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EXHIBIT 4.3
EXECUTION COPY
 
 
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST INDENTURE
THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
OF THE COUNTY OF PIMA,

as Issuer
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
$54,135,000
The Industrial Development Authority
of the County of Pima
Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds
(Global Water Resources, LLC Project)
Series 2007
Dated as of November 1, 2007
 
 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
        Page
 
           
ARTICLE I
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS
 
           
Section 1.01.
  Supplemental Indenture     2  
 
           
Section 1.02.
  Definitions     2  
 
           
Section 1.03.
  Proposed Amendment to Definitions of “Debt Service Coverage Ratio” and “Maximum Annual Debt Service”     3  
 
           
ARTICLE II
AUTHORIZATION AND TERMS OF THE SERIES 2007 BONDS
 
           
Section 2.01.
  The Series 2007 Bonds; Issuance and Terms     5  
 
           
Section 2.02.
  Optional and Mandatory Redemption     7  
 
           
Section 2.03.
  Partial Redemption     10  
 
           
Section 2.04.
  Election to Redeem     10  
 
           
Section 2.05.
  Notice of Redemption     11  
 
           
Section 2.06.
  Payment of Redeemed Bonds     11  
 
           
Section 2.07.
  Delivery of Moneys for Optional Redemption     11  
 
           
Section 2.08.
  Variation of Redemption Provisions     12  
 
           
Section 2.09.
  Initial Delivery of the Series 2007 Bonds; Deposit of Proceeds     12  
 
           
Section 2.10.
  Creation of the Series 2007 Project Fund     13  
 
           
Section 2.11.
  Disbursements from and Records of Series 2007 Project Fund     13  
 
           
Section 2.12.
  Completion of the Series 2007 Project     13  
 
           
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS; COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS OF ISSUER
 
           
Section 3.01.
  Covenants and Agreements of the Issuer     14  
 
           
Section 3.02.
  Observance and Performance of Covenants, Agreements, Authority and Actions     15  
 
           
Section 3.03.
  Enforcement of Issuer’s Obligations     16  
 
           
Section 3.04.
  Reliance by Issuer on Facts or Certificates, Limitations on Actions     16  
 
           
Section 3.05.
  Immunity of Issuer’s Directors, Officers, Counsel, Financial Advisors, and Agents     16  
 
           
Section 3.06.
  No Pecuniary Liability of the Issuer     17  
 
           
Section 3.07.
  Acceptance by Trustee of Duties Under Agreement     17  

 


 

             
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ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS
 
           
Section 4.01.
  Effect of First Supplemental Indenture     18  
 
           
Section 4.02.
  Severability     18  
 
           
Section 4.03.
  Contrary Provisions Deleted     18  
 
           
Section 4.04.
  Execution in Several Counterparts     18  
 
           
Section 4.05.
  Conflict of Interest     18  
 
           
Section 4.06.
  Binding Effect     18  
 
           
EXHIBIT A
  FORM OF SERIES 2007 BOND        

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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST INDENTURE
     THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST INDENTURE, dated as of November 1, 2007 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), is by and between THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF PIMA (the “Issuer”), a nonprofit corporation designated as a political subdivision of the State of Arizona (the “State”) incorporated with the approval of the County of Pima (the “County”) pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State and under Title 35, Chapter 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Trustee”), a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States of America, and authorized to exercise corporate trust powers in the State of Arizona, with a corporate trust office located in Phoenix, Arizona, and supplements the Trust Indenture dated as of December 1, 2006 (the “2006 Indenture”) by and between the Issuer and the Trustee ( the 2006 Indenture together with the First Supplemental Indenture, collectively, the “Indenture”).
     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Industrial Development Financing Act, Title 35, Chapter 5 of Arizona Revised Statues, as amended (the “Act”), and the Indenture, the Issuer has previously issued its Industrial Development Authority of the County of Pima Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds (Global Water Resources, LLC Project) Series 2006 (the “Series 2006 Bonds”) in the original aggregate principal amount of $36,495,000; and
     WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Series 2006 Bonds were used to fund a loan to Global Water Resources LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (the “Company”) pursuant to a Loan Agreement dated as of December 1, 2006 (the “Loan Agreement”), between the Issuer, the Company and the Trustee to finance or refinance the costs of the acquisition, expansion, construction, improvement and equipping of facilities for wastewater treatment and water treatment, as well as water reclamation pipelines, water pipelines, and wastewater collection pipelines, consisting of water, wastewater and reclaimed water infrastructure for water and wastewater treatment, including water mains, sewer mains, reclaimed water mains, water treatment facilities, water distribution centers, wastewater lift stations, wastewater treatment facilities, and reclaimed water mixing and distribution centers as well as related information and management systems, located at 41265 West Hiller Road, Maricopa, Arizona 85239 in the City of Maricopa, Arizona (collectively, the “Series 2006 Project”); and
     WHEREAS, the Act authorizes the Issuer to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of financing or refinancing a “project” under the Act; and
     WHEREAS, Section 2.04 of the Indenture permits the issuance of Additional Bonds on a parity with the Series 2006 Bonds, as to the assignment to the Trustee of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in the Revenues and the Agreement (other than the Unassigned Issuer’s Rights) to provide for the payment of Bond Service Charges on the Bonds (as such terms are defined in the Indenture); and
     WHEREAS, Section 8.03 of the Indenture permits the Issuer to supplement and amend the Indenture with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal

 


 

amount of the Bonds at the time Outstanding and with the consent of the Company, the Issuer and the Trustee; and
     WHEREAS, evidenced as provided in the Indenture, the Trustee has received the consent of the Company, the Issuer and the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds; and
     WHEREAS, in order to provide funds to financing or refinancing the costs of the acquisition, expansion, construction, improvement and equipping of water system major capital improvements, including a water distribution center, surface water treatment facility, water production facilities, and pipeline, and sewerage system major capital improvements, including a water reclamation facility, sewage lift stations, reclaimed water recharge facilities and pipelines, located in the City of Maricopa, Arizona and in an unincorporated area of Pinal County, Arizona south of the Ak-Chin Indian Community in the City of Maricopa’s “Growing Smarter Planning Area” (the “Series 2007 Project”), the Issuer has determined to make additional amounts available in order to fund a loan to the Company in the principal amount of $54,135,000 as evidenced by the Loan Agreement as amended by a First Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as of November 1, 2007 (the “First Amendment to Loan Agreement”) between the Issuer and the Company;
     WHEREAS, in order to provide funds necessary to enable the Issuer to make the loan and pay certain related costs, the Issuer, pursuant to the Act, has authorized the issuance of its revenue bonds designated as “Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds (Global Water Resources, LLC Project) Series 2007” in the principal amount of $54,135,000 (the “Series 2007 Bonds,” together with the Series 2006 Bonds and any Additional Bonds, the “Bonds”); and
ARTICLE I
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS
     Section 1.01. Supplemental Indenture. This First Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to, and is executed in accordance with and pursuant to Article II of the Indenture.
     Section 1.02. Definitions. All terms which are defined in the Indenture, as heretofore supplemented and amended, shall have the meanings, respectively, herein (including the use thereof in the recitals and the granting clauses thereof) unless expressly given a different meaning or unless the context clearly requires otherwise. All terms used herein which are defined in the recitals hereto shall have the meanings therein given to the same unless the context requires otherwise and, in addition, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
     “Authorized Denominations” means with respect to the Series 2007 Bonds, $100,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
     “Bond Reserve Requirement” means at the time of the issuance of the Series 2007 Bonds, the least of (i) 10% of the stated principal amount of the Series 2006 Bonds, the Series 2007 Bonds and any Additional Bonds; (ii) Maximum Annual Debt Service on the Series 2006 Bonds, the Series 2007 Bonds and any Additional Bonds; and (iii) 125% of the average annual debt service on the Series 2006 Bonds, the Series 2007 Bonds and any Additional Bonds.

