As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2010
Registration No: -
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Lennar Corporation
Co-registrants are listed on the following page.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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1520
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95-4337490
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(State or other jurisdiction of
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(Primary Standard Industrial
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(I.R.S. Employer
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incorporation or organization)
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Classification Code Number)
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Identification Number)
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700 Northwest 107th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33172
(305) 559-4000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
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Mark Sustana
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Copies to:
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General Counsel and Secretary
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David W. Bernstein, Esq.
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700 Northwest 107th Avenue
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K&L Gates LLP
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Miami, Florida 33172
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599 Lexington Avenue
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(305) 559-4000
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New York, New York 10022
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(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
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(212) 536-3900
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number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public:
As soon as
practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.
If the securities being registered on this form are being offered in connection with the
formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the
following box.
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If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.
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If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities
Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the
earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large
accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller reporting company
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If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon
in conducting this transaction:
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Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)
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Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed
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Maximum
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Proposed Maximum
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Amount of
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Title of Each Class of
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Amount
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Offering
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Aggregate
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Registration
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Securities to be Registered
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to be Registered
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Price per Note
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Offering Price
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Fee
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Series B 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018
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$250,000,000
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100% (1)
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$250,000,000 (1)
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$17,825.00 (2)
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Guarantees of Series B 6.950% Senior Notes due
2018 (3)
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$0.00 (4)
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(1)
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Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
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(2)
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Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(f).
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(3)
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See the following pages for a list of the guarantors, all of which are direct or indirect subsidiaries of Lennar Corporation.
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(4)
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Pursuant to Rule 457(n), no separate registration fee is payable with regard to the guarantees.
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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be
necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment that
specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in
accordance with
Section 8(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement
shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to
said Section
8(a)
, may determine.
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Jurisdiction of
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I.R.S. Employer
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Incorporation or
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Identification
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Name of Co-Registrant
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Organization
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Number
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Aquaterra Utilities, Inc.
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Florida
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59-3674555
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Asbury Woods, LLC
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Illinois
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36-4491586
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Astoria Options, LLC
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Delaware
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26-3838861
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Avalon Sienna III L.L.C.
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Illinois
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36-4369395
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Aylon, LLC
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Delaware
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74-3135055
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Bay Colony Expansion 369, Ltd.
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Texas
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01-0634897
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Bay River Colony Development, Ltd.
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Texas
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N/A
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BB Investment Holdings, LLC
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Nevada
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N/A
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BCI Properties, LLC
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Nevada
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N/A
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BPH I, LLC
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Nevada
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N/A
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Bramalea California, Inc.
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California
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95-3426206
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Builders LP, Inc.
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Delaware
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43-1981685
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C & C Ranch, LLC
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California
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76-0735797
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Cambria, LLC
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Illinois
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36-4343919
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Camelot Ventures, LLC
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Maryland
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N/A
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Cary Woods, LLC
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Illinois
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36-4511011
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Cedar Lakes II, LLC
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North Carolina
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N/A
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Cherrytree I LLC
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Maryland
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72-2988537
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Cherrytree II LLC
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Maryland
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75-2988548
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CL Ventures, LLC
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Florida
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11-3728443
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Colonial Heritage LLC
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Virginia
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20-0646289
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Columbia Station, LLC
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Illinois
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36-4359050
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Concord Station
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Florida
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20-0986458
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Coto de Caza, Ltd.
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California
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33-0738531
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Coventry, LLC
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Illinois
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36-4511106
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Creekside Crossing, LLC
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Illinois
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43-2052256
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Darcy-Joliet, LLC
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Illinois
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20-1290431
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DBJ Holdings, LLC
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Nevada
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N/A
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Enclave Land, LLC
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Illinois
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02-0569313
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Evergreen Village
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Delaware
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59-3801488
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F&R QVI Home Investments USA, LLC
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Illinois
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02-0569313
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Fox-Maple Associates, LLC
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New Jersey
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43-1997377
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Friendswood Development Company, LLC
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Texas
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74-2859478
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Garco Investments, LLC
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Florida
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65-1151300
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Greystone Construction, Inc.
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Arizona
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86-0864245
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Greystone Homes of Nevada, Inc.
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Delaware
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88-0412604
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Greystone Homes, Inc.
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Delaware
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93-1070009
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Greystone Nevada, LLC
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Delaware
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88-0412611
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Greywall Club, LLC
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Illinois
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20-1083688
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Haverton, LLC
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Illinois
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36-0057181
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Heathcote Commons LLC
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Virginia
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20-1178932
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Home Buyers Advantage Realty, Inc.
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Texas
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76-0573246
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Homecraft Corporation
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Texas
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76-0334090
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HTC Golf Club, LLC
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Colorado
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26-0312522
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Independence L.L.C.
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Virginia
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76-0651137
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Lakelands at Easton, L.L.C.
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Maryland
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03-0501970
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Legends Club, LLC
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Florida
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48-1259544
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Legends Golf Club, LLC
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Florida
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59-3691814
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Len Paradise, LLC
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Florida
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27-0950511
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Lencraft, LLC
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Maryland
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20-1749015
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LENH I, LLC
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Florida
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56-2349820
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Lennar Aircraft I, LLC
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Delaware
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20-2424732
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Lennar Arizona Construction, Inc.
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Arizona
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20-5335712
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Jurisdiction of
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I.R.S. Employer
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Incorporation or
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Identification
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Name of Co-Registrant
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Organization
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Number
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Lennar Arizona, Inc.
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Arizona
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20-5335505
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Lennar Associates Management Holding Company
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Florida
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31-1806357
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Lennar Associates Management, LLC
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Delaware
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52-2257293
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Lennar Buffington Colorado Crossing, L.P.
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Texas
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20-2002341
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Lennar Buffington Zachary Scott, L.P.
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Texas
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20-1577414
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Lennar Carolinas, LLC
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Delaware
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20-3150607
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Lennar Central Park, LLC
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Delaware
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20-1087322
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Lennar Central Region Sweep, Inc.
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Nevada
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65-1111068
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Lennar Chicago, Inc.
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Illinois
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36-3971759
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Lennar Cobra, LLC
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Delaware
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26-3945098
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Lennar Colorado, LLC
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Colorado
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20-0451796
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Lennar Communities Development, Inc.
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Delaware
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86-0262130
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Lennar Communities Nevada, LLC
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Nevada
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20-3035653
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Lennar Communities of Chicago L.L.C.
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Illinois
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20-2036535
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Lennar Communities, Inc.
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California
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33-0855007
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Lennar Construction, Inc.
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Arizona
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86-0972186
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Lennar Coto Holdings, LLC
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California
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33-0787906
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Lennar Developers, Inc.
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Florida
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48-1259540
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Lennar Family of Builders GP, Inc.
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Delaware
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43-1981691
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Lennar Family of Builders Limited Partnership
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Delaware
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43-1981697
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Lennar Financial Services, LLC
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Florida
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65-0774024
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Lennar Fresno, Inc.
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California
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33-1008718
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Lennar Georgia, Inc.
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Georgia
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20-8892316
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Lennar Hingham Holdings, LLC
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Delaware
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20-2866090
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Lennar Hingham JV, LLC
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Delaware
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20-2866001
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Lennar Homes Holding, LLC
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Delaware
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16-1641233
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Lennar Homes of Arizona, Inc.
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Arizona
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65-0163412
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Lennar Homes of California, Inc.
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California
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93-1223261
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Lennar Homes of Texas Land and Construction, Ltd.
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Texas
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75-2792018
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Lennar Homes of Texas Sales and Marketing, Ltd.
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Texas
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75-2792019
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Lennar Homes, LLC
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Florida
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59-0711505
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Lennar Illinois Trading Company, LLC
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Illinois
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N/A
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Lennar Imperial Holdings Limited Partnership
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Delaware
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20-2552367
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Lennar Land Partners Sub II, Inc.
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Nevada
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88-0429001
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Lennar Land Partners Sub, Inc.
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Delaware
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65-0776454
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Lennar Layton, LLC
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Delaware
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26-3797850
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Lennar Mare Island, LLC
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California
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33-0789053
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Lennar Marina A Funding, LLC
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Delaware
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27-0762082
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Lennar Massachusetts Properties, Inc.
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Delaware
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20-2681100
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Lennar Nevada, Inc.
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Nevada
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88-0401445
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Lennar New Jersey Properties, Inc.
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Delaware
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20-2681142
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Lennar New York, LLC
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New York
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20-3160452
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Lennar Northeast Properties LLC
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New Jersey
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20-4874094
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Lennar Northeast Properties, Inc.
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Nevada
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20-2552288
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Lennar Pacific Properties Management, Inc.
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Delaware
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30-0139878
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Lennar Pacific Properties, Inc.
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Delaware
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88-0412607
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Lennar Pacific, Inc.
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Delaware
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88-0412608
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Lennar PI Acquisition, LLC
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New Jersey
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26-1531638
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Lennar PI Property Acquisition, LLC
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New Jersey
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26-1531376
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Lennar PIS Management Company, LLC
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Delaware
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26-3218984
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Lennar Placentia TOD Properties, LLC
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Delaware
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20-1819045
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Lennar PNW, Inc.
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Washington
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20-2977927
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Lennar Port Imperial South, LLC
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Delaware
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20-2552353
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Lennar Realty, Inc.
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Florida
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76-0683361
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Lennar Renaissance, Inc.
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California
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33-0726195
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Lennar Reno, LLC
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Nevada
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22-3895412
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Lennar Riverside West Urban Renewal Company, L.L.C.
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New Jersey
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20-2562043
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Lennar Riverside West, LLC
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Delaware
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20-2552385
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Jurisdiction of
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I.R.S. Employer
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Incorporation or
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Identification
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Name of Co-Registrant
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Organization
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Number
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Lennar Sacramento, Inc.
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California
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33-0794993
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Lennar Sales Corp.
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California
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95-4716082
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Lennar San Jose Holdings, Inc.
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California
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65-0645170
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Lennar Southland I, Inc.
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California
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33-0801714
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Lennar Southwest Holding Corp.
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Nevada
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91-1933536
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Lennar Texas Holding Company
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Texas
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75-2788257
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Lennar Trading Company, LP
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Texas
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72-1574089
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Lennar Ventures, LLC
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Florida
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26-3103505
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Lennar West Valley, LLC
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California
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20-1342854
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Lennar.com Inc.
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Florida
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65-0980149
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LFS Holding Company, LLC
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Delaware
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65-1105931
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LH Eastwind, LLC
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Florida
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20-0097714
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LHI Renaissance, LLC
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Florida
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02-0680656
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LLPII HCC Holdings, LLC
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Delaware
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26-2791975
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LNC at Meadowbrook, LLC
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Illinois
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36-0026164
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LNC at Ravena, LLC
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Illinois
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41-2088272
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LNC Communities I, Inc.
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Colorado
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84-1317557
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LNC Communities II, Inc.
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Colorado
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84-1317558
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LNC Communities III, Inc.
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Colorado
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84-1361682
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LNC Communities IV, Inc.
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Colorado
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84-1512061
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LNC Communities V, Inc.
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Colorado
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84-1513989
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LNC Communities VI, Inc.
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Colorado
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84-1556776
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LNC Communities VII, Inc.
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Colorado
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84-1534329
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LNC Communities VIII, Inc.
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Colorado
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84-1553326
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LNC Communities IX, Inc.
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Colorado
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N/A
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LNC Northeast Mortgage, Inc.
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Delaware
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54-1830770
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LNC Pennsylvania Realty, Inc.
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Pennsylvania
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23-2991585
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Long Beach Development, LLC
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Texas
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26-2321011
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Lori Gardens Associates II, LLC
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New Jersey
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20-1944492
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Lori Gardens Associates III, LLC
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New Jersey
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20-1977674
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Lorton Station, L.L.C.
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Virginia
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76-0694499
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Madrona Village Mews L.L.C.
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Illinois
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36-0026266
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Madrona Village, LLC
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Illinois
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36-4343916
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Mid-County Utilities, Inc.
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Maryland
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76-0610395
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Mission Viejo 12S Venture, LP
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California
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33-0615197
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Mission Viejo Holdings, Inc.
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California
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33-0785862
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Montgomery Crossings, LLC
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Illinois
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36-4403224
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Northbridge L.L.C.
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Illinois
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36-4511102
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Northeastern Properties LP, Inc.
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Nevada
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20-2552328
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Palm Gardens at Doral, LLC
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Florida
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20-3959088
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Palm Gardens at Doral Clubhouse, LLC
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Florida
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26-0801736
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Palm Vista Preserve, LLC
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Florida
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83-0426521
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Perris Green Valley Associates, a California limited partnership
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California
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33-0797037
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PG Properties Holding, LLC
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North Carolina
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26-4059800
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Pioneer Meadows Development, LLC
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Nevada
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20-0939113
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Pioneer Meadows Investments, LLC
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Nevada
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20-0939094
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POMAC, LLC
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Maryland
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11-3708149
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Prestonfield, L.L.C
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Illinois
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36-4511103
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Raintree Village II, LLC
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Illinois
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20-2118282
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Raintree Village, L.L.C.
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Illinois
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20-0090390
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Rivenhome Corporation
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Florida
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76-0569346
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Rutenberg Homes of Texas, Inc.
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Texas
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76-0215995
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Rutenberg Homes, Inc.
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Florida
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76-0340291
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Rye Hill Company, LLC
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New York
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20-0809495
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S. Florida Construction II, LLC
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Florida
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72-1567303
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S. Florida Construction III, LLC
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Florida
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72-1567302
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S. Florida Construction, LLC
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Florida
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71-0949799
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San Lucia, LLC
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Florida
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20-4372714
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iv
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Jurisdiction of
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I.R.S. Employer
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Incorporation or
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Identification
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Name of Co-Registrant
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Organization
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Number
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Savell Gulley Development, LLC
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Texas
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26-2592101
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Scarsdale, LTD.
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Texas
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27-0080619
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Seminole/70th, LLC
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Florida
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56-2529886
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Siena at Old Orchard, LLC
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Illinois
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20-1476765
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Sonoma L.L.C.
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Illinois
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36-4443842
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Spanish Springs Development, LLC
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Nevada
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76-0672277
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Stoney Corporation
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Florida
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59-3374931
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Stoneybrook Golf Club, Inc.
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Florida
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76-0669064
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Strategic Cable Technologies, L.P.
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Texas
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20-1179138
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Strategic Holdings, Inc.
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Nevada
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91-1770357
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Strategic Technologies Communications of California, Inc.
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California
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95-4149805
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Strategic Technologies, LLC
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Florida
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65-0523605
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Summerfield Venture L.L.C.
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Illinois
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20-0753624
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Summerwood, LLC
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Maryland
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27-0045425
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Temecula Valley, LLC
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Delaware
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43-1971997
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The Courts of Indian Creek L.L.C.
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Illinois
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36-4415696
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The LNC Northeast Group, Inc.
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Delaware
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54-1774997
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The Preserve at Coconut Creek, LLC
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Florida
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20-3287825
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Trade Services Investments, Inc.
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California
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20-2552585
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U.S. Home Corporation
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Delaware
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52-2227619
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U.S. Home of Arizona Construction Co.
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Arizona
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74-2402824
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U.S. Home Realty, Inc.
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Texas
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76-0136964
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U.S.H. Los Prados, Inc.
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Nevada
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88-0232393
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U.S.H. Realty, Inc.
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Maryland
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74-2765031
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USH Flag, LLC
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Florida
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26-3984776
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USH (West Lake), Inc.
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New Jersey
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22-3471278
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USH Equity Corporation
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Nevada
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76-0450341
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USH Millennium Ventures Corp.
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Florida
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76-0546603
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USH Woodbridge, Inc.
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Texas
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76-0561576
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UST Lennar GP PIS 10, LLC
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Delaware
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26-3219799
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UST Lennar GP PIS 7, LLC
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Delaware
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26-3219172
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WCP, LLC
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South Carolina
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51-0461143
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West Chocolate Bayou Development, LLC
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Texas
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26-2320867
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West Van Buren, LLC
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Illinois
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36-4347398
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Westchase, Inc.
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Nevada
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91-1954138
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v
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not exchange
these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to exchange these securities and it is
not soliciting an offer to exchange these securities in any state where the offer or exchange is
not permitted.
SUBJECT
TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 18, 2010
PROSPECTUS
Offer to Exchange
Any and all outstanding Series A 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018,
$250,000,000 aggregate principal amount outstanding,
for Series B 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018.
The exchange offer and withdrawal rights
will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on [
], 2010, unless we extend the exchange offer.
We are offering to exchange our Series B 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018 (Series B
Notes) for the identical principal amounts of our outstanding Series A 6.950% Senior Notes due
2018 (Series A Notes, and together with the
Series B Notes, Notes). The aggregate principal
amount at maturity of the Series A Notes, and therefore the aggregate principal amount of Series B
Notes that would be issued if all the Series A Notes were exchanged, is $250,000,000. The terms of
the Series B Notes will be identical with the terms of the Series A Notes, except that because the
issuance of the Series B Notes is being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
there are no transfer restrictions with regard to the Series B Notes.
We issued the Series A Notes on May 4, 2010 in a transaction that was exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). This
exchange offer is being made in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement dated as of May 4,
2010 among the initial purchasers of the Series A Notes and us.
The Series A Notes are, and the Series B Notes, when issued, will be, our senior, unsecured
and unsubordinated obligations and rank equally with all of our other senior, unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness outstanding from time-to-time. Although there are currently no
guarantors of the Notes, some or all of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, other than our finance
company subsidiaries and foreign subsidiaries, may in the future guarantee the Notes under
particular circumstances. If any of our subsidiaries guarantee the Notes, those guarantees may be
suspended under limited circumstances. The registration statement of which this prospectus forms a
part registers the possible guarantees as well as the Series B Notes.
Before the exchange offer, there has been no public market for the Series B Notes. We do not
currently intend to list the Series B Notes on a securities exchange or seek approval for
quotation of the Series B Notes on an automated quotation system. Therefore, it is unlikely that
an active trading market for the Series B Notes will develop. We will receive no proceeds from the
exchange offer.
This prospectus incorporates important business and financial information about us that is
not included or delivered with this prospectus. That information will be made available without
charge to our security holders upon oral request by calling our Office of the General Counsel at
(305) 559-4000, or upon written request addressed to Lennar Corporation, 700 Northwest 107th
Avenue, Miami, Florida 33172, Attn: Office of the General Counsel. To obtain timely delivery,
security holders must request the information no later than five business days before [
], the
expiration date of the exchange offer.
The exchange agent for the exchange offer is The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A..
This prospectus and the accompanying letter of transmittal are being distributed to holders of
Series A Notes on or about [
], 2010.
Investment in the Series B Notes to be issued in the exchange offer involves risks. You
should carefully read the Risk Factors section, which
begins on page 9 of this prospectus,
before you exchange your Series A Notes.
These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any state securities commission nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission or
any state securities commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is June [
], 2010.
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
Each broker-dealer that receives Series B Notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange
offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of those
Series B Notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time-to-time, may be
used by a broker-dealer in connection with sales of Series B Notes received in exchange for Series
A Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We
have agreed that, starting on the day the exchange offer expires and ending at the close of
business on the first anniversary of that date, we will make this prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In
addition, until [
], 2010, all dealers effecting transactions in the Series B Notes may be
required to deliver a prospectus.
You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this
prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement. No person has been authorized to give any
information or to make any representations, other than those contained in this prospectus. If given
or made, that information or those representations may not be relied upon as having been authorized
by us. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to or solicitation of any person in any
jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation would be unlawful.
You should not assume that the information in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or
any document incorporated into this prospectus by reference is accurate as of any date other than
the date of the applicable document. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and
prospects may have changed since that date.
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
Some of the statements in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into
this prospectus are forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding this
exchange offer, as well as our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows,
strategies and prospects. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that these
statements do not relate strictly to historical or current matters. Rather, forward-looking
statements relate to anticipated or expected events, activities, trends or results. Because
forward-looking statements relate to matters that have not yet occurred, these statements are
inherently subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause our actual activities or
results to differ materially from the activities and results anticipated in forward-looking
statements. These factors include those described under the caption Risk Factors in this
prospectus, those described in Item 1A entitled Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for our fiscal year ended November 30, 2009, which are incorporated into this prospectus by
reference, and other factors that may be included in our other filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. We do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus or in documents
incorporated in this prospectus. This summary is not intended to be a complete description of the
matters covered in this prospectus and is subject, and qualified in its entirety by reference, to
the more detailed information and financial statements incorporated by reference in this
prospectus. It does not contain all the information you should consider before deciding whether to
exchange your Series A Notes for Series B Notes. You should read the entire prospectus. Unless
otherwise defined in this prospectus, the term we, our or us refers to Lennar Corporation and
its subsidiaries.
LENNAR CORPORATION
We are one of the nations largest homebuilders and a provider of financial services. Our
homebuilding operations include the construction and sale of single-family attached and detached
homes, as well as the purchase, development and sale of residential land directly and through
unconsolidated entities in which we have investments. We conduct homebuilding activities in 14
states, with our largest homebuilding operations in Florida, Texas and California. We also provide
mortgage financing, title insurance and closing services as well as other ancillary services to our
homebuyers and others. Substantially all of the loans that we originate are sold in the secondary
mortgage market on a servicing released, non-recourse basis; although, we remain liable for certain
limited representations and warranties related to loan sales. Our financial services segment
operates generally in the same states as our homebuilding operations, but also operates in other
states. We recently formed a new segment, Rialto Investments, that focuses on the acquisition and
monetization of distressed real estate asset investments, asset management and workout strategies.
For additional information, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
November 30, 2009, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2010
and our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 22, 2010, April 5, 2010, April
19, 2010; April 26, 2010, April 29, 2010, May 10, 2010 and May 14, 2010, each of which is
incorporated into this prospectus by reference.
We are a Delaware corporation. Our principal offices are at 700 Northwest 107th Avenue, Miami,
Florida 33172. Our telephone number at these offices is (305) 559-4000. Our website address is
www.lennar.com. The information on our website is not part of this prospectus.
ISSUANCE OF THE SERIES A NOTES
On May 4, 2010, we sold $250 million aggregate principal amount of Series A 6.950% Senior
Notes due 2018 (the Series A Notes) to initial purchasers (the Initial Purchasers) in a
transaction that was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The Initial
Purchasers subsequently resold the Series A Notes in reliance on Rule 144A or other exemptions from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act. We entered into a Registration Rights
Agreement with the Initial Purchasers, pursuant to which we agreed to exchange registered Series B
6.950% Senior Notes due 2018 (Series B Notes, and together with the Series A Notes, Notes) for
the Series A Notes and also granted holders of Series A Notes rights under certain circumstances to
have resales of Series A Notes registered under the Securities Act. The exchange offer made by this
prospectus is intended to satisfy our principal obligations under the Registration Rights
Agreement.
We issued the Series A Notes under an indenture dated as of May 4, 2010, among us, the
potential subsidiary guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee
(the Indenture). The Series B Notes will also be issued under the Indenture and will be entitled
to the benefits of the Indenture. The form and terms of the Series B Notes will be identical in all
material respects with the form and terms of the Series A Notes, except that (1) the Series B Notes
will have been registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, the global certificate (and any
individual certificates) will not bear legends describing restrictions on transferring the Series B
Notes represented by the certificates, and (2) holders of Series B Notes will not be, and upon the
consummation of the exchange offer, holders of Series A Notes will no longer be, entitled to rights
under the Registration Rights Agreement. Series A Notes that are not exchanged will continue to be
subject to restrictions on transfer.
The net proceeds we received from the issuance of the Series A Notes were used to pay a
portion of the purchase price of $289.4 million principal amount of our senior notes with maturity
dates in 2010, 2011 and 2013, that we purchased through a tender offer that ran from April 27, 2010
to May 25, 2010. We will receive no proceeds from the exchange of the Series B Notes for the
Series A Notes pursuant to the exchange offer.
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THE EXCHANGE OFFER
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The Exchange Offer
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We are offering to exchange our Series B 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018, for identical principal amounts of our outstanding Series A 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018. As of the date of this prospectus, $250 million aggregate principal amount of Series A 6.950% Senior Notes are outstanding.
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Expiration of Exchange Offer
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5:00 p.m., New York time on [
], 2010, unless we extend the exchange offer. In this prospectus, we refer to the date the exchange offer will expire as the expiration date.
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Conditions of the Exchange Offer
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The only condition to the exchange offer is that we not be advised that completion of the exchange offer would, or might, be unlawful. The exchange offer is not conditioned upon any minimum principal amount of Series A Notes being tendered for exchange.
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Accrued Interest on the Series A Notes
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Interest on Series A Notes that are exchanged will cease to accrue on the last interest payment date before the day on which Series B Notes are issued in exchange for them. However, Series B Notes issued in exchange for Series A Notes will bear interest from the last interest payment date before the day on which they are issued in exchange for the Series A Notes.
Therefore, exchanging Series A Notes for Series B Notes will not affect the amount of interest a holder will receive.
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Interest on the Series B Notes
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Interest on the Series B Notes will be paid on June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning December 1, 2010.
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Procedures for Tendering Series A Notes
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A holder of Series A Notes who wishes to accept the exchange offer must deliver to the exchange agent, before the exchange offer expires:
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(1) A confirmation from The Depository Trust Company (DTC) that the Series A Notes have been delivered by book-entry transfer to an account of the exchange agent with DTC (a Book-Entry Confirmation);
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(2) Either
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(a) A letter of transmittal, or a facsimile of one, that has been completed and executed in accordance with the instructions contained in the section of this prospectus titled The Exchange Offer Procedures for Tendering Notes and in the letter of transmittal,
or
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(b) A message from DTC (an Agents Message), which will be part of the Book-Entry Confirmation, stating the DTC has received an express acknowledgment that the applicable DTC participant has received and agrees to be bound by the exchange offer contained in this prospectus and the letter of transmittal, and that
Lennar may enforce that agreement against the participant; and
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(3) Any other documents required by the letter of transmittal.
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Guaranteed Delivery Procedures
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Eligible holders of Series A Notes who wish to tender their Series A Notes, but who cannot complete the procedures for book-entry transfer of Series A Notes or deliver a letter of transmittal or an Agents Message or any other documents required by the letter of transmittal, to the exchange agent before the exchange offer expires may tender their Series A Notes using the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the letter of transmittal.
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Acceptance of Series A Notes and Delivery of Series B Notes
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Unless we are advised that it would, or might, be unlawful for us to do so, we will accept any and all Series A Notes that are properly tendered in response to the exchange offer and not properly withdrawn before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. The Series B Notes issued pursuant to the exchange offer will be delivered promptly after acceptance of the Series A Notes.
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Withdrawal Rights
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Tenders of Series A Notes may be withdrawn at any time before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date.
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Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences
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For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the exchange of Series A Notes for Series B Notes should not be considered a sale or exchange or otherwise be a taxable event to the holders of the Series A Notes. See The Exchange Offer Material Federal Income Tax Consequences. You should consult with your tax advisor regarding your particular situation.
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The Exchange Agent
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The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. is the exchange agent. The address and telephone number of the exchange agent are set forth under the caption The Exchange Offer Exchange Agent in this prospectus.
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Fees and Expenses
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We will bear the expense of soliciting tenders pursuant to the exchange offer. Except as described in the letter of transmittal, we will also pay any transfer taxes that are applicable to the exchange of Series A Notes for Series B Notes pursuant to the exchange offer.
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Resales of the Series B Notes
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Based on interpretations by the staff of the SEC set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties, we believe that a person who receives Series B Notes issued pursuant to the exchange offer (other than (1) a broker-dealer who purchased the Series A Notes directly from us for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or another exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act; or (2) a person that is an affiliate of ours, as that term is defined in Rule
405 under the Securities Act), may sell the Series B Notes without registration or the need to deliver a prospectus under the Securities Act, provided that person has no arrangement to participate in a distribution of the Series B Notes. Each broker-dealer that receives Series B Notes for its own account in exchange for Series A Notes that were acquired by the broker as a result of market-making or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection
with any resale of the Series B Notes.
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Consequences of Not Exchanging the Series A Notes
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If you do not exchange your Series A Notes, the existing restrictions on the transfer of the Series A Notes will continue to apply. Because we anticipate that most holders will elect to exchange their Series A Notes for Series B Notes due to the absence of restrictions on the resale of Series B Notes under the Securities Act, we anticipate that if there is any market for the Series A
Notes that remain outstanding after the consummation of the exchange offer, that market will be very limited.
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THE SERIES B NOTES
The exchange offer applies to all $250 million aggregate principal amount of the Series A
Notes that are outstanding. The terms of the Series B Notes are identical in all material respects
with those of the Series A Notes, except for certain transfer restrictions and registration rights
relating to the Series A Notes. The Series B Notes will evidence the same debt as the Series A
Notes and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture under which both the Series A Notes
were, and the Series B Notes will be, issued.
The summary below describes the principal terms of the Series B Notes. Certain of the terms
and conditions are subject to limitations and exceptions. The Description of the Notes section of
this prospectus contains a more detailed description of the terms and conditions of the Series B
Notes.
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Securities Offered
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$250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Series B 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018.
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Maturity Date
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June 1, 2018.
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Interest Payment Dates
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June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on December 1, 2010.
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Interest Rate
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The Series B Notes will bear interest at the rate of 6.950% per year (calculated using a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months).
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Sinking Fund
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None.
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Ranking
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The Series B Notes are our senior, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations and rank equally with all of our other senior unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time-to-time outstanding. The Series B Notes are effectively subordinated to the obligations of our subsidiaries, except to the extent, if any, that in the future particular subsidiaries become guarantors of the Series B Notes,
and to our obligations that are secured, to the extent of the assets securing those obligations.
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Guarantees
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All of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, other than our finance company subsidiaries and foreign subsidiaries, may guarantee the Series B Notes. If any of our subsidiaries guarantee the Series B notes in the future, the guarantees may be subsequently suspended under certain limited circumstances. See Description of the Notes The Guarantees.
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Redemption at our Option
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We may redeem any or all of the Series B Notes at any time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Series B Notes being redeemed or (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Series B Notes being redeemed, discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the comparable treasury rate plus 50 basis points, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest on the Series B Notes to the redemption date.
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Certain Indenture Provisions
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The Indenture governing the Series B Notes contains covenants limiting our and some of our subsidiaries ability to create liens securing indebtedness or enter into sale and leaseback transactions. These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications. See Description of the Notes Certain Covenants.
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Use of Proceeds
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We will receive no proceeds from the exchange of Series A Notes for the Series B Notes pursuant to the exchange offer.
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Offer to Repurchase Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event
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Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event, we will be required to make an offer to repurchase all outstanding Series A or Series B Notes at a price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Series A or Series B Notes, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the repurchase date. See Description of the Notes Change of Control Offer.
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Book-Entry Form
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The Series B Notes will be issued in book-entry form and will be represented by permanent global certificates deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC and registered in the name of a nominee of DTC.
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Risk Factors
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Investing in the Series B
Notes involves significant risk. Before you exchange your
Series A Notes, you should carefully read the Risk
Factors section beginning on page 9 of this prospectus for a description of some of the risks you should particularly consider before exchanging Series A Notes for Series B Notes.
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Governing Law
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State of New York.
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RISK FACTORS
In this section, we describe risks relating to the exchange of Series A Notes for Series B Notes.
Investors considering exchanging or acquiring Notes should read the description of risks relating
to our business included in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended
November 30, 2009 and in our subsequent filings with the SEC. If any of those risks develop into
actual events, the exchange offer or our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash
flows, strategies or properties could be materially adversely affected.
Because the Series B Notes are structurally subordinated to the obligations of our subsidiaries, at
any time the guarantees of the Notes are not in effect, you may not be fully repaid if we become
insolvent.
Substantially all of our operating assets are held by our subsidiaries. At any time when the
guarantees of the Notes by any of our subsidiaries are not in effect as described under the section
Description of the Notes The Guarantees, holders of any indebtedness or preferred stock of any
of those subsidiaries and other creditors of those subsidiaries, including trade creditors, will
have claims on the assets of those subsidiaries that are prior to those of the holders of the
Notes. As of the date of this prospectus, none of those guarantees is in effect. Accordingly, the
Notes are currently structurally subordinated to the debts, preferred stock and other obligations
of our subsidiaries. The Indenture does not prohibit any of our subsidiaries from incurring
additional liabilities.
As of February 28, 2010, our subsidiaries had $311.1 million of indebtedness (including $299.5
million of secured indebtedness).
The fact that the Series B Notes are unsecured may increase the possibility that you will not be
fully repaid if we become insolvent.
The Series B Notes will not be secured by any of our assets or our subsidiaries assets. The
Notes will be our senior, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations and will rank equally with all
of our other senior unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time-to-time outstanding, senior
to any of our future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes,
and junior to any of our secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing
such indebtedness.
In the event of our bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization or other winding up, the holders
of any secured debt would receive payments from the assets securing that debt before you receive
any payments from sales of those assets. There may not be sufficient assets remaining to pay
amounts due on any or all of the Notes then outstanding. The indenture governing the Notes does not
prohibit us from incurring additional senior debt or secured debt, nor does it prohibit any of our
subsidiaries from incurring additional liabilities.
As of February 28, 2010, we had $162.7 million outstanding under cash-collateralized letter of
credit agreements.
Fraudulent conveyance considerations.
If at any time the guarantees of the Series B Notes are effective, those guarantees, under
fraudulent conveyance laws, might be subordinated to existing or future indebtedness incurred by
the guarantor subsidiaries, or might not be enforceable, if a court or a creditors representative,
such as a bankruptcy trustee, concluded that those subsidiaries:
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Received less than fair consideration for the guarantees;
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Were rendered insolvent as a result of issuing the guarantees;
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Were engaged in a business or transaction for which our subsidiaries remaining assets
constituted unreasonably small capital;
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Intended to incur, or believed that we or they would incur, debts beyond our or their
ability to pay as those debts matured; or
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Intended to hinder, delay or defraud our or their creditors.
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The measure of insolvency varies depending upon the law of the relevant jurisdiction.
Generally, however, a company is considered insolvent if its debts are greater than the fair value
of its property, or if the fair saleable value of its assets is less than the amount that would be
needed to pay its probable liabilities as its existing debts matured and became absolute.
Guarantees provided by our subsidiaries, if then effective, are subject to certain defenses that
may limit your right to receive payment from the guarantors with regard to the Series B Notes.
Although the guarantees, if and when in effect, provide the holders of the Series B Notes with
a direct claim against the assets of the guarantors, enforcement of the guarantees against any
guarantor would be subject to certain suretyship defenses available to guarantors generally.
Enforcement could also be subject to other defenses available to the guarantors in certain
circumstances. To the extent that the guarantees are not enforceable, you would not be able to
assert a claim successfully against such guarantors.
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All of our existing indebtedness of our senior notes will mature prior to the Series B Notes and
contains a requirement to provide guarantees.
At February 28, 2010, we had approximately $2.2 billion of outstanding senior notes, which rank
pari passu
with the Notes and contain requirements to
provide guarantees on essentially the same terms and conditions as the Notes. All of the those
senior notes will mature prior to the Notes. Accordingly, we will be required to refinance or repay
this indebtedness prior to the maturity of the Notes. See Other Indebtedness.
If there are guarantees of the Series B Notes, they may be suspended or released.
The principal reason our guarantor subsidiaries may guarantee the Series B Notes is so holders
of the Series B Notes will have rights at least as great with regard to our subsidiaries as any
other holders of a material amount of Lennars unsecured debt. Therefore, the guarantees of the
Series B Notes will be in effect only while the guarantor subsidiaries guarantee a material amount
of the debt of Lennar, as a separate entity. At present, Lennar has no outstanding guaranteed
debt. Accordingly, the guarantees of the Series B Notes by the guarantor subsidiaries will not be
in effect at the time of issuance of the Series B Notes.
If Lennar has at least $75 million of guaranteed debt outstanding in the future, the
subsidiary guarantees will become effective with respect to all the outstanding senior notes of the
currently outstanding issues and of notes issued in the future that have similar guarantee
provisions, as well as the Series B Notes. However, the guarantee obligation of any guarantor
subsidiary will be suspended during any period when that guarantor subsidiary is not directly or
indirectly guaranteeing at least $75 million principal amount of Lennar debt (other than debt that
has similar provisions regarding suspension of guarantees). Therefore, if a guarantor subsidiary
ceases to guarantee at least $75 million of Lennar debt obligations (or of subsidiary guarantees of
Lennar debt obligations), that subsidiarys guarantee obligation will be suspended until such time,
if any, as it is again guaranteeing at least $75 million of such debt obligations.
If our guarantor subsidiaries guarantee revolving credit lines totaling at least $75 million,
we will treat the guarantees of the Series B Notes and the other guaranteed senior notes as
remaining in effect even during periods when our borrowings under the revolving credit lines are
less than $75 million.
In the future, we may incur substantially more debt or take other actions which would intensify
the risks discussed above.
We and our subsidiaries are permitted to incur additional debt in the future, some of which
may be secured debt, subject only to the restrictions contained in our debt instruments, which
currently are very limited. We will not be restricted under the terms of the Indenture governing
the Series B Notes from incurring additional debt, securing existing or future debt, recapitalizing
our debt or taking a number of other actions that could have the effect of diminishing our ability
to make payments on the Series B Notes when due.
There is no public market for the Series B Notes, so you may be unable to sell the Series B Notes.
The Series B Notes are new securities for which there is currently no public trading market.
Consequently, the Series B Notes may be relatively illiquid, and you may be unable to sell your
Series B Notes. We do not intend to list the Series B Notes on any securities exchange or to
include the Series B Notes in any automated quotation system.
We may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to finance the change of control offer
required by the Indenture governing the Series B Notes, which would violate the terms of the Series
B Notes.
Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event, we will be required to make an offer to repurchase
all outstanding Series B Notes at a price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of the
Series B Notes, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the repurchase date. To
the extent that we are required to offer to repurchase the Series B Notes upon the occurrence of a
Change of Control Triggering Event, we may not have sufficient funds to repurchase the Series B
Notes for cash at such time. In addition, our ability to repurchase the Series B Notes for cash may
be limited by law or the terms of other agreements relating to our indebtedness outstanding at the
time. The failure to make such repurchase would result in a default under the indenture governing
the Series B Notes. See Description of the Notes Change of Control Offer.
There could be negative consequences to you if you do not exchange your Series A Notes for
Series B Notes.
Holders who fail to exchange their Series A Notes for Series B Notes will continue to be
subject to restrictions on transfer of the Series A Notes. Any Series A Notes tendered and
exchanged in the exchange offer will reduce the aggregate principal amount of Series A Notes
outstanding. Because we anticipate that most holders will elect to exchange the Series A Notes for
Series B Notes due to the absence of restrictions on the resale of Series B Notes under the
Securities Act, we anticipate that the market for Series A Notes that remain outstanding after the
consummation of the exchange offer will be substantially limited. As a result of making the
exchange offer, we will have fulfilled our obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement relating to
the Series A Notes. Following the consummation of the exchange offer, holders who did not tender
their Series A Notes generally will not have any further registration rights under the Registration
Rights Agreement, and the Series A Notes that were not exchanged will continue to be subject to
restrictions on transfer.
10
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
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Three Months
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Ended
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February 28,
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Years Ended November 30,
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2010
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2009
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
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2005
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Ratio of
earnings to fixed
charges (1) (2)
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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4.6x
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10.5x
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(1)
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For the purpose of calculating the ratio of earnings to
fixed charges, earnings consist of income from
continuing operations before income taxes plus fixed
charges and certain other adjustments. Fixed charges
consist of interest incurred on all indebtedness
related to continuing operations (including
amortization of original issue discount) and the
implied interest component of our rent obligations.
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(2)
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For the three months ended February 28, 2010 and 2009,
we had an earnings-to-fixed charges deficiency of $22.9
million and $173.4 million, respectively. For the years
ended November 30, 2009, 2008, and 2007 we had an
earnings-to-fixed charges deficiency of $651.7 million,
$503.3 million and $2,628.2 million, respectively.
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There was no preferred stock outstanding for any of the periods shown above. Accordingly, the
ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends were the same as the
ratios of earnings to fixed charges.
USE OF PROCEEDS
The net proceeds we received from the issuance of the Series A Notes were used to pay a
portion of the purchase price for our senior notes that we purchased through a tender offer that
ran from April 27, 2010 to May 25, 2010. We will not receive any proceeds from the exchange of the
Series B Notes for the Series A Notes pursuant to the exchange offer.
ABSENCE OF PUBLIC MARKET
The Series B Notes will be new securities for which there is no established trading market. We
currently do not intend to list the Series B Notes on any securities exchange or to arrange for the
Series B Notes to be quoted on any quotation system. Accordingly, it is not likely that an active
trading market for the Series B Notes will develop or, if a market develops, that it will provide
significant liquidity to holders of Series B Notes.
OTHER INDEBTEDNESS
Our indebtedness as of February 28, 2010 is listed in the table in the section of this
prospectus captioned Capitalization. None of that indebtedness, other than as described below,
has any covenants that restrict our, or our subsidiaries, ability to make payments on outstanding
indebtedness or to pay dividends, or requires us to maintain financial attributes. All of our
outstanding senior notes have covenants, similar to those in the Indenture governing the Series B
Notes, that limit our or our subsidiaries ability to create liens securing indebtedness or enter
into sale and leaseback transactions. We believe we were in compliance with our debt covenants as
of February 28, 2010.
As of February 28, 2010, we had $298.5 million of letters of credit outstanding, of which
$162.7 million were under cash-collateralized letter of credit agreements.
REGULATORY APPROVALS
Except for the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations under them,
no federal or state regulatory requirements must be complied with and no federal or state
regulatory approvals must be obtained in connection with the exchange offer.
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CAPITALIZATION
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
The table below shows our capitalization as of February 28, 2010, and adjusted to give effect
to the issuance of the $250 million aggregate principal amount of Series A notes issued on May 4,
2010 as well as a concurrent issuance of $276.5 million aggregate principal amount of 2.00%
convertible senior notes due 2020, and the repurchase of $289.4 million aggregate principal amount
of outstanding senior notes pursuant to a tender offer. The exchange of outstanding Series B Notes
for outstanding Series A Notes will not affect this capitalization.
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Actual
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As Adjusted
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Debt:
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5.125% Senior Notes due 2010 (1)
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$
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212,676
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$
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212,676
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5.95% Senior Notes due 2011 (2)
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244,780
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244,780
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5.95% Senior Notes due 2013 (3)
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347,471
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347,471
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5.50% Senior Notes due 2014
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248,365
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248,365
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5.60% Senior Notes due 2015
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501,321
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501,321
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6.50% Senior Notes due 2016
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249,774
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249,774
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12.25 Senior Notes due 2017
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392,726
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392,726
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6.950% Senior Notes due 2018 (4)
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247,323
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2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020
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276,500
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Repurchase of outstanding Senior Notes pursuant to a tender offer (5)
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(289,398
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Other debt
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485,815
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485,815
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Total Lennar Homebuilding debt
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2,682,928
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2,917,353
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Rialto Investments debt
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626,906
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626,906
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Lennar Financial Services debt
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112,385
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112,385
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Total debt
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3,422,219
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3,656,644
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Stockholders equity:
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Class A common stock of $0.10 par value per share, 165,233 shares issued (6)
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16,523
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16,523
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Class B common stock of $0.10 par value per share, 32,968 shares issued (7)
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3,297
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3,297
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Additional paid-in capital
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2,216,119
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2,216,119
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Retained earnings
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814,515
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814,515
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Treasury stock, at cost, 11,644 Class A common stock and 1,680 Class B common stock
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(615,263
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(615,263
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Total stockholders equity
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2,435,191
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2,435,191
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Noncontrolling interests
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543,173
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543,173
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Total equity
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2,978,364
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2,978,364
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Total capitalization
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$
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6,400,583
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$
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6,635,008
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(1)
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Subsequent to February 28, 2010, we repurchased $113.5 million aggregate principal amount of our
5.125% senior notes due 2010, of which, 76.4 million were
repurchased pursuant to the tender offer.
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(2)
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Subsequent to February 28, 2010, we repurchased $131.8 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.95%
senior notes due 2011, of which 130.7 million were repurchased
pursuant to the tender offer.
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(3)
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Subsequent to February 28, 2010, we repurchased $82.3 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.95%
senior notes due 2013, of which 82.2 million were repurchased
pursuant to the tender offer.
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(4)
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Net of $2,677 discount. The exchange of Series A Notes for Series B Notes will not affect the total
amount of 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018 that are outstanding.
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(5)
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Reflects the repurchase of $289.4 million aggregate principal amount of our senior notes with
maturity dates in 2010, 2011 and 2013 through a tender offer that ran from April 27, 2010 to May 25,
2010.
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(6)
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Does not include 5,610 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options that were
outstanding at February 28, 2010.
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(7)
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Does not include 27 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options that were
outstanding at February 28, 2010.
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12
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following table sets forth selected consolidated financial and operating information
about us at or for the three months ended, February 28, 2010 and 2009, and at or for the fiscal
years ended November 30, 2005 through 2009. The information presented below is based upon our
historical financial statements.
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At or for the Three
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Months Ended
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February 28,
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At or for the Years Ended November 30,
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2010
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2009
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
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2005
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(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
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Results of Operations:
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Revenues:
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Lennar Homebuilding
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$
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520,776
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529,034
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2,834,285
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4,263,038
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9,730,252
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15,623,040
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13,304,599
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Lennar Financial Services
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$
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53,365
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64,029
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285,102
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312,379
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456,529
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643,622
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562,372
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Rialto Investments
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$
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301
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Total revenues
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$
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574,442
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593,063
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3,119,387
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4,575,417
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10,186,781
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16,266,662
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13,866,971
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Operating earnings (loss) from
continuing operations:
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Lennar Homebuilding (1)
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$
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5,455
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(128,276
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(676,293
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(404,883
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)
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(2,912,072
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)
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999,568
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2,322,121
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Lennar Financial Services (2)
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$
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(901
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)
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492
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35,982
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(30,990
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)
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6,120
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149,803
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104,768
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Rialto Investments
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$
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(959
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)
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(556
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)
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(2,528
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)
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Corporate general and administrative
expenses
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$
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(22,640
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)
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(27,475
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)
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(117,565
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)
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(129,752
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)
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(173,202
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)
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(193,307
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)
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(187,257
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)
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Loss on redemption of 9.95% senior notes
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$
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|
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|
|
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|
|
|
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|
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(34,908
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Earnings (loss) from
continuing
operations
before income taxes
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$
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(19,045
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)
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(155,815
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)
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(760,404
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)
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(565,625
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)
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(3,079,154
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)
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956,064
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2,204,724
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Earnings from discontinued
operations
before income taxes (3)
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$
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17,261
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Earnings (loss) from continuing
operations attributable to Lennar (4)
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$
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(6,523
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)
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(155,929
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)
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(417,147
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)
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(1,109,085
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)
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|
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(1,941,081
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)
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593,869
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1,344,410
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Earnings from discontinued operations
attributable to Lennar
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$
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|
|
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10,745
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Net earnings (loss) attributable to Lennar
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$
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(6,523
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)
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(155,929
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)
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(417,147
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)
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(1,109,085
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)
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|
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(1,941,081
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593,869
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1,355,155
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Diluted earnings (loss) per share:
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Earnings (loss) from continuing
operations attributable to Lennar
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$
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(0.04
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(0.98
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)
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(2.45
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)
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(7.01
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)
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(12.31
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)
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|
3.68
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|
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8.17
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Earnings from discontinued
operations attributable to Lennar
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$
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|
|
|
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0.06
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Net earnings (loss) attributable to
Lennar
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$
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(0.04
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)
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|
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(0.98
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)
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|
|
(2.45
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)
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|
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(7.01
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)
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|
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(12.31
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)
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|
|
3.68
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|
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8.23
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Cash dividends declared per share
Class
A common stock
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$
|
0.04
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|
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0.04
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|
|
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0.16
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|
|
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0.52
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|
|
|
0.64
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|
|
|
0.64
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|
|
|
0.573
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Cash dividends declared per share
Class
B common stock
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|
$
|
0.04
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|
|
|
0.04
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|
|
|
0.16
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|
|
|
0.52
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|
|
|
0.64
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|
|
|
0.64
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|
|
|
0.573
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13
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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At or for the Three
|
|
|
|
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Months Ended
|
|
|
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February 28,
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At or for the Years Ended November 30,
|
|
|
2010
|
|
2009
|
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2009
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2008
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2007
|
|
2006
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|
2005
|
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(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
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Financial Position:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Total assets
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|
$
|
7,981,747
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|
|
|
7,170,111
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|
|
|
7,314,791
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|
|
|
7,424,898
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|
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9,102,747
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|
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12,408,266
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|
|
|
12,541,225
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|
Debt:
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|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
|
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Lennar Homebuilding
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$
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2,682,928
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|
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2,574,115
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|
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2,761,352
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|
|
|
2,544,935
|
|
|
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2,295,436
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|
|
|
2,613,503
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|
|
|
2,592,772
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|
Lennar Financial Services
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|
$
|
112,385
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|
|
|
230,337
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|
|
|
217,557
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|
|
|
225,783
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|
|
|
541,437
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|
|
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1,149,231
|
|
|
|
1,269,782
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Rialto Investments
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$
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626,906
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Stockholders equity
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$
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2,435,191
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2,467,375
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2,443,479
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|
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2,623,007
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|
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3,822,119
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|
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5,701,372
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|
|
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5,251,411
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Total equity
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$
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2,978,364
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|
|
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2,631,647
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|
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2,588,014
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2,788,753
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3,850,647
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|
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5,756,765
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|
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5,329,654
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Shares outstanding (000s)
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184,877
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160,441
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184,896
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160,558
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|
|
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159,887
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|
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158,155
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|
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157,559
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Stockholders equity per share
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$
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13.17
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15.38
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|
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13.22
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16.34
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23.91
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|
|
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36.05
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|
|
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33.33
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Lennar
Homebuilding Data
(including
unconsolidated entities):
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|
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Number of homes delivered
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2,004
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|
|
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2,142
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|
|
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11,478
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|
|
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15,735
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|
|
|
33,283
|
|
|
|
49,568
|
|
|
|
42,359
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|
New orders
|
|
|
2,577
|
|
|
|
2,190
|
|
|
|
11,510
|
|
|
|
13,391
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|
|
|
25,753
|
|
|
|
42,212
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|
|
|
43,405
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Backlog of home sales contracts
|
|
|
2,204
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|
|
|
1,647
|
|
|
|
1,631
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|
|
|
1,599
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|
|
|
4,009
|
|
|
|
11,608
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|
|
|
18,565
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Backlog dollar value
|
|
$
|
581,538
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|
|
|
450,121
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|
|
|
479,571
|
|
|
|
456,270
|
|
|
|
1,384,137
|
|
|
|
3,980,428
|
|
|
|
6,884,238
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
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Lennar Homebuilding operating earnings (loss) from continuing operations include $7.4
million and $51.2 million, respectively, of valuation adjustments for the three months ended
February 28, 2010 and 2009. For the three months ended February 28, 2010, homebuilding
operating earnings (loss) from continuing operations include $1.2 million of valuation
adjustments related to assets of unconsolidated entities in which we have investments. In
addition, it includes $37.2 million of valuation adjustments to our investments in
unconsolidated entities for the three months ended February 28, 2009. Lennar
Homebuilding operating earnings (loss) from continuing operations include $359.9 million,
$340.5 million, $2,445.1 million, $501.8 million and $20.5 million, respectively, of valuation
adjustments for the years ended November 30, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005. In addition, it
includes $101.9 million, $32.2 million, $364.2 million and $126.4 million, respectively, of
our share of valuation adjustments related to assets of our investments in unconsolidated
entities for the years ended November 30, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006, and $89.0 million, $172.8
million, $132.2 million and $14.5 million, respectively of valuation adjustments to our
investments in unconsolidated entities for the years ended November 30, 2009, 2008, 2007 and
2006. During the year ended November 30, 2007, homebuilding operating earnings (loss) from
continuing operations also includes $190.2 million of goodwill impairments. There were no
other material valuation adjustments for the year ended November 30, 2005.
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(2)
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Lennar Financial Services operating loss from continuing operations for the year ended
November 30, 2008 includes a $27.2 million impairment of the Lennar Financial Services
segments goodwill.
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(3)
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Earnings from discontinued operations before income taxes include a gain of $15.8 million for
the year ended November 30, 2005 related to the sale of a subsidiary of the Lennar Financial
Services segments title company.
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(4)
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Earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Lennar for the three months ended
February 28, 2010 and 2009 include a valuation allowance of $2.8 million and $57.7 million,
respectively, that the Company recorded against its deferred tax assets. Earnings (loss) from
continuing operations attributable to Lennar for the year ended November 30, 2009 primarily
includes a reversal of our deferred tax asset valuation allowance of $351.8 million, primarily
due to a change in tax legislation, which allowed us to carryback our fiscal year 2009 tax
loss to recover previously paid income taxes. Earnings (loss) from continuing operations
attributable to Lennar for the year ended November 30, 2008 include a $730.8 million valuation
allowance recorded against our deferred tax assets.
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14
THE EXCHANGE OFFER
Purpose of the Exchange Offer
A Registration Rights Agreement between us and the initial purchasers of the Series A Notes
requires that on or before September 1, 2010, we must, at our expense and for the benefit of the
holders of the Series A Notes, file a registration statement with respect to a registered offer to
exchange Series B Notes for identical principal amounts of the Series A Notes, and that we must use
our reasonable best efforts to (1) cause that registration statement to be declared effective under
the Securities Act on or before October 1, 2010 and (2) complete the exchange offer on or before
November 30, 2010. If we fail to meet any of those targets, the interest rate on the Series A Notes
will increase until we cure the default.
Terms of the Exchange Offer
On the terms set forth in this prospectus and in the accompanying letter of transmittal, we
are offering to issue Series B Notes in exchange for all Series A Notes that are validly tendered
and not withdrawn before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. The principal
amount of the Series B Notes issued in the exchange will be the same as the principal amount of the
Series A Notes for which the Series B Notes are exchanged. Holders may tender some or all of their
Series A Notes in response to the exchange offer. However, Series A Notes may be tendered only in
multiples of $1,000 principal amount.
The form and terms of the Series B Notes will be the same in all material respects as the form
and terms of the Series A Notes (except that the Series B Notes will not contain terms with respect
to transfer restrictions). The Series B Notes will be guaranteed by the same guarantors as the
Series A Notes, if any.
We will be deemed to accept all the Series A Notes that are validly tendered and not withdrawn
when we give oral or written notice to that effect to the exchange agent. The exchange agent will
act as agent for the tendering holders for the purpose of receiving Series B Notes from us. If any
tendered Series A Notes are not accepted for exchange because of an invalid tender or otherwise,
certificates for those Series A Notes will be returned, without expense, to the tendering holder
promptly after the expiration date.
Holders who tender Series A Notes in response to the exchange offer will not be required to
pay brokerage commissions or fees or, except as described in the instructions in the letter of
transmittal, transfer taxes. We will pay all charges and expenses, other than certain taxes
described below, in connection with the exchange offer.
A holder who validly withdraws previously tendered Series A Notes will not receive Series B
Notes unless the Series A Notes are re-tendered before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
expiration date. Holders will have the right to withdraw previously tendered Series A Notes until
5:00 p.m. New York City time on the expiration date.
Interest on each Series B Note will accrue (A) from the later of (1) the last interest payment
date on which interest was paid on the Series A Note that was surrendered, or (2) if the Series A
Note is surrendered for exchange on a date between the record date for an interest payment and that
interest payment date, the interest payment date or (B) if no interest has been paid on that Series
A Note, from May 4, 2010, the issue date of the Series A Notes.
Expiration Date; Extension; Termination
The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on [
], 2010, which will be
the expiration date, unless we extend the exchange offer by notice to the exchange agent. We
reserve the right to extend the exchange offer at our discretion. If we extend the exchange offer,
the term expiration date will mean the date on which the exchange offer as extended will expire.
We will notify the exchange agent of any extension by oral or written notice and we will make a
public announcement of any extension not later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the business
day after the previously scheduled expiration date. Immediately after the expiration date, we will
accept all Series A Notes that have been properly tendered and not withdrawn.
Procedures for Tendering Notes
Any holder of Series A Notes may tender Series A Notes in response to the exchange offer. To
tender Series A Notes, the holder must deliver to the exchange agent, before 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the expiration date:
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A Book-Entry Confirmation from DTC that the Series A Notes have been
delivered by book-entry transfer to the account of the exchange agent with DTC;
and
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Either
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o
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a letter of transmittal, or
a facsimile of one, that
has been completed and
executed in accordance with
the instructions contained
in the section of this
prospectus titled
Procedures for Tendering
Notes and in the letter of
transmittal,
or
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an Agents Message, which
will be part of the
Book-Entry Confirmation,
stating the DTC has
received an express
acknowledgment that the
applicable DTC participant
has received and agrees to
be bound by the exchange
offer contained in this
prospectus and the letter
of transmittal, and that
Lennar may enforce that
agreement against the
participant; and
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Any other documents required by the letter of transmittal.
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Any financial institution that is a participant in DTCs Book-Entry Transfer Facility System
may make book-entry delivery of Series A Notes by causing DTC to transfer the Series A Notes into
the exchange agents account at DTC in accordance with DTCs transfer procedure. Because the only
outstanding Series A Notes are Global Notes held by DTC, all tenders of Series A Notes must be made
in that manner. Even though delivery of Series A Notes is effected through book-entry transfer into
the exchange agents account at DTC, the letter of transmittal, or a facsimile of the letter of
transmittal, with any required signature guarantees and any other required documents, must be
transmitted to and received or confirmed by the exchange agent at its address or facsimile number
as set forth under the caption Exchange Agent below before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
the expiration date. DTC participants may, in lieu of physically completing and delivering a letter
of transmittal, electronically transmit their acceptance through ATOP. DTC will then verify the
acceptance and send an Agents Message to the exchange agent regarding the acceptance. Delivery of
a document to DTC does not constitute delivery to the exchange agent.
A tender of Series A Notes by a holder will constitute an agreement by the holder to transfer
the Series A Notes to us in exchange for Series B Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal, subject to the withdrawal rights
described under Withdrawal of Tenders.
The method of delivering the letter of transmittal (if one is being delivered) and any other
required documents to the exchange agent is at the election and risk of the holder. It is
recommended that holders use overnight or hand delivery services. In all cases, sufficient time
should be allowed to assure delivery to the exchange agent before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
the expiration date. No letter of transmittal or Series A Notes should be sent to us. Holders may
ask their brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or nominees to assist them in
effecting tenders.
Signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal, as the case may be, must be
guaranteed by an eligible institution unless the Series A Notes are being tendered for the account
of an eligible institution. An eligible institution is a bank, broker, dealer, credit union,
savings association or other entity which is a member in good standing of the Securities Transfer
Agents Medallion Program.
If a letter of transmittal or any bond powers or other assignment documents are signed by
trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or
others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, they should so indicate when signing, and
we may require that evidence satisfactory to us of their authority to sign be submitted with the
letter of transmittal.
All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance
and withdrawal of tendered Series A Notes will be determined by us in our sole discretion, and that
determination will be final and binding. We reserve the right to reject any Series A Notes which
are not properly tendered or the acceptance of which we believe might be unlawful. We also reserve
the right to waive any defects, irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular Series A
Notes, without being required to waive the same defects, irregularities or conditions as to other
Series A Notes. Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of the exchange offer (including the
instructions in the letter of transmittal) will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived,
any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Series A Notes must be cured by the
expiration date, or by such later time as we may determine. Although we intend to ask the exchange
agent to notify holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of Series A Notes,
neither we, the exchange agent nor any other person will incur any liability for failure to give
such notification. Tenders of Series A Notes will not be deemed to have been made until all defects
and irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Series A Notes received by the exchange agent
that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or
waived will be returned by the exchange agent to the tendering holders, unless otherwise provided
in the letter of transmittal, promptly after the expiration date.
We have the right (subject to limitations contained in the Indenture) (1) to purchase or make
offers for any Series A Notes that remain outstanding after the expiration date and (2) to the
extent permitted by applicable law, to purchase Series A Notes in privately negotiated transactions
or otherwise. The terms of any such purchases or offers could differ from the terms of the exchange
offer.
Based on interpretations by the staff of the SEC set forth in no-action letters issued to
persons unrelated to us, we believe that a person who receives Series B Notes issued pursuant to
the exchange offer (other than (1) a broker-dealer who purchased the Series A Notes directly from
us for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or another exemption under the
Securities Act or (2) a person that is an affiliate of ours, as that term is defined in Rule 405
under the Securities Act), may resell the Series B Notes without registration or the need to
deliver a prospectus under the Securities Act, provided that the person acquires the Series B Notes
in the ordinary course of the persons business and the person has no arrangement to participate in
a distribution of the Series B Notes. If a person were to acquire Series B Notes through the
exchange offer for the purpose of participating in a distribution of them, that person would
probably be required to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933 in connection with a sale of Series B Notes.
If the holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Series B Notes for its own account in
exchange for Series A Notes that were
acquired as result of market-making activities or other trading activities, the holder will, by
tendering, acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of those
Series B Notes.
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Guaranteed Delivery Procedures
Holders who wish to tender their Series A Notes and (1) whose Series A Notes are not
immediately available, or (2) who cannot deliver their Series A Notes or any other required
documents to the exchange agent or cannot complete the procedure for book-entry transfer prior to
the expiration date, may effect a tender if:
(a) The tender is made through an eligible institution;
(b) Before the expiration date, the exchange agent receives from the eligible institution a
properly completed and duly executed notice of guaranteed delivery (by facsimile transmission, mail
or hand) setting forth the name and address of the eligible holder, and the principal amount of
Series A Notes tendered, together with a duly executed letter of transmittal (or a facsimile of
one), stating that the tender is being made by that notice of guaranteed delivery and guaranteeing
that, within three business days after the expiration date, confirmation of a book-entry transfer
into the exchange agents account at DTC and any other documents required by the letter of
transmittal will be delivered to the exchange agent; and
(c) Confirmation of a book-entry transfer into the exchange agents account at DTC and all
other documents required by the letter of transmittal are received by the exchange agent within
three business days after the expiration date.
Upon request to the exchange agent, a form of notice of guaranteed delivery will be sent to
any holder who may wish to use the guaranteed delivery procedures described above.
Withdrawal of Tenders
Except as otherwise described below, holders will have the right to withdraw previously
tendered Series A Notes until 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the expiration date.
To withdraw a tender of Series A Notes, a written or facsimile transmission notice of
withdrawal must be received by the exchange agent before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
expiration date. Any notice of withdrawal must (i) specify the name of the person who tendered the
Series A Notes to be withdrawn, (ii) identify the Series A Notes to be withdrawn (including the
principal amounts of the Series A Notes), (iii) be signed by the tendering noteholder in the same
manner as the signature on the letter of transmittal by which the Series A Notes were tendered
(including any required signature guarantees) or be accompanied by documents of transfer sufficient
to effect a transfer of the Series A Notes into the name of the person who withdraws the tender,
and (iv) specify the name in which the withdrawn Series A Notes are to be registered, if different
from that of the tendering noteholder. All questions as to the validity, form and eligibility
(including time of receipt) of withdrawal notices will be determined by us in our sole discretion,
and that determination will be final and binding on all parties. Any Series A Notes that are
withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for purposes of the exchange offer, and
no Series B Notes will be issued with respect to those withdrawn Series A Notes, unless they are
validly re-tendered. Any Series A Notes that have been tendered but that are not accepted for
exchange or that are withdrawn will be returned to the holder without cost to the holder promptly
after withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of the exchange offer. Properly withdrawn
Series A Notes may be re-tendered at any time before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
expiration date.
Fees and Expenses
We will bear the expenses of soliciting tenders pursuant to the exchange offer. The principal
solicitation of tenders is being made through DTC. However, solicitations also may be made by mail,
facsimile, telephone or in person by officers and regular employees of ours and our affiliates.
We have not retained any dealer-manager in connection with the exchange offer and will not
make any payments to brokers, dealers or others for soliciting acceptances of the exchange offer.
We will, however, pay the exchange agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and
reimburse it for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the exchange offer. We
may also reimburse brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for the
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses they incur in forwarding copies of this prospectus, letters of
transmittal and related documents to the beneficial owners of the Series A Notes and in handling or
forwarding tenders for exchange. We will pay the other expenses incurred in connection with the
exchange offer, including fees and expenses of the trustee, accounting and legal fees and printing
costs.
We will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the exchange of Series A Notes for
Series B Notes pursuant to the exchange offer. If, however, Series B Notes or Series A Notes that
are not tendered or accepted for exchange are to be issued in the name of a person other than the
registered holder, or if tendered Series A Notes are registered in the name of a person other than
the person who signs the letter of transmittal, or if a transfer tax is imposed for any other
reason, other than by reason of the exchange of Series A Notes for Series B Notes pursuant to the
exchange offer, the tendering holder must pay the transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered
holder or on any other person). Unless satisfactory evidence of payment of transfer taxes or
exemption from the need to pay them is submitted with the letter of transmittal, the amount of the
transfer taxes will be billed directly to the tendering holder. We may refuse to issue Series B
Notes in exchange for Series A Notes, or to return Series A Notes that are not exchanged, until we
receive evidence satisfactory to us that any transfer taxes payable by the holder have been paid.
17
Material Federal Income Tax Consequences
Important Notice:
The discussion that follows is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used by any
person, for the purpose of avoiding United States Federal tax penalties, and was written in
connection with this exchange offer of Series A Notes for Series B Notes. You should seek tax
advice from an independent tax advisor based on your particular circumstances.
The exchange of the Series A Notes for Series B Notes in the exchange offer will be treated as
a non-event for United States Federal income tax purposes because the Series B Notes will not be
considered to differ materially in kind or extent from the Series A Notes. Consequently, (1) no
gain or loss should be realized by a U.S. Holder upon receipt of a Series B Note; (2) the holding
period of the Series B Note should include the holding period of the Series A Note for which it is
exchanged; and (3) the adjusted tax basis of the Series B Note should be the same as the adjusted
tax basis immediately before the exchange of the Series A Note for which it is exchanged. Even if
the exchange of a Series A Note for a Series B Note were treated as an exchange, the exchange
should constitute a tax-free recapitalization for federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, a
Series B Note should have the same issue price as a Series A Note and a U.S. Holder should have the
same adjusted basis and holding period in the Series B Note as it had in the Series A Note
immediately before the exchange. A U.S. Holder means a person who is, for United States federal
income tax purposes, (1) a citizen or resident of the United States; (2) a corporation, partnership
or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political
subdivision of the United States; or (3) an estate or trust the income of which is subject to
United States federal income taxation regardless of its source.
Accounting Treatment
The Series B Notes will be recorded in our accounting records at the same carrying value as
the Series A Notes for which they are exchanged. Accordingly, we will not recognize any gain or
loss for accounting purposes as a result of the exchange offer.
Exchange Agent
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. has been appointed as exchange agent for the
exchange offer. All correspondence in connection with the exchange offer and the consent and letter
of transmittal should be addressed to the exchange agent, as follows:
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By Facsimile:
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By Registered Mail, Certified Mail or
Overnight Courier:
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Fax
number: 212-298-1915
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The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
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Attention:
Evangeline R. Gonzales
Confirm
by telephone: 212-815-3738
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Corporate Trust Operations
Reorganization Unit
101 Barclay Street - 7E
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New York, New York 10286
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Attention: Evangeline R. Gonzales
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Requests for additional copies of this prospectus or the letter of transmittal should be
directed to the exchange agent.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE SERIES B NOTES
We issued the Series A Notes, and we will issue the Series B Notes, under an indenture (the
Indenture) dated as of May 4, 2010 among us, the subsidiary guarantors and The Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the Trustee). The Indenture is subject to, and governed
by, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the TIA). Any Series A Notes that remain
outstanding after the completion of the exchange offer will be treated under the Indenture as part
of a single class of securities consisting of the Series B Notes and the remaining Series A Notes.
We have summarized in this section the principal terms of the Series B Notes and the Indenture
under which they were issued. This summary is not complete. You should read the Indenture and the
Series B Notes for additional information before you decide to exchange Series A Notes for Series B
Notes, because those documents, and not this description, define your rights as a holder of Series
B Notes. You may request copies of these documents at our address shown under the caption
Incorporation by Reference elsewhere in this prospectus.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this section have the meanings specified in the
Indenture. For purposes of this Description of the Notes, we, our or us refers to Lennar
Corporation and does not include our subsidiaries, except in references to financial data
determined on a consolidated basis. Except where the context otherwise requires, references to
interest include any Additional Interest that may accrue.
General
The Series B Notes will be our direct, unsecured obligations and will rank equal in right of
payment by us with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time
outstanding. The Series B Notes will be issued in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and
integral multiples of that amount and will be payable, and may be presented for registration of
transfer and exchange, without service charge, at the Trustees office in Jacksonville, Florida.
The Series B Notes are limited in aggregate principal amount to $250,000,000, but we may,
without consent of the Holders, reopen the Series B Notes and issue additional Series B Notes at
any time on the same terms and conditions and with the same CUSIP number as the Series B Notes we
offer by this prospectus. The Series B Notes will mature on June 1, 2018. Interest on the Series B
Notes will accrue at 6.950% per annum and will be payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of
each year, commencing December 1, 2010. Interest will also be payable with regard to the Series B
Notes on their maturity date. If any interest payment date, maturity date or redemption date is not
a Business Day, then the interest payment will be postponed until the first following Business Day
and no additional interest will accrue.
Business Day means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday which is not a Legal
Holiday in New York, New York.
Legal
Holiday means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions or trust companies are authorized or required by law to
remain closed.
We will pay interest to the persons in whose names the Series B Notes are registered at the
close of business on the May 15 or November 15, as applicable, before the interest payment date;
provided that the interest payable at the maturity date or on a redemption date will be paid to the
person to whom principal is payable.
Interest on the Series B Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has
been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including the date of issuance. There is no
sinking fund applicable to the Series B Notes.
In connection with the Series B Notes, we have not agreed to any financial covenants or any
restrictions on the payment of dividends or the issuance or repurchase of our securities. We have
agreed to no covenants or other provisions to protect Holders (as defined below) of the Series B
Notes in the event of a highly leveraged transaction.
Redemption at Our Option
We may, at our option, redeem the Series B Notes in whole or in part from time to time, on at
least 30 but not more than 60 days prior notice, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:
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100% of their principal amount; or
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the present value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as
defined below) on the Series B Notes being redeemed,
discounted to the date of redemption, on a semiannual
basis, at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points (0.50%).
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We will also pay accrued interest on the Series B Notes being redeemed to the date of
redemption. In determining the redemption price and accrued interest, interest will be calculated
on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the Series B Notes
to be redeemed is deposited with the Trustee on or before the redemption date, on and after the
redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Series B Notes (or such portions thereof)
called for redemption and such Series B Notes will cease to be outstanding.
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Comparable Treasury Issue means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Reference Treasury Dealer as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Series B
Notes to be redeemed 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 Series B Notes.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) 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. Government Securities or (2) if such
release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such price 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 four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such
quotations.
Reference Treasury Dealer means (A) Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc. (or its affiliate that is a Primary Treasury Dealer); provided, however, that if it shall
cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States (a Primary Treasury
Dealer), we will substitute therefore another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (B) any other Primary
Treasury Dealer(s) selected by us.
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. on the third
business day preceding such redemption date.
Remaining Scheduled Payments means, with respect to any Note, the remaining scheduled
payments of the principal (or of the portion) thereof to be redeemed and interest thereon that
would be due after the related redemption date but for such redemption; provided, however, that, if
such redemption date is not an interest payment date with respect to such Note, the amount of the
next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest
accrued thereon to such redemption date.
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the
semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming 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.
The Guarantees
If any guarantor subsidiary guarantees at least $75 million of Lennar Corporations
obligations, or other subsidiaries guarantees of Lennar Corporation obligations, that guarantor
subsidiary will unconditionally guarantee all of our obligations under the Series B Notes including
our obligations to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the Series B Notes.
The guarantees will be general unsecured obligations of the guarantors and will rank pari passu
with all existing and future unsecured indebtedness of the guarantors that is not, by its terms,
expressly subordinated in right of payment to the guarantees or other senior indebtedness of the
guarantors. The obligations of each guarantor are limited to the maximum amount which, after giving
effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of that guarantor and after giving effect to
any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other guarantor in respect of the
obligations of the other guarantor under its guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations
under the Indenture, will result in the obligations of that guarantor under its guarantee not
constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law. Each
guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under a guarantee will be entitled to a contribution
from each other guarantor in an amount pro rata, based on the net assets of each guarantor,
determined in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP.
The Indenture requires that each of our existing and future wholly-owned Subsidiaries (other
than any foreign Subsidiary and any finance company Subsidiary) that guarantees any Indebtedness of
ours or of any other Subsidiary (other than guarantees by Subsidiaries of U.S. Home Corporation
(one of our Subsidiaries) solely of U.S. Homes obligations as a guarantor under certain senior
credit facilities) be a guarantor. The guarantee of the Series B Notes by a Subsidiary will be
suspended, and that Subsidiary will not be a guarantor (but will remain a Restricted Subsidiary)
and will not have any obligations with regard to the Series B Notes, during any period when the
principal amount of our (i.e., Lennar Corporations) obligations or of any Subsidiarys obligations
as a guarantor of our (i.e., Lennar Corporations) obligations, in each case other than the Series
B Notes and any other debt obligations containing provisions similar to this, that the Subsidiary
is guaranteeing totals less than $75 million. At the date of this prospectus, none of our
Subsidiaries is guaranteeing at least $75 million of indebtedness of Lennar Corporation and
therefore, at the time when the Series B Notes are issued, none of the guarantees of the Series B
Notes by our guarantor Subsidiaries will be in effect (but our guarantor Subsidiaries will be
Restricted Subsidiaries). If any guarantor is released from its guarantee of the outstanding
Indebtedness of us or any other Subsidiary, such guarantor will be automatically released from its
obligations as guarantor under the Indenture, and from and after such date, such guarantor shall
cease to constitute a guarantor of the Series B Notes.
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The Indenture provides that if all or substantially all of the assets of any guarantor or all
of the capital stock of any guarantor is sold (including by consolidation, merger, issuance or
otherwise) or disposed of (including by liquidation, dissolution or otherwise) by us or any of our
Subsidiaries, then such guarantor or the Person acquiring such assets (in the event of a sale or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such guarantor) shall be deemed
automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from any of its obligations under the
Indenture without any further action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of the Series B
Notes.
Change of Control Offer
If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless we have exercised our option to redeem
the Series B Notes by notifying the noteholders to that effect as described above, we will be
required to make an offer (a Change of Control Offer) to each holder of Series B Notes to
repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or integral multiples of that amount) of that holders
Series B Notes on the terms set forth in the Series B Notes. In a Change of Control Offer, we will
be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Series
B Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Series B Notes repurchased to
the date of repurchase (a Change of Control Payment). Within 30 days following any Change of
Control Triggering Event or, at our option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public
announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, a notice
will be mailed to holders of the Series B Notes, describing the transaction that constitutes or may
constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Series B Notes on
the date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60
days from the date that notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (a Change of
Control Payment Date). The notice will, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change
of Control, state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control
Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the applicable Change of Control Payment Date.
