0000902664-22-003104.txt : 20220526 0000902664-22-003104.hdr.sgml : 20220526 20220526080032 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000902664-22-003104 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220526 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220526 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Stonemor Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001753886 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PERSONAL SERVICES [7200] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-91276 FILM NUMBER: 22965546 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3600 HORIZON BOULEVARD CITY: TREVOSE STATE: PA ZIP: 19053 BUSINESS PHONE: (215) 826-2800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3600 HORIZON BOULEVARD CITY: TREVOSE STATE: PA ZIP: 19053 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Stonemor GP LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20180921 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AXAR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001650781 IRS NUMBER: 473227176 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 402 W 13TH STREET STREET 2: FLOOR 2 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10014 BUSINESS PHONE: 212.356.6130 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 402 W 13TH STREET STREET 2: FLOOR 2 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10014 SC 13D/A 1 p22-1573sc13da.htm STONEMOR INC.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
Washington, D.C.  20549  
   
SCHEDULE 13D/A
 
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 19)*
 

StoneMor Inc.

(Name of Issuer)
 

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)
 

86184W106

(CUSIP Number)
 

Axar Capital Management, LP

915 Broadway, Suite 502

New York, NY 10010

(212) 356-6130

 

With a copy to:

 

Stuart D. Freedman, Esq.

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

919 Third Avenue

New York, NY 10022

(212) 756-2000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
 

May 24, 2022

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)
 

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule 13d-1(g), check the following box. ý

 

(Page 1 of 8 Pages)

______________________________

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

CUSIP No. 86184W106SCHEDULE 13D/APage 2 of 8 Pages

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Axar Capital Management, LP

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ¨

(b) ý

3 SEC USE ONLY
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

AF (see Item 3)

5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ¨
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH:
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

-0-

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

88,633,045

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

-0-

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

88,633,045

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON

88,633,045

12

CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

See Item 4

ý
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

74.90%*

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IA

         

 

*The percentages used in this Schedule 13D/A are calculated based upon 118,497,872 shares of Common Stock reported to be outstanding as of May 11, 2022 in the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on May 13, 2022.

 

 

CUSIP No. 86184W106SCHEDULE 13D/APage 3 of 8 Pages

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Axar GP, LLC

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ¨

(b) ý

3 SEC USE ONLY
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

AF (see Item 3)

5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ¨
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH:
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

-0-

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

88,633,045

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

-0-

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

88,633,045

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON

88,633,045

12

CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

See Item 4

ý
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

74.90%*

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

OO, HC

         

 

*The percentages used in this Schedule 13D/A are calculated based upon 118,497,872 shares of Common Stock reported to be outstanding as of May 11, 2022 in the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on May 13, 2022.

 

 

CUSIP No. 86184W106SCHEDULE 13D/APage 4 of 8 Pages

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Andrew Axelrod

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ¨

(b) ý

3 SEC USE ONLY
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

AF (see Item 3)

5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ¨
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

United States of America

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH:
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

-0-

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

88,633,045

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

-0-

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

88,633,045

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON

88,633,045

12

CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

See Item 4

ý
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

74.90%*

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IN, HC

         

 

*The percentages used in this Schedule 13D/A are calculated based upon 118,497,872 shares of Common Stock reported to be outstanding as of May 11, 2022 in the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on May 13, 2022.

 

 

CUSIP No. 86184W106SCHEDULE 13D/APage 5 of 8 Pages

 

