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EXHIBIT 4.18
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FORM OF FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of December , 1997
between
CONSECO, INC.,
AS ISSUER
and
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
AS TRUSTEE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS........................................................................................... 1
SECTION 1.1. Definition of Terms.......................................................................... 1
ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE DEBENTURES........................................................ 4
SECTION 2.1. Designation and Principal Amount............................................................. 4
SECTION 2.2. Maturity..................................................................................... 4
SECTION 2.3. Form and Payment............................................................................. 4
SECTION 2.4. Global Debenture............................................................................. 4
SECTION 2.5. Interest..................................................................................... 5
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF THE DEBENTURES.......................................................................... 6
SECTION 3.1. Tax Event Redemption......................................................................... 6
SECTION 3.2. Redemption Procedure for Debentures.......................................................... 6
SECTION 3.3. No Sinking Fund.............................................................................. 7
SECTION 3.4. Option to Put Debentures..................................................................... 7
SECTION 3.5. Repurchase Procedure for Debentures.............................................................. 7
ARTICLE IV
EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD.................................................................. 7
SECTION 4.1. Extension of Interest Payment Period......................................................... 7
SECTION 4.2. Notice of Extension.......................................................................... 8
SECTION 4.3. Limitation of Transactions................................................................... 8
ARTICLE V
EXPENSES.............................................................................................. 9
SECTION 5.1. Payment of Expenses.......................................................................... 9
SECTION 5.2. Payment Upon Resignation or Removal.......................................................... 9
ARTICLE VI
NOTICE................................................................................................ 10
SECTION 6.1. Notice by the Company........................................................................ 10
ARTICLE VII
FORM OF DEBENTURE..................................................................................... 10
SECTION 7.1. Form of Debenture............................................................................ 10
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ARTICLE VIII
ORIGINAL ISSUE OF DEBENTURES.......................................................................... 16
SECTION 8.1. Original Issue of Debentures................................................................. 16
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS......................................................................................... 16
SECTION 9.1. Ratification of Indenture.................................................................... 16
SECTION 9.2. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals......................................................... 16
SECTION 9.3. Governing Law................................................................................ 16
SECTION 9.4. Separability................................................................................. 16
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of December , 1997 (the "First
Supplemental Indenture"), between CONSECO, INC., a corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Indiana, having its principal office
at ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ (the "Company" ), and The First National Bank of
Chicago, a national banking association, as trustee (the "Trustee").
WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the indenture dated as of
December , 1997 (the "Base Indenture"), to the Trustee to provide for the future
issuance of the Company's unsecured and 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 Company under the Base
Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company
desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of its Securities to be
known as its % Junior Subordinated Debentures due February 16, 2003 (the
"Debentures"), the form and substance of such Debentures and the terms,
provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Base
Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture (together, the "Indenture");
WHEREAS, Conseco Financing Trust IV, a Delaware statutory business
trust (the "Trust"), has offered to the public $ million aggregate liquidation
amount of its % Trust Originated Preferred Securities (the "Preferred
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 Company
of $ million aggregate liquidation amount of its % Trust Originated Common
Securities (the "Common Securities" and together with the Preferred Securities,
the "Trust Securities"), in $ million aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures; and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver
this First Supplemental Indenture and all requirements necessary to make this
First Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms,
and to make the Debentures, when executed by the Company and authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been
performed, and the execution and delivery of this First 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 Company covenants and agrees with
the Trustee as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Definition of Terms.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term defined in the Indenture has the same meaning when used in
this First Supplemental Indenture;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this First Supplemental Indenture has
the same meaning throughout;
(c) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
(d) headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect
interpretation;
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(e) the following terms have the meanings given to them in the
Declaration: (i) Authorized Newspaper; (ii) Business Day; (iii) Clearing Agency;
(iv) Delaware Trustee; (v) DTC; (vi) FELINE PRIDES; (vii) Growth PRIDES; (viii)
Income PRIDES; (xix) Institutional Trustee; (x) Investment Company Event; (xi)
Preferred Security Certificate; (xii) Pricing Agreement; (xiii) Regular
Trustees; (xiv) Reset Agent; (xv) Reset Announcement Date; (xvi) Reset Spread;
(xvii) Two-Year Benchmark Treasury; (xviii) Treasury Securities and (xix)
Underwriting Agreement;
(f) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section
1.11(f):
"Additional Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
"Applicable Principal Amount" means either (i) if the Tax Event
Redemption Date occurs prior to February 16, 2001, the aggregate principal
amount of the Debentures corresponding to the aggregate stated liquidation
amount of the Preferred Securities which are components of Income PRIDES on the
Tax Event Redemption Date or (ii) if the Tax Event Redemption occurs on or after
February 16, 2001, the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures
corresponding to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of the Preferred
Securities outstanding on such Tax Event Redemption Date.
