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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000912057-01-536035
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6
FILED AS OF DATE: 20011019
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FILER:
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FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: S-3
SEC ACT: 1933 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-71902-28
FILM NUMBER: 1762579
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 1900 ST JAMES PLACE 4TH FLOOR
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77056
BUSINESS PHONE: 7133328400
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 1900 ST JAMES PLACE 4TH FLOOR
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77056
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WILSON & KRATZER MORTUARIES
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001160925
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: []
IRS NUMBER: 942677490
STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: S-3
SEC ACT: 1933 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-71902-29
FILM NUMBER: 1762580
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 1900 ST JAMES PLACE 4TH FLOOR
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77056
BUSINESS PHONE: 7133328400
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 1900 ST JAMES PLACE 4TH FLOOR
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77056
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CARRIAGE CEMETERY SERVICES OF IDAHO INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001160926
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: []
IRS NUMBER: 820210596
STATE OF INCORPORATION: ID
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: S-3
SEC ACT: 1933 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-71902-30
FILM NUMBER: 1762581
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 1900 ST JAMES PLACE 4TH FLOOR
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77056
BUSINESS PHONE: 7133328400
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 1900 ST JAMES PLACE 4TH FLOOR
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77056
S-3
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a2061369zs-3.txt
S-3
AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 19, 2001
REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-_______
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.
(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 76-0423828
(state or jurisdiction of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
or organization) identification no.)
SEE "TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS" ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE FOR
INFORMATION RELATING TO SUBSIDIARIES OF CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC. THAT
MAY GUARANTEE PAYMENTS OWED ON THE DEBT SECURITIES REGISTERED HEREUNDER.
MELVIN C. PAYNE
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AND PRESIDENT
CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC. CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.
1900 ST. JAMES PLACE, 4TH FLOOR 1900 ST. JAMES PLACE, 4TH FLOOR
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056
(713) 332-8400 (713) 332-8400
(address, including zip code,
and telephone number, (name, address, including zip
including area code, of code, and telephone number,
registrants' principal including area code, of agent
executive offices) for service)
COPY TO:
T. MARK KELLY
VINSON & ELKINS L.L.P.
2300 FIRST CITY TOWER, 1001 FANNIN
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002-6760
(713) 758-2222
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From time to
time after the registration statement becomes effective. If the only securities
being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, please check the following box: [ ]
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, check the following box: [X]
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, please check the
following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of
the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [X]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED
MAXIMUM PROPOSED
OFFERING MAXIMUM AGGREGATE
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF AMOUNT TO PRICE PER OFFERING AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED BE REGISTERED UNIT(1) PRICE(2) REGISTRATION FEE
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Primary Offering.....................
Debt Securities (4)(11)......... (3) (3) (3) (3)
Guarantees of Debt Securities
(4)(11).........................
Class A Common Stock (5)(11)....
Preferred Stock (6)(11).........
Depositary Shares (7)(11).......
Warrants (8)(11)................ $100,000,000 $25,000
Stock Purchase Contracts (9)(11)
Stock Purchase Units (10)(11)...
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Total $100,000,000 (12) $25,000
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(FOOTNOTES ON NEXT PAGE)
(1) The proposed maximum offering price per unit will be determined from time
to time by the registrants in connection with the issuance by the
registrants of the securities registered hereunder.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(o).
(3) Not specified as to each class of securities to be registered pursuant to
General Instruction II.D. to Form S-3.
(4) Subject to note (12) below, there is being registered an indeterminate
principal amount of debt securities and guarantees that may be issued by
one or more of the registrants in respect thereof.
(5) Subject to note (12) below, there is being registered an indeterminate
number of shares of Class A common stock. Each share of Class A common
stock includes an associated Series G Junior Participating Preferred Stock
purchase right. Until the occurrence of certain prescribed events, none of
which has occurred, the Series G Junior Participating Preferred Stock
purchase rights are not exercisable, and are evidenced by certificates
representing the Class A common stock, and may be transferred only with the
Class A common stock. No separate consideration is payable for the Series G
Junior Participating Preferred Stock purchase rights.
(6) Subject to note (12) below, there is being registered an indeterminate
number of shares of preferred stock.
(7) Subject to note (12) below, there is being registered an indeterminate
number of depositary shares to be evidenced by depositary receipts issued
pursuant to a deposit agreement. If the registrants elect to offer to the
public fractional interests in shares of preferred stock, then depositary
receipts will be distributed to those persons purchasing the fractional
interests and the shares will be issued to the depositary under the
deposit agreement.
(8) Subject to note (12) below, there is being registered hereunder an
indeterminate amount and number of warrants, representing rights to
purchase debt securities, preferred stock or Class A common stock.
(9) Subject to note (12) below, there is being registered hereunder an
indeterminate amount and number of stock purchase contracts, representing
obligations to purchase preferred stock, depositary shares, Class A common
stock or other securities.
(10) Subject to note (12) below, there is being registered hereunder an
indeterminate amount and number of stock purchase units, consisting of
stock purchase contracts together with debt securities, guarantees,
preferred stock, warrants or debt obligations of third parties securing the
holders' obligations to purchase the securities under the stock purchase
contracts.
(11) Subject to note (12) below, this Registration Statement also covers such
indeterminate amount of securities as may be issued in exchange for, or
upon conversion or exercise of, as the case may be, the debt securities,
preferred stock, depositary shares or warrants registered hereunder and
such indeterminate amount of securities as may be issued upon settlement of
the stock purchase contracts or stock purchase units registered hereunder.
Any securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or as units with
other securities registered hereunder. No separate consideration will be
received for any securities registered hereunder that are issued in
exchange for, or upon conversion of, as the case may be, the debt
securities, preferred stock, depositary shares or warrants.
(12) In no event will the aggregate initial offering price of all securities
issued from time to time pursuant to the combined prospectus contained in
this Registration Statement exceed $100,000,000 or the equivalent thereof
in one or more foreign currencies, foreign currency units or composite
currencies. Such amount represents the offering price of any preferred
stock, Class A common stock and depositary shares, the principal amount of
any debt securities issued at their stated principal amount, the issue
price rather than the principal amount of any debt securities issued at an
original issue discount, the issue price of any warrants, the exercise
price of any securities issuable upon the exercise of warrants, and the
issue price of any securities issued upon settlement of the stock purchase
contracts or stock purchase units. The aggregate principal amount of the
debt securities may be increased if any debt securities are issued at an
original issue discount by an amount such that the offering price to be
received by the registrants shall be equal to the above amount to be
registered. Any offering of securities denominated other than in U.S.
dollars will be treated as the equivalent of U.S. dollars based on the
exchange rate applicable to the purchase of such securities at the time of
initial offering. The securities registered hereunder may be sold
separately or as units with other securities registered hereunder.
THE REGISTRANTS HEREBY AMEND THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANTS
SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON
SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID
SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.
TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS
The following subsidiaries of Carriage Services, Inc. are
co-registrants under this registration statement for the purpose of providing
guarantees, if any, of payments on debt securities registered hereunder:
STATE OF
SUBSIDIARY ORGANIZATION IRS EMPLOYER ID NO.
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Carriage Funeral Holdings, Inc. Delaware 76-0339922
CFS Funeral Services, Inc. Delaware 76-0386580
Carriage Holding Company, Inc. Delaware 76-0393194
Carriage Funeral Services of Michigan, Inc. Michigan 38-3149715
Carriage Funeral Services of Kentucky, Inc. Kentucky 61-1015339
Carriage Funeral Services of California, Inc. California 76-0517196
Carriage Cemetery Services of Idaho, Inc. Idaho 82-0210596
Wilson & Kratzer Mortuaries California 94-2677490
Rolling Hills Memorial Park California 94-1495168
Carriage Services of Connecticut, Inc. Connecticut 06-1491781
CHC Insurance Agency of Ohio, Inc. Ohio 76-0584854
Barnett, Demrow & Ernst, Inc. Kentucky 61-0680428
Carriage Services of New Mexico, Inc. New Mexico 76-0585891
Carriage Cemetery Services, Inc. Texas 76-0592642
Carriage Services of Oklahoma L.L.C. Oklahoma 76-0590850
Carriage Services of Nevada, Inc. Nevada 76-0595471
Hubbard Funeral Home, Inc. Maryland 53-0226299
Carriage Team California (Cemetery), LLC Delaware 76-0627583
Carriage Team California (Funeral), LLC Delaware 76-0627584
Carriage Team Florida (Cemetery), LLC Delaware 76-0627585
Carriage Team Florida (Funeral), LLC Delaware 76-0627586
Carriage Services of Ohio, LLC Delaware 76-0627588
Carriage Team Kansas, LLC Delaware 76-0627587
Carriage Municipal Cemetery Services of Nevada, Inc. Nevada 76-0635742
Carriage Cemetery Services of California, Inc. California 76-0634987
Carriage Insurance Agency of Massachusetts, Inc. Massachusetts 76-0644470
Carriage Internet Strategies, Inc. Delaware 76-0642158
Carriage Investments, Inc. Delaware 76-0651825
Carriage Management, L.P. Texas 76-0651824
Cochrane's Chapel of the Roses, Inc. California 68-0458642
Horizon Cremation Society, Inc. California 76-0653256
Carriage Life Events, Inc. Delaware 76-0667598
Carriage Merger I, Inc. Delaware Applied For
Carriage Merger II, Inc. Delaware Applied For
Carriage Merger III, Inc. Delaware Applied For
Carriage Merger IV, Inc. Delaware Applied For
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may
not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer
to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these
securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED OCTOBER 19, 2001
PROSPECTUS
CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.
$100,000,000
DEBT SECURITIES
GUARANTEES OF DEBT SECURITIES
CLASS A COMMON STOCK
PREFERRED STOCK
DEPOSITARY SHARES
WARRANTS
STOCK PURCHASE CONTRACTS
STOCK PURCHASE UNITS
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We may offer and sell securities from time to time in one or more classes
or series and in amounts, at prices and on terms that we will determine at the
time of the offering, with a total initial offering price of up to $100,000,000.
We will provide specific terms of the securities to be sold by us, including any
guarantees by our subsidiaries, and the methods by which we will sell them in a
prospectus supplement. You should read this prospectus and any prospectus
supplement carefully before you invest. This prospectus may not be used to offer
or sell securities without a prospectus supplement describing the method and
terms of the offering. We may sell the securities directly or we may distribute
them through underwriters or dealers. Our Class A common stock is listed for
trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CSV".
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NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THIS
PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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This prospectus is dated October __, 2001.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS........................................................1
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION..........................................1
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS........................2
THE COMPANY..................................................................3
USE OF PROCEEDS..............................................................3
RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND
PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS....................................................4
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES...............................................5
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK................................................15
DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES............................................19
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS.....................................................20
DESCRIPTION OF STOCK PURCHASE CONTRACTS AND STOCK PURCHASE UNITS............22
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION........................................................23
LEGAL MATTERS...............................................................25
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS...................................25
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of registration statements that we filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission using a "shelf" registration process. Under
this shelf process, we may, over time, sell any combination of the securities
described in this prospectus in one or more offerings up to a total dollar
amount of $100,000,000. This prospectus provides you with a general description
of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a
prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of
that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change
information contained in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus
and any prospectus supplement together with additional information described
under the heading "Where You Can Find More Information."
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other
information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public over the
Internet at the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and
copy any document we file with the SEC at its public reference room located at
Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.
Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on this public
reference room. Our filings with the SEC are also available at the office of the
New York Stock Exchange. For more information on obtaining copies of our public
filings at the New York Stock Exchange, you should call (212) 656-5060.
The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" the information we file
with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by
referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is
an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with
the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate
by reference the documents listed below and any future filings made with the SEC
under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
until we sell all of the securities described in this prospectus:
(a) Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2000, as filed with the SEC on April 2, 2001,
(b) Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 15,
2001 and August 13, 2001,
(c) Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 28,
2001,
(d) The description of our common stock contained in our Registration
Statements on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on July 23, 1996 (as amended August
8, 1996 and April 28, 1998), and
(e) The description of our Series G Junior Participating Preferred
Stock and related rights contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A
filed with the SEC on December 29, 2000.
You may request a copy of these filings (other than an exhibit to a filing
unless that exhibit is specifically incorporated by reference into that filing)
at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:
Carriage Services, Inc.
1900 St. James Place, 4th Floor
Houston, Texas 77056
Attention: Corporate Secretary
(713) 332-8400
You should rely only on the information incorporated by reference or
provided by us in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement. We have not
authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. We are only
offering these securities in states where the offer is permitted. You should not
assume that the information in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement is
accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of those documents.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus and the documents we incorporate by reference contain
statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements appear in a number of
places in the documents we incorporate by reference. All statements other than
statements of historical fact included in this document, including, without
limitation, statements regarding the financial position, business strategy and
other plans and objectives for our future operations are forward-looking
statements.
Although we believe that such forward-looking statements are based on
reasonable assumptions, we give no assurance that our expectations will in fact
occur. Important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from
those in the forward-looking statements, including factors identified in our
annual and periodic reports incorporated herein by reference. Factors that might
cause such a difference include:
o our inability to sell businesses and properties held for sale for
their carrying value, to maintain or increase free cash flow from
operations, or to achieve internal growth from our businesses,
o adverse changes in economic and financial market conditions,
including declining stock prices, increasing interest rates, and
restricted credit availability,
o lower death rates,
o changing consumer preferences,
o competition in our markets,
o our inability to maintain operating ratios within the limits set
out within our financing arrangements, and
o changes in government regulation of the death care industry.
The following additional important factors, among others, in some cases have
affected, and in the future could affect, our actual consolidated results and
could cause our actual consolidated results in the future to differ materially
from any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf.
o Maintaining or achieving growth in free cash flow from operations
depends primarily on achieving anticipated levels of earnings before
depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges, controlling
capital expenditures, collecting accounts receivable and reducing
preneed sales origination costs.
o Achieving our revenue goals also is affected by the volume and
prices of the products and services sold, as well as the mix of
products and services sold. The annual sales targets we set are
aggressive, and our inability to achieve planned volume or prices
could cause us not to meet anticipated levels of revenue. In
certain markets we expect to increase prices, while in other
markets prices will be lowered. Our ability to achieve volume or
price targets at any location depends on numerous factors,
including the capabilities of the local operating staff, the
local economy, the local death rate, competition and changes in
consumer preferences, including cremations.
o Revenue also is affected by the level of preneed sales in both
current and prior periods. The level of preneed sales may be
adversely affected by numerous factors, including deterioration
in the economy, which causes individuals to have less
discretionary income, as well as changes in marketing approach,
commission practices and contractual terms. Future revenue will
also be
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affected by the Company's recent decision to eliminate its national
preneed sales and marketing organization and to manage future
preneed activities at the local business level.
In addition to the factors discussed above, financial performance
may be affected by other important factors, including the following:
o our ability to retain or attract key personnel;
o the amount and rate of growth in our general and
administrative expenses;
o changes in interest rates, which can increase or decrease
the amount we pay on borrowings with variable rates of
interest;
o our ability to stay within the limits of the credit ratios set
out in the debt covenants, such as the debt-to-capital ratio,
debt-to-EBITDA ratio, and the fixed charge coverage ratio;
o availability and related terms of debt and equity financing
to fund operating needs;
o the impact on our financial statements of accounting charges
that may result from the evaluation of our business
strategies, asset valuations and organizational structures as
part of the Fresh Start restructuring program;
o the amount of net proceeds actually realized on assets held
for sale;
o changes in government regulation, including tax rates and
their effects on corporate structure;
o changes in inflation and other general economic conditions
domestically, affecting financial markets (e.g. marketable
security values);
o unanticipated legal proceedings and unanticipated outcomes
of legal proceedings; and
o changes in accounting policies and practices required by
generally accepted accounting principles or the Securities and
Exchange Commission, such as amortization and asset carrying
values for long-lived intangible assets.
We assume no obligation to update or publicly release any revisions to
forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf. All forward-looking
statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by this
cautionary statement.
THE COMPANY
We are a leading provider of death care services and products in the
United States. We provide a complete range of services relating to funerals,
burials and cremations, including the use of funeral homes and motor vehicles,
the performance of cemetery interment services and the management and
maintenance of cemetery grounds. We also sell related products and merchandise
including caskets, burial vaults, garments, cemetery interment rights, stone and
bronze memorials, as well as other items. Our principal executive offices are
located at 1900 St. James Place, 4th Floor, Houston, Texas 77056.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless we specify otherwise in a prospectus supplement, the net proceeds
from the sale of securities we offer will be used for general corporate
purposes. These purposes may include, but are not limited to:
o reduction or refinancing of debt or other corporate obligations,
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o acquisitions and related transactions,
o capital expenditures, and
o working capital.
Until so utilized, we may initially invest such net proceeds in interest
bearing time deposits or short-term marketable securities.
RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND
PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
Our consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges and earnings to fixed
charges and preferred stock dividends for each of the periods indicated are as
follows:
SIX MONTHS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, ENDED JUNE 30,
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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges....... 1.02 2.08 2.47 1.97 -- 1.62
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
and preferred stock dividends......... -- 1.70 2.25 1.96 -- 1.61
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o "Earnings" consists of income (loss) before provision for income
taxes plus fixed charges (excluding capitalized interest),
o "Fixed charges" consist of interest expensed and capitalized,
amortization of debt discount and expense relating to indebtedness
and the portion of rental expense representative of the interest
factor attributable to leases for rental property, and
o "Fixed charges and preferred stock dividends" represent fixed
charges (as described above) and our preferred stock dividend
requirements adjusted to a pre-tax basis.
Earnings to cover fixed charges and preferred stock dividends were
insufficient by $0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 1996. Earnings to
cover fixed charges were insufficient by $101.8 million for the year ended
December 31, 2000. Earnings to cover fixed charges and preferred stock dividends
were insufficient by $101.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2000. As
more fully described in note 8 to the financial statements included in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, special and
other charges totaling $102.3 million were recorded in connection with a
multi-element restructuring program. Elements of the restructuring program
included decisions to sell businesses and assets, evaluation of the carrying
value of under-performing businesses, as well as certain organizational changes
to downsize or eliminate certain corporate functions.
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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The debt securities will be either our senior debt securities or our
subordinated debt securities. The senior debt securities and the subordinated
debt securities will be issued under separate indentures among us, our domestic
subsidiaries, if our domestic subsidiaries are guarantors of the debt
securities, and a U.S. banking institution. Senior debt securities will be
issued under a senior indenture and subordinated debt securities will be issued
under a subordinated indenture. Together the senior indenture and the
subordinated indenture are referred to in this prospectus as the indentures.
The debt securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series.
The particular terms of each series which are offered by a prospectus supplement
will be described in the prospectus supplement.
We primarily conduct our operations through our subsidiaries. Unless the
debt securities are guaranteed by our subsidiaries as described below, our
rights and the rights of our creditors, including holders of the debt
securities, to participate in the assets of any subsidiary upon its liquidation
or reorganization will be subject to the prior claims of the subsidiary's
creditors, except to the extent that we may be a creditor with recognized claims
against the subsidiary.
The following description is a summary of selected provisions relating to
the debt securities and the indentures. The summary is not complete. We have
filed the forms of indentures as exhibits to the registration statement of which
this prospectus is a part. You should not rely on this summary, because the
indentures and not this summary define your rights as a holder of the debt
securities. When debt securities are offered in the future, the prospectus
supplement will explain the particular terms of those securities and the extent
to which these general provisions may apply or may be varied. Capitalized terms
used in the summary have the meanings specified in the indentures.
GENERAL
The indentures provide that debt securities in separate series may be
issued from time to time without limitation as to aggregate principal amount. We
may specify a maximum aggregate principal amount for the debt securities of any
series. (Section 301) We will determine the terms and conditions of the debt
securities, including the maturity, principal and interest, but those terms must
be consistent with the applicable indenture. The debt securities will represent
our unsecured obligations.
The subordinated debt securities will be subordinated in right of payment
to the prior payment in full of all of our senior debt (as defined in the
subordinated indenture) as described under "-- Subordination of Subordinated
Debt Securities" and in the prospectus supplement applicable to any subordinated
debt securities. If the prospectus supplement so indicates, the subordinated
debt securities will be convertible into our Class A common stock as described
under "-- Conversion of Subordinated Debt Securities."
If specified in a prospectus supplement, our domestic subsidiaries
(referred to herein as the "subsidiary guarantors") will unconditionally
guarantee (the "subsidiary guarantees") on a joint and several basis the debt
securities as described under "--subsidiary guarantees" and in the prospectus
supplement. The subsidiary guarantees will represent unsecured obligations of
each subsidiary guarantor. Subsidiary guarantees of subordinated debt securities
will represent subordinated to the senior debt of the subsidiary guarantors on
the same basis as the subordinated debt securities are subordinated to our
senior debt.
The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the price or prices at
which the debt securities to be offered will be issued and will describe the
following terms of such debt securities:
o the title of the debt securities,
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o whether the debt securities are senior debt securities or
subordinated debt securities and, if subordinated debt securities,
the related subordination terms,
o whether the subsidiary guarantors will provide subsidiary
guarantees of the debt securities,
o any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt
securities,
o the dates on which the principal of the debt securities will be
payable,
o the interest rate which the debt securities will bear and the
interest payment dates for the debt securities,
o the places where payments on the debt securities will be payable,
o any terms upon which the debt securities may be redeemed, in
whole or in part, at our option,
o any sinking fund or other provisions that would obligate us to
repurchase or otherwise redeem the debt securities,
o the portion of the principal amount, if less than all, of the debt
securities that will be payable upon declaration of acceleration of
the maturity of the debt securities,
o whether the debt securities are defeasible,
o any addition to or change in the events of default,
o whether the debt securities that constitute subordinated debt
securities are convertible into our Class A common stock and, if
so, the terms and conditions upon which conversion will be
effected, including the initial conversion price or conversion
rate ("the conversion price") and any adjustments thereto in
addition to or different from those described in this prospectus,
the conversion period and other conversion provisions in addition
to or in lieu of those described in this prospectus,
o any addition to or change in the covenants in the indenture
applicable to any of the debt securities, and
o any other terms of the debt securities not inconsistent with the
provisions of the applicable indenture. (Section 301)
Debt securities, including original issue discount securities, may be sold
at a substantial discount below their principal amount. Special United States
federal income tax considerations applicable to debt securities sold at an
original issue discount may be described in the applicable prospectus
supplement. In addition, special United States federal income tax or other
considerations applicable to any debt securities that are denominated in a
currency or currency unit other than United States dollars may be described in
the applicable prospectus supplement.
SUBORDINATION OF SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
The indebtedness evidenced by the subordinated debt securities will, to
the extent set forth in the subordinated indenture with respect to each series
of subordinated debt securities, be subordinate in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all of our senior debt, including the senior debt securities,
and it may also be senior in right of payment to all of our subordinated debt.
The prospectus supplement relating to any subordinated debt securities will
summarize the subordination provisions of the subordinated indenture applicable
to that series including:
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o the applicability and effect of such provisions upon any payment or
distribution of our assets to creditors upon any liquidation,
dissolution, winding-up, reorganization, assignment for the benefit
of creditors or marshaling of assets or any bankruptcy, insolvency
or similar proceedings;
o the applicability and effect of such provisions in the event of
specified defaults with respect to any senior debt, including the
circumstances under which and the periods in which we will be
prohibited from making payments on the subordinated debt securities,
and
o the definition of senior debt applicable to the subordinated debt
securities of that series and, if the series is issued on a senior
subordinated basis, the definition of subordinated debt applicable
to that series.
The prospectus supplement will also describe as of a recent date the
approximate amount of senior debt to which the subordinated debt securities of
that series will be subordinated.
The failure to make any payment on any of the subordinated debt securities
by reason of the subordination provisions of the subordinated indenture
described in the prospectus supplement will not be construed as preventing the
occurrence of an event of default with respect to the subordinated debt
securities arising from any such failure to make payment.
The subordination provisions described above will not be applicable to
payments in respect of the subordinated debt securities from a defeasance trust
established in connection with any defeasance or covenant defeasance of the
subordinated debt securities as described under "--Defeasance and Covenant
Defeasance."
CONVERSION OF SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
The subordinated indenture may provide for a right of conversion of
subordinated debt securities into our Class A common stock (or cash in lieu
thereof). (Sections 301 and 1701 of the subordinated indenture) The applicable
prospectus supplement relating to any subordinated debt securities will state
the terms, if any, on which such debt securities are convertible into shares of
Class A common stock (or cash in lieu thereof).
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
If specified in the prospectus supplement, the subsidiary guarantors will
guarantee the debt securities of a series. Unless otherwise indicated in the
prospectus supplement, the following provisions will apply to the subsidiary
guarantees of the subsidiary guarantors.
Subject to the limitations described below and in the applicable
prospectus supplement, the subsidiary guarantors will, jointly and severally,
unconditionally guarantee the punctual payment when due, whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all our obligations under the
indentures and the debt securities of a series, whether for principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on the debt securities or otherwise (all such
obligations guaranteed by a subsidiary guarantor being herein called the
"guaranteed obligations"). The subsidiary guarantors will also pay all expenses
(including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the applicable
trustee in enforcing any rights under a subsidiary guarantee with respect to a
subsidiary guarantor.
In the case of subordinated debt securities, a subsidiary guarantor's
subsidiary guarantee will be subordinated in right of payment to the senior debt
of such subsidiary guarantor on the same basis as the subordinated debt
securities are subordinated to our senior debt. No payment will be made by any
subsidiary guarantor under its subsidiary guarantee during any period in which
payments by us on the subordinated debt securities are suspended by the
subordination provisions of the subordinated indenture. (Article Fourteen of the
subordinated indenture)
Each subsidiary guarantee will be limited in amount to an amount not to
exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by the relevant subsidiary
guarantor without rendering such subsidiary guarantee voidable under
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applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or
similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
Each subsidiary guarantee will be a continuing guarantee and will:
o remain in full force and effect until either (a) payment in full of
all the guaranteed obligations (or the applicable debt securities
are defeased and discharged in accordance with the defeasance
provisions of the indentures) or (b) released as described in the
following paragraph,
o be binding upon each subsidiary guarantor, and
o inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the applicable
trustee, the holders and their successors, transferees and
assigns.
In the event that a subsidiary guarantor ceases to be a subsidiary,
whether as a result of a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets
or all of the capital stock of such subsidiary guarantor, by way of sale,
merger, consolidation or otherwise, such subsidiary guarantor will be deemed
released and relieved of its obligations under its subsidiary guarantee without
any further action required on the part of the trustee or any holder, and no
other person acquiring or owning the assets or capital stock of such subsidiary
guarantor will be required to enter into a subsidiary guarantee; PROVIDED, in
each case, that the transaction or transactions resulting in such subsidiary
guarantor's ceasing to be a subsidiary are carried out pursuant to and in
compliance with all of the applicable covenants in the applicable indenture. In
addition, the applicable prospectus supplement may specify additional
circumstances under which a subsidiary guarantor can be released from its
subsidiary guarantee.
FORM, EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER
The debt securities of each series will be issuable only in fully
registered form, without coupons, and, unless otherwise specified in the
applicable prospectus supplement, only in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples thereof. (Section 302)
At the option of the holder, subject to the terms of the applicable
indenture and the limitations applicable to global securities, debt securities
of each series will be exchangeable for other debt securities of the same series
of any authorized denomination and of a like tenor and aggregate principal
amount. (Section 305)
Subject to the terms of the applicable indenture and the limitations
applicable to global securities, debt securities may be presented for exchange
as provided above or for registration of transfer (duly endorsed or with the
form of transfer endorsed thereon duly executed) at the office of the security
registrar or at the office of any transfer agent designated by us for such
purpose. No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of debt securities, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Such
transfer or exchange will be effected upon the security registrar or such
transfer agent, as the case may be, being satisfied with the documents of title
and identity of the person making the request. The security registrar and any
other transfer agent initially designated by us for any debt securities will be
named in the applicable prospectus supplement. (Section 305) We may at any time
designate additional transfer agents or rescind the designation of any transfer
agent or approve a change in the office through which any transfer agent acts,
except that we will be required to maintain a transfer agent in each place of
payment for the debt securities of each series. (Section 1002)
If the debt securities of any series (or of any series and specified
terms) are to be redeemed in part, we will not be required to (i) issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any debt security of that series (or of
that series and specified terms, as the case may be) during a period beginning
at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of
redemption of any such debt security that may be selected for redemption and
ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (ii) register the
transfer of or exchange any debt security so selected for redemption, in whole
or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any such debt security being
redeemed in part. (Section 305)
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GLOBAL SECURITIES
Some or all of the debt securities of any series may be represented, in
whole or in part, by one or more global securities which will have an aggregate
principal amount equal to that of the debt securities represented thereby. Each
global security will be registered in the name of a depositary or its nominee
identified in the applicable prospectus supplement, will be deposited with such
depositary or nominee or its custodian and will bear a legend regarding the
restrictions on exchanges and registration of transfer thereof referred to below
and any such other matters as may be provided for pursuant to the applicable
indenture.
Notwithstanding any provision of the indentures or any debt security
described in this prospectus, no global security may be exchanged in whole or in
part for debt securities registered, and no transfer of a global security in
whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any person other than the
depositary for such global security or any nominee of such depositary unless:
o the depositary has notified us that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as depositary for such global security or has ceased to be
qualified to act as such as required by the applicable indenture,
o an event of default with respect to the debt securities represented
by such global security has occurred and is continuing and the
security registrar has received a written request from the
depositary to issue certificated debt securities, or
o other circumstances exist, in addition to or in lieu of those
described above, as may be described in the applicable prospectus
supplement.
All debt securities issued in exchange for a global security or any
portion thereof will be registered in such names as the depositary may direct.
(Sections 205 and 305)
As long as the depositary, or its nominee, is the registered holder of a
global security, the depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, will be
considered the sole owner and holder of such global security and the debt
securities that it represents for all purposes under the debt securities and the
applicable indenture. Except in the limited circumstances referred to above,
owners of beneficial interests in a global security will not be entitled to have
such global security or any debt securities that it represents registered in
their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of
certificated debt securities in exchange therefor and will not be considered to
be the owners or holders of such global security or any debt securities that is
represents for any purpose under the debt securities or the applicable
indenture. All payments on a global security will be made to the depositary or
its nominee, as the case may be, as the holder of the security. The laws of some
jurisdictions require that some purchasers of debt securities take physical
delivery of such debt securities in definitive form. These laws may impair the
ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global security.
