THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY
OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR
REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY
PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH
TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES
DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND
DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT 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 INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
MERRY LAND & INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC.
6.90% NOTE DUE 2007
REGISTERED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
No.: 1 $50,000,000
CUSIP No.: 000000XX0
MERRY LAND & INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC., a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Georgia (hereinafter called the
"Company," which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE
& Co., or registered assigns, upon presentation, the principal sum of Fifty
Million Dollars ($50,000,000) on August 1, 2007 at the office or agency of the
Company referred to below, and to pay interest thereon from July 28, 1997, or
from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or
duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 in
each year, commencing February 1, 1998, at the rate of 6.90% per annum,
until the entire principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest
Payment Date will, as provided for in the Indenture, be paid to the person in
whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest which shall be January 15 or July 15 (whether or not a Business Day),
as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such
interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to
be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid
to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date
for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice
whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not more than
15 days and not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may
be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this Series
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all
as more fully provided in the Indenture.
Payment of the principal of, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest on
this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, or elsewhere as
provided in the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts; provided; however, that at the option of the Company payment of
interest may be made by (i) check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire
transfer of funds to an account of the Person entitled thereto maintained
within the United States.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or
more series under an Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1995, as supplemented
by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1995 (as so
supplemented, herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company and First
Union National Bank of Georgia, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee,"
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to
the series of which this Security is a part), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of
the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of
the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the first page
hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $50,000,000.
Securities of this series may be redeemed at any time at the option of the
Company, in whole or in part, upon notice of not more than 60 nor less than 30
days prior to the Redemption Date, at a redemption price equal to the sum of
(i) the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus accrued interest
thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with
respect to such Securities.
"Make-Whole Amount" means, in connection with any optional redemption or
accelerated payment of any Security, the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate
present value as of the date of such redemption or accelerated payment of
each dollar of principal being redeemed or paid and the amount of interest
(exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption or accelerated
payment) that would have been payable in respect of such dollar if such
redemption or accelerated payment had not been made, determined by
discounting, on a semi-annual basis, such principal and interest at the
Reinvestment Rate (determined on the third Business Day preceding the date
such notice of redemption is given or declaration of acceleration is made)
from the respective dates on which such principal and interest would have
been payable if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made,
over (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Securities being redeemed or
paid.
"Reinvestment Rate" means .25% (twenty-five one hundredths of one percent)
plus the arithmetic mean of the yields under the respective headings "This
Week" and "Last Week" published in the Statistical Release under the caption
"Treasury Constant Maturities" for the maturity (rounded to the nearest month)
corresponding to the remaining life to maturity, as of the payment date of the
principal being redeemed or paid. If no maturity exactly corresponds to such
maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding
to such maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately preceding
sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from
such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such relevant periods
to the nearest month. For purposes of calculating the Reinvestment Rate, the
most recent Statistical Release published prior to the date of determination of
the Make-Whole Amount shall be used.
"Statistical Release" means the statistical release designated "H.15(519)"
or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Federal Reserve
System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States
government securities adjusted to constant maturities or, if such statistical
release is not published at the time of any determination under the
Indenture, then such other reasonably comparable index which shall be
designated by the Company.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the
entire indebtedness of the Company on this Security and (b) certain
restrictive covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default
applicable to the Company, in each case, upon compliance by the Company with
certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, which provisions apply to this
Security.
If any Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of, and the Make-Whole Amount, if any,
on the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner
and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder
of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with
respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given
the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made
written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such
Event of Default as Trustee, offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and
the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a
direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed
to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment
of principal hereof (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any)or any interest
on and any Additional Amounts in respect thereof on or after the respective
due dates expressed herein.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Securities of each series at the time Outstanding affected thereby. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to
waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of
any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange
herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is
made upon this Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, Make-Whole Amount, if
any, and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any Place of Payment where the principal
of, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest on this Security are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the
Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or
more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the
same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may
treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained
in the Indenture or in this Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced
thereby, shall be had against any promoter, as such or, against any past,
present or future stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the Company
or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor,
under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the
enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or
otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the
acceptance of this Security by the Holder thereof and as part of the
consideration for the issue of the Securities of this series.
All terms used in this security which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES, INCLUDING THIS SECURITY, SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused "CUSIP" numbers to
be printed on the Securities of this series as convenience to the Holders of
such Securities. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy
of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Securities, and reliance may be placed
only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on
behalf of the Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled
to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Date: July 28, 1997
MERRY LAND & INVESTMENT
COMPANY, INC.
By: /s/
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Name: X. Xxxxxxx Houston
Title: President
Attest:
By: /s/
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Secretary
[SEAL]
Dated: July 28, 1997
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, as
Trustee
By: /s/
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Authorized Officer