This Amendment No. 19 ("Amendment No. 19") amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 9, 2018 (the "Original Schedule 13D"), as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed with the SEC on August 1, 2018 ("Amendment No. 1"), Amendment No. 2 filed with the SEC on September 28, 2018 ("Amendment No. 2"), Amendment No. 3 filed with the SEC on October 29, 2018 ("Amendment No. 3"), Amendment No. 4 filed with the SEC on February 5, 2019 ("Amendment No. 4"), Amendment No. 5 filed with the SEC on May 1, 2019 ("Amendment No. 5"), Amendment No. 6 filed with the SEC on June 28, 2019 ("Amendment No. 6"), Amendment No. 7 filed with the SEC on October 29, 2019 ("Amendment No. 7"), Amendment No. 8 filed with the SEC on October 31, 2019 ("Amendment No. 8"), Amendment No. 9 filed with the SEC on January 2, 2020 ("Amendment No. 9"), Amendment No. 10 filed with the SEC on April 3, 2020 ("Amendment No. 10"), Amendment No. 11 filed with the SEC on May 27, 2020 ("Amendment No. 11"), Amendment No. 12 filed with the SEC on June 23, 2020 ("Amendment No. 12"), Amendment No. 13 filed with the SEC on September 8, 2020 ("Amendment No. 13"), Amendment No. 14 filed with the SEC on November 23, 2020 ("Amendment No. 14") and Amendment No. 15 filed with the SEC on February 2, 2021 ("Amendment No. 15"), Amendment No. 16 filed with the SEC on April 15, 2021 ("Amendment No. 16"), Amendment No. 17 filed with the SEC on September 24, 2021 ("Amendment No. 17") and Amendment No. 18 filed with the SEC on April 21, 2022 ("Amendment No. 18" and, together with the Original Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 6, Amendment No. 7, Amendment No. 8, Amendment No. 9, Amendment No. 10, Amendment No. 11, Amendment No. 12, Amendment No. 13, Amendment No. 14, Amendment No. 15, Amendment No. 16, Amendment No. 17 and this Amendment No. 19, the "Schedule 13D") with respect to the shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of StoneMor Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer").  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined in this Amendment No. 18 shall have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 13D.  This Amendment No. 19 amends Items 4, 5(a)-(c), 6 and 7 as set forth below.  

 

Item 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION
   
  Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by the addition of the following:
   
  On May 24, 2022, the Issuer, Axar Cemetery Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Parent") and Axar Cemetery Merger Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement").  The Merger Agreement provides, pursuant to its terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, that Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Issuer, with the Issuer surviving the Merger and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.  If the Merger is consummated, the Common Stock will no longer be traded on the NYSE and will cease to be registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and the Issuer will be privately held by Parent.

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 86184W106SCHEDULE 13D/APage 6 of 8 Pages

 

 

  The financing for the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement will be obtained pursuant to an equity commitment letter, dated as of May 24, 2022 (the "Equity Commitment Letter") delivered by Parent and certain affiliates of the Investment Manager to the Issuer, as well as from up to $10,000,000 in cash on hand of the Issuer.  Under the terms of and subject to the Equity Commitment Letter, the Investment Manager will cause its affiliated funds to provide equity financing of up to $98,000,000, on or prior to the Closing and solely for the purpose of providing a portion of the financing for the transactions.
   
  Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than the Excluded Shares and the Dissenting Shares (each as defined below), shall be converted into the right to receive $3.50 in cash per share without interest (the “Merger Consideration”). All shares that are converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration shall no longer be outstanding and shall be automatically cancelled and cease to exist as of the Effective Time. “Excluded Shares” means, collectively, (a) shares of Common Stock held by any of the Investment Manager, Parent, Merger Sub, any Axar Vehicle (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or any other direct or indirect subsidiary of the Investment Manager, Parent, Merger Sub or any Axar Vehicle (other than the Issuer and its indirect or indirect subsidiaries) (“Axar Shares”) and (b) shares of Common Stock held by the Issuer.  Each of the Excluded Shares that are held by the Issuer will be cancelled and cease to exist at the Effective Time, without any conversion thereof and no payment or distribution shall be made with respect thereto. All Excluded Shares that are Axar Shares and that are issued and outstanding immediately prior the Effective time shall be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation. “Dissenting Shares” means all shares of Common Stock that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than the Excluded Shares) and held by holders who shall neither have voted in favor of the Merger nor consented thereto in writing and who shall have properly and validly perfected, and not effectively withdrawn or lost, their statutory rights of appraisal in respect of such shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 262 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
   
  The consummation of the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, including the approval and adoption of the Merger by the affirmative vote of (i) the holders of at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and (ii) the holders of at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock other than the Excluded Shares. The Merger Agreement may be terminated by the Issuer or the Investment Manager under certain circumstances.