"Compounded Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
"Coupon Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
"Debentures Redemption Price" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.4.
"Declaration" means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of
Conseco Financing Trust IV, a Delaware statutory business trust, dated as of
December , 1997.
"Deferred Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1
hereof.
"Dissolution Event" means that, as a result of the occurrence and
continuation of a Tax Event, an Investment Company Event or otherwise, the Trust
is to be dissolved in accordance with the Declaration, and, except in the case
of a Tax Event Redemption, the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee are
to be distributed to the holders of the Trust Securities issued by the Trust pro
rata in accordance with the Declaration.
"Extended Interest Payment Period" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1.
"Failed Remarketing" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b)
of the Purchase Contract Agreement.
"Global Debentures" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
"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 and expenses and taxes of
the Trust set forth in Section 4.1 hereof, if any.
"Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.4 .
"Purchase Contract" shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase
Contract Agreement, dated as of December , 1997, between the Company and The
First National Bank of Chicago, as purchase contract agent.
"Purchase Contract Settlement Date" means February 16, 2001.
"Put Option" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.
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"Quotation Agent" means (i) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Government Securities, Inc.
and its respective successors, provided, however, that if the foregoing shall
cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor
another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer
selected by the Institutional Trustee after consultation with the Company.
"Redemption Amount" means for each Debenture, the product of the
principal amount of such Debenture and the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price,
expressed as a percentage of the Applicable Principal Amount.
"Tax Event" means the receipt by the Trust of an opinion of a
nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters 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 affecting taxation, (b) any amendment to or change in an interpretation
or application of such laws or regulations by any legislative body, court,
governmental agency or regulatory authority or (c) any interpretation or
pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to such laws or
regulations that differs from the generally accepted position on the date the
Trust Securities are issued, which amendment or change is effective or which
interpretation or pronouncement is announced on or after the date of issuance of
the Trust Securities under the Declaration, there is more than an insubstantial
risk that (i) interest payable by the Company on the Debentures would not be
deductible, in whole or in part, by the Company for federal income tax purposes
or (ii) the Trust would be subject to more than a de minimis amount of other
taxes, duties or other governmental charges.
"Tax Event Redemption Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.1 hereof.
"Treasury Portfolio" means with respect to the Applicable Principal
Amount of Debentures (a) if the Tax Event Redemption Date occurs prior to
February 16, 2001, a portfolio of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Securities
consisting of (i) principal or interest strips of U.S. Treasury Securities which
mature on or prior to February 15, 2001 in an aggregate amount equal to the
Applicable Principal Amount and (ii) with respect to each scheduled interest
payment date on the Debentures that occurs after the Tax Event Redemption Date
principal or interest strips of U.S. Treasury Securities which mature on or
prior to such date in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate interest
payment that would be due on the Applicable Principal Amount of the Debentures
on such date, and (b) if the Tax Event Redemption Date occurs after February 16,
2001, a portfolio of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Securities con sisting of (i)
principal or interest strips of U.S. Treasury Securities which mature on or
prior to February 15, 2003 in an aggregate amount equal to the Applicable
Principal Amount and (ii) with respect to each scheduled interest payment date
on the Debentures that occurs after the Tax Event Redemption Date principal or
interest strips of such U.S. Treasury Securities which mature on or prior to
such date in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate interest payment that
would be due on the Applicable Principal Amount of the Debentures on such date.
"Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price" means the lowest aggregate price
quoted by a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City (a
"Primary Treasury Dealer") to the Quotation Agent on the third Business Day
immediately preceding the Tax Event Redemption Date for the purchase of the
Treasury Portfolio for settlement on the Tax Event Redemption Date.
(g) the following terms shall have the meanings given to them in the
Purchase Contract: (i) Collateral Agent and (ii) Purchase Contract Settlement
Date.
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ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 2.1. Designation and Principal Amount.
There is hereby authorized a series of Securities designated the ___%
Junior Subordinated Debentures due February 16, 2003, limited in aggregate
principal amount to $600,000,000, which amount shall be as set forth in any
written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of Debentures
pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Indenture.
SECTION 2.2. Maturity. The Maturity Date will be February 16, 2003.
SECTION 2.3. Form and Payment.
