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THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
between
CONSECO, INC.
and
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, AS TRUSTEE
Dated as of March 26, 1997
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Definition of Terms.................................................................. 2
ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 2.1. Designation and Principal Amount; Purchase Price; Payment of
Principal; Global Securities......................................................... 4
SECTION 2.2. Maturity............................................................................. 4
SECTION 2.3. Form and Payment. ................................................................... 4
SECTION 2.4. Global Debenture. ................................................................... 5
SECTION 2.5. Interest............................................................................. 6
SECTION 2.6. Authorized Denominations............................................................. 7
SECTION 2.7. Redemption........................................................................... 7
SECTION 2.8 Defeasance........................................................................... 8
SECTION 2.9 No Sinking Fund...................................................................... 8
SECTION 2.10 Depository........................................................................... 8
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 3.1. Special Event Redemption............................................................. 8
SECTION 3.2. Optional Redemption. ................................................................. 8
SECTION 3.3. Partial Redemption................................................................... 10
ARTICLE IV
EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD
SECTION 4.1. Extension of Interest Payment Period................................................. 10
SECTION 4.2. Notice of Extension. ................................................................ 11
SECTION 4.3. Limitation of Transactions. ......................................................... 11
ARTICLE V
EXPENSES
SECTION 5.1. Payment of Expenses.................................................................. 12
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SECTION 5.2. Payment Upon Resignation or Removal.................................................. 13
ARTICLE VI
FORM OF DEBENTURE
SECTION 6.1. Form of Debenture.................................................................... 13
ARTICLE VII
ORIGINAL ISSUE OF DEBENTURES
SECTION 7.1. Original Issue of Debentures......................................................... 21
SECTION 7.2. Reports by the Trustee............................................................... 21
ARTICLE VIII
COVENANTS
SECTION 8.1. Covenants as to Trust................................................................ 21
ARTICLE IX
DEFAULT
SECTION 9.1. Additional Event of Default.......................................................... 22
SECTION 9.2. Limitations on Waivers and Consents.................................................. 22
SECTION 9.3. Acknowledgment of Rights............................................................. 23
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1. Ratification of Indenture............................................................ 23
SECTION 10.2. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals................................................. 23
SECTION 10.3. Governing Law........................................................................ 24
SECTION 10.4. Separability......................................................................... 24
SECTION 10.5. Counterparts......................................................................... 24
SECTION 10.6. Effect of Headings................................................................... 24
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THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of March 26, 1997 (the "Third
Supplemental Indenture") between Conseco, Inc., an Indiana corporation (the
"Issuer"), and Fleet National Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee") under the
Indenture dated as of November 14, 1996 between the Issuer and the Trustee (the
"Base Indenture") as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of
November 14, 1996 and a Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 22,
1996 (the Base Indenture as so supplemented, the "Indenture").
WHEREAS, the Issuer executed and delivered the Indenture to the Trustee
to provide for the future issuance of the Issuer's unsecured subordinated
debentures, notes or other evidence of indebtedness (the "Securities") to be
issued from time to time in one or more series as might be determined by the
Issuer under the Indenture, in an unlimited aggregate principal amount which may
be authenticated and delivered as provided in the Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Issuer desires to
provide for the establishment of a new series of its Securities to be known as
its 8.796% Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due 2027 (the
"Debentures"), the form and substance of such Debentures and the terms,
provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Indenture
and this Third Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, Conseco Financing Trust III, a Delaware statutory business
trust (the "Trust"), is offering to the public $300 million aggregate
liquidation amount of its 8.796% Capital Securities (the "Capital Securities"),
representing preferred undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust
and proposes to invest the proceeds from such offering, together with the
proceeds of the issuance and sale by the Trust to the Issuer of $9,280,000
aggregate liquidation amount of its 8.796% Trust Common Securities (the "Common
Securities"), in $309,280,000 aggregate principal amount of the Debentures;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver
this Third Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all requirements necessary to make this Third Supplemental
Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms and to make the
Debentures, when executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee as provided in the Indenture, the valid obligations of the Issuer have
been performed, and the execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental
Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase and acceptance of the
Debentures by the Holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as
provided in the Indenture, the form and substance of the Debentures and the
terms, provisions and conditions thereof, the Issuer covenants and agrees with
the Trustee as follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Definition of Terms.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term defined in the Indenture (including as set forth in the
first paragraph of Section 1.1 of the Indenture) has the same meaning when used
in this Third Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise defined herein;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this Third Supplemental Indenture has
the same meaning throughout;
(c) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
(d) a reference to a Section or Article is to a Section or Article of
this Third Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise specified herein;
(e) headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect
interpretation;
(f) the following terms have the meanings given to them in the
Declaration (as defined herein) or in the terms of the Trust Securities (as
defined herein) as established in accordance with the Declaration:
(i) Affiliate;
(ii) Business Day;
(iii) Debenture Issuer;
(iv) Delaware Trustee;
(v) Dissolution Opinion
(vi) Distribution;
(vii) No Recognition Opinion;
(viii) Capital Security Certificate;
(ix) Pro Rata;
(x) Property Trustee;
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(xi) Redemption Tax Opinion
(xii) Regular Trustees;
(xiii) Securities;
(xiv) Securities Guarantees;
(xv) Sponsor;
(xvi) Tax Event; and
(xvii) Underwriting Agreement;
(g) The following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section
1.1(g):
"Additional Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.5(c).