 

 

CUSIP No. 86184W106SCHEDULE 13D/APage 7 of 8 Pages

 

  The foregoing descriptions of the Merger Agreement and Equity Commitment Letter in this Item 3 do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full texts of the Merger Agreement and Equity Commitment Letter, respectively, which are attached as Exhibit 27 and Exhibit 28, respectively, to this Schedule 13D and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER
   
  Item 6 of the Schedule 13D are hereby amended and supplemented by the addition of the following:
   
  The information set forth in or incorporated by reference in Item 4 of this statement is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
   
Item 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS
   
  Item 7 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by the addition of the following:
   
Exhibit 27: Merger Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed by the Issuer with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2022).
   
Exhibit 28: Equity Commitment Letter.

 

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 86184W106SCHEDULE 13D/APage 8 of 8 Pages

SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his or its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: May 26, 2022

 

 

AXAR CAPITAL Management, LP    
By: Axar GP, LLC, its General Partner    

 

By: /s/ Andrew Axelrod

   
Name: Andrew Axelrod    
Title: Sole Member    
     
AXAR GP, LLC    
     
By: /s/ Andrew Axelrod    
Name: Andrew Axelrod    
Title: Sole Member    
     
/s/ Andrew Axelrod    
ANDREW AXELROD    
     

 

 

 

EX-99 2 p22-1573exh99.htm EQUITY COMMITMENT LETTER

Exhibit 28

 

US Cemetery Holdings LLC
1330 Avenue of the Americas
30th Floor
New York, New York 10019

May 24, 2022

Axar Cemetery Parent Corp.

c/o Axar Capital Management, LP
1330 Avenue of the Americas, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10019

 

Axar Cemetery Merger Corp.

c/o Axar Capital Management, LP
1330 Avenue of the Americas, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10019

 

Stonemor, Inc.

3331 Street Road, Suite 200

Bensalem, PA 19020

 

Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended from time to time, the “Agreement”), dated as of the date hereof, by and among [SMI], a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Axar Cemetery Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Axar Cemetery Merger Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.

1.       US Cemetery Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Equity Investor”) hereby commits, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, to provide equity financing (the “Equity Commitment”) of $98,000,000 (the “Commitment Amount”) to Parent on or prior to the Closing to purchase, or cause the purchase of, equity securities of Parent, which amount will be used by Parent solely for the purpose of satisfying payment obligations of Parent at the Closing with respect to the Transactions, including the fees and expenses related thereto; provided that the Equity Investor shall not, under any circumstances, be obligated to purchase equity securities of, or make contributions to or otherwise fund, Parent in excess of the Commitment Amount. The Commitment Amount may be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis in the event that a portion of the payment obligations of Parent at the Closing (including fees and expenses related thereto) are actually paid from other sources and Parent does not require all of the equity financing contemplated by the Commitment Amount for such purposes.

 

2.       The Equity Investor’s obligation to fund the Equity Commitment is subject to, and conditioned upon, the execution and delivery by the Company of the Agreement.  The Equity Investor’s obligation fund the Equity Commitment is also subject to, and conditioned upon: (a) the satisfaction in full or waiver by Parent and Merger Sub of each of the conditions to Parent’s and Merger Sub’s obligations contained in the Agreement to consummate the Transactions (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied by actions taken or documents delivered at the Closing, but shall be subject to the prior or substantially concurrent satisfaction or written waiver by Parent and Merger Sub of such conditions at the Closing); and (b) the substantially concurrent consummation of the Transactions pursuant to the terms of the Agreement.

3.       This letter agreement, and the rights of Parent hereunder, may not be assigned without the Company’s prior written consent. This letter agreement, and the Equity Investor’s obligation to cause the funding of the Equity Commitment, may not be assigned by the Equity Investor without the Company’s prior written consent, except as permitted in this Section 3. The Equity Investor may allocate or assign all or a portion of its obligations under this letter agreement, including its obligation to cause the funding of the Equity Commitment, to one or more Persons who commit to the Equity Investor to invest in the Transactions (collectively, the “Permitted Equity Investor Assignees”); provided, however, that any such allocation or assignment shall not relieve the Equity Investor of any of its obligations under this letter agreement, including the requirement to fund the full Equity Commitment. Any purported assignment in violation of this Section 3 shall be void ab initio.

