City of Tolleson GO 2025 - Bond Purchase Agreement 4917-2144-9255
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BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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April __, 2025
CITY OF TOLLESON, ARIZONA
c/o The Honorable Mayor and Council
Tolleson Civic Center
9055 W. Van Buren Street
Tolleson, Arizona 85353
The undersigned Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (the “Underwriter”) hereby
offers to enter into this Bond Purchase Agreement (this “Bond Purchase Agreement”) with the
City of Tolleson, Arizona (the “Issuer”), a municipal corporation duly organized and validly
existing under and pursuant to the laws of the State of Arizona (the “State” or “Arizona”), whereby
the Underwriter will purchase and the Issuer will sell the Bonds (as defined herein). The
Underwriter is making this offer subject to the acceptance by the Issuer at or before 11:59 P.M.,
Arizona Time, on the date hereof. If the Issuer accepts this Bond Purchase Agreement, this Bond
Purchase Agreement shall be in full force and effect in accordance with its terms and shall bind
both the Issuer and the Underwriter. The Underwriter may withdraw this Bond Purchase
Agreement upon written notice delivered by the Underwriter to the Issuer at any time before the
Issuer accepts this Bond Purchase Agreement.
1.
Purchase and Sale.
(a)
Upon the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations,
warranties and agreements herein set forth, the Underwriter hereby agrees to purchase from the
Issuer, and the Issuer hereby agrees to execute, sell and deliver to the Underwriter, all (but not less
than all) of the [$21,000,000] aggregate principal amount of “City of Tolleson, Arizona General
Obligation Bonds, Series 2025” (the “Bonds”), at the purchase price of $______________,
representing the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds less an Underwriter’s discount of
$___________ [plus net original issue premium of $____________] [less net original issue
discount of $_________]. The Underwriter intends to make an initial bona fide public offering of
the Bonds at a price or prices (or at a yield or yields) described in the Schedule attached hereto;
provided, however, the Underwriter reserves the right to change such initial public offering prices
(or yields) as the Underwriter deems necessary or desirable, in its sole discretion, in connection
with the marketing of the Bonds (but in all cases subject to the requirements of Section 4 hereof),
[$21,000,000]
CITY OF TOLLESON, ARIZONA
GENERAL OBLIGATION
BONDS, SERIES 2025
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and may offer and sell the Bonds to certain dealers, unit investment trusts and money market funds,
certain of which may be sponsored or managed by the Underwriter at prices lower than the public
offering prices (or yields greater than the yields) set forth therein (but in all cases subject to the
requirements of Section 4 hereof).
(b)
The Issuer acknowledges and agrees that with respect to the transaction
contemplated hereby: (i) the Underwriter is not acting as a municipal advisor within the meaning
of Section 15B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”); (ii) the
primary role of the Underwriter, as underwriter, is to purchase securities, for resale to investors, in
an arm’s length commercial transaction between the Issuer and the Underwriter and the
Underwriter has financial and other interests that differ from those of the Issuer; (iii) the
Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and is not acting as a municipal advisor, financial advisor
or fiduciary to the Issuer and has not assumed any advisory or fiduciary responsibility to the Issuer
(irrespective of whether the Underwriter has provided other services or is currently providing other
services to the Issuer on other matters); (iv) the only obligations the Underwriter has to the Issuer
expressly are set forth in this Bond Purchase Agreement; and (v) the Issuer has consulted its own
financial and/or municipal, legal, accounting, tax and other advisors, as applicable, to the extent it
has deemed appropriate.
2.
DESCRIPTION AND PURPOSE OF THE BONDS.
(a)
The Bonds have been authorized pursuant to Title 35, Chapter 3, Article 3,
Arizona Revised Statutes and the Arizona Constitution (collectively, the “Act”) and Resolution
No. ____ adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Issuer on March 25, 2025 (the “Bond
Resolution”). The Bonds shall be dated the date of delivery.
(b)
The proceeds of the sale of the Bonds will be used to (i) pay the costs of the
Project, and (ii) pay certain costs of execution and delivery of the Bonds.
(c)
The Bonds will be issued and secured under the provisions of the Act and
the Bond Resolution. The Bonds shall mature in the years, bear interest, produce the yields or
prices and be subject to redemption at the times and in the amounts, all as set forth in the Schedule
attached hereto.
3.
DELIVERY OF THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS.
(a)
The Issuer has approved and delivered or caused to be delivered to the
Underwriter copies of the Preliminary Official Statement dated March __, 2025, which, including
the cover page, the inside front cover page and all appendices thereto, is herein referred to as the
“Preliminary Official Statement.” It is acknowledged by the Issuer that the Underwriter may
deliver the Preliminary Official Statement and a final Official Statement (as defined herein)
electronically over the internet and in printed paper form. The Issuer deems the Preliminary
Official Statement final as of its date and as of the date hereof for purposes of Rule 15c2-12
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promulgated under the Exchange Act (“Rule 15c2-12”), except for any information which is
permitted to be omitted therefrom in accordance with paragraph (b)(1) of Rule 15c2-12.
(b)
Within seven (7) business days from the date hereof, and in any event not
later than the Closing Date (as defined herein), the Issuer shall deliver to the Underwriter a final
Official Statement relating to the Bonds dated the date hereof (such Official Statement, including
the cover page, the inside front cover page and all appendices attached thereto, together with all
information previously permitted to have been omitted by Rule 15c2-12 and any amendments or
supplements and statements incorporated by reference therein or attached thereto, as have been
approved by the Issuer, Bond Counsel (as defined herein) and the Underwriter, is referred to herein
as the “Official Statement”) and such additional conformed copies thereof as the Underwriter may
reasonably request in sufficient quantities to comply with Rule 15c2-12, rules of the Municipal
Securities Rulemaking Board (the “MSRB”) and to meet potential customer requests for copies of
the Official Statement. The Underwriter agrees to file a copy of the Official Statement, including
any amendments or supplements thereto prepared by the Issuer, with the MSRB on its Electronic
Municipal Market Access system, if required by MSRB Rule G-32. The Official Statement shall
be executed by and on behalf of the Issuer by an authorized officer of the Issuer. The Official
Statement shall be in substantially the same form as the Preliminary Official Statement and, other
than information previously permitted to have been omitted by Rule 15c2-12, the Issuer shall only
make such other additions, deletions and revisions in the Official Statement which are approved
by the Underwriter. The Issuer hereby agrees to deliver to the Underwriter an electronic copy of
the Official Statement in a form that permits the Underwriter to satisfy its obligations under the
rules and regulations of the MSRB and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
including in a word-searchable pdf format including any amendments thereto. The Issuer hereby
ratifies, confirms and consents to and approves the use and distribution by the Underwriter before
the date hereof of the Preliminary Official Statement and hereby authorizes and consents to the
use by the Underwriter of the Official Statement in connection with the public offering and sale of
the Bonds.
(c)
In order to assist the Underwriter in complying with Rule 15c2-12, the
Issuer will undertake, pursuant to the Continuing Disclosure Undertaking, to be dated the Closing
Date (the “Undertaking”), of the Issuer, to provide annual financial information and notices of the
occurrence of specified events. A description of the Undertaking is set forth in, and a form of such
undertaking is attached as APPENDIX D - “FORM OF CONTINUING DISCLOSURE
UNDERTAKING” to, the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement.