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     “Depository” means, with respect to the Series 2007 Bonds, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, a limited-purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York.
     “Intercreditor Agreement” means that Restated and Amended Intercreditor Agreement dated November 28, 2007 among Wells Fargo, the Company and the Trustee.
     “Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to the Series 2007 Bonds, each June 1 and December 1, commencing June 1, 2008.
     “Security Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of November 1, 2007 by and between the Company and the Trustee.
     “Series 2007 Bonds” means the Issuer’s Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds (Global Water Resources, LLC Project) Series 2007.
     “Series 2007 Project Fund” means the fund created pursuant to Section 2.10 hereof.
     “Series 2007 Project Note” means the promissory note of the Company, dated as of even date with the Series 2007 Bonds, in the form attached to the First Amendment to the Loan Agreement and in the principal amount of $54,135,000, evidencing the obligation of the Company to make Loan Payments.
     Section 1.03. Proposed Amendment to Definitions of “Debt Service Coverage Ratio” and “Maximum Annual Debt Service”.
     (a) The current definition of “Debt Service Coverage Ratio” in the Indenture, being that set forth in Section 1.01 of the Indenture is as follows:
     “Debt Service Coverage Ratio” means, for any period of time, the ratio of Income Available For Debt Service (with respect to Additional Bonds issued subsequent to the issuance of the Series 2006 Bonds, such amount adjusted as provided in the next sentence) to Maximum Annual Debt Service. For purposes of this definition only, with respect to Additional Bonds issued subsequent to the issuance of the Series 2006 Bonds, Income Available for Debt Service may be increased by including at the time of issuance of Additional Bonds, anticipated annual earnings on additional moneys required to be deposited in the Bond Reserve Fund as a result of the issuance of the Additional Bonds, provided that at the time of delivery of the Additional Bonds:
     (i) All of such moneys have been deposited in an investment agreement meeting the requirements of clause (vi) of the definition of “Eligible Investments”;
     (ii) such investment agreement has a term equal to the longest maturity of the Additional Bonds, and is not subject to early termination at the option of the investment agreement provider except upon the occurrence of an event of default thereunder; and

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     (iii) the Original Purchaser certifies the estimated annual earnings to be derived from such deposit.
     The following amended and restated definition of “Debt Service Coverage Ratio” shall become effective immediately upon the delivery of the Series 2007 Bonds, such delivery and acceptance thereof by the purchasers to evidence the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the time outstanding and with the consent of the Company, such consent evidenced as provided in the Indenture:
     “Debt Service Coverage Ratio” means, for any period of time, the ratio of Income Available For Debt Service to Maximum Annual Debt Service.
     (b) The current definition of “Maximum Annual Debt Service” in the Indenture, being that set forth in Section 1.01 of the Indenture is as follows:
     “Maximum Annual Debt Service” means the greatest scheduled amount of principal (including mandatory sinking fund payments) and interest payable on Long Term Indebtedness (but, excluding Subordinated Indebtedness incurred in compliance with the Agreement) of the Company during the current or any future 12 month period ending December 1.”
     The following amended and restated definition of “Maximum Annual Debt Service” shall become effective immediately upon the delivery of the Series 2007 Bonds, such delivery and acceptance thereof by the purchasers to evidence the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the time outstanding and with the consent of the Company, such consent evidenced as provided in the Indenture:
     “Maximum Annual Debt Service” means the greatest scheduled amount of principal (including mandatory sinking fund payments) and interest payable on Long Term Indebtedness (but excluding Subordinated Indebtedness incurred in compliance with the Loan Agreement) of the Company, such amount to be reduced by the amount of all investment earnings derived from the Bond Reserve Fund, provided, however, that investment earnings derived on the Bond Reserve Fund shall be included in such reduction only to the extent that amounts on deposit in the Bond Reserve Fund are no less than the Bond Reserve Requirement at the time of such calculation, during the current or any future 12-month period ending December 1, provided, however, for purposes of determining the amount of principal payable on each series of Bonds issued for the 12-month period ending with the final retirement of such series, there shall be excluded the amount by which the Bond Reserve Requirement may be reduced as a result of the final retirement of such series of Bonds.”

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ARTICLE II
AUTHORIZATION AND TERMS OF THE SERIES 2007 BONDS
     Section 2.01. The Series 2007 Bonds; Issuance and Terms.
     (a) The total aggregate principal amount of Series 2007 Bonds that may be issued pursuant to this First Supplemental Indenture is limited to $54,135,000. The Series 2007 Bonds are Additional Bonds within the meaning of the Indenture.
     (b) The Series 2007 Bonds are being issued as fully registered Additional Bonds in the total principal amount of $54,135,000 and are hereby designated as “The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Pima Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds (Global Water Resources, LLC Project) Series 2007”, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto. Proceeds of the Series 2007 Bonds shall be used only for the purposes set forth in this First Supplemental Indenture.
     (c) The Series 2007 Bonds shall be issued in fully registered form in a minimum denominations of $100,000 and in multiple integrals of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Series 2007 Bonds shall be dated the date of initial delivery thereof.
     (d) The Series 2007 Bonds shall (i) bear interest from their date of issuance, payable on June 1 and December 1 of each year commencing June 1, 2008, (ii) be in the principal amounts and (iii) mature as follows:
                 
Maturity Date   Principal Amount   Interest Rate
 
December 1, 2013
  $ 1,635,000     5.50% per annum
December 1, 2037
  $ 52,500,000     6.55% per annum
     (e) The Series 2007 Bonds may only be sold or transferred to a purchaser or transferee who is either a qualified institutional buyer (“Qualified Institutional Buyer”) within the meaning of Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 or an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“Accredited Investor” and together with a Qualified Institutional Buyer, jointly, a “Qualified Investor”).
     (f) The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (“DTC”) will act as securities depository for the Series 2007 Bonds. The Series 2007 Bonds shall be initially issued in the form of a separate single fully registered, Series 2007 Bond for each separate Stated Maturity. Upon initial issuance the ownership of such Series 2007 Bonds shall be registered in the Bond Register in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of DTC. So long as Cede & Co. is the registered owner of the Series 2007 Bonds, as nominee of DTC, references herein to the Series 2007 Bondholders or registered owners of the Series 2007 Bonds shall mean Cede & Co. and shall not mean the beneficial owners of the Series 2007 Bonds.

