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<br />- 3 - <br />Book Entry System <br /> <br />The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), New York, New York, will act as securities depository for the <br />Bonds. The Bonds will be issued as fully-registered securities registered in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC’s <br />partnership nominee) or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. One <br />fully-registered certificate will be issued for each maturity of the Bonds, each in the aggregate principal <br />amount of such maturity, and will be deposited with DTC. <br /> <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 System, <br />a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a “clearing <br />agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. DTC <br />holds and provides asset servicing for over 3.5 million issues of U.S. and non-U.S. equity issues, corporate <br />and municipal debt issues, and money market instruments (from over 100 countries) that DTC’s participants <br />(“Direct Participants”) deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the post-trade settlement among Direct <br />Participants of sales and other securities transactions in deposited securities through electronic <br />computerized book-entry transfers and pledges between Direct Participants’ accounts. This eliminates the <br />need for physical movement of securities certificates. Direct Participants include both U.S. and non-U.S. <br />securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other <br />organizations. DTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation <br />(“DTCC”). DTCC is the holding company for DTC, National Securities Clearing Corporation, and Fixed <br />Income Clearing Corporation all of which are registered clearing agencies. DTCC is owned by the users <br />of its regulated subsidiaries. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as both U.S. and <br />non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations that clear through <br />or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or indirectly (“Indirect <br />Participants”). The DTC Rules applicable to its Participants are on file with the Securities and Exchange <br />Commission. More information about DTC can be found at www.dtcc.com. <br /> <br />Purchases of Bonds under the DTC system must be made by or through Direct Participants, which will <br />receive a credit for the Bonds on DTC’s records. The ownership interest of each actual purchaser of each <br />Bond (“Beneficial Owner”) is in turn to be recorded on the Direct and Indirect Participants’ records. <br />Beneficial Owners will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchase. Beneficial Owners <br />are, however, expected to receive written confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as <br />periodic statements of their holdings, from the Direct or Indirect Participant through which the Beneficial <br />Owner entered into the transaction. Transfers of ownership interests in the Bonds are to be accomplished <br />by entries made on the books of Direct and Indirect Participants acting on behalf of Beneficial Owners. <br />Beneficial Owners will not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in the Bonds, except <br />in the event that use of the book-entry system for the Bonds is discontinued. <br /> <br />To facilitate subsequent transfers, all Bonds deposited by Direct Participants with DTC are registered in the <br />name of DTC’s partnership nominee, Cede & Co., or such other name as may be requested by an authorized <br />representative of DTC. The deposit of Bonds with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co. <br />or such other DTC nominee do not effect any change in beneficial ownership. DTC has no knowledge of <br />the actual Beneficial Owners of the Bonds; DTC’s records reflect only the identity of the Direct Participants <br />to whose accounts such Bonds are credited, which may or may not be the Beneficial Owners. The Direct <br />and Indirect Participants will remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their <br />customers. <br /> <br />Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Direct Participants, by Direct Participants to <br />Indirect Participants, and by Direct Participants and Indirect Participants to Beneficial Owners will be <br />governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in <br />effect from time to time. Beneficial Owners of Bonds may wish to take certain steps to augment the <br />transmission to them of notices of significant events with respect to the Bonds, such as redemptions, tenders, <br />defaults, and proposed amendments to the Bond documents. For example, Beneficial Owners of the Bonds <br />may wish to ascertain that the nominee holding the Bonds for their benefit has agreed to obtain and transmit