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September 8, 2005
Mr. Robert Buck
The Depository Trust Company
Interface/Underwriting Department
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55 Water Street
New York, New York 10041
Clerk's Office
515 Clark Avenue, P. 0. Box 811
Ames, I A 50010
Phone: 515-239-5105
Fax: 515-239-5142
RE: City of Ames, Iowa
$5,495,000 General Obligation Corporate Purpose and Refunding Bonds, Series 2005A
Your File No. 419370-33
Dear Mr. Buck:
Enclosed are the executed Bonds, numbered from one to twelve (12), inclusive, which should be
held in escrow pending release on September 13, 2005, by our Bond Counsel, Robert E. Josten,
Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Des Moines, Iowa [telephone (515) 283-1000].
In the meantime, if you have any questions or if there is anything else you need, please contact our
Bond Counsel.
Sincerely,
Roger J. Wisecup, 11
Ames City Treasurer
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No. I
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF IOWA
COUNTY OF STORY
CITY OF AMES
GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE AND REFUNDING BOND,
SERIES 2005A
RATE MATURITY DATE BOND DATE CUSIP
3,50% June l, 2006 September 13, 2005 030807 ZF I
$645,000
The City of Ames (the "City"), in the County of Story, State of Iowa, for value received, promises to pay on the maturity date of this
Bond to
Cede & Co.
or registered assigns, the principal sum of
SIX HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at the office of the City Treasurer, Ames, Iowa
(hereinafter referred to as the "Bond Registrar" or the "Paying Agent"), with interest on said sum, until paid, at the rate per annum specified
above from the date of this Bond, or from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid, on June I and December I of
each year, commencing June 1, 2006, except as the provisions hereinafter set forth with respect to redemption prior to maturity may be or become
applicable hereto. Interest on this Bond is payable to the registered owner appearing on the registration books of the City at the close of business
on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding the interest payment date and shall be paid by check or draft mailed to the registered owner at
the address shown on such registration books. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been
signed by the Bond Registrar.
This Bond is one of a duly authorized series of General Obligation Corporate Purpose and Refunding Bonds, Series 2005A (the
"Series 2005A Bonds"), issued by the City pursuant to and in strict compliance with the provisions of Division III of Chapter 384 and Chapter 76
of the Code of Iowa, 2005, and all laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and in conformity with a resolution of the City Council
duly passed, approved and recorded for the purpose of paying costs of the construction of street improvements; the acquisition of fire equipment;
and the refunding of the City's General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 1997A, dated June 1, 1997.
The City reserves the right to call and redeem part or all of the Series 2005A Bonds maturing in each of the years 2014 to 2017,
inclusive, prior to and in any order of maturity on June 1, 2013, or on any date thereafter upon terms of par and accrued interest. If less than all of
the Series 2005A Bonds of any like maturity are to be redeemed, the particular part of those Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by lot. The
Series 2005A Bonds may be called in part in one or more units of $5,000. If less than the entire principal amount of any Bond in a denomination
of more than $5,000 is to be redeemed, the Bond Registrar will issue and deliver to the registered owner thereof, upon surrender of such original
Bond, a new Bond or Bonds, in any authorized denomination, in a total aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed balance of the
original Bond. Notice of such redemption as aforesaid identifying the Series 2005A Bond or Bonds (or portion thereof) to be redeemed shall be
mailed by certified mail to the registered owners thereof at the addresses shown on the City's registration books not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to such redemption date. All of the Series 2005A Bonds as to which the City reserves and exercises the right of redemption and as to
which notice as aforesaid shall have been given and for the redemption of which funds are duly provided, shall cease to bear interest on the
redemption date.
This Bond is fully negotiable but shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest in the name of the owner on the books of the
City in the office of the Bond Registrar, after which no transfer shall be valid unless made on said books and then only upon presentation of this
Bond to the Bond Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Bond Registrar or the assignment form hereon
completed and duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney for such registered owner.
The City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof, premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and the
City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. 4
And It Is Hereby Certified and Recited that all acts, conditions and things required by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa,
to exist, to be had, to be done or to be performed precedent to and in the issue of this Bond were and have been properly existent, had, done and
performed in regular and due form and time; that provision has been made for the levy of a sufficient continuing annual tax on all the taxable
property within the City for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Bond as the same will respectively become due; that the faith,
credit, revenues and resources and all the real and personal property of the City are irrevocably pledged for the prompt payment hereof, both
principal and interest; and that the total indebtedness of the City, including this Bond, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Ames, Iowa, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be sealed with the facsimile of its
official seal, to be executed with the duly authorized facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested with the duly authorized facsimile signature of
its City Clerk, all as of September 13, 2005.
CITY OF AMES, IOWA
By—�
Attest: Mayor
By
City Clerk
Registration Date: September 13, 2005
BOND REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Bond is one of the Series 2005A Bonds described in w the im-mention d resolution.
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Elfy Tr6sureK, Ames,- Iowa V
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The following abbreviations, when used in this Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM as tenants in common
TEN ENT as tenants by the
entireties
JT TEN as joint tenants with right
of survivorsbip and not as
tenants in common
UTMA
(Gust)
As Custodian for
(Minor)
under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the list above.
ASSIGNMENT
For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned assigns this Bond to
(Please print or type name and address of Assignee)
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
and does hereby irrevocably appoint.
thereof with full power of substitution.
Dated:
Signature guaranteed:
(Signature guarantee must be provided in accordance with the
prevailing standards and procedures of the Registrar and Transfer
Agent. Such standards and procedures may require signatures to
be guaranteed by certain eligible guarantor institutions that
participate in a recognized signature guarantee program.)
Attorney, to transfer this Bond on the books kept for registration
NOTICE: The signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name
of the registered owner as it appears on this Bond in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
No, 2
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF IOWA
COUNTY OF STORY
CITY OF AMES
GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE AND REFUNDING BOND,
SERIES 2005A
RATE MATURITY DATE BOND DATE CUSIP
3.50% June 1, 2007 September 13, 2005 030807 ZG 9
$725,000
Bond to The City of Ames (the "City"), in the County of Story, State of Iowa, for value received, promises to pay on the maturity date of this
Cede & Co.
or registered assigns, the principal sum of
SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at the office of the City Treasurer, Ames, Iowa
(hereinafter referred to as the "Bond Registrar" or the "Paying Agent"), with interest on said sum, until paid, at the rate per annum specified
above from the date of this Bond, or from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid, on Julie I and December I of
each year, commencing June 1, 2006, except as the provisions hereinafter set forth with respect to redemption prior to maturity may be or become
applicable hereto. Interest on this Bond is payable to the registered owner appearing an the registration books of the City at the close of business
on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding the interest payment date and shall be paid by check or draft mailed to the registered owner at
the address shown on such registration books. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been
signed by the Bond Registrar,
This Bond is one of a duly authorized series of General Obligation Corporate Purpose and Refunding Bonds, Series 2005A (the
"Series 2005A Bonds"), issued by the City pursuant to and in strict compliance with the provisions of Division III of Chapter 384 and Chapter 76
of the Code of Iowa, 2005, and all laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and in conformity with a resolution of the City Council
duly passed, approved and recorded for the purpose of paying costs of the construction of street improvements; the acquisition of fire equipment;
and the refunding of the City's General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 1997A, dated June 1, 1997.