Except as provided in Section 2.4, the Debentures shall be issued in
fully registered certificated form without interest coupons. Principal and
interest on the Debentures issued in certificated form will be payable, the
transfer of such Debentures will be registrable and such Debentures will be
exchangeable for Debentures bearing identical terms and provisions at the office
or agency of the Institutional Trustee; provided, however, that payment of
interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Holder
at such address as shall appear in the Security Register. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, so long as the Holder of any Debentures is the Institutional Trustee,
the payment of the principal of and interest (including Compounded Interest and
expenses and taxes of the Trust set forth in Section 4.1 hereof, if any) on such
Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee will be made at such place and to
such account as may be designated by the Institutional Trustee.
SECTION 2.4. Global Debenture.
(a) In connection with a Dissolution Event,
(i) the Debentures in certificated form may be presented to
the Trustee by the Institutional Trustee in exchange for a global Debenture in
an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Debentures (a "Global Debenture"), to be registered in the name of
the Clearing Agency, or its nominee, and delivered by the Institutional Trustee
to the Clearing Agency for crediting to the accounts of its participants
pursuant to the instructions of the Regular Trustees. The Company 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. Payments on the Debentures issued as a Global
Debenture will be made to the Clearing Agency; and
(ii) if any Preferred Securities are held in non book-entry
certificated form, the Debentures in certificated form may be presented to the
Trustee by the Institutional Trustee and any Preferred Security Certificate
which represents Preferred Securities other than Preferred Securities held by
the Clearing Agency or its nominee ("Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities") will
be deemed to represent beneficial interests in Debentures presented to the
Trustee by the Institutional Trustee having an aggregate principal amount equal
to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities
until such Preferred Security Certificates are presented to the Security
Registrar for transfer or reissuance at which time such Preferred Security
Certificates will be cancelled and a Debenture, registered in the name of the
holder of the Preferred Security Certificate or the transferee of the holder of
such Preferred Security Certificate, as the case may be, with an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred
Security Certificate cancelled, will be executed by the Company and delivered to
the Trustee for authentication and delivery in accordance with the Indenture. On
issue of such Debentures, Debentures with an equivalent aggregate principal
amount that were presented by the Institutional Trustee to the Trustee will be
deemed to have been cancelled.
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(b) Unless and until it is exchanged for the Debentures in registered
form, a Global Debenture may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to
another nominee of DTC, or to a successor Clearing Agency selected or approved
by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Clearing Agency.
(c) If at any time DTC notifies the Company that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as a Clearing Agency or if at any time the Clearing Agency
for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or
regulation, and a successor Clearing Agency for such series is not appointed by
the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes
aware of such condition, as the case may be, the Company will execute, and,
subject to Article III of the Indenture, the Trustee, upon written notice from
the Company, 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 Company may at any time
determine that the Debentures shall no longer be represented by Global
Debenture. In such event the Company will execute, and subject to Section 301 of
the Indenture, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers Certificate evidencing
such determination by the Company, 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 cancelled 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 Clearing Agency, pursuant to instructions from its direct
or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee
shall deliver such Securities to the Clearing Agency for delivery to the Persons
in whose names such Securities are so registered.
SECTION 2.5. Interest.
(a) Each Debenture will bear interest initially at the rate of % per
annum (the Coupon Rate") from the original date of issuance until February 15,
2001, and at the Reset Rate thereafter 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 rate of ___% until February 15, 2001 and at the Reset Rate
thereafter, compounded quarterly, payable (subject to the provisions of Article
IV) quarterly in arrears on February 16, May 16, August 16 and November 16 of
each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date") commencing on February 16, 1998, to
the Person in whose name such Debenture or any predecessor Debenture is
registered, at the close of business on the regular record date for such
interest installment, which, in respect of (i) Debentures of which the
Institutional Trustee is the Holder and the Preferred Securities are in
book-entry only form or (ii) a Global Debenture, shall be the close of business
on the Business Day next preceding that Interest Payment Date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing sentence, if (i) the Debentures are held by the Institutional
Trustee and the Preferred Securities are no longer in book-entry only form or
(ii) the Debentures are not represented by a Global Debenture, the Company may
select a regular record date for such interest installment which shall be any
date at least ten Business Days before an Interest Payment Date.
(b) The Coupon Rate on the Debentures will be reset on the Third
Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date to the
Reset Rate (which Reset Rate will became effective on and after the Purchase
Contract Settlement Date. On the tenth (10) Business Day immediately preceding
the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Reset Announcement Date, the Reset
Spread and the relevant Two-Year Benchmark Treasury will be announced by the
Company. On the Business Day immediately following such Reset Announcement Date,
the Holders of Debentures will be notified of such Reset Spread and Two-Year
Benchmark Treasury by the Company. Such notice shall be sufficiently given to
such Holders of Debentures if published in an Authorized Newspaper.