4.
ESTABLISHMENT OF ISSUE PRICE.
(a)
The Underwriter agrees to assist the Issuer in establishing the issue price of
the Bonds and shall execute and deliver to the Issuer at Closing an “issue price” or similar
certificate, substantially in the form of the Exhibit attached hereto, together with the supporting
pricing wires or equivalent communications, with such modifications as may be deemed
appropriate or necessary, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, the Issuer and Bond
Counsel, to accurately reflect, as applicable, the sales price or prices or the initial offering price or
prices to the public of the Bonds.
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(b)
[Except for the maturities set forth in the Schedule attached hereto,] the
Issuer represents that it will treat the first price at which 10% of each maturity of the Bonds (the
“10% Test”) is sold to the public as the issue price of that maturity. At or promptly after the
execution of this Bond Purchase Agreement, the Underwriter shall report to the Issuer the price or
prices at which the Underwriter has sold to the public each maturity of Bonds. [If at that time the
10% test has not been satisfied as to any maturity of the Bonds, the Underwriter agrees to promptly
report to the Issuer the prices at which Bonds of that maturity have been sold by the Underwriter
to the public. That reporting obligation shall continue, whether or not the Closing Date has
occurred, until either (i) all Bonds of that maturity have been sold or (ii) the 10% test has been
satisfied as to the Bonds of that maturity, provided that, the Underwriter’s reporting obligation
after the Closing Date may be at reasonable periodic intervals or otherwise upon request of the
Underwriter, the Issuer or Bond Counsel.] For purposes of this Section, if Bonds mature on the
same date but have different interest rates, each separate CUSIP number within that maturity will
be treated as a separate maturity of the Bonds.
[(c)
The Underwriter confirms that the Underwriter has offered the Bonds to the
public on or before the date of this Bond Purchase Agreement at the offering price or prices (the
“initial offering price”), or at the corresponding yield or yields, set forth in the Schedule attached
hereto, except as otherwise set forth therein. The Schedule attached hereto also sets forth, as of
the date of this Bond Purchase Agreement, the maturities, if any, of the Bonds for which the 10%
Test has not been satisfied and for which the Issuer and the Underwriter agrees that the restrictions
set forth in the next sentence shall apply, which will allow the Issuer to treat the initial offering
price to the public of each such maturity as of the sale date as the issue price of that maturity (the
“hold-the-offering-price rule”). So long as the hold-the-offering-price rule remains applicable to
any maturity of the Bonds, the Underwriter will neither offer nor sell unsold Bonds of that maturity
to any person at a price that is higher than the initial offering price to the public during the period
starting on the sale date and ending on the earlier of the following:
(i)
the close of the fifth (5th) business day after the sale date; or
(ii)
the date on which the Underwriter has sold at least 10% of that
maturity of the Bonds to the public at a price that is no higher than
the initial offering price to the public.]
The Underwriter will advise the Issuer promptly after the close of the fifth (5th) business day after
the sale date whether it has sold 10% of that maturity of the Bonds to the public at a price that is
no higher than the initial offering price to the public.
[(c)][(d)]
The Underwriter confirms that:
(i)
any selling group agreement and each third-party distribution
agreement relating to the initial sale of the Bonds to the public,
together with the related pricing wires, contains or will contain
language obligating each dealer who is a member of the selling
group and each broker-dealer that is a party to such third-party
distribution agreement, as applicable:
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(A) (i) to report the prices at which it sells to the public the
unsold Bonds of each maturity allocated to it until either all
Bonds of that maturity allocated to it have been sold or it is
notified by the Underwriter that the 10% Test has been
satisfied as to the Bonds of that maturity, provided that, the
reporting obligation after the Closing Date may be at
reasonable periodic intervals or otherwise upon request of
the Underwriter, and (ii) to comply with the hold-the-
offering-price rule, if applicable, in each case if and for so
long as directed by the Underwriter,
(B) to promptly notify the Underwriter of any sales of Bonds
that, to its knowledge, are made to a purchaser who is a
related party to an underwriter participating in the initial sale
of the Bonds to the public (each such term being used as
defined below), and
(C) to acknowledge that, unless otherwise advised by the dealer
or broker-dealer, the Underwriter shall assume that each
order submitted by the dealer or broker-dealer is a sale to the
public.
(ii)
any selling group agreement relating to the initial sale of the Bonds
to the public, together with the related pricing wires, contains or will
contain language obligating each dealer that is a party to a third-
party distribution agreement to be employed in connection with the
initial sale of the Bonds to the public to require each broker-dealer
that is a party to such third-party distribution agreement to (A) report
the prices at which it sells to the public the unsold Bonds of each
maturity allocated to it, whether or not the Closing Date has
occurred, until either all Bonds of that maturity allocated to it have
been sold or it is notified by the Underwriter that the 10% Test has
been satisfied as to the Bonds of that maturity, provided that, the
reporting obligation after the Closing Date may be at reasonable
periodic intervals or otherwise upon request of the Underwriter or
dealer and (B) comply with the hold-the-offering-price rule, if
applicable, in each case if and for so long as directed by the
Underwriter or the dealer and as set forth in the related pricing wires.
[(d)][(e)] The Issuer acknowledges that, in making the representations set forth in
this section, the Underwriter will rely on (i) in the event a selling group has been created in
connection with the initial sale of the Bonds to the public, the agreement of each dealer who is a
member of the selling group to comply with the requirements for establishing issue price of the
Bonds, including, but not limited to, its agreement to comply with the hold-the-offering-price rule,
if applicable to the Bonds, as set forth in a selling group agreement and the related pricing wires,
and (ii) in the event that a third-party distribution agreement was employed in connection with the
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initial sale of the Bonds to the public, the agreement of each broker-dealer that is a party to such
agreement to comply with the requirements for establishing issue price of the Bonds, including,
but not limited to, its agreement to comply with the hold-the-offering-price rule, if applicable, as
set forth in the third-party distribution agreement and the related pricing wires. The Issuer further
acknowledges that the Underwriter shall not be liable for the failure of any dealer who is a member
of a selling group, or of any broker-dealer that is a party to a third-party distribution agreement, to
comply with its corresponding agreement to comply with the requirements for establishing issue
price of the Bonds, including, but not limited to, its agreement to comply with the hold-the-
offering-price rule, if applicable to the Bonds.
[(e)][(f)] The Underwriter acknowledges that sales of any Bonds to any person that
is a related party to an underwriter participating in the initial sale of the Bonds to the public (each
such term being used as defined below) shall not constitute sales to the public for purposes of this
section. Further, for purposes of this section:
(i)
“public” means any person other than an underwriter or a related
party to an underwriter,
(ii)
“underwriter” means (A) any person that agrees pursuant to a
written contract with the Issuer (or with the lead underwriter to form
an underwriting syndicate) to participate in the initial sale of the
Bonds to the public and (B) any person that agrees pursuant to a
written contract directly or indirectly with a person described in
clause (A) to participate in the initial sale of the Bonds to the public
(including a member of a selling group or a party to a third-party
distribution agreement participating in the initial sale of the Bonds
to the public),
(iii)
a purchaser of any of the Bonds is a “related party” to an underwriter
if the underwriter and the purchaser are subject, directly or
indirectly, to (i) at least 50% common ownership of the voting
power or the total value of their stock, if both entities are
corporations (including direct ownership by one corporation of
another), (ii) more than 50% common ownership of their capital
interests or profits interests, if both entities are partnerships
(including direct ownership by one partnership of another), or (iii)
more than 50% common ownership of the value of the outstanding
stock of the corporation or the capital interests or profit interests of
the partnership, as applicable, if one entity is a corporation and the
other entity is a partnership (including direct ownership of the
applicable stock or interests by one entity of the other), and
(iv)
“sale date” means the date of execution of this Bond Purchase
Agreement by all parties.