Ownership of beneficial interests in a global security will be limited to
institutions that have accounts with the depositary or its nominee
("participants") and to persons that may hold beneficial interests through
participants. In connection with the issuance of any global security, the
depositary will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the
respective principal amounts of debt securities represented by the global
security to the accounts of its participants. Ownership of beneficial interests
in a global security will be shown only on, and the transfer of those ownership
interests will be effected only through, records maintained by the depositary
(with respect to participants' interests) or any such participant (with respect
to interests of persons held by such participants on their behalf). Payments,
transfers, exchanges and other matters relating to beneficial interests in a
global security may be subject to various policies and procedures adopted by the
depositary from time to time. None of us, the subsidiary guarantors, the
trustees or the agents of ourself, the subsidiary guarantors or the trustees
will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the depositary's or
any participant's records relating to, or for payments made on account of,
beneficial interests in a global security, or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial interests.
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PAYMENT AND PAYING AGENTS
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement,
payment of interest on a debt security on any interest payment date will be made
to the person in whose name such debt security (or one or more predecessor debt
securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date
for such interest. (Section 307)
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement,
principal of and any premium and interest on the debt securities of a particular
series will be payable at the office of such paying agent or paying agents as we
may designate for such purpose from time to time, except that at our option
payment of any interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the person
entitled thereto as such address appears in the security register. Unless
otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the corporate trust
office of the trustee under the senior indenture in The City of New York will be
designated as sole paying agent for payments with respect to senior debt
securities of each series, and the corporate trust office of the trustee under
the subordinated indenture in The City of New York will be designated as the
sole paying agent for payment with respect to subordinated debt securities of
each series. Any other paying agents initially designated by us for the debt
securities of a particular series will be named in the applicable prospectus
supplement. We may at any time designate additional paying agents or rescind the
designation of any paying agent or approve a change in the office through which
any paying agent acts, except that we will be required to maintain a paying
agent in each place of payment for the debt securities of a particular series.
(Section 1002)
All moneys paid by us to a paying agent for the payment of the principal
of or any premium or interest on any debt security which remain unclaimed at the
end of two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and
payable will be repaid to us, and the holder of such debt security thereafter
may look only to us for payment thereof. (Section 1003)
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS
We may not consolidate with or merge into, or transfer, lease or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of our assets to, any person (a "successor
person"), and may not permit any person to consolidate with or merge into us,
unless:
o the successor person (if any) is a corporation, partnership, trust
or other entity organized and validly existing under the laws of any
domestic jurisdiction and assumes our obligations on the debt
securities and under the indentures,
o immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no event of
default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both,
would become an event of default, shall have occurred and be
continuing, and
o several other conditions, including any additional conditions
with respect to any particular debt securities specified in the
applicable prospectus supplement, are met. (Section 801)
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, each of the
following will constitute an event of default under the applicable indenture
with respect to debt securities of any series:
(1) failure to pay principal of or any premium on any debt security of
that series when due, whether or not, in the case of subordinated debt
securities, such payment is prohibited by the subordination provisions of the
subordinated indenture,
(2) failure to pay any interest on any debt securities of that series
when due, continued for 30 days, whether or not, in the case of subordinated
debt securities, such payment is prohibited by the subordination provisions of
the subordinated indenture,
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(3) failure to deposit any sinking fund payment, when due, in respect
of any debt security of that series, whether or not, in the case of
subordinated debt securities, such deposit is prohibited by the subordination
provisions of the subordinated indenture,
(4) failure to perform or comply with the provisions described under
"Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets",
(5) failure to perform any of our other covenants in such indenture
(other than a covenant included in such indenture solely for the benefit of a
series other than that series), continued for 60 days after written notice has
been given by the applicable trustee, or the holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series, as
provided in such indenture,
(6) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization
affecting us, any significant subsidiary (as defined in the applicable
indenture) or any group of subsidiaries that together would constitute a
significant subsidiary, and
(7) in the case of debt securities guaranteed by any significant
subsidiary or any group of subsidiaries that together would constitute a
significant subsidiary, the subsidiary guarantee of any such guarantor or
group of guarantors is held by a final non-appealable order or judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for
any reason to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the
terms of the applicable indenture) or any significant subsidiary or any group
of subsidiaries that together would constitute a significant subsidiary or any
person acting on behalf of guarantor or group of guarantors denies or
disaffirms such guarantor's obligations under its subsidiary guarantee (other
than by reason of a release of such guarantor from its subsidiary guarantee in
accordance with the terms of the applicable indenture). (Section 501)
If an event of default (other than an event of default described in clause
(6) above) with respect to the debt securities of any series at the time
outstanding shall occur and be continuing, either the applicable trustee or the
holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities
of that series by notice as provided in the indenture may declare the principal
amount of the debt securities of that series (or, in the case of any debt
security that is an original issue discount debt security or the principal
amount of which is not then determinable, such portion of the principal amount
of such debt security, or such other amount in lieu of such principal amount, as
may be specified in the terms of such debt security) to be due and payable
immediately. If an event of default described in clause (6) above with respect
to the debt securities of any series at the time outstanding shall occur, the
principal amount of all the debt securities of that series (or, in the case of
any such original issue discount security or other debt security, such specified
amount) will automatically, and without any action by the applicable trustee or
any holder, become immediately due and payable. After any such acceleration, but
before a judgment or decree based on acceleration, the holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series may, under
certain circumstances, rescind and annul such acceleration if all events of
default, other than the non-payment of accelerated principal (or other specified
amount), have been cured or waived as provided in the applicable indenture.
(Section 502) For information as to waiver of defaults, see "-- Modification and
Waiver" below.
Subject to the provisions of the indentures relating to the duties of the
trustees in case an event of default shall occur and be continuing, each trustee
will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the
applicable indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders, unless
such holders shall have offered to such trustee reasonable indemnity. (Section
603) Subject to such provisions for the indemnification of the trustees, the
holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of
any series will have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or exercising
any trust or power conferred on the trustee with respect to the debt securities
of that series. (Section 512)
No holder of a debt security of any series will have any right to
institute any proceeding with respect to the applicable indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver or a trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder,
unless:
o such holder has previously given to the trustee under the applicable
indenture written notice of a continuing event of default with
respect to the debt securities of that series,
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o the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
debt securities of that series have made written request, and such
holder or holders have offered reasonable indemnity, to the trustee
to institute such proceeding as trustee, and
o the trustee has failed to institute such proceeding, and has not
received from the holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding debt securities of that series a direction inconsistent
with such request, within 60 days after such notice, request and
offer. (Section 507)
However, such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by a holder of
a debt security for the enforcement of payment of the principal of or any
premium or interest on such debt security on or after the applicable due date
specified in such debt security or, if applicable, to convert such debt
security. (Section 508)
We will be required to furnish to each trustee annually a statement by
certain of our officers as to whether or not we, to their knowledge, are in
default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and
conditions of the applicable indenture and, if so, specifying all such known
defaults. (Section 1004)
MODIFICATION AND WAIVER
Modifications and amendments of an indenture may be made by us, the
subsidiary guarantors, if applicable, and the applicable trustee with the
consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt
securities of each series affected by such modification or amendment; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that no such modification or amendment may, without the consent of the
holder of each outstanding debt security affected thereby:
o change the stated maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of principal of or interest on, any debt security,
o reduce the principal amount of, or any premium or interest on,
any debt security,
o reduce the amount of principal of an original issue discount
security or any other debt security payable upon acceleration of
the maturity thereof,
o change the place or currency of payment of principal of, or any
premium or interest on, any debt security,
o impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
payment on or any conversion right with respect to any debt
security,
o in the case of subordinated debt securities, modify the
subordination or conversion provisions in a manner materially
adverse to the holders of the subordinated debt securities,
o reduce the percentage in principal amount of outstanding debt
securities of any series, the consent of whose holders is
required for modification or amendment of the indenture,
o reduce the percentage in principal amount of outstanding debt
securities of any series necessary for waiver of compliance with
certain provisions of the indenture or for waiver of certain
defaults or
o modify such provisions with respect to modification and waiver.
(Section 902)
The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt
securities of any series may waive compliance by us with certain restrictive
provisions of the applicable indenture. (Section 1009) The holders of a majority
in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may waive
any past default under the applicable indenture, except a default in the payment
of principal, premium or interest and certain covenants and provisions of the
indenture which cannot be amended without the consent of the holder of each
outstanding debt security of such series affected.
(Section 513)
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The indentures provide that in determining whether the holders of the
requisite principal amount of the outstanding debt securities have given or
taken any direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action under such
indenture as of any date,
(1) the principal amount of an original issue discount security that
will be deemed to be outstanding will be the amount of the principal thereof
that would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the
maturity thereof to such date,
(2) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the stated
maturity of a debt security is not determinable (for example, because it is
based on an index), the principal amount of such debt security deemed to be
outstanding as of such date will be an amount determined in the manner
prescribed for such debt security, and
(3) the principal amount of a debt security denominated in one or more
foreign currencies or currency units that will be deemed to be outstanding
will be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner
prescribed for such debt security, of the principal amount of such debt
security (or, in the case of a debt security described in clause (1) or (2)
above, of the amount described in such clause).
Certain debt securities, including those for whose payment or redemption
money has been deposited or set aside in trust for the holders and those that
have been fully defeased pursuant to Section 1502, will not be deemed to be
outstanding. (Section 101)
Except in certain limited circumstances, we will be entitled to set any
day as a record date for the purpose of determining the holders of outstanding
debt securities of any series entitled to give or take any direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action under the applicable indenture, in the manner
and subject to the limitations provided in the indenture. In certain limited
circumstances, the trustee will be entitled to set a record date for action by
holders. If a record date is set for any action to be taken by holders of a
particular series, such action may be taken only by persons who are holders of
outstanding debt securities of that series on the record date. To be effective,
such action must be taken by holders of the requisite principal amount of such
debt securities within a specified period following the record date. For any
particular record date, this period will be 180 days or such other period as may
be specified by us (or the trustee, if it set the record date), and may be
shortened or lengthened (but not beyond 180 days) from time to time. (Section
104)
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
If and to the extent indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we
may elect, at our option at any time, to have the provisions of Section 1502,
relating to defeasance and discharge of indebtedness, or Section 1503, relating
to defeasance of certain restrictive covenants, applied to the debt securities
of any series, or to any specified part of a series. (Section 1501)
DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE. The indentures provide that, upon our exercise
of our option (if any) to have Section 1502 applied to any debt securities, we
and, if applicable, each subsidiary guarantor will be discharged from all our
obligations, and, if such debt securities are subordinated debt securities, the
provisions of the subordinated indenture relating to subordination (but not to
conversion, if applicable) will cease to be effective, with respect to such debt
securities (except for certain obligations to exchange or register the transfer
of debt securities, to replace stolen, lost or mutilated debt securities, to
maintain paying agencies and to hold moneys for payment in trust) upon the
deposit in trust for the benefit of the holders of such debt securities of money
or U.S. government obligations, or both, which, through the payment of principal
and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide
money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and any premium and
interest on such debt securities on the respective stated maturities in
accordance with the terms of the applicable indenture and such debt securities.
Such defeasance or discharge may occur only if, among other things,
(1) we have delivered to the applicable trustee an opinion of counsel
to the effect that we have received from, or there has been published by, the
IRS a ruling, or there has been a change in tax law, in either case to the
effect that holders of such debt securities will not recognize gain or loss
for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and
discharge and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the
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same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit,
defeasance and discharge were not to occur,
(2) no event of default or event that with the passing of time or the
giving of notice, or both, shall constitute an event of default shall have
occurred and be continuing,
(3) such deposit, defeasance and discharge will not result in a breach
or violation of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument to
which we are a party or by which we are bound,
(4) in the case of subordinated debt securities, at the time of such
deposit, no default in the payment of all or a portion of principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any of our senior debt shall have occurred and
be continuing, no event of default shall have resulted in the acceleration of
any of our senior debt and no other event of default with respect to any of
our senior debt shall have occurred and be continuing permitting after notice
or the lapse of time, or both, the acceleration thereof, and
(5) we have delivered to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the
effect that such deposit shall not cause the trustee or the trust so created
to be subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940. (Sections 1502 and 1504).
DEFEASANCE OF CERTAIN COVENANTS. The indentures provide that, upon our
exercise of our option (if any) to have Section 1503 applied to any debt
securities, we may omit to comply with certain restrictive covenants, including
those that may be described in the applicable prospectus supplement, the
occurrence of certain events of default, which are described above in clause (5)
(with respect to such restrictive covenants) and clauses (6) and (7) under
"events of default" and any that may be described in the applicable prospectus
supplement, will not be deemed to either be or result in an event of default
and, if such debt securities are subordinated debt securities, the provisions of
the subordinated indenture relating to subordination (but not to conversion, if
applicable) will cease to be effective, in each case with respect to such debt
securities. In order to exercise such option, we must deposit, in trust for the
benefit of the holders of such debt securities, money or U.S. government
obligations, or both, which, through the payment of principal and interest in
respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide money in an amount
sufficient to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on such debt
securities on the respective stated maturities in accordance with the terms of
the applicable indenture and such debt securities. Such covenant defeasance may
occur only if we have delivered to the applicable trustee an opinion of counsel
that in effect says that holders of such debt securities will not recognize gain
or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and
defeasance of certain obligations and will be subject to federal income tax on
the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the
case if such deposit and defeasance were not to occur, and the requirements set
forth in clauses (2), (3), (4) and (5) above are satisfied. If we exercise this
option with respect to any debt securities and such debt securities were
declared due and payable because of the occurrence of any event of default, the
amount of money and U.S. government obligations so deposited in trust would be
sufficient to pay amounts due on such debt securities at the time of their
respective stated maturities but may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on
such debt securities upon any acceleration resulting from such event of default.
In such case, we would remain liable for such payments. (Sections 1503 and 1504)
NOTICES
Notices to holders of debt securities will be given by mail to the
addresses of such holders as they may appear in the security register.
(Sections 101 and 106)
TITLE
We, the subsidiary guarantors, the trustees and any agent of us, the
subsidiary guarantors or a trustee may treat the person in whose name a debt
security is registered as the absolute owner of the debt security (whether or
not such debt security may be overdue) for the purpose of making payment and for
all other purposes. (Section 308)
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GOVERNING LAW
The indentures and the debt securities will be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York. (Section 112)
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
GENERAL
Our authorized capital stock consists of 50,000,000 shares of common
stock, par value $.01 per share, and 70,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par
value $.01 per share. Our common stock is divided into two classes: Class A
common stock and Class B common stock. The following summary of certain
provisions of our capital stock does not purport to be complete and is subject
to and is qualified in its entirety by our certificate of incorporation and
bylaws, in each case, as amended to date, which are incorporated in this
prospectus by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this
prospectus forms a part, and by the provisions of applicable law.
COMMON STOCK
The holders of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each
share held on all matters submitted to a vote of common stockholders. The
holders of Class B common stock are entitled to ten votes for each share held on
all matters submitted to a vote of common stockholders. Our common stock does
not have cumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of a majority of
the voting power of shares of common stock outstanding can elect all the
directors, and the holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any
directors. Each share of our common stock is entitled to participate equally in
dividends, if, as and when declared by our board of directors, and in the
distribution of assets in the event of liquidation, subject in all cases to any
prior rights of outstanding shares of preferred stock. We have never paid cash
dividends on our common stock. Holders of our common stock have no preemptive
rights, redemption rights or sinking fund provisions. The outstanding shares of
our common stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
Each share of Class B common stock is convertible at any time, at the
option of the registered holder thereof, into one share of Class A common stock.
In addition, each share of Class B common stock automatically converts into one
share of Class A common stock upon a sale or transfer to anyone other than a
permitted transferee. In any event, all outstanding shares of Class B common
stock will be automatically converted into shares of Class A common stock on
December 31, 2001.
PREFERRED STOCK
The prospectus supplement will specify any terms of any series of
preferred stock offered by it including:
o the series, the number of shares offered and the liquidation
value of the preferred stock,
o the price at which the preferred stock will be issued,
o the dividend rate, the dates on which the dividends will be
payable and other terms relating to the payment of dividends on
the preferred stock
o the liquidation preference of the preferred stock,
o the voting rights of the preferred stock,
o whether the preferred stock is redeemable or subject to a sinking
fund, and the terms of any such redemption or sinking fund,
o whether the preferred stock is convertible or exchangeable for
any other securities, and the terms of any such conversion, and
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o any additional rights, preferences, qualifications, limitations
and restrictions of the preferred stock.
The description of the terms of the preferred stock to be set forth in an
applicable prospectus supplement will not be complete and will be subject to and
qualified in its entirety by reference to the statement of resolution relating
to the applicable series of preferred stock. The registration statement of which
this prospectus forms a part will include the statement of resolution as an
exhibit or incorporate it by reference.
We may issue preferred stock from time to time in one or more series.
Subject to the provisions of our certificate of incorporation and limitations
prescribed by law, our board of directors may adopt resolutions to issue the
shares of preferred stock, to fix the number of shares, and to change the number
of shares constituting any series and establish the voting powers, designations
preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights,
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including dividend rights
(including whether dividends are cumulative), dividend rates, terms of
redemption (including sinking fund provisions), redemption prices, conversion
rights and liquidation preferences of the shares constituting any series of
preferred stock, in each case without any further action or vote by our
stockholders.
Undesignated preferred stock may enable our board of directors to render
more difficult or to discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a
tender offer, proxy contest, merger or otherwise, and to thereby protect the
continuity of our management. The issuance of shares of preferred stock may
adversely affect the rights of the holders of our common stock or any existing
preferred stock. For example, any preferred stock issued may rank prior to our
common stock or any existing preferred stock as to dividend rights, liquidation
preference or both, may have full or limited voting rights and may be
convertible into shares of common stock or any existing preferred stock. As a
result, the issuance of shares of preferred stock may discourage bids for our
common stock or may otherwise adversely affect the market price of our common
stock or any existing preferred stock.
SERIES D PREFERRED STOCK. We have established a series of preferred stock
designated Series D Preferred Stock, 182,500 shares of which are issued and
outstanding. The following description is a summary of the Certificate of
Amendment to the Certificate of Designation for the Series D Preferred Stock,
and it is qualified in its entirety by reference to that document.
DIVIDENDS. The Series D Preferred Stock ranks, with respect to dividend
rights and distribution of assets on liquidation, senior and prior to common
stock and junior to, or on parity with, as the case may be, any other stock of
ours designated as senior to, or on parity with, as the case may be, Series D
Preferred Stock. Holders of Series D Preferred Stock are entitled to receive
cumulative annual cash dividends of $.06 per share payable quarterly, depending
upon when such shares were issued. Upon any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of Series D Preferred Stock
then outstanding will be entitled to receive an amount of cash per share equal
to $1.00, together with all accrued and unpaid dividends, after any distribution
is made on any senior securities and before any distribution is made on any
junior securities, including common stock. As long as any shares of Series D
Preferred Stock are outstanding, we may not pay a dividend (other than stock
dividends in common stock) or other distribution on or repurchase common stock,
directly or indirectly, unless all past due cumulative dividends on the Series D
Preferred Stock have been paid. The terms of Series D Preferred Stock may be
amended with the consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares
of Series D Preferred Stock.
REDEMPTION. The Series D Preferred Stock is mandatorily redeemable by us
on December 31, 2001 (subject to conversion rights at any time on or prior to
November 30, 2001) at a redemption price of $1.00 per share plus all accrued and
unpaid dividends to the date of redemption. The Series D Preferred Stock is
redeemable, in whole or in part, at our option at any time during the period
commencing on August 8, 1998 and ending on December 31, 2001 (subject to
conversion rights up to 15 days prior to the redemption date) at a redemption
price of $1.00 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the date of
redemption. Partial redemptions must be pro rata.
CONVERSION. The Series D Preferred Stock is convertible at any time into
Class B common stock at a conversion price equal to the average market price for
the ten days preceding the date of delivery of notice of conversion on the
principal securities market on which the Class A common stock is then traded. At
September 30, 2001, the conversion price was $5.802, yielding, a total of 31,454
shares of Class B common stock that would be issuable upon the conversion of the
182,500 shares of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding.
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VOTING RIGHTS. The Series D Preferred Stock has general voting rights on
all issues submitted to stockholders. The number of votes to which each share of
Series D Preferred Stock is entitled is a fraction of a vote determined by
dividing $1.00 by the then effective conversion price per share and dividing the
resulting fraction by 20. The Series D Preferred Stock is entitled, as a
separate class, to vote upon (or consent to) any amendment to the charter,
bylaws or Certificate of Designation which would adversely affect the rights or
powers of the Series D Preferred Stock. The requisite vote for approval is a
majority of the shares of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding.
SERIES G JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK. We have established a
series of preferred stock designated Series G Junior Participating Preferred
Stock ("Series G Preferred Stock"), of which 1,000,000 shares are authorized but
no shares are currently outstanding. The following is a summary description of
the Certificate of Designation for the Series G Preferred Stock, and it is
qualified in its entirety by reference to that document.
The Series G Preferred Stock could become issuable upon the exercise of
rights granted under our stockholder rights plan, if certain triggering events
occur.
Upon issuance, each share of Series G Preferred Stock would be entitled to
a minimum preferential quarterly dividend payment of $0.01 per share and
entitled to an aggregate dividend of 100 times the dividend, if any, declared on
each share of common stock. In the event of liquidation, the holders of the
Series G Preferred Stock would be entitled to a minimum preferential liquidation
payment of $1.00 per share and entitled to an aggregate payment of 100 times the
payment, if any, made in respect of each share of common stock. In the event of
any merger, consolidation or other transaction in which shares of common stock
are exchanged, each share of Series G Preferred Stock would be entitled to
receive 100 times the amount, if any, received in respect of each share of
common stock. The rights of the Series G Preferred Stock are protected by
customary antidilution provisions. Upon issuance, each share of Series G
Preferred Stock would be entitled to 100 votes, voting together with the common
stock.
DELAWARE LAW AND CERTAIN CHARTER PROVISIONS
SECTION 203 OF THE DGCL. We are a Delaware corporation and are subject to
Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. In general, Section 203
prevents an "interested stockholder" (defined generally as a person owning 15%
or more of the company's outstanding voting stock) from engaging in a "business
combination" (as defined in Section 203) with a company for three years
following the date that person becomes an interested stockholder unless:
o before that person became an interested stockholder, the company's
board of directors approved the transaction in which the interested
stockholder became an interested stockholder or approved the
business combination,
o upon completion of the transaction that resulted in the
interested stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the
interested stockholder owns at least 85% of the voting stock
outstanding at the time the transaction commenced (excluding
stock held by directors who are also officers of the company and
by employee stock plans that do not provide employees with the
right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to
the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer), or
o following the transaction in which that person became an interested
stockholder, the business combination is approved by the company's
board of directors and authorized at a meeting of stockholders by
the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the
outstanding voting stock not owned by the interested stockholder.
Under Section 203, these restrictions also do not apply to certain
business combinations proposed by an interested stockholder following the
announcement or notification of one of certain extraordinary transactions
involving the company and a person who was not an interested stockholder during
the previous three years or who became an interested stockholder with the
approval of a majority of the company's directors, if that extraordinary
transaction is approved or not opposed by a majority of the directors who were
directors before any person became
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an interested stockholder in the previous three years or who were recommended
for election or elected to succeed such directors by a majority of such
directors then in office.
CLASSIFIED BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Our board of directors is divided into
three classes. The directors of each class are elected for three-year terms,
with the terms of the three classes staggered so that directors from a single
class are elected at each annual meeting of stockholders. Stockholders may
remove a director only for cause upon the vote of holders of at least 80% of
voting power of the outstanding shares of our common stock. In general, our
board of directors, not the stockholders, has the right to appoint persons to
fill vacancies on the board of directors.
STOCKHOLDER ACTION; SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS. The charter provides
that special meetings of holders of our common stock may be called only by our
board of directors and that only business proposed by the board of directors may
be considered at special meetings of holders of our common stock.
ADVANCE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS AND DIRECTOR
NOMINATIONS. The charter provides that the only business (including election of
directors) that may be considered at an annual meeting of holders of our common
stock, in addition to business proposed (or persons nominated to be directors)
by our directors, is business proposed (or persons nominated to be directors) by
holders of our common stock who comply with the notice and disclosure
requirements set forth in the certificate of incorporation. In general, the
charter requires that a stockholder give us notice of proposed business or
nominations no later than 60 days before the annual meeting of holders of our
common stock (meaning the date on which the meeting is first scheduled and not
postponements or adjournments thereof) or (if later) ten days after the first
public notice of the annual meeting is sent to holders of our common stock. In
general, the notice must also contain information about the stockholder
proposing the business or nomination, the stockholders interest in the business,
and (with respect to nominations for director) information about the nominee of
the nature ordinarily required to be disclosed in public proxy solicitation
statements. The stockholder also must submit a notarized letter from each of the
stockholders nominees stating the nominees acceptance of the nomination and
indicating the nominees intention to serve as director if elected.
AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER AND BYLAWS. The Delaware General Corporation Law
provides generally that the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares
entitled to vote on any matter is required to amend a corporation's certificate
of incorporation or bylaws, unless the corporation's certificate of
incorporation or bylaws requires a greater percentage. The charter provides that
approval by the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the voting power of our
outstanding voting stock is required to amend the provisions of the charter
previously discussed and certain other provisions.
STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING
Our Class A common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol "CSV."
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company.
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DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES
GENERAL
We may offer fractional shares of preferred stock, rather than full shares
of preferred stock. If we do so, we may issue receipts for depositary shares
that each represent a fraction of a share of a particular series of preferred
stock. The prospectus supplement will indicate that fraction. The shares of
preferred stock represented by depositary shares will be deposited under a
depositary agreement between us and a bank or trust company that meets certain
requirements and is selected by us (the "Bank Depositary"). Each owner of a
depositary share will be entitled to all the rights and preferences of the
preferred stock represented by the depositary share. The depositary shares will
be evidenced by depositary receipts issued pursuant to the depositary agreement.
Depositary receipts will be distributed to those persons purchasing the
fractional shares of preferred stock in accordance with the terms of the
offering.
We have summarized some common provisions of a depositary agreement and
the related depositary receipts. The forms of the depositary agreement and the
depositary receipts relating to any particular issue of depositary shares will
be filed with the SEC each time we issue depositary shares, and you should read
those documents for provisions that may be important to you.
DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS
If we pay a cash distribution or dividend on a series of preferred stock
represented by depositary shares, the Bank Depositary will distribute such
dividends to the record holders of such depositary shares. If the distributions
are in property other than cash, the Bank Depositary will distribute the
property to the record holders of the depositary shares. However, if the Bank
Depositary determines that it is not feasible to make the distribution of
property, the Bank Depositary may, with our approval, sell such property and
distribute the net proceeds from such sale to the record holders of the
depositary shares.
REDEMPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES
If we redeem a series of preferred stock represented by depositary shares,
the Bank Depositary will redeem the depositary shares from the proceeds received
by the Bank Depositary in connection with the redemption. The redemption price
per depositary share will equal the applicable fraction of the redemption price
per share of the preferred stock. If fewer than all the depositary shares are
redeemed, the depositary shares to be redeemed will be selected by lot or pro
rata as the Bank Depositary may determine.
VOTING THE PREFERRED STOCK
Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of the
preferred stock represented by depositary shares are entitled to vote, the Bank
Depositary will mail the notice to the record holders of the depositary shares
relating to such preferred stock. Each record holder of these depositary shares
on the record date (which will be the same date as the record date for the
preferred stock) may instruct the Bank Depositary as to how to vote the
preferred stock represented by such holder's depositary shares. The Bank
Depositary will endeavor, insofar as practicable, to vote the amount of the
preferred stock represented by such depositary shares in accordance with such
instructions, and we will take all action which the Bank Depositary deems
necessary in order to enable the Bank Depositary to do so. The Bank Depositary
will abstain from voting shares of the preferred stock to the extent it does not
receive specific instructions from the holders of depositary shares representing
such preferred stock.
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE DEPOSITARY AGREEMENT
The form of depositary receipt evidencing the depositary shares and any
provision of the depositary agreement may be amended by agreement between the
Bank Depositary and us. However, any amendment that materially and adversely
alters the rights of the holders of depositary shares will not be effective
unless such amendment has been approved by the holders of at least a majority of
the depositary shares then outstanding. The depositary agreement may be
terminated by the Bank Depositary or us only if (1) all outstanding depositary
shares
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have been redeemed or (2) there has been a final distribution in respect of
the preferred stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of our company and such distribution has been distributed to the
holders of depositary receipts.
CHARGES OF BANK DEPOSITARY
We will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising
solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements. We will pay charges of
the Bank Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the preferred
stock and any redemption of the preferred stock. Holders of depositary receipts
will pay other transfer and other taxes and governmental charges and any other
charges, including a fee for the withdrawal of shares of preferred stock upon
surrender of depositary receipts, as are expressly provided in the depositary
agreement to be for their accounts.
WITHDRAWAL OF PREFERRED STOCK
Except as may be provided otherwise in the applicable prospectus
supplement, upon surrender of depositary receipts at the principal office of the
Bank Depositary, subject to the terms of the depositary agreement, the owner of
the depositary shares may demand delivery of the number of whole shares of
preferred stock and all money and other property, if any, represented by those
depositary shares. Partial shares of preferred stock will not be issued. If the
depositary receipts delivered by the holder evidence a number of depositary
shares in excess of the number of depositary shares representing the number of
whole shares of preferred stock to be withdrawn, the Bank Depositary will
deliver to such holder at the same time a new depositary receipt evidencing the
excess number of depositary shares. Holders of preferred stock thus withdrawn
may not thereafter deposit those shares under the depositary agreement or
receive depositary receipts evidencing depositary shares therefor.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Bank Depositary will forward to holders of depositary receipts all
reports and communications from us that are delivered to the Bank Depositary and
that we are required to furnish to the holders of the preferred stock.