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     With respect to Series 2007 Bonds registered in the Bond Register kept by the Trustee in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee of DTC, the Issuer, the Company and the Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any participant of DTC (each, a “Participant”) or to any Person for whom a Participant acquires an interest in the Series 2007 Bonds (a “Beneficial Owner”). Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the Issuer, the Company and the Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the accuracy of the records of DTC, Cede & Co. or any Participant with respect to any ownership interest in the Series 2007 Bonds, (ii) the delivery to any Participant, any Beneficial Owner or any other Person, other than DTC, of any notice with respect to the Series 2007 Bonds, including any notice of redemption, or (iii) the payment to any Participant, any Beneficial Owner or any other Person, other than DTC, of any amount with respect to the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Series 2007 Bonds.
     The Issuer, the Company and the Trustee may treat as and deem DTC, to be the absolute owner of each Series 2007 Bond for the purpose of payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Series 2007 Bond, for the purpose of giving notices of redemption and other matters with respect to such Series 2007 Bond, for the purpose of registering transfers with respect to such Series 2007 Bonds, and for all other purposes whatsoever. The Trustee shall pay all principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Series 2007 Bonds only to or upon the order of the Series 2007 Bondholders as shown on the Bond Register kept by the Trustee, and all such payments shall be valid and effective to fully satisfy and discharge the Issuer’s obligations with respect to the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Series 2007 Bonds to the extent of the sum or sums so paid.
     No Person other than a Series 2007 Bondholder, as shown on the registration books kept by the Trustee, shall receive a Series 2007 Bond certificate evidencing the obligation of the Issuer to make payments of principal, and premium, if any, and interest pursuant to the Indenture. Upon delivery by DTC to the Trustee of written notice to the effect that DTC has determined to substitute a new nominee in place of Cede & Co., and subject to the transfer provisions in Section 3.06 of the Indenture, references to “Cede & Co.” in this section shall refer to such new nominee of DTC.
     DTC may determine to discontinue providing its services with respect to the Series 2007 Bonds at any time by giving written notice to the Company and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable law. The Company may terminate the services of DTC with respect to the Series 2007 Bonds.
     Upon the termination of the services of DTC as provided in the preceding paragraph, and if no substitute securities depository willing to undertake the functions of DTC hereunder can be found which, in the opinion of the Company, is willing and able to undertake such functions upon reasonable or customary terms, or if the Company determines not to continue a book-entry only system for the Series 2007 Bonds, then the Series 2007 Bonds shall no longer be restricted to being registered in the Bond Register kept by the Trustee in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, but may be registered in whatever name or names the Series 2007 Bondholders shall designate at that time, in accordance with of the Indenture. To the extent that the Beneficial Owners are designated as the transferee by the Series 2007 Bondholders, in accordance with the Indenture, the Series 2007 Bonds will be delivered to the Beneficial Owners.

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     Notwithstanding any other provision of this First Supplemental Indenture to the contrary, so long as any Series 2007 Bond is registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, all payments with respect to the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Series 2007 Bond and all notice with respect to such Series 2007 Bond shall be made and given, respectively, to DTC as provided in the terms of any agreement between DTC and the Issuer and Trustee.
     Section 2.02. Optional and Mandatory Redemption. The Series 2007 Bonds are subject to redemption as follows:
     (a) Mandatory Sinking Fund Redemption. The Series 2007 Bonds maturing on December 1 of the following years are subject to mandatory redemption pursuant to mandatory sinking fund requirements, at a redemption price of 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus interest accrued to the redemption date, on December 1, in the following principal amounts in the years specified:
Bonds Maturing December 1, 2013
         
Year
  Principal Amount
(December 1)   ($)
2011
    515,000  
2012
    545,000  
2013*
    575,000  
 
*   Maturity Date
Bonds Maturing December 1, 2037
         
Year
  Principal Amount
(December 1)   ($)
 
2014
    625,000  
2015
    660,000  
2016
    700,000  
2017
    745,000  
2018
    795,000  
2019
    835,000  
2020
    885,000  
2021
    940,000  
2022
    1,000,000  
2023
    1,055,000  
2024
    1,120,000  
2025
    1,180,000  
2026
    1,245,000  

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Year
  Principal Amount
(December 1)   ($)
 
2027
    1,320,000  
2028
    1,405,000  
2029
    1,480,000  
2030
    1,560,000  
2031
    1,645,000  
2032
    1,680,000  
2033
    4,600,000  
2034
    4,900,000  
2035
    5,225,000  
2036
    5,565,000  
2037*
    11,335,000  
 
*   Maturity Date
     The aggregate of the Loan Payments specified in Section 4.01 of the Loan Agreement, which is to be deposited in the Loan Payment Account in the Bond Fund on each Loan Payment Date, as defined in the Loan Agreement, shall include amounts sufficient to redeem the principal amount of Series 2007 Bonds set forth opposite the respective dates in the applicable tables above (less the amount of any credit as provided below).
     Whenever Series 2007 Bonds that are Term Bonds are redeemed pursuant to subsection (d) below, there shall be credited by the Trustee, subject to the requirement that no Series 2007 Bonds may be in a denomination less than $5,000, towards the amount of each annual mandatory sinking fund requirement (“Sinking Fund Amount”) to become due on such Term Bond after such redemption, an amount, in so far as practicable, bearing the same ratio to each annual Sinking Fund Amount as the total principal amount of such Term Bonds so redeemed bears to the total principal amount of such Term Bonds Outstanding before such redemption (after the deduction of any such amounts previously credited toward the same or the original amount of any such Sinking Fund Amount if no such amount shall have been credited toward the same). After giving effect to all such credits, the Trustee shall advise the Company of the unsatisfied balance of Sinking Fund Amount for each future December 1.
     The Issuer at the request of the Company, or the Company on behalf of the Issuer, shall have the option to deliver to the Registrar for cancellation Series 2007 Bonds that are Term Bonds, in any aggregate principal amount and to receive a credit against the then current mandatory sinking fund requirement (and corresponding mandatory redemption obligation) of the Issuer as set forth in the applicable table above for such Term Bonds. That option shall be exercised by the Issuer at the request of the Company, or the Company on behalf of the Issuer, if at all, on or before the 45th day preceding the applicable mandatory redemption date, by furnishing the Trustee a certificate, executed by the Authorized Official or the Authorized Company Representative, as the case may be, setting forth the extent of the credit to be applied with respect to the then current mandatory sinking fund requirement. If the certificate is not timely furnished to the Trustee, the mandatory sinking fund requirement (and corresponding mandatory redemption obligation) shall not be reduced. A credit against the then current

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mandatory sinking fund requirement (and corresponding mandatory redemption obligation) also shall be received by the Issuer for any Bond that is a Term Bond, which prior thereto have been redeemed (other than through the operation of the mandatory sinking fund requirements) or purchased for cancellation and canceled by the Trustee, to the extent not applied theretofore as a credit against any redemption obligation.
     Each Series 2007 Bond so delivered, or previously redeemed, or purchased and canceled, shall be credited by the Trustee at 100 percent of the principal amount thereof against the then current mandatory sinking fund obligation relating thereto. Any excess of that amount over the then current mandatory sinking fund requirement shall be credited against subsequent mandatory sinking fund redemption obligations in the order directed by the Company.
     (b) Extraordinary Optional Redemption. The Series 2007 Bonds are also subject to redemption by the Issuer in the event of the exercise by the Company of its option to direct redemption upon occurrence of any of the events described in Section 6.2 of the Agreement, (i) at any time in whole, or (ii) on any Interest Payment Date in inverse order of maturity, in part, as provided in Section 6.2 of the Agreement, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount redeemed, plus interest accrued to the redemption date.
     (c) Mandatory Redemption upon a Determination of Taxability. Upon the occurrence of a Determination of Taxability for any reason, the Series 2007 Bonds are subject to mandatory redemption in whole by the Issuer from the proceeds of the Company paying advance Loan Payments pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 6.3 of the Agreement at a redemption price equal to 103 percent (103%) of the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued to the redemption date, at the earliest practicable date selected by the Trustee, after consultation with the Company, but in no event later than 180 days following the Trustee’s notification of the Determination of Taxability.
     Promptly following its receipt of notice of the occurrence of a Determination of Taxability, the Trustee shall notify the Company and the Issuer of the Company’s obligations under the Agreement and as to the existence of said event and shall demand payment of the additional amount with respect to such event. Upon receipt by the Trustee from the Company or the Issuer of such additional amount, the Trustee shall pay such additional amount to the former Holders entitled thereto by check or draft mailed to those Holders at their addresses as they last appeared on the Register.
     The Company’s obligations to make payments under the Agreement to provide funds therefor to the Trustee for the account of the Issuer shall survive the discharge and satisfaction of this First Supplemental Indenture and the expiration, termination, discharge or satisfaction of the Agreement. The duties of the Trustee under this Subsection (and all powers provided for herein which are necessary to carry out the intention of this Subsection) shall survive the discharge and satisfaction of this First Supplemental Indenture, and the Company shall be obligated to pay to the Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer, the reasonable fees and actual expenses of the Trustee with respect to the performance of such duties. Following the discharge and satisfaction of this First Supplemental Indenture and prior to the expiration of a 365 day-period, any former Holder (to

