EXHIBIT A NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE HOSPITAL REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS WITH GENERAL OBLIGATION PLEDGE OF SWIFT COUNTY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Swift County–Benson Hospital (the “Hospital District”) intends to issue Hospital Revenue Bonds (the “Bonds”), in a principal amount of not to exceed $4,500,000, pursuant to Minnesota Laws 1992, Ch. 534, Sections 6 to 20 (the “Act”). The proceeds of the Bonds will be used to current refund on February 1, 2022 the outstanding principal amount of the Hospital District’s Hospital Revenue Refunding Bonds (Swift County General Obligation), Series 2014, dated as of August 15, 2014 (the “Outstanding Bonds”), issued in the original aggregate amount of $6,145,000 pursuant to a Resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Hospital District on July 28, 2014. The refunding of the Outstanding Bonds is expected to result in debt service savings for the Hospital District. If, within ten days of the date of publication of this notice, a petition asking for an election on the proposition of issuing the bonds signed by voters equal to ten percent of the number of votes at the last regular election is filed with the undersigned Secretary of the Hospital District, the bonds may not be issued unless approved by a majority of the electors voting on the question at a legal election.
                   
Dated: July 9, 2021
Tom Anderson
Secretary
Swift County–Benson Hospital