The City reserves the right to call and redeem part or all of the Series 2005A Bonds maturing in each of the years 2014 to 2017,
inclusive, prior to and in any order of maturity on June 1, 2013, or on any date thereafter upon terms of par and accrued interest. If less than all of
the Series 2005A Bonds of any like maturity are to be redeemed, the particular part of those Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by lot. The
Series 2005A Bonds may be called in part in one or more units of $5,000. If less than the entire principal amount of any Bond in a denomination
of more than $5,000 is to be redeemed, the Bond Registrar will issue and deliver to the registered owner thereof, upon surrender of such original
Bond, a new Bond or Bonds, in any authorized denomination, in a total aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed balance of the
original Bond. Notice of such redemption as aforesaid identifying the Series 2005A Bond or Bonds (or portion thereof) to be redeemed shall be
mailed by certified mail to the registered owners thereof at the addresses shown on the City's registration books not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to such redemption date. All of the Series 2005A Bonds as to which the City reserves and exercises the tight of redemption and as to
which notice as aforesaid shall have been given and for the redemption of which funds are duly provided, shall cease to bear interest on the
redemption date,
This Bond is fully negotiable but shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest in the name of the owner on the books of the
City in the office of the Bond Registrar, after which no transfer shall be valid unless made on said books and then only upon presentation of this
Bond to the Bond Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Bond Registrar or the assignment form hereon
completed and duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney for such registered owner.
The City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof, premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and the
City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. 10
And It Is Hereby Certified and Recited that all acts, conditions and things required by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa,
to exist, to be had, to be done or to be performed precedent to and in the issue of this Bond were and have been properly existent, had, done and
performed in regular and due form and time; that provision has been made for the levy of a sufficient continuing annual tax on all the taxable
property within the City for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Bond as the same will respectively become due; that the faith,
credit, revenues and resources and all the real and personal property of the City are irrevocably pledged for the prompt payment hereof, both
principal and interest; and that the total indebtedness of the City, including this Bond, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Ames, Iowa, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be sealed with the facsimile of its
official seal, to be executed with the duly authorized facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested with the duly authorized facsimile signature of
its City Clerk, all as of September 13, 2005.
CITY OF AMES, IOWA
Attest:M Soyh Mayor
City Clerk
Registration Date: September 13, 2005
BOND REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Bond is one of the Series 2005A Bonds described in the ' hin-me tioned resolution.
City Trffasukr, Ames, Iowa f
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in this Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM as tenants in common
TEN ENT as tenants by the
entireties
JT TEN as joint tenants with right
of survivorship and not as
tenants in common
UTMA
(Gust)
As Custodian for
(Minor)
under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the list above.
ASSIGNMENT
For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned assigns this Bond to
(Please print or type name and address of Assignee)
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
and does hereby irrevocably appoint _
thereof with full power of substitution.
Dated:
Signature guaranteed:
(Signature guarantee must be provided in accordance with the
prevailing standards and procedures of the Registrar and Transfer
Agent. Such standards and procedures may require signatures to
be guaranteed by certain eligible guarantor institutions that
participate in a recognized signature guarantee program.)
Attorney, to transfer this Bond on the books kept for registration
NOTICE: The signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name
of the registered owner as it appears on this Bond in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF IOWA
COUNTY OF STORY
CITY OF AMES
GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE AND REFUNDING BOND,
SERIES 2005A
No, 3 $730,000
RATE MATURITY DATE BOND DATE CUSIP
3,50% June 1, 2008 September 13, 2005 030807 ZH 7
The City of Ames (tile "City"), in the County of Story, State of Iowa, for value received, promises to pay on the maturity date of this
Bond to
Cede & Co.
or registered assigns, the principal sum of
SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at the office of the City Treasurer, Ames, Iowa
(hereinafter referred to as the "Bond Registrar" or the "Paying Agent"), with interest on said sum, until paid, at the rate per annurn specified
above from the date of this Bond, or from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid, on June I and December I of
each year, commencing June 1, 2006, except as the provisions hereinafter set forth with respect to redemption prior to maturity may be or become
applicable hereto. Interest on this Bond is payable to the registered owner appearing on the registration books of the City at the close of business
on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding the interest payment date and shall be paid by check or draft mailed to the registered owner at
the address shown on such registration books. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been
signed by the Bond Registrar,
This Bond is one of a duly authorized series of General Obligation Corporate Purpose and Refunding Bonds, Series 2005A (tile
"Series 2005A Bonds"), issued by the City pursuant to and in strict compliance with the provisions of Division III of Chapter 384 and Chapter 76
of the Code of Iowa, 2005, and all laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and in conformity with a resolution of the City Council
duly passed, approved and recorded for the purpose of paying costs of the construction of street improvements; the acquisition of fire equipment;
and the refunding of the City's General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 1997A, dated June 1, 1997.
The City reserves the right to call and redeem part or all of the Series 2005A Bonds maturing in each of the years 2014 to 2017,
inclusive, prior to and in any order of maturity on June 1, 2013, or on any date thereafter upon terms of par and accrued interest. If less than all of
the Series 2005A Bonds of any like maturity are to be redeemed, the particular part of those Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by lot. The
Series 2005A Bonds may be called in part in one or more units of $5,000. If less than the entire principal amount of any Bond in a denomination
of more than $5,000 is to be redeemed, the Bond Registrar will issue and deliver to the registered owner thereof, upon surrender of such original
Bond, a new Bond or Bonds, in any authorized denomination, in a total aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed balance of the
original Bond. Notice of such redemption as aforesaid identifying the Series 2005A Bond or Bonds (or portion thercoo to be redeemed shall be
mailed by certified mail to the registered owners thereof at the addresses shown on the City's registration books not less than 30 not more than 60
days prior to such redemption date. All of the Series 2005A Bonds as to which the City reserves and exercises the right of redemption and as to
which notice as aforesaid shall have been given and for the redemption of which funds are duly provided, shall cease to bear interest on the
redemption date.
This Bond is fully negotiable but shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest in the name of the owner on the books of the
City in the office of the Bond Registrar, after which no transfer shall be valid unless made on said books and then only upon presentation of this
Bond to the Bond Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Bond Registrar or the assignment form hereon
completed and duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney for such registered owner,
The City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof, premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and the
City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. 10
And It Is Hereby Certified and Recited that all acts, conditions and things required by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa,
to exist, to be had, to be done or to be performed precedent to and in the issue of this Bond were and have been properly existent, had, done and
performed in regular and due form and time; that provision has been made for the levy of a sufficient continuing annual tax on all the taxable
property within the City for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Bond as the same will respectively become due; that the faith,
credit, revenues and resources and all the real and personal property of the City are irrevocably pledged for the prompt payment hereof, both
principal and interest; and that the total indebtedness of the City, including this Bond, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Ames, Iowa, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be sealed with the facsimile of'its
official seal, to be executed with the duly authorized facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested with the duly authorized facsimile signature of
its City Clerk, all as of September 13, 2005.
CITY OF AMES, IOWA
By
Attest: ayor
City Clerk
Registration Date: September 13, 2005
BOND REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Bond is one of the Series 2005A Bonds described in the 'thin-mentionsl resolution.
City 'rreas&er, Ames, Iowa
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in this Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM as tenants in common
TEN ENT as tenants by the
entireties
JT TEN as joint tenants with right
of survivorship and not as
tenants in common
UTMA
(Cost)
As Custodian for
(Minor)
under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the list above.