"Compounded Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
"Coupon Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(a).
"Declaration" means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of
Conseco Financing Trust III, a Delaware statutory business trust, dated as of
March 26, 1997.
"Deferred Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
"Dissolution Event" means that as a result of an election by the
Issuer, the Trust is to be dissolved in accordance with the Declaration, and the
Debentures held by the Property Trustee are to be distributed to the holders of
the Trust Securities Pro Rata in accordance with the Declaration.
"Extended Interest Payment Period" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1.
"Global Debenture" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a)(i).
"Interest Payment Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5
(a).
"Maturity Date" means the date on which the Debentures mature and on
which the principal shall be due and payable together with all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon (including Compounded Interest, if any).
"Ministerial Action" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.
"Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.4(a)(ii).
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"Optional Redemption Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.2.
"Redemption Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
"Trust Securities" shall mean the Securities.
ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 2.1. Designation and Principal Amount; Purchase Price; Payment of
Principal; Global Securities.
(a) There is hereby authorized a series of Securities designated the
"8.796% Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due 2027," limited in
aggregate principal amount to $309,280,000 (not including Debentures
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, other Debentures pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 8.6 or
10.7 of the Indenture), which amount shall be as set forth in a Company Order
for the authentication and delivery of Debentures pursuant to Section 3.3 of the
Indenture.
(b) The Debentures shall be issued for a purchase price equal to 100%
of the principal amount of such Debentures.
(c) The principal of the Debentures shall be due and payable in full
on the Maturity Date.
(d) The Debentures shall initially be issued in fully registered
non-book entry certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of
$309,280,000.
SECTION 2.2. Maturity. The Maturity Date will be April 1, 2027.
SECTION 2.3. Form and Payment.
Except as provided in Section 2.4, the Debentures shall be issued as
Registered Securities in fully registered certificated form without interest
coupons. The place where principal of and interest (including the Compounded
Interest, if any) on the Debentures will be payable, the Debentures may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and
demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Debentures and the Indenture may
be served shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, provided, however,
that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Issuer by wire
transfer to an account maintained by a Holder (upon appropriate instructions
from such Holder) or by check mailed to the Holder at such address as shall
appear in the Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Holder of
any Debentures is the Property Trustee, the payment of the principal of and
interest (including Compounded Interest, if any) on such Debentures held by the
Property Trustee will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds at
such place and to such account as may be designated by the Property Trustee.
Payment of principal of the Debentures will only be made upon surrender of the
Debentures to the Trustee. The Debentures will
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be denominated in Dollars and payment of principal and interest on the
Debentures shall be made in Dollars.
SECTION 2.4. Global Debenture.
(a) In connection with a distribution of the Debentures to the
holders of the Trust Securities pursuant to the Declaration:
(i) The Debentures in certificated form to be distributed to
the holders of Capital Securities ay be presented to the Trustee by the Property
Trustee in exchange for a global Debenture in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Debentures of such
series (a "Global Debenture"), to be registered in the name of the Depository,
or its nominee, and delivered by the Trustee to the Depository for crediting to
the accounts of its participants pursuant to the instructions of the Regular
Trustees. The Issuer upon any such presentation shall execute a Global Debenture
in such aggregate principal amount and deliver the same to the Trustee for
authentication and delivery in accordance with the Indenture and this Third
Supplemental Indenture. Payments on the Debentures issued as a Global Debenture
will be made to the Depository.
(ii) If any Capital Securities are held in non book-entry
certificated form, the Debentures in certificated form may be presented to the
Trustee by the Property Trustee and any Capital Security Certificate which
represents Capital Securities other than Capital Securities held by the
Depository or its nominee ("Non Book-Entry Capital Securities") will be deemed
to represent beneficial interests in Debentures presented to the Trustee by the
Property Trustee having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Non Book-Entry Capital Securities until such Capital
Security Certificates are presented to the Registrar for transfer or reissuance
at which time such Capital Security Certificates will be canceled and a
Debenture, registered in the name of the holder of the Capital Security
Certificate or the transferee of the holder of such Capital Security
Certificate, as the case may be, with an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital Security Certificate canceled, will
be executed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for authentication and
delivery in accordance with the Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture.
On issue of such Debentures, Debentures with an equivalent aggregate principal
amount that were presented by the Property Trustee to the Trustee will be deemed
to have been canceled.
(b) Unless and until it is exchanged for Debentures in registered
certificated form, a Global Debenture may be transferred, in whole but not in
part, only by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of
the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the
Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository selected or approved by
the Issuer or a nominee of such successor Depository.
(c) If at any time the Depository for the Debentures notifies the
Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for the
Debentures or if at any time the Depository for the Debentures shall no longer
be registered or in good standing as a clearing agency under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, at
a
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time at which the Depository is required to be so registered to act as
Depository for the Debentures, and a successor Depository for such series is not
appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after the Issuer receives such notice or
becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, the Issuer will execute,
and, subject to Article 3 of the Indenture, the Trustee, upon written notice
from the Issuer, will authenticate and deliver the Debentures in definitive
registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Debenture
in exchange for such Global Debenture. In addition, the Issuer, in its sole
discretion, may at any time determine that the Debentures shall no longer be
represented by a Global Debenture. In such event the Issuer will execute, and
subject to Article 3 of the Indenture, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers'
Certificate evidencing such determination by the Issuer, will authenticate and
deliver the Debentures in definitive registered form without coupons, in
authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Debenture in exchange for such Global Debenture.