Neither the Bank Depositary nor we will be liable if we are prevented or
delayed by law or any circumstance beyond our control in performing our
obligations under the depositary agreement. The obligations of the Bank
Depositary and us under the depositary agreement will be limited to performance
in good faith of our duties thereunder, and we will not be obligated to
prosecute or defend any legal proceeding in respect of any depositary shares or
preferred stock unless satisfactory indemnity is furnished. We may rely upon
written advice of counsel or accountants, or upon information provided by
persons presenting preferred stock for deposit, holders of depositary receipts
or other persons believed to be competent and on documents believed to be
genuine.
RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF BANK DEPOSITARY
The Bank Depositary may resign at any time by delivering to us notice of
its election to do so, and we may at any time remove the Bank Depositary. Any
such resignation or removal will take effect upon the appointment of a successor
Bank Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment. The successor Bank
Depositary must be appointed within 60 days after delivery of the notice of
resignation or removal and must be a bank or trust company meeting the
requirements of the depositary agreement.
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
We may issue warrants for the purchase of debt securities, preferred stock
or Class A common stock. Warrants may be issued independently or together with
other securities and may be attached to or separate from any offered securities.
Each series of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement to be
entered into between us and a bank or trust company, as warrant agent. The
warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants and
will not have any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any
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holders or beneficial owners of warrants. A copy of the warrant agreement will
be filed with the SEC in connection with the offering of warrants.
DEBT WARRANTS
The prospectus supplement relating to a particular issue of warrants to
issue debt securities will describe the terms of those warrants, including the
following:
o the title of the warrants,
o the offering price for the warrants, if any,
o the aggregate number of the warrants,
o the designation and terms of the debt securities purchasable upon
exercise of the warrants,
o if applicable, the designation and terms of the debt securities that
the warrants are issued with and the number of warrants issued with
each debt security,
o if applicable, the date from and after which the warrants and any
debt securities issued with them will be separately transferable,
o the principal amount of debt securities that may be purchased upon
exercise of a warrant and the price at which the debt securities may
be purchased upon exercise,
o the dates on which the right to exercise the warrants will
commence and expire,
o if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of the warrants that
may be exercised at any one time,
o whether the warrants represented by the warrant certificates or debt
securities that may be issued upon exercise of the warrants will be
issued in registered or bearer form,
o information relating to book-entry procedures, if any,
o the currency or currency units in which the offering price, if
any, and the exercise price are payable,
o if applicable, a discussion of material United States federal
income tax considerations,
o anti-dilution provisions of the warrants, if any,
o redemption or call provisions, if any, applicable to the warrants,
o any additional terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures
and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the
warrants, and
o any other information we think is important about the warrants.
STOCK WARRANTS
The prospectus supplement relating to a particular issue of warrants to
issue common stock or preferred stock will describe the terms of the common
stock warrants and preferred stock warrants, including the following:
o the title of the warrants,
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o the offering price for the warrants, if any,
o the aggregate number of the warrants,
o the designation and terms of the common stock or preferred stock
that maybe purchased upon exercise of the warrants,
o if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities that
the warrants are issued with and the number of warrants issued
with each security,
o if applicable, the date from and after which the warrants and any
securities issued with the warrants will be separately
transferable,
o the number of shares of common stock or preferred stock that may be
purchased upon exercise of a warrant and the price at which the
shares may be purchased upon exercise,
o the dates on which the right to exercise the warrants commence
and expire,
o if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of the warrants that
may be exercised at any one time,
o the currency or currency units in which the offering price, if
any, and the exercise price are payable,
o if applicable, a discussion of material United States federal
income tax considerations,
o antidilution provisions of the warrants, if any,
o redemption or call provisions, if any, applicable to the warrants,
o any additional terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures
and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the
warrants, and
o any other information we think is important about the warrants.
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
Each warrant will entitle the holder of the warrant to purchase at the
exercise price set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement the principal
amount of debt securities or shares of preferred stock or common stock being
offered. Holders may exercise warrants at any time up to the close of business
on the expiration date set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. After
the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants are void.
Holders may exercise warrants as set forth in the prospectus supplement relating
to the warrants being offered.
Until you exercise your warrants to purchase our debt securities,
preferred stock, or common stock, you will not have any rights as a holder of
our debt securities, preferred stock, or common stock, as the case may be, by
virtue of your ownership of warrants.
DESCRIPTION OF STOCK PURCHASE CONTRACTS
AND STOCK PURCHASE UNITS
We may issue stock purchase contracts, including contracts obligating
holders to purchase from us, and obligating us to sell to the holders, a
specified number of shares of common stock or other securities at a future date
or dates, which we refer to in this prospectus as "stock purchase contracts."
The price per share of the securities and the number of shares of the securities
may be fixed at the time the stock purchase contracts are issued or may be
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determined by reference to a specific formula set forth in the stock purchase
contracts. The stock purchase contracts may be issued separately or as part of
units consisting of a stock purchase contract and debt securities, preferred
securities, warrants or debt obligations of third parties, including U.S.
treasury securities, securing the holders' obligations to purchase the
securities under the stock purchase contracts, which we refer to herein as
"stock purchase units." The stock purchase contracts may require holders to
secure their obligations under the stock purchase contracts in a specified
manner. The stock purchase contracts also may require us to make periodic
payments to the holders of the stock purchase units or vice versa, and those
payments may be unsecured or refunded on some basis.
The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of the stock
purchase contracts or stock purchase units. The description in the prospectus
supplement will not necessarily be complete, and reference will be made to the
stock purchase contracts, and, if applicable, collateral or depositary
arrangements, relating to the stock purchase contracts or stock purchase units,
which will be filed with the SEC each time we issue stock purchase contracts or
stock purchase units. Material United States federal income tax considerations
applicable to the stock purchase units and the stock purchase contracts will
also be discussed in the applicable prospectus supplement.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We may sell the offered securities in and outside the United States (1)
through underwriters or dealers, (2) directly to purchasers, including our
affiliates and stockholders, in a rights offering, (3) through agents or (4)
through a combination of any of these methods. The prospectus supplement will
include the following information:
o the terms of the offering,
o the names of any underwriters or agents,
o the name or names of any managing underwriter or underwriters,
o the purchase price or initial public offering price of the
securities,
o the net proceeds from the sale of the securities,
o any delayed delivery arrangements,
o any underwriting discounts, commissions and other items
constituting underwriters' compensation,
o any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to
dealers, and
o any commissions paid to agents.
SALE THROUGH UNDERWRITERS OR DEALERS
If underwriters are used in the sale, the underwriters will acquire the
securities for their own account. The underwriters may resell the securities
from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated
transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined
at the time of sale. Underwriters may offer securities to the public either
through underwriting syndicates represented by one or more managing underwriters
or directly by one or more firms acting as underwriters. Unless we inform you
otherwise in the prospectus supplement, the obligations of the underwriters to
purchase the securities will be subject to certain conditions, and the
underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the offered securities if they
purchase any of them. The underwriters may change from time to time any initial
public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or
paid to dealers.
During and after an offering through underwriters, the underwriters may
purchase and sell the securities in the open market. These transactions may
include overallotment and stabilizing transactions and purchases to cover
syndicate short positions created in connection with the offering. The
underwriters may also impose a penalty bid,
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which means that selling concessions allowed to syndicate members or other
broker-dealers for the offered securities sold for their account may be
reclaimed by the syndicate if the offered securities are repurchased by the
syndicate in stabilizing or covering transactions. These activities may
stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the offered
securities, which may be higher than the price that might otherwise prevail
in the open market. If commenced, the underwriters may discontinue these
activities at any time.
Some or all of the securities that we offer though this prospectus may be
new issues of securities with no established trading market. Any underwriters to
whom we sell our securities for public offering and sale may make a market in
those securities, but they will not be obligated to do so and they may
discontinue any market making at any time without notice. Accordingly, we cannot
assure you of the liquidity of, or continued trading markets for, any securities
that we offer.
If dealers are used in the sale of securities, we will sell the securities
to them as principals. They may then resell those securities to the public at
varying prices determined by the dealers at the time of resale. We will include
in the prospectus supplement the names of the dealers and the terms of the
transaction.
DIRECT SALES AND SALES THROUGH AGENTS
We may sell the securities directly. In this case, no underwriters or
agents would be involved. We may also sell the securities through agents
designated from time to time. In the prospectus supplement, we will name any
agent involved in the offer or sale of the offered securities, and we will
describe any commissions payable to the agent. Unless we inform you otherwise in
the prospectus supplement, any agent will agree to use its reasonable best
efforts to solicit purchases for the period of its appointment.
We may sell the securities directly to institutional investors or others
who may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act of
1933 with respect to any sale of those securities. We will describe the terms of
any such sales in the prospectus supplement.
REMARKETING ARRANGEMENTS
Offered securities may also be offered and sold, if so indicated in the
applicable prospectus supplement, in connection with a remarketing upon their
purchase, in accordance with a redemption or repayment pursuant to their terms,
or otherwise, by one or more remarketing firms, acting as principals for their
own accounts or as agents for us. Any remarketing firm will be identified and
the terms of its agreements, if any, with us and its compensation will be
described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
DELAYED DELIVERY CONTRACTS
If we so indicate in the prospectus supplement, we may authorize agents,
underwriters or dealers to solicit offers from certain types of institutions to
purchase securities from us or the trusts at the public offering price under
delayed delivery contracts. These contracts would provide for payment and
delivery on a specified date in the future. The contracts would be subject only
to those conditions described in the prospectus supplement. The prospectus
supplement will describe the commission payable for solicitation of those
contracts.
GENERAL INFORMATION
We may have agreements with the agents, dealers, underwriters and
remarketing firms to indemnify them against certain civil liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or to contribute with respect to
payments that the agents, dealers, underwriters or remarketing firms may be
required to make. Agents, dealers, underwriters and remarketing firms may be
customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for us in the
ordinary course of their businesses.
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LEGAL MATTERS
Our legal counsel, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Houston, Texas, or another
counsel named in the prospectus supplement, will pass upon certain legal matters
in connection with the offered securities. Any underwriters will be advised
about issues relating to any offering by their own legal counsel.
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The financial statements and schedules incorporated by reference in this
registration statement to the extent and for the periods indicated in their
reports have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public
accountants, and are included herein in reliance upon the authority of said firm
as experts in giving said reports.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14 -- OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
The following table sets forth the estimated expenses in connection with
the distribution of the securities covered by this Registration Statement. All
of the expenses will be borne by the Company except as otherwise indicated.
Registration fee.......................... $ 25,549
Fees and expenses of accountants.......... 20,000
Fees and expenses of legal counsel ....... 50,000
Fees and expenses of Trustee and counsel.. 15,000
Printing and engraving expenses........... 60,000
Miscellaneous............................. 9,451
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Total.............................. $ 180,000
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ITEM 15 -- INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW
Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, provides
that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by the person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he acted in
good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's
conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the
person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or
is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement
of the action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the
person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which the person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court
of Chancery or the court in which the action or suit was brought shall determine
upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all
the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for the expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other
court shall deem proper.
Section 145(c) of the DGCL provides that to the extent that a present or
former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section
145(a) and (b), or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the person
shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection therewith.
Section 145(d) of the DGCL provides that any indemnification under Section
145(a) and (b) (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only
as authorized in the specific case upon a determination
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that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or
agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 145(a) and (b). The
determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or
officer at the time of such determination, (1) by a majority vote of the
directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though
less than a quorum, (2) by a committee of such directors designated by
majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, (3) if there
are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal
counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders.
Section 145(e) of the DGCL provides that expenses (including attorneys'
fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the
corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or
officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the
person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in
Section 145. The expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by former
directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon those
terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.
Section 145(f) of the DGCL provides that the indemnification and
advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section 145 shall
not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides that a corporation shall have the
power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by the person in
any such capacity, or arising out of the person's status as such, whether or not
the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against such
liability under Section 145.
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
Article X of our certificate of incorporation provides that the
Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless any person who was, is, or is
threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of the fact that he or
she is or was a director or officer of the corporation while a director or
officer of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation
as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent,
or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership,
joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan, or other
enterprise, to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL. The right to
indemnification under Article X of our certificate of incorporation is a
contract right which includes, with respect to directors and officers, the right
to be paid by the corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such
proceeding in advance of its disposition.
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENTS
We have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and
certain of our officers, referred to as indemnitees. Under the terms of the
indemnification agreements, we have generally agreed to indemnify, and advance
expenses to, each indemnitee to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by
applicable law on the date of the agreements and to such greater extent as
applicable law may thereafter permit.
Furthermore, under the terms of the indemnification agreements, we have
agreed to pay all reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of an indemnitee
in connection with any proceeding, in advance of any determination with respect
to entitlement to indemnification and within ten days after our receipt of a
written request from such indemnitee for the payment. In the indemnification
agreements, each indemnitee has agreed that he or she will reimburse and repay
us for any expenses so advanced to the extent that it shall ultimately be
determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by us against such
expenses.
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The indemnification agreements include provisions that specify the
procedures and presumptions to be employed in determining whether an indemnitee
is entitled to indemnification thereunder.
INSURANCE
We have obtained and intend to maintain in effect directors' and officers'
liability insurance policies providing coverage for our directors and officers
against losses resulting from certain of their acts and omissions in their
capacities as our directors and officers.
The above discussion of Section 145 of the DGCL, our certificate of
incorporation and bylaws, the indemnification agreements and our insurance
coverage is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the statute and other governing documents.
ITEM 16 -- EXHIBITS
There are filed with this Registration Statement the following exhibits:
Exhibit No.
**1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement.
4.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended,
of Carriage Services, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.1 to Carriage Services, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
its fiscal year ended December 31, 1996).
4.2 Certificate of Amendment dated May 7, 1997 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Carriage Services, Inc.'s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended September 30,
1997).
4.3 Certificate of Decrease, reducing the authorized Series D Preferred
Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Carriage
Services Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal
quarter ended September 30, 1997).
4.4 Certificate of Decrease, reducing the authorized Series F Preferred
Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Carriage
Services, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal
quarter ended September 30, 1997).
4.5 Certificate of Elimination of the Series F Preferred Stock
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Carriage Services,
Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended
June 30, 1999).
4.6 Certificate of Designation of the Carriage Services, Inc.'s Series
G Junior Participating Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit C to the Rights Agreement with American Stock Transfer &
Trust Company dated December 18, 2000, which is attached as Exhibit
1 to the Carriage Services, Inc.'s Form 8-A filed December 29,
2000).
4.7 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Carriage Services, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Carriage Services,
Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-05545)).
*4.8 Form of Senior Debt Indenture.
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**4.9 Form of Senior Debt Securities.
*4.10 Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture.
**4.11 Form of Subordinated Debt Securities.
**4.12 Form of Guarantee Agreement.
**4.13 Form of Warrant Agreement.
**4.14 Form of Depositary Agreement.
**4.15 Form of Depositary Receipt.
**4.16 Form of Stock Purchase Contract.
**4.17 Form of Stock Purchase Unit.
*5.1 Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
*12.1 Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
*23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
*23.2 Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed
as Exhibit 5.1 of this Registration Statement).
*24.1 Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this
Registration Statement).
***25.1 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under Trust Indenture Act of
1939 of Trustee under Senior Debt Indenture.
***25.2 Form of Statement of Eligibility under Trust Indenture Act of
1939 of Trustee under Subordinated Debt Indenture.
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* Filed herewith.
**To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a report filed under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and incorporated herein by reference.
***To be filed in accordance with the requirements of Section 305(b)(2) of the
Trust Indenture Act and Rule 5b-3 thereunder.
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ITEM 17 -- UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:
(a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(1) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(2) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement;
and
(3) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any
material change to such information in this registration statement;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that clauses (1) and (2) above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
clauses is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrants pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference into this registration statement;
(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof; and
(c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of
the registrants pursuant to the provisions described in Item 15 above or
otherwise, the registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or
proceeding) is asserted by the director, officer, or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of the issue.
The undersigned registrants hereby undertake to file an application for
the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under
subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 in accordance
with the rules and regulations prescribed by the SEC under Section 305(b)(2) of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in Houston, Texas, on October 19, 2001.
CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
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Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Executive Vice President, Chief
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and Accounting
Thomas C. Livengood Officer) October 19, 2001
/s/ Mark F. Wilson
------------------------------
Mark F. Wilson Director October 19, 2001
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Greg M. Brudnicki
------------------------------
Greg M. Brudnicki Director October 19, 2001
/s/ Ronald A. Erickson
------------------------------
Ronald A. Erickson Director October 19, 2001
/s/ Vincent D. Foster
------------------------------
Vincent D. Foster Director October 19, 2001
/s/ Stuart W. Stedman
------------------------------
Stuart W. Stedman Director October 19, 2001
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Funeral Holdings, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
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Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
CFS Funeral Services, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
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Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Holding Company, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
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Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Funeral Services of Michigan, Inc.
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood
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Thomas C. Livengood
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Linda Clyne-Fletcher
------------------------------ Director and President
Linda Clyne-Fletcher (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Funeral Services of Kentucky, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
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Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Funeral Services of California, Inc.
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood
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Thomas C. Livengood
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
/s/ Mark F. Wilson
------------------------------
Mark F. Wilson Director October 19, 2001
II-13
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Cemetery Services of Idaho, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-14
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Wilson & Kratzer Mortuaries
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood
---------------------------------------------
Thomas C. Livengood
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
/s/ Mark F. Wilson
------------------------------
Mark F. Wilson Director and President October 19, 2001
II-15
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Rolling Hills Memorial Park
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood
---------------------------------------------
Thomas C. Livengood
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
/s/ Mark F. Wilson
------------------------------
Mark F. Wilson Director and President October 19, 2001
II-16
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Services of Connecticut, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-17
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
CHC Insurance Agency of Ohio, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-18
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Barnett, Demrow & Ernst, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-19
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Services of New Mexico, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-20
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Cemetery Services, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-21
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Services of Oklahoma, L.L.C.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Manager and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-22
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Services of Nevada, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-23
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Hubbard Funeral Home, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-24
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Team California (Cemetery), LLC
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Manager and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-25
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Team California (Funeral), LLC
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Manager and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-26
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Team Florida (Cemetery), LLC
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Manager and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-27
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Team Florida (Funeral), LLC
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Manager and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-28
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Services of Ohio, LLC
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Manager and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-29
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Team Kansas, LLC
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------ Executive Officer and President
Melvin C. Payne (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Manager and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-30
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Municipal Cemetery Services of
Nevada, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
Chairman of the Board, Chief
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Executive Officer and President
------------------------------ (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Melvin C. Payne
Manager and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-31
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Cemetery Services of California,
Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
Chairman of the Board, Chief
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Executive Officer and President
------------------------------ (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Melvin C. Payne
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-32
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Insurance Agency of Massachusetts,
Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
Chairman of the Board, Chief
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Executive Officer and President
------------------------------ (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Melvin C. Payne
/s/ Peter Forastiere Director and Treasurer
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Peter Forastiere Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
/s/ John Bresnahan
------------------------------
John Bresnahan Director and Clerk October 19, 2001
II-33
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Internet Strategies, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
Chairman of the Board, Chief
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Executive Officer and President
------------------------------ (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Melvin C. Payne
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-34
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Investments, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
Chairman of the Board, Chief
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Executive Officer and President
------------------------------ (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Melvin C. Payne
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-35
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Management, L.P.
By: Carriage Investments, Inc., as
General Partner
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
Chairman of the Board, Chief
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Executive Officer and President
------------------------------ (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Melvin C. Payne
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-36
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Cochrane's Chapel of the Roses, Inc.
/s/ Wendy Wilson Boyer
------------------------------------------
Wendy Wilson Boyer
Chief Executive Officer, President and
Treasurer
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
Director and Chief Executive Officer,
President and Treasurer
/s/ Wendy Wilson Boyer (Principal Executive,Financial and
------------------------------ Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
Wendy Wilson Boyer
/s/ Shirley Paradise
------------------------------
Shirley Paradise Director and Secretary October 19, 2001
II-37
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Horizon Cremation Society, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
Chairman of the Board, Chief
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Executive Officer and President
------------------------------ (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Melvin C. Payne
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-38
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Life Events, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
Chairman of the Board, Chief
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Executive Officer and President
------------------------------ (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Melvin C. Payne
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-39
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Merger I, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
Chairman of the Board, Chief
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Executive Officer and President
------------------------------ (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Melvin C. Payne
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-40
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Merger II, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
Chairman of the Board, Chief
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Executive Officer and President
------------------------------ (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Melvin C. Payne
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
II-41
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Merger III, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
------------------------------------------
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
Chairman of the Board, Chief
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Executive Officer and President
------------------------------ (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Melvin C. Payne
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for the filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on October 19, 2001.
Carriage Merger IV, Inc.
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
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Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Melvin C. Payne and
Thomas C. Livengood, and any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of
any other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him, and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration
statement (including any amendment thereto) that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
Chairman of the Board, Chief
/s/ Melvin C. Payne Executive Officer and President
------------------------------ (Principal Executive Officer) October 19, 2001
Melvin C. Payne
Director and Executive Vice President,
/s/ Thomas C. Livengood Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
Thomas C. Livengood Accounting Officer) October 19, 2001
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Carriage Services, Inc.,
AS ISSUER
and
The Subsidiary Guarantors named herein,
AS SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
to
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AS TRUSTEE
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SENIOR INDENTURE
DATED AS OF ___________, 200__
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RECITALS OF THE COMPANY AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions............................................................................1
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions...................................................9
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee................................................10
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.........................................................10
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.................................................12
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.............................................................13
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.....................................................14
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents..............................................14
Section 109. Successors and Assigns................................................................14
Section 110. Separability Clause...................................................................14
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.................................................................14
Section 112. Governing Law.........................................................................14
Section 113. Legal Holidays........................................................................15
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally.......................................................................15
Section 202. Form of Face of Security..............................................................15
Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security...........................................................17
Section 204. Form of Subsidiary Guarantee..........................................................22
Section 205. Form of Legend for Global Securities..................................................24
Section 206. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.......................................25
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series..................................................25
Section 302. Denominations.........................................................................28
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating........................................29
Section 304. Temporary Securities..................................................................30
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange...................................31
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities......................................33
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved........................................34
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Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.................................................................35
Section 309. Cancellation..........................................................................35
Section 310. Computation of Interest...............................................................36
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture...............................................36
Section 402. Application of Trust Money............................................................37
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default.....................................................................38
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment....................................40
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.......................41
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim......................................................42
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities...........................42
Section 506. Application of Money Collected........................................................43
Section 507. Limitation on Suits...................................................................43
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest..............................................................................44
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies....................................................44
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative........................................................44
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver..........................................................45
Section 512. Control by Holders....................................................................45
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults...............................................................45
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.................................................................46
Section 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws...............................................46
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities...................................................46
Section 602. Notice of Defaults....................................................................47
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.............................................................47
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities................................48
Section 605. May Hold Securities...................................................................48
Section 606. Money Held in Trust...................................................................49
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement........................................................49
Section 608. Conflicting Interests.................................................................50
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility...............................................50
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Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.....................................50
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor................................................52
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business...........................53
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company and
Subsidiary Garantors..................................................................53
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent...................................................54
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.............................55
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders................................56
Section 703. Reports by Trustee....................................................................56
Section 704. Reports by Company and Subsidiary Guarantors..........................................57
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms..................................57
Section 802. Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms....................58
Section 803. Successor Substituted.................................................................59
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders....................................59
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.......................................61
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures..................................................62
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.....................................................62
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act...................................................62
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures....................................63
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest............................................63
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.......................................................63
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.....................................64
Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default...................................................65
Section 1005. Existence.............................................................................65
Section 1006. Maintenance of Properties.............................................................66
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Section 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.....................................................66
Section 1008. Maintenance of Insurance..............................................................66
Section 1009. Waiver of Certain Covenants...........................................................67
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article..............................................................67
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.................................................67
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.....................................68
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption..................................................................69
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price...........................................................70
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.................................................70
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part...........................................................70
ARTICLE TWELVE
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
Section 1301. Applicability of Article..............................................................71
Section 1302. Subsidiary Guarantee..................................................................71
Section 1303. Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantees.......................................73
Section 1304. Release of Subsidiary Guarantors......................................................73
Section 1305. Additional Subsidiary Guarantors......................................................74
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 1501. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance..........................75
Section 1502. Defeasance and Discharge..............................................................75
Section 1503. Covenant Defeasance...................................................................76
Section 1504. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.......................................76
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Section 1505. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Miscellaneous Provisions..............................................................78
Section 1506. Reinstatement.........................................................................79
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ARTICLE SIXTEEN
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1601. Applicability of Article..............................................................79
Section 1602. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.................................80
Section 1603. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.............................................80
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CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATING TO SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318,
INCLUSIVE, OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:
TRUST INDENTURE INDENTURE SECTION
ACT SECTION
Section 310(a)(1) ............................................. 609
(a)(2) ............................................. 609
(a)(3) ............................................. Not Applicable
(a)(4) ............................................. Not Applicable
(b) ............................................. 608
610
Section 311(a) ............................................. 613
(b) ............................................. 613
Section 312(a) ............................................. 701
702
(b) ............................................. 702
(c) ............................................. 702
Section 313(a) ............................................. 703
(b) ............................................. 703
(c) ............................................. 703
(d) ............................................. 703
Section 314(a) ............................................. 704
(a)(4) ............................................. 101
1004
(b) ............................................. Not Applicable
(c)(1) ............................................. 102
(c)(2) ............................................. 102
(c)(3) ............................................. Not Applicable
(d) ............................................. Not Applicable
(e) ............................................. 102
Section 315(a) ............................................. 601
(b) ............................................. 602
(c) ............................................. 601
(d) ............................................. 601
(e) ............................................. 514
Section 316(a) ............................................. 101
(a)(1)(A) ............................................. 502
512
(a)(a)(B) ............................................. 513
(a)(2) ............................................. Not Applicable
(b) ............................................. 508
(c) ............................................. 104
Section 317(a)(1) ............................................. 503
(a)(2) ............................................. 504
(b) ............................................. 1003
Section 318(a) ............................................. 107
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not,for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
INDENTURE, dated as of ____________, 200__, among Carriage Services, Inc.,
a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at 1900
Saint James Place, 4th Floor, Houston, Texas 77056, each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors (as hereinafter defined) and _______________________________, a
_____________________, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors are members of the same
consolidated group of companies. The Subsidiary Guarantors will derive direct
and indirect economic benefit from the issuance of the Securities. Accordingly,
each Subsidiary Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for its full, unconditional and joint and several guarantee
of the Securities to the extent provided in or pursuant this Indenture.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as
follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided
or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
"generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation
required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as
are generally accepted at the date of this instrument;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case
may be, of this Indenture; and
(5) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing; PROVIDED that direct or indirect beneficial ownership of 10% or more
of the Voting Stock of a Person shall be deemed to control.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one
or more series.
"Board of Directors" means, with respect to the Company, either the board
of directors of the Company or any committee of that board duly authorized to
act for it in respect hereof, and with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor,
either the board of directors of such Subsidiary Guarantor or any committee of
that board duly authorized to act for it in respect hereof.
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"Board Resolution" means, with respect to the Company or a Subsidiary
Guarantor, a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, to
have been duly adopted by its Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law
or executive order to close.
"Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock or
other equity participations, including partnership interests, whether general or
limited, of such Person.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to
time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the
execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean
such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice
Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee in the
City of New York, New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be administered.
The term "corporation" means a corporation, association, company,
joint-stock company, partnership or business trust.
"Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1503.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
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"Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1502.
"Depositary" means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for
such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 104.
"Global Security" means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 205 (or such
legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities).
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
"Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding" has the meaning specified in
Section 607.
"interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security
which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable
after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means the
Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
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"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Notice of Default" means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 501(4).
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, of the
Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, and delivered to the
Trustee. The officer signing the Company's Officer's Certificate given pursuant
to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting
officer of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means, as to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, a
written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or such
Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, and who shall be acceptable to the
Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides for
an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date
of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated
in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent)
for the Holders of such Securities; PROVIDED that, if such Securities are
to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to
this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been
made;
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(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant
to Section 1502; and
(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities
in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser
in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue
Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of
the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B)
if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a
Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall
be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as
contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated
in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in
the manner provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of
such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B)
above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities
owned by the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or of such
other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except
that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be
regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that
the pledgee is not the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon
the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or of
such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
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"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and
interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 301.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
as contemplated by Section 301."Securities" has the meaning stated in the first
recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.
"Significant Subsidiary" means, at any date of determination, any
Subsidiary that represents 10% or more of the Company's total consolidated
assets at the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial
information is available or 10% or more of the Company's consolidated net
revenues or consolidated operating income for the most recent four quarters for
which financial information is available.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
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"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" of any Person means (1) a corporation more than 50% of the
combined voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more other Subsidiaries of
such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries thereof or (2) any
other Person (other than a corporation) in which such Person, or one or more
other Subsidiaries of such Person or such Person and one or more other
Subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, has at least a majority ownership
and power to direct the policies, management and affairs thereof.
"Subsidiary Guarantees" means the guarantees of each Subsidiary Guarantor
as provided in Article Thirteen.
"Subsidiary Guarantors" means (i) the subsidiaries listed in Schedule I
hereto; (ii) any successor of the foregoing; and (iii) each other Subsidiary of
the Company that becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with Section 1305
hereof; in each case (i), (ii) and (iii) until such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases
to be such in accordance with Section 1304 hereof.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at
the date as of which this instrument was executed; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean
or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there
is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities
of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
"U.S. Government Obligation" has the meaning specified in Section 1504.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "vice president".
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"Voting Stock" of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person which
ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing
similar functions) of such Person, whether at all times or only so long as no
senior class of securities has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person
all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which
(other than directors' qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such
Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such
Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
Upon any application or request by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor
to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the
Company and/or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as appropriate, shall furnish to the
Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an
Officer's Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company or a
Subsidiary Guarantor, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and
shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other
requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include,
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
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SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or a Subsidiary
Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate
or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion
of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the
Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor stating that the information with respect
to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or such Subsidiary
Guarantor, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to
such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS; RECORD DATES.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken
by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or
writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or
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other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying
that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him
the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a
capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit
shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of
the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the
Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the
Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to
give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the
Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice,
declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders,
shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date, provided that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such
series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a
record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person
be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action
is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the
proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the
Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in
the manner set forth in Section 106.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join
in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of
acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute
proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in
Section 512,
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in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is
set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such
series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join
in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such
Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action
shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable
Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for
any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and
with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by
Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the
relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record
date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's
expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by
Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in
writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner
set forth in Section 106.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the "Expiration
Date" and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or
later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the
proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and
to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date
is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section,
the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially
designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with
respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided
in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be
later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to
all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly
appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with
regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
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(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if
made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at
its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Finance Trust
Services, or
(2) the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor by the Trustee or by any
Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise
herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, in the case of the Company addressed to it at the address of its
principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at
any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company and, in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor, to it at the address
of the Company's principal office specified in the first paragraph of this
instrument, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by such Subsidiary
Guarantor.