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[[(f)/(g)] Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any reporting obligation
with respect to maturities subject to the hold-the-offering-price rule will terminate at the end of
the Holding Period (as defined in the form of Issue Price Certificate attached as the Exhibit hereto)
even if such date is prior to the Closing Date.]
5.
ISSUER’S REPRESENTATIONS. The Issuer represents to and agrees with the
Underwriter that:
(a)
The Issuer is duly organized and validly existing, with full legal right, power
and authority to issue, sell and deliver the Bonds to the Underwriter pursuant to the Bond
Resolution and the Act, to levy, collect and receive ad valorem property taxes and make a pledge
of such taxes for the payment of debt service on the Bonds, and to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations, as the case may be, under this Purchase Agreement, the Undertaking, the Bond
Registrar and Paying Agent Agreement with respect to the Bonds, to be dated as of ________ 1,
2025 (the “Bond Registrar and Paying Agent Agreement”), by and between the Issuer and
______________ (the “Paying Agent”), as such agent (collectively, the “Issuer Documents”), and
the Bonds, and to perform and consummate all obligations and transactions required or
contemplated by each of the Issuer Documents and the Official Statement.
(b)
The Bond Resolution approving and authorizing the execution and delivery
by the Issuer of the Issuer Documents and the offering, sale and issuance of the Bonds upon the
terms set forth herein and in the Official Statement, was duly adopted at a meeting of the Mayor
and Council of the Issuer called and held pursuant to law and with all public notice required by
law and at which a quorum was present and acting throughout, and is in full force and effect and
has not been amended or repealed.
(c)
The Bonds conform to the description thereof contained in the Preliminary
Official Statement and the Official Statement, and the Bonds, when duly issued and authenticated
in accordance with the Bond Resolution and delivered to the Underwriter as provided herein, will
be validly issued and outstanding obligations of the Issuer, entitled to the benefits of the Bond
Resolution and payable from the sources therein specified.
(d)
The Issuer has executed and delivered or will execute and deliver on or
before the Closing Date, each of the Issuer Documents. Each of the Issuer Documents constitutes,
or will, as of the Closing Date, constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
application of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and from the application of general principles
of equity and from public policy limitations on the exercise of any rights to indemnification and
contribution (collectively, “Creditors’ Rights Laws”). Each of the Issuer Documents has been
executed and delivered or will be executed and delivered on or before the Closing Date, by each
respective signatory and is currently in full force and effect or, as of the Closing Date, will be in
full force and effect.
(e)
The Issuer is not in any material respect in breach of or default under any
constitutional provision, law or administrative regulation of the State or of the United States or
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any agency or instrumentality of either, or of any other governmental agency, or any Material
Judgment or Agreement (as defined herein), and no event has occurred and is continuing which
with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default or event of
default under any Material Judgment or Agreement; and the adoption of the Bond Resolution, the
sale and execution and delivery of the Bonds and the execution and delivery of the Issuer
Documents and compliance with and performance of the Issuer’s obligations therein and herein
will not in any material respect conflict with, violate or result in a breach of or constitute a default
under, any such constitutional provision, law, administrative regulation or any Material Judgment
or Agreement, nor will any such execution, delivery, adoption or compliance result in the creation
or imposition of any lien, charge or other security interest or encumbrance of any nature
whatsoever upon any of the property or assets of the Issuer (except as described in or contemplated
by the Issuer Documents and the Official Statement) or under the terms of any such law,
administrative regulation or Material Judgment or Agreement. As used herein, the term “Material
Judgment or Agreement” means any judgment or decree or any loan agreement, indenture, bond,
note or resolution or any material agreement or other instrument to which the Issuer is a party or
to which the Issuer or any of its property or assets is otherwise subject (including, without
limitation, the Act, the Bond Resolution and the Issuer Documents).
(f)
All approvals, consents and orders of any governmental authority, board,
agency, council, commission or other body having jurisdiction (including with respect to the
requirements of Section 35-501(B), Arizona Revised Statutes) which would constitute a condition
precedent to, or the absence of which would materially adversely affect, the performance by the
Issuer of its obligations hereunder and under the Issuer Documents have been obtained; provided,
that the Issuer makes no representations as to any approvals, consents or other actions which may
be necessary to qualify the Bonds for offer and sale under Blue Sky or other state securities laws
or regulations.
(g)
Any certificates executed by any officer of the Issuer and delivered to the
Underwriter pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall be deemed a representation and
warranty of the Issuer as to the accuracy of the statements therein made and as to the authority of
the representative to deliver such certificates and make such representation.
(h)
Between the date hereof and the time of the Closing and to the extent it may
legally agree to do so pursuant to applicable law, the Issuer shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Underwriter, offer or issue in any material amount any bonds, notes or other
obligations for borrowed money, or incur any material liabilities, direct or contingent, except in
the course of normal business operations of the Issuer or except for such borrowings as may be
described in or contemplated by the Official Statement.
(i)
The financial statements of the Issuer as of June 30, 2024, fairly represent
the receipts, expenditures, assets, liabilities and cash balances of such amounts and, insofar as
presented, other funds of the Issuer as of the dates and for the periods therein set forth. Except as
disclosed in the Official Statement or otherwise disclosed in writing to the Underwriter, there has
not been any materially adverse change in the financial condition of the Issuer or in its operations
since June 30, 2024, and there has been no occurrence, circumstance or combination thereof which
is reasonably expected to result in any such materially adverse change.
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(j)
Except for information which is permitted to be omitted pursuant to
Rule 15c2-12, the information contained in the Preliminary Official Statement (excluding
therefrom any information regarding DTC (as defined herein) and the information under the
heading “UNDERWRITING,” as to which no representations or warranties are made), as of its
date and as of the date hereof was and is true and correct in all material respects and did not and
does not contain any untrue or misleading statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
(k)
The Official Statement is, as of its date and at all times after the date of the
Official Statement (excluding therefrom any information regarding DTC and the information
under the heading “UNDERWRITING,” as to which no representations or warranties are made)
up to and including the Closing Date will be, true and correct in all material respects and will not
contain any untrue or misleading statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
(l)
If the Official Statement is supplemented or amended, at the time of each
supplement or amendment thereto and (unless subsequently again supplemented or amended) at
all times subsequent thereto up to and including that date that is 25 days from the “end of the
underwriting period” as defined in Rule 15c2-12 (unless the Underwriter notifies the Issuer by the
Closing Date of an unsold balance, in which case the “underwriting period” shall be deemed to
end on the Closing Date), the Official Statement as so supplemented or amended will be true and
correct in all material respects and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
(m)
If between the date of the Official Statement and the Closing any event shall
occur which might or would cause the information contained in the Official Statement, as then
supplemented or amended, to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, the Issuer shall notify the Underwriter thereof, and if, in the
opinion of the Underwriter, such event requires the preparation and publication of a supplement
or amendment to the Official Statement, the Issuer shall promptly (and in any event before the
Closing) prepare and furnish (at the expense of the Issuer) a reasonable number of copies of an
amendment of or supplement to the Official Statement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriter.