On each Change of Control Payment Date, we will, to the extent lawful:
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accept for payment all Series B Notes or portions of
Series B Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of
Control Offer;
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deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the
Change of Control Payment in respect of all Series B Notes
or portions of Series B Notes properly tendered; and
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deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Series
B Notes properly accepted together with an Officers
Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of
Series B Notes or portions of Series B Notes being
repurchased and that all conditions precedent provided for
in the Indenture to the Change of Control Offer and to the
repurchase by us of Series B Notes pursuant to the Change
of Control Offer have been complied with.
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We will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of
Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by us and the third party
repurchases all Series B Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.
To the extent that we are required to offer to repurchase the Series B Notes upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, we may not have sufficient funds to repurchase
the Series B Notes in cash at such time. In addition, our ability to repurchase the Series B Notes
for cash may be limited by law or the terms of other agreements relating to our indebtedness
outstanding at the time. The failure to make such repurchase would result in a default under the
Series B Notes.
We will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other
securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable
in connection with the repurchase of the Series B Notes as a result of a Change of Control
Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations
conflict with the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Series B Notes, we will comply with
those securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached our obligations under
the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Series B Notes by virtue of any such conflict.
For purposes of the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Series B Notes, the following
terms will be applicable:
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect
sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or
consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of our
assets and the assets of our subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person, other than our
company or one of our subsidiaries; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without
limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person becomes the
beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of our outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which our
Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather
than number of shares; (3) we consolidate with, or merge with or into, any person, or any person
consolidates with, or merges with or into, us, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in
which any of our outstanding Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of such other person is converted
into or exchanged for cash, securities or other
property, other than any such transaction where the shares of our Voting Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a
majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent company of
the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; (4) the first day on
which a majority of the members of our board of directors are not Continuing Directors; or (5)
the adoption of a plan relating to our liquidation or dissolution.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction (or series of related transactions) will not be
deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause (2) above if, either:
(i) (A) we become a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (B)(1)
the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following
that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of our Voting Stock immediately prior to
that transaction or (2) the shares of our Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such
transaction are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of such holding
company immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or
(ii) (A) Stuart Miller, together with members of his immediate family, directly or indirectly,
becomes the beneficial owner of more than 50%, but less than 66 2/3%, of our outstanding Voting
Stock (measured by voting power rather than number of shares) and (B) immediately after such
transaction or transactions, our Class A common stock is listed for trading on the New York Stock
Exchange or The Nasdaq Global Market.
The term person, as used in this definition, has the meaning given thereto in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
The definition of change of control includes a phrase relating to the direct or indirect
sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of our assets
and the assets of our subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Although there is a limited body of case law
interpreting the phrase substantially all, there is no precise established definition of the
phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a holder of Series B Notes to require us
to repurchase its Series B Notes as a result of a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition of less than all of our assets and the assets of our subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to
another person or group may be uncertain.
Change of Control Triggering Event means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a
Rating Event.
Continuing Directors means, as of any date of determination, any member of our Board of
Directors who (1) was a member of our Board of Directors on the date the Series B Notes were
initially issued or (2) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to our Board of Directors
with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of our Board of
Directors at the time of the nomination, election or appointment (either by a specific vote or by
approval of our proxy statement in which that member was named as a nominee for election as a
director, without objection to the nomination).
Fitch means Fitch Inc. and its successors.
Investment Grade Rating means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by
Moodys, BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P and BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch, and the equivalent
investment grade credit rating from any replacement rating agency or rating agencies selected by
us.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
Rating Agencies means (1) each of Moodys, S&P and Fitch; and (2) if any of Moodys, S&P or
Fitch ceases to rate the applicable Series B Notes or fails to make a rating of the applicable
Series B Notes publicly available for reasons beyond our control, a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange
Act selected by us (as certified by a resolution of our Board of Directors) as a replacement agency
for Moodys, S&P or Fitch, or all of them, as the case may be.
Rating Event means the rating on the Series B Notes is lowered by at least two of the three
Rating Agencies and the Series B Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by at least two
of the three Rating Agencies, in any case on any day during the period (which period will be
extended so long as the rating of the Series B Notes is under publicly announced consideration for
a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) commencing 60 days prior to the earlier of (i)
the first public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or (ii) the first public notice of
our intention to effect a Change of Control and ending 60 days following consummation of such
Change of Control.
S&P means Standard & Poors Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.,
and its successors.
Voting Stock means, with respect to any specified person (as that term is used in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the capital stock of that person that is at the time
entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of that person.
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Certain Covenants
Limitation on Liens.
We will not, nor will we permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create,
assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of our or its properties, whether owned on the
date of original issuance of the Series B Notes (Issue Date) or thereafter acquired, unless:
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if such Lien secures indebtedness ranking equal in right
of payment with the Series B Notes, then the Series B
Notes are secured on an equal and ratable basis with the
obligation so secured until such time as such obligation
is no longer secured by a Lien;
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if such Lien secures Indebtedness which is subordinated to
the Series B Notes, then the Series B Notes are secured
and the Lien securing such Indebtedness is subordinated to
the Lien granted to the Holders of the Series B Notes to
the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to
the Series B Notes; or
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such Lien is a Permitted Lien (as defined below).
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The following Liens are Permitted Liens:
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Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with or
otherwise acquired by us or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such Liens were in existence prior to,
and were not created in contemplation of, such merger, consolidation or acquisition and do not extend to any
assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with us or any Restricted Subsidiary;
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Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by us or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided
that such Liens were in existence prior to, and were not created in contemplation of, such acquisition and do
not extend to any assets other than the property acquired;
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Liens imposed by law such as carriers, warehousemans or mechanics Liens, and other Liens to secure the
performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like
nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
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Liens incurred in connection with pollution control, industrial revenue, water, sewage or any similar bonds;
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Liens securing Indebtedness representing, or incurred to finance, the cost of acquiring, constructing or
improving any assets, provided that the principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed 100% of such
cost, including construction charges;
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Liens securing Indebtedness (A) between a Restricted Subsidiary and us, or (B) between Restricted Subsidiaries;
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Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business to secure performance of obligations with respect to
statutory or regulatory requirements, performance or return-of-money bonds, surety bonds or other obligations
of a like nature, in each case which are not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money, the obtaining
of advances or credit or the payment of the deferred purchase price of property and which do not in the
aggregate impair in any material respect the use of property in the operation of our business taken as a
whole;
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pledges or deposits under workmens compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or
good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of indebtedness)
or leases to which Lennar or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory
obligations of us or of any Restricted Subsidiary or deposits for the payment of rent, in each case incurred
in the ordinary course of business;
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Liens granted to any bank or other institution on the
payments to be made to such institution by us or any
Subsidiary pursuant to any interest rate swap or similar
agreement or foreign currency hedge, exchange or similar
agreement designed to provide protection against
fluctuations in interest rates and currency exchange
rates, respectively, provided that such agreements are
entered into in, or are incidental to, the ordinary course
of business;
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Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common
law provision relating to bankers Liens, rights of set
off or similar rights and remedies;
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Liens arising from the Uniform Commercial Code financing statements regarding leases;
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Liens securing indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, development or
expansion of a property which is given within 180 days of the acquisition, construction, improvement,
development or expansion of such property and which is limited to such property;
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Liens incurred in connection with Non-Recourse Indebtedness;
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Liens existing on the Issue Date;
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Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided
that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been
made therefor;
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Liens securing refinancing Indebtedness; provided that any such Lien does not extend to or cover any property
or assets other than the property or assets securing Indebtedness so refunded, refinanced or extended;
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easements, rights-of-way and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and
encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, licenses, restrictions on the use of property or minor
imperfections in title thereto which, in the aggregate, are not material in amount, and which do not in any
case materially detract from our properties subject thereto; and
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any extensions, substitutions, modifications, replacements or renewals of the Permitted Liens described above.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may, and any Restricted Subsidiary may, create, assume,
incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of our properties or assets without equally and ratably
securing the Series B Notes if the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness then outstanding secured by
such Lien and all other Liens which are not Permitted Liens, together with the aggregate net sales
proceeds from all Sale-Leaseback Transactions which are not Permitted Sale Leaseback Transactions
(as defined below), does not exceed 20% of Total Consolidated Stockholders Equity.
Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
We will not, nor will we permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, enter into any Sale-Leaseback Transaction, except for any of the following Permitted
Sale-Leaseback Transactions:
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a Sale-Leaseback Transaction involving the leasing by us or any Restricted
Subsidiary of model homes in our communities;
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a Sale-Leaseback Transaction relating to a property which occurs within 180 days
from the date of acquisition of such property by us or a Restricted Subsidiary or
the date of the completion of construction or commencement of full operations on
such property, whichever is later;
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a Sale-Leaseback Transaction where we, within 365 days after such Sale-Leaseback
Transaction, apply or cause to be applied to the retirement of our or any Restricted
Subsidiarys Funded Debt (other than our Funded Debt which by its terms or the terms
of the instrument pursuant to which it was issued is subordinate in right of payment
to the Series B Notes) proceeds of the sale of such property, but only to the extent
of the amount of proceeds so applied;
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a Sale-Leaseback Transaction where we or our Restricted Subsidiaries would, on the
effective date of the relevant sale or transfer, be entitled, pursuant to the
Indenture, to issue, assume or guarantee Indebtedness secured by a Lien upon the
relevant property at least equal in amount to the then present value (discounted at
the actual rate of interest of the Sale-Leaseback Transaction) of the obligation for
the net rental payments in respect of such Sale-Leaseback Transaction without
equally and ratably securing the Series B Notes;
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a Sale-Leaseback Transaction (A) between Lennar and a Restricted Subsidiary or (B)
between Restricted Subsidiaries, so long as the lessor is Lennar or a wholly-owned
Restricted Subsidiary; or
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a Sale-Leaseback Transaction which has a lease of no more than three years in length.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, we may, and
may permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, effect any
Sale-Leaseback Transaction involving any real or
tangible personal property which is not a Permitted
Sale-Leaseback Transaction, provided that, at the
time of the Sale-Leaseback Transaction, the aggregate
net sales proceeds from all Sale-Leaseback
Transactions which are not Permitted Sale-Leaseback
Transactions, together with all Indebtedness secured
by Liens other than Permitted Liens, does not exceed
20% of Total Consolidated Stockholders Equity.
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Mergers and Consolidations.
We may not consolidate with or merge into, or
sell or lease our assets substantially as an entirety to, a Person unless:
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the resulting corporation or the person which
acquires or leases our assets expressly assumes our
obligations to pay principal, premium, if any, and
interest with regard to the Series B Notes and all
the covenants in the Indenture; and
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immediately after the transaction, no Event of
Default or event which, after notice or lapse of time
or both, would be an Event of Default, will have
occurred and continue.
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Compliance Certificate
We must deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an
Officers Certificate as to the signers knowledge of our compliance with all conditions and our
covenants in the Indenture. The Officers Certificate also must state whether or not the signer
knows of any Default or Event of Default. If the signer knows of such a Default or Event of
Default, the Officers Certificate must describe the Default or Event of Default and the efforts to
remedy it. For the purposes of this provision of the Indenture, compliance is determined without
regard to any grace period or requirement of notice under the Indenture.
Events of Default and Remedies
The following are Events of Default under the Indenture:
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if we fail to pay any interest on the Series B Notes continuing for 30 days after it was due;
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if we fail to pay any principal or redemption price or repurchase price due with respect to the Series B Notes;
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our or any Restricted Subsidiarys failure to fulfill an obligation to pay Indebtedness for money borrowed by
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness which is non-recourse to us or any Restricted
Subsidiary), which such failure shall have resulted in the acceleration of, or be a failure to pay at final
maturity, Indebtedness aggregating more than $50 million;
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our failure to perform any other covenant or warranty in the Indenture, continued for 30 days after written
notice as provided in the Indenture;
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final judgments or orders are rendered against us or any Restricted Subsidiary which require the payment by us
or any Restricted Subsidiary of an amount (to the extent not covered by insurance) in excess of $50 million
and such judgments or orders remain unstayed or unsatisfied for more than 60 days and are not being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings; and
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certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to us or any Restricted Subsidiary.
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If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less
than 25% in principal amount of the Series B Notes then outstanding may declare the principal
amount of the Series B Notes then outstanding and interest, if any, accrued thereon to be due and
payable immediately. However, if we cure all defaults (except the nonpayment of the principal and
interest due on any of the Series B Notes that have become due by acceleration) and certain other
conditions in the Indenture are met, with certain exceptions, such declaration may be annulled and
past defaults may be waived by the Holders of a majority of the principal amount of the Series B
Notes then outstanding. In the case of certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, the principal
amount of the Series B Notes will automatically become and be immediately due and payable.
Within 90 days after a Trust Officer (as defined in the Indenture) has knowledge of the
occurrence of a Default or any Event of Default, the Trustee must mail to all Holders notice of all
Defaults or Events of Default known to a Trust Officer, unless such Default or Event of Default is
cured or waived before the giving of such notice. However, except in the case of a payment default
on any of the Series B Notes, the Trustee will be protected in withholding such notice if and so
long as a trust committee of directors and/or officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that
the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Series B Notes then outstanding will have
the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee with regard to the
Series B Notes, subject to certain limitations specified in the Indenture.
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Modifications of the Indenture
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Series
B Notes at the time outstanding, we and the Trustee may modify the Indenture or any supplemental
indenture or the rights of the Holders of the Series B Notes. However, without the consent of each
Holder of Series B Notes which is affected, we cannot, among other actions:
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extend the fixed maturity of any Note;
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reduce the rate or extend the time for the payment of interest;
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reduce the principal amount of any Note or the redemption price;
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impair the right of a Holder to institute suit for the payment thereof; or
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change the currency in which the Series B Notes are payable.
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In addition, without the consent of the Holders of all of the Series B Notes then outstanding,
we cannot reduce the percentage of Series B Notes the Holders of which are required to consent to
any such supplemental indenture.
Global Securities
The Series B Notes will be issued in the form of one or more global securities (Global
Securities) that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company, New York,
New York (DTC). Interests in the Global Securities will be issued only in denominations of $1,000
principal amount or integral multiples of that amount. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or
in part for securities in definitive form, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a
whole to a nominee of DTC for such Global Security, or by a nominee of DTC to DTC or another
nominee of DTC, or by DTC or any such nominee to a successor of DTC or a nominee of such successor.
Book-Entry System
Initially, the Series B Notes will be registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of
DTC. Accordingly, beneficial interests in the Series B Notes will be shown on, and transfers of
Series B Notes will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC and its participants.
Information about DTC is included in the section of this prospectus captioned Book Entry, Delivery
and Form, which begins on page 29.
DTC has advised us and the initial purchasers as follows: DTC is a limited-purpose trust
company organized under the New York Banking Law, a banking organization within the meaning of
the New York Banking Law, a member of the United States Federal Reserve System, a clearing
corporation within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a clearing agency
registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC holds securities that
its participants (Direct Participants) deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the settlement
among Direct Participants of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited
securities through electronic computerized book-entry changes in such Direct Participants
accounts, eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. Direct
Participants include securities brokers and dealers (including the initial purchasers), banks,
trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. DTC is owned by a number of
its Direct Participants and by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange, Inc.
and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to DTCs book-entry system is also
available to others such as securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust companies that clear
through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or
indirectly (Indirect Participants) which will include the Euroclear System (Euroclear) and
Clearstream Banking S.A. (Clearstream). The rules applicable to DTC and its Direct and Indirect
Participants are on file with the SEC.
Payments on the Series B Notes registered in the name of DTCs nominee will be made in
immediately available funds to DTCs nominee as the registered owner of the Global Securities. We
and the Trustee will treat DTCs nominee as the owner of such Series B Notes for all other purposes
as well. Therefore, neither we, the Trustee nor any paying agent has any direct responsibility or
liability for the payment of any amount due on the Series B Notes to owners of beneficial interests
in the Global Securities. It is DTCs current practice, upon receipt of any payment, to credit
Direct Participants accounts on the payment date according to their respective holdings of
beneficial interests in the Global Securities as shown on DTCs records unless DTC has reason to
believe that it will not receive payment. Payments by Direct and Indirect Participants to owners of
beneficial interests in the Global Securities will be governed by standing instructions and
customary practices, as is the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer
form or registered in street name. Such payments will be the responsibility of such Direct and
Indirect Participants and not of DTC, the Trustee or us.
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Series B Notes represented by a Global Security will be exchangeable for Series B Notes in
definitive form of like tenor in authorized denominations only if:
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DTC notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary;
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DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under applicable law and a
successor depositary is not appointed by us within 90 days; or
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we, in our discretion, determine not to require all of the Series B
Notes to be represented by a Global Security and notify the Trustee of
our decision.
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Same-Day Settlement and Payment
So long as DTC continues to make its Same-Day Funds Settlement System available to us, all
payments on the Series B Notes will be made by us in immediately available funds.
Secondary trading in long-term notes and debentures of corporate issues is generally settled
in clearing-house or next-day funds. In contrast, the Series B Notes will trade in DTCs Same-Day
Funds Settlement System until maturity; therefore, DTC will require that trades be settled in
immediately available funds.
Concerning the Trustee
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. is the Trustee under the Indenture and will be
appointed by us as the initial paying agent, registrar and custodian with regard to the Series B
Notes. We may maintain deposit accounts and conduct other banking transactions with the Trustee or
its affiliates in the ordinary course of business.
The Trustee and its affiliates may from time to time in the future provide banking and other
services to us in the ordinary course of their business.
Discharge of the Indenture
We may satisfy and discharge our obligations under the Indenture with respect to the Series B
Notes by:
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delivering to the Trustee for cancellation all outstanding Series B Notes; or
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depositing with the Trustee, after all outstanding Series B Notes have
become due and payable (or are by their terms to become due and payable
within one year), whether at stated maturity, or otherwise, cash and/or U.S.
Government Obligations sufficient to pay all of the outstanding Series B
Notes and paying all other sums payable under the Indenture by us with
respect to the Series B Notes.
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Upon the deposit of such funds with the Trustee, the Indenture will, with certain limited
exceptions, cease to be of further effect with respect to the Series B Notes. The rights that would
continue following the deposit of those funds with the Trustee are:
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the remaining rights of registration of transfer, substitution and exchange of the Series B Notes;
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the rights of Holders under the Indenture to receive payments due with respect to the Series B
Notes and the other rights, duties and obligations of Holders, as beneficiaries with respect to
the amounts, if any, so deposited with the Trustee; and
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the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee under the Indenture.
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Certain Definitions
The following are definitions of certain of the terms used in the Indenture.
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets means the total amount of assets which would be included on
a consolidated balance sheet of Lennar and the Restricted Subsidiaries under GAAP (less applicable
reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting therefrom:
(A) all short-term liabilities, i.e., liabilities payable by their terms less than one year
from the date of determination and not renewable or extendable at the option of the obligor for a
period ending more than one year after such date, and liabilities in respect of retiree benefits
other than pensions for which the Restricted Subsidiaries are required to accrue pursuant to former
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106 (now ASC No. 715);
(B) investments in Subsidiaries that are not Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(C) all assets reflected on our balance sheet as the carrying value of goodwill, trade names,
trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount, unamortized expense incurred in the issuance of debt and other intangible assets.
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Default
means any event which, upon the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both,
would be an Event of Default.
Funded Debt of any Person means all Indebtedness for borrowed money created, incurred,
assumed or guaranteed in any manner by such Person, and all Indebtedness, contingent or otherwise,
incurred or assumed by such Person in connection with the acquisition of any business, property or
asset, which in each case matures more than one year after, or which by its terms is renewable or
extendible or payable out of the proceeds of similar Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the terms of
any revolving credit agreement or any similar agreement at the option of such Person for a period
ending more than one year after the date as of which Funded Debt is
being determined; provided however that,
Funded Debt shall not include:
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any Indebtedness for the payment, redemption or
satisfaction of which money (or evidences of indebtedness,
if permitted under the instrument creating or evidencing
such indebtedness) in the necessary amount shall have been
irrevocably deposited in trust with a trustee or proper
depositary either on or before the maturity or redemption
date thereof;
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any Indebtedness of such Person to any of its subsidiaries
or of any subsidiary to such Person or any other
subsidiary; or
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any Indebtedness incurred in connection with the financing
of operating, construction or acquisition projects,
provided that the recourse for such indebtedness is
limited to the assets of such projects.
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Holder means a Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrars books.
Indebtedness means, with respect to us or any Subsidiary, and without duplication:
(a) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on, and fees, costs, enforcement
expenses, collateral protection expenses and other reimbursement or indemnity obligations in
respect to all our or any Subsidiarys indebtedness or obligations to any Person, including but
not limited to banks and other lending institutions, for money borrowed that is evidenced by a
note, bond, debenture, loan agreement, or similar instrument or agreement (including purchase
money obligations with original maturities in excess of one year and noncontingent reimbursement
obligations in respect of amounts paid under letters of credit);
(b) all our or any Subsidiarys reimbursement obligations and other liabilities (contingent
or otherwise) with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees or bankers acceptances;
(c) all obligations and liabilities (contingent or otherwise) in respect of our or any
Subsidiarys leases required, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, to be
accounted for as capital lease obligations on our balance sheet;
(d) all our or any Subsidiarys obligations (contingent or otherwise) with respect to an
interest rate or other swap, cap or collar agreement or other similar instrument or agreement or
foreign currency hedge, exchange, purchase or similar instrument or agreement;
(e) all direct or indirect guaranties or similar agreements by us or any Subsidiary in
respect of, and our or such Subsidiarys obligations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) to
purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise assure a creditor against loss in respect of,
indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of another Person of the kind described in clauses (a)
through (d);
(f) any indebtedness or other obligations, excluding any operating leases we or any
Subsidiary is currently (or may become) a party to, described in clauses (a) through (d) secured
by any Lien existing on property which is owned or held by us or such Subsidiary, regardless of
whether the indebtedness or other obligation secured thereby shall have been assumed by us or
such Subsidiary; and
(g) any and all deferrals, renewals, extensions and refinancing of, or amendments,
modifications or supplements to, any indebtedness, obligation or liability of the kind described
in clauses (a) through (f).
Lien means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge or security interest of any kind.
Non-Recourse Indebtedness means any of our Indebtedness or any Restricted Subsidiarys
Indebtedness for which the holder of such Indebtedness has no recourse, directly or indirectly, to
us or such Restricted Subsidiary for the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such
Indebtedness, and for which we are not or such Restricted Subsidiary is not, directly or
indirectly, obligated or otherwise liable for the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
such Indebtedness, except pursuant to mortgages, deeds of trust or other security interests or
other recourse, obligations or liabilities, in respect of specific land or other real property
interests of us or such Restricted Subsidiary securing such indebtedness; provided, however, that
recourse, obligations or liabilities solely for indemnities, or breaches of warranties or representations in respect of Indebtedness will not
prevent that Indebtedness from being classified as Non-Recourse Indebtedness.
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Officers Certificate when used with respect to us means a certificate signed by two of our
officers (as specified in the Indenture), each such certificate will comply with Section 314 of the
TIA and include the statements required under the Indenture.
Paying Agent means the office or agency designated by us where the Series B Notes may be
presented for payment.
Person
means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any government
agency or political subdivision.
Restricted Subsidiary means (a) all existing wholly-owned Subsidiaries, other than finance
company subsidiaries and any foreign Subsidiaries, and (b) all future wholly-owned Subsidiaries
that become guarantors, in each case, until such time as such subsidiary is released in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture.
Sale-Leaseback Transaction means a sale or transfer made by us or a Restricted Subsidiary of
any property which is either (a) a manufacturing facility, office building or warehouse whose book
value equals or exceeds 1% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as of the date of determination, or
(b) another property (not including a model home) which exceeds 5% of Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets as of the date of determination, if such sale or transfer is made with the agreement,
commitment or intention of leasing such property to Lennar or a Restricted Subsidiary.
Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary (a) whose revenues exceed 10% of our total
consolidated revenues, in each case for the most recent fiscal year, or (b) whose net worth exceeds
10% of our Total Consolidated Stockholders Equity, in each case as of the end of the most recent
fiscal year.
Subsidiary means (a) a corporation or other entity of which a majority in voting power of
the stock or other interests is owned by us, by a Subsidiary or by us and one or more Subsidiaries
or (b) a partnership, the sole general partner or partners of
which is us and/or any Subsidiary and of which we or any Subsidiary
owns at least 25% in value of the equity.
Total Consolidated Stockholders Equity means, with respect to any date of determination,
our total consolidated stockholders equity as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet
that is contained or incorporated in the latest annual report on Form 10-K (or equivalent report)
or quarterly report on Form 10-Q (or equivalent report) filed with the SEC, and is as of a date not
more than 181 days prior to the date of determination, in the case of the consolidated balance
sheet contained or incorporated in an annual report on Form 10-K, or 135 days prior to the date of
determination, in the case of the consolidated condensed balance sheet contained in a quarterly
report on
Form 10-Q.
U.S. Government Obligations means direct obligations of, and obligations guaranteed by, the
United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of
America is pledged.
BOOK ENTRY, DELIVERY AND FORM
The certificates representing the Series B Notes will be issued in fully registered form. The
Series B Notes initially will be represented by a single, permanent global note (a Global Note),
in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons and will be deposited with the
trustee as custodian for DTC and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as DTCs nominee.
Upon the issuance of a Global Note, DTC or its nominee will credit the accounts of persons
holding through it with the respective principal amounts of the Series B Notes represented by such
Global Note that are received by such persons in the exchange offer. Ownership of beneficial
interests in a Global Note will be limited to persons that have accounts with DTC (participants)
or persons that may hold interests through participants. Any person acquiring an interest in a
Global Note through an offshore transaction may hold such interest through Clearstream (formerly
known as Cedel) or Euroclear. Ownership of beneficial interests in a Global Note will be shown on,
and the transfer of that ownership interest will be effected only through, records maintained by
DTC (with respect to participants interests) and such participants (with respect to the interests
of owners of beneficial interests in such Global Note other than participants). The laws of some
jurisdictions require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such
securities in definitive form. Such limits and such laws may impair the ability to transfer
beneficial interests in a Global Note.
Payment of principal of and interest on Series B Notes represented by a Global Note will be
made in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the sole
registered owner and the sole holder of the Series B Notes represented thereby for all purposes
under the Indenture. We have been advised by DTC that upon receipt of any payment of principal of
or interest on any Global Note, DTC will immediately credit, on its book-entry registration and
transfer system, the accounts of participants with payments in amounts proportionate to their
respective beneficial interests in the principal or face amount of such Global Note as shown on the
records of DTC. Payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in a Global Note held
through such participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices as is
now the case with securities held for customer accounts registered in street name and will be the sole responsibility of such participants.
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A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by DTC or a nominee of DTC to a nominee
of DTC or to DTC. A Global Note is exchangeable for certificated Series B Notes only if (a) DTC
notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a depositary for such Global Note or if
at any time DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, (b) we in our
discretion at any time determine not to have all the Series B Notes represented by such Global
Note, or (c) there shall have occurred and be continuing a default or an event of default with
respect to the Series B Notes represented by such Global Note. Any Global Note that is exchangeable
for certificated Series B Notes pursuant to the preceding sentence will be exchanged for
certificated Series B Notes in authorized denominations and registered in such names as DTC or any
successor depositary holding such Global Note may direct. Subject to the foregoing, a Global Note
is not exchangeable, except for a Global Note of like denomination to be registered in the name of
DTC or any successor depositary or its nominee. In the event that a Global Note becomes
exchangeable for certificated Series B Notes, (a) certificated Series B Notes will be issued only
in fully registered form in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof, (b) payment of
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the certificated Series B Notes will be
payable, and the transfer of the certificated Series B Notes will be registerable, at our office or
agency maintained for such purposes and (c) no service charge will be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange of the certificated Series B Notes, although we may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
So long as DTC or any successor depositary for a Global Note, or any nominee, is the
registered owner of such Global Note, DTC or such successor depositary or nominee, as the case may
be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the Series B Notes represented by such Global
Note for all purposes under the Indenture and the Series B Notes. Except as set forth above, owners
of beneficial interests in a Global Note will not be entitled to have the Series B Notes
represented by such Global Note registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to
receive physical delivery of certificated Series B Notes in definitive form and will not be
considered to be the owners or holders of any Series B Notes under such Global Note. Accordingly,
each person owning a beneficial interest in a Global Note must rely on the procedures of DTC or any
successor depositary, and, if such person is not a participant, on the procedures of the
participant through which such person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder under
the Indenture. We understand that under existing industry practices, in the event that we request
any action of holders or that an owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Note desires to give or
take any action which a holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture, DTC or any
successor depositary would authorize the participants holding the relevant beneficial interest to
give or take such action and such participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through
such participants to give or take such action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of
beneficial owners owning through them.
DTC has advised us that it will take any action permitted to be taken by a holder of Series B
Notes (including the presentation of Series B Notes for exchange) only at the direction of one or
more participants to whose accounts the DTC interests in the Global Notes are credited and only in
respect of such portion of the aggregate principal amount of Notes as to which such participant or
participants has or have given such direction. However, if there is an Event of Default under the
Indenture, DTC will exchange the Global Notes for Certificated Securities, which it will distribute
to its participants.
DTC has advised us as follows:
DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws
of the State of New York, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a clearing corporation within
the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code and a Clearing Agency registered pursuant to the
provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC was created to hold securities for its
participants and facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between
participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its participants, thereby
eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates. Participants include securities brokers
and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations and certain other organizations.
Indirect access to the DTC system is available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust
companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, either
directly or indirectly (indirect participants).
Although DTC has agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate transfers of
interests in the Global Notes among participants of DTC, it is under no obligation to perform such
procedures, and such procedures may be discontinued at any time. Neither the Issuer nor the Trustee
nor the Initial Purchasers will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC or its
participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and
procedures governing their operations.
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SALES OF SERIES B NOTES RECEIVED BY BROKER-DEALERS
A broker-dealer that holds Series A Notes for its own account as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities may participate in the exchange offer so long
as the broker-dealer has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with us or any of our
affiliates to distribute the Series B Notes. A broker-dealer that holds Series A Notes acquired for
its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and who
receives Series B Notes in exchange for those Series A Notes in the exchange offer may be a
statutory underwriter and must therefore deliver a prospectus which meets the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with the resale of those Series B Notes.
We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Series B Notes by broker-dealers.
Series B Notes received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the exchange offer may
be sold from time to time in transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated
transactions, through the writing of options on the Series B Notes or a combination of those
methods of resale, at prices which may or may not be based upon market prices prevailing at the
time of the sale. Any such sale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or
dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from the
selling broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of the Series B Notes. Any broker-dealer that sells
Series B Notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer and any
broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such Series B Notes may be deemed to be an
underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profits from sale of the Series B
Notes and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be
underwriting compensation. The letter of transmittal states that a broker-dealer will not, by
delivering a prospectus, be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act.
For a period of one year after the expiration date, we will promptly send additional copies of
this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that
requests one. We have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the exchange offer (including the
reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm of special counsel for the holders of the Series A
Notes), other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers, and we will indemnify the
holders of the Series A Notes (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act.
LEGAL MATTERS
K&L Gates LLP, New York, New York, will pass on the validity of the Series B Notes for us.
Mark Sustana, our General Counsel, will pass on the validity of the guarantees for us.
EXPERTS
The
consolidated financial statements incorporated in this Prospectus by
reference from Lennar Corporations Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 26, 2010, the related financial statement schedule
incorporated in this Prospectus by reference from Lennar
Corporations Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended November 30, 2009, and the effectiveness of Lennar Corporations internal control over
financial reporting have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm, as stated in their reports, which are incorporated herein by reference. Such
consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule have been so incorporated in
reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and
auditing.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the SEC. You can read
and copy any materials that we file with the SEC at the SECs public reference room at 100 F
Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can request copies of these documents by writing to the
SEC and paying a fee for the copying cost. You can call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more
information about the operation of the public reference rooms. Our SEC filings are also available
at the SECs Internet website at
www.sec.gov
. In addition, you can read and copy our SEC
filings at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, N.Y. 10005.
Our obligations under the Exchange Act to file periodic reports and other information with the
SEC may be suspended, under certain circumstances, if our Common Stock is held of record by fewer
than 300 holders at the beginning of any fiscal year and is not listed on a national securities
exchange. We have agreed that, whether or not we are required to do so by the rules and regulations
of the SEC, for so long as any of the Series B Notes remain outstanding, we will furnish to the
holders of the Series B Notes upon request, and if required by the Exchange Act, file with the SEC,
all annual, quarterly and current reports that we are or would be required to file with the SEC
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. In addition, we have agreed that, as long
as any of the Series A Notes remain outstanding, we will make the information required by Rule
144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act available to any prospective purchaser of Series A Notes or
beneficial owner of Series A Notes in connection with a sale of them.
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference in this prospectus the information in the
documents that we have previously filed with it or documents that we will file with the SEC in the
future. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those
documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus,
and information in documents that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and
supersede information contained in documents filed earlier with the SEC or contained in this
prospectus.
We are incorporating by reference in this prospectus the documents listed below, which we have
previously filed with the SEC. Each of the documents incorporated by reference is an important part
of this prospectus.
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our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2009*;
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our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended February 28, 2010;
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our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 22, 2010, April 5, 2010, April 19, 2010; April 26,
2010, April 29, 2010, and May 10, 2010, and May 14,
2010; and
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our Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on March 4, 2010 for our 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
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Items 6, 7, and 8 of the Form 10-K have been superseded by information contained in our Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on April 26, 2010.
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Whenever after the date of this prospectus and until one year after the expiration date of the
exchange offer, we file reports or documents under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, those reports and documents will be deemed to be part
of this prospectus from the time they are filed. Any statements made in this prospectus or in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus will be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement
contained in this prospectus or in any other subsequently filed document that is also incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus modifies or supersedes the prior
statement. Nothing in this prospectus will be deemed to incorporate information furnished by us on
Form 8-K that, pursuant to SEC rules, is not deemed filed for purposes of the Exchange Act.
You may obtain a copy of any or all of the documents referred to above which have been or will
be incorporated by reference into this prospectus (including exhibits specifically incorporated by
reference in those documents), as well as a copy of the registration statement of which the
prospectus is a part and its exhibits, at no cost to you upon oral request by calling our Office of
the General Counsel at (305) 559-4000, or upon written request addressed to:
Lennar Corporation
700 Northwest 107th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33172
Attn: Office of the General Counsel
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND CONTROL PERSONS
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) empowers us to indemnify, subject
to certain limitations, any person in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought before
or threatened by reason of the fact that the person was a director, officer, employee or agent of
ours, or is or was serving as such with respect to another entity at our request. The DGCL also
permits us to purchase insurance covering our directors, officers, employees and agents, even if
its coverage includes matters for which we could not indemnify our directors or officers.
Additionally, our bylaws provide for the indemnification by us of each of our directors and
officers to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
that indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore
unenforceable.
No dealer, salesperson, or other person has been authorized to give any information or to make
any representations in connection with the offer made by this prospectus other than those contained
in it and, if any information or representation not contained in this prospectus is given or made,
that information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorized by Lennar.
This prospectus does not constitute an offer to exchange or the solicitation of an offer to
exchange any security other than those to which it relates, nor does it constitute an offer to
exchange, or the solicitation of an offer to exchange, to any person in any jurisdiction in which
that offer or solicitation is not authorized, or in which the person making the offer or
solicitation is not permitted to do so, or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make the offer
or solicitation. Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor any exchange as a result of the offer
to which it relates will, under any circumstances, imply that there has been no change in the
affairs of Lennar since the date of this prospectus or that the information contained in this
prospectus is correct as of any time subsequent its date.
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$250,000,000
Offer to exchange any and all outstanding Series A
6.950% Senior Notes due 2018,
$250,000,000 aggregate principal
amount outstanding, for Series B
6.950% Senior Notes due 2018.
PROSPECTUS
June [
], 2010
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 20.
Indemnification Of Directors And Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) empowers us to indemnify,
subject to certain limitations, any person in connection with any action, suit or proceeding
brought before or threatened by reason of the fact that the person was a director, officer,
employee or agent of ours, or is or was serving as such with respect to another entity at our
request. The DGCL also permits us to purchase insurance covering our directors, officers, employees
and agents, even if its coverage includes matters for which we could not indemnify our directors or
officers.
Our bylaws provide for the indemnification by us of each of our directors and officers to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
Item 21.
Exhibits And Financial Statement Schedules.
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Exhibit
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Number
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Description
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4.1
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Indenture, dated May 4, 2010, between Lennar Corporation and The Bank of New
York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, including Form of 6.950% Senior
Note due 2018.
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4.2
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 4, 2010, among Lennar Corporation and
the Guarantors named therein as Issuers and the Initial Purchasers of the
Series A 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018.
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5.1
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Opinion of K&L Gates LLP (counsel).
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5.2
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Opinion of Mark Sustana (general counsel).
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12.1
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Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
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21.1
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List of subsidiaries.*
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23.1
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Consent of K&L Gates LLP (counsel) (included in Exhibit 5.1).
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23.2
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Consent of Mark Sustana (general counsel) (included in Exhibit 5.2).
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23.3
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Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (independent registered public accounting firm).
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24.1
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Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
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25.1
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Statement of Eligibility of Trustee.
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99.1
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Form of Letter of Transmittal.
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99.2
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Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
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Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21 of the Companys Annual Report
on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on January 29, 2010.
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Item 22.
Undertakings.
A.
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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(1)
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To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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(i)
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To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
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(ii)
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To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value
of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee
table in the effective registration statement; and
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(iii)
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To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.
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(2)
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That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(3)
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To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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(4)
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That, for the purpose of determining liability under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, each prospectus
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration
statement relating to an offering, other than
registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other
than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A shall
be deemed to be part of and included in the registration
statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness.
Provided, however
, that no statement
made in a registration statement or prospectus that is
part of the registration statement or made in a document
incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into
the registration statement or prospectus that is part of
the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with
a time of contract of sale prior to such first use,
supersede or modify any statement that was made in the
registration statement or prospectus that was part of
the registration statement or made in any such document
immediately prior to such date of first use.
