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Mission Statement/Performance Goals

Mission Statement

 The mission of the Erie Tobacco Asset Securitization Corporation (ETASC) is to acquire, hold, sell, pledge and otherwise dispose of all or a portion of the rights of Erie County to receive payments from certain cigarette manufacturers under a 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) of a class action entitled State of New York, et al. v. Philip Morris Incorporated, et al. for the benefit of its bondholders and the County. The Corporation’s mission is to satisfy its obligations under Trust Indentures associated with its outstanding bonds and from time to time, if appropriate, assess additional MSA revenue securitization opportunities.  This public purpose and mission has been accomplished in part by ETASC through the issuance of bonded indebtedness in the years 2000, 2005 and 2006.

Performance Goals

ETASC’s Performance goals include, but are not limited to: 

  1. Conducting annual and/or special meeting of ETASC’s Board of Directors and Sole Member, to review and affirm the Corporation’s activities, policies and if appropriate audited financial statements. 
  2. Review, if appropriate in conjunction with Erie County, opportunities to increase the value received of 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) payments, and thereby increase the benefit to Erie County by issuing additional bonded indebtedness or refunding existing ETASC bonded indebtedness payable from the payments under the MSA or by other means. 
  3. Engaging in such other activities required by New York State Law and/or ETASC’s By-Laws and Certificate of Incorporation.

2023

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