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(c) Not later than seven calendar days nor more than 15 calendar days
immediately preceding the Reset Announcement Date the Company will request that
the Clearing Agency or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its
nominee) or the Institutional Trustee, notify the Holders of Debentures of such
Reset Announcement Date and the procedures to be followed by such holders of
Income PRIDES wishing to settle the related Purchase Contract with separate
cash.
(d) The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Except as
provided in the following sentence, the amount of interest payable for any
period shorter than a full quarterly period for which interest is computed, will
be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such a 90-day
period. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the
Debentures is not a Business Day, then payment of 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, 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.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 3.1. Tax Event Redemption.
If a Tax Event shall occur and be continuing, the Company may, at its
option, redeem the Debentures in whole (but not in part) at any time prior to
the Purchase Contract Settlement Date at a Redemption Price per Debenture equal
to the Redemption Amount plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, including
Compounded Interest and the expenses and taxes of the Trust set forth in Section
4.1 hereof, if any, to the date of such redemption (the "Tax Event Redemption
Date"). If, following the occurrence of a Tax Event, the Company exercises its
option to redeem the Debentures, then the proceeds of such redemption, if
distributed to the Institutional Trustee as the holder of such Debentures, will
be applied by the Institutional Trustee to redeem Trust Securities having an
aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures so redeemed, at the Redemption Price. If, following the occurrence of
a Tax Event, the Company exercises its option to redeem the Debentures, the
Company shall appoint the Quotation Agent to assemble the Treasury Portfolio in
consultation with the Company. Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least
30 days but not more than 60 days before the Tax Event Redemption Date to each
registered Holder of the Debentures to be prepaid at its registered address.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the
redemption date interest shall cease to accrue on such Debentures.
SECTION 3.2. Redemption Procedure for Debentures.
Payment of the Redemption Price to each Holder of Debentures shall be
made by the Paying Agent, no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the
Tax Event Redemption Date, by check or wire transfer in immediately available
funds at such place and to such account as may be designated by each such Holder
of Debentures, including the Institutional Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as
the case may be. If the Trustee holds immediately available funds sufficient to
pay the Redemption Price of the Debentures (or, if the Company is acting as
Paying Agent or the Institutional Trustee has received the Redemption Price),
then, on such Tax Event Redemption Date, such Debentures will cease to be
outstanding and interest thereon will cease to accrue, whether or not such
Debentures have been received by the Company, and all other rights of the Holder
in respect of the Debentures shall terminate and lapse (other than the right to
receive the Redemption Price upon delivery of such Debentures but without
interest on such Redemption Price).
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SECTION 3.3. No Sinking Fund.
The Debentures are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
SECTION 3.4. Option to Put Debentures.
If a Failed Remarketing has occurred, each Holder of Debentures, who
holds such Debentures on the day immediately following the Purchase Contract
Settlement Date, shall have the right (the "Put Option") on or after the
Business Day immediately following the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, upon
at least Three Business Days' prior notice, to require the Company to repurchase
such Holder's Debentures on March , 2001 (the "Put Option Exercise Date"),
either in whole or in part, at a repayment price per Debenture equal to $50,
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of payment
including deferred interest, if any (the "Debenture Repayment Price"). Upon such
repurchase by the Company, the Trust shall use the proceeds from such repayment
to redeem the Preferred Securities of such Holder having an aggregate stated
liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so
repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid distributions with respect to the
Preferred Securities so redeemed.
SECTION 3.5. Repurchase Procedure for Debentures.
(a) In order for the Debentures to be repurchased on the Put
Option Exercise Date, the Company must receive on or prior to the 5:00 p.m. New
York City time on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Put Option
Exercise Date, at the Corporate Trust Office in the City of Chicago, Illinois,
the Debentures to be repurchased with the form entitled "Option to Elect
Repayment" on the reverse of or otherwise accompanying such Debentures duly
completed. Any such notice received by the Trustee shall be irrevocable. All
questions as to the validity, eligibility (including time of receipt) and
acceptance of the Debentures for repayment shall be determined by the Company,
whose determination shall be final and binding.