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the extent adversely affected by the Determination of Taxability) shall be entitled to enforce its rights under this Subsection directly against the Company and the Issuer if the Trustee fails to perform the duties described in this First Supplemental Indenture, provided that recovery may be had against the Issuer only out of the sources specified in the Bonds and this First Supplemental Indenture.
     All of the Series 2007 Bonds outstanding on the redemption date selected shall be redeemed by the Issuer on that date, except that Series 2007 Bonds maturing prior to that date, but after selection of the redemption date, shall be retired on their maturity date at the same price as if they had been called for redemption on the redemption date, and Series 2007 Bonds for the payment or redemption of which sufficient moneys or investments are held by the Trustee as provided in Section 9.02 of the Indenture, shall be redeemed on the redemption date, or paid at earlier maturity, in accordance with this paragraph and not otherwise.
     (d) Optional Redemption. The Series 2007 Bonds maturing on December 1, 2013 are not subject to optional redemption prior to their stated maturity. Unless previously redeemed, the Series 2007 Bonds maturing on December 1, 2037 are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer, upon the direction of the Company in whole at any time or in part on any Interest Payment Date on or after December 1, 2017 (from funds other than those deposited in accordance with the mandatory sinking fund requirements of Section 2.02 hereof, at redemption price equal to the principal amount redeemed, plus interest accrued to the redemption date.
     Section 2.03. Partial Redemption. (a) If fewer than all of the Bonds of a single maturity are to be redeemed, the selection of Bonds to be redeemed, or portions thereof in amounts of $5,000 or any integral multiple of $5,000 shall be made by lot by the Trustee in any manner which the Trustee may determine.
     In the case of a partial redemption of Bonds when Bonds of denominations greater than $100,000 are then outstanding, each $5,000 unit of face value of principal thereof shall be treated as though it were a separate Bond of the denomination of $5,000.
     (b) If it is determined that less than all of the principal amount of a Bond is to be called for redemption, then upon notice of redemption, the Holder of that Bond shall surrender the Bond to the Trustee (a) for payment of the redemption price of the portion of the Bond in $5,000 multiples called for redemption (including without limitation, the interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption and any premium), and (b) for issuance, without charge to the Holder thereof, of a new Bond or Bonds of the same series, of any authorized denomination or denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unmatured and unredeemed portion of, and bearing interest at the same rate and maturing on the same date as, the Bond surrendered.
     Section 2.04. Election to Redeem. Except in the case of redemption pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund requirements or pursuant to other mandatory redemption provisions, Bonds shall be redeemed only by written notice from the Issuer to the Trustee, given at the direction of the Company, or by written notice from the Company to the Trustee on behalf of the Issuer. That notice shall specify the redemption date and the principal amount of each maturity

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of Bonds to be redeemed, and shall be given at least 45 days prior to the redemption date or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event that notice of redemption shall have been given by the Trustee to the Holders as provided in Section 2.05 hereof, there shall be deposited with the Trustee prior to the redemption date, funds which, in addition to any other moneys available therefor and held by the Trustee, will be sufficient to redeem at the redemption price thereof, plus interest accrued to the redemption date, all of the redeemable Bonds for which notice of redemption has been given.
     Section 2.05. Notice of Redemption. The notice of the call for redemption of Series 2007 Bonds shall identify (i) by designation, letters, numbers or other distinguishing marks, the Bonds or portions thereof to be redeemed, (ii) the redemption price to be paid, (iii) the date fixed for redemption, and (iv) the place or places where the amounts due upon redemption are payable.
     The notice shall be given by the Trustee on behalf of the Issuer by mailing a copy of the redemption notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, to the Holder of each Bond subject to redemption in whole or in part at the Holder’s address shown on the Register on the fifteenth day preceding that mailing. Failure to receive notice so mailed or any defect in that notice regarding any Bond, however, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any Bond. Any notice of redemption may state conditions to such redemption not inconsistent with the Indenture.
     Section 2.06. Payment of Redeemed Bonds. Notice having been mailed in the manner provided in Section 2.05 hereof, the Series 2007 Bonds and portions thereof called for redemption shall become due and payable on the redemption date, and upon presentation and surrender thereof at the place or places specified in that notice, shall be paid at the redemption price, plus interest accrued to the redemption date.
     If money for the redemption of all of the Bonds and portions thereof to be redeemed, together with interest accrued thereon to the redemption date, is held by the Trustee on the redemption date, so as to be available therefor on that date and if notice of redemption has been deposited in the mail as aforesaid, then from and after the redemption date those Bonds and portions thereof called for redemption shall cease to bear interest and no longer shall be considered to be outstanding hereunder. If those moneys shall not be so available on the redemption date, or that notice shall not have been deposited in the mail as aforesaid, those Bonds and portions thereof shall continue to bear interest, until they are paid, at the same rate as they would have borne had they not been called for redemption.
     All moneys deposited in the Bond Fund and held by the Trustee for the redemption of particular Bonds shall be held in trust for the account of the Holders thereof and shall be paid to them, respectively, upon presentation and surrender of those Bonds.
     Section 2.07. Delivery of Moneys for Optional Redemption. Nothing herein or in the Agreement is intended to prevent the Company from delivering moneys to the Trustee for the purchase or redemption of Bonds in accordance herewith.
     Subject to the provisions of Section 2.04 of the Indenture, if the Trustee is provided at any time with moneys (i) which are sufficient, together with moneys, including without

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limitation, investments, then in the Bond Fund, Bond Reserve Fund and Project Fund to redeem a principal amount of Outstanding Bonds which will be subject to redemption on the next available date on which Bonds may be redeemed; and (ii) which in the aggregate, together with those other moneys, are not less than $100,000, then the Trustee upon the written request of the Authorized Company Representative shall make available from such Funds the amount required to accomplish the redemption, together with the other moneys provided, so long as the balance remaining thereafter in each Fund, and each Account therein, is not reduced thereby below the amount which would be required hereby to be on deposit therein on the redemption date with respect to the Bonds which will not be redeemed.
     Section 2.08. Variation of Redemption Provisions. The provisions of this Article II, insofar as they apply to any series of Additional Bonds, may be varied by the Supplemental Indenture providing for that series, subject to the requirements of Section 8.03(b) of the Indenture if any such amendment creates a priority of any one Bond over another Bond for purposes of a redemption pursuant to Section 2.02(d) hereof.
     Section 2.09. Initial Delivery of the Series 2007 Bonds; Deposit of Proceeds. (a) Upon the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture and satisfaction of the conditions established by the Issuer and in the Purchase Contract for delivery of the Series 2007 Bonds, the Issuer shall execute (but need not prepare) the Series 2007 Bonds in typewritten form and deliver them to the Trustee. Thereupon, the Trustee shall authenticate the Series 2007 Bonds and deliver them to, or on the order of, the Original Purchaser thereof, as directed by the Issuer in accordance with this Section 2.09.
     (b) Before the Trustee delivers any Series 2007 Bonds, the Trustee shall have received:
     (i) a request and authorization to the Trustee on behalf of the Issuer, signed by the Authorized Official, to authenticate and deliver the Series 2007 Bonds to, or on the order of, the Original Purchaser upon payment to the Trustee of the amount specified therein, any accrued interest, which amount shall be deposited as provided below;
     (ii) a copy of the Bond Legislation, certified by an officer of the Legislative Authority;
     (iii) executed counterpart of the First Supplemental Indenture, the First Amendment to the Loan Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement;
     (iv) an original executed Series 2007 Project Note;
     (v) Opinion of Kutak Rock LLP, Bond Counsel, to the effect that the interest on the Series 2007 Bonds is excluded from the gross income for federal income tax purposes and such other matters as shall be reasonably required by the Issuer and the Original Purchaser;