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(5)
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That, for the purpose of determining liability of the
registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any
purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities,
the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary
offering of securities of the undersigned registrant
pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of
the underwriting method used to sell the securities to
the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to
such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned registrant will be a
seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer
or sell such securities to such purchaser:
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(i)
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Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to
be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
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(ii)
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Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant
or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
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(iii)
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The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information
about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant;
and
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(iv)
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Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
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B.
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrants
annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plans annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated
by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
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C.
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to deliver
or cause to be delivered with the prospectus, to each
person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the
latest annual report to security holders that is
incorporated by reference in the prospectus and
furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of
Rule 14a3 or Rule 14c3 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934; and, where interim financial information
required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X
are not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or
cause to be delivered to each person to whom the
prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly
report that is specifically incorporated by reference
in the prospectus to provide such interim financial
information.
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D.
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes as
follows: that prior to any public reoffering of the
securities registered hereunder through use of a
prospectus which is a part of this registration
statement, by any person or party who is deemed to be
an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c), the
issuer undertakes that such reoffering prospectus will
contain the information called for by the applicable
registration form with respect to reofferings by
persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to
the information called for by the other items of the
applicable form.
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E.
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The registrant undertakes that every prospectus:
(i) that is filed pursuant to paragraph (D) immediately
preceding, or (ii) that purports to meet the
requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Act and is used
in connection with an offering of securities subject to
Rule 415, will be filed as a part of an amendment to
the registration statement and will not be used until
such amendment is effective, and that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
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F.
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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G.
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to respond
to requests for information that is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus pursuant to Items 4,
10(b), 11, or 13 of this Form, within one business day
of receipt of such request, and to send the
incorporated documents by first class mail or other
equally prompt means. This includes information
contained in documents filed subsequent to the
effective date of the registration statement through
the date of responding to the request.
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H.
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to supply
by means of a post-effective amendment all information
concerning a transaction, and the company being
acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of
and included in the registration statement when it
became effective.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints each of Stuart A. Miller, Bruce E. Gross, Diane J. Bessette and Mark
Sustana as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full powers of substitution
to sign for him or her and in his or her name any or all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to the registration statement to which this power of attorney is attached and to file
those amendments and all exhibits to them and other documents to be filed in connection with them
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
the city of Miami, State of Florida, on June 18, 2010.
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LENNAR CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Stuart A. Miller
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Name:
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Stuart A. Miller
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Title:
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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The following direct or indirect subsidiaries of registrant may guarantee the debt
securities and are co-registrants under this registration statement:
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Name of Co-Registrant
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Name of Co-Registrant
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Aquaterra Utilities, Inc.
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Asbury Woods, LLC
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Astoria Options, LLC
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Avalon Sienna III L.L.C.
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Aylon, LLC
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Bay Colony Expansion 369, Ltd.
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Bay River Colony Development, Ltd.
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BB Investment Holdings, LLC
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BCI Properties, LLC
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BPH I, LLC
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Bramalea California, Inc.
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Builders LP, Inc.
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C & C Ranch, LLC
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Cambria, LLC
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Camelot Ventures, LLC
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Cary Woods, LLC
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Cedar Lakes II, LLC
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Cherrytree I LLC
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Cherrytree II LLC
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CL Ventures, LLC
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Colonial Heritage LLC
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Columbia Station L.L.C.
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Concord Station, LLP
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Coto de Caza, Ltd.
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Coventry L.L.C.
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Creekside Crossing, L.L.C.
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Darcy-Joliet, LLC
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DBJ Holdings, LLC
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Enclave Land, LLC
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Evergreen Village LLC
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F&R QVI Home Investments USA, LLC
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Fox-Maple Associates, LLC
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Friendswood Development Company, LLC
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Garco Investments, LLC
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Greystone Construction, Inc.
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Greystone Homes of Nevada, Inc.
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Greystone Homes, Inc.
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Greystone Nevada, LLC
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Greywall Club L.L.C.
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Haverton L.L.C.
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Heathcote Commons LLC
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Home Buyers Advantage Realty, Inc.
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Homecraft Corporation
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HTC Golf Club, LLC
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Independence L.L.C.
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Lakelands at Easton, L.L.C.
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Legends Club, LLC
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Legends Golf Club, LLC
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Len Paradise, LLC
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Lencraft, LLC
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LENH I, LLC
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Lennar Aircraft I, LLC
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Lennar Arizona Construction, Inc.
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Lennar Arizona, Inc.
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Lennar Associates Management Holding Company
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Lennar Associates Management, LLC
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Lennar Buffington Colorado Crossing, L.P.
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Lennar Buffington Zachary Scott, L.P.
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Lennar Carolinas, LLC
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Lennar Central Park, LLC
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Lennar Central Region Sweep, Inc.
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Lennar Chicago, Inc.
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Lennar Cobra, LLC
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Lennar Colorado, LLC
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Name of Co-Registrant
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Name of Co-Registrant
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Lennar Communities Development, Inc.
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Lennar Communities Nevada, LLC
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Lennar Communities of Chicago L.L.C.
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Lennar Communities, Inc.
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Lennar Construction, Inc.
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Lennar Coto Holdings, LLC
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Lennar Developers, Inc.
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Lennar Family of Builders GP, Inc.
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Lennar Family of Builders Limited Partnership
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Lennar Financial Services, LLC
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Lennar Fresno, Inc.
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Lennar Georgia, Inc.
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Lennar Hingham Holdings, LLC
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Lennar Hingham JV, LLC
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Lennar Homes Holding, LLC
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Lennar Homes of Arizona, Inc.
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Lennar Homes of California, Inc.
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Lennar Homes of Texas Land and Construction, Ltd.
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Lennar Homes of Texas Sales and Marketing, Ltd.
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Lennar Homes, LLC
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Lennar Illinois Trading Company, LLC
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Lennar Imperial Holdings Limited Partnership
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Lennar Land Partners Sub II, Inc.
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Lennar Land Partners Sub, Inc.
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Lennar Layton, LLC
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Lennar Mare Island, LLC
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Lennar Marina A Funding, LLC
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Lennar Massachusetts Properties, Inc.
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Lennar Nevada, Inc.
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Lennar New Jersey Properties, Inc.
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Lennar New York, LLC
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Lennar Northeast Properties LLC
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Lennar Northeast Properties, Inc.
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Lennar Pacific Properties Management, Inc.
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Lennar Pacific Properties, Inc.
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Lennar Pacific, Inc.
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Lennar PI Acquisition, LLC
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Lennar PI Property Acquisition, LLC
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Lennar PIS Management Company, LLC
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Lennar Placentia TOD Properties, LLC
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Lennar PNW, Inc.
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Lennar Port Imperial South, LLC
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Lennar Realty, Inc.
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Lennar Renaissance, Inc.
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Lennar Reno, LLC
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Lennar Riverside West Urban Renewal Company, L.L.C.
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Lennar Riverside West, LLC
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Lennar Sacramento, Inc.
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Lennar Sales Corp.
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Lennar San Jose Holdings, Inc.
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Lennar Southland I, Inc.
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Lennar Southwest Holding Corp.
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Lennar Texas Holding Company
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Lennar Trading Company, LP
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Lennar Ventures, LLC
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Lennar West Valley, LLC
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Lennar.com Inc.
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LFS Holding Company, LLC
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LH Eastwind, LLC
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LHI Renaissance, LLC
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LLPII HCC Holdings, LLC
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LNC at Meadowbrook, LLC
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LNC at Ravenna, LLC
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LNC Communities I, Inc.
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LNC Communities II, LLC
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LNC Communities III, Inc.
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LNC Communities IV, LLC
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LNC Communities IX, LLC
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LNC Communities V, LLC
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LNC Communities VI, LLC
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LNC Communities VII, LLC
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LNC Communities VIII, LLC
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LNC Communities IX, LLC
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LNC Northeast Mortgage, Inc.
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LNC Pennsylvania Realty, Inc.
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Long Beach Development, LLC
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Lori Gardens Associates II, LLC
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Lori Gardens Associates III, LLC
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Lorton Station, LLC
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Madrona Village L.L.C.
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Madrona Village Mews L.L.C.
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Mid-County Utilities, Inc.
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Mission Viejo 12S Venture, LP
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Mission Viejo Holdings, Inc.
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Montgomery Crossings, LLC
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Northbridge L.L.C.
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Northeastern Properties LP, Inc.
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Palm Gardens At Doral Clubhouse, LLC
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Palm Gardens at Doral, LLC
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Palm Vista Preserve, LLC
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Perris Green Valley Associates, a California limited partnership
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PG Properties Holding, LLC
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Pioneer Meadows Development, LLC
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Pioneer Meadows Investments, LLC
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POMAC, LLC
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Prestonfield L.L.C.
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Raintree Village II L.L.C.
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Raintree Village, L.L.C.
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Rivenhome Corporation
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Rutenberg Homes of Texas, Inc.
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Rutenberg Homes, Inc.
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Rye Hill Company, LLC
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S. Florida Construction II, LLC
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S. Florida Construction III, LLC
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S. Florida Construction, LLC
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San Lucia, LLC
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Savell Gulley Development, LLC
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Scarsdale, LTD.
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Seminole/70th, LLC
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Siena at Old Orchard, LLC
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Sonoma L.L.C.
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Spanish Springs Development, LLC
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Stoney Corporation
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Stoneybrook Golf Club, Inc.
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Strategic Cable Technologies, L.P.
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Strategic Holdings, Inc.
Ventures (LCV)
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Name of Co-Registrant
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Name of Co-Registrant
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Strategic Technologies Communications of California, Inc.
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Strategic Technologies, LLC
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Summerfield Venture L.L.C.
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Summerwood, LLC
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Temecula Valley, LLC
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The Courts of Indian Creek L.L.C.
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The LNC Northeast Group, Inc.
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The Preserve at Coconut Creek, LLC
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Trade Services Investments, Inc.
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U.S. Home Corporation
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U.S. Home of Arizona Construction Co.
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U.S. Home Realty, Inc.
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U.S.H. Los Prados, Inc.
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U.S.H. Realty, Inc.
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USH Flag, LLC
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USH (West Lake), Inc.
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USH Equity Corporation
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USH Millennium Ventures Corp.
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USH Woodbridge, Inc.
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UST Lennar GP PIS 10, LLC
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UST Lennar GP PIS 7, LLC
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WCP, LLC
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West Chocolate Bayou Development, LLC
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West Van Buren L.L.C.
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Westchase, Inc.
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AS GUARANTORS
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By:
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/s/ Mark Sustana
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Name:
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Mark Sustana
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Title:
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Secretary
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Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
On Behalf of Lennar Corporation:
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Signature
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Title(s)
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Date
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/s/ Stuart A. Miller
Stuart A. Miller
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Chief Executive Officer and President
(Principal Executive Officer)
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June 18, 2010
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/s/ Bruce E. Gross
Bruce E. Gross
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Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
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June 18, 2010
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/s/ David M. Collins
David M. Collins
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Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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June 18, 2010
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/s/ Irving Bolotin
Irving Bolotin
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Director
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June 18, 2010
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/s/ Steven L. Gerard
Steven L. Gerard
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Director
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June 18, 2010
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/s/ Sherrill W. Hudson
Sherrill W. Hudson
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Director
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June 18, 2010
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/s/ Sidney Lapidus
Sidney Lapidus
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Director
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June 18, 2010
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/s/ Donna E. Shalala
Donna E. Shalala
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Director
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June 18, 2010
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/s/ Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
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Director
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June 18, 2010
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On Behalf of the Following Co-Registrants:
Aquaterra Utilities, Inc.*
Asbury Woods, LLC (1)
Astoria Options, LLC (2)
Avalon Sienna III L.L.C. (1)
Aylon, LLC (21)
Bay Colony Expansion 369, Ltd. (11)
Bay River Colony Development, Ltd. (11)
BB Investment Holdings, LLC (27)
BCI Properties, LLC (27)
BPH I, LLC (28)
Bramalea California, Inc.*
Builders LP, Inc.*
C & C Ranch, LLC (7)
Cambria, LLC (1)
Camelot Ventures, LLC (2)
Cary Woods, LLC (1)
Cedar Lakes II, LLC (21)
Cherrytree II LLC (2)
Cherrytree I LLC (2)
CL Ventures, LLC (2)
Colonial Heritage LLC (2)
Columbia Station, LLC (1)
Concord Station, LLP (5)
Coto de Caza, Ltd. (3)
Coventry, LLC (1)
Creekside Crossing, LLC (1)
Darcy-Joliet, LLC (20)
DBJ Holdings, LLC (27)
Enclave Land, LLC (1)
Evergreen Village LLC (2)
F&R QVI Home Investments USA, LLC (2)
Fox-Maple Associates, LLC (2)
Friendswood Development Company, LLC (31)
Garco Investments, LLC (26)
Greystone Construction, Inc. *
Greystone Homes of Nevada, Inc. *
Greystone Homes, Inc. *
Greystone Nevada, LLC (8)
Greywall Club, LLC (1)
Haverton, LLC (1)
Heathcote Commons LLC (2)
Home Buyers Advantage Realty, Inc. *
Homecraft Corporation *
HTC Golf Club, LLC (29)
Independence L.L.C. (2)
Lakelands at Easton, L.L.C. (2)
Legends Club, LLC*
Legends Golf Club, LLC*
Len Paradise, LLC(5)
Lencraft, LLC (2)
LENH I, LLC (5)
Lennar Aircraft I, LLC (14)
Lennar Arizona Construction, Inc. *
Lennar Arizona, Inc. *
Lennar Associates Management Holding Company
Lennar Associates Management, LLC *
Lennar Buffington Colorado Crossing, L.P. (11)
Lennar Buffington Zachary Scott, L.P. (11)
Lennar Carolinas, LLC *
Lennar Central Park, LLC (9)
Lennar Central Region Sweep, Inc. *
Lennar Chicago, Inc. *
Lennar Cobra, LLC (4)
Lennar Colorado, LLC (9)
Lennar Communities Development, Inc. *
Lennar Communities Nevada, LLC (8)
Lennar Communities of Chicago L.L.C. (1)
Lennar Communities, Inc. *
Lennar Construction, Inc. *
Lennar Coto Holdings, LLC (9)
Lennar Developers, Inc. *
Lennar Family of Builders GP, Inc. *
Lennar Family of Builders Limited Partnership (10)
Lennar Financial Services, LLC
Lennar Fresno, Inc. *
Lennar Georgia, Inc. *
Lennar Gulf Coast, LLC (2)
Lennar Hingham Holdings, LLC (16)
Lennar Hingham JV, LLC (15)
Lennar Homes Holding, LLC (14)
Lennar Homes of Arizona, Inc. *
Lennar Homes of California, Inc. *
Lennar Homes of Texas Land and Construction, Ltd. (11)
Lennar Homes of Texas Sales and Marketing, Ltd. (11)
Lennar Homes, LLC (2)
Lennar Illinois Trading Company, LLC (1)
Lennar Imperial Holdings Limited Partnership (17)
Lennar Land Partners Sub II, Inc. *
Lennar Land Partners Sub, Inc. *
Lennar Layton, LLC (24)
Lennar Mare Island, LLC (9)
Lennar Marina A Funding, LLC (15)
Lennar Massachusetts Properties, Inc. *
Lennar Nevada, Inc.*
Lennar New Jersey Properties, Inc. *
Lennar New York, LLC (2)
Lennar Northeast Properties LLC (18)
Lennar Northeast Properties, Inc. *
Lennar Pacific Properties Management, Inc. *
Lennar Pacific Properties, Inc. *
Lennar Pacific, Inc. *
Lennar PI Acquisition, LLC (2)
Lennar PI Property Acquisition, LLC (2)
Lennar PIS Management Company, LLC (18)
Lennar Placentia TOD Properties, LLC (9)
Lennar PNW, Inc. *
Lennar Port Imperial South, LLC (18)
Lennar Realty, Inc. **
Lennar Renaissance, Inc. *
Lennar Reno, LLC (8)
Lennar Riverside West Urban Renewal Company, L.L.C. (19)
Lennar Riverside West, LLC (18)
Lennar Sacramento, Inc. *
Lennar Sales Corp. *
Lennar San Jose Holdings, Inc. *
Lennar Southland I, Inc. *
Lennar Southwest Holding Corp. *
Lennar Texas Holding Company *
Lennar Trading Company, LP (11)
Lennar Ventures, LLC
¨
Lennar West Valley, LLC (7)
Lennar.com Inc. *
Lennar-Lantana Boatyard, Inc. *
LFS Holding Company, LLC (2)
LH Eastwind, LLC (5)
LHI Renaissance, LLC (5)
LLPII HCC Holdings, LLC (9)
LNC at Meadowbrook, LLC (1)
LNC at Ravenna, LLC (1)
LNC Communities I, Inc. *
LNC Communities II, LLC (2)
LNC Communities III, LLC *
LNC Communities IV, LLC (2)
LNC Communities V, LLC (2)
LNC Communities VI, LLC (2)
LNC Communities VII, LLC (2)
LNC Communities VIII, LLC (2)
LNC Communities IX, LLC (2)
LNC Northeast Mortgage, Inc.*
LNC Pennsylvania Realty, Inc.*
Long Beach Development, LLC (22)
Lori Gardens Associates II, LLC (2)
Lori Gardens Associates III, LLC (2)
Lorton Station, LLC (2)
Madrona Village Mews L.L.C. (1)
Madrona Village, LLC (1)
Mid-County Utilities, Inc. *
Mission Viejo 12S Venture, LP (12)
Mission Viejo Holdings, Inc. *
Montgomery Crossings, LLC (1)
Northbridge L.L.C. (1)N
Northeastern Properties LP, Inc. ***
Palm Gardens at Doral, LLC (5)
Palm Gardens at Doral Clubhouse, LLC (32)
Palm Vista Preserve, LLC (2)
Perris Green Valley Associates, a California limited partnership (6)
PG Properties Holding, LLC (21)
Pioneer Meadows Development, LLC (23)
Pioneer Meadows Investments, LLC (23)
POMAC, LLC (2)
Prestonfield, LLC (1)
Raintree Village II, LLC (20)
Raintree Village, L.L.C. (1)
Rivenhome Corporation *
Rutenberg Homes of Texas, Inc. *
Rutenberg Homes, Inc. *
Rye Hill Company, LLC (2)
S. Florida Construction II, LLC (5)
S. Florida Construction III, LLC (5)
S. Florida Construction, LLC (5)
San Lucia, LLC (32)
Savell Gulley Development, LLC (22)
Scarsdale, LTD (11)
Seminole/70th, LLC (5)
Siena at Old Orchard, LLC (1)
Sonoma L.L.C. (1)
Spanish Springs Development, LLC (2)
Stoney Corporation *
Stoneybrook Golf Club, Inc. ***
Strategic Cable Technologies, L.P. (13)
Strategic Holdings, Inc.
Strategic Technologies Communications of California, Inc.
Strategic Technologies, LLC
Summerfield Venture L.L.C. (1)
Summerwood, LLC (2)
Temecula Valley, LLC (30)
The Courts of Indian Creek L.L.C. (1)
The LNC Northeast Group, Inc.*
The Preserve at Coconut Creek, LLC (5)
Trade Services Investments, Inc. *
U.S. Home Corporation *
U.S. Home of Arizona Construction Co. *
U.S. Home Realty, Inc. *
U.S.H. Los Prados, Inc. *
U.S.H. Realty, Inc. *
USH Flag, LLC (14)
USH (West Lake), Inc. *
USH Equity Corporation *
USH Millennium Ventures Corp. *
USH Woodbridge, Inc. *
UST Lennar GP PIS 10, LLC (33)
UST Lennar GP PIS 7, LLC (34)
WCP, LLC (21)
West Chocolate Bayou Development, LLC (22)
West Van Buren, LLC (1)
Westchase, Inc. *
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Mark Sustana and Diane J. Bessette are Directors/Managers of this company. Stuart A. Miller is the Chief Executive Officer, Bruce E. Gross is the Chief Financial Officer and
David M. Collins is the Controller of this company.
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**
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Mark Sustana and David Collins are Directors of this company. Mark Sustana is the Chief Executive Officer and David Collins is the Chief Financial Officer and Controller of
this company.
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***
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Darin McMurray is the director and Chief Executive Officer of
this company. David Collins is the Chief Financial Officer.
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Belinda Garcia and Antoinette Mucci are Directors of this company. Antoinette Mucci is the Chief Executive Officer and Belinda Garcia is the Chief Financial Officer and
Controller of this company.
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Mark Sustana, David Kaiserman and Diane J. Bessette are Directors/Managers of this company. David Kaiserman is the Chief Executive Officer and Cristina Pardo is the Principal
Financial Officer and the Controller of this company.
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Mark Sustana and David Kaiserman are Managers of this company. David Kaiserman is the Chief Executive Officer and Cristina Pardo is the Principal Financial Officer and the
Controller of this company.
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¨
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Mark Sustana, David Kaiserman and Diane J. Bessette are Managers of this company. David Kaiserman is Chief Executive Officer and David Collins is the Chief Financial
Officer and Controller of this company.
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(1)
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Executed by Lennar Chicago, Inc., its Managing Member.
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(2)
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Executed by U.S. Home Corporation, its Managing Member.
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(3)
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Executed by Lennar Land Partners Sub II, Inc., its General Partner.
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(4)
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Executed by Lennar Fresno, Inc., its Managing Member.
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(5)
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Executed by Lennar Homes, LLC, its Managing Member.
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(6)
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Executed by Lennar San Jose Holdings, Inc., its General Partner.
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(7)
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Executed by Lennar Renaissance, Inc., its Managing Member.
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(8)
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Executed by Lennar Pacific Properties Management, Inc., its Sole Member.
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(9)
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Executed by Lennar Homes of California, Inc., its Sole Member.
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(10)
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Executed by Lennar Family of Builders GP, Inc., its General Partner.
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(11)
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Executed by Lennar Texas Holding Company, its General Partner.
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(12)
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Executed by Mission Viejo Holdings, Inc., its General Partner.
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(13)
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Executed by Strategic Technologies, LLC, its General Partner.
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(14)
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.Executed by Lennar Corporation, its Managing Member.
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(15)
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Executed by Lennar Massachusetts Properties, Inc., its Managing Member.
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(16)
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Executed by Lennar Hingham JV, LLC, its Member, by Lennar Massachusetts Properties, Inc., its Managing Member.
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(17)
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Executed by Lennar Northeast Properties, Inc., its General Partner.
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(18)
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Executed by Lennar Northeast Properties, Inc., its Managing Member.
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(19)
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Executed by Lennar Riverside West, LLC, its Member, by Lennar Northeast Properties, Inc., its Managing Member.
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(20)
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Executed by Lennar Communities of Chicago, LLC, its Managing Member.
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(21)
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Executed by Lennar Carolinas, LLC, its Managing Member.
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(22)
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Executed by Lennar Texas Holding Company, its Managing Member.
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((23)
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Executed by Lennar Reno, LLC, its Sole Member.
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(24)
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Executed by Lennar Communities Development, Inc., its Sole Member.
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(25)
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Executed by The Fortress Group, Inc., its Sole Member.
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(26)
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Executed by S. Florida Construction, LLC, its Sole Member, by Lennar Homes, LLC, its Sole Member.
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(27)
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Executed by Pioneer Meadows Investments, LLC, its Sole Member, by Lennar Reno, LLC, its Sole Member.
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(28)
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Executed by Pioneer Meadows Development, LLC, its Sole Member, by Lennar Reno, LLC, its Sole Member.
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(29)
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.Executed by Lennar Colorado, LLC, its Sole Member, by Lennar
Homes of California, Inc. its Sole Member.
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(30)
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Executed by Greystone Homes, Inc., its Sole Member.
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(31)
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Executed by Lennar Homes of Texas Land and Constructions,
LTD., its Sole Member, by Lennar Texas Holding Company, its General Partner.
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(32)
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Executed by Palm Gardens at Doral, LLC, its Managing Member.
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(33)
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Executed by Lennar Port Imperial South, LLC, its Sole Member
and Manager, by Lennar Northeast Properties, Inc., its Managing
Member.
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(34)
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Executed by Lennar Imperial Holdings Limited Partnership, its Sole Member and Manager, by Lennar Northeast
Properties, Inc. its General Partner.
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Signature
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Title(s)
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Date
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/s/ Diane J. Bessette
Diane J. Bessette
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Director, Manager
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June 18, 2010
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/s/ David M. Collins
David M. Collins
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Controller
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June 18, 2010
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/s/ Belinda Garcia
Belinda Garcia
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Director, Chief Financial Officer,
Controller
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June 18, 2010
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/s/ Bruce E. Gross
Bruce E. Gross
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Chief Financial Officer
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June 18, 2010
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/s/ David Kaiserman
David Kaiserman
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Director, Manager,
Chief Executive Officer
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June 18, 2010
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/s/ Stuart A. Miller
Stuart A. Miller
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Director,
Chief Executive Officer
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June 18, 2010
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/s/ Antoinette Mucci
Antoinette Mucci
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Director,
Chief Executive Officer
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June 18, 2010
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/s/ Cristina Pardo
Cristina Pardo
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Principal Financial Officer,
Controller
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June 18, 2010
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/s/ Mark Sustana
Mark Sustana
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Director, Manager
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June 18, 2010
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/s/ Darin McMurray
Darrin McMurray
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Chief Executive Officer,
Director
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June 18, 2010
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
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Number
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Description
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4.1
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Indenture, dated May 4, 2010 between Lennar Corporation and The Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, including Form of 6.950% Senior Note due
2018.
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4.2
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 4, 2010 among Lennar Corporation and
the Guarantors named therein as Issuers and the Initial Purchasers of the
Series A 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018.
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5.1
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Opinion of K&L Gates LLP (counsel).
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5.2
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Opinion of Mark Sustana (general counsel).
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12.1
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Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
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21.1
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List of subsidiaries.*
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23.1
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Consent of K&L Gates LLP (counsel) (included in Exhibit 5.1).
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23.2
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Consent of Mark Sustana (general counsel) (included in Exhibit 5.2).
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23.3
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Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (independent registered public accounting firm).
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24.1
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Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
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25.1
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Statement of Eligibility of Trustee.
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99.1
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Form of Letter of Transmittal.
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99.2
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Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
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*
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Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21 of the Companys
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on January
29, 2010
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Exhibit
4.1
EXECUTION VERSION
LENNAR CORPORATION
as Issuer,
the
GUARANTORS
party hereto
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
as Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of May 4, 2010
6.950% Senior Notes due 2018, Series A
6.950% Senior Notes due 2018, Series B
CROSS REFERENCE TABLE
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TIA Section
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Indenture Section
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310
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(a)(1)
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7.10
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(a)(2)
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7.10
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(a)(3)
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N.A.
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(a)(4)
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N.A.
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(a)(5)
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7.10
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(b)
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7.8; 7.10; 11.2
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(c)
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N.A.
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311
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(a)
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7.11
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(b)
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7.11
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(c)
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N.A.
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312
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(a)
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2.5
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(b)
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11.3
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(c)
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11.3
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313
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(a)
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7.6
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(b)(1)
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N.A.
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(b)(2)
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7.6
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(c)
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7.6; 11.2
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(d)
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7.6
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314
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(a)
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4.2; 4.4; 11.2
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c)(1)
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7.2; 11.4
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(c)(2)
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7.2; 11.4
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(c)(3)
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N.A.
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(d)
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N.A.
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(e)
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11.5
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(f)
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N.A.
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315
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(a)
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7.1(b)
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(b)
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7.5; 11.2
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(c)
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7.1(a)
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(d)
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6.5; 7.1(c)
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(e)
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6.12
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316
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(a)(1)(A)
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6.5
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.4
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(a)(2)
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N.A.
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(b)
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6.7
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(c)
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1.1, 2.5, 9.4
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317
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(a)(1)
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6.8
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(a)(2)
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6.9
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(b)
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2.4
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318
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(a)
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11.1
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(c)
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11.1
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N.A. means Not Applicable.
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Note:
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This cross-reference table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
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(i)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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1
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Section 1.1. Definitions
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1
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Section 1.2. Incorporation by Reference of TIA
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10
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Section 1.3. Rules of Construction
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10
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ARTICLE II. THE NOTES
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10
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Section 2.1. Form and Dating
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10
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Section 2.2. Execution and Authentication; Aggregate Principal Amount
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11
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Section 2.3. Registrar and Paying Agent
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12
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Section 2.4. Paying Agent to Hold Assets in Trust
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12
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Section 2.5. Holder Lists
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13
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Section 2.6. Transfer and Exchange
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13
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Section 2.7. Replacement Notes
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14
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Section 2.8. Outstanding Notes
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14
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Section 2.9. Treasury Notes
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14
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Section 2.10. Temporary Notes
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14
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Section 2.11. Cancellation
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15
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Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest
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15
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Section 2.13. CUSIP Number
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16
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Section 2.14. Deposit of Monies
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16
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Section 2.15. Restrictive Legends
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16
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Section 2.16. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Security
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16
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Section 2.17. Special Transfer Provisions
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18
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Section 2.18. Additional Interest Under Registration Rights Agreement
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20
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ARTICLE III. REDEMPTION
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20
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Section 3.1. Optional Redemption by the Company
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20
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ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS
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22
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Section 4.1. Payment of Notes
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22
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Section 4.2. Reporting
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22
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Section 4.3. Corporate Existence
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22
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Section 4.4. Compliance Certificate
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22
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Section 4.5. Further Instruments and Acts
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23
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Section 4.6. Limitations on Liens
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23
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Section 4.7. Sale-Leaseback Transactions
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25
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Section 4.8. Furnishing Guarantees
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26
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Section 4.9. Change of Control
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26
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ARTICLE V. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
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29
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Section 5.1. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms
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29
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Section 5.2. Successor Corporation Substituted
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29
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ARTICLE VI. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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30
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Section 6.1. Events of Default
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30
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(ii)
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Section 6.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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31
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Section 6.3. Other Remedies
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32
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Section 6.4. Waiver of Existing Defaults
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32
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Section 6.5. Control by Majority
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32
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Section 6.6. Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor
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33
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Section 6.7. Limitation on Suits. A Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to
this Indenture unless:
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(iv)
INDENTURE, dated as of May 4, 2010, among LENNAR CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
Company
), each of the Guarantors party hereto and THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY,
N.A.
, as Trustee (the
Trustee
).
The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of its 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018,
Series A, and its 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018, Series B, to be issued in exchange for the 6.950%
Senior Notes due 2018, Series A, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined herein)
and, to provide therefor, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture. All things necessary to make the Notes (as defined), when duly issued and executed by
the Company, and authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid obligations of the Company, and
to make this Indenture a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company, have been done.
Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and
ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) of the Companys 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018,
Series A and Series B.
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.1. Definitions.
Additional Interest
shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Affiliate
of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, control when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and
controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Agent
means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-Registrar.
Agent Members
has the meaning provided in Section 2.16.
Authenticating Agent
has the meaning provided in Section 2.2.
Bankruptcy Law
has the meaning provided in Section 6.1.
Board of Directors
means the Board of Directors of the Company.
Board Resolution
means a resolution by the Board of Directors or Executive Committee of the
Company certified by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary as being duly adopted and in full
force and effect.
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Business Day
means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday which is not a Legal
Holiday in New York, New York.
Capital Stock
means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of or in such Persons capital stock or
other equity interests, and options, rights or warrants to purchase such capital stock or other
equity interests, whether now outstanding or issued after the Issue Date.
Change of Control Offer
has the meaning provided in Section 4.9(a).
Change of Control Payment
has the meaning provided in Section 4.9(a).
Change of Control Payment Date
has the meaning provided in Section 4.9(a).
Class A Common Stock
shall mean the Companys Class A common stock, par value $.10 per
share.
Comparable Treasury Issue
means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Reference Treasury Dealer as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be
redeemed 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 Notes.
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. Government 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 date, after
excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if fewer than
four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are obtained, the average of all such Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations.
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets
means the total amount of assets which would be included on
a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries under GAAP (less
applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting therefrom:
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all short-term liabilities, i.e., liabilities payable by their
terms less than one year from the date of determination and not renewable or
extendable at the option of the obligor for a period ending more than one year
after such date, and liabilities in respect of retiree benefits other than
pensions for which the Restricted Subsidiaries are required to accrue pursuant
to former Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106 (now ASC No.
715);
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Subsidiaries; and
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all assets reflected on the Companys balance sheet as the
carrying value of goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt
discount, unamortized expense incurred in the issuance of debt and other
intangible assets.
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Corporate Trust Office
means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 10161
Centurion Parkway North, Jacksonville, Florida 32256 Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or
such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the
Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as
such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
Custodian
has the meaning provided in Section 6.1.
Default
means any event which, upon the giving of notice or passage of time, or both, would
be an Event of Default.
Default Interest Payment Date
has the meaning provided in Section 2.12.
Depositary
means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and successors.
$ means the lawful currency of the United States.
Event of Default
has the meaning provided in Section 6.1.
Exchange Act
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Notes
means the 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018, Series B to be issued in exchange for
the Initial Notes pursuant to (i) the Registration Rights Agreement, or (ii) with respect to
Initial Notes issued under this Indenture subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 2.2, a
registration rights agreement substantially identical to the Registration Rights Agreement.
Exchange Offer
has the meaning provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Fiscal Year
means the period commencing on December 1 of a year and ending on the next
November 30 or such other period (not to exceed 12 months or 53 weeks) as the Company may from time
to time adopt as its fiscal year.
Funded Debt
of any Person means all Indebtedness for borrowed money created, incurred,
assumed or guaranteed in any manner by such Person, and all Indebtedness, contingent or otherwise,
incurred or assumed by such Person in connection with the acquisition of any business, property or
asset, which in each case matures more than one year after, or which by its terms is renewable or
extendible or payable out of the proceeds of similar Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the terms of
any revolving credit agreement or any similar agreement at the
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option of such Person for a period ending more than one year after the date as of which Funded
Debt is being determined;
provided, however
, that Funded Debt shall not include (i) any
Indebtedness for the payment, redemption or satisfaction of which money (or evidences of
indebtedness, if permitted under the instrument creating or evidencing such indebtedness) in the
necessary amount shall have been irrevocably deposited in trust with a trustee or proper depositary
either on or before the maturity or redemption date thereof or (ii) any Indebtedness of such Person
to any of its subsidiaries or of any subsidiary to such Person or any other subsidiary or (iii) any
Indebtedness incurred in connection with the financing of operating, construction or acquisition
projects, provided that the recourse for such indebtedness is limited to the assets of such
projects.
GAAP
means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession of the United States, as in effect on the Issue Date.
Global Note
has the meaning provided in Section 2.1.
Guarantee
has the meaning provided in Section 10.1.
Guarantor
means (1) initially, each of the Guarantors named on the signature pages of this
Indenture, if any, and (2) each of the Companys Subsidiaries that becomes a guarantor of the Notes
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, in each case subject to release or suspension as
provided in this Indenture.
Holder
means a Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrars books.
IAI Global Note
means, a permanent global note in registered form representing the aggregate
principal amount of Notes sold to Institutional Accredited Investors.
Indebtedness
means, with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary, and without duplication,
(a) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on, and fees, costs, enforcement expenses,
collateral protection expenses and other reimbursement or indemnity obligations in respect to all
indebtedness or obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary to any Person, including but not
limited to banks and other lending institutions, for money borrowed that is evidenced by a note,
bond, debenture, loan agreement, or similar instrument or agreement (including purchase money
obligations with original maturities in excess of one year and noncontingent reimbursement
obligations in respect of amounts paid under letters of credit); (b) all reimbursement obligations
and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to
letters of credit, bank guarantees or bankers acceptances, (c) all obligations and liabilities
(contingent or otherwise) in respect of leases of the Company or any Subsidiary required, in
conformity with GAAP, to be accounted for as capital lease obligations on the balance sheet of the
Company, (d) all obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary (contingent or otherwise) with
respect to an interest rate or other swap, cap or collar agreement or other similar instrument or
agreement or foreign currency hedge, exchange, purchase or
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similar instrument or agreement, (e) all direct or indirect guaranties or similar agreements
by the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of, and obligations or liabilities (contingent or
otherwise) of the Company or such Subsidiary to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise assure
a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of another Person
of the kind described in clauses (a) through (d), (f) any indebtedness or other obligations,
excluding any operating leases the Company or any Subsidiary is currently (or may become) a party
to, described in clauses (a) through (d) secured by any Lien existing on property which is owned or
held by the Company or Subsidiary, regardless of whether the indebtedness or other obligation
secured thereby shall have been assumed by the Company or such Subsidiary and (g) any and all
deferrals, renewals, extensions and refinancing of, or amendments, modification or supplements to,
any indebtedness, obligation or liability of the kind described in clauses (a) through (f).
Indenture
means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof.
Initial Notes
means, collectively, (i) the 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018, Series A, of the
Company issued on the Issue Date and (ii) any other 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018, Series A that are
issued under this Indenture, subsequent to the Issue Date, pursuant to Section 2.2, for so long as
each such securities constitute Restricted Securities.
Initial Purchasers
means Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.,
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC.
Institutional Accredited Investor
means an institution that is an accredited investor as
that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
Interest Payment Date
means the stated maturity of an installment of interest on the Notes.
Issue Date
means May 4, 2010.
Legal Holiday
means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions or trust
companies are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
Lien
means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge or security interest of any kind.
Maturity Date
means June 1, 2018.
Net Worth
of any Person means the total consolidated stockholders equity of the Person
determined in accordance with GAAP.
Non-Recourse Indebtedness
means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
for which the holder of such Indebtedness has no recourse, directly or indirectly, to the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary for the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such
Indebtedness, and for which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is not, directly or
indirectly, obligated or otherwise liable for the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
such Indebtedness, except pursuant to mortgages, deeds of trust or other security
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interests or other recourse, obligations or liabilities, in respect of specific land or other
real property interests of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary securing such Indebtedness;
provided, however
, that recourse, obligations or liabilities solely for indemnities, breaches of
warranties or representations contained in such mortgages, deeds of trust or grants of security
interests in respect of Indebtedness will not prevent that Indebtedness from being classified as
Non-Recourse Indebtedness.
