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Book -Entry Only System <br />The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), New York, New York, or its successor, will act as <br />securities depository for the Bonds. The Bonds will be issued as fully registered securities in the name <br />of Cede & Co. (DTC's partnership nominee). One fully -registered Bond certificate for each maturity will <br />be issued, in the aggregate principal amount of such maturity and will be deposited with DTC. <br />So long as Cede & Co. is the registered owner of the Bonds, payments of the principal of and <br />interest due on the Bonds will be payable directly to DTC. References herein to the registered owners <br />of the Bonds shall mean DTC or Cede & Co., and shall not mean the Beneficial Owners referred to <br />below. <br />DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a "banking <br />organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve <br />System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and <br />a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act <br />of 1934. DTC holds securities that its participants (the "Participants") deposit with DTC. DTC also <br />facilitates the settlement among Participants of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges in <br />deposited securities through electronic computerized book -entry changes in accounts of the Participants, <br />thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. Direct Participants include <br />securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain organizations. <br />DTC is owned by a number of its Direct Participants and by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the <br />American Stock Exchange, Inc. and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to the <br />DTC system is also available to others such as securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust companies <br />that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or <br />indirectly (the "Indirect Participants"). The rules applicable to DTC and its Participants are on file with <br />the Securities and Exchange Commission. <br />Purchases of the Bonds under the DTC system may be made by or through Direct <br />Participants, which will receive a credit for the Bonds on DTC's records. The ownership interest of <br />each actual purchaser of the Bonds (the "Beneficial Owner") is in turn to be recorded in the records of <br />the applicable DTC Direct or Indirect Participant. Beneficial Owners will not receive written <br />confirmation from DTC of their purchase, but Beneficial Owners are expected to receive written <br />confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from <br />the Direct or Indirect Participant through which the Beneficial Owner entered into the transaction. <br />Transfers of ownership interests in the Bonds are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of <br />Participants acting on behalf of the Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will not receive certificates <br />representing their ownership interest in Bonds, except in the event that use of the book -entry system for <br />the Bonds is discontinued. No Bonds will be registered in the names of the Beneficial Owners, except <br />in the event participation in the book -entry system is discontinued as described below. <br />To facilitate subsequent transfers, all Bonds deposited by Participants with DTC are registered <br />in the name of DTC's partnership nominee, Cede & Co. The deposit of Bonds and their registration in <br />the name of Cede & Co. effect no change in beneficial ownership. DTC has no knowledge of the actual <br />Beneficial Owners of the Bonds; DTC's records reflect only the identity of the Direct Participants to <br />whose accounts such Bonds are credited, which may or may not be the Beneficial Owners. The <br />Participants will remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers. <br />Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Direct Participants, by Direct <br />Participants to Indirect Participants and by Direct Participants and Indirect Participants to Beneficial <br />3247/IND38002-9/POS-BODY-1 3 <br />