Upon the exchange of the Global Debenture for such Debentures in definitive
registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global
Debenture shall be canceled by the Trustee. Such Debentures in definitive
registered form issued in exchange for the Global Debenture shall be registered
in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depository, pursuant
to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Trustee in writing. The Trustee shall deliver such registered
certificated Debentures in definitive form in exchange for the Global Debenture
to the Depository for delivery to the Persons in whose names such Debentures are
so registered.
SECTION 2.5. Interest.
(a) The Debentures will bear interest at the fixed rate of 8.796% per
annum (the "Coupon Rate") from the original date of issuance or from the most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for until the principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue
principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under
applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the Coupon Rate,
compounded semiannually, payable (subject to the provisions of Article IV)
semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year (each, an
"Interest Payment Date"), commencing on October 1, 1997. Interest on the
Debentures (except defaulted interest) shall be paid to the Persons in whose
name the Debentures are registered, at the close of business on the regular
Record Date for such interest installment (including Debentures that are
cancelled after the Record Date and before the Interest Payment Date), which,
with respect to any Debentures of which the Property Trustee is the Holder or
with respect to a Global Debenture, shall be the close of business on the
Business Day next preceding that Interest Payment Date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing sentence, if the Capital Securities are no longer in book-entry only
form or if, pursuant to the Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture the
Debentures are not represented by a Global Debenture, the Issuer may select a
regular Record Date for such interest installment which shall conform to the
rules of any securities exchange, interdealer quotation system or other
organization on which the Debentures are listed and which shall be at least one
Business Day but less than 60 Business Days before the applicable Interest
Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any interest that is payable at
maturity shall be payable to the Person to whom principal payable at maturity
shall be payable.
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(b) The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and for any period shorter
than a full semi-annual period on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed
per 30-day month. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the
Debentures is not a Business Day, then payment of the interest payable on such
date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and
without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except
that, notwithstanding any provision of the Indenture to the contrary, if such
Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made
on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and
effect as if made on such date.
(c) If, at any time while the Property Trustee is the Holder of any
Debentures, the Trust or the Property Trustee is required to pay any taxes,
duties, assessment or governmental charges of whatever nature (other than
withholding taxes) imposed by the United States, or any other taxing authority,
then, in any case, the Company will pay as additional interest ("Additional
Interest") on the Debentures held by the Property Trustee, such additional
amounts as shall be required so that the net amounts received and retained by
the Trust and the Property Trustee after paying such taxes, duties, assessments
or other governmental charges will be equal to the amounts the Trust and the
Property Trustee would have received had no such taxes, duties, assessments or
other government charges been imposed.
SECTION 2.6. Authorized Denominations.
The Debentures shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
SECTION 2.7. Redemption.
The Debentures are not subject to conversion at the option of the
Holder. The Debentures are not subject to redemption at the option of the Holder
and are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer or otherwise as
provided in Article III hereof.
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SECTION 2.8 Defeasance.
The Debentures shall not be subject to the provisions of Article 4 of
the Indenture concerning the satisfaction and discharge of the Issuer's
indebtedness and obligations under the Indenture and the termination of certain
covenants of the Issuer under the Indenture.
SECTION 2.9 No Sinking Fund.
The Debentures shall not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund
or analogous provision.
SECTION 2.10 Depository.
The Depository Trust Company (or its nominee) shall act as the initial
Depository for any Global Debenture which may be issued pursuant to this Second
Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 3.1. Tax Event Redemption.
If a Tax Event has occurred and is continuing and:
(a) the Issuer has received a Redemption Tax Opinion; or
(b) after receiving a Dissolution Opinion, the Regular Trustees shall
have been informed by tax counsel rendering the Dissolution Opinion that a No
Recognition Opinion cannot be delivered to the Trust, the Issuer shall have the
right upon not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days notice to the Holders of
the Debentures to redeem the Debentures, in whole but not in part, for cash
within 90 days following the occurrence of such Tax Event (the "90 Day Period")
at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed plus
any accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including Compound Interest, if any) to
the date of such redemption (the "Redemption Price"), provided that if at the
time there is available to the Issuer the opportunity to eliminate, within the
90 Day Period, the Tax Event by taking some ministerial action ("Ministerial
Action"), such as filing a form or making an election, or pursuing some other
similar reasonable measure which has no adverse effect on the Issuer, the Trust
or the Holders of the Trust Securities issued by the Trust, the Issuer shall
pursue such Ministerial Action in lieu of redemption, and, provided, further,
that the Issuer shall have no right to redeem the Debentures while the Trust is
pursuing any Ministerial Action pursuant to its obligations under the
Declaration. The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York
time, on the date of such redemption or such earlier time as the Issuer
determines; provided, that, the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee an amount
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the date
such Redemption Price is to be paid.
