EXHIBIT k.7
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY
A subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
BLANKET ISSUER LETTER OF REPRESENTATIONS
[To be Completed by Issuer]
________________________________________________
[Name of Issuer]
________________
[Date]
[For Municipal Issues:
Underwriting Department-Eligibility; 50th Floor]
[For Corporate Issues:
General Counsel's Office; 49th Floor]
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter sets forth our understanding with respect to all issues
(the "Securities") that Issuer shall request be made eligible for deposit by The
Depository Trust Company ("DTC").
To induce DTC to accept the Securities as eligible for deposit at DTC,
and to act in accordance with DTC's Rules with respect to the Securities, Issuer
represents to DTC that Issuer will comply with the requirements stated in DTC's
Operational Arrangements, as they may be amended from time to time.
Note: Very truly yours,
Schedule A contains statements that DTC
believes accurately describe DTC, the _______________________________
method of effecting book-entry transfers (Issuer)
of securities distributed through DTC,
and certain related matters. By:____________________________
(Authorized Officer's Signature)
Received and Accepted:
_______________________________
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (Print Name)
By:__________________________ _______________________________
(Street Address)
_______________________________
(City) (State) (Country) (Zip Code)
(___________)__________________
(Phone Number)
[DTCC LOGO] _______________________________
(E-mail Address)
SCHEDULE A
(TO BLANKET ISSUER LETTER OF REPRESENTATIONS)
SAMPLE OFFERING DOCUMENT LANGUAGE
DESCRIBING BOOK-ENTRY-ONLY ISSUANCE
(PREPARED BY DTC -- BRACKETED MATERIAL MAY BE APPLICABLE ONLY TO CERTAIN ISSUES)
1. The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), New York, NY, will act as
securities depository for the securities (the "Securities"). The Securities will
be issued as fully-registered securities registered in the name of Cede & Co.
(DTC's partnership nominee) or such other name as may be requested by an
authorized representative of DTC. One fully-registered Security certificate will
be issued for [each issue of] the Securities, [each] in the aggregate principal
amount of such issue, and will be deposited with DTC. [If, however, the
aggregate principal amount of [any] issue exceeds $500 million, one certificate
will be issued with respect to each $500 million of principal amount, and an
additional certificate will be issued with respect to any remaining principal
amount of such issue.]
2. DTC, the world's largest depository, is a limited-purpose trust
company organized under the New York Banking Law, a "banking organization"
within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve
System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform
Commercial Code, and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions
of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. DTC holds and provides
asset servicing for over 2 million issues of U.S. and non-U.S. equity issues,
corporate and municipal debt issues, and money market instruments from over 85
countries that DTC's participants ("Direct Participants") deposit with DTC. DTC
also facilitates the post-trade settlement among Direct Participants of sales
and other securities transactions in deposited securities, through electronic
computerized book-entry transfers and pledges between Direct Participants'
accounts. This eliminates the need for physical movement of securities
certificates. Direct Participants include both U.S. and non-U.S. securities
brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain
other organizations. DTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust &
Clearing Corporation ("DTCC"). DTCC, in turn, is owned by a number of Direct
Participants of DTC and Members of the National Securities Clearing Corporation,
Government Securities Clearing Corporation, MBS Clearing Corporation, and
Emerging Markets Clearing Corporation, (NSCC, GSCC, MBSCC, and EMCC, also
subsidiaries of DTCC), as well as by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the
American Stock Exchange LLC, and the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as both U.S. and
non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, and clearing
corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a
Direct Participant, either directly or indirectly ("Indirect Participants"). DTC
has Standard & Poor's highest rating: AAA. The DTC Rules applicable to its
Participants are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. More
information about DTC can be found at XXX.XXXX.XXX.
3. Purchases of Securities under the DTC system must be made by or
through Direct Participants, which will receive a credit for the Securities on
DTC's records. The ownership
interest of each actual purchaser of each Security ("Beneficial Owner") is in
turn to be recorded on the Direct and Indirect Participants' records. Beneficial
Owners will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchase.