(n)
Except as described in the Preliminary Official Statement and Official
Statement, no litigation, proceeding or official investigation of any governmental or judicial body
is pending against the Issuer or against any other party of which the Issuer has notice or, to the
knowledge of the Issuer, threatened against the Issuer: (i) seeking to restrain or enjoin the sale,
issuance or delivery of any of the Bonds, or the payment or collection of any amounts pledged or
to be pledged to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds; (ii) in any way contesting or
affecting any authority for the issuance of the Bonds or the validity or binding effect of any of the
Issuer Documents; (iii) which is in any way contesting the creation, existence, powers or
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jurisdiction of the Issuer or the validity or effect of the Bond Resolution or the Act or any provision
thereof or the application of the proceeds of the Bonds; (iv) contesting in any way the completeness
or accuracy of the Preliminary Official Statement or the Official Statement or any supplement or
amendment thereto; or (v) which, if adversely determined, could materially adversely affect the
financial position or operating condition of the Issuer or the transactions contemplated by the
Preliminary Official Statement and Official Statement or any of the Issuer Documents. The Issuer
shall advise the Underwriter promptly of the institution of any proceedings known to it by any
governmental agency prohibiting or otherwise affecting the use of the Preliminary Official
Statement or the Official Statement in connection with the offering, sale or distribution of the
Bonds.
(o)
Except as described in the Official Statement, during the last five years, the
Issuer has not failed to materially comply with any previous undertaking relating to continuing
disclosure of information pursuant to Rule 15c2-12.
(p)
Except as described in the Official Statement, the Issuer, to the best of its
knowledge, has never been and is not in default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any,
or interest on, or otherwise is not nor has it been in default with respect to, any bonds, notes, or
other obligations which it has issued, assumed or guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium,
if any, or interest.
All representations, warranties and agreements of the Issuer shall remain operative and in full force
and effect, regardless of any investigations made by the Underwriter or on the Underwriter’s
behalf, and shall survive the delivery of the Bonds.
6.
UNDERWRITER’S REPRESENTATIONS. The Underwriter represents to and agrees
with the Issuer that:
(a)
The Underwriter is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.
(b)
This Bond Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Underwriter and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the
Issuer, is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Underwriter enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as the enforceability of this Bond Purchase Agreement may be limited by
application of Creditors’ Rights Laws.
(c)
The Underwriter is licensed by and registered with the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority as a broker-dealer and the MSRB as a municipal securities dealer.
(d)
The Underwriter and its parent company, wholly or majority-owned
subsidiaries, and other affiliates, if any, are not currently engaged in, or for the duration of this
Bond Purchase Agreement will not engage in, a boycott of goods or services from the State of
Israel; companies doing business in or with the State of Israel or authorized by, licensed by, or
organized under the laws of the State of Israel; or persons or entities doing business in the State of
Israel. The Underwriter understands that “boycott” means refusing to deal with, terminating
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business activities with, or otherwise taking any action that is intended to penalize, inflict
economic harm on, or limit commercial relations, but does not include an action made for ordinary
business purposes.
7.
CLOSING.
The date of the payment for and delivery of the Bonds (such payment and delivery and the
other actions contemplated hereby to take place at the time of such payment and delivery of the
Bonds herein sometimes called the “Closing”) shall be at 8:00 A.M., Arizona Time, on April __,
2025, or at such other time or date as the Underwriter and the Issuer may mutually agree upon as
the date and time of the Closing (the “Closing Date”), the Issuer will cause to be delivered to the
Underwriter, at the offices of Greenberg Traurig, LLP (“Bond Counsel”), or at such other place as
the Underwriter and the Issuer may mutually agree upon, the Bonds, through the facilities of The
Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (“DTC”), duly executed and authenticated, and
the other documents specified in Section 8. At the Closing, (i) upon satisfaction of the conditions
herein specified, the Underwriter shall accept the delivery of the Bonds, and pay the purchase price
therefor in federal funds payable to the order of the Issuer, and (ii) the Issuer shall deliver or cause
to be delivered the Bonds to the Underwriter through the facilities of DTC in definitive or
temporary form, duly executed by the Issuer and in the authorized denominations as specified by
the Underwriter at the Closing and the Issuer shall deliver the other documents hereinafter
mentioned. The Bonds shall be made available to the Underwriter at least one (1) business day
before the Closing Date for purposes of inspection.
8.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
The Underwriter has entered into this Bond Purchase Agreement in reliance upon the
representations and agreements of the Issuer contained herein and the performance by the Issuer
of its Bonds hereunder, both as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. The Underwriter’s
obligations under this Bond Purchase Agreement are and shall be subject to the following
additional conditions:
(a)
The representations and agreements of the Issuer contained herein shall be
true, complete and correct in all material respects on the date of acceptance hereof and on and as
of the Closing Date.
(b)
At the time of the Closing, the Official Statement, the Bond Resolution, the
Bonds and the Issuer Documents shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been amended,
modified or supplemented except as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter.
(c)
The Issuer shall perform or have performed all of its obligations required
under or specified in the Bond Resolution, the Bonds, the Issuer Documents and the Official
Statement to be performed at or prior to the Closing.
(d)
The Issuer shall have delivered to the Underwriter the Official Statement by
the time, and in the numbers, required by Section 3 of this Bond Purchase Agreement.
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(e)
As of the date hereof and at the time of Closing, all necessary official action
of the Issuer relating to the Bonds, the Issuer Documents and the Official Statement shall have
been taken and shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been amended, modified or
supplemented in any material respect.
(f)
After the date hereof, up to and including the time of the Closing, there shall
not have occurred any change in or particularly affecting the Issuer, the Act, the Bond Resolution,
the Bonds or the Issuer Documents, as the foregoing matters are described in the Preliminary
Official Statement and the Official Statement, which in the reasonable professional judgment of
the Underwriter materially impairs the investment quality of the Bonds.
