NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the provisions of the Utah Industrial Facilities and Development Act, Title 11, Chapter 17, Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended, and the Utah Refunding Bond Act, Title 11, Chapter 27, Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended, that on March 22, 2024, the Utah Board of Higher Education (the “Board”) adopted a resolution (the “Resolution”) in which it authorized (among other bonds) the issuance of the Board’s University of Utah General Revenue and Refunding Bonds (with such other or further designation as the officers of the Board may determine) (the “Bonds”) in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000), to bear interest at a rate or rates of not to exceed six and one-half percent (6.5%) per annum, to mature not later than thirty-five (35) years from the date thereof and to be sold at a price or prices not less than 98% of the total principal amount thereof, for the purpose of (i) financing a portion of the costs of various capital projects for the University of Utah (the “University”) and (ii) refunding any portion of the Board’s outstanding revenue bonds issued to finance facilities and improvements for the University, including amounts necessary to pay costs of issuance and fund any debt service reserve requirements of the Bonds.
The Bonds are to be issued and sold by the Board pursuant to the Resolution, including as part of said Resolution a form of a General Indenture of Trust previously executed by the Board and the University and a Supplemental Indenture of Trust (collectively, the “Indenture”).
The Bonds are secured by a pledge of revenues of the University auxiliary and campus facilities system, hospital system, research facilities and other legally available moneys of the University (as described in the Indenture).
A copy of the Resolution and the Indenture are on file in the office of the Board at 60 South 400 West, 5th Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah, where they may be examined during regular business hours of the Board from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for a period of at least thirty (30) days from and after the date of publication of this notice.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a period of thirty (30) days from and after the date of the publication of this notice is provided by law during which any person in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of the Resolution, the Indenture (but only as it relates to the Bonds), or the Bonds, or any provision made for the security and payment of the Bonds, and that after such time, no one shall have any cause of action to contest the regularity, formality or legality thereof for any cause whatsoever.
DATED this March 22, 2024.
/s/ Alison Adams, Secretary