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SECTION 3.2. Optional Redemption.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3 and Article 10 of the
Indenture, the Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Debentures, in whole or
in part, at any time or from time to time, after the issuance of the Capital
Securities, at a redemption price (the "Optional Redemption Price") equal to the
greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed and (ii) the sum, as
determined by a Quotation Agent (as defined herein), of the present values of
the principal amount of the Debentures, together with scheduled payments of
interest from the redemption date to the Maturity Date, in each case discounted
to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined
herein), plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
Any redemption pursuant to this paragraph will be made upon not less than 30
days nor more than 60 days notice to the Holder of the Debentures, at the
Optional Redemption Price. The Optional Redemption Price shall be paid prior to
12:00 noon, New York time, on the date of such redemption or at such earlier
time as the Issuer determines and specifies in the notice of redemption;
provided, that the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee an amount sufficient to
pay the Optional Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the date such
Optional Redemption Price is to be paid.
For purposes of this Section 3.2:
"Adjusted Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date,
the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury
Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date, calculated on the third
Business Day preceding the redemption date, plus in each case 0.50%.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security
selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining
term from the redemption date to the Maturity Date of the Debentures that would
be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial
practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the remaining term of the Debentures.
"Quotation Agent" means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the
Issuer. "Reference Treasury Dealer" means: (i) Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation and respective successors; provided however, that if the
foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New
York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Issuer shall substitute therefor
another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer
selected by the Trustee after consultation with the Issuer.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date,
(i) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third
Business Day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the daily
statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S.
Governmental
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Securities" or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published
or does not contain such prices on such Business Day, (A) the average of the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding
the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the
Trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the
average of all such Quotations.
"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by
the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in
writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.
SECTION 3.3. Partial Redemption.
(a) The Issuer may not redeem fewer than all of the Outstanding
Debentures unless all accrued and unpaid interest on the Debentures has been
paid as of the Interest Payment Date next preceding the Redemption Date.
(b) If the Debentures are only partially redeemed pursuant to Section
3.2, the Debentures will be redeemed pro rata or by lot or by any other method
utilized by the Trustee; provided that if at the time of redemption the
Debentures are registered as a Global Debenture, the Depository shall determine,
in accordance with its procedures, the principal amount of such Debentures
credited to each of its participant accounts to be redeemed.
ARTICLE IV
EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD
SECTION 4.1. Extension of Interest Payment Period.
The Issuer shall have the right, at any time and from time to time
during the term of the Debentures, to defer payments of interest on the
Debentures by extending the interest payment period of the Debentures for a
period not exceeding 10 consecutive semi-annual periods (the "Extended Interest
Payment Period"), during which Extended Interest Payment Period no interest
shall be due and payable; provided that no Extended Interest Payment Period may
extend beyond the Maturity Date. To the extent permitted by applicable law,
interest, the payment of which has been deferred because of the extension of the
interest payment period pursuant to this Section 4.1, will bear interest thereon
at the Coupon Rate compounded semi-annually for each semi-annual period of the
Extended Interest Payment Period ("Compounded Interest"). At the end of the
Extended Interest Payment Period, the Issuer shall pay all interest accrued and
unpaid on the Debentures, including any Compounded Interest (all such interest
the "Deferred Interest") that shall be payable to the Holders of the Debentures
in whose names the Subordinated Debentures are registered in the Register as of
the Record Date relating to the Interest Payment Date that corresponds to the
end of such Extended Interest Payment Period. Before the termination of any
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Extended Interest Payment Period, the Issuer may further extend such period,
provided that such period together with all such previous and further extensions
thereof shall not exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods or extend beyond the
Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period and
upon the payment of all Deferred Interest then due, the Issuer may commence a
new Extended Interest Payment Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No
interest shall be due and payable during an Extended Interest Payment Period,
except at the end thereof, but the Issuer may prepay at any time all or any
portion of the Deferred Interest accrued during an Extended Interest Payment
Period.
SECTION 4.2. Notice of Extension.
(a) If the Property Trustee is the only registered Holder of the
Debentures at the time the Issuer selects an Extended Interest Payment Period,
the Issuer shall give written notice to the Trustee, the Regular Trustees and
the Property Trustee of its selection of such Extended Interest Payment Period
one Business Day before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding date on which
Distributions on the Trust Securities are payable, or (ii) the date the Regular
Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, are required to give notice of the record
date, or the date such Distributions are payable, to the holders of the Capital
Securities (or any national securities exchange or other self regulatory
organization on which the Capital Securities are listed).
(b) If the Property Trustee is not the only Holder of the Debentures at
the time the Issuer selects an Extended Interest Payment Period, the Issuer
shall give the Trustee, the Property Trustee and the Holders of the Debentures
written notice of its selection of such Extended Interest Payment Period 10
Business Days before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding Interest Payment
Date, or (ii) the date the Issuer is required to give notice of the record or
payment date of such interest payment to Holders of the Debentures (or any
national securities exchange or other self regulatory organization on which the
Debentures are listed).
(c) The semi-annual period in which any notice is given pursuant to
paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section 4.2 shall be counted as one of the 10
semi-annual periods permitted in the maximum Extended Interest Payment Period
permitted under Section 4.1.