(g)
At or prior to the Closing, the Underwriter shall receive the transcript of
proceedings of the Issuer relating to the issuance of the Bonds, including, but not limited to, the
following documents (in each case with only such changes as the Underwriter shall approve):
(i)
The approving opinion of Bond Counsel relating to the Bonds, dated
the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached as Appendix C
to the Official Statement, and, if not otherwise directly addressed to
the Underwriter, a reliance letter with respect thereto addressed to
the Underwriter;
(ii)
The supplemental opinion of Bond Counsel, addressed to the
Underwriter, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
(A)
the Bond Resolution and the Issuer Documents have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of
the Bond Registrar and Paying Agent Agreement and this
Purchase Agreement by the other parties thereto, are legal
valid and binding obligations of the Issuer enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to customary exceptions
for Creditors’ Rights Laws and subject to annual
appropriation to provide for the costs of compliance
therewith with respect to the Undertaking;
(B)
The information contained in the Preliminary Official
Statement and the Official Statement in the tax caption on
the cover page thereof, under the headings entitled [“THE
BONDS,” “SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT
OF
THE
BONDS,”
“TAX
EXEMPTION”
and
“CONTINUING
DISCLOSURE”
(excluding
any
statements about the Issuer’s compliance with previous
continuing disclosure undertakings) therein, in Appendices
C and D thereto as it relates to the Bond Resolution and the
Issuer Documents fairly and accurately summarizes the
information which it purports to summarize and the
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information contained in “RELATIONSHIP AMONG
PARTIES” relating to Bond Counsel] is correct in all
material respects, and, based solely on Bond Counsel’s
participation in the transaction as Bond Counsel, nothing has
come to the attention of Bond Counsel that would lead Bond
Counsel to believe that the information and statements in the
Preliminary Official Statement, as of its date and as of the
date of sale of the Bonds, and the Official Statement, as of
its date and as of the date of such supplemental opinion,
contained or contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided that, no view need be expressed as to the financial
statements of the Issuer, any other financial, forecast,
technical or statistical data, and any information in the
Preliminary Official Statement or the Official Statement
respecting DTC; and
(C)
The Bonds are not subject to the registration requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)
and the Bond Resolution is exempt from qualification
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
“Trust Indenture Act”);
(iii)
The opinion of Ballard Spahr LLP, counsel to the Underwriter, dated
the date of the Closing and addressed to the Underwriter, and
covering such matters as the Underwriter may reasonably request;
(iv)
A certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by an authorized officer
of the Issuer to the effect that: (a) the representations and
agreements of the Issuer contained herein are true and correct in all
material respects as of the date of the Closing; (b) the Bonds and the
Issuer Documents have been duly authorized and executed and are
in full force and effect; (c) except as described in the Preliminary
Official Statement and the Official Statement no litigation is
pending or, to his or her knowledge, threatened (i) seeking to
restrain or enjoin the issuance or delivery of the Bonds, (ii) in any
way contesting or affecting any authority for the issuance of the
Bonds or the validity of the Bonds, the Bond Resolution or any
Issuer Document or the levy, collection and pledge of ad valorem
property taxes as described in the Bond Resolution imposed and
levied or to be imposed and levied to pay debt service with respect
to the Bonds, or the imposition thereof, (iii) in any way contesting
the creation, existence or powers of the Issuer or the validity or
effect of the Act or any provision thereof or the application of the
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proceeds of the Bonds, or (iv) which, if adversely determined, could
materially adversely affect the financial position or operating
condition of the Issuer or the transactions contemplated by the
Preliminary Official Statement, as of its date and as of the date
hereof, and the Official Statement, as of its date and as of the Closing
Date, or the Bonds or any Issuer Document; (d) no authority or
proceedings for the issuance of the Bonds has been repealed,
revoked or rescinded and no petition or petitions to revoke or alter
the authorization to issue the Bonds has been filed with or received
by such authorized officer; (e) the Preliminary Official Statement,
as of its date and as of the date hereof, and the Official Statement,
as of its date and as of the Closing Date, are true and correct in all
material respects and do not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, except no review has been made of
any information in the Preliminary Official Statement or the Official
Statement regarding DTC and the information under the heading
“UNDERWRITING”; (f) the financial statements of the Issuer as of
June 30, 2024, fairly represent the receipts, expenditures, assets,
liabilities and cash balances of such amounts and, insofar as
presented, other funds of the Issuer as of the dates and for the periods
therein set forth; (g) except as disclosed in the Preliminary Official
Statement and the Official Statement, since June 30, 2024, no
materially adverse change has occurred, or any development
involving a prospective material change, in the financial position or
results of operations of the Issuer and the Issuer has not incurred
since June 30, 2024, any material liabilities other than in the
ordinary course of business or as set forth in or contemplated by the
Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement; and (h)
the Issuer has complied with all agreements and satisfied all the
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the
Closing
(v)
Executed or certified copies of each of the Issuer Documents;
(vi)
A tax certificate of the Issuer, in form satisfactory to Bond Counsel,
executed by such officials of the Issuer as shall be satisfactory to the
Underwriter;
(vii)
A certified copy of the Bond Resolution;
(viii) Specimen Bonds;
(ix)
A counterpart original of the Official Statement manually executed
on behalf of the Issuer by an authorized officer of the Issuer;
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(x)
Evidence satisfactory to the Underwriter that S&P Global Ratings,
a division of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC has
assigned a rating for the Bonds of “__” (the “Rating”), and that the
Rating is then in effect;
(xi)
Evidence that the Issuer has caused or will cause to be filed the
Report of Bond and Security Issuance Pursuant to Section 35-
501(B), Arizona Revised Statutes;
(xii)
Evidence that a Form 8038-G relating to the Bonds has been
executed by the Issuer and will be filed with the Internal Revenue
Service within the applicable time limit;
(xiii) A copy of the Issuer’s executed Blanket Letter of Representation to
DTC; and
(xiv) Such
additional
legal
opinions,
certificates,
proceedings,
instruments and other documents as the Underwriter, counsel to the
Underwriter or Bond Counsel may reasonably request to evidence
compliance by the Issuer with legal requirements, the truth and
accuracy, as of the time of Closing, of the representations of the
Issuer herein contained and the due performance or satisfaction by
the Issuer at or prior to such time of all agreements then to be
performed and all conditions then to be satisfied by the Issuer.
9.
TERMINATION.
If the Issuer shall be unable to satisfy the conditions of the Underwriter’s obligations
contained in this Bond Purchase Agreement or if the Underwriter’s obligations shall be terminated
for any reason permitted by this Bond Purchase Agreement, this Bond Purchase Agreement may
be cancelled by the Underwriter at, or at any time before, the time of the Closing. Notice of such
cancellation shall be given by the Underwriter to the Issuer in writing, or by telephone confirmed
in writing. The performance by the Issuer of any and all conditions contained in this Bond
Purchase Agreement for the benefit of the Underwriter may be waived by the Underwriter.