ASSIGNMENT
For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned assigns this Bond to
(Please print or type name and address of Assignee)
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
and does hereby irrevocably appoint Attorney, to transfer this Bond on the books kept for registration
thereof with full power of substitution.
Dated:
Signature guaranteed:
(Signature guarantee must be provided in accordance with the
prevailing standards and procedures of the Registrar and Transfer
Agent. Such standards and procedures may require signatures to
be guaranteed by certain eligible guarantor institutions that
participate in a recognized signature guarantee program.)
NOTICE: The signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name
of the registered owner as it appears on this Bond in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
No. 4
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF IOWA
COUNTY OF STORY
CITY OF AMES
GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE AND REFUNDING BOND,
SERIES 2005A
RATE MATURITY DATE BOND DATE CUSIP
3,50% June 1, 2009 September 13, 2005 030807 ZJ 3
$725,000
The City of Ames (tile "City"), in the County of Story, State of Iowa, for value received, promises to pay on the maturity date of this
Bond to
Cede & Co,
or registered assigns, the principal sum of
SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at the office of the City Treasurer, Ames, Iowa
(hereinafter referred to as the "Bond Registrar" or the "Paying Agent"), with interest on said sum, until paid, at the rate per annum specified
above from the date of this Bond, or from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid, on June I and December I of
each year, commencing June 1, 2006, except as the provisions hereinafter set forth with respect to redemption prior to maturity may be or become
applicable hereto. Interest on this Bond is payable to the registered owner appearing on the registration books of the City at the close of business
on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding the interest payment date and shall be paid by check or draft mailed to the registered owner at
the address shown on such registration books. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been
signed by the Bond Registrar.
This Bond is one of a duly authorized series of General Obligation Corporate Purpose and Refunding Bonds, Series 2005A (tile
"Series 2005A Bonds"), issued by the City pursuant to and in strict compliance with the provisions of Division III of Chapter 384 and Chapter 76
of the Code of Iowa, 2005, and all laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and in conformity with a resolution of the City Council
duly passed, approved and recorded for the purpose of paying costs of the construction of street improvements; the acquisition of fire equipment;
and the refunding of the City's General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 1997A, dated June 1, 1997.
The City reserves the right to call and redeem part or all of the Series 2005A Bonds maturing in each of the years 2014 to 2017,
inclusive, prior to and in any order of maturity on June 1, 2013, or on any date thereafter upon terms of par and accrued interest. If less than all of
the Series 2005A Bonds of any like maturity are to be redeemed, the particular part of those Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by lot. The
Series 2005A Bonds may be called in part in one or more units of $5,000. If less than the entire principal amount of any Bond in a denomination
of more than $5,000 is to be redeemed, the Bond Registrar will issue and deliver to the registered owner thereof, upon surrender of such original
Bond, a new Bond or Bonds, in any authorized denomination, in a total aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed balance of the
original Bond. Notice of such redemption as aforesaid identifying the Series 2005A Bond or Bonds (or portion thereof) to be redeemed shall be
mailed by certified mail to the registered owners thereof at the addresses shown on the City's registration books not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to such redemption date. All of the Series 2005A Bonds as to which the City reserves and exercises the right of redemption and as to
which notice as aforesaid shall have been given and for the redemption of which funds are duly provided, shall cease to bear interest on the
redemption date.
This Bond is fully negotiable but shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest in the name of the owner on the books of the
City in the office of the Bond Registrar, after which no transfer shall be valid unless made on said books and then only upon presentation of this
Bond to the Bond Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Bond Registrar or the assignment form hereon
completed and duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney for such registered owner.
The City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof, premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and the
City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. q
And It Is Hereby Certified and Recited that all acts, conditions and things required by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa,
to exist, to be had, to be done or to be performed precedent to and in the issue of this Bond were and have been properly existent, had, done and
performed in regular and due form and time; that provision has been made for the levy of a sufficient continuing annual tax on all the taxable
property within the City for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Bond as the same will respectively become due; that the faith,
credit, revenues and resources and all the real and personal property of the City are irrevocably pledged for the prompt payment hereof, both
principal and interest; and that the total indebtedness of the City, including this Bond, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Ames, Iowa, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be sealed with the facsimile of"its
official seal, to be executed with the duly authorized facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested with the duly authorized facsimile signature of
its City Clerk, all as of September 13, 2005,
CITY OF AMES, IOWA
By
Attest: or
City Clerk
Registration Date: September 13, 2005
BOND REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Bond is one of the Series 2005A Bonds described in the ithin-mentioned resolution.
) zr--
ffity l-'easgrel, Ames, Ioka
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in this Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM as tenants in common
TEN ENT as tenants by the
entireties
JT TEN as joint tenants with right
of survivorship, and not as
tenants in common
UTMA
(Cost)
As Custodian for
(Minor)
under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the list above.
ASSIGNMENT
For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned assigns this Bond to
(Please print or type name and address of Assignee)
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
and does hereby irrevocably appoint_
thereof with full power of substitution.
Dated:
Signature guaranteed:
(Signature guarantee must be provided in accordance with the
prevailing standards and procedures of the Registrar and Transfer
Agent. Such standards and procedures may require signatures to
be guaranteed by certain eligible guarantor institutions that
participate in a recognized signature guarantee program.)
Attorney, to transfer this Bond on the books kept for registration
NOTICE: The signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name
of the registered owner as it appears on this Bond in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
No. 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF IOWA
COUNTY OF STORY
CITY OF AMES
GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE AND REFUNDING BOND,
SERIES 2005A
RATE MATURITY DATE BOND DATE CUSIP
3.50% June 1, 2010 September 1.3, 2005 030807 ZK 0
$290,000
Bond to The City of Ames (the "City"), in the County of Story, State of Iowa, for value received, promises to pay on the maturity date of this
Cede & Co.
or registered assigns, the principal sum of
TWO HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS
in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at the office of the City Treasurer, Ames, Iowa
(hereinafter referred to as the "Bond Registrar" or the "Paying Agent"), with interest on said sum, until paid, at the rate per annum specified
above from the date of this Bond, or from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid, on June I and December I of
each year, commencing June 1, 2006, except as the provisions hereinafter set forth with respect to redemption prior to maturity may be or become
applicable hereto. Interest on this Bond is payable to the registered owner appearing on the registration books of the City at the close of business
on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding the interest payment date and shall be paid by check or draft mailed to the registered owner at
the address shown on such registration books. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been
signed by the Bond Registrar,
This Bond is one of a duly authorized series of General Obligation Corporate Purpose and Refunding Bonds, Series 2005A (the
"Series 2005A Bonds"), issued by the City pursuant to and in strict compliance with the provisions of Division III of Chapter 384 and Chapter 76
of the Code of Iowa, 2005, and all laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and in conformity with a resolution of the City Council
duly passed, approved and recorded for the purpose of paying costs of the construction of street improvements; the acquisition of fire equipment;
and the refunding of the City's General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 1997A, dated June 1, 1997,
The City reserves the right to call and redeem part or all of the Series 2005A Bonds maturing in each of the years 2014 to 2017,
inclusive, prior to and in any order of maturity on June 1, 2013, or on any date thereafter upon terms of par and accrued interest. If less than all of
the Series 2005A Bonds of any like maturity are to be redeemed, the particular part of those Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by lot. The
Series 2005A Bonds may be called in part in one or more units of $5,000. If less than the entire principal amount of any Bond in a denomination
of more than $5,000 is to be redeemed, the Bond Registrar will issue and deliver to the registered owner thereof, upon surrender of such original
Bond, a new Bond or Bonds, in any authorized denomination, in a total aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed balance of the
original Bond. Notice of such redemption as aforesaid identifying the Series 2005A Bond or Bonds (or portion thereof) to be redeemed shall be
mailed by certified mail to the registered owners thereof at the addresses shown on the City's registration books not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to such redemption date. All of the Series 2005A Bonds as to which the City reserves and exercises the right of redemption and as to
which notice as aforesaid shall have been given and for the redemption of which funds are duly provided, shall cease to bear interest on the
redemption date.
