Notices to Rating Agencies

COL4/6/2022 CH. 22 GENERAL FISCAL POLICIES AND CONTROLS The Trustee shall give prompt notice to each Rating Agency

(1)if any Credit Facility terminates or is amended, renewed or replaced,

(2)if the Indenture is amended or supplemented,

(3)if the Trustee is notified of any amendment to any Credit Agreement.

(4)if the Trustee is replaced, or

(5)if any of the Bonds are redeemed or defeased. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly understood and agreed that failure to provide any such notice to any Rating Agency or any defect therein will not affect the validity of any action with respect to which notice is to be given or the effectiveness of any such action. As of the date hereof, the names and addresses of the Rating Agencies rating the 1997 Series A Bonds are as follows: Moody’s Investors Service 99 Church Street New York, New York 10007 Attention: Public Finance Department, Structured Finance Group Standard & Poor’s Corporation 25 Broad Street New York, New York 10004 ---------ARTICLE IX MODIFICATION OR AMENDMENT OF THE INDENTURE