(b) Payment of the Debentures Repayment Price to Holders of
Debentures shall be made through the Trustee, subject to the Trustee's receipt
of payment from the Company in accordance with the terms of the Inden ture
either through the Trustee or the Company acting as Paying Agent, no later than
12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Put Option Exercise Date, and to such
account as may be designated by such Holders. If the Trustee holds immediately
available funds sufficient to pay the Debentures Repayment Price of the
Debentures presented for repayment (or, if the Company is acting as Paying Agent
or the Institutional Trustee has received the Debentures Repayment Price), then,
immediately prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Put Option Exercise Date, such Debentures will cease to be
outstanding and interest thereon will cease to accrue, whether or not such
Debentures have been received by the Company, and all other rights of the Holder
in respect of the Debentures, including the Holder's right to require the
Company to repay such Debentures, shall terminate and lapse (other than the
right to receive the Debentures Repayment Price upon delivery of such debentures
but without interest on such Debentures Repayment Price). Neither the
Institutional Trustee nor the Company will be required to register or cease to
be registered the transfer of any Debentures for which repayment has been
elected.
ARTICLE IV
EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD
SECTION 4.1. Extension of Interest Payment Period.
The Company shall have the right at any time, and from time to time,
during the term of the Debentures, to defer payments of interest by extending
the interest payment period of such Debentures for a period not extending, in
the aggregate, beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures (the "Extended
Interest Payment Period"), during which Extended Interest Payment Period no
interest shall be due and payable. To the extent permitted by applicable law,
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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 rate of % until February 15, 2001, and at the Reset Rate thereafter
compounded quarterly for each quarter of the Extended Interest Payment Period
("Compounded Interest"). At the end of the Extended Interest Payment Period, the
Company shall pay all interest accrued and unpaid on the Debentures, including
any expenses and taxes of the Trust set forth in Section 5.1 hereof and
Compounded Interest (together, "Deferred Interest") that shall be payable to the
Holders of the Debentures in whose names the Debentures are registered in the
Security Register on the first record date after the end of the Extended
Interest Payment Period; provided, however, that during any such Extended
Interest Payment Period, (a) the Company shall not declare or pay dividends or
make any distribution with respect to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock (other than (i)
purchases or acquisitions of capital stock of the Company in connection with the
satisfaction by the Company of its obligations under any employee or agent
benefit plans or the satisfaction by the Company of its obligations pursuant to
any contract or security outstanding on the date of such event requiring the
Company to purchase capital stock of the Company, (ii) as a result of a
reclassification of the Company's capital stock or the exchange or conversion of
one class or series of the Company's capital stock for another class or series
of the Company capital stock, (iii) the purchase of fractional interests in
shares of the Company's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange
provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged,
(iv) dividends or distributions in capital stock of the Company (or rights to
acquire capital stock) or repurchases or redemptions of capital stock solely
from the issuance or exchange of capital stock or (v) redemptions or repurchases
of any rights outstanding under a shareholder rights plan), (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
junior to the Debentures, and (c) the Company shall not make any guarantee
payments with respect to the foregoing (other than payments pursuant to the
Guarantee or the Common Securities Guarantee). Prior to the termination of any
Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company may further extend such period,
provided that such period together with all such previous and further extensions
thereof shall not extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures. Upon the
termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period and the payment of all
Deferred Interest then due, the Company 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 Company, at its option, may prepay on any Interest Payment Date
all or any portion of the interest accrued during the then elapsed portion of an
Extended Interest Payment Period.
SECTION 4.2. Notice of Extension.
(a) If the Institutional Trustee is the only registered Holder of the
Debentures at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment Period,
the Company shall give written notice to the Regular Trustees, the Institutional
Trustee and the 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 issued by the Trust are payable, or
(ii) the date the Trust is required to give notice of the record date, or the
date such Distributions are payable, to the New York Stock Exchange or other
applicable self-regulatory organization or to holders of the Preferred
Securities issued by the Trust, but in any event at least one Business Day
before such record date.
(b) If the Institutional Trustee is not the only Holder of the
Debentures at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment Period,
the Company shall give the Holders of the Debentures and the Trustee written
notice of its selection of such Extended Interest Payment Period at least 10
Business Days before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding Interest Payment
Date, or (ii) the date the Company is required to give notice of the record or
payment date of such interest payment to the New York Stock Exchange or other
applicable self-regulatory organization or to Holders of the Debentures.
SECTION 4.3. Limitation of Transactions.