This Bond is fully negotiable but shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest in the name of the owner on the books of the
City in the office of the Bond Registrar, after which no transfer shall be valid unless made on said books and then only upon presentation of this
Bond to the Bond Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Bond Registrar or the assignment form hereon
completed and duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney for such registered owner.
The City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof, premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and the
City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. q
And It Is Hereby Certified and Recited that all acts, conditions and things required by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa,
to exist, to be had, to be done or to be performed precedent to and in the issue of this Bond were and have been properly existent, had, done and
performed in regular and due form and time; that provision has been made for the levy of a sufficient continuing annual tax on all the taxable
property within the City for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Bond as the same will respectively become due; that the faith,
credit, revenues and resources and all the real and personal property of the City are irrevocably pledged for the prompt payment hereof, both
principal and interest; and that the total indebtedness of the City, including this Bond, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Ames, Iowa, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be sealed with the facsimile of its
official seal, to be executed with the duly authorized facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested with the duly authorized facsimile signature of
its City Clerk, all as of September 13, 2005,
CITY OF AWS, IOWA
By
Attest: Mayor
By...
City Clerk
Registration Date: September 13, 2005
BOND REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Bond is one of the Series 2005A Bonds described in tahe'thm-mpnoned resolution.
Cily'rreasuKer, Ames, Iowa P
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in this Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM as tenants in common
TEN ENT as tenants by the
entireties
JT TEN as joint tenants with right
of survivorship and not as
tenants in common
UTMA
(Cust)
As Custodian for
(Minor)
under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the list above.
ASSIGNMENT
For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned assigns this Bond to
(Please print or type name and address of Assignee)
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
and does hereby irrevocably appoint Attorney, to transfer this Bond on the books kept for registration
thereof with full power of substitution.
Dated:
Signature guaranteed:
(Signature guarantee must be provided in accordance with the
prevailing standards and procedures of the Registrar and Transfer
Agent. Such standards and procedures may require signatures to
be guaranteed by certain eligible guarantor institutions that
participate in a recognized signature guarantee program.)
NOTICE: The signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name
of the registered owner as it appears on this Bond in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF IOWA
COUNTY OF STORY
CITY OF AMES
GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE AND REFUNDING BOND,
SERIES 2005A
No. 6 $300,000
RATE MATURITY DATE BOND DATE CUSH,
3.50% June 1, 2011 September 13, 2005 030807 ZL 8
Bond to The City of Ames (the "City"), in the County of Story, State of Iowa, for value received, promises to pay on the maturity date of this
or registered assigns, the principal sum of
Cede & Co.
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at the office of the City Treasurer, Ames, Iowa
(hereinafter referred to as the "Bond Registrar" or the "Paying Agent"), with interest on said sum, until paid, at the rate per annurn specified
above from the date of this Bond, or from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid, on June I and December I of
each year, commencing June 1, 2006, except as the provisions hereinafter set forth with respect to redemption prior to maturity may be or become
applicable hereto. Interest on this Bond is payable to the registered owner appearing on the registration books of the City at the close of business
on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding the interest payment date and shall be paid by check or draft mailed to the registered owner at
the address shown on such registration books. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been
signed by the Bond Registrar.
This Bond is one of a duly authorized series of General Obligation Corporate Purpose and Refunding Bonds, Series 2005A (the
"Series 2005A Bonds"), issued by the City pursuant to and in strict compliance with the provisions of Division III of Chapter 384 and Chapter 76
of the Code of Iowa, 2005, and all laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and in conformity with a resolution of the City Council
duly passed, approved and recorded for the purpose of paying costs of the construction of street improvements; the acquisition of fire equipment;
and the refunding of the City's General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 1997A, dated June 1, 1997.
The City reserves the right to call and redeem part or all of the Series 2005A Bonds maturing in each of the years 2014 to 2017,
inclusive, prior to and in any order of maturity on June 1, 2013, or on any date thereafter upon terms of par and accrued interest, If less than all of
the Series 2005A Bonds of any like maturity are to be redeemed, the particular part of those Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by lot. The
Series 2005A Bonds may be called in part in one or more units of $5,000. If less than the entire principal amount of any Bond in a denomination
of more than $5,000 is to be redeemed, the Bond Registrar will issue and deliver to the registered owner thereof, upon surrender of such original
Bond, a new Bond or Bonds, in any authorized denomination, in a total aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed balance of the
original Bond. Notice of such redemption as aforesaid identifying the Series 2005A Bond or Bonds (or portion thereof) to be redeemed shall be
mailed by certified mail to the registered owners thereof at the addresses shown on the City's registration books not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to such redemption date. All of the Series 2005A Bonds as to which the City reserves and exercises the right of redemption and as to
which notice as aforesaid shall have been given and for the redemption of which funds are duly provided, shall cease to bear interest on the
redemption date.
This Bond is fully negotiable but shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest in the name of the owner on the books of the
City in the office of the Bond Registrar, after which no transfer shall be valid unless made on said books and then only upon presentation of this
Bond to the Bond Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Bond Registrar or the assignment form hereon
completed and duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney for such registered owner.
The City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof, premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and the
City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. q
And It Is Hereby Certified and Recited that all acts, conditions and things required by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa,
to exist, to be had, to be done or to be performed precedent to and in the issue of this Bond were and have been properly existent, had, done and
performed in regular and due form and time; that provision has been made for the levy of a sufficient continuing annual tax on all the taxable
property within the City for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Bond as the same YAII respectively become due; that the faith,
credit, revenues and resources and all the real and personal property of the City are irrevocably pledged for the prompt payment hereof, both
principal and interest; and that the total indebtedness of the City, including this Bond, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Ames, Iowa, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be seated with the facsimile of its
official seal, to be executed with the duly authorized facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested with the duly authorized facsimile signature of
its City Clerk, all as of September 13, 2005.
CITY OF ANSS, IOWA
By
Attest: 'yr
B
City Clerk
Registration Date: September 13, 2005
BOND REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Bond is one of the Series 2005A Bonds described in the w'hin-mentioned solution.
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City re? s ui',i�, Ames, Iowa
FTT.. •
The following abbreviations, when used in this Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM as tenants in common
TEN ENT as tenants by the
entireties
JT TEN as joint tenants with right
of survivorship and not as
tenants in common
UTMA
(Cust)
As Custodian for
(Minor)
under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the list above.
ASSIGNMENT
For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned assigns this Bond to
(Please print or type name and address of Assignee)
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
and does hereby irrevocably appoint_
thereof with full power of substitution.