4.       This letter agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto, and nothing in this letter agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person other than the parties to this letter agreement (other than as expressly set forth in Sections 7 and 8 below or as set forth in Section 3 above) any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this letter agreement, except that the Company shall be an express third-party beneficiary of this letter agreement and shall be entitled to: (a) enforce the obligations of the Equity Investor hereunder for the benefit of the Company, including by seeking the remedy of specific performance to cause the Equity Investor to have provided to Parent the Equity Commitment pursuant to, and to specifically enforce the other provisions of, this letter agreement; (b) rely on and seek damages for breach of the representations and warranties of the Equity Investor in Section 15 hereof; (c) enforce Section 3 and Section 9 hereof; and (d) rely upon and enforce the confidentiality and disclosure obligations set forth in Section 12 hereof, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions herein.

5.       This letter agreement will be effective upon the Equity Investor’s delivery to Parent of a duly executed copy of this letter agreement and Parent’s executed acceptance of the terms and conditions of this letter agreement. This letter agreement and the obligation of the Equity Investor to cause the funding of the Equity Commitment will terminate on the earliest to occur of: (a) the consummation of the Transactions and the prior or substantially simultaneous funding of the Equity Commitment in full; (b) solely with respect to the Equity Commitment, the termination of the Agreement pursuant to its terms; and (c) the Company or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives (other than Equity Investor Related Persons) asserting or filing, directly or indirectly, any Action (of any kind or nature, whether in law or in equity) with respect to this letter agreement, the Agreement, or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or otherwise relating thereto, other than the enforcement of (i) the Company’s rights under the Agreement (subject to the terms of the Agreement) and (ii) the Company’s rights as a third-party beneficiary under this letter agreement.

 
 

6.       Except for the Company as set forth in Section 4, neither Parent’s nor the Company’s creditors shall have any right to enforce this letter agreement.

7.       Other than with respect to that certain limited guarantee delivered in connection with the execution of the Agreement, the Company’s rights as a third-party beneficiary under this letter agreement (subject to the terms and limitations herein and in the Agreement) shall, and are intended to, be the sole and exclusive direct or indirect remedies available to the Company against: (a) the Equity Investor; (b) any Permitted Equity Investor Assignee; (c) any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager, “principal”, member, stockholder or Affiliate of the Equity Investor or any Permitted Equity Investor Assignee, as such; or (d) any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, stockholder, or Affiliate of any of the Persons referred to in clause (c) of this sentence, as such (the Persons referred to in clauses (a) through (d) of this sentence, collectively, the “Equity Investor Related Persons”; provided that in no event shall Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the Company’s subsidiaries be considered an Equity Investor Related Person), in respect of any liabilities or obligations arising under, or in connection with, the Agreement and the Transactions, including in the event Parent or Merger Sub breaches its obligations under the Agreement.

8.       Under no circumstances shall any Equity Investor Related Person, Parent or Merger Sub be liable for special, incidental, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages under or in connection with this letter agreement. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this letter agreement or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith, Parent, by its acceptance of the benefits of this letter agreement (including the equity commitment hereunder), covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no Person other than the Equity Investor has any obligation hereunder and that, notwithstanding that the Equity Investor may be a partnership or limited liability company, no recourse hereunder or under any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith (other than the Agreement) shall be had against any Equity Investor Related Person, as such, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any Action or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable Law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any Equity Investor Related Person, as such, for any obligations of the Equity Investor under this letter agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith (other than the Agreement) or for any claim (other than actual fraud) based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligation or their creation.

