Indenture or Trust Indenture/Agreement
A contract between an issuer and a trustee under which the issuer issues bonds and specifies their maturities, interest rates, redemption provisions, form, exchange provisions, security and other terms.
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Master (Trust) Indenture
A type of Indenture which permits the issuance from time to time of one or more series of Bonds under the same Indenture in addition to the initial series of Bonds. This document is also called an “Open Indenture.” A Master Indenture is often used in Conduit Financings for multiple Borrowers to combine their credit into a single obligated group.
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Conduit Financing
Financing in which the Issuer issues the bonds to finance a project to be used primarily by a third party.
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TEFRA Notice
A notice of a TEFRA hearing, which, under the Treasury Regulations, must be published one time, at least seven days prior to the TEFRA hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in the geographical jurisdiction of the Issuer of the tax-exempt bonds and in any “host jurisdiction” (or on the appropriate governmental entity’s website).