Dated:
Signature guaranteed:
(Signature guarantee must be provided in accordance with the
prevailing standards and procedures of the Registrar and Transfer
Agent, Such standards and procedures may require signatures to
be guaranteed by certain eligible guarantor institutions that
participate in a recognized signature guarantee program.)
Attorney, to transfer this Bond on the books kept for registration
NOTICE: The signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name
of the registered owner as it appears on this Bond in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF IOWA
COUNTY OF STORY
CITY OF AMES
GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE AND REFUNDING BOND,
SERIES 2005A
No. 7 $315,000
RATE MATURITY DATE BOND DATE CUSIP
3.50% June 1, 2012 September 13, 2005 030807 ZM 6
The City of Ames (the "City"), in the County of Story, State of Iowa, for value received, promises to pay on the maturity date of this
Bond to
Cede & Co.
or registered assigns, the principal sum of
THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at the office of the City Treasurer, Ames, Iowa
(hereinafter referred to as the "Bond Registrar" or the "Paying Agent"), with interest on said sum, until paid, at the rate per annum specified
above from the date of this Bond, or from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid, on June I and December I of
each year, commencing June 1, 2006, except as the provisions hereinafter set forth with respect to redemption prior to maturity may be or become
applicable hereto. Interest on this Bond is payable to the registered owner appearing on the registration books of the City at the close of business
on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding the interest payment date and shall be paid by check or draft mailed to the registered owner at
the address shown on such registration books. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been
signed by the Bond Registrar.
This Bond is one of a duly authorized series of General Obligation Corporate Purpose and Refunding Bonds, Series 2005A (the
"Series 2005A Bonds"), issued by the City pursuant to and in strict compliance with the provisions of Division III of Chapter 384 and Chapter 76
of the Code of Iowa, 2005, and all laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and in conformity with a resolution of the City Council
duly passed, approved and recorded for the purpose of paying costs of the construction of street improvements; the acquisition of fire equipment;
and the refunding of the City's General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 1997A, dated June 1, 1997.
The City reserves the right to call and redeem part or all of the Series 2005A Bonds maturing in each of the years 2014 to 2017,
inclusive, prior to and in any order of maturity on June 1, 2013, or on any date thereafter upon terms of par and accrued interest. If less than all of
the Series 2005A Bonds of any like maturity are to be redeemed, the particular part of those Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by lot. The
Series 2005A Bonds may be called in part in one or more units of $5,000. If less than the entire principal amount of any Bond in a denomination
of more than $5,000 is to be redeemed, the Bond Registrar will issue and deliver to the registered owner thereof, upon surrender of such original
Bond, a new Bond or Bonds, in any authorized denomination, in a total aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed balance of the
original Bond. Notice of such redemption as aforesaid identifying the Series 2005A Bond or Bonds (or portion thereof) to be redeemed shall be
mailed by certified mail to the registered owners thereof at the addresses shown on the City's registration books not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to such redemption date. All of the Series 2005A Bonds as to which the City reserves and exercises the right of redemption and as to
which notice as aforesaid shall have been given and for the redemption of which funds are duly provided, shall cease to bear interest on the
redemption date.
This Bond is fully negotiable but shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest in the name of the owner on the books of the
City in the office of the Bond Registrar, after which no transfer shall be valid unless made on said books and then only upon presentation of this
Bond to the Bond Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Bond Registrar or the assignment form hereon
completed and duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney for such registered owner.
The City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof, premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and the
City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. q
And It Is Hereby Certified and Recited that all acts, conditions and things required by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa,
to exist, to be had, to be done or to be performed precedent to and in the issue of this Bond were and have been properly existent, had, done and
performed in regular and due form and time; that provision has been made for the levy of a sufficient continuing annual tax on all the taxable
property within the City for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Bond as the same will respectively become due; that the faith,
credit, revenues and resources and all the real and personal property of the City are irrevocably pledged for the prompt payment hereof, both
principal and interest; and that the total indebtedness of the City, including this Bond, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Ames, Iowa, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be sealed with the facsimile ofits
official seat, to be executed with the duly authorized facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested with the duly authorized facsimile signature of
its City Clerk, all as of September 13, 2005.
MY OF ANfES, IOWA
Attest: BY /'Y'_r�
By
City Clerk
Registration Date: September 13, 2005
BOND REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Bond is one of the Series 2005A Bonds described in i
the wi in -mentioned resolution.
' , - ;I..n
City Treaguret/,Ames, Iowa
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in this Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM as tenants in common
TEN ENT as tenants by the
entirctics
JT TEN as joint tenants with right
of survivorship, and not as
tenants in common
UTMA
(Gust)
As Custodian for
(Minor)
under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the list above.
ASSIGNMENT
For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned assigns this Bond to
(Please print or type name and address of Assignee)
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
and does hereby irrevocably appoint -
thereof with full power of substitution.
Dated
Signature guaranteed:
(Signature guarantee must be provided in accordance with the
prevailing standards and procedures of the Registrar and Transfer
Agent. Such standards and procedures may require signatures to
be guaranteed by certain eligible guarantor institutions that
participate in a recognized signature guarantee program.)
Attorney, to transfer this Bond on the books kept for registration
NOTICE: The signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name
of the registered owner as it appears on this Bond in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
q
No, 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF IOWA
COUNTY OF STORY
CITY OF AMES
GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE AND REFUNDING BOND,
SERIES 2005A
RATE MATURITY DATE BOND DATE CUSIP
3,50% June 1, 2013 September 13, 2005 030807 ZN 4
$325,000
Bond to The City of Ames (the "City"), in the County of Story, State of Iowa, for value received, promises to pay on the maturity date of this
Cede & Co.
or registered assigns, the principal sum of
THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at the office of the City Treasurer, Ames, Iowa
(hereinafter referred to as the "Bond Registrar" or the "Paying Agent"), with interest on said sum, until paid, at the rate per annum specified
above from the date of this Bond, or from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid, on June I and December I of
each year, commencing June 1, 2006, except as the provisions hereinafter set forth with respect to redemption prior to maturity may be or become
applicable hereto. Interest on this Bond is payable to the registered owner appearing on the registration books of the City at the close of business
on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding the interest payment date and shall be paid by check or draft mailed to the registered owner at
the address shown on such registration books. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been
signed by the Bond Registrar,
This Bond is one of a duly authorized series of General Obligation Corporate Purpose and Refunding Bonds, Series 2005A (the
"Series 2005A Bonds"), issued by the City pursuant to and in strict compliance with the provisions of Division III of Chapter 384 and Chapter 76
of the Code of Iowa, 2005, and all laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and in conformity with a resolution of the City Council
duly passed, approved and recorded for the purpose of paying costs of the construction of street improvements; the acquisition of fire equipment;
and the refunding of the City's General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 1997A, dated June 1, 1997.
The City reserves the right to call and redeem part or all of the Series 2005A Bonds maturing in each of the years 2014 to 2017,
inclusive, prior to and in any order of maturity on June 1, 2013, or on any date thereafter upon terms of par and accrued interest. If less than all of
the Series 2005A Bonds of any like maturity are to be redeemed, the particular part of those Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by lot. The
Series 2005A Bonds may be called in part in one or more units of $5,000. If less than the entire principal amount of any Bond in a denomination
of more than $5,000 is to be redeemed, the Bond Registrar will issue and deliver to the registered owner thereof, upon surrender of such original
Bond, a new Bond or Bonds, in any authorized denomination, in a total aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed balance of the
original Bond. Notice of such redemption as aforesaid identifying the Series 2005A Bond or Bonds (or portion thereof) to be redeemed shall be
mailed by certified mail to the registered owners thereof at the addresses shown on the City's registration books not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to such redemption date. All of the Series 2005A Bonds as to which the City reserves and exercises the tight of redemption and as to
which notice as aforesaid shall have been given and for the redemption of which funds are duly provided, shall cease to bear interest on the
redemption date.