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     (vi) an amount of money so that the Reserve Fund Value shall be at least equal to the Reserve Fund Requirement or in lieu thereof a Reserve Fund Surety; and
     (vii) executed counterpart of the Amended and Restated Security Agreement.
     (c) The Trustee shall deposit the proceeds of the Series 2007 Bonds ($52,812,150, representing $54,135,000 principal amount of Series 2007 Bonds, less original issue discount of $510,825 and less Underwriter’s discount of $812,025) as follows:
     (i) $250,000, from proceeds of the Series 2007 Bonds into the Cost of Issuance Account of the Series 2007 Project Fund, which shall be used by the Trustee to pay the costs of issuance associated with the initial issuance, sale and delivery of the Series 2007 Bonds as shown on Exhibit B hereto, upon receipt of an invoice from the payee;
     (ii) $5,413,500 into the Bond Reserve Fund; and
     (iii) the balance, $47,148,650 into the Construction Account of the Series 2007 Project Fund.
     The Trustee shall be permitted to rely upon the opinions described in (vi) above.
     Section 2.10. Creation of the Series 2007 Project Fund. There is created and ordered maintained as a separate deposit (except when invested as provided in the Indenture) in the custody of the Trustee, a trust fund designated “The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Pima — Global Water Resources, LLC Series 2007 Project Fund” and the “Construction Account” and the “Cost of Issuance Account” therein.
     Section 2.11. Disbursements from and Records of Series 2007 Project Fund. Moneys in the Series 2007 Project Fund shall be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement and Section 2.09(c) hereof. The Trustee shall cause to be kept and maintained adequate records pertaining to the Series 2007 Project Fund and all disbursements therefrom and shall provide monthly statements as to the accounts held hereunder to the Company. After ninety (90) days from the date hereof, any amounts still on deposit in the Cost of Issuance Account shall be transferred to the Bond Fund.
     Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Bond Legislation or Supplemental Indenture, this Section shall apply to the disbursement of the proceeds of any issue of Additional Bonds
     Section 2.12. Completion of the Series 2007 Project. The completion of the Series 2007 Project and payment of all costs and expenses incident thereto shall be evidenced by the filing with the Trustee of
     (a) the certificate of the Authorized Company Representative required by Section 3.6 of the Agreement, and

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     (b) a certificate signed by the Authorized Company Representative stating that all obligations and costs in connection with the Series 2007 Project and payable out of the Construction Account have been paid and discharged, except for amounts retained by the Trustee as provided under the Agreement for the payment of costs of the Series 2007 Project not then due and payable.
As soon as practicable after the filing with the Trustee of the certificate to which reference is made in clause (ii) above, any balance remaining in the Series 2007 Project Fund (other than the amounts retained by the Trustee as described in the preceding sentence) shall be deposited or applied in accordance with the direction of the Authorized Company Representative pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Agreement.
     Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Bond Legislation or Supplemental Indenture, this Section shall apply to any additional property financed with the proceeds of any issue of Additional Bonds.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS; COVENANTS
AND AGREEMENTS OF ISSUER
     Section 3.01. Covenants and Agreements of the Issuer. In addition to any other covenants and agreements of the Issuer contained in this First Supplemental Indenture or the Bond Legislation, the Issuer further covenants and agrees with the Holders and the Trustee as follows:
     (a) Payment of Bond Service Charges. The Issuer will cause all Bond Service Charges to be paid, but solely from the sources provided herein, on the dates, at the places and in the manner provided in this First Supplemental Indenture. The Issuer shall have no liability or obligation with respect to the payment of the purchase price of the Series 2007 Bonds.
     (b) Revenues and Assignment of Revenues. The Issuer will not assign the Revenues or create or authorize to be created any debt, lien or charge thereon, other than the assignment thereof under this First Supplemental Indenture.
     (c) Inspection of Project Books. All books, instruments and documents in the Issuer’s possession relating to the Project and the Revenues shall be open to inspection at all times during the Issuer’s regular business hours by any accountants or other agents of the Trustee which the Trustee may designate from time to time; provided, the Trustee shall have no duty to cause such inspection.
     (d) Rights and Enforcement of the Agreement. The Trustee may enforce, in its name or in the name of the Issuer, all rights of the Issuer for and on behalf of the Holders, except for Unassigned Issuer’s Rights, and may enforce all covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company under and pursuant to the Agreement, regardless of whether the Issuer is in default in the pursuit or enforcement of those rights, covenants, agreements or obligations. Upon receipt of the written request of the

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Authorized Company Representative or of the Trustee and at the Company’s expense, the Issuer, however, will do all things and take all actions on its part necessary to comply with covenants, agreements, obligations, duties and responsibilities on its part to be observed or performed under the Agreement, and will take all actions within its authority to keep the Agreement in effect in accordance with the terms thereof.
     (e) Issuer Not to Adversely Affect Exclusion From Gross Income of Interest on Bonds.
     The Issuer agrees:
     (a) it shall neither make nor direct the Trustee to make any investment or other use of the proceeds of the Bonds that would cause the Bonds to be “arbitrage bonds” as that term is defined in Section 148(a) of the Code and that it shall comply with the requirements of the Code throughout the term of the Bonds;
     (b) it (i) shall take, or use its best efforts to require to be taken, all actions that may be required of the Issuer for the interest on the Bonds to be and remain not included in gross income for federal income tax purposes and (ii) shall not take or authorize to be taken any actions within its control that would adversely affect that status under the provisions of the Code;
     (c) it shall enforce or cause to be enforced all obligations of the Borrower under the Regulatory Agreement in accordance with its terms and seek to cause the Borrower to correct any violation of the Regulatory Agreement within a reasonable period after any such violation is first discovered.
     In furtherance of the covenants in this Section, the Issuer and the Borrower shall execute, deliver and comply with the provisions of the Tax Certificate, which is by this reference incorporated into this First Supplemental Indenture and made a part of this First Supplemental Indenture, and by its acceptance of this First Supplemental Indenture the Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Tax Certificate and acknowledges its incorporation into this First Supplemental Indenture by this reference. The Trustee agrees that in those instances where it exercises discretion over the investment of funds, it shall not knowingly make any investment inconsistent with subsection (a).
     Section 3.02. Observance and Performance of Covenants, Agreements, Authority and Actions. The Issuer covenants it will observe and perform faithfully at all times all covenants, agreements, authority, actions, undertakings, stipulations and provisions to be observed or performed on its part under the Agreement, this First Supplemental Indenture, the Bond Legislation and the Bonds which are executed, authenticated and delivered under this First Supplemental Indenture, and under all proceedings of its Legislative Authority pertaining thereto; provided, however, that (a) the Issuer shall not be obligated to take any action or execute any instrument pursuant to any provision hereof until it shall have been requested to do so by the Company or by the Trustee, and (b) the Issuer shall have received the instrument to be executed, and at the Issuer’s option shall have received from the Company assurance satisfactory to the

