1. SLGS FORUM 2013 August 8, 2013 Louisville, KY David Cholst Chapman and Cutler LLP and Andy Mathes Farr, Miller & Washington, LLC 3397001

2. Investing Bond Proceeds  Arbitrage  Federal Guarantee  Prudence  Yield 1

3. Prudent Choices  Treasuries (incl SLGS)  Agencies  Insured Deposits  Collateralized Debt  Pooled Arrangements  Mutual Funds  Highly Rated Debt (GICS) 2

4. Guidelines  State Law  Indenture Requirements  Insurer Requirements  Investment Policies  Tax Restrictions 3

5. Arbitrage Rules  Rebate  Yield Restriction 4

6. Exceptions to Yield Restriction  Temporary Periods  Reasonably Required Reserve or Replacement Fund  Bona Fide Debt Service Funds 5

7. Exceptions to Rebate  Spending Exceptions  Small Issuer Exceptions 6

8. Basic Arbitrage Requirement  Fair Market Value Requirement 7

9. SLGS – Always O.K. SLGS deemed purchased for fair market value 8

10. Type Traded on Established Securities Market –T + 1Trading for Treasuries –T + 3Trading for Muni's  Over $100,000,000 Maturities 9

11. Bidding  3 Bids Required  Fair Process Required  Bid Rigging once rampant 10

12. Federal Guarantee  No more than 5% of the proceeds can be: –Invested in Insured Deposits –Used to make federally guaranteed loans 11

13. Exceptions:  Temporary Period  Bfdsf  Advance Refunding Escrow  4 R Fund 12

14. FDIC Insurance  Not Optional  $250,000 Per Insured Per Bank 13

15. Prudent Strategy (may violate tax law)  Purchase many CDs  Each from a different bank  Each with a par amount below $250,000 14

16. Collateral  Treasuries – O.K.  Federal Home Loan Bank ? 15

17. What Is A Loan? 16

18. IRS Actions on Federal Guarantee  We don’t really know  Anecdotes 17

19. IRS Correspondence Exam  Included Question: –If you know of a problem tell us! 18

20. Issuer Told IRS 149(b) Violated  IRS issued no change letter 19

21. Different Issuer Submitted VCAP  No response yet –[UPDATE POSSIBLE]  No other known IRS review 20

22. If Insured Deposits Are To Be Avoided  What to use? –Treasuries –SLGS –Agencies –Be careful with Commercial Paper 21

23. Demand Deposit SLGS Time Deposit SLGS  Safe  Liquid  Rate is low but reasonable  Easy 22

24. SLGS May Be Used  Escrows (for T.E. Bonds)  Project Funds  Reserves  Debt Service Funds  Commingled Funds 23

25. SLGS May Not Be Used  Window closed  Taxable bond proceeds (unless refunds T.E. Bonds)  Amounts unrelated to Bonds (unless commingled) 24

26. Alternatives If SLGS Unavailable  Open Market Treasuries –With bidding –Without bidding  Riskier Investments  FDIC Insured Deposits (if allowed) 25

27. How long does the SLGS program remain suspended, on average? 3 Weeks?2 Months?5 Months?

28. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly What are the available options when the net yield of Treasuries will be negative (net of expenses)? Cash Buy them anyway Money Markets

29. Questions 28

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