SECTION 4.3. Limitation of Transactions.
If the Issuer shall exercise its right to defer payment of interest as
provided in Section 4.1, during any Extended Interest Payment Period (a) the
Issuer shall not declare or pay any dividends on, make any distributions with
respect to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with
respect to, any of its capital stock, (b) the Issuer shall not make any payment
of interest, principal or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any
debt securities issued by the Issuer that rank pari passu with or junior to the
Debentures and (c) the Issuer shall not make guarantee payments with respect to
the foregoing (other than pursuant to the Securities Guarantees); provided,
however, that notwithstanding the restriction in clause (a) above, the Issuer
may (i) declare and pay a stock dividend where the dividend stock is the same
stock as that on which the dividend is being paid and (ii) purchase or acquire
shares of its common stock in connection with the satisfaction by the Issuer of
its obligations under any employee benefit plans.
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ARTICLE V
EXPENSES
SECTION 5.1. Payment of Expenses.
In connection with the offering, sale and issuance of the Debentures to
the Property Trustee in connection with the sale of the Trust Securities by the
Trust and during the existence of the Trust, the Issuer, in its capacity as
borrower with respect to the Debentures, shall:
(a) pay all costs and expenses relating to the offering, sale and
issuance of the Debentures, including commissions to the underwriters payable
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and compensation of the Trustee under the
Indenture in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.9 of the Indenture;
(b) pay other debts and obligations of the Trust (other than with
respect to the Trust Securities) and all costs and expenses of the Trust
(including, but not limited to, costs and expenses relating to the organization,
maintenance and dissolution of the Trust, the offering, sale and issuance of the
Trust Securities (including commissions to the underwriter payable pursuant to
the Underwriting Agreement), the retention of the Regular Trustees,
reimbursement of the Regular Trustees as provided in the Declaration, the fees
and expenses of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, the trustee under
the Capital Securities Guarantee and the Common Securities Guarantee, the costs
and expenses relating to the operation of the Trust, including without
limitation, costs and expenses of accountants, attorneys, statistical or
bookkeeping services, expenses for printing and engraving and computing or
accounting equipment, paying agent(s), registrar(s), transfer agent(s),
duplicating, travel and telephone and other telecommunications expenses and
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition, financing and
disposition of Trust assets, and the fees and expenses related to the
enforcement by the Property Trustee of the rights of the holders of the Capital
Securities) and all other amounts payable by the Issuer pursuant to the
Declaration;
(c) be primarily liable for any indemnification obligations arising
with respect to the Declaration; and
(d) pay any and all taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges
of whatever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed on the Trust or its
assets and all liabilities, costs and expenses of the Trust with respect to such
taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges.
SECTION 5.2. Payment Upon Resignation or Removal.
Upon termination of this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture
or the removal or resignation of the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.10 of the
Indenture, the Issuer shall pay to the Trustee all amounts due to the Trustee
accrued to the date of such termination, removal or resignation. Upon
termination of the Declaration or the removal or resignation of the Delaware
Trustee or the Property Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 5.7 of
the Declaration,
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the Issuer shall pay to the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee, as the
case may be, all amounts due to such trustee accrued to the date of such
termination, removal or resignation.
ARTICLE VI
FORM OF DEBENTURE
SECTION 6.1. Form of Debenture.
The Debentures and the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication to be
endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the following forms:
(IF THE DEBENTURE IS TO BE A GLOBAL DEBENTURE, INSERT - This Debenture
is in Global form within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to
and is registered in the name of a Depository or a nominee of a Depository.
Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for securities in
certificated form in the limited circumstances described in the indenture, this
security may not be transferred except as a whole by the depository to a nominee
of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another
nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a
successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository.
Unless this Debenture is presented by an authorized representative of
The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the issuer or
its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Debenture
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested
by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment hereon is made to Cede &
Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of
DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an
interest herein.)
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CONSECO, INC.
8.796% SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURE
No.____ DUE APRIL 1, 2027 REGISTERED
$_________
Conseco, Inc., an Indiana corporation (the "Company", which term
includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the
principal sum of Dollars on April 1, 2027 and to pay interest on said principal
sum from April 1, 1997, or from the most recent interest payment date (each such
date, an "Interest Payment Date") to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, semi-annually (subject to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears
on April 1 and October 1 of each year commencing October 1, 1997, at the rate of
8.796% per annum until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable,
and on any overdue principal and (without duplication and to the extent that
payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue
installment of interest at the same rate per annum compounded semi-annually. The
amount of interest payable on any Interest Payment Date shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and for any period shorter than
a full semi-annual period on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per
30-day month. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this
Debenture is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date
will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any
interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such
Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made
on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and
effect as if made on such date. The interest installment so payable, and
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Debenture is
registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest
installment, which shall be the close of business on the Business Day next
preceding such Interest Payment Date. [If the Capital Securities are no longer
represented by a global certificate or if the Debentures are not represented by
a global debenture - which shall be the close of business on the
Business Day next preceding such Interest payment.] Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any interest that is payable on the Maturity Date shall be payable to
the Person to whom principal payable at the Maturity Date shall be payable. Any
such interest installment not punctually paid or duly provided for shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holders on such regular record
date and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture (or one or more
Predecessor Security) is registered at the close of business on a special record
date to be fixed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.7(b) of the
Indenture. The principal of and the interest on this Debenture shall be payable
at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in any coin
or currency of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment
of interest may be made
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at the option of the Company by check mailed to the registered Holder at such
address as shall appear in the Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long
as the Holder of this Debenture is the Property Trustee, the payment of the
principal of and interest on this Debenture will be made by wire transfer in
immediately available funds at such place and to such account as may be
designated by the Property Trustee. Payment of principal of the Debentures will
only be made upon surrender of the Debentures to the Trustee or Paying Agent.
