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• <br />• <br />City of Lino Lakes, Minnesota <br />September 18, 2006 <br />8. Prepayment Provisions <br />9. Credit Rating Comments <br />10. Term Bonds <br />11. Federal Treasury Regulations Concerning Tax - <br />Exempt Obligations <br />(a) Bank Qualification <br />With regard to the Series 2006E Bonds, the City may <br />elect on February 1, 2016 and any day thereafter, to <br />prepay the Bonds due on or after February 1, 2017 at a <br />price of par plus accrued interest. <br />With regard to the Series 2006F Bonds, the issue will not <br />be callable prior to its stated maturity dates. <br />An application will be made to Moody's Investors Service <br />for a rating on the Bonds. The City's general obligation <br />debt is currently rated "Aa3 ". <br />We have included a provision on the Series 2006E <br />Bonds that permits the underwriters to combine multiple <br />maturity years into a term bond, subject to mandatory <br />redemption on the same maturity schedule provided in <br />the Terms of Proposal. The advantage to the <br />underwriter is that it provides large blocks of bonds, <br />which are more attractive to bond funds, and certain <br />pension funds. This in turn is a benefit to the City since <br />selling larger blocks of bonds reduces the risk to the <br />underwriter, allowing them to lower their costs and the <br />interest coupons. Since the Series 2006E Bonds are <br />being offered on a competitive bid basis and awarded on <br />the lowest true interest cost, the City will award the <br />Series 2006E Bonds to the best bid regardless of <br />whether term bonds are chosen or not. <br />Under Federal Tax Law, financial institutions cannot <br />deduct from income for federal income tax purposes, <br />expense that is allocable to carrying and acquiring tax - <br />exempt bonds. There is an exemption to this for "bank <br />qualified" bonds, which can be so designated if the issuer <br />does not issue more than $10 million of tax - exempt <br />bonds in a calendar year. Issues that are bank qualified <br />generally receive slightly lower interest rates than issues <br />that are not bank qualified. The City does not expect to <br />issue more than $10 million of tax - exempt obligations in <br />2006; therefore the Series 2006F Bonds are designated <br />as bank qualified. <br />- 5 9 - <br />Page 3 <br />