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Issuer that the Issuer shall be reimbursed for its reasonable expenses incurred or to be incurred in connection with taking such action or executing such instrument.
     The Issuer represents and warrants that it is duly authorized by the Constitution and laws of the State, including particularly and without limitation the Act, to issue the Series 2007 Bonds, to execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture and the Agreement and to provide the security for payment of the Bond Service Charges in the manner and to the extent set forth in this First Supplemental Indenture.
     The Issuer covenants that it will do, execute, acknowledge, and deliver, or cause to be done, executed, acknowledged, and delivered by the parties within its control, such instruments supplemental hereto and such further acts, instruments, and transfers as the Trustee may reasonably require for the better assuring, transferring, mortgaging, conveying, pledging, assigning, and confirming unto the Trustee, the Issuer’s interest in and to all interests, Revenues, proceeds, and receipts pledged hereby to the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds in the manner and to the extent contemplated herein. The Issuer shall be under no obligation to prepare, record, or file any such instruments or transfers.
     Section 3.03. Enforcement of Issuer’s Obligations. Each obligation of the Issuer required to be undertaken pursuant to the Bond Legislation, this First Supplemental Indenture, the Agreement and the Bonds is binding upon the Issuer, and upon each officer or employee thereof as may have from time to time the authority under law to take any action on behalf of the Issuer which may be necessary to perform all or any part of that obligation, as a duty of the Issuer and of each of those officers and employees providing for enforcement by writ of mandamus.
     Section 3.04. Reliance by Issuer on Facts or Certificates, Limitations on Actions. Anything in this First Supplemental Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, it is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (i) the Issuer may rely conclusively on the truth and accuracy of any certificate, opinion, notice, or other instrument furnished to the Issuer by the Trustee or the Company as to the existence of any fact or state of affairs required hereunder to be noticed by the Issuer; (ii) the Issuer shall not be under any obligation hereunder to perform any record keeping or to provide any legal services, it being understood that such services shall be performed either by the Trustee or the Company and (iii) none of the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall require the Issuer to expend or risk its own funds or to otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder, unless it shall first have been adequately indemnified to its satisfaction against the cost, expense, and liability which may be incurred thereby.
     Section 3.05. Immunity of Issuer’s Directors, Officers, Counsel, Financial Advisors, and Agents. No recourse shall be had for the enforcement of any obligation, covenant, promise, or agreement of the Issuer contained in this First Supplemental Indenture, the Agreement, the Purchase Contract, any Bond and any other agreement, certificate, contract or instrument to be executed by the Issuer in connection with the issuance of the Bonds (collectively, the “Issuer Documents”) or in any Bond or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof or upon any obligation, covenant, promise, or agreement of the Issuer contained in any agreement, instrument, or certificate executed in connection with the Project or the issuance and sale of the

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Bonds, against any Issuer Indemnified Parties, whether by virtue of any Constitutional provision, statute, or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any Issuer Indemnified Parties, either directly or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants, promises, or agreements entered into between the Issuer and the Trustee or Company to be implied therefrom as being supplemental hereto or thereto, and that all personal liability of that character against every such director, officer, counsel, financial advisor, or agent, is, by the execution of the Issuer Documents, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of the Issuer Documents, expressly waived and released.
     Section 3.06. No Pecuniary Liability of the Issuer. No agreements or provisions contained herein nor any agreement, covenant, or undertaking by the Issuer in connection with the Project or the issuance, sale, and/or delivery of the Bonds shall give rise to any pecuniary liability of the Issuer or a charge against its general credit, or shall obligate the Issuer financially in any way, except as may be payable from the revenues pledged hereby for the payment of the Bonds and their application as provided in the Agreement or this First Supplemental Indenture. No failure of the Issuer to comply with any term, covenant, or agreement contained in the Bonds, the Agreement, this First Supplemental Indenture, or in any document executed by the Issuer in connection with the Project or the issuance and sale of the Bonds, shall subject the Issuer to liability for any claim for damages, costs, or other financial or pecuniary charge, except to the extent that the same can be paid or recovered from the Revenues pledged for the payment of the Bonds or other revenues derived under the Agreement or this First Supplemental Indenture. Nothing herein shall preclude a proper party in interest from seeking and obtaining, to the extent permitted by law, specific performance against the Issuer for any failure to comply with any term, condition, covenant, or agreement herein; provided that no costs, expenses, or other monetary relief shall be recoverable from the Issuer, except as may be payable from the Revenues pledged in the Agreement or this First Supplemental Indenture for the payment of the Bonds or other Revenue derived under the Agreement or this First Supplemental Indenture. No provision, covenant, or agreement contained herein, or any obligations imposed upon the Issuer, or the breach thereof, shall constitute an indebtedness of the Issuer within the meaning of any State constitutional or statutory limitation or shall constitute or give rise to a charge against its general credit. In making the agreements, provisions, and covenants set forth in this First Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer has not obligated itself, except with respect to the application of the Revenues pledged in the Indenture for the payment of the Bonds or other revenues derived under the Agreement or this First Supplemental Indenture.
     Section 3.07. Acceptance by Trustee of Duties Under Agreement. By its execution hereof, the Trustee approves and accepts hereby all rights, remedies, powers, privileges, duties and obligations which are contemplated in the Agreement to be rights, remedies, powers, privileges, duties or obligations of the Trustee with respect to the Bonds and covenants and agrees to observe and perform those duties and obligations and to exercise those rights, remedies, powers and privileges as contemplated in the Agreement and herein

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ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS
     Section 4.01. Effect of First Supplemental Indenture. Except as specifically amended hereby, the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect.
     Section 4.02. Severability. If any provision of this First Supplemental Indenture shall be held or deemed to be or shall, in fact, be illegal, inoperative or unenforceable, the same shall not affect any other provision or provisions herein contained or render the same invalid inoperative or enforceable to any extent whatever
     Section 4.03. Contrary Provisions Deleted. Any provisions of the Indenture, prior to its amendment by this First Supplemental Indenture, which conflict with this First Supplemental Indenture are hereby deleted and of no force and effect.
     Section 4.04. Execution in Several Counterparts. This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and is complete in itself and may be introduced in evidence, proved, recorded or used for any other purpose without the production of any other counterpart.
     Section 4.05. Conflict of Interest. To the extent A.R.S. §38-511 is applicable, all parties acknowledge that the Issuer may, within three years after its execution, cancel this First Supplemental Indenture, without penalty or further obligation, if any person significantly involved in initiating, negotiating, securing, drafting, or creating of this First Supplemental Indenture on behalf of the Issuer, is, at any time while this First Supplemental Indenture is in effect, an employee or agent of any other party in any capacity or a consultant to any other party to this First Supplemental Indenture with respect to the subject matter of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Issuer may recoup any fee or commission paid or due any person significantly involved in initiating, negotiating, securing, drafting, or creating this First Supplemental Indenture on behalf of the Issuer, all as provided in Section §38-511, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended.
     Each party represents that to the best of its knowledge, it is not in violation of A.R.S. §38-511 as of the date hereof. The Trustee covenants not to knowingly employ as an employee, an agent, consultant, any person significantly involved in initiating, negotiating, securing, drafting or creating this First Supplemental Indenture on behalf of the Issuer within 3 years from execution of this First Supplemental Indenture, unless a waiver of A.R.S. §38-511 is provided by the Board of Directors of the Issuer.
     Section 4.06. Binding Effect. This First Supplemental Indenture shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Issuer and the Trustee and their respective successors and assigns, subject, however, to the limitations contained herein.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be executed and delivered for it and in its name and on its behalf by its duly authorized officers; in token of its acceptance of the trusts created hereunder and the duties and obligations of the Trustee hereunder, the Trustee has caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be executed and delivered for it and in its name and on its behalf by its duly authorized officers all as of the day and year first above written.
         
  THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF PIMA, as Issuer
 
 
  By:      
    Name:   Stanley Lehman   
    Title:   Vice President   
 
  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    Name:   Deborah M. Scherer   
    Title:   Assistant Vice President   
 
CONSENT OF THE COMPANY
     The undersigned hereby consents to the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Trust Indenture and to the amendments made in Section 1.03 thereof.
         