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected
by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any),
prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any
notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice
in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to
receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be
the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with
the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity
of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason
of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then
such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language,
except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country
of publication.
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SECTION 107. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of
the Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act to be a part of and
govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of
this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act
which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to
apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
SECTION 108. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 109. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company and any
Subsidiary Guarantor shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed
or not.
SECTON 110. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
In case any provision in this Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary
Guarantees shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality
and enforce ability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby.
SECTION 111. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.
Nothing in this Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantees,
express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and
their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 112. GOVERNING LAW.
This Indenture, the Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantees shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.
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SECTION 113. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, purchase
date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place
of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of
the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states
that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or
principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on
such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of
Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or purchase date, or at the Stated Maturity.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY.
The Securities of each series and, if applicable, the Subsidiary
Guarantees to be endorsed thereon shall be in substantially the form set forth
in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each
case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such
letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Securities or Subsidiary Guarantees,
as the case may be, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of
Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the
Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section
303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined
by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities.
SECTION 202. FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY.
[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the
regulations thereunder.]
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Carriage Services, Inc
.......................................................
No. ......... $ ........
Carriage Services, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term includes
any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to ........................................,
or registered assigns, the principal sum of ..................................
Dollars on .............................. [IF THE SECURITY IS TO BEAR INTEREST
PRIOR TO MATURITY, INSERT-- , and to pay interest thereon from .............
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid
or duly provided for, semi-annually on ............ and ............ in each
year, commencing ........., at the rate of ....% per annum, until the
principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, provided that any
principal and premium, and any such instalment of interest, which is overdue
shall bear interest at the rate of ...% per annum (to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such
amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such
interest shall be payable on demand. The interest so payable, and punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in
such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the ....... or .......
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such
Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly
provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular
Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed
by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this
series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at
any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of
any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed,
and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in said Indenture].
[IF THE SECURITY IS NOT TO BEAR INTEREST PRIOR TO MATURITY, INSERT -- The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall
bear interest at the rate of ....% per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due
until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue
principal or premium shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on overdue
principal or premium which is not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate
of ......% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on
interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such demand until the
amount
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so demanded is paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue
interest shall be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [IF APPLICABLE,
INSERT -- any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in ............, in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at the
option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
Carriage Services, Inc.
By:
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SECTION 203. FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or
more series under an Indenture, dated as of ____________, 200__ (herein
called the "Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in
such instrument), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein
and _______________________________, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee",
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference
is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the
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Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on
the face hereof [if applicable, insert -- , limited in aggregate principal
amount to $...........].
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, [if applicable, insert
-- (1) on ........... in any year commencing with the year ...... and ending
with the year ...... through operation of the sinking fund for this series at
a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any
time [if applicable, insert -- on or after .........., 20__], as a whole or in
part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [if
applicable, insert -- on or before ..............., ...%, and if redeemed]
during the 12-month period beginning ............. of the years indicated,
YEAR REDEMPTION PRICE YEAR REDEMPTION PRICE
---- ---------------- ---- ----------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to .....% of the principal
amount, together in the case of any such redemption [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT --
(whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued
interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity
is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as
provided in the Indenture.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on ............ in
any year commencing with the year .... and ending with the year .... through
operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if
applicable, insert -- on or after ............], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise
than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the
12-month period beginning ............ of the years indicated,
Redemption Price For
Redemption Price Redemption Otherwise
for Redemption Through Than Through Operation
Year Operation of the Sinking Fund of the Sinking Fund
---- ----------------------------- ----------------------
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to .....% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may
not, prior to ............., redeem any Securities of this series as
contemplated by [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph
as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application,
directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the
Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of
less than .....% per annum.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- The sinking fund for this series provides for
the redemption on ............ in each year beginning with the year ....... and
ending with the year ...... of [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- not less than
$.......... ("mandatory sinking fund") and not more than] $......... aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series
acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [IF APPLICABLE,
INSERT -- mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to
be made [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- , in the inverse order in which they become
due].]
[IF THE SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION OF ANY KIND, INSERT -- In the
event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities
of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- As provided in the Indenture and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth, the obligations of the Company under this
Security are guaranteed pursuant to the Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed hereon.
The Indenture provides that a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released from its
Subsidiary Guarantee upon compliance with certain conditions.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- The Indenture contains provisions for Defeasance
at any time of [the entire indebtedness of this Security] [or] [certain
restrictive covenants and Events of Default
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with respect to this Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain
conditions set forth in the Indenture.
[IF THE SECURITY IS NOT AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY, INSERT -- If
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[IF THE SECURITY IS AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY, INSERT -- If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to -- insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each
case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the
principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series
shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at
the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount
of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the
Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder
of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with
respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for
any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the
Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
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such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60
days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the
enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon
on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency,
herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $....... and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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SECTION 204. FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE.
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
For value received, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors named (or deemed
herein to be named) below hereby jointly and severally fully and unconditionally
guarantees to the Holder of the Security upon which this Subsidiary Guarantee is
endorsed, and to the Trustee on behalf of such Holder, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Security
when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated
Maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption, offer to purchase or otherwise,
according to the terms thereof and of the Indenture referred to therein and to
cover all the rights of the Trustee under Section 607. In case of the failure of
the Company punctually to make any such payment, each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees to cause such payment to be made
punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the
Stated Maturity or by acceleration, call for redemption, offer to purchase or
otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.
Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees that
its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of,
and shall be unaffected by, the validity, regularity or enforceability of such
Security or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same or any
release, amendment, waiver or indulgence granted to the Company or any other
guarantor, or any consent to departure from any requirement of any other
guarantee of all or of any of the Securities of this series, or any other
circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or
defense of a surety or guarantor; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the
foregoing, no such release, amendment, waiver or indulgence shall, without the
consent of such Subsidiary Guarantor, increase the principal amount of such
Security, or increase the interest rate thereon, or alter the Stated Maturity
thereof. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby waives the benefits of
diligence, presentment, demand of payment, any requirement that the Trustee or
any of the Holders protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest in
or other lien on any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any
action against the Company or any other Person or any collateral, filing of
claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any
right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with
respect to such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands
whatsoever, and covenants that this Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged
except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and
in this Subsidiary Guarantee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that if, after
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to
Securities of this series, the Trustee or any of the Holders are prevented by
applicable law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the
maturity of the Securities of this series, to collect interest on the Securities
of this series, or to enforce or exercise any other right or remedy with respect
to the Securities of this series, such Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to pay to the
Trustee for the account of the Holders, upon demand therefor, the amount that
would otherwise have been due
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and payable had such rights and remedies been permitted to be exercised by
the Trustee or any of the Holders.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Subsidiary
Guarantee or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the Subsidiary Guarantee of
any Subsidiary Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional, of the due and
punctual payment of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Security upon which this Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder
of this Security against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by such
Subsidiary Guarantor on account of this Security pursuant to the provisions of
its Subsidiary Guarantee or the Indenture; provided, however, that such
Subsidiary Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments
arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on this Security and all other Securities of
this series issued under the Indenture shall have been paid in full.
This Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and
continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company
for liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make
an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be
appointed for all or any part of the Company's assets, and shall, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case
may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Securities of this series
is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must
otherwise be restored or returned by any Holder of the Securities of this
series, whether as a "voidable preference," "fraudulent transfer," or otherwise,
all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that
any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned,
the Securities of this series shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be
reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded,
reduced, restored or returned.
The Subsidiary Guarantors or any particular Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
released from this Subsidiary Guarantee upon the terms and subject to certain
conditions provided in the Indenture.
By delivery of a Supplemental Indenture to the Trustee in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, each Person that becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor
after the date of first issuance of the Securities of this series will be deemed
to have executed and delivered this Subsidiary Guarantee for the benefit of the
Holder of the Security upon which this Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed with the
same effect as if such Subsidiary Guarantor was named below and has executed and
delivered this Subsidiary Guarantee.
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All terms used in this Subsidiary Guarantee which are defined in the
Indenture referred to in the Security upon which this Subsidiary Guarantee is
endorsed shall have the meanings assigned to them in such Indenture.
This Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose
until the certificate of authentication on the Security upon which this
Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed shall have been executed by the Trustee under
the Indenture by manual signature.
Reference is made to the Indenture for further provisions with respect to
this Subsidiary Guarantee.
This Subsidiary Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors has caused this
Subsidiary Guarantee to be duly executed.
[Insert Names of Subsidiary Guarantors]
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Title:
SECTION 205. FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL SECURITIES.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the
Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A
SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE
REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
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SECTION 206. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the
following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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As Trustee
By.......................
Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303,
set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officer's Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance
of Securities of any series,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other
series);
(2) if the Securities of the series will not have the benefit of
the Subsidiary Guarantees of the Subsidiary Guarantors;
(3) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu
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of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306,
906 or 1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303,
are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(4) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series
shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(5) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities
of the series is payable;
(6) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall
bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest
shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall
be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on
any Interest Payment Date;
(7) the place or places where the principal of and any premium
and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable;
(8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which
and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may
be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if
other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the
Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(10) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(11) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or
pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
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(12) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the
currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and
the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the
United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the
definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101;
(13) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company
or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other
than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the
currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made
shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and conditions
upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the
manner in which such amount shall be determined);
(14) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion
of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant
to Section 502;
(15) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any
Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more
dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be
the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any
purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof
which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated
Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior
to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such
amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);
(16) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or
any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1502 or
Section 1503 or both such Sections and, if other than by a Board
Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease
such Securities shall be evidenced;
(17) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be
issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities
and, in such case, the respective Depositories for such Global Securities,
the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global
Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 205 and
any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause
(2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security
may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any
transfer of such Global Security in whole or in
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part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof;
(18) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which
applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the
Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the
principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;
(19) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in
Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series; and
(20) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section 901(5)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except
as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the
Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in the Officer's Certificate referred to
above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant
to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer's
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
The Securities of each series shall have the benefit of the Subsidiary
Guarantees unless the Company elects otherwise upon the establishment of a
series pursuant to this Section 301.
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form
without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination
with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series
shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
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SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman
of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice
Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon. The signature of any of
these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who
were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the
Company and, if applicable, having endorsed thereon the Subsidiary Guarantees
executed as provided in Section 1303 by the Subsidiary Guarantors to the Trustee
for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company
Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of
the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more
Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such
Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture
in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and
(subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of
Counsel stating,
(1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or
pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form
has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or
pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
and
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company, and, if applicable, the
Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors, enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general
equity principles.
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If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officer's Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel
otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the
authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered
at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security
of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security or Subsidiary Guarantee shall be entitled to any benefit under
this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on
such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided
for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall
deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section
309, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities and, if applicable,
having endorsed thereon the Subsidiary Guarantees in lieu of which they are
issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers executing such Securities and, if applicable,
Subsidiary Guarantees may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities and Subsidiary Guarantees.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay.
After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary
Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of
such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series
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at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series,
without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or
more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more
definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and
of like tenor and aggregate principal amount and, if applicable, having
endorsed thereon Subsidiary Guarantees executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors.
Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of such series and tenor.
SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby
appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at
the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the
Company shall execute, if applicable the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the
Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like
tenor and aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for
other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like
tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be
exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered
for exchange, the Company shall execute, if applicable the Subsidiary Guarantors
shall execute the Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
All Securities and, if applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed
thereon issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall
be the valid obligations of the Company and, if applicable, the respective
Subsidiary Guarantors, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities and Subsidiaries Guarantees
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
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Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are
to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register
the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and
specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any
such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the
close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of
or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except
the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to
Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a
nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall
constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global
Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered,
and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be
registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof or a successor Depositary or a
nominee thereof, unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global
Security or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act, (B) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of
Default with respect to such Global Security and the Security Registrar
shall have received a written request from such Depositary to issue
certificated Securities or (C) there shall exist such circumstances, if
any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for
this purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
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(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security
for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities
issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be
registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall
direct.
(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any
portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306, 906
or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of,
and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the
name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a
nominee thereof.
SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall
execute, if applicable the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the Subsidiary
Guarantees endorsed thereon and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii)
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and
any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute, if applicable the Subsidiary Guarantors
shall execute the Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become
or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security (without surrender thereof
save in the case of a mutilated Security).
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
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Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu
of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, and, if applicable, the Subsidiary
Guarantees endorsed thereon, shall constitute an original additional contractual
obligation of the Company and, if applicable, the respective Subsidiary
Guarantors, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at
any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of
this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of
that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement,
payment or conversion of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid
to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest
to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid
on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and
at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money
when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the
Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days
prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after
the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special
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Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall
cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities
of such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, not less than 10
days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment
of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having
been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in
whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may
be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if,
after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment
pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued
and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company,
the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such
Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307)
any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor,
the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the
Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 309. CANCELLATION.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, purchase, conversion,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund
payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered
to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any
time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any
manner
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whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for
delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all
Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee
shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order.
SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect
(except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
(other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen
and which have been replaced, converted or paid as provided in
Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust
by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged
from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation
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(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year
under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving
of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the
expense, of the Company,
and the Company or, if applicable, a Subsidiary Guarantor, in
the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose
money in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest
to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have
become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption
Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor has paid or caused to be
paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of
the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of
this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last
paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
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determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any
series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that
series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default
for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on
any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and
as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or
warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in
this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included
in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other
than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period
of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to
the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of
Default" hereunder; or
(5) default in the performance, or breach, of the provisions of
Article Eight;
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(6) [intentionally omitted];
(7) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A)
a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company, any Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company, any
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that together would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving
as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company, any Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary under any applicable Federal or State law, or
appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Company, any Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its or their
property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its or their
affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any
such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or
(8) the commencement by the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or
any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal
or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of
any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or
the consent by it or them to the entry of a decree or order for relief in
respect of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any group of
Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an
involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the
commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it
or them, or the filing by it or them of a petition or answer or consent
seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State
law, or the consent by it or them to the filing of such petition or to the
appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company,
any Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that together
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of
its or their property, or the making by it or them of an assignment for
the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it or them in writing of its
or their inability to pay its or their debts generally as they become due,
or the taking of corporate action by the Company, any Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action; or
(9) In the event the Subsidiary Guarantors have issued Subsidiary
Guarantees with respect to the Securities of such series, the Subsidiary
Guarantee of any Subsidiary
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Guarantor is held by a final non-appealable order or judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable or invalid or
ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect (other than in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture) or any Subsidiary
Guarantor or any Person acting on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor
denies or disaffirms such Subsidiary Guarantor's obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee (other than by reason of a release of such
Subsidiary Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture); or
(10) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities
of that series.
SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 501(7) or 501(8)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding shall occur and be continuing, then in every such case the Trustee
or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities
of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, or if the principal amount thereof is not then determinable, such
portion of the principal amount of such Securities, or such other amount in lieu
of such principal amount, as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due
and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal
amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an
Event of Default specified in Section 501(7) or 501(8) with respect to
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding shall occur, the principal
amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that
series are Original Issue Discount Securities, or if the principal amount
thereof is not then determinable, such portion of the principal amount of such
Securities, or such other amount in lieu of such principal amount, as may be
specified by the terms thereof) shall automatically, and without any declaration
or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due
and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company or, if applicable, any Subsidiary Guarantor has
paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
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(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities
of that series which have become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or
rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series,
other than the non-payment of the principal (or other specified amount) of
Securities of that series which has become due solely by such declaration
of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY
TRUSTEE.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security
when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for
a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue
principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel.
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If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce
its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such
appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to
protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any
covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power
granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company, any Subsidiary
Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities, or the property or creditors
of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust
Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in
any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect
and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee,
trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for
the compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or any Subsidiary Guarantee or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize
the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders,
vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a
member of a creditors' or other similar committee.
SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities or
any Subsidiary Guarantee may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without
the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be
for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which
such judgment has been recovered.
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SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium
or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the
payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607; and
Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect of
which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably,
without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due
and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest,
respectively.
SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute
any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for
the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder,
unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the
Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own
name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable security
or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer of security or indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
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(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to
the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.
SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL,
PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307)
interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption or offer by the Company to purchase the
Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, on the Redemption Date or
purchase date, as applicable), and to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.
SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any
right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued
or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or
to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in
such proceeding, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and the
Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders
shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section
306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to
the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy
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hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any
such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to
the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often
as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may
be.
SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the
Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law
or with this Indenture, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such
series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on
any Security of such series (including any Security which is required to
have been purchased by the Company pursuant to an offer to purchase by the
Company made pursuant to the terms of this Indenture), or
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(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose
of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to
file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against
any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust
Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act
shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make
such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor.
SECTION 515. WAIVER OF USURY, STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.
Each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors covenants (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead,
or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any
usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in
force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and
each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the
Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this
Indenture shall require the Trustee to
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expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in
the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability
is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so
provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or
affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 602. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series,
the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such
default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section
501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders
shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the
purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after
notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect
to Securities of such series.
SECTION 603. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented
by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall
be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any
resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless
other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of
bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer's Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in
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respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good
faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it
in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit,
and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and
premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney; and
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder.
SECTION 604. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities and the Subsidiary
Guarantees, except the Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken
as the statements of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, as the case may
be, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or the
Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon. Neither the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 605. MAY HOLD SECURITIES.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company and
any Subsidiary Guarantor with the same rights it would
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have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 606. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no
liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise
agreed with the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be.
SECTION 607. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor jointly and severally agree
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for all
services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited
by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an
express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this
Indenture (including the compensation and the expenses and disbursements
of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or
advance as may be attributable to its gross negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against,
any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or bad
faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and
expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection
with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after the occurrence
of an Event of Default specified in paragraph (7) or (8) of Section 501 of
this Indenture, such expenses and the compensation for such services are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding. For the purposes of this paragraph, "Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding" means, with respect to any Person, (a) an
insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership,
liquidation, reorganization or similar case or proceeding in connection
therewith, relative to such Person or its creditors, as such, or its
assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding-up proceeding
of such Person, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or
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not involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (c) any assignment for the
benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets and liabilities
of such Person.
SECTION 608. CONFLICTING INTERESTS.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to
the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent
permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting
interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to
Securities of more than one series.
SECTION 609. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for
Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is
eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such, and has a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section
and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and
surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
SECTION 610. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor
Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section 611.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one
or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall
not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
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The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of
any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company.
If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written
request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by
any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or
if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to
the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities
of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may
be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series
and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal
or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or
the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any
Holder who has been a bona
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fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of
Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 611. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect
to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and to the
retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee;
but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the
retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
Subsidiary Guarantors, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an
indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or
desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all
the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with
respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed
necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series
as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in
the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of
this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon
the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
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effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee,
such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such
successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and
trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may
be. No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this
Article.
SECTION 612. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.
Any Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which
it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to
all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be
the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise
qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. As soon
as practicable, the successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to
the Company and the Holders of the Securities then Outstanding. In case any
Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then
in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such
authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities
so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 613. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY AND
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities, the Trustee shall
be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection
of claims against the Company, such Subsidiary Guarantor or any such other
obligor.
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SECTION 614. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to
one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of
the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue
and upon exchange, registration of transfer, conversion or partial redemption
thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for
all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is
made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the
Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a Person organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or
the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any Person into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted
or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party,
or any Person succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of
an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, PROVIDED
such Person shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such
appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities
of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
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hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee
shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions
of Section 607.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to
this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
-------------------------------,
As Trustee
By.........................
As Authenticating Agent
By.........................
Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually, not later than March 1 and September 1 in each
year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of the
preceding February 15 or August 15, as the case may be, and
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(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a
list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior
to the time such list is furnished;
EXCLUDING from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar.
SECTION 702. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO HOLDERS.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding
rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust
Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with
the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors
nor the Trustee nor any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason
of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 703. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee
and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company and with the
Subsidiary Guarantors. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities
are listed on any stock exchange.
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SECTION 704. REPORTS BY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS.
The Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall file with the
Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents
and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to
the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such
Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be
filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to
be filed with the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.
The Company shall not, in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions, consolidate with or merge into any other Person or permit any
other Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company or transfer, convey,
sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets,
unless:
(1) in a transaction in which the Company does not survive or in
which the Company transfers, conveys, sells, leases or otherwise disposes
of all or substantially all of its assets, the successor entity (for
purposes of this Article Eight, a "Successor Company") shall be a
corporation, partnership, trust or other entity organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal
of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance
or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the
Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating
any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or any
Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the
Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;
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(3) any other conditions provided pursuant to Section 301 with
respect to the Securities of a series are satisfied; and
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger or disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is
required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture
comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided
for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
SECTION 802. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON
CERTAIN TERMS.
Except in a transaction resulting in the release of a Subsidiary Guarantor
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, each Subsidiary Guarantor shall
not, and the Company shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, in a single
or a series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any
Person (other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor) or permit
any Person (other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor) to consolidate or
merge with or into such Subsidiary Guarantor or transfer, convey, sell, lease or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets unless, in each
case:
(1) in a transaction in which such Subsidiary Guarantor does not survive
or in which all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor
are transferred, conveyed, sold, leased or otherwise disposed of, the successor
entity (the "Successor Subsidiary Guarantor") shall be a corporation,
partnership, trust or other entity organized and validly existing under the laws
of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia,
and shall expressly assume by an indenture supplemental hereto executed and
delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of all obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its
Subsidiary Guarantee and this Indenture and the performance of every covenant of
this Indenture on the part of such Subsidiary Guarantor to be performed or
observed; and
(2) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, transfer,
conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is
required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture,
comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with.
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SECTION 803. SUCCESSOR SUBSTITUTED.
(a) Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into, any other Person or any transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in
accordance with Section 801, the Successor Company shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named
as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the
predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this
Indenture and the Securities.
(b) Upon any consolidation of a Subsidiary Guarantor with, or merger of
such Subsidiary Guarantor into, any other Person or any transfer, conveyance,
sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of
such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with Section 802, the Successor
Subsidiary Guarantor shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise
every right and power of, such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture with
the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as a Subsidiary
Guarantor herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor
Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture
and its Subsidiary Guarantee.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, the Subsidiary Guarantors, when authorized by their respective
Board Resolutions, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter
into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or
any Subsidiary Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the
covenants of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor herein and in the
Securities or Subsidiary Guarantees, as the case may be; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to
be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that
such covenants are expressly being included solely for the
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benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events
of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly
being included solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of
Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal,
and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the
issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that
any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to
any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such
supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor
(ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to
such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such
Security Outstanding; or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series
as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant
to the requirements of Section 611; or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision
herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant
to this Clause (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Securities of any series in any material respect; or
(10) to add new Subsidiary Guarantors.
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SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company, the
Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, the Subsidiary Guarantors, when authorized by their respective Board
Resolutions and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series
under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture
shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
instalment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal
of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would
be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or
the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest
thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof
(or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date or in the
case of an offer to purchase Securities which has been made pursuant to a
covenant contained in this Indenture, on or after the applicable purchase
date); or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required
for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture; or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or
Section 1009, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this clause shall not be deemed to
require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the
references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and
Section 1009, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 611 and 901(8); or
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(4) following the making of an offer to purchase Securities which
has been made pursuant to a covenant contained in this Indenture, modify
the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such offer to purchase in
a manner adverse to such Holder.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant
or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve
the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be
sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Officer's Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such
supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture
which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this
Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
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SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution
of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if
required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to
any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so
determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Company, if applicable the Subsidiary Guarantees
may be endorsed thereon and such new Securities may be authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium
and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of
the Securities and this Indenture. Principal, premium, if any, and interest
shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the
Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 11:00 a.m. New York time on the due
date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and
designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and
interest then due.
SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented
or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the Securities of
that series or any Subsidiary Guarantee and this Indenture may be served. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee, and the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby appoints the
Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands. The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented
or surrendered for any or all such purposes and
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may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no
such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for
Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of
any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
If the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall at any time act as its
own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before
each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the
Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium
and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of
its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series
of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying
Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the
continuance of any default by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, if
applicable, or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series in the
making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that
series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
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Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by
the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall
be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter,
as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof,
and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to
be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New
York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid
to the Company.
SECTION 1004. STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT.
(a) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will deliver to the Trustee,
within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the
date hereof, an Officer's Certificate, stating whether or not to the best
knowledge of the signers thereof the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as
the case may be, is in default in the performance and observance of any of the
terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period
of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the
nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
(b) The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall deliver to the
Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within five days after the Company
or such Subsidiary Guarantor becomes aware or should reasonably become aware of
the occurrence of an Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the
lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officer's
Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or default, and
the action which the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor proposes to take with
respect thereto.
SECTION 1005. EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect the existence,
rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise
if the Board of Directors shall determine that the
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preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of
the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material
respect to the Holders.
SECTION 1006. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES.
The Company will cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of its
business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good
condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment
and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements,
betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may
be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that
nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the
operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in
the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the
business of any Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to
the Holders.
SECTION 1007. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS.
The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or
upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (2)
all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by
law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to
be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings.
SECTION 1008. MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE.
The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, keep at all times
all of their properties which are of an insurable nature insured against loss or
damage with insurers believed by the Company to be responsible to the extent
that property of similar character is usually so insured by corporations
similarly situated and owning like properties in accordance with good business
practice.
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SECTION 1009. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities of
any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision
or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 301(20),
901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series if before the
time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders,
either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with
such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect
such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and,
until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the
duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall
remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity
shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities) in accordance with
this Article.
SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by
a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301
for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of
less than all the Securities of any series (including any such redemption
affecting only a single Security), the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to
the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the
principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable,
of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of
Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption
provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the
Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer's Certificate evidencing
compliance with such restriction.
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SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless
all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or
unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series
not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem
fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a
portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series, PROVIDED that
the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an
authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized
denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series
and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only
a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected
not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the
Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called
for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities
selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for
partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with
respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such
Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such
redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than
the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion
of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
If any Security selected for partial redemption is surrendered for conversion
after such selection, the converted portion of such Security shall be deemed (so
far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Upon any redemption of
less than all the Securities of a series, for purposes of selection for
redemption the Company and the Trustee may treat as Outstanding Securities
surrendered for conversion during the period of 15 days next preceding the
mailing of a notice of redemption, and need not treat as Outstanding any
Security authenticated and delivered during such period in exchange for the
unconverted portion of any Security converted in part during such period.
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SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to
each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the
Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series
consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such
Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be
redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series
consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount
of the particular Security to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due
and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable,
that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case, and
(7) if applicable, the Conversion Price then in effect and the date
on which the right to convert the Securities or portions thereof to be
redeemed will expire.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable.
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SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of
money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption
Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities
which are to be redeemed on that date. If any Security called for redemption is
converted pursuant hereto, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying
Agent or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such Security
shall be paid to the Company upon delivery of a Company Request to the Trustee
or such Paying Agent, or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from
such trust.
SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to
be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any
such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall
be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest
to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is
on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307. If any Security called for redemption shall not be so
paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed
therefor in the Security.
SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at
a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires,
due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, if applicable to
Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed thereon,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security
without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of
like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion
of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
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ARTICLE TWELVE
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
SECTION 1301. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Unless the Company elects to issue any series of Securities without the
benefit of the Subsidiary Guarantees, which election shall be evidenced in or
pursuant to the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such
series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, the provisions of this Article
shall be applicable to each series of Securities except as otherwise specified
in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing
such series pursuant to Section 301.
SECTION 1302. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE.
Subject to Section 1301, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby, jointly and
severally, fully and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Security when and as the
same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by
acceleration, call for redemption, offer to purchase or otherwise, in accordance
with the terms of such Security and of this Indenture, and each Subsidiary
Guarantor similarly guarantees to the Trustee the payment of all amounts owing
to the Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. In case of the
failure of the Company punctually to make any such payment, each Subsidiary
Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, agrees to cause such payment to be made
punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the
Stated Maturity or by acceleration, call for redemption, offer to purchase or
otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company
Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees that
its obligations hereunder shall be absolute, unconditional, irrespective of, and
shall be unaffected by, the validity, regularity or enforceability of such
Security or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same or any
release, amendment, waiver or indulgence granted to the Company or any guarantor
or any consent to departure from any requirement of any other guarantee of all
or any of the Securities of such series or any other circumstances which might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or
guarantor; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no such
release, amendment, waiver or indulgence shall, without
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the consent of such Subsidiary Guarantor, increase the principal amount of
such Security, or increase the interest rate thereon, or alter the Stated
Maturity thereof. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby waives the
benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment, any requirement that
the Trustee or any of the Holders protect, secure, perfect or insure any
security interest in or other lien on any property subject thereto or exhaust
any right or take any action against the Company or any other Person or any
collateral, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or
bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against
the Company, protest or notice with respect to such Security or the
indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that
this Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged in respect of such Security
except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security
and in such Subsidiary Guarantee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that if,
after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the
Trustee or any of the Holders are prevented by applicable law from exercising
their respective rights to accelerate the maturity of the Securities of a
series, to collect interest on the Securities of a series, or to enforce or
exercise any other right or remedy with respect to the Securities of a
series, such Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to pay to the Trustee for the
account of the Holders, upon demand therefor, the amount that would otherwise
have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been permitted to be
exercised by the Trustee or any of the Holders.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders
of the Securities upon which its Guarantee is endorsed against the Company in
respect of any amounts paid by such Subsidiary Guarantor on account of such
Security pursuant to the provisions of its Subsidiary Guarantee or this
Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to
enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of
subrogation until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all
Securities of the relevant series issued hereunder shall have been paid in full.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor that makes or is required to make any payment in
respect of its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be entitled to seek contribution from
the other Subsidiary Guarantors to the extent permitted by applicable law;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce or
receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of contribution
until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all Securities of
the relevant series issued hereunder shall have been paid in full.