Non-U.S. Person
means a person who is not a U.S. person, as defined in Regulation S.
Notes
means, collectively, the Initial Notes, the Private Exchange Notes, if any, and the
Unrestricted Notes, treated as a single class of securities, as amended or supplemented from time
to time in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, that are issued pursuant to this Indenture.
Obligations
means all obligations for principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation
governing the Notes.
Officer
means the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Executive Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, the Controller or any
Assistant Secretary of a Person.
Officers Certificate
when used with respect to the Company means a certificate signed by
two Officers. Each such certificate will comply with Section 314 of the TIA and include the
statements described in Section 11.5.
Opinion of Counsel
means a written opinion acceptable to the Trustee from legal counsel.
That counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.
Paying Agent
has the meaning provided in Section 2.3.
Permitted Liens
has the meaning provided in Section 4.6.
Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions
has the meaning provided in Section 4.7.
Person
means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any government
agency or political subdivision.
Physical Notes
has the meaning provided in Section 2.1.
Primary Treasury Dealer
means a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United
States.
Private Exchange Notes
shall have the meaning provided in the Registration Rights
Agreement(s).
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Private Placement Legend
means the legend initially set forth on the Initial Notes in the
form set forth in Exhibit A.
Property
of any Person means all types of real, personal, tangible, intangible or mixed
property owned by such Person, whether or not included in the most recent consolidated balance
sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries under GAAP.
Qualified Institutional Buyer
or
QIB
shall have the meaning specified in Rule 144A.
Record Date
means the Record Date specified in the Notes.
Redemption Date
when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the date fixed for
such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Redemption Price
when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the price at which
it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, the Redemption Price
excludes accrued interest to the Redemption Date.
Reference Treasury Dealer
means (a) each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. (or their respective affiliates which are Primary Treasury Dealers), and their
respective successors;
provided, however
, that if any of the foregoing shall not be a Primary
Treasury Dealer the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (b) any
other Primary Treasury Dealer(s) selected by the Company.
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. on the third
Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Registrar
has the meaning provided in Section 2.3.
Registration Rights Agreement
means, as applicable, (a) the Registration Rights Agreement
dated as of the Issue Date among the Company, the Guarantors and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as the representatives of the Initial Purchasers, relating to the
Notes or (b) any registration rights agreement, substantially identical to the Registration Rights
Agreement, entered into among the Company, the Guarantors and the respective purchasers or their
representatives or representative, on substantially identical terms, relating to any Initial Notes
issued pursuant to Section 2.2.
Regulation S
means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
Regulation S Global Note
means a permanent global note in registered form representing the
aggregate principal amount of Notes sold in reliance on Regulation S.
Remaining Scheduled Payments
means, with respect to any Note to be redeemed, the remaining
scheduled payments of the principal (or of the portion) thereof and
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interest thereon that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption;
provided, however
, that, if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to
such Note, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by
the amount of interest accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.
Repurchase Price
means, with respect to any Note to be repurchased, the price at which it is
to be repurchased pursuant to this Indenture.
Restricted Security
has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 144(a)(3) under the
Securities Act;
provided
,
however
, that the Trustee shall be entitled to request and conclusively
rely on an Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note constitutes a Restricted Security.
Restricted Subsidiary
means (a) all existing wholly-owned Subsidiaries, other than finance
company Subsidiaries and any foreign Subsidiaries, and (b) all future wholly-owned Subsidiaries
that become Guarantors, in each case, until such time as such Subsidiary is released in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture.
Rule 144A
means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
Sale-Leaseback Transaction
means a sale or transfer made by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of any property which is either (A) a manufacturing facility, office building or
warehouse whose book value equals or exceeds 1% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as of the date
of determination, or (B) another property (not including a model home) which exceeds 5% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as of the date of determination, if such sale or transfer is made
with the agreement, commitment or intention of the transferee of leasing such property to the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary.
SEC
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Senior Credit Facility
means any senior credit facility entered into between Company and any
lender, from time to time.
State
means any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.
Significant Subsidiary
means any Subsidiary (a) whose revenues exceed 10% of the Total
Consolidated Revenues of the Company, in each case for the most recent fiscal year, or (b) whose
Net Worth exceeds 10% of the Companys Total Consolidated Stockholders Equity, in each case as of
the end of the most recent fiscal year.
Subsidiary
means (i) a corporation or other entity of which a majority in voting power of
the stock or other interests is owned by the Company, by a Subsidiary of the Company or by the
Company and one or more Subsidiaries of the Company or (ii) a partnership, the sole general partner
or partners of which are the Company and/or any Subsidiary and of which the Company or any
Subsidiary owns at least 25% in value of the equity.
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Total Consolidated Revenues
means, with respect to any date of determination, the Companys
total consolidated revenues as shown on its most recent consolidated statement of operations that
is contained or incorporated in the latest annual report on Form 10-K (or equivalent report) or
quarterly report on Form 10-Q (or equivalent report) filed with the SEC, and is as of a date not
more than 181 days prior to the date of determination, in the case of the consolidated statement of
operations contained or incorporated in an annual report on Form 10-K, or 135 days prior to the
date of determination, in the case of the consolidated condensed statement of operations contained
in a quarterly report on Form 10-Q.
Total Consolidated Stockholders Equity
means, with respect to any date of determination,
the Companys total consolidated stockholders equity as shown on its most recent consolidated
balance sheet that is contained or incorporated in the latest annual report on Form 10-K (or
equivalent report) or quarterly report on Form 10-Q (or equivalent report) filed with the SEC, and
is as of a date not more than 181 days prior to the date of determination, in the case of the
consolidated balance sheet contained or incorporated in an annual report on Form 10-K, or 135 days
prior to the date of determination, in the case of the consolidated condensed balance sheet
contained in a quarterly report on Form 10-Q.
Treasury Rate
means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the
semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming 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.
Trustee
means the person named as such in this Indenture and, subject to the provisions of
Article Seven of this Indenture, any successor to that person.
TIA
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect on the date of this
Indenture, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.3.
Trust Officer
means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee,
including any vice president, assistant vice president, senior associate, assistant secretary,
assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs
functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers,
respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such persons knowledge
of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture.
United States
means the United States of America.
Unrestricted Notes
means one or more Notes that do not and are not required to bear the
Private Placement Legend, including, without limitation, the Exchange Notes.
U.S. Government Obligations
means direct obligations of, and obligations guaranteed by, the
United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of
America is pledged.
U.S. Legal Tender
means such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time
of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
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Section 1.2.
Incorporation by Reference of TIA
. Whenever this Indenture refers to a
provision of the TIA, such provision is incorporated by reference in, and made a part of, this
Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
indenture securities
means the Notes.
indenture security holder
means a Holder.
indenture to be qualified
means this Indenture.
indenture trustee
or
institutional trustee
means the Trustee.
obligor
on the indenture securities means the Company or any other obligor on the Notes.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule and not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them therein.
Section 1.3.
Rules of Construction
. Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP as of any date of determination;
(3) or is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the
singular;
(5) herein, hereof and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a
whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(6) any reference to a statute, law or regulation means that statute, law or regulation
as amended and in effect from time to time and includes any successor statute, law or
regulation;
provided
,
however
, that any reference to the Bankruptcy Law shall mean the
Bankruptcy Law as applicable to the relevant case.
ARTICLE II.
THE NOTES
Section 2.1.
Form and Dating
. The Initial Notes and the Trustees certificate of
authentication relating thereto shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
provided
,
that any Initial Notes issued in a public offering shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto. The Exchange Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication relating thereto shall
be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or
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endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or depositary rule or usage. The Company
and the Trustee shall approve the form of the Notes and any notation, legend or endorsement on
them. Each Note shall be dated the date of its issuance and authentication and shall show the date
of its authentication.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes annexed hereto as Exhibits A and B shall
constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable,
the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to
such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A and Notes offered and sold in reliance on
Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in
registered form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (each, a
Global Note
),
deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided and shall bear the legend set forth in Exhibit
C. The aggregate principal amount of a Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased
by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, as hereinafter
provided.
Notes issued in exchange for interests in a Global Note pursuant to Section 2.16 may be issued
and Notes offered and sold in reliance on any other exemption from registration under the
Securities Act other than as described in the preceding paragraph shall be issued in the form of
permanent certificated Notes in registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A
(the
Physical Notes
).
All Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall remain in the form of a Global
Note until the consummation of the Exchange Offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement;
provided
,
however
, that all of the time periods specified in the Registration Rights Agreement to
be complied with by the Company have been so complied with.
Section 2.2.
Execution and Authentication; Aggregate Principal Amount
. An Officer of
the Company (duly authorized by all requisite corporate actions) shall sign and attest to the Notes
for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note was an Officer at the time of such execution but no
longer holds that office or position at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall
nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the
certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the
Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate all (i) Initial Notes, (ii) Private Exchange Notes from time to
time for issue only in exchange for a like principal amount of Initial Notes and (iii) Unrestricted
Notes from time to time upon a written order of the Company in the form of an Officers Certificate
of the Company. Each such written order shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and
the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated, whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes,
Private Exchange Notes or Unrestricted Notes and whether the Notes are
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to be issued as Physical Notes or Global Notes or such other information as the Trustee may
reasonably request.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent (the
Authenticating Agent
) reasonably
acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. Unless otherwise provided in the appointment, an
Authenticating Agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this
Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or with any
Affiliate of the Company.
The Notes shall be issuable in fully registered form only, without coupons, in denominations
of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Subject to applicable law, the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and delivered on the Issue Date shall not exceed
$250 million;
provided, however
, that the Company may, without the consent of the Holders, issue
additional Notes under this Indenture at any time thereafter.
Section 2.3.
Registrar and Paying Agent
. The Company shall maintain an office or
agency (which shall be located in the City of Jacksonville, State of Florida) where (a) Notes may
be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange (
Registrar
), (b) Notes
may be presented or surrendered for payment (
Paying Agent
) and (c) notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a
register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more
co-Registrars and one or more additional paying agents reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The
term Paying Agent includes any additional Paying Agent. The Company may act as its own Paying
Agent. If the Company elects to act as its own Paying Agent, the Company will notify the Trustee
of its election and will hold for the benefit of the Holders all assets for the payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to
this Indenture, which agreement shall incorporate the provisions of the TIA and implement the
provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of
the name and address of any such Agent. If the Company shall fail to maintain a Registrar or
Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and custodian for
service of demands and notices in connection with the Notes. Any of the Registrar, the Paying
Agent or any other agent may resign upon 30 days notice to the Company.
Section 2.4.
Paying Agent to Hold Assets in Trust
. The Company shall require each
Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust
for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all assets held by the Paying Agent for the payment
of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (whether such assets have been
distributed to it by the Company or any other obligor on the Notes), and the Company and the Paying
Agent shall notify the Trustee in writing of any Default by the Company (or any other obligor on
the Notes) in making any such payment. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to
distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and account for any assets disbursed and the
Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any payment Default, upon written
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request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to
the Trustee and to account for any assets distributed. Upon distribution to the Trustee of all
assets that shall have been delivered to the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent shall have no further
liability for such assets.
Section 2.5.
Holder Lists
. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of the
Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar,
the Company shall furnish or cause the Registrar to furnish to the Trustee five (5) Business Days
before each Record Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list as of
such date and in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the
Holders, which list may be conclusively relied upon by the Trustee, and the Company shall otherwise
comply with TIA Section 312(a).
Each date on which such list is issued shall serve as a record date under TIA Section 316(c)
for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to vote or consent to any action
authorized or permitted by TIA Section 316(a).
Section 2.6.
Transfer and Exchange
. Subject to Sections 2.16 and 2.17, when Notes are
presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer of such Notes
or to exchange such Notes for an equal principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations,
the Registrar or co-Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its
requirements for such transaction are met;
provided
,
however
, that the Notes presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar
or co-Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate Notes at the Registrars or co-Registrars request. No service charge shall be made
for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company and the Trustee may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, fee or similar governmental charge payable in
connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable
upon exchanges or transfers pursuant to Section 2.10 or 3.1, in which event the Company shall be
responsible for the payment of such taxes or charges).
The Registrar or co-Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of
any Note (i) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the mailing of a
notice of redemption of Notes and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing and
(ii) selected for redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Article III, except the unredeemed
portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
Any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global Note,
agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Notes may be effected only through a
book entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Note (or its agent), and that ownership
of a beneficial interest in the Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry system.
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Section 2.7.
Replacement Notes
. If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or
if the Holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the
Company shall issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a written order from the Company,
authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustees requirements are met. If required by the Trustee
or the Company, such Holder must provide an indemnity bond or other indemnity of reasonable tenor,
sufficient in the reasonable judgment of the Company and the Trustee, to protect the Company, the
Trustee or any Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. Every
replacement Note shall constitute an additional obligation of the Company.
Section 2.8.
Outstanding Notes
. Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes that
have been authenticated by the Trustee except those canceled by it, those delivered to it for
cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Subject to the provisions of
Section 2.9, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or any of its Affiliates
holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.7 (other than a mutilated Note surrendered for
replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that
the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon
surrender of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.7.
If, on a Redemption Date, a repurchase date or the Maturity Date, the Paying Agent holds U.S.
Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay all of the principal, premium, if
any, and interest due on the Notes payable on that date and is not prohibited from paying such
money to the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such
Notes shall be deemed not to be outstanding and interest on them shall cease to accrue.
Section 2.9.
Treasury Notes
. In determining whether the Holders of the required
principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver, consent or notice, Notes owned
by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company shall be considered as though they are not
outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes which a Trust Officer of the Trustee
has been informed in writing by the Company to be so owned shall be so considered. The Company
shall notify the Trustee, in writing, when either it or, to its knowledge, any of its Affiliates
repurchases or otherwise acquires Notes, of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes so
repurchased or otherwise acquired and such other information as the Trustee may reasonably request
and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely thereon.
Section 2.10.
Temporary Notes
. Until typewritten or printed Notes are ready for
delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes upon receipt
of a written order of the Company in the form of an Officers Certificate. The Officers
Certificate shall specify the amount of temporary Notes to be authenticated and the date on which
the temporary Notes are to be authenticated. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of
typewritten or printed Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for
temporary Notes and so indicates in the Officers Certificate. Without unreasonable delay, the
Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon receipt
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of a written order of the Company pursuant to Section 2.2, typewritten or printed Notes in
exchange for temporary Notes.
Section 2.11.
Cancellation
. The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee
for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes
surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee, or at the direction of the
Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent, and no one else, shall cancel and, at the written
direction of the Company, shall dispose, in its customary manner, of all Notes surrendered for
transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation. Subject to Section 2.7, the Company may not issue new
Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. If the
Company shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or
satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.11.
Section 2.12.
Defaulted Interest
. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal
from time to time on demand at the rate of interest borne by the Notes. The Company shall, to the
extent lawful, pay interest on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable
grace periods) from time to time on demand at the rate of interest borne by the Notes. All such
interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months, and, in
the case of a partial month, the actual number of days elapsed.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted
interest, plus (to the extent lawful) any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the
Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, which special record date shall be the
fifteenth day next preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest or
the next succeeding Business Day if such date is not a Business Day. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the
date of the proposed payment (a
Default Interest Payment Date
), and at the same time the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid
in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for
such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held
in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such defaulted interest as provided in this
Section;
provided, however
, that in no event shall the Company deposit monies proposed to be paid
in respect of defaulted interest later than 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the proposed Default
Interest Payment Date. At least 15 days before the subsequent special record date, the Company
shall mail (or cause to be mailed) to each Holder, as of a recent date selected by the Company,
with a copy to the Trustee at least 20 days prior to such special record date, a notice that states
the subsequent special record date, the Default Interest Payment Date and the amount of defaulted
interest, and interest payable on such defaulted interest, if any, to be paid. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any interest which is paid prior to the expiration of the 30-day period set forth in
Section 6.1(1) shall be paid to Holders as of the regular record date for the Interest Payment Date
for which interest has not been paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may make payment
of any defaulted interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange.
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Section 2.13.
CUSIP Number
. In issuing the Notes, the Company may use a CUSIP
number, and, if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP number in notices of redemption or exchange as
a convenience to Holders;
provided
,
however
, that no representation is hereby deemed to be made by
the Trustee as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number printed in the notice or on the
Notes, and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Notes. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP number.
In the event that the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate any Notes issued
under this Indenture subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 2.2, the Company shall use
its reasonable efforts to obtain the same CUSIP number for such Notes as is printed on the Notes
outstanding at such time and provide written notice to the Trustee to such effect;
provided
,
however
, that if any series of Notes issued under this Indenture subsequent to the Issue Date is
determined, pursuant to an Opinion of Counsel of the Company, to be a different class of security
than the Notes outstanding at such time for federal income tax or securities laws purposes, the
Company shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain a CUSIP number for such Notes that is
different than the CUSIP number printed on the Notes then outstanding and cause such opinion to
be delivered to the Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision herein to the
contrary, all Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters as
one class and no series of Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any
matter.
Section 2.14.
Deposit of Monies
. Prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City time on each
Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or Redemption Date, the Company shall have deposited with the
Paying Agent in immediately available funds money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on
such Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be, in a timely
manner which permits the Paying Agent to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment
Date, Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be.
Section 2.15.
Restrictive Legends
. Each Global Note and Physical Note that
constitutes a Restricted Security shall bear the Private Placement Legend on the face thereof until
after the first anniversary of the later of the Issue Date and the last date on which the Company
or any Affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Note (or any predecessor security) (or such
shorter period of time as permitted by Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor provision
thereunder, provided that any restrictive legend shall have been removed) (or such longer period of
time as may be required under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws in an Opinion
of Counsel for the Company, unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the Holder thereof);
provided, however
, that if any Initial Notes are issued after the Issue Date pursuant to Section
2.2, the period of resale restrictions applicable to Initial Notes previously offered and sold in
reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act that constitute Restricted Securities shall
automatically be extended to the last day of the period of any resale restrictions imposed on such
additional Initial Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.2.
Each Global Note shall also bear the legend as set forth in Exhibit C.
Section 2.16.
Book-Entry Provisions for Global Security
.
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(a) The Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary or the
nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary and
(iii) bear the legend as set forth in Exhibit C.
(b) Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (
Agent Members
) shall have no rights
under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the
Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Notes, and the Depositary may be treated by the
Company, the Trustee and any Agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such
Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company, the Trustee or any Agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to
any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as
between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the
exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.
(c) Transfers of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to
the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in a
Global Note may be transferred or exchanged for Physical Notes in accordance with the rules and
procedures of the Depositary and the provisions of Section 2.17. In addition, Physical Notes shall
be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global Note
if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary
for the Global Notes and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of
such notice or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has
received a written request from the Depositary to issue Physical Notes.
(d) In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the beneficial interest in a
Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2.16, the Registrar
shall (if one or more Physical Notes are to be issued) reflect on its books and records the date
and a decrease in the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal
amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and the Company shall
execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of a written order from the Company, shall authenticate and
deliver, one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.
(e) In connection with the transfer of an entire Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to
paragraph (c) of this Section 2.16, such Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the
Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of a written
order from the Company, shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the
Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Note, an equal aggregate principal
amount of Physical Notes of authorized denominations.
(f) Any Physical Note constituting a Restricted Security delivered in exchange for an
interest in a Global Note pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2.16 shall, except as otherwise
provided by Section 2.17(a)(i)(x) and (c), bear the Private Placement Legend.
(g) The Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person,
including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any
action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
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Section 2.17.
Special Transfer Provisions
.
(a)
Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors and Non-U.S. Persons
. The
following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a
Note constituting a Restricted Security to any Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB
or to any Non-U.S. Person:
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer of any Note constituting a Restricted
Security, whether or not such Note bears the Private Placement Legend, if (x) the requested
transfer is after the first anniversary of the Issue Date (
provided
,
however
, that (1)
neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company has held any beneficial interest in
such Note, or portion thereof, or predecessor security at any time on or prior to the first
anniversary of the Issue Date and (2) if any Initial Notes are issued after the Issue Date
pursuant to Section 2.2, the period of resale restrictions applicable to such Note shall
automatically be extended to the last day of the period of any resale restrictions imposed
on such additional Initial Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.2) or (y) (1) in the case of a
transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB (excluding Non-U.S.
Persons), the proposed transferee has delivered to the Registrar a certificate substantially
in the form of Exhibit D hereto or (2) in the case of a transfer to a Non-U.S. Person, the
proposed transferor has delivered to the Registrar a certificate substantially in the form
of Exhibit E hereto; and
(ii) if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member and the Notes to be transferred
consist of Physical Notes which after transfer are to be evidenced by an interest in the IAI
Global Note or Regulation S Global Note, as the case may be, upon receipt by the Registrar
of (x) written instructions given in accordance with the Depositarys and the Registrars
procedures and (y) the appropriate certificate, if any, required by clause (y) of paragraph
(i) above, the Registrar shall register the transfer and reflect on its books and records
the date and an increase in the principal amount of the IAI Global Note or Regulation S
Global Note, as the case may be, in an amount equal to the principal amount of Physical
Notes to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Physical Notes so transferred; and
(iii) if the proposed transferor is an Agent Member seeking to transfer an interest in
a Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) written instructions given in accordance
with the Depositarys and the Registrars procedures and (y) the appropriate certificate, if
any, required by clause (y) of paragraph (i) above, the Registrar shall register the
transfer and reflect on its books and records the date and (A) a decrease in the principal
amount of the Global Note from which such interests are to be transferred in an amount equal
to the principal amount of the Notes to be transferred and (B) an increase in the principal
amount of the IAI Global Note or the Regulation S Global Note, as the case may be, to which
the interests are to be transferred in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Notes
to be transferred.
(b)
Transfers to QIBs
. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration
of any proposed transfer of a Note constituting a Restricted Security to a QIB (excluding transfers
to Non-U.S. Persons):
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(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer of any Restricted Security if such
transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the box provided for on the
form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in writing,
that the sale has been made in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee
who has signed the certification provided for on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise
advised the Company and the Registrar in writing, that it is purchasing the Note for its own
account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that
it and any such account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale
to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such
information regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has
determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is
relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration
provided by Rule 144A; and
(ii) if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Notes to be transferred
consist of Physical Notes which after transfer are to be evidenced by an interest in a
Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of written instructions given in accordance with
the Depositarys and the Registrars procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books
and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of such Global Note in an
amount equal to the principal amount of the Physical Notes to be transferred, and the
Trustee shall cancel the Physical Notes so transferred; and
(iii) if the proposed transferor is an Agent Member seeking to transfer an interest in
the IAI Global Note or the Regulation S Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of
written instructions given in accordance with the Depositarys and the Registrars
procedures, the Registrar shall register the transfer and reflect on its books and records
the date and (A) a decrease in the principal amount of the IAI Global Note or the Regulation
S Global Note, as the case may be, in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Notes
to be transferred and (B) an increase in the principal amount of the Global Note in an
amount equal to the principal amount of the Notes to be transferred.
(c)
Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes
. Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Indenture, a Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the
Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or
any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(d)
Private Placement Legend
. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes not
bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear the
Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Private
Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend
unless (i) the requested transfer is after the first anniversary of the Issue Date (
provided
,
however
, that (x) neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company has held any beneficial
interest in such Note, or portion thereof, or any predecessor security at any time prior to or on
the first anniversary of the Issue Date and (y) if any Initial Notes are issued after the Issue
Date pursuant to Section 2.2, the period of resale restrictions applicable to such Note bearing the
Private Placement Legend shall automatically be extended to the last day of the period of any
resale restrictions imposed on such additional Initial Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.2), or
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(ii) there is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee to the effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions on
transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act.
(e)
General
. By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement Legend, each Holder
of such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture
and in the Private Placement Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as provided in
this Indenture.
The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications
received pursuant to Section 2.16 or this Section 2.17. The Company shall have the right to
inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any
reasonable time during the Registrars normal business hours upon the giving of reasonable written
notice to the Registrar.
(f)
Transfer of Notes Held by Affiliates
. Any certificate (i) evidencing a Note that has
been transferred to an Affiliate of the Company within one year after the Issue Date (or if any
Initial Notes are issued after the Issue Date pursuant to Section 2.2, the last day of the period
of any resale restrictions imposed on such additional Initial Notes issued pursuant to Section
2.2), as evidenced by a notation on the Assignment Form for such transfer or in the representation
letter delivered in respect thereof or (ii) evidencing a Note that has been acquired from an
Affiliate of the Company (other than by an Affiliate of the Company) in a transaction or a chain of
transactions not involving any public offering, shall, until the later of (x) one year after the
last date on which the Company or any Affiliate of the Company was an owner of such Note and (y) if
any Initial Notes are issued after the Issue Date pursuant to Section 2.2, the last day of the
period of any resale restrictions imposed on such additional Initial Notes issued pursuant to
Section 2.2, in each case, bear the Private Placement Legend, unless otherwise agreed by the
Company (with written notice thereof to the Trustee).
(g)
Notice of Affiliate Purchases
. In connection with the purchase or sale of any Note or
any beneficial interest therein by the Company or any Affiliate thereof (other than a sale to the
Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2010, by and among the
Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as the representatives
of the Initial Purchasers), the Company shall file with the Trustee and Registrar a written notice
identifying the transaction as such for the purposes hereof.
Section 2.18.
Additional Interest Under Registration Rights Agreement
. Under certain
circumstances, the Company shall be obligated to pay Additional Interest to the Holders, all as set
forth in Section 4 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
ARTICLE III.
REDEMPTION
Section 3.1.
Optional Redemption by the Company
.
(a)
Right to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
. The Company, at its option, may redeem the Notes in
accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 5 and 6 of the Notes. If the Company
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elects to redeem Notes pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Notes, it shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the Redemption Date, the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the Redemption
Price that would be in effect if such Notes were being redeemed on the date of the notice. The
Company shall give the notice to the Trustee provided for in this Section 3.1(a) at least 45 days
but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory
to the Trustee).
(b)
Notice of Redemption
. At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption
Date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed a notice of redemption by first-class mail to
the Trustee and to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holders address as it appears on
the Note register.
The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price that would be in effect if such Notes were being redeemed on the
date of the notice;
(iii) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(iv) that Notes called for redemption must be presented and surrendered to the Paying Agent to
collect the Redemption Price and any accrued interest;
(v) that interest on Notes called for redemption shall cease to accrue on and after the
Redemption Date and, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption payment, the only
remaining right of the Holder shall be to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon presentation
and surrender to the Paying Agent of the Notes;
(vi) if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the certificate number (if
any) and principal amounts of the particular Notes to be redeemed; and
(vii) the CUSIP number or numbers for the Notes called for redemption.
At the Companys request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Companys
name and at the Companys expense. In such event, the Company will provide the Trustee with the
notice to be delivered to the Holders, which shall contain the information required by clauses (i)
through (vii).
(c)
Effect of Notice of Redemption
. Once notice of redemption is mailed, Notes called for
redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price stated in the
notice. Upon presentation and surrender to the Paying Agent, Notes called for redemption shall be
paid at the Redemption Price, together with any accrued interest.
(d)
Sinking Fund
. There shall be no sinking fund provided for the Notes.
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ARTICLE IV.
COVENANTS
Section 4.1.
Payment of Notes
. The Company will promptly pay or cause to be paid the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on each of the Notes at the places and time
and in the manner provided in the Notes and this Indenture. An installment of principal, premium
or interest will be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds on
that date in accordance with this Indenture money designated for and sufficient to pay the
installment then due.
The Company will pay or cause to be paid interest on overdue principal at the rate specified
in the Notes; it will also pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate, to
the extent lawful.
Section 4.2.
Reporting
. The Company will file with the Trustee within 15 days after
filing with the SEC, copies of its annual reports and of the information, documents, and other
reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations
prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act. The Company also will comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a).
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Companys compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to
rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
Section 4.3.
Corporate Existence
. Subject to Article V, the Company will do or cause
to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises;
provided, however
, that the Company will
not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors determines that
the preservation of the right or franchise is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of
the Company and that its loss will not be disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 4.4.
Compliance Certificate
. The Company will deliver to the Trustee within
120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Company an Officers Certificate stating that in
the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers of the Company they would
normally have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default by the Company and whether or not the
signers know of any Default or Event of Default that occurred during the Fiscal Year. If they do,
the certificate will describe the default or Event of Default, its status and what action the
Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Company also will comply with TIA
Section 314(a)(4). For the purposes of this provision of the Indenture, compliance is determined
without regard to any grace period or requirement of notice under the Indenture.
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Section 4.5.
Further Instruments and Acts
. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company
will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably
necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
Section 4.6.
Limitations on Liens
. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien, upon any of its
properties or assets, whether owned on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, unless (1) if such
Lien secures Indebtedness which is pari passu with the Notes, then the Notes are secured on an
equal and ratable basis with the obligation so secured until such time as such obligation is no
longer secured by a Lien, (2) if such Lien secures Indebtedness which is subordinated to the Notes,
then the Notes are secured and the Lien securing such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Lien
granted to the Holders to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or (3)
such Lien is a Permitted Lien (as defined below).
The following Liens constitute
Permitted Liens
:
(a) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or
consolidated with or otherwise acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided that
such Liens were in existence prior to, and were not created in contemplation of, such merger,
consolidation or acquisition and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged
into or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(b) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to, and were not created in
contemplation of, such acquisition and do not extend to any assets other than the property
acquired;
(c) Liens imposed by law such as carriers, warehousemans or mechanics Liens, and other
Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds
or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(d) Liens incurred in connection with pollution control, industrial revenue, water, sewage or
any similar bonds;
(e) Liens securing Indebtedness representing, or incurred to finance, the cost of acquiring,
constructing or improving any assets, provided that the principal amount of such Indebtedness does
not exceed 100% of such cost, including construction charges;
(f) Liens securing Indebtedness (A) between a Restricted Subsidiary and the Company, or (B)
between Restricted Subsidiaries;
(g) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business to secure performance of obligations
with respect to statutory or regulatory requirements, performance or return-of-money bonds, surety
bonds or other obligations of a like nature, in each case which are not incurred in connection with
the borrowing of money, the obtaining of advances or credit or the payment of the deferred purchase
price of property and which do not in the aggregate impair in any material respect the use of
property in the operation of the Companys business taken as a whole;
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(h) pledges or deposits under workmens compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or
similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than
for the payment of indebtedness) or leases to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is a
party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of the Company or of any Restricted
Subsidiary or deposits for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
(i) Liens granted to any bank or other institution on the payments to be made to such
institution by the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to any interest rate swap or similar
agreement or foreign currency hedge, exchange or similar agreement designed to provide protection
against fluctuations in interest rates and currency exchange rates, respectively, provided that
such agreements are entered into in, or are incidental to, the ordinary course of business;
(j) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to
bankers Liens, rights of set off or similar rights and remedies;
(k) Liens arising from the Uniform Commercial Code financing statements regarding leases;
(l) Liens securing indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition, construction,
improvement, development or expansion of a property which is given within 180 days of the
acquisition, construction, improvement, development or expansion of such property and which is
limited to such property;
(m) Liens incurred in connection with Non-Recourse Indebtedness;
(n) Liens existing on the Issue Date;
(o) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet
delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted
and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be
required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor;
(p) Liens securing refinancing Indebtedness; provided that any such Lien does not extend to
or cover any property or assets other than the property or assets securing Indebtedness so
refunded, refinanced or extended;
(q) easements, rights-of-way and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course
of business and encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, licenses, restrictions on the use
of property or minor imperfections in title thereto which, in the aggregate, are not material in
amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the Companys properties subject
thereto; and
(r) any extensions, substitutions, modifications, replacements or renewals of the Permitted
Liens described above.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, and may permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its properties or assets that is not
a Permitted Lien without equally and ratably securing the Notes if, at the time the Indebtedness
secured by the Lien is incurred, the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness then outstanding secured
by such Lien and all other Liens, together with the aggregate net sale proceeds from all
Sale-Leaseback Transactions which are not Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions, does not exceed
20% of the Total Consolidated Stockholders Equity of the Company; provided that Indebtedness
secured by Permitted Liens shall not be included in the amount of such secured Indebtedness.
Section 4.7.
Sale-Leaseback Transactions
. The Company shall not, and shall not permit
any Restricted Subsidiary to, after the date hereof, enter into any Sale-Leaseback Transaction
other than Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions (as defined below). The following Sale-Leaseback
Transactions constitute
Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions
:
(a) a Sale-Leaseback Transaction involving the leasing by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of model homes in the Companys (including its Subsidiaries) communities;
(b) a Sale-Leaseback Transaction relating to a property entered into within 180 days after
the later of the date of acquisition of such property by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or
the date of the completion of construction or commencement of full operations on such property,
whichever is later;
(c) a Sale-Leaseback Transaction where the Company, within 365 days after such Sale-Leaseback
Transaction, applies or causes to be applied to the retirement of any Funded Debt of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Funded Debt which by its terms or the terms of the instrument
by which it was issued is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes) proceeds of the sale of
such property, but only to the extent of the amount of proceeds so applied;
(d) a Sale-Leaseback Transaction where the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary would, on the
effective date of such sale or transfer, be entitled, pursuant to this Indenture, to issue, assume
or guarantee Indebtedness secured by a Lien upon the relevant property, at least equal in amount to
the then present value (discounted at the actual rate of interest of the Sale-Leaseback
Transaction) of the obligation for the net rental payments in respect of such Sale-Leaseback
Transaction without equally and ratably securing the Notes;
(e) a Sale-Leaseback Transaction between the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary or among
Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that the lessor shall be the Company or a wholly-owned Restricted
Subsidiary; and
(f) a Sale-Leaseback Transaction which has a lease of no more than three years in length.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, and may permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
effect any Sale-Leaseback Transaction involving any real or tangible personal property which is not
a Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transaction, provided that at the time of the Sale-Leaseback Transaction
the aggregate net sales proceeds from all Sale-Leaseback
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Transactions which are not Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions, together with all
Indebtedness secured by Liens other than Permitted Liens, does not exceed 20% of the Total
Consolidated Stockholders Equity of the Company.
Section 4.8.
Furnishing Guarantees
. The Company shall cause each existing and future
wholly-owned Subsidiary, other than its finance company Subsidiaries and any foreign Subsidiaries,
that guarantees any Indebtedness of the Company or any other Subsidiary, other than guarantees by
Subsidiaries of U.S. Home Corporation solely of U.S. Home Corporations obligations as a guarantor
under any Senior Credit Facility, to become a Guarantor by causing, as promptly as practicable, but
in any event not later than the date on which such Subsidiary becomes a guarantor of any other
Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, such Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the
Trustee a Guarantee in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto and the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in
this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied
with.
Section 4.9.
Change of Control
.
(a) If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its
option to redeem the Notes by notifying the Holders to that effect as described in Section 3.1
above, the Company shall make an offer (a
Change of Control Offer
) to each Holder of Notes to
repurchase all or any part (equal to one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holders Notes on the terms set forth in this Section 4.9. In a
Change of Control Offer, the Company shall offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes
repurchased to the date of repurchase (a
Change of Control Payment
). Within 30 days following
any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Companys option, prior to any Change of Control,
but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of
Control, the Company shall mail a notice to Holders, describing the transaction that constitutes or
may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the
date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days
from the date that notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (a
Change of Control
Payment Date
). The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of
Control, state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering
Event occurring on or prior to the applicable Change of Control Payment Date.
(b) On each Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:
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tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
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deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of
Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered;
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deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes
properly accepted together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate
principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased and that all
conditions precedent provided for herein to the Change of Control Offer and to
the repurchase by the Company of Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer
have been complied with.
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(c) The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence
of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the
times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and the
third party repurchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control
Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations
conflict with the Change of Control Offer provisions herein, the Company will comply with those
securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the
Change of Control Offer provisions herein by virtue of any such conflict.
(d) As used herein:
Change of Control
means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect
sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or
consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the
Companys assets and the assets of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person, other than
the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without
limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person becomes the
beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the Companys outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into
which the Companys Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by
voting power rather than number of shares; (3) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or
into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such
event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Companys outstanding Voting Stock or the
Voting Stock of such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other
property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Companys Voting Stock
outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged
for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent
company of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; (4) the first
day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors; or
(5) the adoption of a plan relating to the Companys liquidation or dissolution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction (or series of related transactions) will not be
deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause (2) above if, either:
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(i)(A) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of a holding company
and (B)(1) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately
following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Companys Voting Stock
immediately prior to that transaction or (2) the shares of the Companys Voting Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such transaction are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting
Stock of such holding company immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or
(ii)(A) Stuart Miller, together with members of his immediate family, directly or indirectly,
becomes the beneficial owner of more than 50%, but less than 66
2
/
3
%, of the Companys outstanding
Voting Stock, measured by voting power rather than number of shares, and (B) immediately after such
transaction or transactions, the Class A Common Stock is listed for trading on the New York Stock
Exchange or The Nasdaq Global Market.
The term person, as used in this definition of Change of Control, has the meaning given
thereto in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
Change of Control Triggering Event
means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a
Rating Event.
Continuing Directors
means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of
Directors who (1) was a member of the Board of Directors on the Issue Date or (2) was nominated for
election, elected or appointed to the Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the
Continuing Directors who were members of the Board of Directors at the time of the nomination,
election or appointment (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Companys proxy statement
in which that member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to the
nomination).
Fitch
means Fitch Inc. and its successors.
Investment Grade Rating
means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by
Moodys, BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P and BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch, and the equivalent
investment grade credit rating from any replacement rating agency or rating agencies selected by
the Company.
