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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Bonds shall, <br />in compliance with all applicable laws, be initially issued and held in book -entry <br />form and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository <br />Trust Company without physical distribution of Bonds to the purchasers thereof. <br />The President of the Commission is hereby authorized to take such action as may <br />be necessary to provide for the Bonds to be issued in book - entry -only form, <br />including without limitation executing a Blanket Issuer Letter of Representations. <br />The Bonds shall mature semiannually on each February 1 and <br />August 1 beginning on August 1, 2004, or such later date as may be set forth in <br />the Issuer's Certificate, and thereafter on each February 1 and August 1 through <br />and including August 1, 2024, or such earlier final maturity date and in such <br />annual principal amounts set forth in the Issuer's Certificate. <br />A Registrar and Paying Agent (the "Registrar" or the "Paying <br />Agent" or in both such capacities as the "Registrar and Paying Agent ") shall be <br />appointed by the Controller. The Controller is hereby authorized to solicit and <br />receive proposals with regard to the services of a registrar and paying agent. The <br />Registrar and Paying Agent is hereby charged with and shall by appropriate <br />agreement undertake the performance of all of the duties and responsibilities <br />customarily associated with each such position, including without limitation <br />authenticating the Bonds. The Registrar shall keep and maintain at its principal <br />office books for the registration and for the transfer of the Bonds (the "Bond <br />Register "). The President of the Commission and the Controller are hereby <br />authorized and directed, on behalf of the Commission, to enter into such <br />agreements or understandings with the Registrar and Paying Agent as will enable <br />the Registrar and Paying Agent to perform the services required of a registrar and <br />a paying agent, and is authorized and directed to pay the Registrar and Paying <br />Agent for its services out of available funds. <br />The principal of and premium, if any, on the Bonds shall be <br />payable at the principal office of the Paying Agent for the Bonds. Interest on the <br />Bonds shall be paid by check or draft mailed or delivered to the registered owners <br />thereof at the address as it appears on the Bond Register as of the 15`h day of the <br />month immediately preceding the interest payment date or at such other address <br />as is provided to the Paying Agent in writing by such registered owners. All <br />payments on the Bonds shall be made in any coin or currency of the United States <br />of America which on the dates of such payments shall be legal tender for the <br />payment of public and private debts. <br />The Bonds shall bear an original date which shall be the first day <br />of the month in which the Bonds are sold (the "Original Date ") and each Bond <br />shall also bear the date of its authentication. Bonds authenticated on or before <br />July 15, 2004, shall be paid interest from the Original Date. Bonds authenticated <br />after July 15, 2004, shall pay interest from the interest payment date immediately <br />preceding the date of authentication of such Bonds unless the Bonds are <br />authenticated between the fifteenth day of the month preceding an interest <br />SBIMANI 158875v2 - 3 - <br />