This Bond is fully negotiable but shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest in the name of the owner on the books of the
City in the office of the Bond Registrar, after which no transfer shall be valid unless made on said books and then only upon presentation of this
Bond to the Bond Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Bond Registrar or the assignment form hereon
completed and duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney for such registered owner.
The City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof, premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and the
City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. -0
And It Is Hereby Certified and Recited that all acts, conditions and things required by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa,
to exist, to be had, to be done or to be performed precedent to and in the issue of this Bond were and have been properly existent, had, done and
performed in regular and due form and time; that provision has been made for the levy of a sufficient continuing annual tax on all the taxable
property within the City for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Bond as the same will respectively become due; that the faith,
credit, revenues and resources and all the real and personal property of the City are irrevocably pledged for the prompt payment hereof, both
principal and interest; and that the total indebtedness of the City, including this Bond, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Ames, Iowa, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be sealed with the facsimile of its
official seal, to be executed with the duly authorized facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested with the duly authorized facsimile signature of
its City Clerk, all as of September 13, 2005.
CITY OF AN1ES, IOWA
By
Attest: 'yor
*A,
B
City Clerk
Registration Date: September 13, 2005
BOND REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Bond is one of the Series 2005A Bonds described in the 'thin -mentioned resolution.
�Z_'7_
Ciiyifreasurff, Ames, Iowa (/
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in this Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM as tenants in common
TEN ENT as tenants by the
entireties
JT TEN as joint tenants with right
of survivorship, and not as
tenants in common
UTMA
(Cust)
As Custodian for
(Minor)
under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the list above.
ASSIGNMENT
For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned assigns this Bond to
(Please print or type name and address of Assignee)
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
and does hereby irrevocably appoint Attorney, to transfer this Bond on the books kept for registration
thereof with full power of substitution.
Signature guaranteed:
(Signature guarantee must be provided in accordance with the
prevailing standards and procedures of the Registrar and Transfer
Agent. Such standards and procedures may require signatures to
be guaranteed by certain eligible guarantor institutions that
participate in a recognized signature guarantee program.)
NOTICE: The signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name
of the registered owner as it appears on this Bond in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
No. 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF IOWA
COUNTY OF STORY
CITY OF AMES
GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE AND REFUNDING BOND,
SERIES 2005A
RATE MATURITY DATE BOND DATE CUSIP
3.50% June 1, 2014 September 13, 2005 030807 ZP 9
$340,000
The City of Ames (tile "City"), in the County of Story, State of Iowa, for value received, promises to pay on the maturity date of this
Bond to
Cede & Co.
or registered assigns, the principal sum of
THREE HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at the office of the City Treasurer, Ames, Iowa
(hereinafter referred to as the "Bond Registrar" or the "Paying Agent"), with interest on said sum, until paid, at the rate per annum specified
above from the date of this Bond, or from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid, on June I and December I of
each year, commencing June 1, 2006, except as the provisions hereinafter set forth with respect to redemption prior to maturity may be or become
applicable hereto. Interest on this Bond is payable to the registered owner appearing on the registration books of the City at the close of business
on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding the interest payment date and shall be paid by check or draft mailed to the registered owner at
the address shown on such registration books. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been
signed by the Bond Registrar.
This Bond is one of a duly authorized series of General Obligation Corporate Purpose and Refunding Bonds, Series 2005A (the
"Series 2005A Bonds"), issued by the City pursuant to and in strict compliance with the provisions of Division III of Chapter 384 and Chapter 76
of the Code of Iowa, 2005, and all laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and in conformity with a resolution of the City Council
duly passed, approved and recorded for the purpose of paying costs of the construction of street improvements; the acquisition of fire equipment
and the refunding of the City's General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 1997A, dated June 1, 1997.
The City reserves the right to call and redeem part or all of the Series 2005A Bonds maturing in each of the years 2014 to 2017,
inclusive, prior to and in any order of maturity on June 1, 2013, or on any date thereafter upon terms of par and accrued interest. If less than all of
the Series 2005A Bonds of any like maturity are to be redeemed, the particular part of those Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by lot. The
Series 2005A Bonds may be called in part in one or more units of $5,000. If less than the entire principal amount of any Bond in a denomination
of more than $5,000 is to be redeemed, the Bond Registrar will issue and deliver to the registered owner thereof, upon surrender of such original
Bond, a new Bond or Bonds, in any authorized denomination, in a total aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed balance of the
original Bond. Notice of such redemption as aforesaid identifying the Series 2005A Bond or Bonds (or portion thereof) to be redeemed shall be
mailed by certified mail to the registered owners thereof at the addresses shown on the City's registration books not less than 30 not more than 60
days prior to such redemption date. All of the Series 2005A Bonds as to which the City reserves and exercises the right of redemption and as to
which notice as aforesaid shall have been given and for the redemption of which funds are duly provided, shall cease to bear interest on the
redemption date.
This Bond is fully negotiable but shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest in the name of the owner on the books of the
City in the office of the Bond Registrar, after which no transfer shall be valid unless made on said books and then only upon presentation of this
Bond to the Bond Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Bond Registrar or the assignment form hereon
completed and duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney for such registered owner,
The City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof, premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and the
City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, 4
And It Is Hereby Certified and Recited that all acts, conditions and things required by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa,
to exist, to be had, to be done or to be performed precedent to and in the issue of this Bond were and have been properly existent, had, done and
performed in regular and due form and time; that provision has been made for the levy of a sufficient continuing annual tax on all the taxable
property within the City for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Bond as the same will respectively become due; that the faith,
credit, revenues and resources and all the real and personal property of the City are irrevocably pledged for the prompt payment hereof, both
principal and interest; and that the total indebtedness of the City, including this Bond, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Ames, Iowa, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be sealed with the facsimile of its
official seal, to be executed with the duly authorized facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested with the duly authorized facsimile signature of
its City Clerk, all as of September 13, 2005.
CITY OF ANMS, IOWA
By
Attest: ,%.144 Mayor
B
City Clerk
Registration Date: September 13, 2005
BOND REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Bond is one of the Series 2005A Bonds described in the 'thin -mentioned resolution.
City 'Trgastger, Ames, Iowa/
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in this Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM as tenants in common
TEN ENT as tenants by the
entireties
JT TEN as joint tenants with right
of survivorship and not as
tenants in common
UTMA
(Cust)
As Custodian for
(Minor)
under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the list above.
ASSIGNMENT
For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned assigns this Bond to
(Please print or type name and address of Assignee)
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
and does hereby irrevocably appoint_
thereof with full power of substitution.
Dated:
Signature guaranteed:
(Signature guarantee must be provided in accordance with the
prevailing standards and procedures of the Registrar and Transfer
Agent. Such standards and procedures may require signatures to
be guaranteed by certain eligible guarantor institutions that
participate in a recognized signature guarantee program.)