Beneficial Owners are, however, expected to receive written confirmations
providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of their
holdings, from the Direct or Indirect Participant through which the Beneficial
Owner entered into the transaction. Transfers of ownership interests in the
Securities are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of Direct and
Indirect Participants acting on behalf of Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners
will not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in
Securities, except in the event that use of the book-entry system for the
Securities is discontinued.
4. To facilitate subsequent transfers, all Securities deposited by
Direct Participants with DTC are registered in the name of DTC's partnership
nominee, Cede & Co., or such other name as may be requested by an authorized
representative of DTC. The deposit of Securities with DTC and their registration
in the name of Cede & Co. or such other DTC nominee do not effect any change in
beneficial ownership. DTC has no knowledge of the actual Beneficial Owners of
the Securities; DTC's records reflect only the identity of the Direct
Participants to whose accounts such Securities are credited, which may or may
not be the Beneficial Owners. The Direct and Indirect Participants will remain
responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.
5. Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Direct
Participants, by Direct Participants to Indirect Participants, and by Direct
Participants and Indirect Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by
arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as
may be in effect from time to time. [Beneficial Owners of Securities may wish to
take certain steps to augment the transmission to them of notices of significant
events with respect to the Securities, such as redemptions, tenders, defaults,
and proposed amendments to the Security documents. For example, Beneficial
Owners of Securities may wish to ascertain that the nominee holding the
Securities for their benefit has agreed to obtain and transmit notices to
Beneficial Owners. In the alternative, Beneficial Owners may wish to provide
their names and addresses to the registrar and request that copies of notices be
provided directly to them.]
[6. Redemption notices shall be sent to DTC. If less than all of the
Securities within an issue are being redeemed, DTC's practice is to determine by
lot the amount of the interest of each Direct Participant in such issue to be
redeemed.]
7. Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. (nor any other DTC nominee) will consent
or vote with respect to Securities unless authorized by a Direct Participant in
accordance with DTC's Procedures. Under its usual procedures, DTC mails an
Omnibus Proxy to Issuer as soon as possible after the record date. The Omnibus
Proxy assigns Cede & Co.'s consenting or voting rights to those Direct
Participants to whose accounts Securities are credited on the record date
(identified in a listing attached to the Omnibus Proxy).
8. Redemption proceeds, distributions, and dividend payments on the
Securities will be made to Cede & Co., or such other nominee as may be requested
by an authorized representative of DTC. DTC's practice is to credit Direct
Participants' accounts upon DTC's
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receipt of funds and corresponding detail information from Issuer or Agent, on
payable date in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC's
records. Payments by Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by
standing instructions and customary practices, as is the case with securities
held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in "street
name," and will be the responsibility of such Participant and not of DTC [nor
its nominee], Agent, or Issuer, subject to any statutory or regulatory
requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Payment of redemption
proceeds, distributions, and dividend payments to Cede & Co. (or such other
nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC) is the
responsibility of Issuer or Agent, disbursement of such payments to Direct
Participants will be the responsibility of DTC, and disbursement of such
payments to the Beneficial Owners will be the responsibility of Direct and
Indirect Participants.
[9. A Beneficial Owner shall give notice to elect to have its
Securities purchased or tendered, through its Participant, to
[Tender/Remarketing] Agent, and shall effect delivery of such Securities by
causing the Direct Participant to transfer the Participant's interest in the
Securities, on DTC's records, to [Tender/Remarketing] Agent. The requirement for
physical delivery of Securities in connection with an optional tender or a
mandatory purchase will be deemed satisfied when the ownership rights in the
Securities are transferred by Direct Participants on DTC's records and followed
by a book-entry credit of tendered Securities to [Tender/Remarketing] Agent's
DTC account.]
10. DTC may discontinue providing its services as depository with
respect to the Securities at any time by giving reasonable notice to Issuer or
Agent. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor depository is not
obtained, Security certificates are required to be printed and delivered.
11. Issuer may decide to discontinue use of the system of book-entry
transfers through DTC (or a successor securities depository). In that event,
Security certificates will be printed and delivered.
12. The information in this section concerning DTC and DTC's book-entry
system has been obtained from sources that Issuer believes to be reliable, but
Issuer takes no responsibility for the accuracy thereof.
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