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<h2 align="center" class="pad10-top">Congratulations to Our <br />
  National Winners</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold">2009 Deal of the Year<br />
</span>Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold">Special Award for Innovation
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act<br />
Accepted by: <br />
Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary Aaron Klein<br />
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<h1 class="pad20-top"><br />
About the Awards</h1>

<p style="color:#B10529; font-size:17px; font-family:Trebuchet MS, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Deal of the Year Awards Ceremony   and Reception - <em>December 1, 2009</em></strong></p>

<p style="font-weight: bold">New York Academy of Sciences - 6:00 PM<br />
7 World Trade Center - 250 Greenwich Street, 40th Floor</span><br /><br />

<em style="color:#B10529; font-size:14px;">Black Tie Optional</em></p>
<p style="font-size:14px; font-family:Trebuchet MS, Arial, sans-serif; color:#4B0211;"><strong>6:00 PM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cocktail Hour<br />
6:30 PM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Awards Reception and Buffet Dinner to follow</strong></p>

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<p><em><strong>The Bond Buyer</strong></em><strong> Deal of the Year Awards</strong> reward and honor the issuers who drive innovation in public finance, and the rules are specifically crafted to encourage applications that represent the full diversity of the communities and public purposes that are served by the municipal finance market &ndash; from the largest to the smallest deals. </p>
                
                <p><strong><em>The Bond Buyer</em></strong> intends to name 10 regional &ldquo;Deals of the Year,&rdquo; with one large and one small issuer recognized in each of five regions (See <a href="http://www.sourcemediaconferences.com/BBDeal09/rules.html"><strong>Official Rules</strong></a> for detailed list). Representatives from all Regional Deals of the Year will be invited to attend <strong><em>The Bond Buyer&rsquo;s</em></strong><strong> Deal of the Year Awards Gala at the New York Academy of Sciences, 7 World Trade Center,

 

250 Greenwich Street, 40th Floor -

 

New York, NY  
on December 1, 2009,</strong> where one of the 10 deals will be selected as the overall Deal of the Year.</p>
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                	Issuers with annual revenues above $70 million in their most recent fiscal year will qualify for the large-issuer category. Conduit agencies will have the option of being
 classified based on the conduit issuer&rsquo;s revenues, or the obligor&rsquo;s revenues. </P>
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                	An additional nationwide award may also be given, at the judges&rsquo; discretion, for an innovative financing of a traditional public finance project that did not involve municipal securities. Those could include privatizations, public-private partnerships, leasing, and Federal projects. </p>
					
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<p><strong>HOW TO ENTER:<br />
</strong>Applications are due October 5, 2009. <a href="../BBDeal09/DOTY09_EntryForm.pdf" style="font-weight: bold" target="_blank">Click here to download the entry form.</a> Good luck!</p>
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<strong>ENTRIES MUST BE MAILED TO:<br />
</strong> <em>The Bond Buyer</em> • One State Street Plaza • New York, NY 10004 • Attn: Sorayi Cuevas</p>
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