Moodys
means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
Rating Agencies
means (1) each of Moodys, S&P and Fitch; and (2) if any of Moodys, S&P or
Fitch ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for
reasons beyond the Companys control, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization
within the meaning of Rule 15c 3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company (as
certified by a resolution of the Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moodys, S&P or
Fitch, or all of them, as the case may be.
Rating Event
means the rating on the Notes is lowered by at least two of the three Rating
Agencies and the Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by at least two of the three
Rating Agencies, in any case on any day during the period (which period will be extended so long as
the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a
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possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) commencing 60 days prior to the earlier of
(1) the first public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or (2) the first public notice
of the Companys intention to effect a Change of Control and ending 60 days following consummation
of such Change of Control.
S&P
means Standard & Poors Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.,
and its successors.
Voting Stock
means, with respect to any specified person (as that term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the capital stock of that person that is at
the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of that person.
ARTICLE V.
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
Section 5.1.
Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms
. The Company will
not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) the corporation formed by the consolidation or into which the Company is merged or
the person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and
assets of the Company substantially as an entirety will be a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America, a State of the United States of
America or the District of Columbia and expressly assumes, by one or more supplemental
indentures, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the
due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all
the Notes and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture to be performed or
observed by the Company;
(2) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Event of Default, and no
event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, will
have occurred and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that the consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and the
supplemental indenture (or the supplemental indentures together) comply with this Article
and that all the conditions precedent relating to the transaction set forth in this Section
have been fulfilled.
Section 5.2.
Successor Corporation Substituted
. Upon any event described in Section
5.1, the successor corporation will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every
right and power of, the Company under this Indenture, and, except in connection with a lease
transaction, the predecessor corporation will be relieved of all obligations and covenants under
this Indenture.
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ARTICLE VI.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.1.
Events of Default
.
An Event of Default occurs if:
(1) there is a default by the Company in the payment when due of interest on the Notes,
which default continues for a period of 30 days;
(2) there is a default by the Company in the payment when due of the principal or
Redemption Price or Repurchase Price due with respect to the Notes;
(3) there is a default by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to its
obligation to pay Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
(other than any Non-Recourse Indebtedness), which default shall have resulted in the
acceleration of, or be a failure to pay at final maturity, Indebtedness aggregating more
than $50 million;
(4) there is a failure to perform any other covenant or warranty of the Company herein,
which continues for 30 days after written notice;
(5) final judgments or orders are rendered against the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary which require the payment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of an
amount (to the extent not covered by insurance) in excess of $50 million and such judgments
or orders remain unstayed or unsatisfied for more than 60 days and are not being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(6) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or group of Subsidiaries that, taken as
a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), pursuant to any Bankruptcy Law
applicable to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary (or group of Subsidiaries that,
taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary): (A) commences a voluntary
case; (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it or them in an involuntary
case against it or them; (C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or them or for
any substantial part of its or their property; or (D) makes a general assignment for the
benefit of its or their creditors; or
(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any applicable
Bankruptcy Law: (A) for relief in an involuntary case against the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary (or group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary); (B) appointing a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or
group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or
for any substantial part of its or their respective property; or (C) ordering the winding up
or liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or group of Subsidiaries that,
taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary); and the order or decree
remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days.
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Each of the occurrences described in clauses (1) through (7) of this Section 6.1 will
constitute an Event of Default whatever the reason for the occurrence and whether it is voluntary
or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of
any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.
The term Bankruptcy Law means Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar United
States Federal or State law for the relief of debtors. The term Custodian means any receiver,
trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
A Default under clause (4) of this Section 6.1 is not an Event of Default until the Trustee
notifies the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes with regard to which the Company has failed to comply with a covenant or agreement notify the
Company and the Trustee, of the Default and the Company does not cure the Default within 30 days
after the giving of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied
and state that the notice is a Notice of Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 20 days after it occurs, written notice in the
form of an Officers Certificate of any event of which the Company is aware which with the giving
of notice and the lapse of time would become an Event of Default under clause (4), its status and
what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect to it.
Section 6.2.
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
. If an Event of
Default occurs and is continuing, unless the principal of the Notes has already become due and
payable, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may
declare the outstanding principal of the Notes and any accrued and unpaid interest through the date
of such declaration on all of the Notes to be immediately due and payable. Upon such a
declaration, such outstanding principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall be
due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(6) or (7) occurs and
is continuing, the outstanding principal amount of the Notes shall automatically become and be
immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any
Holders. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, on
behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, by notice to the Company and the Trustee (and without
notice to any other Holder), may rescind any acceleration and its consequences if the rescission
would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been
cured or waived except nonpayment of the outstanding principal amount of any of the Notes that has
become due solely as a result of acceleration and if all amounts due to the Trustee under Section
7.7 have been paid. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default or
impair any right consequent thereto.
In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such
proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such waiver or rescission and
annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and
in every such case the Company, the Holders of Notes, and the Trustee shall be restored
respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder and all rights, remedies and
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powers of the Company, the Holders of Notes, and the Trustee shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been taken.
The Trustee shall, within 90 days after a Trust Officer has knowledge of the occurrence of a
Default or any Event of Default, mail to all Holders, as the names and addresses of such Holders
appear upon the Note register, notice of all Defaults or Events of Default known to such Trust
Officer, unless such Default or Event of Default is cured or waived before the giving of such
notice and provided that, except in the case of default in the payment of the principal, interest,
Redemption Price or Repurchase Price, as the case may be, on any of the Notes, the Trustee shall be
protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a trust committee of directors and/or
officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interest of the Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available
to the Trustee, subject to the limitations specified herein.
Section 6.3.
Other Remedies
. If an Event of Default as to the Notes occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of,
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision
under this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not
produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in
exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default will not impair the right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive
of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
Section 6.4.
Waiver of Existing Defaults
. The Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, by
notice to the Trustee may consent to the waiver of any past Default with regard to the Notes and
its consequences except (i) a default in the payment of interest or premium, if any, on, or the
principal of, Notes, or (ii) a default in respect of a covenant or a provision that under Section
9.2 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holders of all Notes then outstanding.
The defaults described in clauses (i) and (ii) in the previous sentence may be waived with the
consent of the Holders of all Notes then outstanding. When a Default or Event of Default is
waived, it is deemed cured and not continuing, but no waiver will extend to any subsequent or other
Default or impair any consequent right. Without limiting the provisions of Section 7.7, the
Trustee shall be compensated by the Company for all costs and expenses incurred by it in connection
with any action taken by it pursuant to this Section 6.4.
Section 6.5.
Control by Majority
. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Notes then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
any remedy available to the Trustee with regard to the Notes or of exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee with regard to the Notes. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any
direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.1, that the Trustee
determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or that would involve the Trustee
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in personal liability;
provided, however
, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed
proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action as
a result of a direction given under this Section, the Trustee will be entitled to indemnification
satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not
taking that action.
Section 6.6.
Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor
. The Company covenants that
upon the occurrence of an Event of Default described in Section 6.1(1) or (2), then, upon demand of
the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders, the whole amount
that will then have become due and payable on all such Notes for principal, premium, if any, and
interest, with interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that
payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on the overdue installments of
interest at the rate borne by the Notes; and, in addition, such further amount as will be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including reasonable compensation to the
Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and any expenses or liabilities incurred by the Trustee
hereunder other than through its negligence or bad faith. Until such demand by the Trustee, the
Company may pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the registered
Holders, whether or not the Notes are overdue.
Section 6.7.
Limitation on Suits
. A Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to
this Indenture unless:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice stating that an Event of Default is
continuing;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding make a
written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory
to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request
and the offer of security or indemnity, and the Event of Default has not been waived; and
(5) the Trustee has received no contrary direction from the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding during such 60-day period.
A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a
preference or priority over another Holder.
Section 6.8.
Collection Suit by Trustee
. If an Event of Default in payment of
principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, specified in clause (1) or (2) of Section 6.1
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an
express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, and interest
remaining unpaid (together with interest on that unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the
amounts provided for in Section 7.7.
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Section 6.9.
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
. The Trustee may file such proofs of
claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of
the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its
creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on
behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other person performing similar
functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to
make payments to the Trustee and, if the Trustee consents to the making of such payments directly
to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due
the Trustee under Section 7.7.
Section 6.10.
Restoration of Positions
. If a judicial proceeding by the Trustee or a
Holder to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture is dismissed or decided favorably to the
Company, except as otherwise provided in the judicial proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the
Holders will be restored to the positions they would have been in if the judicial proceeding had
not been instituted.
Section 6.11.
Priorities
. If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article
VI with respect to the Notes, it will pay out the money or property in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.7;
SECOND: to the Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium and
interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and
payable on the Notes for principal, premium and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to the Holders pursuant to
this Section. At least 15 days before the record date, the Company will mail to each Holder and
the Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.
Section 6.12.
Undertaking for Costs
. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or
remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by
it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit
of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, against any party litigant in the suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party
litigant. This Section 6.12 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant
to Section 6.7, or a suit by Holders of in aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note held by that Holder on or after the due date
provided in the Note.
Section 6.13.
Stay, Extension or Usury Laws
. The Company agrees (to the extent that
it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner
whatsoever claim, and will resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or
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advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury or other law, wherever enacted, now or at
any subsequent time in force, which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any
portion of the principal of, premium, if any, and/or interest on any of the Notes as contemplated
in this Indenture, or which may affect the covenants or performance of this Indenture, and the
Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage
of any such law and agrees that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power
granted to the Trustee in this Indenture, but (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) will
suffer and permit the execution of any such power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section 6.14.
Liability of Stockholders, Officers, Directors and Incorporators
. No
stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of the Company,
or any of its successor corporations, will have any personal liability in respect of the Companys
obligations under this Indenture or any Notes by reason of his or its status as such stockholder,
officer, director or incorporator;
provided, however
, that nothing in this Indenture or in the
Notes will prevent recourse to and enforcement of the liability of any stockholder or subscriber to
Capital Stock in respect of shares of Capital Stock which have not been fully paid up.
ARTICLE VII.
TRUSTEE
Section 7.1.
Duties of Trustee
.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise the
rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own
affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations will be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed in them, upon certificates or opinions furnished to
the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture in the absence of bad faith
on the Trustees part;
provided, however
, that, in the case of any such certificates or
opinions whereby any provisions thereof are specifically required to be furnished to the
Trustee, then the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or
not they substantially conform to the requirements of this Indenture, but need not confirm
or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
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(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section
7.1;
(2) the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith
by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits
to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to
Section 6.5; and
(4) the Trustee will not be required to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties under
this Indenture or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it has
reasonable grounds to believe repayment of the funds or adequate indemnity against
the risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of
or affording protection to the Trustee is subject to the provisions of this Section 7.1 and to the
provisions of the TIA.
(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it
receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the
Trustee may agree with the Company. Money and Government Obligations held in trust by the Trustee
need not be segregated from other funds or items except to the extent required by law.
Section 7.2.
Rights of Trustee
.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or
matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take
in good faith in reliance on such an Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents or attorneys and will not be responsible for the
misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith
which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, except conduct which constitutes
willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the Trustee will not be liable
for any action it takes or omits in reliance on, and in accordance with, the advice of such counsel
or any opinion of counsel.
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(f) The Trustee will not be required to investigate any facts or matters stated in any
document, but if it decides to investigate any matters or facts, the Trustee or its agents or
attorneys will be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company.
(g) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit)
irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and
regardless of the form of action.
(h) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and
other Person employed to act hereunder.
(i) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of
individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to
this Indenture.
(j) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default except
any Default or Event of Default occurring pursuant to clause (1) or (2) of Section 6.2 if, at the
time of the occurrence of such Default or Event of Default, the Trustee is the Paying Agent, unless
a Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event
which is in fact such a default is received by a Trust Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture.
(k) The permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties.
(l) Any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced
by a written order of the Company and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution.
Section 7.3.
Individual Rights of Trustee
. The Trustee in its individual or any other
capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any of
its affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent,
Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee
must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
Section 7.4.
Trustees Disclaimer
. The Trustee (i) is not responsible for and makes
no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, (ii) will not be accountable
for the Companys use of the proceeds from the Notes, and (iii) will not be responsible for any
statement of the Company in this Indenture, other than the Trustees certificate of authentication,
or in any document used in the sale of the Notes, other than statements, if any, provided in
writing by the Trustee for use in such a document.
Section 7.5.
Notice of Defaults
. The Trustee will give to the Holders notice of any
Default with regard to the Notes known to the Trustee, within 90 days after it occurs; provided,
that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or
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interest on any Note, the Trustee will be protected in withholding notice of the Default if
and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that the withholding of
the notice is in the interests of the Holders.
Section 7.6.
Reports by Trustee
. Within 60 days after each November 30 beginning with
the November 30 following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee will mail to each Holder, at the
name and address which appears on the registration books of the Company, and to each Holder who
has, within the two years preceding the mailing, filed that persons name and address with the
Trustee for that purpose and each Holder whose name and address have been furnished to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 2.5, a brief report dated as of that November 30 which complies with TIA
Section 313(a). The Trustee also will comply with TIA Section 313(b).
A copy of each report will at the time of its mailing to Holders be filed with each stock
exchange on which the Notes are listed and also with the SEC. The Company will promptly notify the
Trustee when the Notes are listed on, or delisted from, any stock exchange and of any delisting of
the Notes.
Section 7.7.
Compensation and Indemnity
. The Company will pay to the Trustee from
time to time reasonable compensation for its services as the Company and the Trustee from time to
time agree in writing. The Trustees compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation
of a trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee upon request for all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or disbursements and advances made by it, including
costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Those expenses will include
the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustees agents,
counsel, accountants and experts. The Company will indemnify the Trustee against any and all loss,
claim, damage, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys fees) incurred by it in
connection with the administration of the trust created by this Indenture and the performance of
its duties under this Indenture. The Trustee will notify the Company promptly of any claim for
which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company will not relieve the
Company of its obligations under this Section. The Company will defend the claim and the Trustee
may have separate counsel and the Company will pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The
Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent. The Company need not reimburse
any expense or indemnify against any loss, expense or liability incurred by the Trustee to the
extent it is due to the Trustees own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
To secure the Companys obligation to make payments to the Trustee under this Section 7.7, the
Trustee will have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the
Trustee, other than money or property held in trust to pay principal or interest on the Notes.
Those obligations of the Company will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in
clause (6) or (7) of Section 6.1 occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services of the
Trustee are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
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For purposes of this Section 7.7, Trustee will include any predecessor Trustee, but the
willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith of any Trustee will not affect the rights of any other
Trustee under this Section 7.7.
The provisions of this Section 7.7 shall survive termination of this Indenture and the
resignation or removal of the Trustee.
Section 7.8.
Replacement of Trustee
. The Trustee may resign at any time by so
notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a
successor Trustee. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or an order for relief is entered with
respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any
reason, the Company will promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor
Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the
Company.
No removal or appointment of a Trustee will be valid if that removal or appointment would
conflict with any law applicable to the Company.
A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee will, subject to the lien
provided for in Section 7.7, transfer all property held by it as a Trustee to the successor
Trustee, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the
successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture.
A successor Trustee will mail notice of its succession to each Holder.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns
or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the expense of the Company), the Company or the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Companys
obligations under Section 7.7 will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
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Section 7.9.
Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates with,
merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust assets to,
another Person, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person will, without any further act, be the
successor Trustee.
If at the time a successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee succeeds to
the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Notes have been authenticated but not delivered,
the successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of the predecessor
Trustee, and deliver the Notes which were authenticated by the predecessor Trustee; and if at that
time any of the Notes have not been authenticated, the successor to the Trustee may authenticate
those Notes either in the name of the predecessor or in its own name as the successor to the
Trustee; and in either case the certificates of authentication will have the full force provided in
this Indenture for certificates of authentication.
Section 7.10.
Eligibility; Disqualification
. The Trustee will at all times satisfy
the requirements of TIA Section 310(a). The Trustee will at all times have a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50 million as set forth in its most recently published annual report of
condition, which will be deemed for this paragraph to be its combined capital and surplus. The
Trustee will comply with TIA Section 310(b), including the optional provision permitted by the
second sentence of TIA Section 310(b)(9).
Section 7.11.
Preferential Collection of Claims
. The Trustee will comply with TIA
Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who
has resigned or been removed will be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
ARTICLE VIII.
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 8.1.
Termination of the Companys Obligations
. When (1) the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Notes theretofore authenticated (other than any Notes
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Notes
shall have been authenticated and delivered) and not theretofore canceled, or (2) all the Notes not
theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and
payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year, whether at stated
maturity or upon redemption and the Company shall deposit with the Trustee, in trust, monies and/or
U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay at the Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as
applicable, all sums which will become due with regard to all Notes theretofore authenticated
(other than any Notes which shall have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or
in substitution for which other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered) and not
theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including the principal amount
and interest accrued to the Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as applicable, and if the Company
shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes (except as to (i) remaining
rights of registration of transfer, substitution and exchange of Notes, (ii) rights hereunder of
Holders to receive payments of the principal amount, including interest due with respect to the
Notes and the other rights, duties and obligations of Holders, as beneficiaries hereof with respect
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to the amounts, if any, so deposited with the Trustee and (iii) the rights, obligations and
immunities of the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Notes), and the Trustee, on
demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as required
by Section 8.3 and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to the Notes; the
Company, however, hereby agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter
reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee, and to compensate the Trustee for any services
thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee, in connection with this Indenture or
the Notes.
Section 8.2.
Application of Trust Money
. Subject to Section 8.4, the Trustee will
hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.1. It
will apply the deposited money and the money from the U.S. Government Obligations through the
Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of, premium, if any,
and interest, if any, on the Notes with regard to which the money or U.S. Government Obligations
were deposited.
Section 8.3.
Officers Certificate; Opinion of Counsel
. Upon any application or
demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under Section 8.1, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any,
provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with, and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have
been complied with.
Each such Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant pursuant to the
previous paragraph shall comply with the provisions of Section 11.5.
Section 8.4.
Repayment to the Company
. The Trustee and the Paying Agent will promptly
pay to the Company upon request any excess money or securities held by them at any time. The
Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the
payment of principal, premium or interest that remains unclaimed for two years. After such
payment, all liability of the Trustee and the Paying Agent with respect to that money will cease.
Section 8.5.
Reinstatement
. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any
money in accordance with Section 8.2 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the
Companys obligations under this Indenture shall be revived and reinstated with respect to the
Notes as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.1 until such time as the Trustee or
the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.2;
provided,
however
, that if the Company makes any payment of principal amount or Redemption Price of or
interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held
by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE IX.
MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE
Section 9.1.
Without Consent of Holders
. The Company and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture or the Notes without notice to or consent of any Holder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency that does not adversely affect the
rights of any Holder;
(2) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder;
(3) to comply with Article 5;
(4) to add to the covenants of the Company further covenants, restrictions or
conditions that the Board of Directors and the Trustee shall consider to be for the benefit
of the Holders of Notes, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a
default in any such additional covenants, restrictions or conditions a Default or an Event
of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies provided in this
Indenture;
(5) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Notes; or
(6) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as
shall be necessary for this Indenture to comply with the TIA, or under any similar federal
statute hereafter enacted.
After an amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company will mail to the Holders
a notice briefly describing the amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any
defect in a notice, will not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section.
Section 9.2.
With Consent of Holders
. The Company and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture or the Notes without notice to any Holder but with the written consent of
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. The Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may waive compliance by the Company
with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes without notice to any Holder. However, without
the consent of the Holder so affected, no amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver
pursuant to Section 6.4, may:
(1) extend the fixed maturity of any Note or any installment of interest thereon,
reduce the principal amount, interest rate, Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or amount due
upon acceleration, impair the right of a Holder to institute suit for the payment thereof,
change the currency in which the Notes are payable;
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(2) reduce the percentage of Notes required to consent to an amendment, supplement or
waiver;
(3) release any Guarantor except as provided in Article X hereof; or
(4) make any change in Section 6.4 or 6.8 or the second sentence of this Section.
It will not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it will be sufficient if the
consent approves the substance of the amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.3.
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
. Every amendment or supplement to
this Indenture or the Notes will comply with the TIA as then in effect.
Section 9.4.
Revocation and Effect of Consents
. A consent to an amendment, supplement
or waiver by a Holder will bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a
Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Note, even if notation of the consent
is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as
to the Holders Note or portion of a Note. For a revocation to be effective, the Trustee must
receive notice of the revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes
effective. After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms,
it will bind every Holder of every Note.
Section 9.5.
Notation on or Exchange of Notes
. If an amendment, supplement or waiver
changes the terms of the Notes, the Trustee may require the Holder of a Note to deliver the
Holders Note to the Trustee, who will place an appropriate notation about the amendment,
supplement or waiver on the Note and will return it to the Holder. Alternatively, the Company may,
in exchange for the Note, issue, and the Trustee will authenticate, a new Note that reflects the
amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.6.
Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee will sign any amendment,
supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to Article II or this Article IX if the amendment,
supplement or waiver does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the
Trustee. If it does adversely affect those rights, liabilities or immunities, the Trustee may but
need not sign it. The Company may not sign an amendment or supplement until the amendment or
supplement is approved by an appropriate Board Resolution.
In signing such amendment the Trustee shall receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it
and receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by
Section 11.4, an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such amendment
is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and the TIA.
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ARTICLE X.
GUARANTEE OF NOTES
Section 10.1.
Unconditional Guarantee
. Each Guarantor, if any, hereby jointly and
severally, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees (such guarantee to be referred to herein as a
Guarantee) to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee
and its successors and assigns, that: (a) all amounts due with respect to the Notes shall be duly
and punctually paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, and
interest on the overdue principal and (to the extent permitted by law) interest, if any, on the
Notes and all other obligations of the Company or the Guarantors to the Holders or the Trustee
hereunder or thereunder and all other obligations shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all
in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of
payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, the same shall be promptly paid
in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed, or
failing performance of any other obligation of the Company to the Holders under this Indenture or
under the Notes, for whatever reason, each Guarantor shall be obligated to pay, or to perform or
cause the performance of, the same immediately. An Event of Default under this Indenture or the
Notes shall constitute an event of default under each Guarantee, and shall entitle the Holders of
Notes to accelerate the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder in the same manner and to the same
extent as the obligations of the Company.
Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with
respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, any release of any other Guarantor, the recovery of
any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same, whether or not a Guarantee is
affixed to any particular Note, or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal
or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each of the Guarantors hereby waives the benefit
of diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of
insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the
Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that its Guarantee shall not be
discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes, this Indenture
and each Guarantee. Each Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and not of collection. Each
Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders of Notes and the
Trustee, on the other hand, (a) subject to this Article X, the maturity of the obligations
guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VI hereof for the purposes of each
Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration
in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (b) in the event of any acceleration of such
obligations as provided in Article VI hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable)
shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of each Guarantee.
No stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator, past, present or future, of any
Guarantor, as such, shall have any personal liability under any Guarantee by reason of his, her or
its status as such stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator.
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Each Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under its Guarantee shall be entitled to a
contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount pro rata, based on the net assets of each
Guarantor, determined in accordance with GAAP.
Section 10.2.
Limitations on Guarantees; Release or Suspension of Particular Guarantors
Obligations
. The obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee will be limited to the
maximum amount which, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such
Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any
other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Guarantee or
pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, will result in the obligations of
such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer
under federal or state law.
The Guarantors shall include (i) each of the Guarantors named on the signature pages of this
Indenture, if any, and (ii) each of the Companys Subsidiaries that in the future executes a
Guarantee in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto in which such Subsidiary agrees to be bound
by the terms hereof as a Guarantor.
If any Guarantor is released from its guarantee of the outstanding Indebtedness of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary, such Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations
as Guarantor, and from and after such date, such Guarantor shall cease to constitute a Guarantor
and a Restricted Subsidiary.
The obligations of a Guarantor will be automatically suspended, and such Guarantor shall not
constitute a guarantor and shall not have any obligations with regard to the Notes, during any
period when the principal amount of the Companys obligations and any Restricted Subsidiarys
obligations as a guarantor of the Companys obligations, in each case other than the Notes and
other Indebtedness containing provisions similar to this, that the Guarantor is guaranteeing total
less than $75 million.
Section 10.3.
Execution and Delivery of Guarantee
. To further evidence the Guarantee
set forth in Section 10.1, each Guarantor hereby agrees to execute and deliver to the Trustee a
Guarantee in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto. Such Guarantee shall be executed on
behalf of each Guarantor by either manual or facsimile signature of an officer or agent of each
Guarantor, each of whom, in each case, shall have been duly authorized to so execute by all
requisite corporate action. The validity and enforceability of any Guarantee shall not be affected
by the fact that it is not affixed to any Note or Notes.
If an officer or agent of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture or a Guarantee no
longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates a Note to which such Guarantee
relates or at any time thereafter, such Guarantors Guarantee of such Note shall be valid
nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall
constitute due delivery of any Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.
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Section 10.4.
Release of a Guarantor due to Extraordinary Events
. If no Default
exists or would exist under this Indenture, upon the sale or disposition of all of the Capital
Stock of a Guarantor by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, or upon the consolidation or
merger of a Guarantor with or into any Person (in each case, other than to the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company or a Subsidiary), or if any Guarantor is dissolved or liquidated, such
Guarantor and each Subsidiary of such Guarantor that is also a Guarantor shall be deemed released
from all obligations under this Article X without any further action required on the part of the
Trustee or any Holder.
The Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Company or a Guarantor in
order to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee of the
Notes under this Article X.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or
merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor or shall prevent any sale or
conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the
Company or another Guarantor.
Section 10.5.
Waiver of Subrogation
. Until this Indenture is discharged and all of
the Notes are discharged and paid in full, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not
to exercise any claim or other rights which it may now or hereafter acquire against the Company
that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Companys obligations
under the Notes or this Indenture and such Guarantors obligations under its Guarantee and this
Indenture, in any such instance including, without limitation, any right of subrogation,
reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification, and any right to participate in any
claim or remedy of the Holders against the Company, whether or not such claim, remedy or right
arises in equity, or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the
right to take or receive from the Company, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by
set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other rights. If
any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and any amounts
owing to the Trustee or the Holders of Notes under the Notes, this Indenture, or any other document
or instrument delivered under or in connection with such agreements or instruments, shall not have
been paid in full, such amount shall have been deemed to have been paid to such Guarantor for the
benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of, the Trustee or the Holders and shall forthwith be
paid to the Trustee for the benefit of itself or such Holders to be credited and applied to the
obligations in favor of the Trustee or the Holders, as the case may be, whether matured or
unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Each Guarantor acknowledges that it
will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this
Indenture and that the waiver set forth in this Section 10.5 is knowingly made in contemplation of
such benefits.
Section 10.6.
No Set-Off
. Each payment to be made by a Guarantor hereunder in respect
of the Obligations shall be payable in the currency or currencies in which such Obligations are
denominated, and shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind
or nature.
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Section 10.7.
Obligations Absolute
. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are
and shall be absolute and unconditional and any monies or amounts expressed to be owing or payable
by each Guarantor hereunder which may not be recoverable from such Guarantor on the basis of a
Guarantee shall be recoverable from such Guarantor as a primary obligor and principal debtor in
respect thereof.
Section 10.8.
Obligations Continuing
. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder
shall be continuing and shall remain in full force and effect until all the obligations have been
paid and satisfied in full. Each Guarantor agrees with the Trustee that it will from time to time
deliver to the Trustee suitable acknowledgments of its continued liability hereunder and under any
other instrument or instruments in such form as counsel to the Trustee may advise and as will
prevent any action brought against it in respect of any default hereunder being barred by any
statute of limitations now or hereafter in force and, in the event of the failure of a Guarantor so
to do, it hereby irrevocably appoints the Trustee the attorney and agent of such Guarantor to make,
execute and deliver such written acknowledgment or acknowledgments or other instruments as may from
time to time become necessary or advisable, in the judgment of the Trustee on the advice of
counsel, to fully maintain and keep in force the liability of such Guarantor hereunder.
Section 10.9.
Obligations Not Reduced
. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 10.2
and 10.4, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be satisfied, reduced or discharged
except solely by the payment of such principal, premium, if any, interest, fees and other monies or
amounts as may at any time prior to discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article VIII be or
become owing or payable under or by virtue of or otherwise in connection with the Notes or this
Indenture.
Section 10.10.
Obligations Reinstated
. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder
shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any
payment which would otherwise have reduced the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder (whether such
payment shall have been made by or on behalf of the Company or by or on behalf of a Guarantor) is
rescinded or reclaimed from the Trustee or any of the Holders upon the insolvency, bankruptcy,
liquidation or reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor or otherwise, all as though such
payment had not been made. If demand for, or acceleration of the time for, payment by the Company
is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, all such
Indebtedness otherwise subject to demand for payment or acceleration shall nonetheless be payable
by each Guarantor as provided herein.
Section 10.11.
Obligations Not Affected
. Except as otherwise provided in Sections
10.2 and 10.4, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected, impaired or
diminished in any way by any act, omission, matter or thing whatsoever, occurring before, upon or
after any demand for payment hereunder (and whether or not known or consented to by any Guarantor
or any of the Holders) which, but for this provision, might constitute a whole or partial defense
to a claim against any Guarantor hereunder or might operate to release or otherwise exonerate any
Guarantor from any of its obligations hereunder or otherwise affect such obligations, whether
occasioned by default of any of the Holders or otherwise, including, without limitation:
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(a) any limitation of status or power, disability, incapacity or other circumstance relating
to the Company or any other person, including any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation,
reorganization, readjustment, composition, dissolution, winding up or other proceeding involving or
affecting the Company or any other person;
(b) any irregularity, defect, unenforceability or invalidity in respect of any indebtedness or
other obligation of the Company or any other person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other
document or instrument;
(c) any failure of the Company, whether or not without fault on its part, to perform or comply
with any of the provisions of this Indenture or the Notes, or to give notice thereof to a
Guarantor;
(d) the taking or enforcing or exercising or the refusal or neglect to take or enforce or
exercise any right or remedy from or against the Company or any other Person or their respective
assets or the release or discharge of any such right or remedy;
(e) the granting of time, renewals, extensions, compromises, concessions, waivers, releases,
discharges and other indulgences to the Company or any other Person;
(f) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, any of the
Notes, or any other amendment, variation, supplement, replacement or waiver of, or any consent to
departure from, any of the Notes or this Indenture, including, without limitation, any increase or
decrease in any amount due with respect to any of the Notes;
(g) any change in the ownership, control, name, objects, businesses, assets, capital structure
or constitution of the Company or a Guarantor;
(h) any merger or amalgamation of the Company or a Guarantor with any Person or Persons;
(i) the occurrence of any change in the laws, rules, regulations or ordinances of any
jurisdiction by any present or future action of any governmental authority or court amending,
varying, reducing or otherwise affecting, or purporting to amend, vary, reduce or otherwise affect,
any of the Obligations or the obligations of a Guarantor under its Guarantee; and
(j) any other circumstance (other than by complete, irrevocable payment) that might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Company under this Indenture or the
Notes or of a Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee hereunder.
Section 10.12.
Waiver
. Without in any way limiting the provisions of Section 10.1
hereof, each Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance hereof, notice of any liability of any
Guarantor hereunder, notice or proof of reliance by the Holders upon the obligations of any
Guarantor hereunder, and diligence, presentment, demand for payment on the Company, protest, notice
of dishonor or non-payment of any of the Obligations, or other notice or formalities to the Company
or any Guarantor of any kind whatsoever.
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Section 10.13.
No Obligation to Take Action Against the Company
. Neither the Trustee
nor any other Person shall have any obligation to enforce or exhaust any rights or remedies or to
take any other steps under any security for the Obligations or against the Company or any other
Person or any Property of the Company or any other Person before the Trustee is entitled to demand
payment and performance by any or all Guarantors of their liabilities and obligations under their
Guarantees or under this Indenture.
Section 10.14.
Dealing with the Company and Others
. The Holders, without releasing,
discharging, limiting or otherwise affecting in whole or in part the obligations and liabilities of
any Guarantor hereunder and without the consent of or notice to any Guarantor, may:
(a) grant time, renewals, extensions, compromises, concessions, waivers, releases, discharges
and other indulgences to the Company or any other Person;
(b) take or abstain from taking security or collateral from the Company or from perfecting
security or collateral of the Company;
(c) release, discharge, compromise, realize, enforce or otherwise deal with or do any act or
thing in respect of (with or without consideration) any and all collateral, mortgages or other
security given by the Company or any third party with respect to the obligations or matters
contemplated by this Indenture or the Notes;
(d) accept compromises or arrangements from the Company;
(e) apply all monies at any time received from the Company or from any security upon such part
of the Obligations as the Holders may see fit or change any such application in whole or in part
from time to time as the Holders may see fit; and
(f) otherwise deal with, or waive or modify their right to deal with, the Company and all
other Persons and any security as the Holders or the Trustee may see fit.
Section 10.15.
Default and Enforcement
. If any Guarantor fails to pay in accordance
with Section 10.1 hereof, the Trustee may proceed in its name as trustee hereunder in the
enforcement of the Guarantee of any such Guarantor and such Guarantors obligations thereunder and
hereunder by any remedy provided by law, whether by legal proceedings or otherwise, and to recover
from such Guarantor the obligations.
Section 10.16.
Amendment, etc.
No amendment, modification or waiver of any provision
of this Indenture relating to any Guarantor or consent to any departure by any Guarantor or any
other Person from any such provision will in any event be effective or affect the obligation of any
other Guarantor unless it is signed by such Guarantor and the Trustee.
Section 10.17.
Acknowledgment
. Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges communication of
the terms of this Indenture and the Notes and consents to and approves of the same.
Section 10.18.
Costs and Expenses
. Each Guarantor shall pay on demand by the Trustee
any and all costs, fees and expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees) incurred by the
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Trustee, its agents, advisors and counsel or any of the Holders in enforcing any of their
rights under any Guarantee.
Section 10.19.
No Merger or Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
. No Guarantee shall operate
by way of merger of any of the obligations of a Guarantor under any other agreement, including,
without limitation, this Indenture. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part
of the Trustee or the Holders, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the Notes
or the Guarantees, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under this Indenture or the Notes or the
Guarantees preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right,
remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges in the Guarantee and under
this Indenture, the Notes and any other document or instrument between a Guarantor and/or the
Company and the Trustee are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and
privileges provided by law.
Section 10.20.
Survival of Obligations
. Without prejudice to the survival of any of
the other obligations of each Guarantor hereunder, the obligations of each Guarantor under Section
10.1 shall survive until the indefeasible payment in full of the Obligations and shall be
enforceable against such Guarantor without regard to and without giving effect to any defense,
right of offset or counterclaim available to or which may be asserted by the Company or any
Guarantor.
Section 10.21.
Guarantee in Addition to Other Obligations
. The obligations of each
Guarantor under its Guarantee and this Indenture are in addition to and not in substitution for any
other obligations to the Trustee or to any of the Holders in relation to this Indenture or the
Notes and any guarantees or security at any time held by or for the benefit of any of them.
Section 10.22.
Severability
. Any provision of this Article X which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions and any such
prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable
such provision in any other jurisdiction unless its removal would substantially defeat the basic
intent, spirit and purpose of this Indenture and this Article X.
Section 10.23.
Successors and Assigns
. Each Guarantee shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of each Guarantor and the Trustee and the Holders and their respective successors
and permitted assigns, except that no Guarantor may assign any of its obligations hereunder or
thereunder.
Section 10.24.
Acknowledgement under TIA
. Each Guarantor acknowledges that, by virtue
of its Guarantee, it is becoming an obligor on indenture securities under the TIA.
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ARTICLE XI.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.1.
TIA Controls
.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision
which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision shall
control;
provided
,
however
, that this Section 11.1 shall not of itself require that this Indenture
or the Trustee be qualified under the TIA or constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any
party hereto that any such qualification is required prior to the time this Indenture and the
Trustee are required by the TIA to be so qualified.
Section 11.2.
Notices
.
Any notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing, and
shall be sufficiently given if made by hand delivery, by facsimile, by telecopier or overnight
courier guaranteeing next-day delivery or registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return
receipt requested, addressed as follows:
if to the Company or the Guarantors:
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Lennar Corporation
700 N.W. 107th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33172
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (305) 229-6650
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with a copy to:
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K&L Gates LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: David W. Bernstein
Facsimile: (212) 536-3901
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The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
10161 Centurion Parkway North
2
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Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32256
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
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Each of the Company and the Trustee by written notice to the other may designate additional or
different addresses for notices to such Person. Any notice or communication to the Company or the
Trustee shall be deemed to have been given or made as of the date so delivered if hand delivered;
when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if faxed; and
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five (5) calendar days after mailing if sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid
(except that a notice of change of address shall not be deemed to have been given until actually
received by the addressee).
Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail, certified
or registered return receipt requested, or by overnight courier guaranteeing next day delivery to
its address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar. Any notice or communication
shall be mailed to any Person as described in TIA Section 313(c), to the extent required by the
TIA.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its
sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner
provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
Section 11.3.
Electronic Instructions/Directions
. The Trustee agrees to accept and
act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile
transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) the party
providing such written instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, shall
provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner, and
(b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized
representative of the party providing such instructions or directions. If the party elects to give
the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and
the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustees understanding of
such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses,
costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustees reliance upon and compliance
with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a
subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all
risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to
the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized
instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.
Section 11.4.
Communications by Holders with Other Holders
.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and any
other Person shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
Section 11.5.
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
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an Officers Certificate, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, stating that, in the opinion of the
signers, all conditions precedent to be performed, if any, provided for
in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied
with; and
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an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent to be performed,
if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action
have been complied with (which counsel, as to factual matters, may rely
on an Officers Certificate).
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Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
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Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture, other than the Officers Certificate required by Section 4.4, shall include:
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certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
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a brief statement as to the nature and scope of
the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
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a statement that, in the opinion of such
Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is reasonably
necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or
not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
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a statement as to whether or not, in the
opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied
with.