Attorney, to transfer this Bond on the books kept for registration
NOTICE: The signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name
of the registered owner as it appears on this Bond in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever,
No. 10
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF IOWA
COUNTY OF STORY
CITY OF AMES
GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE AND REFUNDING BOND,
SERIES 2005A
RATE MATURITY DATE BOND DATE CUSIP
3,50% June 1, 2015 September 13, 2005 030807 ZQ 7
$355,000
The City of Ames (the "City"), in the County of Story, State of Iowa, for value received, promises to pay on the maturity date of this
Bond to
Cede & Co.
or registered assigns, the principal sum of
THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at the office of the City Treasurer, Ames, Iowa
(hereinafter referred to as the "Bond Registrar" or the "Paying Agent!'), with interest on said sum, until paid, at the rate per annum specified
above from the date of this Bond, or from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid, on June I and December I of
each year, commencing June 1, 2006, except as the provisions hereinafter set forth with respect to redemption prior to maturity may be or become
applicable hereto. Interest on this Bond is payable to the registered owner appearing on the registration books of the City at the close of business
on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding the interest payment date and shall be paid by check or draft mailed to the registered owner at
the address shown on such registration books. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been
signed by the Bond Registrar.
This Bond is one of a duly authorized series of General Obligation Corporate Purpose and Refunding Bonds, Series 2005A (the
"Series 2005A Bonds"), issued by the City pursuant to and in strict compliance with the provisions of Division III of Chapter 384 and Chapter 76
of the Code of Iowa, 2005, and all laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and in conformity with a resolution of the City Council
duly passed, approved and recorded for the purpose of paying costs of the construction of street improvements; the acquisition of fire equipment;
and the refunding of the City's General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 1997A, dated June 1, 1997.
The City reserves the right to call and redeem part or all of the Series 2005A Bonds maturing in each of the years 2014 to 2017,
inclusive, prior to and in any order of maturity on June 1, 2013, or on any date thereafter upon terms of par and accrued interest. If less than all of
the Series 2005A Bonds of any like maturity are to be redeemed, the particular part of those Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by lot. The
Series 2005A Bonds may be called in part in one or more units of $5,000. If less than the entire principal amount of any Bond in a denomination
of more than $5,000 is to be redeemed, the Bond Registrar will issue and deliver to the registered owner thereof, upon surrender of such original
Bond, a new Bond or Bonds, in any authorized denomination, in a total aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed balance of the
original Bond. Notice of such redemption as aforesaid identifying the Series 2005A Bond or Bonds (or portion thereof) to be redeemed shall be
mailed by certified mail to the registered owners thereof at the addresses shown on the City's registration books not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to such redemption date. All of the Series 2005A Bonds as to which the City reserves and exercises the right of redemption and as to
which notice as aforesaid shall have been given and for the redemption of which funds are duly provided, shall cease to bear interest on the
redemption date,
This Bond is fully negotiable but shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest in the name of the owner on the books of the
City in the office of the Bond Registrar, after which no transfer shall be valid unless made on said books and then only upon presentation of this
Bond to the Bond Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Bond Registrar or the assignment form hereon
completed and duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney for such registered owner.
The City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof, premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and the
City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. 4
And It Is Hereby Certified and Recited that all acts, conditions and things required by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa,
to exist, to be had, to be done or to be performed precedent to and in the issue of this Bond were and have been properly existent, had, done and
performed in regular and due form and time; that provision has been made for the levy of a sufficient continuing annual tax on all the taxable
property within the City for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Bond as the same will respectively become due; that the faith,
credit, revenues and resources and all the real and personal property of the City are irrevocably pledged for the prompt payment hereof, both
principal and interest; and that the total indebtedness of the City, including this Bond, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Ames, Iowa, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be sealed with the facsimile of its
official sea], to be executed with the duly authorized facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested with the duly authorized facsimile signature of
its City Clerk, all as of September 13, 2005.
CITY OF AMES, IOWA
By
Attest: 'y.,
00
By
City Clerk
Registration Date: September 13, 2005
BOND REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Bond is one of the Series 2005A Bonds described in the 'thin -mention id resolution.
WOZA J,
CliyTreakrer, Ames, Iowae�7
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in this Bond, sball be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM as tenants in common
TEN ENT as tenants by the
entireties
JT TEN as joint tenants with right
of survivorship and not as
tenants in common
UTMA
(Cost)
As Custodian for
(Minor)
under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the list above.
ASSIGNMENT
For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned assigns this Bond to
(Please print or type name and address of Assignee)
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
and does hereby irrevocably appoint_
thereof with full power of substitution.
Dated:
Signature guaranteed:
(Signature guarantee must be provided in accordance with the
prevailing standards and procedures of the Registrar and Transfer
Agent. Such standards and procedures may require signatures to
be guaranteed by certain eligible guarantor institutions that
participate in a recognized signature guarantee program.)
Attorney, to transfer this Bond on the books kept for registration
NOTICE: The signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name
of the registered owner as it appears on this Bond in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF IOWA
COUNTY OF STORY
CITY OF AMES
GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE AND REFUNDING BOND,
SERIES 2005A
No. 11 $365,000
RATE MATURITY DATE BOND DATE CUSIP
3.55% June 1, 2016 September 13, 2005 030807 ZR 5
The City of Ames (the "City"), in the County of Story, State of Iowa, for value received, promises to pay on the maturity date of this
Bond to
Cede & Co.
or registered assigns, the principal sum of
THREE HUNDRED SD(TY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at the office of the City Treasurer, Ames, Iowa
(hereinafter referred to as the "Bond Registrar" or the "Paying Agcnf'), with interest on said sum, until paid, at the rate per annum, specified
above from the date of this Bond, or from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid, on June I and December I of
each year, commencing June 1, 2006, except as the provisions hereinafter set forth with respect to redemption prior to maturity may be or become
applicable hereto. Interest on this Bond is payable to the registered owner appearing on the registration books of the City at the close of business
on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding the interest payment date and shall be paid by check or draft mailed to the registered owner at
the address shown on such registration books. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been
signed by the Bond Registrar,
This Bond is one of a duty authorized series of General Obligation Corporate Purpose and Refunding Bonds, Series 2005A (the
"Series 2005A Bonds"), issued by the City pursuant to and in strict compliance with the provisions of Division III of Chapter 384 and Chapter 76
of the Code of Iowa, 2005, and all laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and in conformity with a resolution of the City Council
duty passed, approved and recorded for the purpose of paying costs of the construction of street improvements; the acquisition of fire equipment;
and the refunding of the City's General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 1997A, dated June 1, 1997.
The City reserves the tight to call and redeem part or all of the Series 2005A Bonds maturing in each of the years 2014 to 2017,
inclusive, prior to and in any order of maturity on June 1, 2013, or on any date thereafter upon terms of par and accrued interest. If less than all of
the Series 2005A Bonds of any like maturity are to be redeemed, the particular part of those Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by lot. The
Series 2005A Bonds may be called in part in one or more units of $5,000. If less than the entire principal amount of any Bond in a denomination
of more than $5,000 is to be redeemed, the Bond Registrar will issue and deliver to the registered owner thereof, upon surrender of such original
Bond, a new Bond or Bonds, in any authorized denomination, in a total aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed balance of the
original Bond. Notice of such redemption as aforesaid identifying the Series 2005A Bond or Bonds (or portion thereof) to be redeemed shall be
mailed by certified mail to the registered owners thereof at the addresses shown on the City's registration books not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to such redemption date. All of the Series 2005A Bonds as to which the City reserves and exercises the right of redemption and as to
which notice as aforesaid shall have been given and for the redemption of which funds are duly provided, shall cease to bear interest on the
redemption date.