Dated: November 28, 2007  GLOBAL WATER RESOURCES, LLC
 
 
  By:      
    Name:   Trevor T. Hill   
    Title:   President/CEO   

 


 

         
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF SERIES 2007 BOND
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF ARIZONA
COUNTY OF PIMA


$54,135,000
The Industrial Development Authority
of the County of Pima
Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds
(Global Water Resources, LLC Project)
Series 2007
REGISTERED                     
No.
     UNLESS THIS BOND IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY BOND ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
[THIS BOND IS ONLY TRANSFERABLE UPON COMPLIANCE
WITH THE RESTRICTED TERMS PROVIDED HEREIN]1
The Industrial Development Authority
of the County of Pima
Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond
(Global Water Resources, LLC Project)
Series 2007
             
Interest Rate:   Maturity Date:   Dated:   CUSIP:
___% per annum
  December 1, 20___   November 28, 2007    
 
1   Insert bracketed language in the Bonds until otherwise required as provided in Section 3.06 of the Indenture.

 


 

REGISTERED OWNER: CEDE & CO.
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
     The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Pima (the “Issuer”), a nonprofit corporation designated a political subdivision of the State of Arizona (the “State”), pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State and under Title 35, Chapter 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended and supplemented (the “Act”), for value received, promises to pay to “Registered Owner” specified above or registered assigns, but solely from the sources and in the manner referred to herein, the “Principal Amount” specified above on the Maturity Date set forth above, unless this Bond is called for earlier redemption, and to pay from those sources interest thereon at the aforesaid Interest Rate on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing June 1, 2008 (the “Interest Payment Dates"), until the principal amount is paid or duly provided for. This Bond will bear interest from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from the date of its original issuance and delivery. Interest on this Bond shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year consisting of twelve (12) months of thirty (30) days.
     The principal of and any premium on this Bond are payable upon presentation and surrender hereof at the principal corporate trust office of the trustee, initially U.S. Bank National Association, Phoenix, Arizona (the “Trustee”). Interest is payable on each Interest Payment Date by check or draft mailed to the person in whose name this Bond (or one or more predecessor bonds) is registered (the “Holder”) at the close of business. on the 15th day of the calendar month next preceding that Interest Payment Date (the “Regular Record Date”) on the registration books for this issue maintained under the Trust Indenture dated as of December 1, 2006, between the Issuer and the Trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Trust Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2007 (the “Indenture”). Any payment of principal of, premium and interest on the Series 2007 Bonds shall be made by the Trustee by wire transfer to any Holder of $1,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of Series 2007 Bonds upon receipt of written notice from such a Holder requesting such payment at least 15 days prior to the payment date. Any interest which is not timely paid or duly provided for shall cease to be payable to the Holder hereof (or of one or more predecessor bonds) as of the Regular Record Date, and shall be payable to the Holder hereof (or of one or more predecessor bonds) at the close of business on a Special Record Date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of that overdue interest. Notice of the Special Record Date shall be mailed to Holders not less than ten days prior thereto. The principal of and interest and any premium on this Bond are payable in lawful money of the United States of America, without deduction for the services of the paying agent.
     This Bond is one of a duly authorized issue of the Issuer’s Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds (Global Water Resources, LLC Project) Series 2007 (the “Series 2007 Bonds”), issuable under the Indenture, as supplemented, aggregating in principal amount $54,135,000 and issued for the purpose of making a loan (the “Loan”) to assist Global Water Resources, LLC (the “Company”) in the financing of costs of the Series 2007 Project, as defined in the Loan Agreement dated as of December 1, 2006 among the Issuer, the Trustee and the Company, as

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amended by the First Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2007 (the “Loan Agreement”). The Series 2007 Bonds are secured under the Indenture, as supplemented, on a parity with the $36,495,000 principal amount of the Issuer’s Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds (Global Water Resources, LLC Project) Series 2006 (the “Series 2006 Bonds”) previously issued thereunder. The Series 2006 Bonds, the Series 2007 Bonds, together with any Additional Bonds which may be issued on a parity therewith under the Indenture (collectively, the “Bonds”), are special limited obligations of the Issuer, issued or to be issued under and are to be secured and entitled equally and ratably to the protection given by the Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture. The Series 2007 Bonds are issued pursuant to Title 35, Chapter 5 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended, and to the laws of that State, and to a resolution duly enacted by the Board of Directors of the Issuer.
     NEITHER THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE ISSUER NOR ANY PERSON EXECUTING THE BONDS IS PERSONALLY LIABLE ON THE BONDS OR SUBJECT TO ANY PERSONAL LIABILITY OR ACCOUNTABILITY BY REASON OF THEIR ISSUANCE. THE BONDS AND THE INTEREST THEREON ARE SPECIAL LIMITED OBLIGATIONS OF THE ISSUER PAYABLE EXCLUSIVELY FROM REVENUES AND RECEIPTS PLEDGED UNDER THE INDENTURE. THIS BOND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN INDEBTEDNESS, AN OBLIGATION OR A LOAN OF CREDIT OR A PLEDGE OF THE FULL FAITH, AND CREDIT OR TAXING POWER OF THE ISSUER OR THE STATE OF ARIZONA, COUNTY OF PIMA OR ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITY, CITY OR OTHER MUNICIPAL OR POLITICAL CORPORATION OR SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA WITHIN THE MEANING OF ANY STATUTORY OR CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION AND SHALL NEVER CONSTITUTE NOR GIVE RISE TO ANY PECUNIARY LIABILITY OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA, COUNTY OF PIMA OR ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITY, CITY, OR ANY OTHER MUNICIPAL OR POLITICAL CORPORATION OR SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA. THIS BOND DOES NOT DIRECTLY, INDIRECTLY, OR CONTINGENTLY OBLIGATE OR OTHERWISE CONSTITUTE A GENERAL OBLIGATION OF OR A CHARGE AGAINST THE GENERAL CREDIT OF THE ISSUER, BUT SHALL BE A SPECIAL LIMITED OBLIGATION OF THE ISSUER PAYABLE SOLELY FROM THE SOURCES DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE INDENTURE, BUT NOT OTHERWISE. THE ISSUER HAS NO TAXING POWER.
     NO RECOURSE SHALL BE HAD FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, OR INTEREST ON THIS BOND OR ANY CLAIM BASED THEREON OR UPON ANY OBLIGATION, COVENANT, OR AGREEMENT IN THE INDENTURE, OR LOAN AGREEMENT AGAINST ANY PAST, PRESENT, OR FUTURE OFFICER, DIRECTOR, COUNSEL, FINANCIAL ADVISOR, OR AGENT OF THE ISSUER OR ANY SUCCESSOR THERETO, AS SUCH, EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THE ISSUER, OR ANY SUCCESSOR THERETO, UNDER ANY RULE OF LAW OR EQUITY, STATUTE, OR CONSTITUTION OR BY THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY ASSESSMENT OR PENALTY OR OTHERWISE, AND ALL SUCH LIABILITY OF ANY SUCH OFFICER, DIRECTOR, COUNSEL, FINANCIAL ADVISOR, OR AGENT, AS SUCH IS HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVED AND RELEASED AS A CONDITION OF AND IN CONSIDERATION FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE INDENTURE AND THE LOAN AGREEMENT AND THE ISSUANCE OF THIS BOND.