(a)
The Underwriter shall also have the right, before the time of Closing, to
cancel its obligations to purchase the Bonds, by written notice (or by telephone confirmed in
writing) by the Underwriter to the Issuer, if between the date hereof and the time of Closing, in the
Underwriter’s sole and reasonable judgment any of the following events shall occur (each
hereinafter referred to as a “Termination Event”):
(i)
the market price or marketability of the Bonds, or the ability of the
Underwriter to enforce contracts for the sale of the Bonds, shall be
materially adversely affected by any of the following events:
(A)
legislation shall have been enacted by the Congress of the
United States or the legislature of the State or shall have been
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favorably reported out of committee of either body or be
pending in committee of either body, or shall have been
recommended to the Congress for passage by the President
of the United States or a member of the President’s Cabinet,
or a decision shall have been rendered by a court of the
United States or the State or the Tax Court of the United
States, or a ruling, resolution, regulation or temporary
regulation, release or announcement shall have been made
or shall have been proposed to be made by the Treasury
Department of the United States or the Internal Revenue
Service, or other federal or state authority with appropriate
jurisdiction, with respect to federal or state taxation upon
interest received on obligations of the general character of
the Bonds; or
(B)
there shall have occurred (1) an outbreak or escalation of
hostilities or the declaration by the United States of a
national emergency or war, or (2) any other calamity or crisis
in the financial markets of the United States or elsewhere or
the escalation of such calamity or crisis; or
(C)
a general suspension of trading on the New York Stock
Exchange or other major exchange shall be in force, or
minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been
fixed and be in force, or maximum ranges for prices for
securities shall have been required and be in force on any
such exchange, whether by virtue of determination by that
exchange or by order of the SEC or any other governmental
authority having jurisdiction; or
(D)
legislation shall have been enacted by the Congress of the
United States or shall have been favorably reported out of
committee or be pending in committee, or shall have been
recommended to the Congress for passage by the President
of the United States or a member of the President’s Cabinet,
or a decision by a court of the United States shall be
rendered, or a ruling, regulation, proposed regulation or
statement by or on behalf of the SEC or other governmental
agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter shall be
made, to the effect that any obligations of the general
character of the Bonds, the Bond Resolution or the Issuer
Documents, or any comparable securities of the Issuer, are
not exempt from the registration, qualification or other
requirements of the Securities Act or Trust Indenture Act or
otherwise, or would be in violation of any provision of the
federal securities laws; or
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(E)
except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Official
Statement, any material adverse change in the affairs of the
Issuer shall have occurred; or
(F)
any rating on general obligation bonds of the Issuer is
reduced or withdrawn or placed on credit watch with
negative outlook by any major credit rating agency; or
(ii)
any event or circumstance shall exist that either makes untrue or incorrect
in any material respect any statement or information in the Official Statement (other than any
statement provided by the Underwriter) or is not reflected in the Official Statement but should be
reflected therein in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading and, in either such event, the Issuer refuses to permit the
Official Statement to be supplemented to supply such statement or information, or the effect of the
Official Statement as so supplemented is to materially adversely affect the market price or
marketability of the Bonds or the ability of the Underwriter to enforce contracts for the sale of the
Bonds; or
(iii)
a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or State
authorities having jurisdiction and be in force; or
(iv)
a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services
affecting the Bonds shall have occurred; or
(v)
any new restriction on transactions in securities materially affecting the
market for securities (including the imposition of any limitation on interest rates) or the extension
of credit by, or a charge to the net capital requirements of, underwriters shall have been established
by the New York Stock Exchange, the SEC, any other federal or State agency or the Congress of
the United States, or by Executive Order; or
(vi)
a decision by a court of the United States shall be rendered, or a stop order,
release, regulation or no-action letter by or on behalf of the SEC or any other governmental agency
having jurisdiction of the subject matter shall have been issued or made, to the effect that the
offering, sale or issuance of the Bonds, including the underlying obligations as contemplated by
this Bond Purchase Agreement or by the Official Statement, or any document relating to the
offering, sale or issuance of the Bonds, is or would be in violation of any provision of the federal
securities laws at the Closing Date, including the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust
Indenture Act.
(b)
Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event and the termination of this Bond
Purchase Agreement by the Underwriter, all obligations of the Issuer and the Underwriter under
this Bond Purchase Agreement shall terminate, without further liability.
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10.
AMENDMENTS TO OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
During the period commencing on the date of the Official Statement and ending twenty-
five (25) days from the “end of the underwriting period” (as defined in Rule 15c2-12) the Issuer
shall advise the Underwriter if any event relating to or affecting the Official Statement shall occur
as a result of which it may be necessary or appropriate to amend or supplement the Official
Statement in order to make the Official Statement not misleading in light of the circumstances
existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or “potential customer” (as defined for purposes
of Rule 15c2-12). If the Official Statement is supplemented or amended, at the time of each
supplement or amendment thereto and at all times subsequent thereto up to and including that date
that is 25 days from the end of the underwriting period, the Official Statement as supplemented or
amended will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and shall amend or supplement the
Official Statement (in form and substance satisfactory to counsel to the Underwriter) so that the
Official Statement will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. The expenses of preparing such amendment or supplement
shall be borne by the Issuer. For the purpose of this Section, the Issuer will furnish to the
Underwriter such information with respect to itself as the Underwriter may from time to time
reasonably request.
11.
EXPENSES.
(a)
Whether or not the Bonds are sold to the Underwriter, the Underwriter shall
be under no obligation to pay any expenses incident to the performance of the Issuer’s obligations
hereunder. If the Bonds are delivered by the Issuer to the Underwriter, the Issuer shall pay, from
the proceeds of the Bonds or from other funds of the Issuer, the following expenses: (i) the cost of
preparing, duplicating or printing, mailing and delivering the Issuer Documents, including the cost
of electronically distributing the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement and
any amendment or supplement of either; (ii) the cost of preparation and printing of the definitive
Bonds; (iii) the fees and expenses of the Issuer, the Paying Agent, Bond Counsel, counsel to the
Underwriter, and any entity performing continuing disclosure compliance research or providing
continuing disclosure compliance reports and any other experts or consultants retained by the
Issuer; (iv) the charges of any rating agency with respect to the Bonds; (v) reimbursement to the
Underwriter for payment of any fees and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the
initial offering, sale and delivery of the Bonds, including but not limited to industry fees (e.g.,
DTC, DAC, IPREO, CUSIP and Day Loan fees) only if the Issuer and Underwriter have previously
discussed and approved the allocation of proceeds towards these fees, and meal and travel expenses
of Issuer personnel, but not including entertainment expenses or those to be paid by the
Underwriter pursuant to the last paragraph of this Section 11, and (vi) all other fees and expenses,
not including entertainment expenses, reasonably incurred in connection with the preparation of
the Issuer Documents and/or the initial offering, sale and delivery of the Bonds. The Issuer has
authorized, and does hereby authorize, the Underwriter to pay certain of such expenses on behalf
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of the Issuer from proceeds of the Bonds at Closing as further described in the closing
memorandum relating to the Bonds.
(b)
If the Bonds are sold to the Underwriter by the Issuer, the Issuer shall pay out
of the proceeds of the Bonds the discount of the Underwriter or the purchase price paid for the Bonds
shall reflect such discount.
(c)
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 11, the Underwriter shall pay
the cost, if any, of qualifying the Bonds for sale in the various states chosen by the Underwriter, all
advertising expenses in connection with the public offering of the Bonds and all other expenses
incurred by it in connection with its public offering and distribution of the Bonds, not described
above.
12.
USE OF DOCUMENTS.
The Issuer hereby authorizes the Underwriter to use, in connection with the public offering
and sale of the Bonds, this Bond Purchase Agreement, the Preliminary Official Statement, the
Official Statement and the Issuer Documents, and the information contained herein and therein.
13.
QUALIFICATION OF SECURITIES.
The Issuer will furnish such information, execute such instruments and take such other
action in cooperation with the Underwriter as the Underwriter may reasonably request to qualify
the Bonds for offer and sale under the Blue Sky or other securities laws and regulations of such
states and other jurisdictions of the United States as the Underwriter may designate and to provide
for the continuance of such qualification; provided, however, that the Issuer will not be required
to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file any general or special consents to service of process
under the laws of any state.
14.
NOTICES.