The indebtedness evidenced by this Debenture is, to the extent provided
in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Debenture is issued subject
to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this
Debenture, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take
such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the
subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his or her
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his or
her acceptance hereof, hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the
subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of
Senior Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives
reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.
This Debenture shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the
Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of
the Trustee.
The provisions of this Debenture are continued on the reverse side
hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect
as though fully set forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: ____________, 1997.
CONSECO, INC.
By: _________________________________
By: _________________________________
SEAL
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(FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION)
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Debentures referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Trustee
By: ______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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(FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBENTURE)
This Debenture is one of a duly authorized series of Debentures of the
Company (herein sometimes referred to as the "Debentures"), specified in the
Indenture, all issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant
to an Indenture dated as of November 14, 1996, duly executed and delivered
between the Company and Fleet National Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), (as
supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 14, 1996
and the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 22, 1996, the "Base
Indenture") as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of
March 26, 1997 between the Company and the Trustee (the Base Indenture as so
supplemented, the "Indenture"), to which a description of the rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Debentures, and to all of which
provisions the Holder of this Debenture by acceptance hereof, assents and
agrees. By the terms of the Indenture, the Debentures are issuable in series
that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other
respects as provided in the Indenture. This series of Debentures is limited in
aggregate principal amount as specified in said Third Supplemental Indenture.
The Company shall have the right to redeem this Debenture at the option
of the Company, at any time and from time to time (an "Optional Redemption"), at
a redemption price (the "Optional Redemption Price") equal to the greater of (i)
100% of the principal amount of this Debenture and (ii) the sum, as determined
by a Quotation Agent (as defined in the Indenture), of the present values of the
principal amount of this Debenture, together with scheduled payments of interest
from the redemption date to April 1, 2027, in each case discounted to the
redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined in the
Indenture), plus, in each case, any accrued and unpaid interest, including any
Compounded Interest, if any, to the date of such redemption. Any redemption
pursuant to this paragraph will be made upon not less than 30 nor more than 60
days' notice at the Optional Redemption Price.
If, at any time, a Tax Event (as defined below) shall occur or be
continuing after receipt of a Dissolution Opinion (as defined below) and
either (a) the Regular Trustees and the Issuer shall have received an opinion (a
"Redemption Tax Opinion") of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel
experienced in such matters that, as a result of a Tax Event, there is more than
an insubstantial risk that the Issuer would be precluded from deducting the
interest on the Debentures for United States federal income tax purposes even
after the Debentures were distributed to the Holders of Capital Securities and
Common Securities in liquidation of such holder's interest in the Trust as set
forth in the Declaration of Trust or (b) the Regular Trustees shall have been
informed by such tax counsel that a No Recognition Opinion (as defined below)
cannot be delivered, the Issuer shall have the right at any time, upon not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, to redeem the Debentures in whole but not
in part for cash at the Redemption Price within 90 days following the occurrence
of such Tax Event; provided, however, that, if at that time there is available
to the Issuer or the Trust the opportunity to eliminate, within such 90
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day period the Tax Event by taking some ministerial action ("Ministerial
Action"), such as filing a form or making an election, or pursuing some other
similar reasonable measure, which has no adverse effect on the Trust, the Issuer
or the Holders of the Capital Securities, the Issuer or the Trust will pursue
such measure in lieu of redemption and provided further that the Issuer shall
have no right to redeem the Debentures while the Trust is pursuing any such
Ministerial Action.
"Tax Event" means that the Regular Trustees shall have received an
opinion of independent tax counsel experienced in such matters (a "Dissolution
Opinion") to the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to, or change
(including any announced prospective change) in, the laws (or any regulations
thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein, or (b) any official administrative pronouncement
or judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which
amendment, or change is effective or such pronouncement or decision is announced
on or after the date of original issuance of the Preferred Securities, there is
more than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days
after the date thereof, subject to United States federal income tax with respect
to interest accrued or received on the Debentures, (ii) the Trust is, or will be
within 90 days after the date thereof, subject to more than a de minimis amount
of taxes, duties or other governmental charges, or (iii) interest payable to the
Trust on the Debentures is not, or within 90 days of the date thereof, will not
be deductible, in whole or in part, by the Company for United States federal
income tax purposes.
A "No Recognition Opinion" means an opinion of nationally recognized
independent tax counsel experienced in such matters, which may rely on published
revenue rulings of the Internal Revenue Service, to the effect that all holders
of the Trust Securities will not recognize gain of loss for United States
federal income tax purposes as a result of the dissolution of the Trust and
distribution of the Debentures.