This Bond is fully negotiable but shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest in the name of the owner on the books of the
City in the office of the Bond Registrar, after which no transfer shall be valid unless made on said books and then only upon presentation of this
Bond to the Bond Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Bond Registrar or the assignment form hereon
completed and duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney for such registered owner.
The City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof, premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and the
City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. q
And It Is Hereby Certified and Recited that all acts, conditions and things required by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa,
to exist, to be had, to be done or to be performed precedent to and in the issue of this Bond were and have been properly existent, had, done and
performed in regular and due form and time; that provision has been made for the levy of a sufficient continuing annual tax on all the taxable
property within the City for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Bond as the same will respectively become due; that the faith,
credit, revenues and resources and all the real and personal property of the City are irrevocably pledged for the prompt payment hereof, both
principal and interest; and that the total indebtedness of the City, including this Bond, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Ames, Iowa, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be sealed with the facsimile of its
official seal, to be executed with the duly authorized facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested with the duly authorized facsimile signature of
its City Clerk, all as of September 13, 2005.
CITY OF AMES, IOWA
Attest: By /ayo,
13 CA04W lrldJ, 0111;�
City Clerk
Registration Date: September 13, 2005
BOND REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE Or AUTHENTICATION
This Bond is one of the Series 2005A Bonds described in the wit 'n-mentioned reslution.
Am'es, Iowa
FIT* 9 �.�#
The following abbreviations, when used in this Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM as tenants in common
TEN ENT as tenants by the
entireties
JT TEN as joint tenants with right
of survivorship and not as
tenants in common
UTMA
(Cust)
As Custodian for
(Minor)
under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the list above.
ASSIGNMENT
For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned assigns this Bond to
(Please print or type name and address of Assignee)
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
and does hereby irrevocably appoint_
thereof with full power of substitution.
Dated:
Signature guaranteed:
(Signature guarantee must be provided in accordance with the
prevailing standards and procedures of the Registrar and Transfer
Agent. Such standards and procedures may require signatures to
be guaranteed by certain eligible guarantor institutions that
participate in a recognized signature guarantee program.)
Attorney, to transfer this Bond on the books kept for registration
NOTICE: The signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name
of the registered owner as it appears on this Bond in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF IOWA
COUNTY OF STORY
CITY OF AMES
GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE AND REFUNDING BOND,
SERIES 2005A
No. 12 $380,000
RATE MATURITY DATE BOND DATE CUSIP
3.65% June 1, 2017 September 13,2005 030807 ZS 3
The City of Ames (the "City"), in the County of Story, State of Iowa, for value received, promises to pay on the maturity date of this
Bond to
or registered assigns, the principal sum of
Cede & Co.
THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at the office of the City Treasurer, Ames, Iowa
(hereinafter referred to as the "Bond Registrar" or the "Paying Agent"), with interest on said sum, until paid, at the rate per annum specified
above from the date of this Bond, or from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid, on June I and December I of
each year, commencing June 1, 2006, except as the provisions hereinafter set forth with respect to redemption prior to maturity may be or become
applicable hereto. Interest on this Bond is payable to the registered owner appearing on the registration books of the City at the close of business
on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding the interest payment date and shall be paid by check or draft mailed to the registered owner at
the address shown on such registration books. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been
signed by the Bond Registrar.
This Bond is one of a duly authorized series of General Obligation Corporate Purpose and Refunding Bonds, Series 2005A (the
"Series 2005A Bonds"), issued by the City pursuant to and in strict compliance with the provisions of Division III of Chapter 384 and Chapter 76
of the Code of Iowa, 2005, and all laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and in conformity with a resolution of the City Council
duly passed, approved and recorded for the purpose of paying costs of the construction of street improvements; the acquisition of fire equipment;
and the refunding of the City's General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 1997A, dated June 1, 1997,
The City reserves the right to call and redeem part or all of the Series 2005A Bonds maturing in each of the years 2014 to 2017,
inclusive, prior to and in any order of maturity on June 1, 2013, or on any date thereafter upon terms of par and accrued interest. If less than all of
the Series 2005A Bonds of any like maturity are to be redeemed, the particular part of those Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by lot. The
Series 2005A Bonds may be called in part in one or more units of $5,000. If less than the entire principal amount of any Bond in a denomination
of more than $5,000 is to be redeemed, the Bond Registrar will issue and deliver to the registered owner thereof, upon surrender of such original
Bond, a new Bond or Bonds, in any authorized denomination, in a total aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed balance of the
original Bond. Notice of such redemption as aforesaid identifying the Series 2005A Bond or Bonds (or portion thereof) to be redeemed shall be
mailed by certified mail to the registered owners thereof at the addresses shown on the City's registration books not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to such redemption date, All of the Series 2005A Bonds as to which the City reserves and exercises the tight of redemption and as to
which notice as aforesaid shall have been given and for the redemption of which funds are duly provided, shall cease to bear interest on the
redemption date.
This Bond is fully negotiable but shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest in the name of the owner on the books of the
City in the office of the Bond Registrar, after which no transfer shall be valid unless made on said books and then only upon presentation of this
Bond to the Bond Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Bond Registrar or the assignment form hereon
completed and duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney for such registered owner.
The City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof, premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and the
City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, If
And It Is Hereby Certified and Recited that all acts, conditions and things required by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa,
to exist, to be had, to be done or to be performed precedent to and in the issue of this Bond were and have been properly existent, had, done and
performed in regular and due form and time; that provision has been made for the levy of a sufficient continuing annual tax on all the taxable
property within the City for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Bond as the same will respectively become due; that the faith,
credit, revenues and resources and all the real and personal property of the City are irrevocably pledged for the prompt payment hereof, both
principal and interest; and that the total indebtedness of the City, including this Bond, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Ames, Iowa, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be sealed with the facsimile of its
official seat, to be executed with the duly authorized facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested with the duly authorized facsimile signature of
its City Clerk, all as of September 13, 2005,
CITY OF AMES, IOWA
By
Attest: Mayor
City Clerk
Registration Date: September 13, 2005
BOND REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Bond is one of the Series 2005A Bonds described in the 'thin -mentioned resolution.
City Treastfr'er, Ames, Iowa V
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in this Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM as tenants in common
TEN ENT as tenants by the
entireties
JT TEN as joint tenants with right
of survivorship and not as
tenants in common
UTMA
(Cust)
As Custodian for
(Minor)
under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the list above.
ASSIGNMENT
For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned assigns this Bond to
(Please print or type name and address of Assignee)
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
and does hereby irrevocably appoint_
thereof with full power of substitution.
Dated:
Signature guaranteed:
(Signature guarantee must be provided in accordance with the
prevailing standards and procedures of the Registrar and Transfer
Agent. Such standards and procedures may require signatures to
be guaranteed by certain eligible guarantor institutions that
participate in a recognized signature guarantee program.)
Attorney, to transfer this Bond on the books kept for registration
NOTICE: The signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name
of the registered owner as it appears on this Bond in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.