Title
Proposed Appointment of Underwriter Syndicate
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Agenda of: March 26, 2025
Item No.: 2025-065
Amount: N/A
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Suzanne R. Coffey P.E.
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: March 26, 2025
RE: Proposed Appointment of Underwriter Syndicate
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Nicolette Bateson, Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer, Financial Services, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), authorizes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to appoint an Underwriting Syndicate Structure with the following roles and firms:
* Bookrunning Senior Manager - Siebert Williams Shank & Co. LLC
* Co-Senior Manager - B of A Securities Inc.
* Co-Managers - Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Huntington Securities, Inc., Jefferies LLC, Loop Capital Markets LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.;
for a duration of three (3) years through March 25, 2028, with the option to extend the initial term to maintain ongoing coverage with Board approval; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
GLWA appoints a syndicate of Underwriters to provide bond underwriting services for all negotiated bond transactions. The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) Debt Management Policy has established a process and cadence of underwriter syndicate selection. The policy states:
UNDERWRITER SELECTION AND SYNDICATE MANAGEMENT
Process and Cadence of Underwriting Syndicate Selection
For long term debt not issued through a State or Federal program such as the State Revolving Fund program, GLWA will appoint a syndicate of Underwriters (the "Underwriting Syndicate") through a competitive procurement process as outlined in GLWA's Procurement Policy. The Underwriting Syndicate will provide bond underwriting services for all negotiated transactions that take ...
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