If the Debentures are only partially redeemed by the Company pursuant
to an Optional Redemption, the Debentures will be redeemed pro rata or by lot or
in some other equitable manner determined by the Trustee.
In the event of redemption of this Debenture in part only, a new
Debenture or Debentures of this series (for the unredeemed portion hereof) will
be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Debentures may be
declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the
manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions and limitations provided
in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the
Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures of each series affected at the time
outstanding, as defined in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of
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modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Debentures; provided,
however, that no such supplemental indentures shall (i) change the Stated
Maturity of the principal or any installment of principal or any installment of
interest (other than as contemplated herein), or reduce the amount or principal
or interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption or repayment thereof,
or change the Place of Payment or currency in which principal or any interest is
payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
payment of the principal and any premium and interest without the consent of the
Holder of each Debenture so affected; (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of
Debentures, the Holders of which are required to consent to any such
supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holders of each Debenture
then outstanding and affected thereby; (iii) change any obligation of the
Company to maintain an office or agency in the Place of Payment; or (iv) modify
any of the above provisions. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures of any
series at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of all of the Holders
of the Debentures of such series, to waive any past default in the performance
of any of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to
the Indenture with respect to such series, and its consequences, except a
default in the payment of the principal or interest on the Debentures or a
default in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture or the Debentures
of such series which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each
Holder of Debentures of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the
registered Holder of this Debenture (unless revoked as provided in the
Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders and owners of this Debenture and of any Debentures issued in exchange
herefor or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise),
irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made
upon this Debenture.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Debenture
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this
Debenture at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein
prescribed.
The Company shall have the right at any time during the term of the
Debentures from time to time to extend the interest payment period of such
Debentures for up to 10 consecutive semi-annual periods not to extend beyond the
Maturity Date of the Debentures (an "Extended Interest Payment Period"), at the
end of which period the Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid
(together with interest thereon at the rate specified for the Debentures to the
extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law). In
the event that the Company exercises the right to defer interest payments, then,
prior to the payment of all accrued interest on outstanding Debentures, (a) the
Company shall not declare or pay dividends on, or make a distribution with
respect to, or redeem, purchase or acquire, or make a liquidation payment with
respect to, any of its capital stock, (b) the Company shall not make any payment
of interest, principal or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any
debt securities issued by the Company that rank pari passu with or junior to the
Debentures and (c) the Company shall not make any guarantee payments with
respect to the foregoing (other than pursuant to the Securities Guarantees);
provided, however, that restriction (a) above does not apply to (i) any stock
dividends paid by the Company where the dividend stock is the same stock as that
on which the dividend is being paid and (ii) purchases or acquisitions of shares
of Company Common Stock in
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connection with the satisfaction by the Company of its obligation under any
employee benefit plans. Before the termination of any such Extended Interest
Payment Period, the Company may further extend such Extended Interest Payment
Period, provided that such Extended Interest Payment Period together with all
such previous and further extensions thereof shall not exceed 10 consecutive
semi-annual periods and shall not extend beyond the Maturity Date of the
Debentures. At the termination of any such Extended Interest Payment Period and
upon the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and any additional amounts
then due, the Company may commence a new Extended Interest Payment Period.
At any time the Company will have the right to dissolve the Trust and
cause the Debentures to be distributed to the holders of the Trust Securities in
liquidation of the Trust.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, this Debenture is transferable by the registered Holder hereof on the
Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Debenture for registration of
transfer at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the
Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Debentures of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount and series will be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be
made for any such transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation
thereto.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Debenture, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Registrar may deem
and treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or
not this Debenture shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership
or writing hereon made by anyone other than the Registrar) for the purpose of
receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof and interest due
hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor
any paying agent nor any Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the
interest on this Debenture or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in
respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any
incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present of future, as
such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance
hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly
waived and released.
[The Debentures of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof,
provided that this Global Debenture is exchangeable for Debentures in definitive
form only under certain limited circumstances set forth in the Indenture.] As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein and therein
set forth, Debentures of this series so issued are exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Debentures of this series of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the
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Holder surrendering the same. All terms used in this Debenture that are defined
in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
The Company and the Holder agree (i) that for United States federal,
state and local tax purposes it is intended that the Debenture constitute
indebtedness and (ii) to file all United States federal, state and local tax
returns and reports on such basis (unless the Company or the Holder, as the case
may be, shall have received an opinion of independent nationally recognized tax
counsel to the effect that as a result of a change in law after the date of the
issuance of the Debenture the Company or the Holder, as the case may be, is
prohibited from filing on such basis).
ARTICLE VII
ORIGINAL ISSUE OF DEBENTURES
SECTION 7.1. Original Issue of Debentures.
Debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $309,280,000 may, upon
execution of this Third Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Issuer and
delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon
authenticate and deliver such Debentures to or upon the written order of the
Issuer, signed by its Chairman, its President, or any Vice President and its
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
without any further action by the Issuer.
SECTION 7.2. Reports by the Trustee.
Up until and including the Maturity Date, the Trustee shall, in respect
of each applicable date, make such reports within such time periods as are
required to be made by the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act and the
Indenture.
