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49 <br /> • APPENDIX F <br /> DTC's Book-Entry System <br /> The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), New York, New York,will act as securities depository <br /> for the Bonds.The Bonds will be issued as fully-registered bonds registered in the name of Cede & <br /> Co., DTC's partnership nominee, or such other name as may be requested by an authorized repre- <br /> sentative of DTC. One fully-registered bond certificate for each maturity of the Bonds will be regis- <br /> tered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC, each in the aggregate principal amount of <br /> such maturity and will be deposited with DTC. SO LONG AS CEDE & CO. IS THE REGISTERED <br /> OWNER OS THE BONDS, AS DTC'S PARTNERSHIP NOMINEE, REFERENCES HEREIN TO <br /> THE OWNERS OF REGISTERED OWNERS OF THE BONDS SHALL MEAN CEDE & CO.AND <br /> SHALL NOT MEAN THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THE BONDS. <br /> DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a"bank- <br /> ing.organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Re- <br /> serve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial <br /> Code, and a"clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities <br /> Exchange Act of 1934. DTC holds and provides asset servicing for over 2 million issues of U.S. and <br /> non-U.S. equity issues, corporate and municipal debt issues and money market instruments from <br /> over 85 countries that DTC's direct participants("Direct Participants")deposit with DTC. DTC also <br /> facilitates the post-trade settlement among Direct Participants of sales and other securities transac- <br /> tions in deposited securities trough electronic computerized book-entry transfers and pledges be- <br /> tween Direct Participants' accounts. This eliminates the need for physical movement of securities <br /> certificates. Direct Participants include both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, <br /> banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. DTC is a wholly- <br /> owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation ("DTCC'). DTCC, in turn, is <br /> owned by a number of its Direct Participants and members of the National Securities Clearing Cor- <br /> poration, Government Securities Clearing Corporation, MBS Clearing Corporation and Emerging <br /> Markets Clearing Corporation, as well as by the New York Stock Exchange,Inc.,the American Stock <br /> Exchange,Inc. and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.Access to the DTC system is <br /> also available to others such as both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, and <br /> trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, <br /> either directly or indirectly ("Indirect Participants"). DTC is rated AAA by Standard & Poor's Rat- <br /> ings Services ("S&P"). The DTC Rules applicable to its Direct and Indirect Participants are on file <br /> with the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about DTC can be found at <br /> www.dtcc.com. <br /> Purchases of Bonds under the DTC system must be made by or through Direct Participants, <br /> which will receive a credit for the Bonds on DTC's records. The ownership interest of actual pur- <br /> chasers of the Bonds.(`Beneficial Owners') is in turn recorded on the Direct and Indirect Partici- <br /> pants'records. Beneficial Owners will not'receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchases, <br /> but Beneficial Owners are expected to receive written confirmations providing details of the transac- <br /> tion, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from the Direct or Indirect Participants <br /> through which the Beneficial Owners entered into the transaction. Transfers of ownership interests <br /> in the Bonds are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of Direct and Indirect Participants <br /> acting on behalf of the Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will not receive certificates <br /> representing their ownership interests in the Bonds, except in the event that use of the book-entry <br /> system for the Bonds is discontinued. <br /> To facilitate subsequent transfers, all Bonds deposited by Direct Participants with DTC are <br /> registered in the name of DTC's partnership nominee, Cede & Co., or such other name as may be <br /> requested by an authorized representative of DTC. The deposit of Bonds with DTC and their regis- <br /> tration in the name of Cede&Co.or such other nominee do not affect any change in beneficial own- <br /> ership. DTC has no knowledge of the actual Beneficial Owners of the Bonds;DTC's records reflect <br /> only the identity of the Direct Participants to whose accounts the Bonds are credited,which may or <br /> may not be the Beneficial Owners. The Direct and Indirect Participants will remain responsible for <br /> keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers. <br /> • <br /> F-1 <br />