Any notice or other communication to be given to the Issuer under this Bond Purchase Agreement
may be given by delivering the same in writing to City of Tolleson, Tolleson Civic Center, 9055
W. Van Buren Street, Tolleson, Arizona 85353, Attention: City Manager, and any such notice or
other communication to be given to the Underwriter may be given by delivering the same in writing
to the following address:
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
Suite 300
2801 East Camelback Road
Phoenix, Arizona 85016
Attention: Mark Reader, Managing Director
15.
BENEFIT.
This Bond Purchase Agreement is made solely for the benefit of the Issuer and the
Underwriter (including their successors or assigns), and no other person, partnership, association
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or corporation shall acquire or have any right hereunder or by virtue hereof. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all of the agreements and representations of the Issuer contained in this
Bond Purchase Agreement and in any certificates delivered pursuant hereto shall remain operative
and in full force and effect regardless of: (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the
Underwriter; (ii) delivery of and payment for the Bonds hereunder; or (iii) any termination of this
Bond Purchase Agreement, other than pursuant to Section 9 (and in all events the agreements of
the Issuer pursuant to Section 11 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the
termination of this Bond Purchase Agreement under Section 9 hereof).
16.
GOVERNING LAW. THIS BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT SHALL BE
DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT UNDER, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA.
17.
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE ISSUER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT
TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
18.
MISCELLANEOUS.
(a)
This Bond Purchase Agreement contains the entire agreement between the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all oral statements, prior writings and
representations with respect thereto.
(b)
If any section, paragraph, subdivision, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Bond Purchase Agreement shall for any reason be held illegal or unenforceable, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Bond Purchase Agreement. The
parties to this Bond Purchase Agreement declared they would have executed this Bond Purchase
Agreement and each and every other section, paragraph, subdivision, sentence, clause and phrase
of this Bond Purchase Agreement, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
paragraphs, subdivisions, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Bond Purchase Agreement may be
held to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable. If any provision of this Bond Purchase Agreement
contains any ambiguity which may be construed as either valid or invalid, the valid construction
shall be adopted.
(c)
This Bond Purchase Agreement may be executed in several counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original hereof.
(d)
To the extent applicable by provision of law, this Bond Purchase Agreement
is subject to cancellation pursuant to Section 38-511, Arizona Revised Statutes, the provisions of
which are incorporated herein by this reference.
(e)
The electronic signature of a party to this Bond Purchase Agreement shall
be as valid as an original signature of such party and shall be effective to bind such party to this
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Bond Purchase Agreement. For purposes hereof: (i) “electronic signature” means a manually
signed original signature that is then transmitted by electronic means, electronic images of
handwritten signatures and digital signatures provided by DocuSign, Orbit, Adobe Sign or any
other electronic signature provider acceptable to the Underwriter; and (ii) “transmitted by
electronic means” means sent in the form of a facsimile or sent via the internet as a portable
document format (pdf) or other replicating image attached to an electronic mail or internet
message.
[Signature page follows.]
[Signature page to Bond Purchase Agreement]
Very truly yours,
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY,
INCORPORATED
.......................................................................
Mark Reader, Managing Director
Approved and Agreed to: April __, 2025, at ____ P.M.
CITY OF TOLLESON, ARIZONA
By ..................................................................
Printed Name: .............................................
Title: ............................................................
Schedule-1
SCHEDULE
[$21,000,000]
CITY OF TOLLESON, ARIZONA
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 2025
Maturity Dates
(July 1)
Principal
Amounts
Interest
Rates
Yields
____________________
* Yield calculated to first optional redemption date: July 1, 203_.
Optional Redemption. The Bonds maturing before or on July 1, 203_, will not be subject
to redemption prior to their stated maturity dates. The Bonds maturing on or after July 1, 203_,
will be subject to redemption prior to their stated maturity dates, at the option of the Issuer, in
whole or in part on July 1, 203_, or on any date thereafter, by the payment of a redemption price
equal to the principal amount of each Bond redeemed plus interest accrued to the date fixed for
redemption, without premium.
Schedule-2
Mandatory Redemption. The Bonds maturing on July 1, 204_, will be redeemed on July 1
of the following years and in the following principal amounts at a price equal to the principal
amount thereof plus interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, without premium:
Bonds Maturing July 1, 204_
Redemption Date
(July 1)
Principal
Amount
20__ (maturity)
A-1
EXHIBIT
FORM OF ISSUE PRICE CERTIFICATE
$21,000,000
CITY OF TOLLESON, ARIZONA
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 2025
The undersigned, on behalf of Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (“Stifel”) hereby
certifies as set forth below with respect to the sale and issuance of the above-captioned Bonds (the
“Bonds”).
1.
Bond Purchase Agreement. On April __, 2025 (the “Sale Date”), Stifel and City of
Tolleson, Arizona (the “Issuer”) executed a Bond Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Contract”)
in connection with the sale of the Bonds. Stifel has not modified the Purchase Contract since its
execution on the Sale Date.
2.
Price.
(a)
As of the date of this Certificate, for each [Maturity] [of the __________
Maturities] of the Bonds, the first price or prices at which at least 10% of [each] such Maturity of
the Bonds was sold to the Public (the “10% Test”) are the respective prices listed in Schedule A
attached hereto.
(b)
[To be used if not using Hold-the-Offering-Price Rule and 10% was
not sold for all Maturities] [** With respect to each of the __________ Maturities of the
Bonds:
(i)
As of the date of this Certificate, Stifel has not sold at least 10% of
the Bonds of these Maturities at any price or prices.
(ii)
As of the date of this Certificate, Stifel reasonably expects that the
first sale to the Public of Bonds of these Maturities will be at or
below the respective price or prices listed on the attached Schedule
A as the “Reasonably Expected Sale Prices for Undersold
Maturities.”
(iii)
Stifel will provide actual sales information (substantially similar to
the information contained on Schedule B) as to the price or prices at
which the first 10% of each such Maturity (i.e., the Undersold
Maturity or Maturities) is sold to the Public.
(iv)
On the date the 10% Test is satisfied with respect to all Maturities
of the Bonds, Stifel will execute a supplemental certificate
substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule C with respect
to any remaining Maturities for which the 10% Test has not been
satisfied as of the Closing Date.**]
A-2
(b)
[To be used if using Hold-the-Offering-Price Rule] [Alternative 1 - All
Maturities Use Hold-the-Offering-Price Rule: Stifel offered the Bonds to the Public for
purchase at the respective initial offering prices listed in Schedule A (the “Initial Offering Prices”)
on or before the Sale Date. A copy of the pricing wire or equivalent communication for the Bonds
is attached to this certificate as Schedule B.] [Alternative 2 - Select Maturities Use Hold-the-
Offering-Price Rule: Stifel offered the Hold-the-Offering-Price Maturities to the Public for
purchase at the respective initial offering prices listed in Schedule A (the “Initial Offering Prices”)
on or before the Sale Date. A copy of the pricing wire or equivalent communication for the Bonds
is attached to this certificate as Schedule B.]
[Alternative 1 - All Maturities use Hold-the-Offering-Price Rule: As set forth
in the Purchase Contract, Stifel has agreed in writing that, (i) for each Maturity of the Bonds, it
would neither offer nor sell any of the Bonds of such Maturity to any person at a price that is higher
than the Initial Offering Price for such Maturity during the Holding Period for such Maturity (the
“hold-the-offering-price rule”), and (ii) any selling group agreement shall contain the agreement
of each dealer who is a member of the selling group, and any retail distribution agreement shall
contain the agreement of each broker-dealer who is a party to the retail distribution agreement, to
comply with the hold-the-offering-price rule. Pursuant to such agreement, no Underwriter (as
defined below) has offered or sold any Maturity of the Bonds at a price that is higher than the
respective Initial Offering Price for that Maturity of the Bonds during the Holding Period.