ARTICLE VIII
COVENANTS
SECTION 8.1. Covenants as to Trust.
In the event Debentures are issued and sold to the Property Trustee in
connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by the Trust, for so long as
the Trust Securities remain outstanding, the Issuer will (i) maintain 100%
direct or indirect ownership of the Common Securities of the Trust; provided,
however, that any permitted successor of the Issuer under the Indenture may
succeed to the Issuer's ownership of the Common Securities, (ii) not voluntary
dissolve, windup or terminate the Trust, except in connection with the
distribution of Debentures upon a Dissolution Event or otherwise, and in
connection with certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations permitted by
the Declaration, (iii) timely perform its duties as sponsor of the Trust, (iv)
use its
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reasonable efforts to cause the Trust (a) to remain a business trust, except in
connection with the distribution of Debentures as provided in the Declaration,
the redemption of the Trust Securities or in connection with certain mergers,
consolidations or amalgamations as permitted by the Declaration, and (b)
otherwise continue not to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation
or partnership for United States federal income tax purposes, and (v) use its
reasonable efforts to cause each holder of Trust Securities to be treated as
owning an individual beneficial interest in the Debentures. This covenant is
intended solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Debentures issued pursuant
to this Second Supplemental Indenture and shall not be applicable to the
Securities of any other series issued pursuant to the Indenture.
ARTICLE IX
DEFAULT
SECTION 9.1. Additional Event of Default.
There is hereby established as an additional Event of Default (as
contemplated by Section 5.1(7) of the Indenture) the following:
In the event the Debentures are issued and sold to
the Property Trustee in connection with the issuance of Trust
Securities by the Trust, the Trust shall have voluntarily or
involuntarily dissolved, wound-up its business or otherwise
terminated its existence except in connection with (i) the
distribution of the Debentures to holders of Trust Securities
in liquidation or redemption of their interests in the Trust,
(ii) the redemption of all or part of the outstanding Trust
Securities of the Trust or (iii) certain mergers,
consolidations or amalgamations of the Trust, each as
permitted by the Declaration of the Trust.
The foregoing Event of Default is intended solely for the benefit of
the Holders of the Debentures issued pursuant to this Third Supplemental
Indenture and shall not be applicable to any other series of Securities
heretofore or hereafter issued pursuant to the Indenture.
SECTION 9.2. Limitations on Waivers and Consents.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.7
of the Indenture, if the Debentures are held by the Trust or by the Property
Trustee, a waiver of a past default or any modification to a waiver of a past
default shall not be effective until the holders of a majority in liquidation
amount of Trust Securities shall have consented to such waiver or modification;
provided, however, that if the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Debenture is required in connection with such waiver or modification, such
waiver or modification shall not be effective until each holder of the Trust
Securities shall have consented to such waiver or modification.
(b) Except for any supplemental indenture provided under Section 7.1
of the Indenture and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
Section 3.8 of the Indenture, if the
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Debentures are held by the Trust or by the Property Trustee, a supplemental
indenture shall not be effective until the holders of a majority in liquidation
amount of Trust Securities shall have consented to such supplemental indenture;
provided, however, that if the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Debenture is required in connection with a supplemental indenture, such
supplemental indenture shall not be effective until each holder of the Trust
Securities shall have consented to such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.3. Acknowledgment of Rights.
The Issuer acknowledges that, with respect to any Debentures held
either by the Trust or by the Property Trustee, if the Property Trustee fails to
enforce its rights under the Indenture, this Third Supplemental Indenture or the
Debentures as the Holder of the Debentures held as the assets of the Trust, any
record holder of Capital Securities may institute legal proceedings directly
against the Issuer to enforce the Property Trustee's rights under the Indenture,
this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Debentures without first instituting
any legal proceedings against such Property Trustee or any other person or
entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default under the
Declaration has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the
failure of the Issuer to pay interest or principal on the Debentures on the date
such interest or principal is otherwise payable (or in the case of redemption,
on the applicable redemption date), the Issuer acknowledges that a record holder
of Capital Securities may institute a proceeding directly against the Issuer for
enforcement of payment to the record holder of the Preferred Securities of the
principal of or interest on the Debentures on or after the respective due date
specified in the Debentures, and the amount of payment will be based on the
holder's pro rata share of the amount due and owing on all the Capital
Securities.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1. Ratification of Indenture.
The Indenture, as supplemented by this Third Supplemental Indenture, is
in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Third Supplemental Indenture
shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and
therein provided.
SECTION 10.2. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals.
The recitals contained herein and in the Debentures, except for the
Trustee's certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the
Issuer and not of the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the
correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity
or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture or of the Debentures.
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SECTION 10.3. Governing Law.
This Third Supplemental Indenture and each Debenture shall be deemed to
be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes
shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State, except as may
otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law.
SECTION 10.4. Separability.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Third
Supplemental Indenture or in the Debentures shall for any reason be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Third
Supplemental Indenture or of the Debentures, but this Third Supplemental
Indenture and the Debentures shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or
unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.
SECTION 10.5. Counterparts.
This Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 10.6. Effect of Headings.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents
hereto are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above
written.
CONSECO, INC.
By: /s/XXXXXX X. XXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Trustee
By: /s/XXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
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