Each Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and
continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company
for liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make
an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be
appointed for all or any part of the Company's assets, and shall, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case
may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Securities of a series,
is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must
otherwise be restored or returned by any Holder of the Securities, whether as a
"voidable preference," "fraudulent transfer," or otherwise,
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all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event
that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or
returned, the Securities shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be
reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded,
reduced, restored or returned.
SECTION 1303. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.
The Subsidiary Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities shall include
the terms of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 1302 and any other
terms that may be set forth in the form established pursuant to Section 204.
Subject to Section 1301, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees to
execute its Subsidiary Guarantee, in a form established pursuant to Section 204,
to be endorsed on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
The Subsidiary Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of each respective
Subsidiary Guarantor by any of such Subsidiary Guarantor's Chairman of the
Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or one of
its Vice Presidents. The signature of any of these persons on the Subsidiary
Guarantee may be manual or facsimile
A Subsidiary Guarantee bearing the manual or facsimile signature of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of a Subsidiary Guarantor
shall bind such Subsidiary Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or
any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of the Security on which such Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed or did
not hold such offices at the date of such Subsidiary Guarantee.
The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication
thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee
endorsed thereon on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantors and shall bind each
Subsidiary Guarantor notwithstanding the fact that Subsidiary Guarantee does not
bear the signature of such Subsidiary Guarantor. Each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set
forth in Section 1302 and in the form of Subsidiary Guarantee established
pursuant to Section 204 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding
any failure to endorse a Subsidiary Guarantee on any Security.
SECTION 1304. RELEASE OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to a
series of Securities, each Subsidiary Guarantee will remain in effect with
respect to the respective Subsidiary Guarantor until the entire principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities to which such Subsidiary
Guarantee relates shall have been paid in full or otherwise discharged in
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accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture and all
amounts owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
if (i) such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary in compliance with
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, (ii) the Securities are defeased
and discharged pursuant to Section 1502 or (iii) all or substantially all of the
assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor or all of the Capital Stock of such
Subsidiary Guarantor is sold (including by issuance, merger, consolidation or
otherwise) by the Company or any Subsidiary in a transaction complying with the
requirements of this Indenture, then, in each case of (i), (ii) or (iii), upon
delivery by the Company of an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the
release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary
Guarantee and this Article Thirteen have been complied with, such Subsidiary
Guarantor or the Person acquiring such assets (in the event of a sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary
Guarantor) shall be released and discharged of its obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee and under this Article Thirteen without any action on the
part of the Trustee or any Holder, and the Trustee shall execute any documents
reasonably required in order to acknowledge the release of such Subsidiary
Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed on the
Securities of a series and under this Article Thirteen.
SECTION 1305. ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to a
series of Securities, the Company will cause any Subsidiary of the Company that
becomes a Subsidiary after the date the Securities of a series are first issued
hereunder to become a Subsidiary Guarantor as soon as practicable after such
Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary. The Company shall cause any such Subsidiary to
become a Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to the Securities by executing and
delivering to the Trustee (a) a supplemental indenture, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, which subjects such Person to the provisions
(including the representations and warranties) of this Indenture as a Subsidiary
Guarantor and (b) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such supplemental
indenture has been duly authorized and executed by such Person and such
supplemental indenture and such Person's obligations under its Subsidiary
Guarantee and this Indenture constitute the legal, valid, binding and
enforceable obligations of such Person (subject to such customary exceptions
concerning creditors' rights and equitable principles as may be acceptable to
the Trustee in its discretion).
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1501. COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT
DEFEASANCE.
The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1502 or
Section 1503 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case
may be, designated pursuant to Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to such
Section 1502 or 1503, in accordance with any applicable requirements provided
pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below
in this Article. Any such election shall be evidenced in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
such Securities.
SECTION 1502. DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the
Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations, and each
Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed to have been discharged from its
obligations with respect to its Subsidiary Guarantees of such Securities, as
provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in
Section 1504 are satisfied (hereinafter called "Defeasance"). For this purpose,
such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have
satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture
insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to
the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from
the trust fund described in Section 1504 and as more fully set forth in such
Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on
such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Company's and each Subsidiary
Guarantor's obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305,
306, 1002 and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article,
the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have
Section 1503 applied to such Securities.
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SECTION 1503. COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1)
the Company shall be released from its obligations under Section 801(3),
Sections 1006 through 1008, inclusive, and any covenants provided pursuant to
Section 301(20), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities, and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(4)
(with respect to any of Section 801(3), Sections 1006 through 1008, inclusive,
and any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(20), 901(2) or 901(7)),
and 501(10) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each
case with respect to such Securities and Subsidiary Guarantees as provided in
this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1504 are
satisfied (hereinafter called "Covenant Defeasance"). For this purpose, such
Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company and
the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, may omit to comply with and shall have
no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any
such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section
501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to
any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this
Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1504. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1502
or Section 1503 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may
be:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the
requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with the
provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for
the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as
security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such
Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations
which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one
day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a
combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in
a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other
qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium
and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used
herein, "U.S. Government Obligation" means (x) any security which is (i) a
direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which
the full faith and credit of the United
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States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality
of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally
guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States
of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary
receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government
Obligation which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank
for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with
respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S.
Government Obligation which is so specified and held, PROVIDED that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make
any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the
U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or
interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1502 apply to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A)
the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this
instrument, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax
law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such
opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not
recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the
deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such
Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount,
in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such
deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1503 apply to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant
Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and
at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant
Defeasance were not to occur.
(4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor any other
Securities of the same series, if then listed on any securities exchange,
will be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any
other Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such
deposit or, with regard to any such event
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specified in Sections 501(7) and (8), at any time on or prior to the
121st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this
condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 121st day).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the
Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust
Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning
of such Act).
(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement
or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(8) [Intentionally omitted]
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such deposit shall not cause either the Trustee
or the trust so created to be subject to the Investment Company Act.
(10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been
complied with.
SECTION 1505. DEPOSITED MONEY AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD
IN TRUST; MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money
and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with
the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and
Section 1506, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to
collectively as the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 1504 in respect of any
Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with
the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its
own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such
Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal
and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section
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1504 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any
such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders
of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any
money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1504 with
respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then
be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as
the case may be, with respect to such Securities.
SECTION 1506. REINSTATEMENT.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any
order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining
or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this
Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or
released pursuant to Section 1502 or 1503 shall be revived and reinstated as
though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such
Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply
all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1505 with respect to such Securities
in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company makes
any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security
following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment
from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1601. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for
the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms
of any Securities is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund payment",
and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of
such Securities is herein referred
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to as an "optional sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms of any
Securities, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to
reduction as provided in Section 1602. Each sinking fund payment shall be
applied to the redemption of Securities as provided for by the terms of such
Securities.
SECTION 1602. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than
any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities
of a series which have been (x) converted pursuant to Article Seventeen or (y)
redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such
Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund
payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction
of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of
such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and
to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities, provided that the
Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The
Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by
the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as specified in the Securities so to be
redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of
such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1603. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
Not less than 35 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate
specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such
Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to
Section 1602 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so
delivered. Not less than 32 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date,
the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund
payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company
in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
Carriage Services, Inc.
By . .
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Name
Title:
, as trustee
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Name
Title:
[SIGNATURE BLOCKS FOR SUBSIDIARY
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SCHEDULE I
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
SUBSIDIARY STATE OF ORGANIZATION
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Carriage Services, Inc.,
AS ISSUER
and
The Subsidiary Guarantors named herein,
AS SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
to
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AS TRUSTEE
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SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
DATED AS OF ___________, 200__
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RECITALS OF THE COMPANY AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions...............................................................................1
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions......................................................8
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee....................................................8
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.............................................................9
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company....................................................11
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver................................................................11
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act........................................................12
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.................................................12
Section 109. Successors and Assigns...................................................................12
Section 110. Separability Clause......................................................................12
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture....................................................................12
Section 112. Governing Law............................................................................12
Section 113. Legal Holidays...........................................................................12
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally..........................................................................13
Section 202. Form of Face of Security.................................................................13
Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security..............................................................15
Section 204. Form of Subsidiary Guarantee.............................................................19
Section 205. Form of Legend for Global Securities.....................................................21
Section 206. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication..........................................21
Section 207. Form of Conversion Notice................................................................21
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.....................................................23
Section 302. Denominations............................................................................26
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating...........................................26
Section 304. Temporary Securities.....................................................................27
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange......................................28
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.........................................29
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved...........................................30
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Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners....................................................................31
Section 309. Cancellation.............................................................................32
Section 310. Computation of Interest..................................................................32
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture..................................................32
Section 402. Application of Trust Money...............................................................33
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default........................................................................33
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.......................................35
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee..........................36
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.........................................................37
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities..............................37
Section 506. Application of Money Collected...........................................................38
Section 507. Limitation on Suits......................................................................38
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest................39
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.......................................................39
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative...........................................................39
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.............................................................39
Section 512. Control by Holders.......................................................................39
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults..................................................................40
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs....................................................................40
Section 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws..................................................40
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities......................................................41
Section 602. Notice of Defaults.......................................................................41
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee................................................................41
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities...................................42
Section 605. May Hold Securities......................................................................42
Section 606. Money Held in Trust......................................................................42
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement...........................................................43
Section 608. Conflicting Interests....................................................................43
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility..................................................43
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor........................................44
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor...................................................45
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business..............................46
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Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company and Subsidiary Guarantors..............46
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent......................................................47
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders................................48
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders...................................48
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.......................................................................49
Section 704. Reports by Company and Subsidiary Guarantors.............................................49
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.....................................49
Section 802. Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.......................50
Section 803. Successor Substituted....................................................................51
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.......................................51
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders..........................................52
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.....................................................53
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures........................................................54
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act......................................................54
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.......................................54
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest...............................................54
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency..........................................................54
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust........................................55
Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default......................................................56
Section 1005. Existence................................................................................56
Section 1006. Maintenance of Properties................................................................57
Section 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims........................................................57
Section 1008. Maintenance of Insurance.................................................................57
Section 1009. Waiver of Certain Covenants..............................................................57
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.................................................................58
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Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee....................................................58
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed........................................58
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.....................................................................59
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price..............................................................60
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date....................................................60
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part..............................................................60
ARTICLE TWELVE
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.................................................................61
Section 1202. Securities Subordinate to Senior Debt....................................................61
Section 1203. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc...........................................61
Section 1204. No Payment When Senior Debt of the Company in Default....................................62
Section 1205. Payment Permitted If No Default..........................................................63
Section 1206. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt of the Company...........................64
Section 1207. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights..............................................64
Section 1208. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination......................................................64
Section 1209. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions....................................................64
Section 1210. Notice to Trustee........................................................................65
Section 1211. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent...........................66
Section 1212. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt of the Company..........................66
Section 1213. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt of the Company; Preservation of Trustee's
Rights...................................................................................66
Section 1214. Article Applicable to Paying Agents......................................................66
Section 1215. Defeasance of this Article Twelve........................................................67
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
Section 1301. Applicability of Article.................................................................67
Section 1302. Subsidiary Guarantee.....................................................................67
Section 1303. Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantees..........................................69
Section 1304. Release of Subsidiary Guarantors.........................................................69
Section 1305. Additional Subsidiary Guarantors.........................................................70
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
Section 1401. Applicability of Article.................................................................70
Section 1402. Subsidiary Guarantees Subordinate to Senior Debt of Subordinate Guarantors...............70
Section 1403. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc...........................................71
Section 1404. No Payment When Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor in Default......................72
Section 1405. Payment Permitted If No Default..........................................................73
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Section 1406. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor.............73
Section 1407. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights..............................................73
Section 1408. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination......................................................74
Section 1409. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions....................................................74
Section 1410. Notice to Trustee........................................................................74
Section 1411. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent...........................75
Section 1412. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor............75
Section 1413. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor; Preservation of
Trustee's Rights.........................................................................76
Section 1414. Article Applicable to Paying Agents......................................................76
Section 1415. Defeasance of this Article Fourteen......................................................76
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 1501. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.............................76
Section 1502. Defeasance and Discharge.................................................................76
Section 1503. Covenant Defeasance......................................................................77
Section 1504. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance..........................................77
Section 1505. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous
Provisions...............................................................................79
Section 1506. Reinstatement............................................................................80
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ARTICLE SIXTEEN
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1601. Applicability of Article.................................................................80
Section 1602. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities....................................81
Section 1603. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund................................................81
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
Section 1701. Applicability of Article.................................................................81
Section 1702. Exercise of Conversion Privilege.........................................................82
Section 1703. Fractional Interests.....................................................................83
Section 1704. Adjustment of Conversion Price...........................................................84
Section 1705. Continuation of Conversion Privilege in Case of Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets..88
Section 1706. Notice of Certain Events.................................................................89
Section 1707. Taxes on Conversion......................................................................90
Section 1708. Company to Provide Stock.................................................................90
Section 1709. Disclaimer of Responsibility for Certain Matters.........................................91
Section 1710. Return of Funds Deposited for Redemption of Converted Securities.........................91
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CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATING TO SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318,
INCLUSIVE, OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:
TRUST INDENTURE
ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION
Section 310(a)(1) ....................................................... 609
(a)(2) ....................................................... 609
(a)(3) ....................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(4) ....................................................... Not Applicable
(b) ....................................................... 608
610
Section 311(a) ....................................................... 613
(b) ....................................................... 613
Section 312(a) ....................................................... 701
702
(b) ....................................................... 702
(c) ....................................................... 702
Section 313(a) ....................................................... 703
(b) ....................................................... 703
(c) ....................................................... 703
(d) ....................................................... 703
Section 314(a) ....................................................... 704
(a)(4) ....................................................... 101
1004
(b) ....................................................... Not Applicable
(c)(1) ....................................................... 102
(c)(2) ....................................................... 102
(c)(3) ....................................................... Not Applicable
(d) ....................................................... Not Applicable
(e) ....................................................... 102
Section 315(a) ....................................................... 601
(b) ....................................................... 602
(c) ....................................................... 601
(d) ....................................................... 601
(e) ....................................................... 514
Section 316(a) ....................................................... 101
(a)(1)(A) ....................................................... 502
512
(a)(1)(B) ....................................................... 513
(a)(2) ....................................................... Not Applicable
(b) ....................................................... 508
(c) ....................................................... 104
Section 317(a)(1) ....................................................... 503
(a)(2) ....................................................... 504
(b) ....................................................... 1003
Section 318(a) ....................................................... 107
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
INDENTURE, dated as of ____________, 200__, among Carriage Services, Inc.,
a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at 1900
Saint James Place, 4th Floor, Houston, Texas, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors
(as hereinafter defined) and _______________________________, a _______________,
as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors are members of the same
consolidated group of companies. The Subsidiary Guarantors will derive direct
and indirect economic benefit from the issuance of the Securities. Accordingly,
each Subsidiary Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for its full, unconditional and joint and several guarantee
of the Securities to the extent provided in or pursuant this Indenture.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as
follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. DEFINITIONS.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided
or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned
to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
"generally accepted accounting
principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted
hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as
are generally accepted at the date of this instrument;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case
may be, of this Indenture; and
(5) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words
of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing; PROVIDED that direct or indirect beneficial ownership of 10% or more
of the Voting Stock of a Person shall be deemed to control.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one
or more series.
"Board of Directors" means, with respect to the Company, either the board
of directors of the Company or any committee of that board duly authorized to
act for it in respect hereof, and with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor,
either the board of directors of such Subsidiary Guarantor or any committee of
that board duly authorized to act for it in respect hereof.
"Board Resolution" means, with respect to the Company or a Subsidiary
Guarantor, a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, to
have been duly adopted by its Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law
or executive order to close.
"Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock or
other equity participations, including partnership interests, whether general or
limited, of such Person.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to
time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the
execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
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"Common Stock" means the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the
Company as the same exists at the date of execution and delivery of this
Indenture or other capital stock of the Company into which such Common Stock is
converted, reclassified or changed from time to time.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean
such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice
Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Conversion Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to convert
any Securities on behalf of the Company.
"Conversion Price" has the meaning specified in Section 1704.
"Conversion Shares" has the meaning specified in Section 1704(k).
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee in the
City of New York, New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be administered.
The term "corporation" means a corporation, association, company,
joint-stock company, partnership or business trust.
"Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1503.
"Date of Conversion" has the meaning set forth in Section 1702.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1502.
"Depositary" means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for
such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.
"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section 1704(k).
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 104.
"Expiration Time" has the meaning specified in Section 1704(e).
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"Global Security" means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 205 (or such
legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities).
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
"Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding" has the meaning specified in
Section 607.
"Interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security
which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable
after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means the
Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Last Sale Price" has the meaning specified in Section 1703.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Notice of Default" means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 501(4).
"Offer" has the meaning specified in Section 1704(e).
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, of the
Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, and delivered to the
Trustee. The officer signing the Company's Officer's Certificate given pursuant
to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting
officer of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means, as to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, a
written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or such
Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, and who shall be acceptable to the
Trustee.
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"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides for
an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date
of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated
in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent)
for the Holders of such Securities; PROVIDED that, if such Securities are
to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to
this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been
made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant
to Section 1502; and
(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities
in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser
in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue
Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of
the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B)
if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a
Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall
be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as
contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated
in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in
the manner provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of
such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B)
above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities
owned by the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or of such
other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except
that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be
regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that
the pledgee is not the Company,
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a Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or of such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and
interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 301.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
as contemplated by Section 301.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture
and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.
"Senior Debt" with respect to any series of Securities shall have the
meaning specified as contemplated by Section 301.
"Significant Subsidiary" means, at any date of determination, any
Subsidiary that represents 10% or more of the Company's total consolidated
assets at the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial
information is available or 10% or more of the Company's consolidated net
revenues or consolidated operating income for the most recent four quarters for
which financial information is available.
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"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" of any Person means (1) a corporation more than 50% of the
combined voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more other Subsidiaries of
such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries thereof or (2) any
other Person (other than a corporation) in which such Person, or one or more
other Subsidiaries of such Person or such Person and one or more other
Subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, has at least a majority ownership
and power to direct the policies, management and affairs thereof.
"Subsidiary Guarantees" means the guarantees of each Subsidiary Guarantor
as provided in Article Thirteen.
"Subsidiary Guarantors" means (i) the subsidiaries listed in Schedule I
hereto; (ii) any successor of the foregoing; and (iii) each other Subsidiary of
the Company that becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with Section 1305
hereof; in each case (i), (ii) and (iii) until such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases
to be such in accordance with Section 1304 hereof.
"Trading Day" has the meaning specified in Section 1703.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at
the date as of which this instrument was executed; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean
or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there
is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities
of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
"U.S. Government Obligation" has the meaning specified in Section 1504.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "vice president".
"Voting Stock" of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person which
ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing
similar functions) of such Person, whether at all times or only so long as no
senior class of securities has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
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"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person
all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which
(other than directors' qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such
Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such
Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Section 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
Upon any application or request by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor
to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the
Company and/or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as appropriate, shall furnish to the
Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an
Officer's Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company or a
Subsidiary Guarantor, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and
shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other
requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include,
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or a Subsidiary
Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate
or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion
of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an
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officer or officers of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor stating that
the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of
the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, unless such counsel knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
Section 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS; RECORD DATES.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken
by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or
writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any
other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to
give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the
Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice,
declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders
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of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no
other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not
such Holders remain Holders after such record date, provided that no such
action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable
Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and
with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by
Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the
relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record
date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall
cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the
applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each
Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section
106.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join
in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of
acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute
proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in
Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or
not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; PROVIDED that no such
action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable
Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with
no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders
of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant
series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set
pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's expense, shall cause
notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable
Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of
Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the "Expiration
Date" and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or
later day; PROVIDED that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the
proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and
to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date
is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section,
the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially
designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with
respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided
in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be
later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.
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Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to
all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly
appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with
regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
Section 105. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if
made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at
its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Finance Trust Services,
or
(2) the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor by the Trustee or
by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless
otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, in the case of the Company addressed to it
at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph
of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in
writing to the Trustee by the Company and, in the case of any Subsidiary
Guarantor, to it at the address of the Company's principal office
specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, Attention: Chief
Financial Officer, or at any other address previously furnished in
writing to the Trustee by such Subsidiary Guarantor.
Section 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected
by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any),
prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any
notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice
in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to
receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be
the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with
the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity
of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason
of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then
such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
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Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language,
except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country
of publication.
Section 107. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of
the Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act to be a part of and
govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of
this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act
which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to
apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
Section 108. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company and any
Subsidiary Guarantor shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed
or not.
Section 110. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
In case any provision in this Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary
Guarantees shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality
and enforce ability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby.
Section 111. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.
Nothing in this Indenture, the Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantees,
express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and
their successors hereunder, the holders of Senior Debt and the Holders, any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 112. GOVERNING LAW.
This Indenture, the Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantees shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.
Section 113. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, purchase
date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place
of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of
the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states
that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or
principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on
such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of
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Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or purchase date, or at the Stated Maturity.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
Section 201. FORMS GENERALLY.
The Securities of each series and, if applicable, the Subsidiary
Guarantees to be endorsed thereon shall be in substantially the form set forth
in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each
case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such
letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Securities or Subsidiary Guarantees,
as the case may be, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of
Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the
Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section
303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined
by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities.
Section 202. FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY.
[INSERT ANY LEGEND REQUIRED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE
REGULATIONS THEREUNDER.]
Carriage Services, Inc.
...............................................
No. ......... $ ........
Carriage Services, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term includes
any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to .........................................,
or registered assigns, the principal sum of ......................... Dollars
on ................................... [IF THE SECURITY IS TO BEAR INTEREST
PRIOR TO MATURITY, INSERT-- , and to pay interest thereon from .............
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid
or duly provided for, semi-annually on ............ and ............ in each
year, commencing ........., at the rate of ....% per annum, until the
principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, PROVIDED that any
principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue
shall bear interest at the rate of ...% per annum (to the
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extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from
the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for
payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand. The interest so
payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name
this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall
be the ....... or ....... (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may
be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to
the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person
in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment
of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall
be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior
to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful
manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on
which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as
may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said
Indenture].
[IF THE SECURITY IS NOT TO BEAR INTEREST PRIOR TO MATURITY, INSERT -- The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall
bear interest at the rate of ....% per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due
until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue
principal or premium shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on overdue
principal or premium which is not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate
of ......% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on
interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such demand until the
amount so demanded is paid or made available for payment. Interest on any
overdue interest shall be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [IF APPLICABLE,
INSERT -- any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in ............, in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at the
option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
Carriage Services, Inc.
By:____________________________________
Section 203. FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or
more series under an Indenture, dated as of ____________, 200__ (herein
called the "Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in
such instrument), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein
and _______________________________, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee",
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference
is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, the holders of Senior Debt and the
Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and
are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series
designated on the face hereof [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT-- , limited in aggregate
principal amount to $...........].
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT-- The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT
--(1) on ........... in any year commencing with the year ...... and ending
with the year ...... through operation of the sinking fund for this series at
a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any
time [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT-- on or after .........., 20__], as a whole or in
part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [IF
APPLICABLE, INSERT-- on or before ..............., ...%, and if redeemed]
during the 12-month period beginning ............. of the years indicated,
YEAR REDEMPTION PRICE YEAR REDEMPTION PRICE
------------------- ------------------ ------------------ ------------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to .....% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT-- The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on ............ in
any year commencing with the year .... and ending with the year .... through
operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of
the
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principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [IF
APPLICABLE, INSERT-- on or after ............], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise
than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the
12-month period beginning ............of the years indicated,
REDEMPTION PRICE FOR REDEMPTION PRICE FOR
REDEMPTION THROUGH REDEMPTION OTHERWISE THAN
OPERATION OF THE SINKING THROUGH OPERATION OF THE
YEAR FUND SINKING FUND
------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to .....% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may
not, prior to ............., redeem any Securities of this series as
contemplated by [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph
as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application,
directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the
Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of
less than .....% per annum.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- The sinking fund for this series provides for
the redemption on ............ in each year beginning with the year ....... and
ending with the year ...... of [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- not less than
$.......... ("mandatory sinking fund") and not more than] $......... aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series
acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [IF APPLICABLE,
INSERT -- mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to
be made [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- , in the inverse order in which they become
due].]
[IF THE SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION OF ANY KIND, INSERT -- In the
event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities
of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[IF THE SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO CONVERSION, INSERT -- Subject to the
provisions of the Indenture, each Holder has the right to convert the principal
amount of this Security into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock
of the Company at the initial Conversion Price per share of Common Stock of
$_____ (or $_____ in principal amount of Securities for each such share of
Common Stock), or at the adjusted Conversion Price then in effect, if adjustment
has been made as provided in the Indenture, upon surrender of the Security to
the Conversion Agent, together with a fully executed notice in substantially the
form attached hereto and, if required by the Indenture, an amount equal to
accrued interest payable on this Security.]
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The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in
the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment
in full of all Senior Debt of the Company, and this Security is issued subject
to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this
Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such
action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so
provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- As provided in the Indenture and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth, the obligations of the Company under this
Security are guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis pursuant to the
Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed hereon. The Indenture provides that a Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be released from its Subsidiary Guarantee upon compliance with
certain conditions.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- The Indenture contains provisions for Defeasance
at any time of [the entire indebtedness of this Security] [or] [certain
restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security] [, in
each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.]
[IF THE SECURITY IS NOT AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY, INSERT -- If
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[IF THE SECURITY IS AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY, INSERT -- If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to -- INSERT FORMULA FOR DETERMINING THE
AMOUNT. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each
case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the
principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series
shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at
the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount
of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the
Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
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As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder
of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with
respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for
any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the
Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60
days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the
enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon
on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency,
herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $....... and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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Section 204. FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE.
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
For value received, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors named (or deemed
herein to be named) below hereby jointly and severally fully and unconditionally
guarantees to the Holder of the Security upon which this Subsidiary Guarantee is
endorsed, and to the Trustee on behalf of such Holder, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Security
when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated
Maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption, offer to purchase or otherwise,
according to the terms thereof and of the Indenture referred to therein and to
cover all the rights of the Trustee under Section 607. In case of the failure of
the Company punctually to make any such payment, each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees to cause such payment to be made
punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the
Stated Maturity or by acceleration, call for redemption, offer to purchase or
otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.
Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees that
its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of,
and shall be unaffected by, the validity, regularity or enforceability of such
Security or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same or any
release, amendment, waiver or indulgence granted to the Company or any other
guarantor, or any consent to departure from any requirement of any other
guarantee of all or of any of the Securities of this series, or any other
circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or
defense of a surety or guarantor; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, notwithstanding the
foregoing, no such release, amendment, waiver or indulgence shall, without the
consent of such Subsidiary Guarantor, increase the principal amount of such
Security, or increase the interest rate thereon, or alter the Stated Maturity
thereof. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby waives the benefits of
diligence, presentment, demand of payment, any requirement that the Trustee or
any of the Holders protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest in
or other lien on any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any
action against the Company or any other Person or any collateral, filing of
claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any
right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with
respect to such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands
whatsoever, and covenants that this Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged
except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and
in this Subsidiary Guarantee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that if, after
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to
Securities of this series, the Trustee or any of the Holders are prevented by
applicable law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the
maturity of the Securities of this series, to collect interest on the Securities
of this series, or to enforce or exercise any other right or remedy with respect
to the Securities of this series, such Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to pay to the
Trustee for the account of the Holders, upon demand therefor, the amount that
would otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been
permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of the Holders.
The indebtedness of each Subsidiary Guarantor evidenced by this Subsidiary
Guarantee is, to the extent provided in the Indenture, subordinate in right of
payment to the prior payment
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in full of all Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and the Subsidiary
Guarantee of each Subsidiary Guarantor is issued subject to the provisions of
the Indenture with respect thereto.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Subsidiary
Guarantee or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the Subsidiary Guarantee of
any Subsidiary Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional, of the due and
punctual payment of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Security upon which this Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder
of this Security against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by such
Subsidiary Guarantor on account of this Security pursuant to the provisions of
its Subsidiary Guarantee or the Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such
Subsidiary Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments
arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on this Security and all other Securities of
this series issued under the Indenture shall have been paid in full.
This Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and
continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company
for liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make
an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be
appointed for all or any part of the Company's assets, and shall, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case
may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Securities of this series
is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must
otherwise be restored or returned by any Holder of the Securities of this
series, whether as a "voidable preference," "fraudulent transfer," or otherwise,
all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that
any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned,
the Securities of this series shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be
reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded,
reduced, restored or returned.
The Subsidiary Guarantors or any particular Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
released from this Subsidiary Guarantee upon the terms and subject to certain
conditions provided in the Indenture.
By delivery of a Supplemental Indenture to the Trustee in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, each Person that becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor
after the date of first issuance of the Securities of this series will be deemed
to have executed and delivered this Subsidiary Guarantee for the benefit of the
Holder of the Security upon which this Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed with the
same effect as if such Subsidiary Guarantor was named below and has executed and
delivered this Subsidiary Guarantee.
All terms used in this Subsidiary Guarantee which are defined in the
Indenture referred to in the Security upon which this Subsidiary Guarantee is
endorsed shall have the meanings assigned to them in such Indenture.
This Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose
until the certificate of authentication on the Security upon which this
Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed shall have been executed by the Trustee under
the Indenture by manual signature.
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Reference is made to the Indenture for further provisions with respect to
this Subsidiary Guarantee.
This Subsidiary Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors has caused this
Subsidiary Guarantee to be duly executed.
[Insert Names of Subsidiary Guarantors]
By
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Title:
Section 205. FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL SECURITIES.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the
Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A
SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE
REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
Section 206. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the
following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
--------------------,
AS TRUSTEE
By.....................
AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
Section 207. FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE.
Each convertible Security shall have attached thereto, or set forth on the
reverse of the Security, a notice of conversion in substantially the following
form:
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Conversion Notice
To: Carriage Services, Inc.
The undersigned owner of this Security hereby: (i) irrevocably
exercises the option to convert this Security, or the portion hereof below
designated, for shares of Common Stock of Carriage Services, Inc. in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security
and (ii) directs that such shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the
conversion, together with any check in payment for fractional shares and
any Security(ies) representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be
issued and delivered to the registered holder hereof unless a different
name has been indicated below. If shares are to be delivered registered in
the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay
all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto. Any amount required to be
paid by the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Security.
Dated _________________
....................................
Signature
Fill in for registration of shares if to be delivered, and of
Securities if to be issued, otherwise than to and in the name of the
registered holder.
....................................
Social Security of other
Taxpayer Identification Number
..............................
(Name)
..............................
(Street Address)
..............................
(City, State and Zip Code)
(Please print name and address)
Principal amount to be converted: (if
less than all)
$.........................................
Signature Guarantee*
....................................
*Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other
signature acceptable to the Trustee).
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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303,
set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officer's Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance
of Securities of any series,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other
series);
(2) if the Securities of the series will not have the benefit
of the Subsidiary Guarantees of the Subsidiary Guarantors;
(3) any change to the subordination provisions which applies to the
Securities of the series from those contained in Article Twelve with
respect to the Securities and/or, if applicable, those contained in
Article Fourteen with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantees, and the
definitions of Senior Debt and Designated Senior Debt which shall apply to
the Securities of the series, and, if applicable, the Subsidiary
Guarantees;
(4) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107
and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed
never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(5) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series
shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(6) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities
of the series is payable;
(7) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall
bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest
shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall
be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on
any Interest Payment Date;
(8) the place or places where the principal of and any premium
and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable;
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(9) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which
and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may
be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if
other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the
Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(10) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(11) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(12) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or
pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(13) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the
currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and
the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the
United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the
definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101;
(14) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company
or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other
than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the
currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made
shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and conditions
upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the
manner in which such amount shall be determined);
(15) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion
of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant
to Section 502;
(16) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any
Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more
dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be
the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any
purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof
which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated
Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior
to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such
amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);
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(17) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or
any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1502 or
Section 1503 or both such Sections and, if other than by a Board
Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease
such Securities shall be evidenced;
(18) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be
issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities
and, in such case, the respective Depositories for such Global Securities,
the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global
Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 205 and
any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause
(2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security
may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any
transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in
the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof;
(19) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which
applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the
Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the
principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;
(20) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in
Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series;
(21) whether the Securities of the series will be convertible into
Common Stock (or cash in lieu thereof) and, if so, the terms and
conditions upon which such conversion shall be effected including the
initial Conversion Price and any adjustments thereto in addition to or
different from those set forth in Section 1704, the conversion period and
other provisions in addition to or in lieu of those set forth herein; and
(22) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section 901(5)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except
as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the
Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in the Officer's Certificate referred to
above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant
to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer's
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
The Securities of each series shall have the benefit of the Subsidiary
Guarantees unless the Company elects otherwise upon the establishment of a
series pursuant to this Section 301.
The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to Senior Debt of
the Company as provided in Article Twelve. Each Subsidiary Guarantee shall be
subordinated in right of payment to Senior Debt of the applicable Subsidiary
Guarantor.
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Section 302. DENOMINATIONS.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form
without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination
with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series
shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman
of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice
Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon. The signature of any of
these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who
were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the
Company and, if applicable, having endorsed thereon the Subsidiary Guarantees
executed as provided in Section 1303 by the Subsidiary Guarantors to the Trustee
for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company
Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of
the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more
Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such
Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture
in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and
(subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of
Counsel stating,
(1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or
pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form
has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or
pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
and
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company, and, if applicable, the
Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors, enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general
equity principles.
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If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officer's Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel
otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the
authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered
at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security
of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security or Subsidiary Guarantee shall be entitled to any benefit under
this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on
such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided
for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall
deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section
309, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities and, if applicable,
having endorsed thereon the Subsidiary Guarantees in lieu of which they are
issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers executing such Securities and, if applicable,
Subsidiary Guarantees may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities and Subsidiary Guarantees.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay.
After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary
Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of
such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without
charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount and, if applicable, having endorsed thereon
Subsidiary Guarantees executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors. Until so exchanged,
the
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temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series
and tenor.
Section 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby
appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at
the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the
Company shall execute, if applicable the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the
Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like
tenor and aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for
other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like
tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be
exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered
for exchange, the Company shall execute, if applicable the Subsidiary Guarantors
shall execute the Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
All Securities and, if applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed
thereon issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall
be the valid obligations of the Company and, if applicable, the respective
Subsidiary Guarantors, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities and Subsidiaries Guarantees
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are
to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register
the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and
specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period
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beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of
a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under
Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing,
or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security
being redeemed in part.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to
Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a
nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall
constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global
Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered,
and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be
registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof or a successor Depositary or a
nominee thereof, unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global
Security or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act, (B) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of
Default with respect to such Global Security and the Security Registrar
shall have received a written request from such Depositary to issue
certificated Securities or (C) there shall exist such circumstances, if
any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for
this purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security
for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities
issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be
registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall
direct.
(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any
portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306, 906
or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of,
and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the
name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a
nominee thereof.
Section 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall
execute, if applicable the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the Subsidiary
Guarantees endorsed thereon and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
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If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii)
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and
any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute, if applicable the Subsidiary Guarantors
shall execute the Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become
or is about to become due and payable or is to be converted, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay or authorize the
conversion of such Security (without surrender thereof save in the case of a
mutilated Security).
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu
of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, and, if applicable, the Subsidiary
Guarantees endorsed thereon, shall constitute an original additional contractual
obligation of the Company and, if applicable, the respective Subsidiary
Guarantors, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at
any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of
this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of
that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement,
payment or conversion of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid
to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the
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payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of
such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time
the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to
the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted
Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such
deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to
such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the
Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less
than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than
10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special
Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall
cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of
such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, not less than 10
days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment
of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having
been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in
whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may
be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if,
after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment
pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued
and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company,
the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such
Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307)
any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor,
the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the
Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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Section 309. CANCELLATION.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, purchase, conversion,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund
payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered
to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any
time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any
manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for
delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all
Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as
directed by a Company Order.
Section 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect
(except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
(other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen
and which have been replaced, converted or paid as provided in
Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust
by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged
from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one year, or
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(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year
under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving
of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the
expense, of the Company, and the Company or, if applicable, a
Subsidiary Guarantor, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above,
has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as
trust funds in trust for the purpose money in an amount
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on
such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to
the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have
become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or
Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor has paid or caused to be
paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of
the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of
this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last
paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
Section 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any
series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be occasioned by the provisions of Article
Twelve or be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or
pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or
regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
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(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of
that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such
default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium
on any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when
and as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or
warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in
this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included
in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other
than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period
of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to
the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of
Default" hereunder; or
(5) default in the performance, or breach, of the provisions of
Article Eight;
(6) [intentionally omitted];
(7) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of
(A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company, any
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that together would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding
under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging
the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries
that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary a bankrupt or
insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect
of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries
that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary under any
applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of
the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries
that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or of any
substantial part of its or their property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of its or their affairs, and the continuance of any such
decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed
and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(8) the commencement by the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or
any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal
or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of
any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or
the consent by it or them to the entry of a decree
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or order for relief in respect of the Company, any Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency
case or proceeding against it or them, or the filing by it or them of a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any
applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it or them to the
filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by
a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or
other similar official of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its or their property, or the
making by it or them of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
the admission by it or them in writing of its or their inability to pay
its or their debts generally as they become due, or the taking of
corporate action by the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any group
of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary
in furtherance of any such action; or
(9) In the event the Subsidiary Guarantors have issued Subsidiary
Guarantees with respect to the Securities of such series, the Subsidiary
Guarantee of any Subsidiary Guarantor is held by a final non-appealable
order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable
or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect (other
than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture) or any Subsidiary
Guarantor or any Person acting on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor
denies or disaffirms such Subsidiary Guarantor's obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee (other than by reason of a release of such Subsidiary
Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture); or
(10) any other Event of Default provided with respect to
Securities of that series.
Section 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 501(7) or 501(8)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding shall occur and be continuing, then in every such case the Trustee
or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities
of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, or if the principal amount thereof is not then determinable, such
portion of the principal amount of such Securities, or such other amount in lieu
of such principal amount, as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due
and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal
amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an
Event of Default specified in Section 501(7) or 501(8) with respect to
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding shall occur, the principal
amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that
series are Original Issue Discount Securities, or if the principal amount
thereof is not then determinable, such portion of the principal amount of such
Securities, or such other amount in lieu of such principal amount, as may be
specified by the terms thereof) shall
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automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the
Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company or, if applicable, any Subsidiary Guarantor has
paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by
such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the
rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that
series, other than the non-payment of the principal (or other specified
amount) of Securities of that series which has become due solely by such
declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in
Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT
BY TRUSTEE.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security
when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for
a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue
principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates
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prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce
its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such
appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to
protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any
covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power
granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company, any Subsidiary
Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities, or the property or creditors
of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust
Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in
any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect
and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee,
trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for
the compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or any Subsidiary Guarantee or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize
the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders,
vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a
member of a creditors' or other similar committee.
Section 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF
SECURITIES.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities or
any Subsidiary Guarantee may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without
the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be
for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which
such judgment has been recovered.
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Section 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium
or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the
payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
607; and
SECOND: Subject to Article Twelve and Article Fourteen, to the
payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any
premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the
benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and
payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest,
respectively.
Section 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute
any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for
the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder,
unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to
the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default
in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of security or indemnity has failed to institute any
such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.
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Section 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL,
PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307)
interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption or offer by the Company to purchase the
Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, on the Redemption Date or
purchase date, as applicable), or, if applicable, to convert such Security as
provided in Article Seventeen, and to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment or for the enforcement of any such right to convert, and such
rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any
right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued
or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or
to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in
such proceeding, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and the
Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders
shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section
306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to
the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any
such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to
the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often
as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may
be.
Section 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any
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remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law
or with this Indenture, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such
series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest
on any Security of such series (including any Security which is required
to have been purchased by the Company pursuant to an offer to purchase by
the Company made pursuant to the terms of this Indenture), or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under
Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose
of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to
file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against
any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust
Indenture Act; PROVIDED that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act
shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make
such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor.
Section 515. WAIVER OF USURY, STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.
Each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors covenants (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead,
or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any
usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in
force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and
each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee,
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but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such
law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the
Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this
Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder,
or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein
expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct
or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 602. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series,
the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such
default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section
501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders
shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the
purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after
notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect
to Securities of such series.
Section 603. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented
by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall
be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any
resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless
other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of
bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer's Certificate;
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(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it
in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit,
and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and
premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney; and
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder.
Section 604. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities and the Subsidiary
Guarantees, except the Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken
as the statements of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, as the case may
be, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or the
Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon. Neither the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 605. MAY HOLD SECURITIES.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company and
any Subsidiary Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other
agent.
Section 606. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no
liability for interest on any
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money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company or
any Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be.
Section 607. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor jointly and severally agree
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for all
services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited
by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an
express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse
the Trustee upon its request for all expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this
Indenture (including the compensation and the expenses and disbursements
of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or
advance as may be attributable to its gross negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against,
any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or bad
faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and
expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection
with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after the occurrence
of an Event of Default specified in paragraph (7) or (8) of Section 501 of
this Indenture, such expenses and the compensation for such services are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding. For the purposes of this paragraph, "Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding" means, with respect to any Person, (a) an
insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership,
liquidation, reorganization or similar case or proceeding in connection
therewith, relative to such Person or its creditors, as such, or its
assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding-up proceeding
of such Person, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not
involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (c) any assignment for the benefit
of creditors or any other marshaling of assets and liabilities of such
Person.
Section 608. CONFLICTING INTERESTS.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to
the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent
permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting
interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to
Securities of more than one series.
Section 609. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for
Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is
eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act
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as such, and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If
any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to
law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for
the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted by the Trust
Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report
of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with
the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 610. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor
Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section 611.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one
or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall
not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of
any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company.
If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after
written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a
bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by
any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or
if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to
the Securities of one or more
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series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it
being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect
to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time
there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of
Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor
Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment
in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that
extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been
so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the
manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of
a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself
and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of
Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 611. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all
Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge
and deliver to the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and to the retiring
Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the
request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall,
upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to
such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee
and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all
property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
Subsidiary Guarantors, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an
indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or
desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all
the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with
respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed
necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
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Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not
retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall
add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary
to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by
more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such
supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same
trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered
by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such
supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such
successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and
trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may
be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of
such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
Section 612. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO
BUSINESS.
Any Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which
it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to
all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be
the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise
qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. As soon
as practicable, the successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to
the Company and the Holders of the Securities then Outstanding. In case any
Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then
in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such
authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities
so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Securities.
Section 613. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY AND
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities, the Trustee shall
be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection
of claims against the Company, such Subsidiary Guarantor or any such other
obligor.
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Section 614. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to
one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of
the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue
and upon exchange, registration of transfer, conversion or partial redemption
thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for
all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is
made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the
Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a Person organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or
the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any Person into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted
or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party,
or any Person succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of
an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided
such Person shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such
appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities
of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
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The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee
shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions
of Section 607.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to
this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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AS TRUSTEE
By
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AS AUTHENTICATING AGENT
By
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AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually, not later than March 1 and September 1 in each
year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of the
preceding February 15 or August 15, as the case may be, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a
list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior
to the time such list is furnished;
EXCLUDING from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar.
Section 702. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO HOLDERS.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
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The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding
rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust
Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with
the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors
nor the Trustee nor any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason
of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee
and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company and with the
Subsidiary Guarantors. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities
are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 704. REPORTS BY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS.
The Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall file with the
Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents
and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to
the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such
Act; PROVIDED that any such information, documents or reports required to be
filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to
be filed with the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.
The Company shall not, in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions, consolidate with or merge into any other Person or permit any
other Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company or transfer, convey,
sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets,
unless:
(1) in a transaction in which the Company does not survive or in
which the Company transfers, conveys, sells, leases or otherwise disposes
of all or substantially all of its assets, the successor entity (for
purposes of this Article Eight, a "Successor Company") shall be a
corporation, partnership, trust or other entity organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual
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payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the
Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this
Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and
treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or
any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by
the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event
of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both,
would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;
(3) any other conditions provided pursuant to Section 301 with
respect to the Securities of a series are satisfied; and
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger or disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is
required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture
comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided
for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 802. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON
CERTAIN TERMS.
Except in a transaction resulting in the release of a Subsidiary Guarantor
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, each Subsidiary Guarantor shall
not, and the Company shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, in a single
or a series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any
Person (other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor) or permit
any Person (other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor) to consolidate or
merge with or into such Subsidiary Guarantor or transfer, convey, sell, lease or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets unless, in each
case:
(1) in a transaction in which such Subsidiary Guarantor does not
survive or in which all or substantially all of the assets of such
Subsidiary Guarantor are transferred, conveyed, sold, leased or otherwise
disposed of, the successor entity (the "Successor Subsidiary Guarantor")
shall be a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume by an
indenture supplemental hereto executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of all
obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee
and this Indenture and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture
on the part of such Subsidiary Guarantor to be performed or observed; and
(2) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other
disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection
with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with this
Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
such transaction have been complied with.
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Section 803. SUCCESSOR SUBSTITUTED.
(a) Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into, any other Person or any transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in
accordance with Section 801, the Successor Company shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named
as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the
predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this
Indenture and the Securities.
(b) Upon any consolidation of a Subsidiary Guarantor with, or merger of
such Subsidiary Guarantor into, any other Person or any transfer, conveyance,
sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of
such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with Section 802, the Successor
Subsidiary Guarantor shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise
every right and power of, such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture with
the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as a Subsidiary
Guarantor herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor
Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture
and its Subsidiary Guarantee.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, the Subsidiary Guarantors, when authorized by their respective
Board Resolutions, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter
into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or
any Subsidiary Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the
covenants of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor herein and in the
Securities or Subsidiary Guarantees, as the case may be; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to
be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that
such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events
of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly
being included solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of
Securities in bearer form,
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registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without
interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in
uncertificated form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that
any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to
any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such
supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor
(ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to
such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such
Security Outstanding; or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series
as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant
to the requirements of Section 611; or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision
herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant
to this Clause (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Securities of any series in any material respect; or
(10) to add new Subsidiary Guarantors; or
(11) to provide for adjustment of conversion rights pursuant to
Section 1705 hereof.
Section 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company, the
Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, the Subsidiary Guarantors, when authorized by their respective Board
Resolutions and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series
under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such supplemental indenture
shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the
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amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any
other Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change
any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any
Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the
right to institute suit for the enforcement of (a) any such payment on
or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on
or after the Redemption Date or in the case of an offer to purchase
Securities which has been made pursuant to a covenant contained in this
Indenture, on or after the applicable purchase date) or (b) any
conversion right with respect to any Security, or modify the provisions
of this Indenture with respect to (x) the subordination of the
Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantees or (y) the conversion of the
Securities, in either case in a manner adverse to the Holders; or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required
for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture; or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or
Section 1009, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this clause shall not be deemed to
require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the
references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and
Section 1009, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 611 and 901(8); or
(4) following the making of an offer to purchase Securities which
has been made pursuant to a covenant contained in this Indenture, modify
the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such offer to purchase in
a manner adverse to such Holder.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant
or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Officer's Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such
supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee
may, but shall
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not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects
the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
Section 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this
Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution
of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if
required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to
any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so
determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Company, if applicable the Subsidiary Guarantees
may be endorsed thereon and such new Securities may be authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium
and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of
the Securities and this Indenture. Principal, premium, if any, and interest
shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the
Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 11:00 a.m. New York time on the due
date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and
designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and
interest then due.
Section 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented
or surrendered for payment or, if applicable, for conversion, where Securities
of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and
where notices and demands to or upon the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in
respect of the Securities of that series or any Subsidiary Guarantee and this
Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of the
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location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company and each Subsidiary
Guarantor hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices
or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency
in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation
or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.
Section 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
If the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall at any time act as its
own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before
each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the
Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium
and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of
its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series
of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying
Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the
continuance of any default by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, if
applicable, or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series in the
making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that
series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the
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Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by
the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall
be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter,
as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof,
and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to
be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New
York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid
to the Company.
Section 1004. STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT.
(a) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will deliver to the
Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company
ending after the date hereof, an Officer's Certificate, stating whether or not
to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company or such Subsidiary
Guarantor, as the case may be, is in default in the performance and observance
of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without
regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder)
and, if the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be in default,
specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they
may have knowledge.
(b) The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall deliver to the
Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within five days after the Company
or such Subsidiary Guarantor becomes aware or should reasonably become aware of
the occurrence of an Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the
lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officer's
Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or default, and
the action which the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor proposes to take with
respect thereto.
Section 1005. EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect the existence,
rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise
if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no
longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
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Section 1006. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES.
The Company will cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of its
business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good
condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment
and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements,
betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may
be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all times; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the
operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in
the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the
business of any Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to
the Holders.
Section 1007. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS.
The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or
upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (2)
all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by
law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to
be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings.
Section 1008. MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE.
The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, keep at all times
all of their properties which are of an insurable nature insured against loss or
damage with insurers believed by the Company to be responsible to the extent
that property of similar character is usually so insured by corporations
similarly situated and owning like properties in accordance with good business
practice.
Section 1009. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities of
any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision
or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 301(22),
901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series if before the
time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders,
either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with
such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect
such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and,
until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the
duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall
remain in full force and effect.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity
shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities) in accordance with
this Article.
Section 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by
a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301
for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of
less than all the Securities of any series (including any such redemption
affecting only a single Security), the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to
the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the
principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable,
of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of
Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption
provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the
Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer's Certificate evidencing
compliance with such restriction.
Section 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless
all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or
unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series
not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem
fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a
portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series, provided that
the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an
authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized
denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series
and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only
a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected
not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the
Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called
for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities
selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for
partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with
respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such
Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such
redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal
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amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not
be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion
of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
If any Security selected for partial redemption is surrendered for conversion
after such selection, the converted portion of such Security shall be deemed (so
far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Upon any redemption of
less than all the Securities of a series, for purposes of selection for
redemption the Company and the Trustee may treat as Outstanding Securities
surrendered for conversion during the period of 15 days next preceding the
mailing of a notice of redemption, and need not treat as Outstanding any
Security authenticated and delivered during such period in exchange for the
unconverted portion of any Security converted in part during such period.
Section 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to
each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the
Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series
consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such
Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be
redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series
consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount
of the particular Security to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become
due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable,
that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case, and
(7) if applicable, the Conversion Price then in effect and the
date on which the right to convert the Securities or portions thereof to
be redeemed will expire.
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Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable.
Section 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of
money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption
Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities
which are to be redeemed on that date. If any Security called for redemption is
converted pursuant hereto, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying
Agent or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such Security
shall be paid to the Company upon delivery of a Company Request to the Trustee
or such Paying Agent, or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from
such trust.
Section 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to
be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any
such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall
be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest
to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, instalments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on
or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear
interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the
Security.
Section 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at
a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires,
due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, if applicable to
Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed thereon,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security
without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of
like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion
of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
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ARTICLE TWELVE
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
Section 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series in
or pursuant to the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such
series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, the provisions of this Article
shall be applicable to each series of Securities.
Section 1202. SECURITIES SUBORDINATE TO SENIOR DEBT.
The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by his
acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in
the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article (subject to the provisions of
Article Four and Article Fifteen), the payment of the principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest on each and all of the Securities of such series are hereby
expressly made subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment
in full of all Senior Debt of the Company.
No provisions of this Article Twelve shall prevent the occurrence of any
Event of Default.
Section 1203. PAYMENT OVER OF PROCEEDS UPON DISSOLUTION, ETC.
In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or
any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or
proceeding in connection therewith, relative to the Company or to its creditors,
as such, or to its assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding
up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving
insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or
any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of the Company, then and in any
such event specified in (a), (b) or (c) above (each such event, if any, herein
sometimes referred to as a "Proceeding") the holders of Senior Debt of the
Company shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to
become due on or in respect of all Senior Debt of the Company, or provision
shall be made for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a
manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt of the Company, before the
Holders of the Securities are entitled to receive any payment or distribution of
any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities (including any
payment or distribution which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the
payment of any other Debt of the Company subordinated to the payment of the
Securities, such payment or distribution being hereinafter referred to as a
"Junior Subordinated Payment"), on account of principal of (or premium, if any)
or interest on the Securities or on account of any purchase or other acquisition
of Securities by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (all such
payments, distributions, purchases and acquisitions, other than the payment or
distribution of stock or securities of the Company referred to in the second
succeeding paragraph, herein referred to, individually and collectively, as a
"Securities Payment"), and to that end the holders of Senior Debt of the Company
shall be entitled to receive, for application to the payment thereof, any
Securities Payment which may be payable or deliverable in respect of the
Securities in any such Proceeding.
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In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section, the Trustee or the Holder of any Security shall have received any
Securities Payment before all Senior Debt of the Company is paid in full or
payment thereof provided for in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a
manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt of the Company, and if such
fact shall, at or prior to the time of such Securities Payment, have been made
known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event
such Securities Payment shall be paid over or delivered forthwith to the trustee
in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee, agent or
other Person making payment or distribution of assets of the Company for
application to the payment of all Senior Debt of the Company remaining unpaid,
to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Debt of the Company in full, after
giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of
Senior Debt of the Company.
For purposes of this Article only, the words "any payment or distribution
of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities" shall not be
deemed to include a payment or distribution of stock or securities of the
Company provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment authorized by
an order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in a reorganization
proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy law or of any other corporation
provided for by such plan of reorganization or readjustment which stock or
securities are subordinated in right of payment to all then outstanding Senior
Debt of the Company to substantially the same extent as the Securities are so
subordinated as provided in this Article. The consolidation of the Company with,
or the merger of the Company into, another Person or the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety to another Person
upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article Eight shall not be deemed a
Proceeding for the purposes of this Section if the Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires
by conveyance or transfer such properties and assets as an entirety, as the case
may be, shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer,
comply with the conditions set forth in Article Eight.
Section 1204. NO PAYMENT WHEN SENIOR DEBT OF THE COMPANY IN DEFAULT.
In the event that any Senior Payment Default (as defined below) shall have
occurred and be continuing, then no Securities Payment shall be made unless and
until such Senior Payment Default shall have been cured or waived or shall have
ceased to exist or all amounts then due and payable in respect of Senior Debt of
the Company shall have been paid in full, or provision shall have been made for
such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory
to the holders of Senior Debt of the Company; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in
this Section shall prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund payment in
accordance with Article Sixteen by delivering and crediting pursuant to Section
1602 Securities which have been acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior to
such Senior Payment Default.
"Senior Payment Default" means any default in the payment of principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest on any Senior Debt of the Company when due,
whether at the Stated Maturity of any such payment or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
In the event that any Senior Nonmonetary Default (as defined below) shall
have occurred and be continuing, then, upon the receipt by the Company and the
Trustee of written notice of
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such Senior Nonmonetary Default from any holder, or agent for the holders, of
the Designated Senior Debt which is the subject of such Senior Nonmonetary
Default, no Securities Payment shall be made during the period (the "Payment
Blockage Period") commencing on the date of such receipt of such written
notice and ending on the earlier of (i) the date on which such Senior
Nonmonetary Default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to
exist or all Designated Senior Debt the subject of such Senior Nonmonetary
Default shall have been discharged; (ii) the 179th day after the date of such
receipt of such written notice; and (iii) the date on which the Payment
Blockage Period shall have been terminated by written notice to the Company or
the Trustee from the agent for the Designated Senior Debt initiating the
Payment Blockage Period; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in this Section shall
prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund payment in accordance with
Article Sixteen by delivering and crediting pursuant to Section 1602
Securities which have been acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior to
the date of such receipt of such written notice. No more than one Payment
Blockage Period may be commenced with respect to the Securities during any
360-day period and there shall be a period of at least 181 consecutive days in
each 360-day period when no Payment Blockage Period is in effect. For all
purposes of this paragraph, no Senior Payment Default or Senior Nonmonetary
Default that existed or was continuing on the date of commencement of any
Payment Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the basis for the commencement
of a subsequent Payment Blockage Period, whether or not within a period of 360
consecutive days, unless such Senior Payment Default or Senior Nonmonetary
Default shall have been cured for a period of not less than 90 consecutive
days.
"Senior Nonmonetary Default" means the occurrence or existence and
continuance of any event of default with respect to any Designated Senior Debt,
other than a Senior Payment Default, permitting the holders of such Designated
Senior Debt (or a trustee or agent on behalf of the holders thereof) to declare
such Designated Senior Debt due and payable prior to the date on which it would
otherwise become due and payable.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make
any Securities Payment to the Trustee or any Holder prohibited by the foregoing
provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of
such Securities Payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may
be, such Holder, then and in such event such Securities Payment shall be paid
over and delivered forthwith to the Company.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any Securities Payment
with respect to which Section 1203 would be applicable.
Section 1205. PAYMENT PERMITTED IF NO DEFAULT.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any
of the Securities shall prevent (a) the Company, at any time except during the
pendency of any Proceeding referred to in Section 1203 or under the conditions
described in Section 1204, from making Securities Payments, or (b) the
application by the Trustee of any money deposited with it hereunder to
Securities Payments or the retention of such Securities Payment by the Holders,
if, at the time of such application by the Trustee, it did not have knowledge
that such Securities Payment would have been prohibited by the provisions of
this Article.
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Section 1206. SUBROGATION TO RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF SENIOR DEBT OF THE
COMPANY.
Subject to the payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or
in respect of Senior Debt of the Company, or the provision for such payment in
cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of
Senior Debt of the Company, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to
the rights of the holders of such Senior Debt of the Company to receive payments
and distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the Senior Debt
of the Company until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Securities shall be paid in full. For purposes of such subrogation, no payments
or distributions to the holders of the Senior Debt of the Company of any cash,
property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee
would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article, and no payments
over pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the holders of Senior Debt of
the Company by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among the
Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Debt of the Company and the
Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the
Company to or on account of the Senior Debt of the Company.
Section 1207. PROVISIONS SOLELY TO DEFINE RELATIVE RIGHTS.
The provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose
of defining the relative rights of the Holders on the one hand and the holders
of Senior Debt of the Company on the other hand. Nothing contained in this
Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or
shall (a) impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of
Senior Debt of the Company and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of
the Company, which is absolute and unconditional (and which, subject to the
rights under this Article of the holders of Senior Debt of the Company, is
intended to rank equally with all other general obligations of the Company), to
pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in
accordance with their terms; or (b) affect the relative rights against the
Company of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than
the holders of Senior Debt of the Company; or (c) prevent the Trustee or the
Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by
applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any,
under this Article of the holders of Senior Debt of the Company to receive cash,
property and securities otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such
Holder.
Section 1208. TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION.
Each Holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs
the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate
to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article and appoints the
Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 1209. NO WAIVER OF SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Debt of the Company
to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be
prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company
or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by
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any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms,
provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge
thereof any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the
holders of Senior Debt of the Company may, at any time and from time to time,
without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the
Securities, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities
and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or
the obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to the holders of
Senior Debt of the Company, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the
manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or
alter, Senior Debt of the Company, or otherwise amend or supplement in any
manner Senior Debt of the Company or any instrument evidencing the same or any
agreement under which Senior Debt of the Company is outstanding; (ii) sell,
exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or
otherwise securing Senior Debt of the Company; (iii) release any Person liable
in any manner for the collection of Senior Debt of the Company; and (iv)
exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and any other
Person.
