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BANK - QUALIFIED TAX- EXEMPT OBLIGATIONS The City will designate the Bonds as "qualified tax - exempt obligations" for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, relating to the ability of financial institutions to deduct from income for federal income tax purposes, interest expense that is allocable to carrying and acquiring tax - exempt obligations. RATINGS Applications for ratings of the Bonds have been made to Moody's Investors Service ( "Moody's "), 99 Church Street, New York, New York. If ratings are assigned, they will reflect only the opinion of Moody's. Any explanation of the significance of the ratings may be obtained only from Moody's. There is no assurance that ratings, if assigned, will continue for any given period of time, or that such ratings will not be revised or withdrawn, if in the judgment of Moody's, circumstances so warrant. A revision or withdrawal of the ratings may have an adverse effect on the market price of the Bonds. FINANCIAL ADVISOR The City has retained Springsted Incorporated, Public Sector Advisors, of St. Paul, Minnesota, as financial advisor (the "Financial Advisor ") in connection with the issuance of the Bonds. In preparing the Official Statement, the Financial Advisor has relied upon governmental officials, and other sources, who have access to relevant data to provide accurate information for the Official Statement, and the Financial Advisor has not been engaged, nor has it undertaken, to independently verify the accuracy of such information. The Financial Advisor is not a public accounting firm and has not been engaged by the City to compile, review, examine or audit any information in the Official Statement in accordance with accounting standards. The Financial Advisor is an independent advisory firm and is not engaged in the business of underwriting, trading or distributing municipal securities or other public securities and therefore will not participate in the underwriting of the Bonds. CERTIFICATION The City has authorized the distribution of this Official Statement for use in connection with the initial sale of the Bonds. As of the date of the settlement of the Bonds, the Purchaser(s) will be furnished with a certificate signed by the appropriate officers of the City. The certificate will state that as of the date of the Official Statement, the Official Statement did not and does not as of the date of the certificate contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 8