If (i) the Company shall exercise its right to defer payment of
interest as provided in Section 4.1, or (ii) there shall have occurred any Event
of Default, as defined in the Indenture, then (a) the Company shall not declare
or pay
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dividends or make any distribution with respect to, or redeem, purchase, acquire
or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock (other
than (i) purchases or acquisitions of capital stock of the Company in connection
with the satisfaction by the Company of its obligations under any employee or
agent benefit plans or the satisfaction by the Company of its obligations
pursuant to any contract or security outstanding on the date of such event
requiring the Company to purchase capital stock of the Company, (ii) as a result
of a reclassification of the Company's capital stock or the exchange or
conversion of one class or series of the Company's capital stock for another
class or series of the Company capital stock, (iii) the purchase of fractional
interests in shares of the Company's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or
exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or
exchanged, (iv) dividends or distributions in capital stock of the Company (or
rights to acquire capital stock) or repurchases or redemptions of capital stock
solely from the issuance or exchange of capital stock and (v) redemptions or
repurchases of any rights), (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 junior to the Debentures, and
(c) the Company shall not make any guarantee payments with respect to the
foregoing (other than payments pursuant to the Guarantee or the Common
Securities Guarantee).
ARTICLE V
EXPENSES
SECTION 5.1. Payment of Expenses.
In connection with the offering, sale and issuance of the Debentures to
the Institutional Trustee and in connection with the sale of the Trust
Securities by the Trust, the Company, 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 the Pricing Agreement and
compensation of the Trustee under the Indenture in accordance with the
provisions of Section 6.9 of the Indenture;
(b) pay all costs and expenses of the Trust (including, but not limited
to, costs and expenses relating to the organization of the Trust, the offering,
sale and issuance of the Trust Securities (including commissions to the
underwriters in connection therewith), the fees and expenses of the
Institutional Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, 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);
(c) be primarily liable for any indemnification obligations arising
with respect to the Declaration; and
(d) pay any and all taxes (other than United States withholding taxes
attributable to the Trust or its assets) and all liabilities, costs and expenses
with respect to such taxes of the Trust.
SECTION 5.2. Payment Upon Resignation or Removal.
Upon termination of this First Supplemental Indenture or the Base
Indenture or the removal or resignation of the Trustee pursuant to this Section
5.2, the Company shall pay to the Trustee all amounts 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 Institutional Trustee,
as the case may be, pursuant to Section 5.6 of the Declaration, the Company
shall pay to the Delaware Trustee or the Institutional Trustee, as the case may
be, all amounts accrued to the date of such termination, removal or resignation.
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ARTICLE VI
NOTICE
SECTION 6.1. Notice by the Company.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making
of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Debentures
pursuant to the provisions of this Article VI. Notwithstanding any of the
provisions of the Base Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture, the
Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that
would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in
respect of the Debentures pursuant to the provisions of the Base Indenture,
unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received
written notice thereof from the Company or a holder or holders of Senior
Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor and before the receipt of any such
written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of the Base Indenture,
shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided,
however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in
this Article VI at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the
terms hereof any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without
limitation, the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on
any Debenture), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to
apply the same to the purposes for which they were received, and shall not be
affected by any notice to the contrary that may be received by it within two
Business Days prior to such date.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of the Base Indenture, shall be
entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a
Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company, as the case may be (or a trustee on behalf of such holder), to
establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior
Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders. In the event
that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with
respect to the right of any Person as a holder of such Senior Indebtedness to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article VI, the
Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by
such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such
payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such
Person under this Article VI, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the
Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as
to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
ARTICLE VII
FORM OF DEBENTURE
SECTION 7.1. Form of Debenture.
The Debentures and the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication to be
endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the following forms:
(FORM OF FACE OF DEBENTURE)
[IF THE DEBENTURE IS TO BE A GLOBAL DEBENTURE, INSERT - This Debenture
is a Global Debenture within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred
to and is registered in the name of the Clearing Agency or a nominee of the
Clearing Agency. This Debenture is exchangeable for Debentures registered in the
name of a person other than the Clearing Agency or its nominee only in the
limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and no transfer of this
Debenture (other than a transfer of this Debenture as a whole by the Clearing
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Agency to a nominee of the Clearing Agency or by a nominee of the Clearing
Agency to the Clearing Agency or another nominee of the Clearing Agency) may be
registered except in limited circumstances.
Unless this Debenture is presented by an authorized representative of
The Depository Trust Company (55 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇) 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 The Depository Trust Company and
any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner
hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.]
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CONSECO, INC.
% JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURE
DUE FEBRUARY 16, 2003
CONSECO, INC., a corporation (the "Company", which term includes any
successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to __________, the First National Bank of
Chicago, as Institutional Trustee for Conseco Financing Trust IV, the principal
sum of Dollars ($ ) on February 16, 2003 (such date is hereinafter referred to
as the "Stated Maturity"), and to pay interest on said principal sum from
December ___, 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, quarterly (subject to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on
February 16, May 16, August 16 and November 16 of each year, commencing on
February 16, 1998, initially at the rate of % per annum until February 15, 2001,
and at the Reset Rate thereafter until the principal hereof shall have become
due and payable, and on any overdue principal and premium, if any, 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 rate of % until
February 15, 2001, and at the Reset Date thereafter, compounded quarterly. The
interest rate will be reset on the third business day preceding February 16,
2001 to the Reset Rate (as determined by the Reset Agent). The amount of
interest payable on any Interest Payment Date shall be computed on the basis of
a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. 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 (or one or more Predecessor Securities, as defined
in said Indenture) is registered at the close of business on the regular record
date for such interest installment which in the case of a Global Debenture shall
be the close of business on the business day next preceding such Interest
Payment Date. [IF PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE THE DEBENTURES ARE
NO LONGER REPRESENTED BY A GLOBAL Debenture -- the Company shall have the right
to select record dates, which shall be more than fifteen Business Days but less
than 60 Business Days prior to the Interest Payment Date.] 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 Securities)
is registered at the close of business on a special record date to be fixed by
the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be
given to the registered Holders of this series of Debentures 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 Debentures may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange all as more fully provided in the Indenture. The principal of
(and premium, if any) and the interest on this Debenture shall be payable at the
office or agency of the Trustee
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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 at the
option of the Company by check mailed to the registered Holder at such address
as shall appear in the Security Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long
as the Holder of this Debenture is the Institutional Trustee or the Collateral
Agent, the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
this Debenture will be made at such place and to such account as may be
designated in writing by the Institutional Trustee or the Collateral 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
executed.
Dated
CONSECO, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:
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Name:
Title:
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(FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION)
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Debentures of the series of Debentures described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated
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as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
(FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBENTURE)
This Debenture is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the
Company (herein sometimes referred to as the "Securities"), specified in the
Indenture, all issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant
to an Indenture dated as of December , 1997 (the "Base Indenture"), duly
executed and delivered between the Company and The First National Bank of
Chicago, as Trustee (the "Trustee") (as supplemented by a First Supplemental
Indenture, dated December , 1997), (the Base Indenture as so supplemented, the
"Indenture"), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and
the Holders of the Securities. By the terms of the Indenture, the Securities 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
Securities is limited in aggregate principal amount as specified in said First
Supplemental Indenture.
If a Tax Event shall occur and be continuing, the Company may, at its
option, redeem Debentures in whole (but not in part) at a Redemption Price per
Debenture equal to the Redemption Amount plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, including Compounded Interest and expenses and taxes of the Trust (each
as defined herein), if any, to the Tax Event Redemption Date. The Redemption
Price shall be paid to each Holder of the Debenture by the Company, no later
than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Tax Event Redemption Date, by check
or wire transfer in immediately available funds, at such place and to such
account as may be designated by each such Holder.
The Debentures are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
If a Failed Remarketing has occurred, the Holder of this Debenture, who
holds this Debentures, on or after the Business Day immediately following the
Purchase contract Settlement Date, shall have the right to require the Company
to repurchase this Debenture on March ___, 2001 (the "Put Option Exercise
Date"), either in whole or in part, at an amount per Debenture equal to $50,
plus accrued and unpaid interest, including Deferred Interest, if any (the
"Debenture Repurchase Price"). Upon such repurchase by the Company the Trust
shall use simultaneously the proceeds from such repurchase to redeem in cash the
Preferred Securities of such Holder having an aggregate stated liquidation
amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so repurchased
plus accrued and unpaid distributions, including Deferred Interest if any. In
order for the Debentures to be so repurchased, the Company must receive, on or
prior to 11:00 am New York Time on the third Business Day immediately preceding
the Put Option Exercise Date, at the Corporate Trust Office in the City of
Chicago, Illinois the Debentures to be repurchased with the form entitled
"Option to Elect Repayment" on the reverse of or otherwise accompanying such
Debentures duly
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completed. All questions as to the validity, eligibility (including time of
receipt) and acceptance of the Debentures for repurchase shall be determined by
the Company, whose determination shall be final and binding. Any such notice
shall be irrevocable. The payment of the Debentures Repayment Price in respect
of such Debentures shall be made, either through the Trustee or the Company
acting as Paying Agent, no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Put
Option Exercise Date.