Section 1210. NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact
known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the
Trustee in respect of the Securities. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Article or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be
charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the
making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities, unless
and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the
Company or a holder of Senior Debt of the Company or from any trustee therefor;
and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to
the provisions of Section 601, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that
no such facts exist; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Trustee shall not have
received the notice provided for in this Section at least three Business Days
prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable
for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on any Security), then, anything herein
contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and
authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purpose for which
such money was received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary
which may be received by it within three Business Days prior to such date.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall be entitled to
rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself
to be a holder of Senior Debt of the Company (or a trustee therefor) to
establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Debt of the
Company (or a trustee therefor). In the event that the Trustee determines in
good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any
Person as a holder of Senior Debt of the Company to participate in any payment
or distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may request such Person to
furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount
of Senior Debt of the Company held by such Person, the extent to which such
Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other
facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article, and if such
evidence is not furnished, the
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Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as
to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
Section 1211. RELIANCE ON JUDICIAL ORDER OR CERTIFICATE OF LIQUIDATING
AGENT.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, and the
Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree
entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such Proceeding is
pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating
trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person
making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders
of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt of
the Company and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable
thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts
pertinent thereto or to this Article.
Section 1212. TRUSTEE NOT FIDUCIARY FOR HOLDERS OF SENIOR DEBT OF THE
COMPANY.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders
of Senior Debt of the Company and shall not be liable to any such holders if it
shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities
or to the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or to any other Person cash, property
or securities to which any holders of Senior Debt of the Company shall be
entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.
Section 1213. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AS HOLDER OF SENIOR DEBT OF THE COMPANY;
PRESERVATION OF TRUSTEE'S RIGHTS.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights
set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Debt of the Company which
may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior
Debt of the Company, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of
any of its rights as such holder.
Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to Section 607.
Section 1214. ARTICLE APPLICABLE TO PAYING AGENTS.
In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have
been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee"
as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context otherwise
requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within
its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were
named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that Section 1213 shall not apply to the Company, any Subsidiary
Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Company if it or such Subsidiary Guarantor or
Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.
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Section 1215. DEFEASANCE OF THIS ARTICLE TWELVE.
The subordination of the Securities of a series provided by this Article
Twelve is expressly made subject to the provisions for defeasance or covenant
defeasance in Article Fifteen hereof and, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, upon the effectiveness of any such defeasance or covenant
defeasance, the Securities of such series then outstanding shall thereupon cease
to be subordinated pursuant to this Article Twelve.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
Section 1301. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Unless the Company elects to issue any series of Securities without the
benefit of the Subsidiary Guarantees, which election shall be evidenced in or
pursuant to the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such
series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, the provisions of this Article
shall be applicable to each series of Securities except as otherwise specified
in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing
such series pursuant to Section 301.
Section 1302. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE.
Subject to Section 1301, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby, jointly and
severally, fully and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Security when and as the
same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by
acceleration, call for redemption, offer to purchase or otherwise, in accordance
with the terms of such Security and of this Indenture, and each Subsidiary
Guarantor similarly guarantees to the Trustee the payment of all amounts owing
to the Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. In case of the
failure of the Company punctually to make any such payment, each Subsidiary
Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, agrees to cause such payment to be made
punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the
Stated Maturity or by acceleration, call for redemption, offer to purchase or
otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.
Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees that
its obligations hereunder shall be absolute, unconditional, irrespective of, and
shall be unaffected by, the validity, regularity or enforceability of such
Security or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same or any
release, amendment, waiver or indulgence granted to the Company or any guarantor
or any consent to departure from any requirement of any other guarantee of all
or any of the Securities of such series or any other circumstances which might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or
guarantor; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no such
release, amendment, waiver or indulgence shall, without the consent of such
Subsidiary Guarantor, increase the principal amount of such Security, or
increase the interest rate thereon, or alter the Stated Maturity thereof. Each
of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby waives the benefits of diligence,
presentment, demand for payment, any
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requirement that the Trustee or any of the Holders protect, secure, perfect
or insure any security interest in or other lien on any property subject
thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against the Company or any
other Person or any collateral, filing of claims with a court in the event of
insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding
first against the Company, protest or notice with respect to such Security or
the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants
that this Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged in respect of such
Security except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such
Security and in such Subsidiary Guarantee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees
that if, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Trustee or any of the Holders are prevented by applicable law
from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the maturity of the
Securities of a series, to collect interest on the Securities of a series, or
to enforce or exercise any other right or remedy with respect to the
Securities of a series, such Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to pay to the
Trustee for the account of the Holders, upon demand therefor, the amount that
would otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been
permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of the Holders.
The indebtedness of each Subsidiary Guarantor evidenced by the Subsidiary
Guarantees is, to the extent provided in this Indenture, subordinate and subject
in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt of each
Subsidiary Guarantor, and the Subsidiary Guarantees are issued subject to the
provisions of this Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of such Security,
by accepting the same, will be deemed to have (a) agreed to and be bound by such
provisions, (b) authorized and directed the Trustee on his behalf to take such
action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so
provided and (c) appointed the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders
of the Securities upon which its Guarantee is endorsed against the Company in
respect of any amounts paid by such Subsidiary Guarantor on account of such
Security pursuant to the provisions of its Subsidiary Guarantee or this
Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to
enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of
subrogation until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all
Securities of the relevant series issued hereunder shall have been paid in full.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor that makes or is required to make any payment in
respect of its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be entitled to seek contribution from
the other Subsidiary Guarantors to the extent permitted by applicable law;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce or
receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of contribution
until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all Securities of
the relevant series issued hereunder shall have been paid in full.
Each Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and
continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company
for liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make
an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be
appointed for all or any part of the Company's assets, and shall, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case
may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Securities of a series,
is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must
otherwise be restored or returned by any
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Holder of the Securities, whether as a "voidable preference," "fraudulent
transfer," or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not
been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded,
reduced, restored or returned, the Securities shall, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid
and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
Section 1303. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.
The Subsidiary Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities shall include
the terms of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 1302 and any other
terms that may be set forth in the form established pursuant to Section 204.
Subject to Section 1301, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees to
execute its Subsidiary Guarantee, in a form established pursuant to Section 204,
to be endorsed on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
The Subsidiary Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of each respective
Subsidiary Guarantor by any of such Subsidiary Guarantor's Chairman of the
Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or one of
its Vice Presidents. The signature of any of these persons on the Subsidiary
Guarantee may be manual or facsimile.
A Subsidiary Guarantee bearing the manual or facsimile signature of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of a Subsidiary Guarantor
shall bind such Subsidiary Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or
any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of the Security on which such Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed or did
not hold such offices at the date of such Subsidiary Guarantee.
The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication
thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee
endorsed thereon on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantors and shall bind each
Subsidiary Guarantor notwithstanding the fact that Subsidiary Guarantee does not
bear the signature of such Subsidiary Guarantor. Each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set
forth in Section 1302 and in the form of Subsidiary Guarantee established
pursuant to Section 204 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding
any failure to endorse a Subsidiary Guarantee on any Security.
Section 1304. RELEASE OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to a
series of Securities, each Subsidiary Guarantee will remain in effect with
respect to the respective Subsidiary Guarantor until the entire principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities to which such Subsidiary
Guarantee relates shall have been paid in full or otherwise discharged in
accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture and all
amounts owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
if (i) such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary in compliance with
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, (ii) the Securities are defeased
and discharged pursuant to Section 1502 or (iii) all or substantially all of the
assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor or all of the Capital Stock of such
Subsidiary Guarantor is sold (including by issuance, merger, consolidation or
otherwise) by the Company or any Subsidiary in a transaction complying with the
requirements of this Indenture, then, in each case
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of (i), (ii) or (iii), upon delivery by the Company of an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from
its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee and this Article Thirteen have
been complied with, such Subsidiary Guarantor or the Person acquiring such
assets (in the event of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially
all of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be released and
discharged of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee and under this
Article Thirteen without any action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder,
and the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to
acknowledge the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations
under its Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed on the Securities of a series and
under this Article Thirteen.
Section 1305. ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to a
series of Securities, the Company will cause any Subsidiary of the Company that
becomes a Subsidiary after the date the Securities of a series are first issued
hereunder to become a Subsidiary Guarantor as soon as practicable after such
Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary. The Company shall cause any such Subsidiary to
become a Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to the Securities by executing and
delivering to the Trustee (a) a supplemental indenture, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, which subjects such Person to the provisions
(including the representations and warranties) of this Indenture as a Subsidiary
Guarantor and (b) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such supplemental
indenture has been duly authorized and executed by such Person and such
supplemental indenture and such Person's obligations under its Subsidiary
Guarantee and this Indenture constitute the legal, valid, binding and
enforceable obligations of such Person (subject to such customary exceptions
concerning creditors' rights and equitable principles as may be acceptable to
the Trustee in its discretion).
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
Section 1401. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series in
or pursuant to the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such
series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, the provisions of this Article
shall be applicable to each series of Securities.
Section 1402. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES SUBORDINATE TO SENIOR DEBT OF
SUBORDINATE GUARANTORS.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a
Security, by his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the
extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article (subject to the
provisions of Article Four and Article Fifteen), the Subsidiary Guarantee of
such Subsidiary Guarantor is hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in
right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt of such
Subsidiary Guarantor.
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No provisions of this Article Fourteen shall prevent the occurrence of any
Event of Default.
Section 1403. PAYMENT OVER OF PROCEEDS UPON DISSOLUTION, ETC.
In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or
any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or
proceeding in connection therewith, relative to any Subsidiary Guarantor or to
its creditors, as such, or to its assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or
other winding up of any Subsidiary Guarantor, whether voluntary or involuntary
and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for
the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of
any Subsidiary Guarantor, then and in any such event specified in (a), (b) or
(c) above (each such event, if any, herein sometimes referred to as a "Guarantor
Proceeding") the holders of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in
respect of all Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor, or provision shall be
made for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner
satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor, before
the Holders of the Securities are entitled to receive any payment or
distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities
(including any payment or distribution which may be payable or deliverable by
reason of the payment of any other of such Subsidiary Guarantor subordinated to
the payment of the Securities, such payment or distribution being hereinafter
referred to as a "Guarantor Junior Subordinated Payment"), on account of the
Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor (all such payments, other than
the payment or distribution of stock or securities of a Subsidiary Guarantor
referred to in the second succeeding paragraph, herein referred to, individually
and collectively, as a "Guarantee Payment"), and to that end the holders of
Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to receive, for
application to the payment thereof, any Guarantee Payment which may be payable
or deliverable in respect of such Subsidiary Guarantor's Subsidiary Guarantee in
any such Guarantor Proceeding.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section, the Trustee or the Holder of any Security shall have received any
Guarantee Payment before all Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor is paid in
full or payment thereof provided for in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in
a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary
Guarantor, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such Guarantee
Payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such
Holder, then and in such event such Guarantee Payment shall be paid over or
delivered forthwith to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee,
custodian, assignee, agent or other Person making payment or distribution of
assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor for application to the payment of all Senior
Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to
pay all Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor in full, after giving effect to
any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Debt of
such Subsidiary Guarantor.
For purposes of this Article only, the words "any payment or distribution
of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities" shall not be
deemed to include a payment or distribution of stock or securities of a
Subsidiary Guarantor provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment
authorized by an order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in a
reorganization proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy law or of any other
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corporation provided for by such plan of reorganization or readjustment which
stock or securities are subordinated in right of payment to all then outstanding
Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor to substantially the same extent as the
Subsidiary Guarantees are so subordinated as provided in this Article. The
consolidation of a Subsidiary Guarantor with, or the merger of a Subsidiary
Guarantor into, another Person or the liquidation or dissolution of such
Subsidiary Guarantor following the conveyance or transfer of all or
substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety to another Person
upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article Eight shall not be deemed a
Guarantor Proceeding for the purposes of this Section if the Person formed by
such consolidation or into which such Subsidiary Guarantor is merged or the
Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer such properties and assets as an
entirety, as the case may be, shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger,
conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions set forth in Article Eight.
Section 1404. NO PAYMENT WHEN SENIOR DEBT OF SUCH SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTOR IN DEFAULT.
In the event that any Senior Payment Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, then no Guarantee Payment shall be made unless and until such Senior
Payment Default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist or
all amounts then due and payable in respect of the relevant Senior Debt of the
Company shall have been paid in full, or provision shall have been made for such
payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the
holders of such Senior Debt; PROVIDED, that nothing in this Section shall
prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund payment in accordance with Article
Sixteen by delivering and crediting pursuant to Section 1602 Securities which
have been acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior to such Senior Payment
Default.
In the event that any Senior Nonmonetary Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, then, upon the receipt by the Company and the Trustee of written
notice of such Senior Nonmonetary Default from any holder, or agent for the
holders, of the Designated Senior Debt which is the subject of such Senior
Nonmonetary Default, no Guarantee Payment shall be made during the applicable
Payment Blockage Period; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in this Section shall
prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund payment in accordance with Article
Sixteen by delivering and crediting pursuant to Section 1602 Securities which
have been acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior to the date of such
receipt of such written notice. No more than one Payment Blockage Period may be
commenced with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantees during any 360-day period
and there shall be a period of at least 181 consecutive days in each 360-day
period when no Payment Blockage Period is in effect. For all purposes of this
paragraph, no Senior Payment Default or Senior Nonmonetary Default that existed
or was continuing on the date of commencement of any Payment Blockage Period
shall be, or be made, the basis for the commencement of a subsequent Payment
Blockage Period, whether or not within a period of 360 consecutive days, unless
such Senior Payment Default or Senior Nonmonetary Default shall have been cured
for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, a Subsidiary Guarantor
shall make any Guarantee Payment to the Trustee or any Holder prohibited by the
foregoing provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the
time of such Guarantee Payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the
case may be, such Holder, then and in such event such Guarantee Payment shall be
paid over and delivered forthwith to the Company.
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The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any Guarantee Payment
with respect to which Section 1403 would be applicable.
Section 1405. PAYMENT PERMITTED IF NO DEFAULT.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any
of the Subsidiary Guarantees shall prevent (a) a Subsidiary Guarantor, at any
time except during the pendency of any Guarantor Proceeding referred to in
Section 1403 or under the conditions described in Section 1404, from making
Guarantee Payments, or (b) the application by the Trustee of any money deposited
with it hereunder to Guarantee Payments or the retention of such Guarantee
Payment by the Holders, if, at the time of such application by the Trustee, it
did not have knowledge that such Guarantee Payment would have been prohibited by
the provisions of this Article.
Section 1406. SUBROGATION TO RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF SENIOR DEBT OF
SUCH SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR.
Subject to the payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or
in respect of Senior Debt of a Subsidiary Guarantor, or the provision for such
payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the
holders of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor, the Holders of the
Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior Debt
of such Subsidiary Guarantor to receive payments and distributions of cash,
property and securities applicable to the Senior Debt of such Subsidiary
Guarantor until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Securities shall be paid in full. For purposes of such subrogation, no payments
or distributions to the holders of the Senior Debt of a Subsidiary Guarantor of
any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the
Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article, and no
payments over pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the holders of
Senior Debt of a Subsidiary Guarantor by Holders of the Securities or the
Trustee, shall, as among a Subsidiary Guarantor, its creditors other than
holders of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor and the Holders of the
Securities, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by such Subsidiary
Guarantor to or on account of the Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor.
Section 1407. PROVISIONS SOLELY TO DEFINE RELATIVE RIGHTS.
The provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose
of defining the relative rights of the Holders on the one hand and the holders
of Senior Debt of a Subsidiary Guarantor on the other hand. Nothing contained in
this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Subsidiary Guarantees is
intended to or shall (a) impair, as among a Subsidiary Guarantor, its creditors
other than holders of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor and the Holders
of the Securities, the obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor, which is
absolute and unconditional (and which, subject to the rights under this Article
of the holders of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor, is intended to rank
equally with all other general obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor), to
guarantee payment to the Holders of the Securities of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall
become due and payable in accordance with their terms; or (b) affect the
relative rights against a Subsidiary Guarantor of the Holders of the Securities
and creditors of such Subsidiary Guarantor other than
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the holders of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor; or (c) prevent the
Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise
permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the
rights, if any, under this Article of the holders of Senior Debt of a
Subsidiary Guarantor to receive cash, property and securities otherwise
payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such Holder.
Section 1408. TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION.
Each Holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs
the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate
to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article and appoints the
Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 1409. NO WAIVER OF SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Debt of a
Subsidiary Guarantor to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any
time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the
part of such Subsidiary Guarantor or by any act or failure to act, in good
faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by such Subsidiary Guarantor
with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any
knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the
holders of Senior Debt of a Subsidiary Guarantor may, at any time and from time
to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the
Securities, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities
and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or
the obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to the holders of
Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor, do any one or more of the following:
(i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment
of, or renew or alter, Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor, or otherwise
amend or supplement in any manner Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor or
any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Debt of
such Subsidiary Guarantor is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or
otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior
Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner
for the collection of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor; and (iv)
exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against such Subsidiary Guarantor
and any other Person.
Section 1410. NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee
of any fact known to such Subsidiary Guarantor which would prohibit the making
of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of its Subsidiary Guarantee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provision of this
Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of
any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in
respect of the Subsidiary Guarantees, unless and until the Trustee shall have
received written notice thereof from a Subsidiary Guarantor or a holder of
Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor or from any trustee therefor; and,
prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the
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Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, shall be entitled in all
respects to assume that no such facts exist; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the
Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this Section at
least three Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof
any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation,
the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any
Security), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to
apply the same to the purpose for which such money was received and shall not
be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it within
three Business Days prior to such date.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall be entitled to
rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself
to be a holder of Senior Debt of a Subsidiary Guarantor (or a trustee therefor)
to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Debt of such
Subsidiary Guarantor (or a trustee therefor). In the event that the Trustee
determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the
right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt of a Subsidiary Guarantor to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee
may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of
the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor held by
such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such
payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such
Person under this Article, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee
may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the
right of such Person to receive such payment.
Section 1411. RELIANCE ON JUDICIAL ORDER OR CERTIFICATE OF
LIQUIDATING AGENT.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of a Subsidiary Guarantor
referred to in this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section
601, and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order
or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such Guarantor
Proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver,
liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or
other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to
the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled
to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt
of such Subsidiary Guarantor and other indebtedness of such Subsidiary
Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or
distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article.
Section 1412. TRUSTEE NOT FIDUCIARY FOR HOLDERS OF SENIOR DEBT OF
SUCH SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders
of Senior Debt of a Subsidiary Guarantor and shall not be liable to any such
holders if it shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders
of Securities or to the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor, or to any other Person
cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior Debt of such
Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.
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Section 1413. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AS HOLDER OF SENIOR DEBT OF SUCH
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR; PRESERVATION OF TRUSTEE'S RIGHTS.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights
set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Debt of a Subsidiary
Guarantor which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other
holder of Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and nothing in this
Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.
Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to Section 607.
Section 1414. ARTICLE APPLICABLE TO PAYING AGENTS.
In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have
been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee"
as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context otherwise
requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within
its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were
named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that Section 1413 shall not apply to the Company, any Subsidiary
Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Company if it or such Subsidiary Guarantor or
Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.
Section 1415. DEFEASANCE OF THIS ARTICLE FOURTEEN.
The subordination of the Subsidiary Guarantees provided by this Article
Fourteen is expressly made subject to the provisions for defeasance or covenant
defeasance of a series of Securities in Article Fifteen hereof and, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, upon the effectiveness of any such
defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to a series of Securities, the
Subsidiary Guarantees of the Securities of such series shall thereupon cease to
be subordinated pursuant to this Article Fourteen.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 1501. COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT
DEFEASANCE.
The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1502 or
Section 1503 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case
may be, designated pursuant to Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to such
Section 1502 or 1503, in accordance with any applicable requirements provided
pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below
in this Article. Any such election shall be evidenced in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
such Securities.
Section 1502. DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the
Company shall be deemed to have
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been discharged from its obligations, each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to its
Subsidiary Guarantees of such Securities, and the provisions of Articles
Twelve and Fourteen shall cease to be effective, with respect to such
Securities and Subsidiary Guarantees as provided in this Section on and after
the date the conditions set forth in Section 1504 are satisfied (hereinafter
called "Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the
Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness
represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other
obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such
Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company,
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the
following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely
from the trust fund described in Section 1504 and as more fully set forth in
such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and
interest on such Securities when payments are due, or to convert such
Securities in accordance with the provisions of Article Seventeen, (2) the
Company's and each Subsidiary Guarantor's obligations with respect to such
Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 and, if applicable,
Article Seventeen, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of
the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this
Article, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section
applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option
(if any) to have Section 1503 applied to such Securities.
Section 1503. COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1)
the Company shall be released from its obligations under Section 801(3),
Sections 1006 through 1008, inclusive, and any covenants provided pursuant to
Section 301(22), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities, and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(4)
(with respect to any of Section 801(3), Sections 1006 through 1008, inclusive,
and any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(22), 901(2) or 901(7)),
and 501(10) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default and (3)
the provisions of Articles Twelve and Fourteen shall cease to be effective, in
each case with respect to such Securities and Subsidiary Guarantees as provided
in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1504
are satisfied (hereinafter called "Covenant Defeasance"). For this purpose, such
Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company and
the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, may omit to comply with and shall have
no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any
such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section
501(4)) or Article Twelve or Article Fourteen, whether directly or indirectly by
reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or Article or by
reason of any reference in any such Section or Article to any other provision
herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such
Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 1504. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1502
or Section 1503 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may
be:
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(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the
requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with the
provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for
the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as
security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such
Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations
which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one
day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a
combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in
a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other
qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium
and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used
herein, "U.S. Government Obligation" means (x) any security which is (i) a
direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which
the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or
(ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as
an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment
of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case (i) or
(ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof,
and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section
3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S.
Government Obligation which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by
such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or
with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any
U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any
deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt
from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S.
Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest
evidenced by such depositary receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1502 apply to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A)
the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this
instrument, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax
law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such
opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not
recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the
deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such
Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount,
in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such
deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1503 apply to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and
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Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and
will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same
manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and
Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor any other
Securities of the same series, if then listed on any securities exchange,
will be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any
other Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such
deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 501(7) and
(8), at any time on or prior to the 121st day after the date of such
deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed
satisfied until after such 121st day).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the
Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust
Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning
of such Act).
(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement
or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(8) At the time of such deposit, (A) no default in the payment of
any principal of or premium or interest on any Senior Debt of the Company
or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall have occurred and be continuing, (B) no
event of default with respect to any Senior Debt of the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor shall have resulted in such Senior Debt becoming, and
continuing to be, due and payable prior to the date on which it would
otherwise have become due and payable (unless payment of such Senior Debt
has been made or duly provided for), and (C) no other event of default
with respect to any Senior Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor
shall have occurred and be continuing permitting (after notice or lapse of
time or both) the holders of such Senior Debt (or a trustee on behalf of
such holders) to declare such Senior Debt due and payable prior to the
date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable.
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such deposit shall not cause either the Trustee
or the trust so created to be subject to the Investment Company Act.
(10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been
complied with.
Section 1505. DEPOSITED MONEY AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE
HELD IN TRUST; MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money
and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with
the Trustee or other
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qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 1506, the
Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the
"Trustee") pursuant to Section 1504 in respect of any Securities shall be
held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions
of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying
Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of
all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any
premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law. Money and U.S. Government
Obligations so held in trust shall not be subject to the provisions of
Article Twelve or Article Fourteen.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 1504 or the principal and interest received in
respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for
the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any
money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1504 with
respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then
be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as
the case may be, with respect to such Securities.
Section 1506. REINSTATEMENT.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any
order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining
or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this
Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or
released pursuant to Section 1502 or 1503 shall be revived and reinstated as
though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such
Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply
all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1505 with respect to such Securities
in accordance with this Article; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Company makes
any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security
following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment
from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1601. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for
the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
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The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms
of any Securities is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund payment",
and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of
such Securities is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment". If
provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any sinking fund
payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1602. Each sinking
fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as provided for by
the terms of such Securities.
Section 1602. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than
any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities
of a series which have been (x) converted pursuant to Article Seventeen or (y)
redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such
Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund
payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction
of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of
such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and
to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities, provided that the
Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The
Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by
the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as specified in the Securities so to be
redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of
such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 1603. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
Not less than 35 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate
specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such
Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to
Section 1602 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so
delivered. Not less than 32 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date,
the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund
payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company
in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
Section 1701. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to the Securities of
any series which are convertible into Common Stock or, if so provided in a Board
Resolution, Officer's Certificate or executed supplemental indenture referred to
in Sections 201 and 301 by or pursuant to which the
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form and terms of the Securities of such series were established, cash in
lieu thereof, as and to the extent provided by the terms of the Securities of
such series.
Section 1702. EXERCISE OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.
In order to exercise the conversion privilege, the Holder of any Security
to be converted shall surrender such Security to the Conversion Agent at any
time during usual business hours at its office or agency maintained for the
purpose as provided in this Indenture, accompanied by a fully executed written
notice, in substantially the form set forth on the reverse of or attached to the
Security, that the Holder elects to convert such Security or a stated portion
thereof constituting a multiple of $1,000 in principal amount, and, if such
Security is surrendered for conversion during the period between the close of
business on any record date for such Security and the opening of business on the
related Interest Payment Date and has not been called for redemption on a
Redemption Date within such period, accompanied also by payment to the Company
of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the
portion of the principal amount of the Security being surrendered for
conversion, notwithstanding such conversion. The Holder of any Security at the
close of business of a record date for such Security shall be entitled to
receive the interest payable on such Security on the corresponding Interest
Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion thereof after such record date. The
interest payment with respect to a Security called for redemption on a date
during the period from the close of business on or after any record date for
such Security to the close of business on the Business Day following the
corresponding Interest Payment Date shall be payable on the corresponding
Interest Payment Date to the Holder at the close of business of that record date
(notwithstanding the conversion of such Security before the corresponding
Interest Payment Date), and a Holder who elects to convert need not include
funds equal to the interest paid. Such notice shall also state the name or names
(and address) in which the certificate or certificates for shares of Common
Stock shall be issued (or to whom payment in cash in lieu of Common Stock shall
be made). Securities surrendered for conversion shall (if so required by the
Company or the Conversion Agent) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a
written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Conversion Agent duly executed by, the Holder or his attorney
duly authorized in writing. As promptly as practicable after the receipt of such
notice and the surrender of such Security as aforesaid, the Company shall,
subject to the provisions of Section 1707, issue and deliver at such office or
agency to such Holder, or on his written order, a certificate or certificates
for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of such
Security in accordance with the provisions of such Security and cash, as
provided in Section 1703, in respect of any fraction of a share of Common Stock
otherwise issuable upon such conversion or, if so provided in a Board
Resolution, Officer's Certificate or executed supplemental indenture referred to
in Sections 201 and 301 by or pursuant to which the form and terms of the
Securities of such series were established, cash in lieu of shares of Common
Stock. Such conversion shall be at the Conversion Price in effect, and shall be
deemed to have been effected, immediately prior to the close of business on the
date (herein called the "Date of Conversion") on which such notice in proper
form shall have been received by the Conversion Agent and such Security shall
have been surrendered as aforesaid, and the Person or Persons in whose name or
names any certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be
issuable, if any, upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become on the
Date of Conversion the holder or holders of record of the shares represented
thereby; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such surrender on any date when the stock
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transfer books of the Company shall be closed shall constitute the Person or
Persons in whose name or names the certificate or certificates for such shares
are to be issued, if any, as the record holder or holders thereof for all
purposes at the opening of business on the next succeeding day on which such
stock transfer books are open but such conversion shall nevertheless be at the
Conversion Price in effect at the close of business on the date when such
Security shall have been so surrendered with the conversion notice in proper
form. In the case of conversion of a portion, but less than all, of a Security,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a Security or Securities in the
aggregate principal amount of the unconverted portion of the Security
surrendered. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, no
payment or adjustment shall be made for interest accrued on any Security (or
portion thereof) converted or for dividends or distributions on any Common Stock
issued upon conversion of any Security. The right, if any, of a Holder of any
Security to cause the Company to redeem, purchase or repay such Security shall
terminate upon receipt by the Company of any notice of conversion of such
Security.
Section 1703. FRACTIONAL INTERESTS.
No fractions of shares or scrip representing fractions of shares shall be
issued upon conversion of Securities. If more than one Security shall be
surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full
shares which shall be issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the
basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities so surrendered. If any
fraction of a share of Common Stock would, except for the provisions of this
Section 1703, be issuable on the conversion of any Security or Securities, the
Company shall make payment in lieu thereof in cash equal to the value of such
fraction computed on the basis of the Last Sale Price of one share of Common
Stock on the most recent Trading Day prior to the Date of Conversion. "Last Sale
Price" on any Trading Day shall mean (i) the closing price regular way (or, if
no closing price is reported the average of the bid and asked prices) as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape, or (ii) if on such
Trading Day the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on such
exchange, the closing price regular way (or, if no closing price is reported the
average of the bid and asked prices) on the principal national securities
exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading, or (iii) if
not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange on such
Trading Day, then the average of the closing bid and asked prices as reported
through the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. on its NASDAQ
National Market or other NASDAQ market or through a similar organization if
NASDAQ is no longer reporting information, or (iv) if the Common Stock is not
listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange or quoted on
such National Market or other NASDAQ market on such Trading Day, then the
average of the closing bid and asked prices in the over-the-counter market as
furnished by any New York Stock Exchange member firm selected from time to time
by the Company for that purpose or (v) if not quoted by any such organization on
such Trading Day, the fair value of such Common Stock on such Trading Day, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. The term "Trading Day" shall
mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, other than any day on
which securities are not traded on any of the above mentioned exchanges or in
such markets.
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Section 1704. ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE.