[Alternative 2 - Select Maturities Use Hold-the-Offering-Price Rule: As set forth in the
Purchase Contract, Stifel has agreed in writing that, (i) for each Maturity of the Hold-the-Offering-
Price Maturities, it would neither offer nor sell any of the Bonds of such Maturity to any person at
a price that is higher than the Initial Offering Price for such Maturity during the Holding Period
for such Maturity (the “hold-the-offering-price rule”), and (ii) any selling group agreement shall
contain the agreement of each dealer who is a member of the selling group, and any retail
distribution agreement shall contain the agreement of each broker-dealer who is a party to the retail
distribution agreement, to comply with the hold-the-offering-price rule. Pursuant to such
agreement, no Underwriter (as defined below) has offered or sold any Maturity of the Hold-the-
Offering-Price Maturities at a price that is higher than the respective Initial Offering Price for that
Maturity of the Bonds during the Holding Period.]
3.
Defined Terms.
(a)
[Hold-the-Offering-Price Maturities means those
Maturities of the Bonds listed in Schedule A hereto as the “Hold-the-Offering-
Price Maturities.”]
(b)
[Holding Period means, with respect to a Hold-the-Offering-
Price Maturity, the period starting on the Sale Date and ending on the earlier of (i)
the close of the fifth business day after the Sale Date ([DATE]), or (ii) the date on
which Stifel has sold at least 10% of such Hold-the-Offering-Price Maturity to the
Public at prices that are no higher than the Initial Offering Price for such Hold-the-
Offering-Price Maturity.]
(c)
Issuer means City of Tolleson, Arizona.
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(d)
Maturity means Bonds with the same credit and payment
terms. Bonds with different maturity dates, or Bonds with the same maturity date
but different stated interest rates, are treated as separate Maturities.
(e)
Public means any person (including an individual, trust,
estate, partnership, association, company, or corporation) other than an Underwriter
or a related party to an Underwriter. The term “related party” for purposes of this
certificate generally means any two or more persons who have greater than 50
percent common ownership, directly or indirectly.
(f)
Sale Date means the first day on which there is a binding
contract in writing for the sale of a Maturity of the Bonds. The Sale Date of the
Bonds is May __, 2025.
(g)
Underwriter means (i) any person that agrees pursuant to a
written contract with the Issuer (or with the lead underwriter to form an
underwriting syndicate) to participate in the initial sale of the Bonds to the Public,
and (ii) any person that agrees pursuant to a written contract directly or indirectly
with a person described in clause (i) of this paragraph to participate in the initial
sale of the Bonds to the Public (including a member of a selling group or a party to
a third party distribution agreement participating in the initial sale of the Bonds to
the Public).
The representations set forth in this certificate are limited to factual matters only. Nothing
in this certificate represents Stifel’s interpretation of any laws, including specifically Sections 103
and 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations
thereunder. The undersigned understands that the foregoing information will be relied upon by
the Issuer with respect to certain of the representations set forth in the Tax Certificate of the Issuer
dated [Closing Date] and with respect to compliance with the federal income tax rules affecting
the Bonds, and by Bond Counsel, in connection with rendering its opinion that the interest on the
Bonds is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes, the preparation of the
Internal Revenue Service Form 8038-G, and other federal income tax advice that it may give to
the Issuer from time to time relating to the Bonds.
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY,
INCORPORATED, as underwriter
By:
Mark Reader
By: ____________________________________
[underwriter]
Dated: April __, 2025
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SCHEDULE A
Actual Sales Information as of Closing Date
Maturity/CUSIP
(July 1)
Coupon
Date Sold
Time Sold
Par Amount
Sale Price
The aggregate issue price of all maturities of the Bonds is $__________.
[**Reasonably Expected Sales Prices for Undersold Maturities as of Closing Date
Maturity/CUSIP
Coupon
Par Amount
Offering Prices
**]
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SCHEDULE B
[Actual Sales for Undersold Maturities as of the Closing Date
Maturity/CUSIP
Date Sold
Time Sold
Par Amount
Sale Price
**]
[PRICING WIRE OR EQUIVALENT COMMUNICATION]
(Attached)
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SCHEDULE C
SUPPLEMENTAL ISSUE PRICE CERTIFICATE
[$21,000,000]
CITY OF TOLLESON, ARIZONA
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 2025
The undersigned, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (“Stifel”), hereby certifies as
set forth below with respect to the sale and issuance of the above-captioned Bonds (the “Bonds”).
1.
Issue Price.
(a)
Stifel sold at least 10% of the _______ Maturities of the Bonds to the Public
at the price or prices shown on the Issue Price Certificate dated as of the Closing Date (the “10%
Test”). With respect to each of the ______ Maturities of the Bonds, Stifel had not satisfied the
10% Test as of the Closing Date (the “Undersold Maturities”).
(b)
As of the date of this Supplemental Certificate, Stifel has satisfied the 10%
Test with respect to the Undersold Maturities. The first price or prices at which at least 10% of
each such Undersold Maturity was sold to the Public are the respective prices listed on the Exhibit
attached hereto.
2. Defined Terms.
(a)
Issuer means City of Tolleson, Arizona.
(b)
Maturity means Bonds with the same credit and payment terms. Bonds with
different maturity dates, or Bonds with the same maturity date but different stated interest rates,
are treated as separate Maturities.
(c)
Public means any person (including an individual, trust, estate, partnership,
association, company, or corporation) other than an Underwriter or a related party to an
Underwriter. The term “related party” for purposes of this certificate generally means any two or
more persons who have greater than 50 percent common ownership, directly or indirectly.
(d)
Underwriter means (i) any person that agrees pursuant to a written contract
with the Issuer (or with the lead Underwriter to form an underwriting syndicate) to participate in
the initial sale of the Bonds to the Public, and (ii) any person that agrees pursuant to a written
contract directly or indirectly with a person described in clause (i) of this paragraph to participate
in the initial sale of the Bonds to the Public (including a member of a selling group or a party to a
retail distribution agreement participating in the initial sale of the Bonds to the Public).
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The representations set forth in this certificate are limited to factual matters only. Nothing
in this certificate represents Stifel’s interpretation of any laws, including specifically Sections 103
and 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations
thereunder. The undersigned understands that the foregoing information will be relied upon by
the Issuer with respect to certain of the representations set forth in the Tax Certificate of the Issuer
dated [closing date] and with respect to compliance with the federal income tax rules affecting the
Bonds, and by Bond Counsel, in connection with rendering its opinion that the interest on the
Bonds is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes, the preparation of the
Internal Revenue Service Form 8038-G, and other federal income tax advice that it may give to
the Issuer from time to time relating to the Bonds.
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY,
INCORPORATED, as underwriter
By:_______________________________
Mark Reader
By:_______________________________
[underwriter]
Dated: April __, 2025
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EXHIBIT
TO
SUPPLEMENTAL ISSUE PRICE CERTIFICATE**