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Section 11.7.
Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar
.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules in accordance with the Trustees customary practices for
action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for
its functions.
Section 11.8.
Legal Holidays
.
If any payment date is due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment may be made on the
next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
Section 11.9.
Governing Law
.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS RULES THAT WOULD APPLY THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION. Each of the parties hereto agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the
State of New York sitting in
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the County of New York, or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New
York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture.
Section 11.10.
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to
interpret this Indenture.
Section 11.11.
No Personal Liability
.
No director, officer, employee or stockholder of the Company, as such, shall have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or this Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes
by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
Section 11.12.
Successors
. All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the
Notes shall bind their successors and permitted assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in this
Indenture shall bind its successors and permitted assigns.
Section 11.13.
Duplicate Originals
. All parties may sign any number of copies of this
Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent the
same agreement.
Section 11.14.
Waiver of Jury Trial
. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS AND THE
TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE
NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 11.15.
Force Majeure.
In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable
for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused
by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work
stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications
or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use
reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume
performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
Section 11.16.
Severability
. In case any one or more of the provisions in this
Indenture or in the Notes shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in any respect for any
reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, it being intended
that all of the provisions hereof shall be enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Indenture have caused it to be duly executed as of the
day and year first above written.
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LENNAR CORPORATION
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Mark Sustana
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Secretary and General Counsel
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Authorized signatory for each of the Guarantors
listed on Schedule I hereto
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Secretary
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
COMPANY, N.A., as
Trustee
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[Signature Page to Indenture]
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF SERIES A NOTE]
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND THIS
SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE
SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SECURITY MAY
BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) TO THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OF
THE ISSUER, (II) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER
(AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF
RULE 144A, (III) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3)
OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (IV) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE
904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (V) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (VI) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE U.S., AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS
REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS
REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
[THE FOREGOING LEGEND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE SECURITY ON SATISFACTION OF THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED
IN THE INDENTURE.]
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CUSIP No.: 526057 BB9
LENNAR CORPORATION
6.950% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2018, SERIES A
Interest Rate: 6.950% per annum.
Interest Payment Dates: December 1 and June 1, commencing December 1, 2010
Record Dates: May 15 and November 15
Lennar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company, which term includes any successor
entities), for value received, promises to pay to or registered assigns, on June 1,
2018, the principal amount of Dollars ($ ), together with
interest thereon as hereinafter provided.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Lennar Corporation has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by
facsimile by its duly authorized officer.
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LENNAR CORPORATION
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Dated:
TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This
is one of the Notes described in
the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
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(REVERSE OF SECURITY)
6.950% Senior Note due 2018, Series A
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in the Indenture relating to the Notes, dated as of May 4, 2010 (as amended from time to time,
the
Indenture
), by and among Lennar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
Company
), the
Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the
Trustee
).
The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per
annum set forth above. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date. The Company shall
pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, commencing as of the Interest
Payment Date referred to above and upon redemption. Interest will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months and, in the case of a partial month, the actual number of days
elapsed.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, on overdue
installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on
demand at the rate borne by the Notes.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall (a) pay interest on
the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders of Notes at the
close of business on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date even if the
Notes are canceled, transferred or exchanged after such Record Date, and (b) make all other
payments in respect of the Notes to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of
business on the Business Day preceding the Redemption Date or Maturity, as the case may be.
Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of the Notes
referred to in clause (b) of the preceding sentence. The Company shall pay cash amounts in money
of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts. However, the Company may make the cash payments by check payable in such money.
3.
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Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a New York banking corporation
(the Trustee), shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any
Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice, other than notice to the Trustee. The
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or
co-registrar.
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The Company issued the Notes under the Indenture. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue
of Notes of the Company designated as its 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018, Series A (the
Initial
Notes
). The Notes include the Initial Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Unrestricted
Notes, as defined below, issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement. The Initial Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Unrestricted Notes are
treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those
stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 (the
TIA
), as in effect on the date of the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Notes are referred to
the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms. The Notes are general unsecured
obligations of the Company. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by all of the
terms and provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance
with its terms.
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REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY
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No sinking fund is provided for the Notes. The Notes are redeemable as a whole, or from time
to time in part, at any time at the option of the Company at a Redemption Price equal to the
greater of: (a) 100% of their principal amount; and (b) the present value of the Remaining
Scheduled Payments on the Notes being redeemed on the Redemption Date, discounted to the Redemption
Date, on a semiannual basis, at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points (0.50%), together, in either
case, with accrued interest to the Redemption Date on their principal amount.
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NOTICE OF REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY
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Notice of redemption at the option of the Company shall be mailed at least 30 days but not
more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at the Holders
registered address. If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all Notes (or portions
thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the Paying Agent prior to or on
the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue on such Notes or portions thereof on and after such
date. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in integral
multiples of $1,000.
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will be obligated to consummate an
exchange offer pursuant to which the Holder of this Note shall have the right to exchange this Note
for the Companys 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018, Series B (the
Unrestricted Notes
), which will be
registered under the Securities Act, in like principal amount and having terms identical in all
material respects as the Initial Notes. The Holders of the Initial Notes shall be entitled to
receive certain additional interest payments in the event such exchange offer is not consummated
and upon certain other conditions, all pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the
Registration Rights Agreement.
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DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE
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The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiplies of $1,000. A Holder may transfer Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar
may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer
documents and to pay any governmental taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.
The Registrar need not transfer or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case
of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or any Notes for a
period of 15 days before any selection of Notes to be redeemed.
The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of this Note for all purposes.
10.
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UNCLAIMED MONEY OR PROPERTY
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The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company upon written request any money or
property held by them for the payment of any amount with respect to the Notes that remains
unclaimed for two years;
provided, however
, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such return, shall at the expense of the Company cause to be published once in
a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or mail to each such Holder notice that
such money or property remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not
be less than 30 days from the date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed money or property
then remaining shall be returned to the Company. After return to the Company, Holders entitled to
the money or property must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an
applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture or the Notes may
be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes at the time outstanding and (ii) certain defaults or noncompliance with certain
provisions may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in
the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the
Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to make any change that does
not adversely affect the right of any Holder, to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to
the Trustee as security for the Notes any property or assets, to evidence the succession of another
corporation to the Company (or successive successions) and the assumption by the successor
corporation of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company, to add to the covenants of
the Company such further covenants, restrictions or conditions as the Board of Directors and the
Trustee shall consider to be for the benefit of the Holders of Notes, and to make the occurrence,
or the occurrence and continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions or
conditions a Default or an Event of Default
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permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies provided in the Indenture, to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Notes, or to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of the Indenture to such
extent as shall be necessary for the Indenture to comply with the TIA, or under any similar federal
statute hereafter enacted.
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) a default by the Company in the payment of
any interest which continues for more than 30 days after the due date, (ii) a default by the
Company in the payment of any principal or Redemption Price or Repurchase Price due with respect to
the Notes; (iii) a default by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to its
obligation to pay Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (other
than Non-Recourse Indebtedness), which default shall have resulted in the acceleration of, or be a
failure to pay at final maturity, Indebtedness aggregating more than $50 million; (iv) a failure to
perform any other covenant or warranty of the Company herein and in the Indenture, which continues
for 30 days after written notice; (v) final judgments or orders are rendered against the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary which require the payment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
an amount (to the extent not covered by insurance) in excess of $50 million and such judgments or
orders remain unstayed or unsatisfied for more than 60 days and are not being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings; (vi) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or group of
Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), pursuant to any
Bankruptcy Law applicable to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary (or group of Subsidiaries
that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary): (A) commences a voluntary case;
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it or them in an involuntary case against
it or them; (C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or them or for any substantial
part of its or their property; or (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its or their
creditors; or (vii) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any
applicable Bankruptcy Law: (A) for relief in an involuntary case against the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary (or group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary); (B) appointing a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
(or group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or for
any substantial part of its or their respective property; or (C) ordering the winding up or
liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a
whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary); and the order or decree remains unstayed and in
effect for 90 days. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee, or the Holders
of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, may declare the
outstanding principal of the Notes and any accrued and unpaid interest through the date of such
declaration on all of the Notes to be immediately due and payable. Certain events of bankruptcy or
insolvency are Events of Default which shall result in the outstanding principal amount of all
Notes being declared due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default.
Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The
Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture and the Notes unless it receives indemnity or security
satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations, conditions and exceptions, Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may
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direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power, including the annulment of a
declaration of acceleration. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing
default (except a default in payment of amounts specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above) if it
determines that withholding notice is in their interests.
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The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner
or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company
or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee.
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A director, officer, or employee, as such, of the Company, or any of its successor
corporations, or any Subsidiary, or any stockholder, as such, of the Company, or any of its
successor corporations, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the
Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or
their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The
waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.
This Note will be entitled to the benefits of certain Guarantees, if any, made for the benefit
of the Holders. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, the Trustee and
the Holders.
The Notes shall be direct, unsecured obligations of the Company and shall rank
pari passu
in
right of payment with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. The
Guarantees shall be direct, unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and shall rank
pari passu
in
right of payment with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors.
This Note shall not be valid until an authorized officer of the Trustee manually signs the
Trustees Certificate of Authentication on the other side of this Note.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM
(=tenants in common), TENANT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors
Act).
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THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THE INDENTURE AND THIS NOTE.
If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to
redeem the Notes by notifying the Holders to that effect as described above, the Company shall make
an offer (a
Change of Control Offer
) to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal
to one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that
Holders Notes on the terms set forth below. In a Change of Control Offer, the Company shall offer
payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of repurchase (a
Change
of Control Payment
). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the
Companys option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction
that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to
Holders, describing the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control
Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the date specified in the notice, which
date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date that notice is mailed,
other than as may be required by law (a
Change of Control Payment Date
). The notice shall, if
mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the Change of Control
Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the
applicable Change of Control Payment Date.
On each Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, accept for
payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer,
deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all
Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered, and deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee
the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal
amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased and that all conditions precedent provided
for in the Indenture to the Change of Control Offer and to the repurchase by the Company of Notes
pursuant to the Change of Control Offer have been complied with.
The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a
Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times
and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and the third
party repurchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control
Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations
conflict with the Change of Control Offer provisions herein, the Company
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will comply with those securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have
breached its obligations under the Change of Control Offer provisions herein and in the Indenture
by virtue of any such conflict.
The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture which has in it the text of this Note in larger type. Requests may be made to:
Lennar Corporation
700 N.W. 107
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Avenue
Miami, Florida 33172
Attn: General Counsel
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
If you, the Holder, want to assign this Note, fill in the form below and have your signature
guaranteed:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
(Print
or type name, address and zip code and social security or
tax ID number of assignee)
and irrevocably appoint
, agent to transfer this Note on the books of the
Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Dated:
Signed:
(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the other side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:
Signature must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution, that is, a bank,
stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting the requirements of the
Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents
Medallion Program (
STAMP
) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior to the date which is the earlier
of (i) the date of the declaration by the SEC of the effectiveness of a registration statement
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act
), covering resales of this Note
(which effectiveness shall not have been suspended or terminated at the date of the transfer) and
(ii) the later of (x) the first anniversary of the Issue Date and (y) if the Note constitutes a
Restricted Security and any Initial Notes are issued after the Issue Date pursuant to Section 2.2
of the Indenture, the last day of the period of any resale restrictions imposed on such additional
Initial Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Indenture (
provided
,
however
, that neither the
Company nor any affiliate of the Company has held any beneficial interest in such Note, or portion
thereof, or any predecessor security at any time on or prior to such date), the undersigned
confirms that it has not utilized any general solicitation or general advertising in connection
with the transfer:
[Check One]
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to an institutional accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7)
under the Securities Act) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain
representations and agreements (the form of which letter can be obtained from the Trustee); or
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outside the United States to a foreign person in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation
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pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities
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Securities Act.
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and unless the box below is checked, the undersigned confirms that such Note is not being
transferred to an affiliate of the Company as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (an
Affiliate
):
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The transferee is an Affiliate of the Company.
Unless one of the items is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes
evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered Holder thereof;
provided
,
however
, that if item (3), (4), (5) or (7) is checked, the Company or the Trustee may
require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, in their sole discretion, such
written legal opinions, certifications (including an investment letter in the case of box (3) or
(4) and other information as the Trustee or the Company have reasonably requested to confirm that
such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the Securities Act.
If none of the foregoing items are checked, the Trustee or Registrar shall not be obligated to
register this Note in the name of any person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the
conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Section 2.17 of the
Indenture shall have been satisfied.
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(Sign exactly as your name appears
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Signature Guarantee:
TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED
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The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or
an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such
account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities
Act and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that
it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to
Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the
transferor is relying upon the undersigneds foregoing representations in order to claim the
exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
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To be executed by
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF SERIES B NOTE]
CUSIP No.: [
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LENNAR CORPORATION
6.950% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2018
SERIES B
Interest Rate: 6.950% per annum.
Interest Payment Dates: December 1 and June 1, commencing December 1, 2010
Record Dates: May 15 and November 15
Lennar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company, which term includes any successor
entities), for value received, promises to pay to or registered assigns, on June 1,
2018, the principal amount of Dollars ($ ), together with
interest thereon as hereinafter provided.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Lennar Corporation has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by
facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
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LENNAR CORPORATION
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By:
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Dated:
TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes described in
the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
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(REVERSE OF SECURITY)
6.950% Senior Note due 2018, Series B
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in the Indenture relating to the Notes, dated as of May 4, 2010 (as amended from time to time,
the
Indenture
), by and among Lennar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
Company
), the
Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the
Trustee
).
1. INTEREST
The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per
annum set forth above. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date. The Company shall
pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, commencing as of the Interest
Payment Date referred to above and upon redemption. Interest will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months and, in the case of a partial month, the actual number of days
elapsed.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, on overdue
installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on
demand at the rate borne by the Notes.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall (a) pay interest on
the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders of Notes at the
close of business on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date even if the
Notes are canceled transferred or exchanged after such Record Date, and (b) make all other payments
in respect of the Notes to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business
on the Business Day preceding the Redemption Date or Maturity, as the case may be. Holders must
surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of the Notes referred to in
clause (b) of the preceding sentence. The Company shall pay cash amounts in money of the United
States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
However, the Company may make the cash payments by check payable in such money.
3. PAYING AGENT, AND REGISTRAR
Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a New York banking corporation
(the Trustee), shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any
Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice, other than notice to the Trustee. The
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or
co-registrar.
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4. INDENTURE
The Company issued the Notes under the Indenture. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue
of Notes of the Company designated as its 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018, Series B (the
Unrestricted
Notes
). The Notes include the Initial Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Unrestricted
Notes, issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. The
Initial Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Unrestricted Notes are treated as a single class
of securities under the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture
and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the
TIA
),
as in effect on the date of the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and the TIA
for a statement of such terms. The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company. Each
Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the
Indenture, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.
5. REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY
No sinking fund is provided for the Notes. The Notes are redeemable as a whole, or from time
to time in part, at any time at the option of the Company at a Redemption Price equal to the
greater of: (a) 100% of their principal amount; and (b) the present value of the Remaining
Scheduled Payments on the Notes being redeemed on the Redemption Date, discounted to the Redemption
Date, on a semiannual basis, at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points (0.50%), together, in either
case, with accrued interest to the Redemption Date on their principal amount.
6. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY
Notice of redemption at the option of the Company shall be mailed at least 30 days but not
more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at the Holders
registered address. If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all Notes (or portions
thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the Paying Agent prior to or on
the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue on such Notes or portions thereof on and after such
date. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in integral
multiples of $1,000.
7. DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE
The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiplies of $1,000. A Holder may transfer Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar
may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer
documents and to pay any governmental taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.
The Registrar need not transfer or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case
of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or any Notes for a
period of 15 days before any selection of Notes to be redeemed.
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8. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS
The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of this Note for all purposes.
9. UNCLAIMED MONEY OR PROPERTY
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company upon written request any money or
property held by them for the payment of any amount with respect to the Notes that remains
unclaimed for two years;
provided, however
, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such return, shall at the expense of the Company cause to be published once in
a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or mail to each such Holder notice that
such money or property remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not
be less than 30 days from the date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed money or property
then remaining shall be returned to the Company. After return to the Company, Holders entitled to
the money or property must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an
applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.
10. AMENDMENT; WAIVER
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture or the Notes may
be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes at the time outstanding and (ii) certain defaults or noncompliance with certain
provisions may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in
the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the
Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to make any change that does
not adversely affect the right of any Holder, to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to
the Trustee as security for the Notes any property or assets, to evidence the succession of another
corporation to the Company (or successive successions) and the assumption by the successor
corporation of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company, to add to the covenants of
the Company such further covenants, restrictions or conditions as the Board of Directors and the
Trustee shall consider to be for the benefit of the Holders of Notes, and to make the occurrence,
or the occurrence and continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions or
conditions a Default or an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several
remedies provided in the Indenture, to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes, or to modify, eliminate or add to the
provisions of the Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary for the Indenture to comply with
the TIA, or under any similar federal statute hereafter enacted.
11. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) a default by the Company in the payment of
any interest which continues for more than 30 days after the due date, (ii) a default by the
Company in the payment of any principal or Redemption Price or Repurchase
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Price due with respect to the Notes; (iii) a default by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary with respect to its obligation to pay Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness), which default shall have resulted
in the acceleration of, or be a failure to pay at final maturity, Indebtedness aggregating more
than $50 million; (iv) a failure to perform any other covenant or warranty of the Company herein
and in the Indenture, which continues for 30 days after written notice; (v) final judgments or
orders are rendered against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which require the payment by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of an amount (to the extent not covered by insurance) in
excess of $50 million and such judgments or orders remain unstayed or unsatisfied for more than 60
days and are not being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; (vi) the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary (or group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary), pursuant to any Bankruptcy Law applicable to the Company or such
Significant Subsidiary (or group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary): (A) commences a voluntary case; (B) consents to the entry of an order for
relief against it or them in an involuntary case against it or them; (C) consents to the
appointment of a Custodian of it or them or for any substantial part of its or their property; or
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its or their creditors; or (vii) a court of
competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any applicable Bankruptcy Law: (A) for
relief in an involuntary case against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or group of
Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary); (B) appointing a
Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a
whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or for any substantial part of its or their
respective property; or (C) ordering the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary (or group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary); and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days. If an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, may declare the outstanding principal of the
Notes and any accrued and unpaid interest through the date of such declaration on all of the Notes
to be immediately due and payable. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of
Default which shall result in the outstanding principal amount of all Notes being declared due and
payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default.
Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The
Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture and the Notes unless it receives indemnity or security
satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations, conditions and exceptions, Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may direct the Trustee
in its exercise of any trust or power, including the annulment of a declaration of acceleration.
The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing default (except a default in payment
of amounts specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above) if it determines that withholding notice is in
their interests.
12. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner
or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company
or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee.
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13. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS
A director, officer, or employee, as such, of the Company, or any of its successor
corporations, or any Subsidiary, or any stockholder, as such, of the Company, or any of its
successor corporations, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the
Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or
their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The
waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.
14. GUARANTEES
This Note will be entitled to the benefits of certain Guarantees, if any, made for the benefit
of the Holders. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, the Trustee and
the Holders.
15. RANKING
The Notes shall be direct, unsecured obligations of the Company and shall rank
pari passu
in
right of payment with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. The
Guarantees shall be direct, unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and shall rank
pari passu
in
right of payment with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantors.
16. AUTHENTICATION
This Note shall not be valid until an authorized officer of the Trustee manually signs the
Trustees Certificate of Authentication on the other side of this Note.
17. ABBREVIATIONS
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM
(=tenants in common), TENANT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors
Act).
18. GOVERNING LAW
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THE INDENTURE AND THIS NOTE.
19. CHANGE OF CONTROL
If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to
redeem those Notes by notifying the Holders to that effect as described above, the Company shall
make an offer (a
Change of Control Offer
) to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part
(equal to one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of
that Holders Notes on the terms set forth below. In a Change of
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Control Offer, the Company shall offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes
repurchased to the date of repurchase (a
Change of Control Payment
). Within 30 days following
any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Companys option, prior to any Change of Control,
but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of
Control, the Company shall mail a notice to Holders, describing the transaction that constitutes or
may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the
date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days
from the date that notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (a
Change of Control
Payment Date
). The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of
Control, state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering
Event occurring on or prior to the applicable Change of Control Payment Date.
On each Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, accept for
payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer,
deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all
Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered, and deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee
the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal
amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased and that all conditions precedent provided
for in the Indenture to the Change of Control Offer and to the repurchase by the Company of Notes
pursuant to the Change of Control Offer have been complied with.
The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a
Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times
and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and the third
party repurchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control
Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations
conflict with the Change of Control Offer provisions herein, the Company will comply with those
securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the
Change of Control Offer provisions herein and in the Indenture by virtue of any such conflict.
The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture which has in it the text of this Note in larger type. Requests may be made to:
Lennar Corporation
700 N.W. 107
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Avenue
Miami, Florida 33172
Attn: General Counsel
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
If you, the Holder, want to assign this Note, fill in the form below and have your signature
guaranteed:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
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(Print or type name, address and zip code and social security or
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and irrevocably appoint
, agent to transfer this Note on the books of the
Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
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Signature Guarantee:
Signature must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution, that is, a bank,
stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting the requirements of the
Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents
Medallion Program (
STAMP
) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
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EXHIBIT C
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS
SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY,
OR BY ANY SUCH NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT
,
AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. REPRESENTATIVE 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.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO
NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF
PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.17 OF THE INDENTURE.
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EXHIBIT D
Form of Certificate To Be
Delivered in Connection with
Transfers to Non-QIB Accredited Investors
[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018, Series A (the
Notes
) of Lennar Corporation (
the Company
), we confirm that:
1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes is subject to certain
restrictions and conditions set forth in the indenture relating to the Notes (the
Indenture
) and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or
otherwise transfer the Notes except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act
), and all applicable State
securities laws.
2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under
the Securities Act or any other applicable securities law, and that the Notes may not be
offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S.
persons except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on
behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell
any Notes, we will do so only (i) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (ii) inside the
United States in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a person who we
reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A promulgated
under the Securities Act), (iii) inside the United States to an institutional accredited
investor (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on
its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to the Trustee (as defined in the Indenture) a signed
letter containing certain representations and agreements relating to the restrictions on
transfer of the Notes (the form of which letter can be obtained from the Trustee), (iv)
outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S promulgated under the
Securities Act, (v) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under
the Securities Act (if available), or (vi) pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing any of
the Notes from us a notice advising such purchaser that resales of the Notes are restricted
as stated herein.
3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of any Notes, we will be required to
furnish to the Trustee and the Company such certification, legal opinions and other
information as the Trustee and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the
proposed sale complies with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the
Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
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4. We are an institutional accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2),
(3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience
in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our
investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to
bear the economic risk of our or their investment, as the case may be.
5. We are acquiring the Notes purchased by us for our account or for one or more
accounts (each of which is an institutional accredited investor) as to each of which we
exercise sole investment discretion.
6. We have received a copy of the Companys Offering Memorandum dated April 27, 2010,
and acknowledge that we have had access to such financial and other information, and have
been afforded the opportunity to ask such questions of representatives of the Company and
receive answers thereto, as we deem necessary in connection with our decision to purchase
the Notes.
You, the Company, the Initial Purchasers and others are entitled to rely upon this letter and
are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any
administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby
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Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferee]
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By:
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D-2
EXHIBIT E
Form of Certificate To Be Delivered
in Connection with Transfers
Pursuant to Regulation S
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Re:
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Lennar Corporation (the
Company
) 6.950% Senior Notes, Series A due 2018 (the
Notes
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed sale of $
aggregate principal amount of the Notes,
we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under
the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act
), and, accordingly, we represent
that:
(1) the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;
(2) either (a) at the time the buy offer was originated, the transferee was outside the
United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the
transferee was outside the United States, or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or
through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither we nor any
person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in
the United States;
(3) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of
the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;
(4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration
requirements of the Securities Act; and
(5) we have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions applicable to the
Notes.
You, the Company, the Initial Purchasers and others are entitled to rely upon this letter and
are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any
administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
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Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferor]
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By:
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E-1
EXHIBIT F
GUARANTEE
For value received, the undersigned each hereby unconditionally guarantees, as principal
obligor and not only as a surety, to the Holders of the 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018 (the
Notes
)
of Lennar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
Company
), the cash payments in United States
Dollars of any amounts due with respect to the Notes in the amounts and at the times when due and
interest on all overdue amounts, if lawful, and the payment or performance of all other obligations
of the Company under the Indenture (as defined below) or the Notes, to the Holders and the Trustee
(as defined below), all in accordance with and subject to the terms and limitations of the Notes,
Article X of the Indenture and this Guarantee. This Guarantee will become effective in accordance
with Article X of the Indenture and its terms shall be evidenced therein. The validity and
enforceability of this Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to any
particular Note.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Indenture, dated as of May 4, 2010, among the Company, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of
New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the
Trustee
), as amended or supplemented (the
Indenture
), governing the Companys issuance of the Notes.
The obligations of each of the undersigned to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant
to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article X of the Indenture and
reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of this Guarantee and all of the
other provisions of the Indenture to which this Guarantee relates.
THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK, INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT
OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS RULES THAT WOULD APPLY THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION.
Each of the Guarantors hereto agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of
the State of New York sitting in the County of New York, or of the United States of America for the
Southern District of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Guarantee.
This Guarantee is subject to suspension and release upon the terms set forth in the Indenture.
The undersigned acknowledges that this Guarantee is subject to the TIA and each of the
undersigned agrees to discharge its duties under the TIA.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused its Guarantee to be duly executed.
Dated:
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[GUARANTOR],
as Guarantor
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By:
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F-2
SCHEDULE I
Guarantors
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Aquaterra Utilities, Inc.
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Asbury Woods, LLC
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Astoria Options, LLC
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Avalon Sienna III L.L.C.
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Aylon, LLC
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Bay Colony Expansion 369, Ltd.
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Bay River Colony Development, Ltd.
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BB Investment Holdings, LLC
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BCI Properties, LLC
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BPH I, LLC
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Bramalea California, Inc.
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Builders LP, Inc.
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C & C Ranch, LLC
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Cambria, LLC
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Camelot Ventures, LLC
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Cary Woods, LLC
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Cedar Lakes II, LLC
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Cherrytree I LLC
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Cherrytree II LLC
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CL Ventures, LLC
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Colonial Heritage LLC
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Columbia Station L.L.C.
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Concord Station, LLP
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Coto de Caza, Ltd.
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Coventry L.L.C.
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Creekside Crossing, L.L.C.
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Darcy-Joliet, LLC
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DBJ Holdings, LLC
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Enclave Land, LLC
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Evergreen Village LLC
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F&R QVI Home Investments USA, LLC
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Fox-Maple Associates, LLC
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Friendswood Development Company, LLC
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Garco Investments, LLC
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Greystone Construction, Inc.
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Greystone Homes of Nevada, Inc.
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Greystone Homes, Inc.
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Greystone Nevada, LLC
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Greywall Club L.L.C.
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Haverton L.L.C.
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Heathcote Commons LLC
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Home Buyers Advantage Realty, Inc.
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Homecraft Corporation
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HTC Golf Club, LLC
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Independence L.L.C.
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Lakelands at Easton, L.L.C.
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Legends Club, LLC
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Legends Golf Club, LLC
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Len Paradise, LLC
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Lencraft, LLC
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LENH I, LLC
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Lennar Aircraft I, LLC
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Lennar Arizona Construction, Inc.
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Lennar Arizona, Inc.
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Lennar Associates Management Holding Company
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Lennar Associates Management, LLC
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Lennar Buffington Colorado Crossing, L.P.
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Lennar Buffington Zachary Scott, L.P.
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Lennar Carolinas, LLC
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Lennar Central Park, LLC
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Lennar Central Region Sweep, Inc.
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Lennar Chicago, Inc.
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Lennar Cobra, LLC
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Lennar Colorado, LLC
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Lennar Communities Development, Inc.
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Lennar Communities Nevada, LLC
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Lennar Communities of Chicago L.L.C.
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Lennar Communities, Inc.
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Lennar Construction, Inc.
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Lennar Coto Holdings, LLC
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Lennar Developers, Inc.
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Lennar Family of Builders GP, Inc.
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Lennar Family of Builders Limited Partnership
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Lennar Financial Services, LLC
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Lennar Fresno, Inc.
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Lennar Georgia, Inc.
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Lennar Gulf Coast, LLC
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Lennar Hingham Holdings, LLC
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Lennar Hingham JV, LLC
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Lennar Homes Holding, LLC
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Lennar Homes of Arizona, Inc.
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Lennar Homes of California, Inc.
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Lennar Homes of Texas Land and Construction, Ltd.
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Lennar Homes of Texas Sales and Marketing, Ltd.
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Lennar Homes, LLC
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Lennar Illinois Trading Company, LLC
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Lennar Imperial Holdings Limited Partnership
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Lennar Land Partners Sub II, Inc.
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Lennar Land Partners Sub, Inc.
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Lennar Layton, LLC
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Lennar Mare Island, LLC
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Lennar Marina A Funding, LLC
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Lennar Massachusetts Properties, Inc.
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Lennar Nevada, Inc.
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Lennar New Jersey Properties, Inc.
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Lennar New York, LLC
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Lennar Northeast Properties LLC
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Lennar Northeast Properties, Inc.
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Lennar Pacific Properties Management, Inc.
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Lennar Pacific Properties, Inc.
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Lennar Pacific, Inc.
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Lennar PI Acquisition, LLC
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Lennar PI Property Acquisition, LLC
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Lennar PIS Management Company, LLC
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Lennar Placentia TOD Properties, LLC
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Lennar PNW, Inc.
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Lennar Port Imperial South, LLC
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Lennar Realty, Inc.
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Lennar Reflections, LLC
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Lennar Renaissance, Inc.
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Lennar Reno, LLC
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Lennar Riverside West Urban Renewal Company, L.L.C.
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Lennar Riverside West, LLC
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Lennar Sacramento, Inc.
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Lennar Sales Corp.
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Lennar San Jose Holdings, Inc.
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Lennar Southland I, Inc.
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Lennar Southwest Holding Corp.
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Lennar Texas Holding Company
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Lennar Trading Company, LP
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Lennar Ventures, LLC
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Lennar West Valley, LLC
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Lennar.com Inc.
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LFS Holding Company, LLC
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LH Eastwind, LLC
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LHI Renaissance, LLC
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LLPII HCC Holdings, LLC
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LNC at Meadowbrook, LLC
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LNC at Ravenna, LLC
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LNC Communities I, Inc.
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LNC Communities II, LLC
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LNC Communities III, Inc.
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LNC Communities IV, LLC
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LNC Communities IX, LLC
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LNC Communities V, LLC
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LNC Communities VI, LLC
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LNC Communities VII, LLC
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LNC Communities VIII, LLC
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LNC Northeast Mortgage, Inc.
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LNC Pennsylvania Realty, Inc.
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Long Beach Development, LLC
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Lori Gardens Associates II, LLC
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Lori Gardens Associates III, LLC
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Lorton Station, LLC
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Madrona Village L.L.C.
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Madrona Village Mews L.L.C.
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Mid-County Utilities, Inc.
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Mission Viejo 12S Venture, LP
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Mission Viejo Holdings, Inc.
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Montgomery Crossings, LLC
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Northbridge L.L.C.
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Northeastern Properties LP, Inc.
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Palm Gardens At Doral Clubhouse, LLC
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Palm Gardens at Doral, LLC
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Palm Vista Preserve, LLC
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Perris Green Valley Associates, a California limited partnership
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PG Properties Holding, LLC
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Pioneer Meadows Development, LLC
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Pioneer Meadows Investments, LLC
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POMAC, LLC
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Prestonfield L.L.C.
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Raintree Village II L.L.C.
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Raintree Village, L.L.C.
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Rivenhome Corporation
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Schedule I - 2
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Rutenberg Homes of Texas, Inc.
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Rutenberg Homes, Inc. (Florida)
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Rye Hill Company, LLC
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S. Florida Construction II, LLC
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S. Florida Construction III, LLC
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S. Florida Construction, LLC
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San Lucia, LLC
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Savell Gulley Development, LLC
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Scarsdale, LTD.
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Seminole/70th, LLC
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Siena at Old Orchard, LLC
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Sonoma L.L.C.
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Spanish Springs Development, LLC
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Stoney Corporation
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Stoneybrook Golf Club, Inc.
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Strategic Cable Technologies, L.P.
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Strategic Holdings, Inc. d/b/a Lennar Communications Ventures (LCV)
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Strategic Technologies Communications of California, Inc.
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Strategic Technologies, LLC
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Summerfield Venture L.L.C.
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Summerwood, LLC
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Suppliers for Housing Group, LLC
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Temecula Valley, LLC
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The Courts of Indian Creek L.L.C.
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The LNC Northeast Group, Inc.
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The Preserve at Coconut Creek, LLC
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Trade Services Investments, Inc.
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U.S. Home Corporation
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U.S. Home of Arizona Construction Co.
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U.S. Home Realty, Inc.
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U.S.H. Los Prados, Inc.
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U.S.H. Realty, Inc.
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USH Flag, LLC
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USH (West Lake), Inc.
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USH Equity Corporation
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USH Millennium Ventures Corp.
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USH Woodbridge, Inc.
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UST Lennar GP PIS 10, LLC
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UST Lennar GP PIS 7, LLC
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WCP, LLC
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West Chocolate Bayou Development, LLC
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West Van Buren L.L.C.
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Westchase, Inc.
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Schedule I - 3
Exhibit 4.2
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 4, 2010
among
LENNAR CORPORATION
AND THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN
as Issuers,
and
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
and
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
as Representatives of the Several Initial Purchasers
6.950% Senior Notes due 2018
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this
Agreement
) is made and entered into as of
May 4, 2010, among LENNAR CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
Company
), and the
other entities that are listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively with any entity that in
the future executes a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such entity agrees to guarantee the
Notes (as hereinafter defined), the
Guarantors
and, together with the Company, the
Issuers
), and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. and J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. as
representatives (the
Representatives
) of the several initial purchasers (the
Initial
Purchasers
) under the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
This Agreement is entered into in connection with the Purchase Agreement, dated April 27,
2010, among the Company and the Representatives, as representatives of the Initial Purchasers (the
Purchase Agreement
), which provides for, among other things, the sale by the Company to
the Initial Purchasers of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 6.950% Senior
Notes due 2018 (the
Notes
). The Notes are unconditionally guaranteed (the
Guarantees
) by each of the Guarantors. The Notes and the Guarantees are collectively
referred to herein as the
Securities
. In order to induce the Representatives to enter
into the Purchase Agreement, the Issuers have agreed to provide the registration rights set forth
in this Agreement for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and any subsequent holder or holders of
the Securities. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the Initial
Purchasers obligation to purchase the Securities under the Purchase Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1.
Definitions
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Additional Interest
: See Section 4 hereof.
Additional Notes
: See Section 2(a) hereof.
Advice
: See the last paragraph of Section 5 hereof.
Agreement
: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Applicable Period
: See Section 2 hereof.
Automatic Shelf Registration Statement
: An automatic shelf registration statement
within the meaning of Rule 405.
Business Day
: Each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is a day on
which banking institutions are open in New York, New York.
Company
: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Effectiveness Date
: October 1, 2010;
provided
,
however
, that with
respect to any Shelf Registration Statement, the Effectiveness Date shall be the 75th day following
the Filing Date with respect thereto.
Effectiveness Period
: See Section 3(a) hereof.
Event Date
: See Section 4(b) hereof.
Exchange Act
: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Notes
: See Section 2 hereof.
Exchange Offer
: See Section 2 hereof.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement
: See Section 2 hereof.
Filing Date
: (A) If no Exchange Offer Registration Statement has been filed by the
Issuers pursuant to this Agreement, September 1, 2010; and (B) in each other case (which may be
applicable notwithstanding the consummation of the Exchange Offer), the 30th day after the delivery
of a Shelf Notice.
FINRA
: See Section 5(r) hereof.
Guarantees
: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Guarantors
: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Holder
: Any holder of a Registrable Security or Registrable Securities.
Indemnified Person
: See Section 7(c) hereof.
Indemnifying Person
: See Section 7(c) hereof.
Indenture
: The Indenture, dated as of May 4, 2010, by and among the Issuers and The
Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, pursuant to which the Notes are being issued, as the same may
be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
Initial Purchasers
: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Initial Shelf Registration Statement
: See Section 3(a) hereof.
Inspectors
: See Section 5(m) hereof.
Issue Date
: May 4, 2010, the date of original issuance of the Securities.
Notes
: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
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Offering Memorandum
: The offering memorandum of the Company dated April 27, 2010, in
respect of the offering of the Securities.
Participant
: See Section 7(a) hereof.
Participating Broker-Dealer
: See Section 2(a) hereof.
Person
: An individual, trustee, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, union, business association, firm or other
legal entity.
Private Exchange
: See Section 2(b) hereof.
Private Exchange Notes
: See Section 2(b) hereof.
Prospectus
: The prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without
limitation, any prospectus subject to completion and a prospectus that includes any information
previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in
reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act and any term sheet filed pursuant to
Rule 434 under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, and
all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and
all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such
Prospectus.
Purchase Agreement
: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Records
: See Section 5(m) hereof.