The conversion price or rate (herein called the "Conversion Price") for a
series of Securities shall be as set forth in a Board Resolution, Officers'
Certificate or executed supplemental indenture referred to in Sections 201 and
301 by or pursuant to which the form and terms of the Securities of such series
were established, and, except as otherwise provided therein, shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time as follows:
(a) In case the Company shall (1) make or pay a dividend (or other
distribution) in shares of Common Stock on any class of Capital Stock of the
Company, (2) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater
number of shares, (3) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares or (4) issue by reclassification of its Common Stock
any shares of capital stock of the Company, the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to such action shall be adjusted so that the Holder of any
Security thereafter surrendered for conversion shall be entitled to receive the
number of shares of Common Stock or other capital stock of the Company which he
would have owned immediately following such action had such Security been
converted immediately prior thereto. An adjustment made pursuant to this
subsection (a) shall become effective immediately, except as provided in
subsection (h) below, after the record date in the case of a dividend or
distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in
the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification. If as a result of an
adjustment made pursuant to this subsection (a), the Holder of any Security
thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive shares of
two or more classes of Capital Stock (including shares of Common Stock) of the
Company, the Board of Directors (whose determination shall, if made in good
faith, be conclusive and shall be described in a statement filed with the
Trustee) shall determine the allocation of the adjusted Conversion Price between
or among shares of such classes of Capital Stock.
(b) In case the Company shall issue rights, options or warrants to all
holders of Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of
Common Stock at a price per share less than the current market price per share
(as determined pursuant to subsection (f) below) of the Common Stock on the
record date mentioned below, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted to a price,
computed to the nearest cent, so that the same shall equal the price determined
by multiplying:
(1) the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date
of issuance of such rights, options or warrants by a fraction, of which
(2) the numerator shall be (A) the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights, options or
warrants, immediately prior to such issuance, plus (B) the number of
shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares so
offered for subscription or purchase would purchase at such current market
price (determined by multiplying such total number of shares by the
exercise price of such rights, options or warrants and dividing the
product so obtained by such current market price), and of which
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(3) the denominator shall be (A) the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights, options or
warrants, immediately prior to such issuance, plus (B) the number of
additional shares of Common Stock which are so offered for subscription or
purchase.
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately, except as provided in
subsection (h) below, after the record date for the determination of holders
entitled to receive such rights or warrants; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any such
rights, options or warrants issued by the Company as described in this
subsection (b) are only exercisable upon the occurrence of certain triggering
events relating to control and provided for in shareholders' rights plans, then
the Conversion Price shall not be adjusted as provided in this subsection (b)
until such triggering events shall occur.
(c) In case the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall distribute to
all holders of Common Stock evidences of indebtedness, shares of Capital Stock
other than Common Stock, cash or other assets (including securities, but other
than (x) regular dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash or (y)
any dividend or distribution for which an adjustment is required to be made in
accordance with subsection (a) or (b) above), subsection (a) or (b) above),
then in each such case the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the same
shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the current market price per share (determined as provided
in subsection (f) below) of the Common Stock on the record date mentioned
below less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of
Directors, whose determination shall, if made in good faith, be conclusive
evidence of such fair market value) of the portion of the assets so
distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock, and of which the
denominator shall be such current market price per share of the Common Stock.
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately, except as provided in
subsection (h) below, after the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such distribution. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event that the fair market value of the assets, evidences of
indebtedness or other securities so distributed applicable to one share of
Common Stock equals or exceeds such current market price per share of Common
Stock, or such current market price exceeds such fair market value by less
than $0.10 per share, the Conversion Price shall not be adjusted pursuant to
this subsection (c) and, to the extent applicable, the provisions of
subsection (k) shall apply to such distribution.
(d) In case the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall make any
distribution consisting exclusively of cash (excluding any cash portion of
distributions for which an adjustment is required to be made in accordance with
(c) above, or cash distributed upon a merger or consolidation to which Section
1705 applies) to all holders of Common Stock in an aggregate amount that,
combined together with (i) all other such all-cash distributions made within the
then preceding 12 months in respect of which no adjustment has been made and
(ii) any cash and the fair market value of other consideration paid or payable
in respect of any tender offer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for
Common Stock concluded within the preceding 12 months in respect of which no
adjustment has been made, exceeds 15% of the Company's market capitalization
(defined as being the product of the then current market price of the Common
Stock (determined as provided in subsection (f) below) times the number of
shares of Common Stock then outstanding) on the record date of such
distribution, then in each
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such case the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal
the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately
prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction of which the numerator
shall be the then current market price per share of the Common Stock on such
record date less the amount of the cash so distributed applicable to one share
of Common Stock, and of which the denominator shall be such current market
price per share of the Common Stock. Such adjustment shall become effective
immediately, except as provided in subsection (h) below, after the record date
for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the cash so distributed
applicable to one share of Common Stock equals or exceeds such current market
price per share of Common Stock, or such current market price exceeds such
amount of cash by less that $0.10 per share, the Conversion Price shall not be
adjusted pursuant to this subsection (d), and, to the extent applicable, the
provisions of subsection (k) shall apply to such distribution.
(e) In case there shall be completed a tender or exchange offer made by
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for all or any portion of the
Common Stock (any such tender or exchange offer being referred to as an "Offer")
that involves an aggregate consideration having a fair market value as of the
expiration of such Offer (the "Expiration Time") that, together with (i) any
cash and the fair market value of any other consideration payable in respect of
any other Offer, as of the expiration of such other Offer, expiring within the
12 months preceding the expiration of such Offer and in respect for which no
Conversion Price adjustment pursuant to this subsection (e) has been made and
(ii) the aggregate amount of any all-cash distributions referred to in
subsection (d) of this Section 1704 to all holders of Common Stock within the 12
months preceding the expiration of such Offer for which no Conversion Price
adjustment pursuant to such subsection (d) has been made, exceeds 15% of the
product of the then current market price per share (determined as provided in
subsection (f) below) of the Common Stock on the Expiration Time times the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered shares) on
the Expiration Time, the Conversion Price shall be reduced by multiplying such
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the Expiration Time by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be (i) the product of the then current
market price per share (determined as provided in subsection (f) below) of the
Common Stock on the Expiration Time times the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding (including any tendered shares) on the Expiration Time minus (ii)
the fair market value of the aggregate consideration payable to stockholders
based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the Offer)
of all shares validly tendered and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Time (the
shares deemed so accepted being referred to as the "Purchased Shares") and the
denominator shall be the product of (i) such current market price per share on
the Expiration Time times (ii) such number of outstanding shares on the
Expiration Time less the number of Purchased Shares, such reduction to become
effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the
Expiration Time.
For purposes of this subsection (e), the fair market value of any
consideration with respect to an Offer shall be reasonably determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and described in a Board
Resolution.
(f) For the purpose of any computation under subsections (b), (c), (d)
and (e) above, the current market price per share of Common Stock on any date
shall be deemed to be the
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average of the Last Sale Prices of a share of Common Stock for the five
consecutive Trading Days selected by the Company commencing not more than 20
Trading Days before, and ending not later than, the earlier of the date in
question and the date before the "ex date," with respect to the issuance,
distribution or Offer requiring such computation. For purposes of this
paragraph, the term "ex date," when used with respect to any issuance,
distribution or payments with respect to an Offer, means the first date on
which the Common Stock trades regular way on the New York Stock Exchange (or
if not listed or admitted to trading thereon, then on the principal national
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to
trading) without the right to receive such issuance, distribution or Offer.
(g) In addition the foregoing adjustments in subsections (a), (b), (c),
(d) and (e) above, the Company will be permitted to make such reductions in the
Conversion Price as it considers to be advisable in order that any event treated
for Federal income tax purposes as a dividend of stock or stock rights will not
be taxable to the holders of the shares of Common Stock.
In the event the Company elects to make such a reduction in the Conversion
Price, the Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 of the
Exchange Act and any other Federal and state laws and regulations thereunder if
and to the extent that such laws and regulations are applicable in connection
with the reduction of the Conversion Price; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any
provisions of this Indenture which conflict with such laws shall be deemed to be
superseded by the provisions of such laws.
(h) In any case in which this Section 1704 shall require that an
adjustment (including by reason of the second sentence of subsection (a) or (c)
above) be made immediately following a record date, the Company may elect to
defer the effectiveness of such adjustment (but in no event until a date later
than the effective time of the event giving rise to such adjustment), in which
case the Company shall, with respect to any Security converted after such record
date and before such adjustment shall have become effective, (i) defer paying
any cash payment pursuant to Section 1703 or issuing to the Holder of such
Security the number of shares of Common Stock and other Capital Stock of the
Company (or other assets or securities) issuable upon such conversion in excess
of the number of shares of Common Stock and other Capital Stock of the Company
issuable thereupon only on the basis of the Conversion Price prior to adjustment
and (ii), not later than five Business Days after such adjustment shall have
become effective, pay to such Holder the appropriate cash payment pursuant to
Section 1703 and issue to such Holder the additional shares of Common Stock and
other Capital Stock of the Company (or other assets or securities) issuable on
such conversion.
(i) No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless such
adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of the
Conversion Price; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any adjustments which by reason of
this subsection (i) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and
taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this
Article Seventeen shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest
one-hundredth of a share, as the case may be.
(j) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided, the
Company shall promptly (i) file with the Trustee and each Conversion Agent an
Officer's Certificate setting
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forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief
statement of the facts requiring such adjustment, which certificate shall be
conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment, and (ii) give or
cause to be given a notice of such adjustment to each Holder of Securities in
the manner provided in Section 106.
(k) In the event that the Company distributes rights (including rights
to distributions referred to by paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section 1704 to
the extent this paragraph (k) applies thereto) or warrants (other than those
referred to in subsection (b) above) pro rata to holders of Common Stock, so
long as any such rights or warrants have not expired or been redeemed by the
Company, the Company shall make proper provision so that the Holder of any
Security surrendered for conversion will be entitled to receive upon such
conversion, in addition to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such
conversion (the "Conversion Shares"), a number of rights or warrants to be
determined as follows: (i) if such conversion occurs on or prior to the date
for the distribution to the holders of rights or warrants of separate
certificates evidencing such rights or warrants (the "Distribution Date"), the
same number of rights or warrants to which a holder of a number of shares of
Common Stock equal to the number of Conversion Shares is entitled at the time
of such conversion in accordance with the terms and provisions of and
applicable to the rights or warrants, and (ii) if such conversion occurs after
such Distribution Date, the same number of rights or warrants to which a
holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which the principal amount
of such Security so converted was convertible immediately prior to such
Distribution Date would have been entitled on such Distribution Date in
accordance with the terms and provisions of and applicable to the rights or
warrants.
Section 1705. CONTINUATION OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE IN CASE OF MERGER,
CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS.
If any of the following shall occur, namely: (a) any reclassification or
change of outstanding Conversion Shares (other than a change in par value, or
from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a
result of a subdivision or combination), (b) any consolidation or merger of the
Company with or into any other Person, or the merger of any other Person with or
into the Company (other than a merger which does not result in any
reclassification, change, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding
shares of Common Stock) or (c) any transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, then the
Company, or such successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be, shall, as a
condition precedent to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger or
disposition, execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture
providing that the Holder of each Security then outstanding shall have the right
to convert such Security only into the kind and amount of shares of stock and
other securities and property (including cash) receivable upon such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger or disposition by a holder of
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Security
immediately prior to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger or
disposition assuming such holder of Common Stock of the Company failed to
exercise his rights of an election, if any, as to the kind or amount of
securities, cash and other property receivable upon such reclassification,
change, consolidation, merger or disposition (provided that if the kind or
amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger or disposition is not the same
for each share of Common Stock of the Company held immediately prior to such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger or disposition in respect of
which
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such rights of election shall not have been exercised ("non-electing share"),
then for the purpose of this Section 1705 the kind and amount of securities,
cash and other property receivable upon such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger or disposition by each non-electing share shall be
deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the
non-electing shares). Such supplemental indenture shall provide for
adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the
adjustments provided for in this Article Seventeen. If, in the case of any
such consolidation, merger or disposition, the stock or other securities and
property (including cash) receivable thereupon or in connection therewith by a
holder of shares of Common Stock includes shares of stock or other securities
and property (including cash) of a Person other than the successor or
purchasing Person, as the case may be, in such consolidation, merger or
disposition, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such
other Person and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the
interests of the Holders of the Securities as the Board of Directors shall
reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing. The provisions of
this Section 1705 shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers
or dispositions.
Notice of the execution of each such supplemental indenture shall be given
to each Holder of Securities in the manner provided in Section 106.
Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any
responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any
such supplemental indenture relating either to the kind or amount of shares of
stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable by Holders of
Securities upon the conversion of their Securities after any such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger or disposition or to any
adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of
Sections 601 and 603, may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of
any such provision, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officer's
Certificate (which the Company shall be obligated to file with the Trustee prior
the execution of any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto.
Section 1706. NOTICE OF CERTAIN EVENTS.
If:
(a) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution)
payable to the holders of Common Stock otherwise than in cash; or
(b) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of Common
Stock of rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of
stock of any class or of any other rights; or
(c) the Company shall authorize any reclassification or change of the
Common Stock (other than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding shares
of Common Stock), or any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party
and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required under the
laws of the state of incorporation of the Company, or the transfer, conveyance,
sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company; or
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(d) there shall be authorized or ordered any voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company; or
(e) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall complete an Offer;
then, the Company shall cause to be filed at the office or agency maintained for
the purpose of conversion of the Securities as provided in Section 1002, and
shall cause to be given to each Holder of Securities, in the manner provided in
Section 106, at least 20 days before the date hereinafter specified (or the
earlier of the dates hereinafter specified, in the event that more than one date
is specified), a notice stating the date on which (1) a record is expected to be
taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, rights, warrants, options
or Offer, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of
Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution, rights,
warrants or options or to participate in such Offer are to be determined, or (2)
such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, disposition, dissolution,
liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective and the date, if any
is to be fixed, as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of
record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities
or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation,
merger, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.
Section 1707. TAXES ON CONVERSION.
The Company will pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar taxes
payable to the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of
Common Stock on conversion of Securities pursuant thereto; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in
respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of shares of Common
Stock in a name other than that of the Holder of the Securities to be converted
(or payment of cash in lieu thereof to a Person other than such Holder) and no
such issue or delivery (or payment) shall be made unless and until the Person
requesting such issue or delivery (or payment) has paid to the Company the
amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Company,
that such tax has been paid. The Company extends no protection with respect to
any other taxes imposed in connection with conversion of Securities.
Section 1708. COMPANY TO PROVIDE STOCK.
The Company shall reserve, free from preemptive rights, out of its
authorized but unissued shares, sufficient shares to provide for the conversion
of convertible Securities from time to time as such Securities are presented for
conversion, provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed
to preclude the Company from satisfying its obligations in respect of the
conversion of Securities by delivery of repurchased shares of Common Stock which
are held in the treasury of the Company.
If any shares of Common Stock to be reserved for the purpose of conversion
of Securities hereunder require registration with or approval of any
governmental authority under any Federal or State law before such shares may be
validly issued or delivered upon conversion, then the Company covenants that it
will in good faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor to secure such
registration or approval, as the case may be; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in
this
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Section 1708 shall be deemed to affect in any way the obligations of the
Company to convert Securities into Common Stock as provided in this Article
Seventeen.
Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the
Conversion Price below the then par value, if any, of the Common Stock, the
Company will take all corporate action which may, in the opinion of counsel, be
necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock at such adjusted Conversion Price.
The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be issued
upon conversion of Securities will upon issue be fully paid and non-assessable
by the Company and free of preemptive rights.
Section 1709. DISCLAIMER OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CERTAIN MATTERS.
Neither the Trustee, any Conversion Agent nor any agent of either shall at
any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Securities to
determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the
Conversion Price, or with respect to the Officer's Certificate referred to in
Section 1704(j), or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment
when made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in any
supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. Neither the
Trustee, any Conversion Agent nor any agent of either shall be accountable with
respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common
Stock, or of any securities or property (including cash), which may at any time
be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Security, and neither the
Trustee, any Conversion Agent nor any agent of either makes any representation
with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee, any Conversion Agent nor any agent of
either shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, register
the transfer of or deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock certificates or
other securities or property (including cash) upon the surrender of any Security
for the purpose of conversion or, subject to Sections 601 and 603, to comply
with any of the covenants of the Company contained in this Article Seventeen.
Section 1710. RETURN OF FUNDS DEPOSITED FOR REDEMPTION OF CONVERTED
SECURITIES.
Any funds which at any time shall have been deposited by the Company or on
its behalf with the Trustee or any Paying Agent for the purpose of paying the
principal of and interest, if any, on any of the Securities and which shall not
be required for such purposes because of the conversion of such Securities, as
provided in this Indenture, shall forthwith after such conversion be repaid to
the Company by the Trustee or such Paying Agent.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
Carriage Services, Inc.
By
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Name
Title:
______________________, as trustee
By
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Name
Title:
[SIGNATURE BLOCKS FOR SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTORS]
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SCHEDULE I
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
SUBSIDIARY STATE OF ORGANIZATION
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EXH:5.1
Exhibit 5.1
[Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. -- Letterhead]
October 19, 2001
Carriage Services, Inc.
1900 Saint James Place, 4th Floor
Houston, Texas 77056
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Carriage Services, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and certain of its subsidiaries (the "Subsidiary
Guarantors") in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities
Act") with respect to the Company's (i) debt securities ("Debt Securities"), in
one or more series, which may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed (the
"Guarantees") by the Subsidiary Guarantors and which may be senior or senior
subordinated, certain of which may be convertible or exchangeable into common
stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (including the attached
preferred stock purchase rights, "Common Stock"); (ii) shares of Common Stock;
(iii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company
("Preferred Stock"), which may be convertible into shares of Common Stock or
exchangeable for Debt Securities; (iv) depositary shares representing fractional
interests in Preferred Stock (the "Depositary Shares"); (v) warrants to purchase
Common Stock, Preferred Stock or Debt Securities (including the Guarantees, if
applicable) ("Warrants"); (vi) contracts to purchase Common Stock or other
securities at a future date or dates (the "Stock Purchase Contracts"); and (vii)
Stock Purchase Contracts issued as a part of units consisting of a Stock
Purchase Contract and Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Warrants or debt
obligations of third parties, including United States treasury securities,
securing the holders' obligations to purchase the securities under the Stock
Purchase Contracts (the "Stock Purchase Units") (such Debt Securities (including
the Guarantees, if applicable), Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary
Shares, Warrants, Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units are
collectively referred to herein as the "Securities" and each, a "Security"),
which Securities may be issued from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act for an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed
$100,000,000.
We have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to
our satisfaction, of (i) the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the
Company, each as amended to the date hereof (the "Charter Documents"); (ii)
resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board of
Directors, or to the extent permitted by Section 141 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), a duly constituted and acting committee thereof,
being referred to herein as the "Board") and the boards of directors (or
comparable governing bodies) of the Subsidiary Guarantors; (iii) the form of
Indenture for Senior Debt Securities (the "Senior Indenture"), to be entered
into between the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, if applicable, and the
trustee, in the form included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; (iv)
the form of Indenture for Subordinated Debt Securities (the "Senior Subordinated
Indenture," and together with the Senior Indenture, the "Indentures," and each,
an "Indenture") to be entered into between the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors, if applicable, and the trustee, in the form included as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement; and (v) such other certificates, statutes and
other instruments and documents as we considered appropriate for purposes of the
opinions hereafter expressed.
As to any facts material to our opinion, we have made no independent
investigation of such facts and have relied, to the extent that we deem such
reliance proper, upon certificates of public officials and officers or other
representatives of the Company.
In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed that (i) all
information contained in all documents reviewed by us is true and correct; (ii)
all signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine; (iii) all documents
submitted to us as originals are authentic and all documents submitted to us as
copies conform to the originals of those documents; (iv) each natural person
signing any document reviewed by us had the legal capacity to do so; (v) each
person signing in a representative capacity (other than on behalf of the Company
or the Subsidiary
Guarantors) any document reviewed by us had authority to sign in such
capacity; (vi) the Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto
(including post-effective amendments) will have become effective and comply
with all applicable laws; (vii) a prospectus supplement will have been
prepared and filed with the Commission describing the Securities offered
thereby; (viii) all Securities will be issued and sold in compliance with
applicable federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the
Registration Statement and the applicable prospectus supplement; (ix) the
Senior Indenture and the Senior Subordinated Indenture, together with any
supplemental indenture relating to a series of Debt Securities to be issued
under any of the Indentures, will each be duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the parties thereto in substantially the form reviewed by us; (x)
a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement with respect to any
Securities offered will have been duly authorized and validly executed and
delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto; (xi) any Securities
issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any Security being offered
will have been duly authorized, created and, if appropriate, reserved for
issuance upon such conversion, exchange or exercise; and (xii) with respect to
shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock offered, there will be sufficient
shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock authorized under the Company's
Charter Documents and not otherwise reserved for issuance.
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1. With respect to Debt Securities to be issued under the Senior
Indenture, when (i) the Senior Indenture and the related Guarantees, if any,
have been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
(the "TIA"); (ii) the Board and the boards of directors (or comparable
governing bodies) of the Subsidiary Guarantors, if applicable, have taken all
necessary corporate action to approve the issuance and terms of the Debt
Securities and, if applicable, the Guarantees, the terms of the offering
thereof and related matters; (iii) the terms of the Debt Securities and, if
applicable, the Guarantees, and of their issuance and sale have been
established so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default
under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and
the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, and so as to comply with any
requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors; and (iv) the Debt
Securities and, if applicable, the Guarantees, have been duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the
Senior Indenture and in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase,
underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board and the boards of
directors (or comparable governing bodies) of the Subsidiary Guarantors upon
payment of the consideration provided for therein, the Debt Securities and, if
applicable, the Guarantees, will be legally issued and will constitute valid
and binding obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors,
respectively, enforceable against the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors,
respectively, in accordance with their terms and will be entitled to the
benefits of the Senior Indenture and, if applicable, the related Guarantees.
2. With respect to Debt Securities to be issued under the Senior
Subordinated Indenture, when (i) the Senior Subordinated Indenture and the
related Guarantees, if any, have been duly qualified under the TIA; (ii) the
Board and the boards of directors (or comparable governing bodies) of the
Subsidiary Guarantors, if applicable, have taken all necessary corporate
action to approve the issuance and terms of the Debt Securities and, if
applicable, the Guarantees, the terms of the offering thereof and related
matters; (iii) the terms of the Debt Securities and, if applicable, the
Guarantees, and of their issuance and sale have been established so as not to
violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any
agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors, as applicable, and so as to comply with any requirement or
restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over
the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors; and (iv) the Debt Securities and, if
applicable, the Guarantees, have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and
delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Senior Subordinated
Indenture and in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase,
underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board upon payment of the
consideration provided for therein, the Debt Securities and, if applicable,
the Guarantees, will be legally issued and will constitute valid and binding
obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, respectively,
enforceable against the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, respectively,
in accordance with their terms and will be entitled to the benefits of the
Senior Subordinated Indenture and, if applicable, the related Guarantees.
3. With respect to shares of Common Stock, when (i) the Board has
taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance and terms of the
offering thereof and related matters; and (ii) certificates representing the
shares of Common Stock have been duly executed, countersigned, registered and
delivered either (a) in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase,
underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board upon
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payment of the consideration therefor (not less than the par value of the
Common Stock) provided for therein, or (b) upon conversion, exchange or
exercise of any other Security in accordance with the terms of the Security or
the instrument governing the Security providing for the conversion, exchange
or exercise as approved by the Board, for the consideration approved by the
Board (not less than the par value of the Common Stock), the shares of Common
Stock will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
4. With respect to shares of any series of Preferred Stock, when
(i) the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance
and terms of the shares of the series, the terms of the offering thereof and
related matters, including the adoption of a resolution establishing and
designating the series and fixing and determining the preferences,
limitations, and relative rights thereof and the filing of a certificate of
designations with respect to the series with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware as required under Section 151 of the DGCL (the "Certificate
of Designation"); and (ii) certificates representing the shares of the series
of Preferred Stock have been duly executed, countersigned, registered and
delivered either (a) in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase,
underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board upon payment of the
consideration therefor (not less than the par value of the Preferred Stock)
provided for therein, or (b) upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any
other Security in accordance with the terms of the Security or the instrument
governing the Security providing for the conversion, exchange or exercise as
approved by the Board, for the consideration approved by the Board (not less
than the par value of the Preferred Stock), the shares of the series of
Preferred Stock will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
5. With respect to Depositary Shares, when (i) the Board has
taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance and terms of the
Depositary Shares, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters,
including the adoption of a Certificate of Designation relating to the
Preferred Stock underlying the Depositary Shares and the filing of the
Certificate of Designation with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware; (ii) the depositary agreement or agreements relating to the
Depositary Shares and the related depositary receipts have been duly
authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the
depositary appointed by the Company; (iii) the shares of Preferred Stock
underlying the Depositary Shares have been deposited with a bank or trust
company (which meets the requirements for the depositary set forth in the
Registration Statement) under the applicable depositary agreements; and (iv)
the depositary receipts representing the Depositary Shares have been duly
executed, countersigned, registered and delivered in accordance with the
appropriate depositary agreement approved by the Board upon payment of the
consideration therefore provided for therein, the Depositary Shares will be
legally issued.
6. With respect to the Warrants, when (i) the Board has taken all
necessary corporate action to approve the creation of and the issuance and
terms of the Warrants, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters;
(ii) the warrant agreement or agreements relating to the Warrants have been
duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the
warrant agent appointed by the Company; and (iii) the Warrants or certificates
representing the Warrants have been duly executed, countersigned, registered
and delivered in accordance with the appropriate warrant agreement or
agreements and the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar
agreement approved by the Board upon payment of the consideration provided for
therein, the Warrants will be legally issued.
7. With respect to Stock Purchase Contracts, when (i) the
purchase agreement for the Stock Purchase Contracts has been duly authorized
and validly executed by the parties thereto; (ii) the Board has taken all
necessary corporate action to approve and establish the terms of the Stock
Purchase Contracts and to authorize and approve the issuance thereof, the
terms of the offering and related matters; and (iii) the Stock Purchase
Contracts have been duly executed and delivered in accordance with the
purchase agreement and the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or
similar agreement approved by or on behalf of the Board upon payment of the
consideration therefore provided for therein, the Stock Purchase Contracts
will be legally issued.
8. With respect to Stock Purchase Units, when (i) the purchase
agreement for the Stock Purchase Units has been duly authorized and validly
executed by the parties thereto, (ii) the Board has taken all necessary
corporate action to approve and establish the terms of the Stock Purchase
Units and to authorize and approve the issuance thereof, the terms of the
offering and related matters; and (iii) the Stock Purchase Units have been
duly executed and delivered in accordance with the purchase agreement and the
applicable definitive purchase,
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underwriting or similar agreement approved by or on behalf of the Board upon
payment of the consideration therefore provided therein, the Stock Purchase
Units will be legally issued.
The foregoing opinions are qualified to the extent that the enforceability
of any document, instrument or Security may be limited by or subject to (i)
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer or conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights
generally, and general equitable or public policy principles, and (ii) with
respect to any Debt Securities denominated in a currency other than United
States dollars, the requirement that a claim (or a foreign currency judgment in
respect of such a claim) with respect to such Securities be converted to United
States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to
applicable law or governmental authority.
We express no opinions concerning (i) the validity or enforceability of
any provisions contained in the Senior Indenture or the Senior Subordinated
Indenture that purport to waive or not give effect to rights to notices,
defenses, subrogation or other rights or benefits that cannot be effectively
waived under applicable law or (ii) the enforceability of indemnification
provisions to the extent they purport to relate to liabilities resulting from or
based upon negligence or any violation of federal or state securities or blue
sky laws.
The foregoing opinions are limited in all respects to the Delaware General
Corporation Law (including the applicable provisions of the Delaware
Constitution and the reported judicial decisions interpreting these laws) and
the laws of New York and the federal law of the United States of America, and we
do not express any opinions as to the laws of any other jurisdiction.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement. By giving such consent, we do not admit that we are
within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
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CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(UNAUDITED AND IN THOUSANDS)
SIX
MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30,
1996* 1997 1998 1999 2000** 2001
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Fixed charges:
Interest expense $ 4,347 $ 5,889 $ 9,720 $ 17,358 $ 20,705 $ 10,271
Amortization of capitalized
expenses related to debt 150 200 150 242 1,026 380
Rental expense 308 629 720 876 1,606 768
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Total fixed charges before
capitalized interest and
preferred stock dividends 4,805 6,718 10,590 18,476 23,337 11,419
Capitalized interest 250 450 600 686 770 202
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Total fixed charges 5,055 7,168 11,190 19,162 24,107 11,621
Preferred stock dividends 1,037 1,627 1,082 167 88 40
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Total fixed charges
plus preferred dividends 6,092 8,795 12,272 19,329 24,195 11,661
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Earnings (loss) available for fixed charges:
Earnings (loss) before income taxes,
extraordinary item and cumulative effect
of change in accounting principle 345 8,217 17,023 19,361 (101,035) 7,403
Add fixed charges before
capitalized interest and
preferred stock dividends 4,805 6,718 10,590 18,476 23,337 11,419
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Total earnings (loss) available
for fixed charges $ 5,150 $ 14,935 $ 27,613 $ 37,837 $ (77,698) $ 18,822
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Ratio of earnings (loss) to
fixed charges (1) 1.02 2.08 2.47 1.97 (3.22) 1.62
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Ratio of earnings (loss) to fixed
charges plus dividends (1) 0.85 1.70 2.25 1.96 (3.21) 1.61
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(1) For purposes of computing the ratios of earnings to fixed charges and
earnings to fixed charges plus dividends: (i) earnings consist of income
before provision for income taxes plus fixed charges (excluding capitalized
interest) and (ii) "fixed charges" consist of interest expensed and
capitalized, amortization of debt discount and expense relating to
indebtedness and the portion of rental expense representative of the
interest factor attributable to leases for rental property. There were no
dividends paid or accrued on the Company's common stock during the periods
presented above.
* Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges. The coverage deficiency
was $942,000 for 1996.
** Earnings to cover fixed charges were insufficient by $101.8 million for
the year ended December 31, 2000. Earnings to cover fixed charges and
preferred stock dividends were insufficient by $101.9 million for the year
ended December 31, 2000.
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EXH:23.1
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference in this registration statement of our report dated February 28,
2001 included in Carriage Services, Inc.'s Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2000 and to all references to our Firm included in this registration
statement.
/s/ Arthur Andersen L.L.P.
Houston, Texas
October 17, 2001