9.       This letter agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the parties hereto and the Company.

 
 

 

10.       This letter agreement and all transactions contemplated by this letter agreement, and all claims and defenses arising out of or relating to any such transaction or agreement or the formation, breach, termination or validity of any such agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of such state. Each party hereto agrees to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, only if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware declines to accept or does not have jurisdiction over a particular matter, any court of the United States or any state court located in the State of Delaware, for the purpose of any Action against a party hereto with respect to the subject matter of, or related to, this letter agreement. Each party irrevocably waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any Action arising out of or relating to this letter agreement brought as provided in this Section 10, and further irrevocably waives any claim that any such Action brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. To the extent a party has or may later acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from legal process with respect to itself or its property, such party hereby irrevocably waives such immunity under this Section 10.

11.       EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS LETTER AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES AND, THEREFORE, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONs CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

12.       This letter agreement shall be treated as confidential and is being provided to Parent and the Company solely in connection with the Transactions. This letter agreement may not be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to in any document, except with the written consent of the parties hereto and the Company; provided, however, that the Company, Parent, Merger Sub and the Equity Investor may disclose this letter agreement and the terms thereof: (a) to the extent required by applicable Law (including without limitation in the Proxy Statement and/or the Schedule 13E-3); (b) to the other Equity Investor Related Persons; (c) to the financing sources of the Equity Investor Related Persons; (d) to the respective officers, directors, employees, advisors, representatives, and agents of the foregoing (including the Company, Parent, Merger Sub and the Equity Investor); and (e) in connection with the enforcement of its rights hereunder.

13.       Together with the Agreement and the agreements referred to therein, this letter agreement constitutes the sole agreement, and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and statements, written or oral, between the Equity Investor and Parent, and any other person with respect to the matters contemplated by this letter agreement.

14.        Any term or provision of this letter agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction will not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction. No party hereto shall assert, and each party hereto shall cause its respective Affiliates not to assert, that this letter agreement or any part hereof is invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 
 

15.        The Equity Investor hereby represents and warrants to Parent and the Company that (a) it has all power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this letter agreement; (b) the execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement by it has been duly and validly authorized and approved by all necessary action by it, and no other proceedings or actions on the part of such Equity Investor are necessary therefor; (c) this letter agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by it and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of it, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this letter agreement, except as such enforceability may be subject to Bankruptcy and Equity Exception; (d) it has, and at all times during the effectiveness of this letter agreement will have, uncalled capital commitments or otherwise has available funds in excess of the sum of the Equity Commitment hereunder and all other unfunded contractually binding equity commitments of such Equity Investor that are outstanding; (e) the Equity Commitment is less than the maximum amount that the Equity Investor is permitted to invest in any one portfolio investment pursuant to the terms of its organizational or governing documents or otherwise; (f) the execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement by Equity Investor does not and will not (x) violate the organizational documents of the Equity Investor, (y) violate any applicable Law or (z) result in any violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancelation or acceleration of any obligation, any contract to which such Equity Investor is a party, in any case, for which the violation, default or right would be reasonably likely to prevent or materially delay the consummation by the Equity Investor of the transactions contemplated by this letter agreement on a timely basis; and (g) all consents, approvals, authorizations, permits of, filings with and notifications to, any Governmental Authority necessary for the due execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement by it have been obtained or made and all conditions thereof have been duly complied with, and no other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this letter agreement. The Equity Investor acknowledges that the Company has relied on the accuracy of the representations and warranties contained in this Section.

 

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Please countersign a copy of this letter agreement and return it to the undersigned to confirm your agreement with the terms set forth in this letter agreement.

Sincerely,

  US Cemetery Holdings LLC
  By: Axar Capital Management LP, Manager
  By: Axar GP, LLC, its General Partner
   
   
  By:
 
    Name: Andrew Axelrod
    Title: Sole Member

 

 

Accepted and agreed as of the date first
above written by:

Stonemor, Inc.  
By:
 
 
  Name:  
  Title:  
   
   
AXAR CEMETERY PARENT CORP.  
By:
 
 
  Name: Andrew Axelrod  
  Title: Chief Executive Officer  
   
AXAR CEMETERY MERGER CORP.  
By:
 
 
  Name: Andrew Axelrod  
  Title: Chief Executive Officer