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 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, among other things, adding any provisions to or changing or
eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental
indenture or of modifying the rights of the Holders of the Debentures; provided,
however, that, among other things, no such supplemental indenture shall (i)
reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of
payment of interest thereon (subject to the Company's right to defer such
payments in the manner set forth herein), or reduce any premium payable upon the
redemption thereof, without the consent of the Holder of each Debenture so
affected, or (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.
The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time
outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of all of the Holders of the Debentures
of such series, to waive a Default or Event of Default with respect to such
series, and its consequences, except a Default or Event of Default in the
payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the
Securities 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 Debenture issued in exchange for 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 premium, if any, and
interest on this Debenture at the time and place and at the rate and in the
money herein prescribed.
So long as the Company is not in default in the payment of interest on the
Debenture, 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 a period not extending, in the aggregate, beyond the Maturity
Date of the Debentures (an "Extended Interest Payment Period"). At the end of an
Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall pay all interest then
accrued and unpaid (together with the interest thereon at the rate of ___% until
February 15, 2001 and at the Reset Rate thereafter to the extent that payment of
such interest is enforceable under applicable law). In the event that the
Company exercises this right, then (a) the Company shall not declare or pay
dividends or make any distribution with respect to, or redeem, purchase, acquire
or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock (other
than (i) purchases or acquisitions of capital stock of the Company in connection
with the satisfaction by the Company of its obligations under any employee or
agent benefit plans or the satisfaction by the Company of its obligations
pursuant to any contract or security outstanding on the date of such event
requiring the Company to purchase capital stock of the Company, (ii) as a result
of a reclassification of the Company's capital stock or the exchange or
conversion of one class or series of the Company's capital stock for another
class or series of the Company capital stock, (iii) the purchase of fractional
interests in shares of the Company's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or
exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or
exchanged, (iv) dividends or distributions in capital stock of the Company (or
rights to acquire capital stock) or repurchases or redemptions of capital stock
solely from the issuance or exchange of capital stock or (v) redemptions or
purchases of any rights outstanding under a shareholder rights plan), (b) the
Company shall not make any payment of interest,
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principal or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt
securities issued by the Company that rank junior to the Debentures, and (c) the
Company shall not make any guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing
(other than payments pursuant to the Guarantee or the Common Securities
Guarantee). Prior to the termination of any such Extended Interest Payment
Period, the Company may further extend the interest payment period; provided,
that such Extended Interest Payment Period, together with all such previous and
further extensions thereof, may not extend beyond the Maturity Date of the
Debenture. At the termination of any such Extended Interest Payment Period and
upon the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and any additional amount
then due, the Company may commence a new Extended Interest Payment Period,
subject to the above requirements.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, this Debenture is transferable by the registered Holder hereof on the
Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Debenture for
registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Trustee in the City of
Chicago and State of Illinois 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 the Security 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 Security Registrar) for the purpose
of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof and premium, if
any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company
nor the Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any Security 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,
shareholder, officer or director, past, present or 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 Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company to,
among other things, merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell, assign,
transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets. All such
covenants and limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications
and exceptions. The Company must report periodically to the Trustee on
compliance with the covenants in the Indenture.
The Debentures of this series are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $50 and any integral multiple thereof. This Global
Debenture is exchangeable for Debentures in definitive form only under certain
limited circumstances set forth in the Indenture. Debentures of this series so
issued are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of
$50 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject
to certain limitations 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 Holder
surrendering the same.
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All terms used in this Debenture that are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
ARTICLE VIII
ORIGINAL ISSUE OF DEBENTURES
SECTION 8.1. Original Issue of Debentures.
Debentures in the aggregate principal amount of may, upon execution of
this First Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to
the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and
deliver said Debentures to or upon the written order of the Company, signed by
its Chairman, its Vice Chairman, its President, or any Vice President and its
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, without any further action by the Company.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.1. Ratification of Indenture.
The Indenture as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, is
in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this First Supplemental Indenture
shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and
therein provided.
SECTION 9.2. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals.
The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and not by the
Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this
First Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 9.3. Governing Law.
This First Supplemental Indenture and each Debenture shall be deemed to
be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all
purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.
SECTION 9.4. Separability.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this First
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 First
Supplemental Indenture or of the Debentures, but this First 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 9.5. Counterparts.
This First 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals
to be affixed and attested, on the date or dates indicated in the
acknowledgments and as of the day and year first above written.
CONSECO, INC.,
as Issuer
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:
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