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     Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture. As described below, the Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture and the Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment to Loan Agreement may be amended and references to them include any amendments.
     Reference is made to the Indenture as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture for a more complete description of the Series 2007 Project, the provisions, among others, with respect to the nature and extent of the security for the Bonds, the rights, duties and obligations of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Bonds, and the terms and conditions upon which the Bonds are issued and secured, to the Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment to Loan Agreement for a more complete description of obligations of the Company thereunder with respect to the Series 2007 Bonds thereunder.
     Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment to Loan Agreement, the Company has executed and delivered to the Trustee the Company’s promissory note dated as of November 28, 2007 (the “Series 2007 Project Note”), in the principal amount of $54,135,000. The Company is required by the Loan Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment to Loan Agreement and the Series 2007 Project Note to make payments to the Trustee in the amounts and at the times necessary to pay the principal of and interest and any premium (the “Bond Service Charges”) on the Series 2007 Bonds. In the Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer has assigned to the Trustee, to provide for the payment of the Bond Service Charges on the Bonds, the Issuer’s right, title and interest in and to the Loan Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment to Loan Agreement, except for Unassigned Issuer’s Rights as defined in the Loan Agreement.
     The Bond Service Charges on the Bonds are payable solely from the Revenues, as defined and as provided in the Indenture (being, generally, the amounts payable under the Loan Agreement in repayment of the Loan and any unexpended proceeds of the Bonds), and are an obligation of the Issuer only to the extent of the Revenues. The Bonds are not secured by an obligation or pledge of any moneys raised by taxation and do not represent or constitute a debt or pledge of the faith and credit of the Issuer.
     Copies of the Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Loan Agreement, the First Amendment to Loan Agreement and the Series 2007 Project Note are on file in the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee. Each Holder assents, by its acceptance hereof, to all of the provisions of the Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Loan Agreement and the First Amendment to Loan Agreement.
     The Series 2007 Bonds are issuable only as fully registered bonds in the denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof and are exchangeable for Series 2007 Bonds of other authorized denominations in equal aggregate principal amounts at the office of the Registrar specified on the face hereof, but only in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture. This Bond is transferable at the office of the Registrar, by the Holder in person or by his attorney, duly authorized in writing, upon presentation and surrender hereof to the Registrar.

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     The Registrar is not required to transfer or exchange (i) any Series 2007 Bond during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Bonds and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) any Series 2007 Bonds so selected for redemption in whole or in part, within 90 days following such mailing.
     This Series 2007 Bond is subject to redemption as follows:
     1. The Series 2007 Bonds are subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption at a redemption price of 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus interest accrued to the redemption date, in each of the years and in the principal amount set forth in the Indenture, as supplemented.
     The Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture provides that there shall be credited against the applicable principal amount to be redeemed by mandatory sinking redemption (“Sinking Fund Amount”) an amount bearing the same ratio to such Sinking Fund Amount as the total principal amount of Series 2007 Bonds of such maturity redeemed bears to the total principal amount of Series 2007 Bonds outstanding of such maturity.
     2. The Series 2007 Bonds are subject to extraordinary optional redemption by the Issuer, at the Company’s option, if events described in Section 6.2 of the Agreement occur (relating, generally, to damage or taking of the Project, changes in law or circumstances affecting the Project or acquisition of the stock or assets of the Company) (a) at any time in whole, or (b) on any Interest Payment Date in part in inverse order of maturity upon condemnation of part of the Project as provided in Section 6.2 of the Agreement, in each case, at a redemption price of 100 percent of the principal amount to be redeemed plus interest accrued to the redemption date.
     3. The Series 2007 Bonds are subject to mandatory redemption upon a Determination of Taxability (as defined in the Indenture), at a redemption price equal to 103 percent (103%) of the principal amount thereof plus interest accrued to the redemption date, at the earliest practicable date selected by the Trustee, after consultation with the Company, but in no event later than 180 days following the Trustee’s notification of the Determination of Taxability.
     4. The Series 2007 Bonds maturing on December 1, 2013 are nor subject to optional redemption prior to their stated maturity. Unless previously redeemed, the Series 2007 maturing December 1, 2037 Bonds are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer, at the direction of the Company in whole at any time or in part on any Interest Payment Date on or after December 1, 2017 (from funds other than those deposited in accordance with the mandatory sinking fund requirements of the Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture), at the redemption price equal to the principal amount redeemed, plus interest accrued to the redemption date.
     If Series 2007 Bonds or portions thereof are called for redemption and if on the redemption date moneys for the redemption thereof are held by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture, thereafter those Series 2007 Bonds or portions thereof to be redeemed shall cease to

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bear interest, and shall cease to be secured by, and shall not be deemed to be outstanding under, the Indenture.
     The Indenture permits certain amendments or supplements to the Loan Agreement, the Indenture and the Series 2007 Project Note not prejudicial to the Holders to be made without the consent of or notice to the Holders, and other amendments or supplements thereto to be made with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS BOND TO THE CONTRARY, BUT EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 2.01(e) OF THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THIS BOND IS NONTRANSFERABLE UNLESS TRANSFERRED TO A QUALIFIED INVESTOR AS SET FORTH IN THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.
     The Holder of each Bond has only those remedies provided in the Indenture.
     The Issuer, Trustee, Registrar, Authenticating Agent and any agent thereof may treat the Registered Holder of this Bond as the absolute owner for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes hereunder and under the Indenture and none of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
     The Bonds shall not constitute the personal obligation, either jointly or severally, of the members of the Board of Directors or of any other officer of the Issuer.
     This Bond shall not be entitled to any security or benefit under the Indenture or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed.
     It is certified and recited that there have been performed and have happened in regular and due form, as required by law, all acts and conditions necessary to be done or performed by the Issuer or to have happened (i) precedent to and in the issuing of the Series 2007 Bonds in order to make them legal, valid and binding special limited obligations of the Issuer, and (ii) precedent to and in the execution and delivery of the First Supplemental Indenture and the First Amendment to Loan Agreement; that payment in full for the Series 2007 Bonds has been received; and that the Series 2007 Bonds do not exceed or violate any constitutional or statutory limitation.

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     IN WITNESS OF THE ABOVE, The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Pima has caused this Bond to be executed in the name of the Issuer in their official capacities by the manual or facsimile signatures of the President and Secretary, as of the date shown above.
         
  THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF PIMA
 
 
  By:      
    Name:   Stanley Lehman   
    Title:   Vice President   
 
ATTEST
                                                            
Secretary

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(FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION)
Date of Registration and Authentication                                                                                  :
This Bond is one of the Bonds described in the within-mentioned Indenture.
         
  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    Authorized Signer   
       
 
Registrable at and payable by: U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee

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(FORM OF ASSIGNMENT)
ASSIGNMENT
     The following abbreviations when used in the inscription on the face of the within Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM — as tenants in common
TEN ENT — as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN — as joint tenants with right of
     survivorship and not as tenants in common
UNIF GIFT/TRANS MIN ACT                                          Custodian for                                           under
(Cust.) (Minor)
Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minors Act of                                                             .
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in list above.

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ASSIGNMENT
     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned                                          (the “Transferor”), hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto                      (the “Transferee”), whose address is                                          and whose social security number (or other federal tax identification number) is
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF TRANSFEREE
 
 
the within Bond and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints                                          as attorney to register the transfer of the within Bond on the books kept for registration and registration of transfer thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
     Date:                                         

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SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED BY:
     
 
   
Firm or Bank
 
NOTICE:   No transfer will be registered and no new Bond will be issued in the name of the Transferee, unless that signature(s) to this assignment correspond(s) with the name as it appears upon the fact of the within Bond in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever and name, address and the Social Security Number or federal employee identification number of the Transferee is supplied.
     
Authorized Signature    
 
   
Signature guarantee should be made by a guarantor institution participating in the Securities, Transfer Agents Medallion Program or in such other program acceptable to the Bond Registrar.