Annual
Debt Service, (ii) ten percent (10%) of the proceeds received from
the sale of the Series then having Bonds Outstanding, or (iii) one
hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of average Annual Debt
Service on the Series then having Bonds Outstanding; or (b) such
greater amount as may be specified by Supplemental Indenture
providing for the issuance of a Series of Bonds; which in each case
may be satisfied in whole or in part by a Credit Facility as
provided in § 5.04.
Bond Year
Bond Year means the period of twelve consecutive months
ending on __________ in any year in which Bonds are or will be
Outstanding.
Bonds, Serial Bonds, Term Bonds, 1997 Series A Bonds
Bonds means the Government of Guam Limited Obligation
Infrastructure Improvement Bonds, authorized by, and at any time
Outstanding pursuant to, THIS Indenture.
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Serial Bonds means the Bonds, falling due by their terms on
specified dates, for which no Mandatory Sinking Account
Payments are provided.
Term Bonds means the Bonds payable at or before their
specified maturity date or dates from Mandatory Sinking Account
Payments established for that purpose and calculated to retire such
Bonds on or before their specified maturity date or dates.
1997 Series A Bonds means the Government of Guam
Limited Obligation Infrastructure Improvement Bonds, 1997
Series A, issued hereunder.
Business Day
Business Day means any day on which banks in the cities in
which the Principal Offices of the Trustee and each Credit
Provider are located are not required or authorized to close and on
which the New York Stock Exchange is not closed.
Certificate. Order Request, Requisition, or Statement of the
Government
Certificate, Order, Request, Requisition and Statement mean,
respectively, a written certificate, order, request, requisition or
statement executed by the Governor, the Director of
Administration or such other person as may be designated and
authorized by the Governor to sign for the Government. Any such
instrument and supporting opinions or representations, if any,
may, but need not, be combined in a single instrument with any
other instrument, opinion or representation, and the two or more
so combined shall be read and construed as a single instrument. If
and to the extent required by § 1.02, each such instrument shall
include the statements provided for in § 1.02.
Code
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and
reference to any section or other provision thereof shall include
any successor provision and any regulations thereunder.
Construction Fund
Construction Fund means the fund by that name created
pursuant to § 3.03.
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Costs of Issuance
Costs of Issuance means all items of expense directly or
indirectly payable by or reimbursable to the Government and
related to the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the
Bonds, including but not limited to advertising costs, Bond and
official statement printing costs, costs of preparation and
reproduction of documents, filing and recording fees, initial fees
and charges of the Trustee, the Depositary and the Registrar, legal
fees and charges, fees and disbursements of consultants and
professionals, Rating Agency fees, fees and charges for
preparation,, execution, transportation and safekeeping of Bonds
and any other cost, charge or fee in connection with the original
issuance of Bonds.
Credit Agreement
Credit Agreement means any agreement between the
Government and a Credit Provider pursuant to which such Credit
Provider agrees to provide a Credit Facility.
Credit Facility
Credit Facility means the [Municipal Bond Insurance
Policy], dated not later than the date of initial issuance and
delivery of the 1997 Series A Bonds, issued by the Credit Provider
for the 1997 Series A Bonds, or any substitute therefor permitted
hereby, and any other insurance policy, surety bond, letter of
credit or other instrument designated by a Supplemental Indenture
as providing supplemental credit support for a Series of Bonds.
Any Credit Facility delivered with respect to a Series of Bonds in
substitution for the Credit Facility theretofore in effect with
respect to such Series must (i) be delivered to the Trustee before
the stated expiration date of the Credit Facility theretofore in
effect; and (ii) be accompanied, upon such delivery to the Trustee,
by a written statement of each Rating Agency to the effect that the
rating then assigned by such Rating Agency to such Series will
not be reduced or withdrawn as a result of such substitution.
Credit Provider
Credit Provider means [AMBAC Indemnity Corporation] or
the issuer of any substitute Credit Facility, and any other person,
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firm or entity designated in a Supplemental Indenture as providing
supplemental credit support for a Series of Bonds.
Depositary
Depositary means [Depositary], a [_______] banking
[corporation] organized under the laws of the _______________,
or its successor, as Depositary hereunder as provided in § 8.01.
Director of Administration
Director of Administration means the Director of
Administration of the Government of Guam or any successor to
the rights, powers and obligations thereof under the Act with
respect to the Bonds.
Event of Default
Event of Default means any of the events specified in § 7.01.
Fiduciaries
Fiduciaries means the Trustee, the Depositary, the Registrar
and any Paying Agents.
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year means the period beginning on October 1 of each
year and ending on the next succeeding September 30, or any
other twelve-month period hereafter selected and designated as
the official fiscal year period of the Government.
Government
Government means the Government of Guam or any
successor to the rights, powers and obligations thereof under the
Act with respect to the Bonds.
Governor
Governor means the Governor of Guam or any successor to
the rights, powers and obligations thereof under the Act with
respect to the Bonds.
Holder or Bondholder
Holder or Bondholder means the person in whose name a
Bond is registered.
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Hotel Room Taxes
Hotel Room Taxes means the taxes now imposed by Section
_____ of Title _____, Guam Code Annotated, as amended,
together with all other hotel room taxes hereafter required to be
levied under the Act and THIS Indenture for the payment of the
Bonds, the interest thereon, Bond Expenses and for the
maintenance of the Bond Reserve Fund.
Indenture
Indenture means THIS Indenture, as originally executed or
as it may from time to time be supplemented, modified or
amended by any Supplemental Indenture.
Independent
Independent means, when used with respect to any given
person, that such person (who may be selected and paid by the
Government) is acceptable to the Trustee and (1) is in fact
independent and not under domination of the Government; (2)
does not have any substantial interest, direct or indirect, with the
Government; and (3) is not connected with the Government as an
officer or employee of the Government, but who may be regularly
retained to provide services to the Government.
Independent Consultant
Independent Consultant means any Independent certified
public accountant, Independent engineer or other Independent
consultant, who is in any case experienced in the preparation of
feasibility studies for use in connection with the financing of
infrastructure improvements.
Infrastructure Improvement Projects
Infrastructure Improvement Projects means any project
described in Section ________(a)(3) of the Act.
Interest Payment Date
Interest Payment Date means May 15 and November 15 of
each year, commencing _________.
Investment Securities
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Investment Securities means any investment securities which
at the time are legal investments under the laws of the Government
of Guam for moneys held hereunder and then proposed to be
invested therein.
Legislature
Legislature means the Legislature of Guam or any successor
to the rights, powers and obligations thereof under the Act with
respect to the Bonds.
Mandatory Sinking Account Payment
Mandatory Sinking Account Payment means, as of any date
of calculation with respect to any Series of Bonds, the amount
required by THIS Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture to be
paid by the Government on a given date for the retirement of Term
Bonds of such Series.
Maximum Annual Debt Service
Maximum Annual Debt Service means, for any date of
calculation, Annual Debt Service computed for the Bond Year
thereafter in which such amount shall be largest.
Opinion of Counsel
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion addressed to the
Government of nationally recognized bond counsel (who may be
counsel for the Government) selected by the Government. If and
to the extent required by the provisions of § 1.02, each Opinion of
Counsel shall include the statements provided for in § 1.02.
Outstanding
Outstanding, when used as of any particular time with
reference to Bonds, means (subject to the provisions of § 11.09)
all Bonds theretofore, or thereupon being, authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee under THIS Indenture except (1) Bonds
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or surrendered to the Trustee
for cancellation; (2) Bonds with respect to which all liability of
the Government shall have been discharged in accordance with
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