Registrable Notes
: Each Note upon its original issuance and at all times subsequent
thereto, each Exchange Note as to which Section 2(c)(iv) hereof is applicable upon original
issuance and at all times subsequent thereto and each Private Exchange Note upon original issuance
thereof and at all times subsequent thereto, until the earliest to occur of (i) a Registration
Statement (other than, with respect to any Exchange Note as to which Section 2(c)(iv) hereof is
applicable, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) covering such Note, Exchange Note or Private
Exchange Note has been declared effective by the SEC and such Note, Exchange Note or such Private
Exchange Note, as the case may be, has been disposed of in accordance with such effective
Registration Statement, (ii) such Note has been exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer for an
Exchange Note or Exchange Notes that may be resold (or, but for the status of such Holder as an
affiliate of the Issuers under Rule 405, could be resold) without restriction under state and
federal securities laws, (iii) such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note, as the case may
be, ceases to be outstanding for purposes of the Indenture or (iv) such Note, Exchange Note or
Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, may be resold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144
(as amended or replaced) under the Securities Act and if requested by the Holder the restrictive
legend has been removed.
Registrable Securities
: Each Registrable Note and related guarantees.
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Registration Statement
: Any registration statement of the Issuers that covers any of
the Securities, the Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) or the Private Exchange Notes (and
related guarantees) filed with the SEC under the Securities Act, including the Prospectus,
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all
exhibits, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
such registration statement.
Rule 144
: Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended
from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144A) or regulation hereafter adopted by
the SEC providing for offers and sales of securities made in compliance therewith resulting in
offers and sales by subsequent holders that are not affiliates of the issuer of such securities
being free of the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
Rule 144A
: Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be
amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144) or regulation hereafter
adopted by the SEC.
Rule 405
: Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
Rule 415
: Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended
from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.
SEC
: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities
: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.
Securities Act
: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Shelf Notice
: See Section 2(c) hereof.
Shelf Registration Statement
: See Section 3(b) hereof.
Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement
: See Section 3(b) hereof.
TIA
: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
Trustee
: The trustee under the Indenture and the trustee (if any) under any indenture
governing the Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) and Private Exchange Notes (and related
guarantees).
Underwritten registration or underwritten offering
: A registration in which
securities of one or more of the Issuers are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.
WKSI
: A well known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405.
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2.
Exchange Offer
(a) The Issuers shall file with the SEC, no later than the Filing Date, a Registration
Statement (the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement
) on an appropriate registration form
with respect to a registered offer (the
Exchange Offer
) to exchange any and all of the
Registrable Securities for a like aggregate principal amount of notes of the Company, guaranteed by
the Guarantors, that are identical in all material respects to the Securities, except that the
Exchange Notes shall contain no restrictive legend thereon and no provision for payment of
additional interest in the event of a registration default (the
Exchange Notes
), and
which are entitled to the benefits of the Indenture or a trust indenture which is identical in all
material respects to the Indenture (other than such changes to the Indenture or any such identical
trust indenture as are necessary to comply with the TIA) and which, in either case, has been
qualified under the TIA. Interest on each Exchange Note will accrue (A) from the later of (1) the
last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Note surrendered, or (2) if the Note
is surrendered for exchange on a date in a period which includes the record date for an interest
payment date to occur on or after the date of the exchange and as to which interest will be paid,
such interest payment date or (B) if no interest has been paid on that Note, from the Issue Date.
The Exchange Offer shall comply with all applicable tender offer rules and regulations under the
Exchange Act and other applicable laws. The Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts to (x)
cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act
on or before the Effectiveness Date; (y) keep the Exchange Offer open for acceptance for not less
than 30 days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the date that notice of the Exchange
Offer is mailed to Holders; and (z) consummate the Exchange Offer on or before November 30, 2010.
If, after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is initially declared effective by the SEC, the
Exchange Offer or the issuance of the Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) thereunder is
interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or any other
governmental agency or court, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be deemed not to have
become effective for purposes of this Agreement.
Each Holder that participates in the Exchange Offer will be required, as a condition to its
participation in the Exchange Offer, to represent to the Company in writing (which may be contained
in the applicable letter of transmittal) (1) that any Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) to be
received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (2) that at the time of the
consummation of the Exchange Offer such Holder will have no arrangement or understanding with any
Person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) in
violation of the provisions of the Securities Act, (3) that such Holder is not an
affiliate
(as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) of any Issuer,
(4) if the holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage
in, the distribution of Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) and (5) if the holder is a
broker-dealer (a
Participating Broker-Dealer
) that it will receive the Exchange Notes
(and related guarantees) for its own account in exchange for Securities that were acquired as a
result of market-making or other trading activities, and that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes (and related guarantees).
Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with this Section 2, the provisions of
this Agreement shall continue to apply,
mutatis
mutandis
, solely with respect to
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Registrable Securities that are Private Exchange Notes (and related guarantees), Exchange
Notes (and related guarantees) as to which Section 2(c)(iv) is applicable and Exchange Notes (and
related guarantees) held by Participating Broker-Dealers, and the Issuers shall have no further
obligation to register Registrable Securities (other than Private Exchange Notes (and related
guarantees) and other than in respect of any Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) as to which
clause 2(c)(iv) hereof applies) pursuant to Section 3 hereof.
No securities other than the Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) shall be included in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement; provided, however that if the Company issues under the
Indenture additional 6.950% Senior Notes due 2018 (and related guarantees) that are identical in
all material respects to the Notes and have the same CUSIP number as the Notes (
Additional
Notes
), the Company may include in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a like aggregate
principal amount of notes of the Company, guaranteed by the Guarantors, that are identical in all
material respects to the Additional Notes, except that such notes shall contain no restrictive
legend thereon and no provision for payment of additional interest in the event of a registration
default. The period of resale restrictions applicable to any Notes previously offered and sold in
reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act shall automatically be extended to the last day of
the period of any resale restrictions imposed on such Additional Notes.
(b) The Issuers shall include within the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement a section entitled Plan of Distribution, reasonably acceptable to the
Representatives, which shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by
the staff of the SEC with respect to the potential underwriter status of any Participating
Broker-Dealer that is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of
Exchange Notes received by such Participating Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, whether such
positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the SEC or such positions or
policies represent the prevailing views of the staff of the SEC. Such Plan of Distribution
section shall also expressly permit, to the extent permitted by applicable policies and regulations
of the SEC, the use of the Prospectus by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act with respect to the Exchange Notes, including, to the extent
permitted by applicable policies and regulations of the SEC, all Participating Broker-Dealers, and
include a statement describing the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the
Exchange Notes in compliance with the Securities Act.
The Issuers shall use their best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
effective and to amend and supplement the Prospectus contained therein in order to permit such
Prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements
of the Securities Act with respect to the Exchange Notes for such period of time as is necessary to
comply with applicable law in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes covered thereby;
provided
,
however
, that such period shall not exceed 180 days after such Exchange
Offer Registration Statement is declared effective (or such longer period if extended pursuant to
the last paragraph of Section 5 hereof) (the
Applicable Period
).
If, prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer, any Holder holds any Registrable Securities
acquired by it that have, or that are reasonably likely to be determined to have, the status of an
unsold allotment in an initial distribution, or any Holder is not entitled to
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participate in the Exchange Offer, the Issuers upon the request of any such Holder shall
simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to
any such Holder, in exchange (the
Private Exchange
) for such Registrable Securities held
by any such Holder, a like principal amount of notes (the
Private Exchange Notes
) of the
Company, guaranteed by the Guarantors, that are identical in all material respects to the Exchange
Notes except for the placement of a restrictive legend on such Private Exchange Notes. The Private
Exchange Notes shall be issued pursuant to the same indenture as the Exchange Notes and bear the
same CUSIP number as the Exchange Notes.
In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Issuers shall:
(i) mail, or cause to be mailed, to each Holder of record entitled to
participate in the Exchange Offer a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of
transmittal and related documents;
(ii) use their best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer open for acceptance for
not less than 30 days after the date that notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to
Holders (or longer if required by applicable law);
(iii) utilize the services of a depositary for the Exchange Offer with an
address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York;
(iv) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the
close of business, New York time, on the last business day on which the Exchange
Offer shall remain open; and
(v) otherwise comply in all material respects with all laws, rules and
regulations applicable to the Exchange Offer.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange, if any,
the Issuers shall:
(vi) accept for exchange all Registrable Securities that are validly tendered
and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange,
if any;
(vii) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities so
accepted for exchange; and
(viii) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder of
Securities that are accepted for exchange, Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes
(and related guarantees), as the case may be, equal in principal amount to the
Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.
The Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) and the Private Exchange Notes (and related
guarantees) shall be issued under (i) the Indenture or (ii) an indenture identical in all material
respects to the Indenture and which, in either case, has been qualified under the TIA or
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is exempt from such qualification and shall provide that the Exchange Notes (and related
guarantees) shall not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture. The
Indenture or such indenture shall provide that the Exchange Notes (and related guarantees), the
Private Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) and the Securities shall vote and consent together
on all matters as one class and that none of the Exchange Notes (and related guarantees), the
Private Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) or the Securities will have the right to vote or
consent as a separate class on any matter.
(c) If, (i) because of any change in law or in currently prevailing interpretations by the SEC
staff, the Issuers are not permitted to effect the Exchange Offer, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not
consummated by November 30, 2010, (iii) in certain circumstances, certain holders of Private
Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) so request in writing to the Company, or (iv) in the case
of any Holder that tenders Securities in response to the Exchange Offer, such Holder does not
receive Exchange Notes on the date of the exchange that may be sold without restriction under state
and federal securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such Holder as an affiliate of
any of the Issuers within the meaning of the Securities Act), then in the case of each of clauses
(i) to and including (iv) of this sentence, the Issuers shall (a) promptly deliver to the Holders
and the Trustee written notice thereof (the
Shelf Notice
) and (b) at its sole expense and
as promptly as practicable shall file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3 hereof.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if (i) a Filing Date or
Effectiveness Date (or other date by which a filing is to be made or become effective) would fall
on a day that is not a Business Day or (ii) the date by which the Exchange Offer is to be
consummated would fall on a day that is not a Business Day, such Filing Date, Effectiveness Date
(or other date by which a filing is to be made or become effective) or consummation date shall
instead be the next succeeding Business Day.
3.
Shelf Registration
If at any time a Shelf Notice is delivered as contemplated by Section 2(c) hereof, then:
(a)
Shelf Registration
. The Issuers shall file with the SEC a Registration Statement
for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the
Registrable Securities not exchanged in the Exchange Offer, Private Exchange Notes (and related
guarantees) and Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) as to which Section 2(c)(iv) is applicable
(the
Initial Shelf Registration Statement
), which Initial Shelf Registration Statement
shall be an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement if the Company is then a WKSI and there is no
other reason the Company is not permitted to file the Initial Shelf Registration Statement as an
Automatic Shelf Registration Statement. The Company shall use its best efforts to file with the
SEC the Initial Shelf Registration Statement on or before the applicable Filing Date. The Initial
Shelf Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 or another appropriate form permitting
registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by Holders in the manner or manners
designated by them (including, without limitation, one or more underwritten offerings). The
Issuers shall not permit any securities other than the Registrable Securities to be included in the
Initial Shelf Registration Statement or any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement (as defined
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below); provided, however that if the Company issues Additional Notes, the Company may include
the Additional Notes in the Initial Shelf Registration Statement or any Subsequent Shelf
Registration Statement.
If the Initial Shelf Registration Statement is not an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement,
the Issuers shall use their best efforts to cause the Initial Shelf Registration Statement to be
declared effective under the Securities Act on or before the Effectiveness Date. The Issuers shall
use their best efforts to keep the Initial Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective
under the Securities Act until the date which is two years from the Issue Date (the
Effectiveness Period
), or such shorter period ending when (i) all Registrable Securities
covered by the Initial Shelf Registration Statement have been sold in the manner set forth and as
contemplated in the Initial Shelf Registration Statement or (ii) a Subsequent Shelf Registration
Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities covered by and not sold under the Initial
Shelf Registration Statement or an earlier Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement has been
declared effective under the Securities Act;
provided
,
however
, that the
Effectiveness Period in respect of the Initial Shelf Registration Statement shall be extended to
the extent required to permit dealers to comply with the applicable prospectus delivery
requirements of Rule 174 under the Securities Act and as otherwise provided herein.
(b)
Subsequent Shelf Registrations
. If the Initial Shelf Registration Statement or
any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective for any reason at any time
during the Effectiveness Period (other than because of the sale of all of the securities registered
thereunder), the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order
suspending the effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall within 30 days of such cessation of
effectiveness amend the Initial Shelf Registration Statement in a manner to obtain the withdrawal
of the order suspending the effectiveness thereof, or file an additional shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable Securities covered by and not sold
under the Initial Shelf Registration Statement or an earlier Subsequent Shelf Registration
Statement (each, a
Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement
). If a Subsequent Shelf
Registration Statement is filed and is not an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, the Company
shall use its best efforts to cause the Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement to be declared
effective under the Securities Act as soon as practicable after such filing. The Company shall use
its best efforts to keep any subsequent Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for a
period equal to the number of days in the Effectiveness Period less the aggregate number of days
during which the Initial Shelf Registration Statement or any other Subsequent Shelf Registration
Statement was previously continuously effective. As used herein the term
Shelf Registration
Statement
means the Initial Shelf Registration Statement and any Subsequent Shelf Registration
Statement.
(c)
Supplements and Amendments
. The Issuers shall promptly supplement and amend any
Shelf Registration Statement if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to
the registration form used for such Shelf Registration Statement, if required by the Securities
Act, or if reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Registrable Securities (or their counsel) covered by such Registration Statement or by any
underwriter of such Registrable Securities.
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4.
Additional Interest
(a) The Issuers and the Representatives agree that the Holders will suffer damages if the
Issuers fail to fulfill their obligations under Section 2 or Section 3 hereof and that it would not
be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages with precision. Accordingly, the Issuers agree
to pay, as liquidated damages, additional interest on the Notes (
Additional Interest
)
under the circumstances and to the extent set forth below (each of which shall be given independent
effect):
(i) if (A) neither the Exchange Offer Registration Statement nor the Initial
Shelf Registration Statement has been filed with the SEC on or before the applicable
Filing Date or (B) notwithstanding that the Issuers have consummated or will
consummate the Exchange Offer, the Issuers are required to file a Shelf Registration
Statement and such Shelf Registration Statement has not been filed with the SEC on
or before the Filing Date applicable thereto, then, commencing on the day after any
such Filing Date, Additional Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the
Securities at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days immediately following
each such Filing Date, and such Additional Interest rate shall increase by an
additional 0.25% per annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period; or
(ii) if (A) neither the Exchange Offer Registration Statement nor the Initial
Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC (or was
automatically effectively upon its filing with the SEC) on or before the applicable
Effectiveness Date or (B) notwithstanding that the Issuers have consummated or will
consummate the Exchange Offer, the Issuers are required to file a Shelf Registration
Statement and such Shelf Registration Statement has not been declared effective by
the SEC (or was not automatically effective upon its filing with the SEC) on or
before the applicable Effectiveness Date with respect to such Shelf Registration
Statement, then, commencing on the day after such Effectiveness Date, Additional
Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the Securities at a rate of 0.25%
per annum for the first 90 days immediately following the day after such
Effectiveness Date, and such Additional Interest rate shall increase by an
additional 0.25% per annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period; or
(iii) if (A) the Issuers have not exchanged Exchange Notes (and related
guarantees) for all Registrable Securities validly tendered in accordance with the
terms of the Exchange Offer on or before November 30, 2010 or (B) if applicable, a
Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective and such Shelf Registration
Statement ceases to be effective at any time during the Effectiveness Period, then,
Additional Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the Securities at a rate
of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days commencing on (x) December 1, 2010, in the
case of (A) above, or (y) the day such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be
effective in the case of (B) above, and such Additional Interest rate shall increase
by an additional 0.25% per annum at the beginning of each such subsequent 90-day
period;
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provided
,
however
, that Additional Interest on the Notes may not under any
circumstance accrue under more than one of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this
Section 4(a) and the rate at which Additional Interest accrues on the Notes as a result of the
provisions of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this Section 4(a) may not exceed in the aggregate 1.0%
per annum;
provided
further
, that (1) upon the filing of the applicable Exchange
Offer Registration Statement or the applicable Shelf Registration Statement as required hereunder
(in the case of clause (i) of this Section 4(a)), (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or the applicable Shelf Registration Statement as required hereunder (in the
case of clause (ii) of this Section 4(a)), or (3) upon the exchange of the Exchange Notes (and
related guarantees) for all Securities tendered (in the case of clause (iii)(A) of this Section
4(a)), or upon the effectiveness of a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement in the case of Shelf
Registration Statement which had ceased to remain effective (in the case of clause (iii)(B) of this
Section 4(a)), Additional Interest on the Registrable Notes as a result of such clause (or the
relevant subclause thereof), as the case may be, shall cease to accrue.
(b) The Issuers shall notify the Trustee within three business days after each and every date
on which an event occurs in respect of which Additional Interest is required to be paid (an
Event Date
), which notice shall also be at least three business days prior to the date of
any payment to be made in accordance with the following sentence. Any amounts of Additional
Interest due pursuant to (a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii) of this Section 4 will be payable in cash
simultaneously with, and to the same persons entitled to receive, stated interest on the Notes,
commencing with the first such payment of interest occurring after any such Additional Interest
commences to accrue. The amount of Additional Interest payable with respect to Registrable Notes
will be determined by multiplying the applicable Additional Interest rate by the principal amount
of the Registrable Notes, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days
such Additional Interest rate was applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a
360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months and, in the case of a partial month, the actual
number of days elapsed), and the denominator of which is 360.
5.
Registration Procedures
In connection with the filing of any Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 2 or 3
hereof, the Issuers shall effect such registrations to permit the sale of the securities covered
thereby in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant
thereto and in connection with any Registration Statement filed by the Issuers hereunder each of
the Issuers shall:
(a) Prepare and file with the SEC before the applicable Filing Date, a Registration Statement
or Registration Statements as prescribed by Sections 2 or 3 hereof, and use its best efforts to
cause each such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided herein;
provided
,
however
, that, if (1) such filing is pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2)
a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2
hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) during the Applicable Period relating
thereto, before filing any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto, the Issuers shall furnish to and afford the Holders of the Registrable Securities included
in such Registration Statement or each such Participating Broker-
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Dealer, as the case may be, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, a reasonable
opportunity to review copies of all such documents (including copies of any documents to be
incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto) proposed to be filed (in each case at
least five days prior to such filing, or such later date as is reasonable under the circumstances).
The Issuers shall not file any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto if the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable
Securities included in such Registration Statement, or any such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the
case may be, their counsel, or the managing underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object.
(b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Shelf
Registration Statement or Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as the case may be, as may be
necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for the Effectiveness Period
or the Applicable Period, as the case may be; cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by
any Prospectus supplement required by applicable law, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant
to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act; and
comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act applicable to each of them
with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement as so
amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented and with respect to the subsequent resale of any
securities being sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer covered by any such Prospectus. The Issuers
shall be deemed not to have used their best efforts to keep a Registration Statement effective
during the Effectiveness Period or the Applicable Period, as the case may be, relating thereto, if
any of the Issuers voluntarily takes any action that would result in selling Holders of the
Registrable Securities covered thereby or Participating Broker-Dealers seeking to sell Exchange
Notes (and related guarantees) not being able to sell such Registrable Securities or such Exchange
Notes (and related guarantees) during that period unless such action is required by applicable law
or permitted by this Agreement.
(c) If (1) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2
hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) during the Applicable Period relating thereto
from whom any of the Issuers has received written notice that it will be a Participating
Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, notify the selling Holders of Registrable Securities, or each
such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, their counsel and the managing underwriters,
if any, promptly (but in any event within one day), and confirm such notice in writing, (i) when a
Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with
respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become
effective under the Securities Act (including in such notice a written statement that any Holder
may, upon request, obtain, at the sole expense of the Issuers, one conformed copy of such
Registration Statement or post-effective amendment including financial statements and schedules,
documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference and exhibits), (ii) of the
issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or
of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the initiation of
any proceedings for that purpose, (iii) if at any time when a prospectus is required by the
Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Registrable Securities or resales of
Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) by Participating Broker-Dealers, the representations and
warranties of the Issuers
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contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement) contemplated by Section 5(l)
hereof cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (iv) of the receipt by any of the
Issuers of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from
qualification of a Registration Statement or any of the Registrable Securities or the Exchange
Notes (and related guarantees) to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer for offer or sale in
any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the
happening of any event, the existence of any condition or any information becoming known that makes
any statement made in such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or
that requires the making of any changes in or amendments or supplements to such Registration
Statement, Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of
the Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi) of the Issuers
determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate.
(d) If (1) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2
hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) during the Applicable Period, use its best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or suspending the
qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities or the
Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer, for sale in
any jurisdiction, and, if any such order is issued, to use its best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible moment.
(e) If a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section 3 and if requested by the
managing underwriter or underwriters (if any), the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection with an underwritten offering or any
Participating Broker-Dealer, (i) as promptly as practicable incorporate in a prospectus supplement
or post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriter or underwriters (if any),
such Holders, any Participating Broker-Dealer or counsel for any of them reasonably request to be
included therein, (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such
post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company has received notification of the
matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment, and (iii)
supplement or make amendments to such Registration Statement.
(f) If (1) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2
hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) during the Applicable Period, furnish to each
selling Holder of Registrable Securities and to each such Participating Broker-Dealer who so
requests and to their respective counsel and each managing underwriter, if any, at
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the sole expense of the Issuers, one conformed copy of the Registration Statement or
Registration Statements and each post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements
and schedules, and, if requested, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein
by reference and all exhibits.
(g) If (1) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2
hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) during the Applicable Period, deliver to each
selling Holder of Registrable Securities, or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may
be, their respective counsel, and the underwriters, if any, at the sole expense of the Issuers, as
many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of preliminary prospectus) and
each amendment or supplement thereto and any documents incorporated by reference therein as such
Persons may reasonably request; and, subject to the last paragraph of this Section 5, the Issuers
hereby consent to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of
the selling Holders of Registrable Securities or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case
may be, and the underwriters or agents, if any, and dealers, if any, in connection with the
offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by, or the sale by Participating
Broker-Dealers of the Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) pursuant to, such Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto.
(h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes (and related
guarantees) or any delivery of a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) during
the Applicable Period, use its best efforts to register or qualify, and to cooperate with the
selling Holders of Registrable Securities or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may
be, the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in connection
with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of
such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions within the United States as any selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer, or the
managing underwriter or underwriters reasonably request in writing;
provided
,
however
, that where Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) held by Participating
Broker-Dealers or Registrable Securities are offered other than through an underwritten offering,
the Issuers agree to cause their counsel to perform Blue Sky investigations and file registrations
and qualifications required to be filed pursuant to this Section 5(h), keep each such registration
or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such Registration Statement
is required to be kept effective and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or
advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Exchange Notes (and related
guarantees) held by Participating Broker-Dealers or the Registrable Securities covered by the
applicable Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that none of the Issuers
shall be required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then
so qualified, (B) take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such
jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or (C) subject itself to taxation in excess of a
nominal dollar amount in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(i) If a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, cooperate with
the selling Holders of Registrable Securities and the managing underwriter or
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underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
representing Registrable Notes to be sold, which certificates shall not bear any restrictive
legends and shall be in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company; and enable
such Registrable Notes to be in such denominations permitted by the Indenture and registered in
such names as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or Holders may request; provided,
however, that if the Registrable Notes are also transferable by delivery through means other than
on the records of The Depository Trust Company or another clearing agency, in which case such
preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Registrable Notes shall not be required.
(j) If (1) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2
hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) during the Applicable Period, upon the
occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraph 5(c)(v) or 5(c)(vi) hereof, as promptly as
practicable prepare and (subject to Section 5(a) hereof) file with the SEC, at the sole expense of
the Issuers, a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement
to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers
of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder or to the purchasers of the Exchange Notes (and
related guarantees) to whom such Prospectus will be delivered by a Participating Broker-Dealer, any
such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(k) Prior to the effective date of the first Registration Statement relating to the
Registrable Securities, (i) provide the Trustee with certificates for the Registrable Notes in a
form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and (ii) provide a CUSIP number for the
Registrable Notes.
(l) In connection with any underwritten offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf
Registration Statement, enter into an underwriting agreement which is customary in underwritten
offerings of debt securities similar to the Securities in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Issuers and take all such other actions as are reasonably requested by the
managing underwriter or underwriters in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the
disposition of such Registrable Securities and, in such connection, (i) make such representations
and warranties to, and covenants with, the underwriters with respect to the business of the Issuers
(including any acquired business, properties or entity, if applicable) and the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and the documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference therein, in each case, as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten
offerings of debt securities similar to the Securities, and confirm the same in writing if and when
requested in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuers; (ii) obtain the written
opinions of counsel to the Issuers and written updates thereof in form, scope and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter or underwriters, addressed to the underwriters
covering the matters customarily covered in opinions reasonably requested in underwritten offerings
and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters;
(iii) obtain cold comfort letters and updates thereof in
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form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter or underwriters
from the independent certified public accountants of the Issuers (and, if necessary, any other
independent certified public accountants of the Issuers, or of any business or entity acquired by
the Issuers for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included
or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement), addressed to each of the underwriters,
such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in cold
comfort letters in connection with underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the
Securities and such other matters as are reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or
underwriters as permitted by the Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72, as amended by the
Statement on Auditing Standards No. 76; and (iv) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, the
same shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable to the sellers and
underwriters, if any, than those set forth in Section 7 hereof (or such other provisions and
procedures acceptable to Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable
Securities covered by such Registration Statement and the managing underwriter or underwriters or
agents, if any). The above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting agreement, or as
and to the extent required thereunder.
(m) If (1) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2
hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) during the Applicable Period, make available
for inspection by any selling Holder of such Registrable Securities being sold, or each such
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, any underwriter participating in any such
disposition of Registrable Securities, if any, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained
by any such selling Holder or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, or
underwriter (collectively, the
Inspectors
), at the offices where normally kept, during
reasonable business hours, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and
instruments of the Issuers and subsidiaries of the Issuers (collectively, the
Records
) as
shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence
responsibilities, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Issuers and any of their
respective subsidiaries to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector in
connection with such Registration Statement and Prospectus. Each Inspector shall agree in writing
that it will keep the Records confidential and that it will not disclose any of the Records that
any of the Issuers determines, in good faith, to be confidential and notifies the Inspectors in
writing are confidential unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct
a material misstatement or material omission in such Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the
release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent
jurisdiction, or (iii) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the
public;
provided
,
however
, that prior notice shall be provided as soon as
practicable to any of the Issuers of the potential disclosure of any information by such Inspector
pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this sentence to permit the Issuers to obtain a protective order
(or waive the provisions of this paragraph (m)) and that such Inspector shall take such actions as
are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information (if practicable) to the
extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of the
rights and interests of the Holder or any Inspector. If, in the course of performing due
diligence, any Inspector becomes aware of material non public information about the Company and its
subsidiaries, the Inspector will not, and will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that
anyone to whom the
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Inspector discloses the material non public information will not, trade in any securities of
the Company until the information becomes public (whether through inclusion in the Shelf
Registration Statement or Exchange Offer Registration Statement or otherwise) or the information
ceases to be material.
(n) Provide an indenture trustee for the Registrable Securities or the Exchange Notes (and
related guarantees), as the case may be, and cause the Indenture or the trust indenture provided
for in Section 2(a) hereof, as the case may be, to be qualified under the TIA not later than the
effective date of the first Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities; and in
connection therewith, cooperate with the trustee under any such indenture and the Holders of the
Registrable Securities, to effect such changes to such indenture as may be required for such
indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute, and use their
best efforts to cause such trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such
changes, and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable such
indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner.
(o) Comply in all material respects with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and
make generally available to its securityholders with regard to any applicable Registration
Statement, a consolidated earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the Securities Act)
no later than 45 days after the end of any fiscal quarter (or 90 days after the end of any 12-month
period if such period is a fiscal year) (i) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which
Registrable Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts underwritten
offering and (ii) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering, commencing on the first day of
the first fiscal quarter of the Company after the effective date of a Registration Statement, which
statements shall cover said 12-month periods.
(p) Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, obtain an opinion of
counsel to the Company, in a form customary for underwritten transactions, addressed to the Trustee
for the benefit of all Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Exchange Offer or the
Private Exchange, as the case may be, that the Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) or Private
Exchange Notes (and related guarantees), as the case may be, and the related indenture constitute
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with
their respective terms, subject to customary exceptions and qualifications.
(q) If the Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon delivery of the
Registrable Securities by Holders to the Company (or to such other Person as directed by the
Issuers) to be exchanged for Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) or Private Exchange Notes (and
related guarantees), as the case may be, the Issuers shall mark, or cause to be marked, on such
Registrable Notes that such Registrable Notes are being canceled in exchange for Exchange Notes
(and related guarantees) or Private Exchange Notes (and related guarantees), as the case may be; in
no event shall such Registrable Notes be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.
(r) Cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities covered by any Registration Statement
and each underwriter, if any, participating in the disposition of such
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Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to
be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (
FINRA
).
(s) Use its best efforts to take all other steps reasonably necessary to effect the
registration of the Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) and/or Registrable Securities covered
by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby.
The Issuers may require each seller of Registrable Securities as to which any registration is
being effected to furnish to the Issuers such information regarding such seller and the
distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Issuers may, from time to time, reasonably
request. The Issuers may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of any seller
so long as such seller fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving
such request. Each seller as to which any Shelf Registration is being effected agrees to furnish
promptly to the Issuers all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information
previously furnished to the Issuers by such seller not materially misleading.
If any Registration Statement refers to any Holder by name or otherwise as the holder of any
securities of the Company, then such Holder shall have the right to require (i) the insertion
therein of language, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Holder, to the effect
that the holding by such Holder of such securities is not to be construed as a recommendation by
such Holder of the investment quality of the securities covered thereby and that such holding does
not imply that such Holder will assist in meeting any future financial requirements of the Company,
or (ii) in the event that such reference to such Holder by name or otherwise is not required by the
Securities Act or any similar federal statute then in force, the deletion of the reference to such
Holder in any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement filed or prepared subsequent to
the time that such reference ceases to be required.
Each Holder of Registrable Securities and each Participating Broker-Dealer agrees by its
acquisition of such Registrable Securities or of Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) to be sold
by such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, that, upon actual receipt of any notice
from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 5(c)(ii), 5(c)(iv),
5(c)(v), or 5(c)(vi) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable
Securities covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus or Exchange Notes (and related
guarantees) to be sold by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, until
such Holders or Participating Broker-Dealers receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended
Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(j) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (an
Advice
) by the Issuers that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and has
received copies of any amendments or supplements thereto. In the event that the Issuers shall give
any such notice, the Applicable Period shall be extended by the number of days from and including
the date of the giving of each such notice to and including the date when each seller of
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or Exchange Notes (and related
guarantees) to be sold by such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, shall have received
(x) the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(j) hereof or (y)
an Advice with respect to said notice.
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6.
Registration Expenses
All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the
Issuers (other than any underwriting discounts or commissions) shall be borne by the Company
whether or not the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or any Shelf Registration Statement is
filed or becomes effective or the Exchange Offer is consummated, including, without limitation, (i)
all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, (A) fees with respect to filings
required to be made with FINRA in connection with an underwritten offering and (B) reasonable fees
and expenses of compliance with state securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation,
fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable
Securities or Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) and determination of the eligibility of the
Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) for investment under the laws of
the jurisdictions (x) where the holders of Registrable Securities are located, in the case of the
Exchange Notes (and related guarantees), or (y) as provided in Section 5(h) hereof, in the case of
Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) to be sold by a Participating
Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period)), (ii) printing expenses, including, without
limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes in a form
eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and of printing prospectuses if the printing
of prospectuses is requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, by the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities included in any Registration
Statement or in respect of Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) to be
sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period, as the case may be, (iii)
messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuers
and reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm of special counsel for the sellers of Registrable
Securities and any Participating Broker-Dealers, (v) fees and disbursements of all independent
certified public accountants referred to in Section 5(l)(iii) hereof (including, without
limitation, the expenses of any special audit and cold comfort letters required by or incident to
such performance), (vi) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Issuers desire such insurance,
(vii) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Issuers, (viii) internal expenses of
the Issuers (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of officers and employees of
the Issuers performing legal or accounting duties), (ix) the expense of any annual audit, (x) any
fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the securities to be registered on any
securities exchange, and the obtaining of a rating of the securities, in each case, if applicable,
and (xi) the expenses relating to printing, word processing and distributing all Registration
Statements, underwriting agreements, indentures and any other documents necessary in order to
comply with this Agreement.
7.
Indemnification
(a) Each of the Issuers agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless each
Holder of Registrable Securities and each Participating Broker-Dealer selling Exchange Notes (and
related guarantees) during the Applicable Period, the affiliates, officers, directors,
representatives, employees and agents of each such Person, and each Person, if any, who controls
any such Person within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act (each, a
Participant
), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
judgments, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, the
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reasonable legal fees and other expenses actually incurred in connection with any suit, action
or proceeding or any claim asserted) caused by, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto) or Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if any of the Issuers shall have made
any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or caused by, arising out of
or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the case of the Prospectus in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
except
insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to
any Participant, any underwriter, or the manner in which securities are to be distributed,
furnished to the Issuers in writing by such Participant or an underwriter expressly for use
therein.
(b) Each Participant agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the
Issuers, their respective affiliates, officers, directors, representatives, employees and agents
and each Person who controls the Issuers within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent (but on a several, and not joint, basis) as the
foregoing indemnity from the Issuers to each Participant, but only with reference to information
relating to such Participant or the manner in which securities are to be distributed by such
Participant or someone acting on such Participants behalf, furnished to the Issuers in writing by
such Participant expressly for use in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any preliminary prospectus. The liability of any Participant under this
paragraph shall in no event exceed the proceeds received by such Participant from sales of
Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) giving rise to such obligations.
(c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation),
claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any Person in respect of which indemnity may
be sought pursuant to either of the two preceding paragraphs, such Person (the
Indemnified
Person
) shall promptly notify the Persons against whom such indemnity may be sought (the
Indemnifying Persons
) in writing, and the Indemnifying Persons, upon request of the
Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to
represent the Indemnified Person and any others the Indemnifying Persons may reasonably designate
(which may include the Indemnifying Persons, unless representation of the Indemnifying Persons by
the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between
them) in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses actually incurred by such counsel
related to such proceeding;
provided
,
however
, that the failure to so notify the
Indemnifying Persons (i) will not relieve them from any liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above
unless and to the extent such failure results in the forfeiture by an Indemnifying Person of
substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve any Indemnifying Person
from any obligations to any Indemnified Person other than the indemnification obligation provided
in paragraphs (a) and (b) above. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the
right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense
of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Persons and the Indemnified Person shall
have mutually agreed to the contrary, (ii) the Indemnifying Persons shall have failed within a
reasonable period of time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified
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Person or (iii) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties)
include both any Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person or any affiliate thereof and
representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or
potential differing interests between them. It is understood that, unless there exists a conflict
among the Indemnified Persons, the Indemnifying Persons shall not, in connection with such
proceeding or separate but substantially similar related proceeding in the same jurisdiction
arising out of the same general allegations, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one
separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such
fees and expenses shall be reimbursed promptly as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for
the Participants against whom a suit, action, proceeding, claim or demand is brought or asserted
and control Persons of such Participants shall be designated in writing by Participants who sold a
majority in interest of Registrable Securities and Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) sold by
all such Participants, and any such separate firm for the Issuers, their affiliates, officers,
directors, representatives, employees and agents and such control Persons of the Issuers shall be
designated in writing by the Issuers.
The Indemnifying Persons shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected
without their prior written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final
non-appealable judgment for the plaintiff for which any Indemnified Persons are entitled to
indemnification pursuant to this Agreement, each of the Indemnifying Persons agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the prior written consent of the
Indemnified Persons, effect any settlement or compromise of any pending or threatened proceeding in
respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party, or indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional
written release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such
Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and
(B) does not include any statement as to an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or
on behalf of such Indemnified Person.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in the first and second paragraphs of this Section 7
is for any reason unavailable to, or insufficient to hold harmless, an Indemnified Person in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying
Person under such paragraphs, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder and in
order to provide for just and equitable contribution, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Indemnifying
Person or Persons on the one hand and the Indemnified Person or Persons on the other from the
applicable offering of Registrable or Exchanged Notes or (ii) if the allocation provided by the
foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, not only such relative benefits but also
the relative fault of the Indemnifying Person or Persons on the one hand and the Indemnified Person
or Persons on the other in connection with the statements or omissions or alleged statements or
omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the parties
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates
to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Participant or such
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other Indemnified Person, as the case may be, on the other, the parties relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission,
and any other equitable considerations appropriate in the circumstances.
(e) The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 7 were determined by
pro
rata
allocation (even if the Participants were
treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The
amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages,
judgments, liabilities and expenses referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be
deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any reasonable legal or other
expenses actually incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with investigating or defending
any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall a
Participant be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which proceeds received
by such Participant from sales of Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes (and related
guarantees), as the case may be, exceeds the amount of any damages that such Participant has
otherwise been required to pay or has paid by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of a fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(f) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an indemnified party is
entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Section 7 shall be paid by the Indemnifying
Person to the Indemnified Person as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are
incurred. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 and the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall remain operative
and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any
Holder or any person who controls a Holder, or by the Company, its directors, officers, employees
or agents or any person controlling any of the Issuers, and (ii) any termination of this Agreement.
(g) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 will be in addition
to any liability which the Indemnifying Persons may otherwise have to the Indemnified Persons
referred to above.
8.
Rules 144 and 144A
Each of the Issuers covenants and agrees that it will file the reports required to be filed by
it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC
thereunder in a timely manner in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act and, if at any time such Issuer is not required to file such reports, such Issuer
will, upon the request of any Holder or beneficial owner of Registrable Securities, make available
such information as is necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
The Company further covenants and agrees, for so long as any Registrable Securities remain
outstanding, that it will take such further action as any Holder of Registrable Securities may
reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to sell
Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the
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limitations of the exemptions provided by (a) Rule 144 and Rule 144A under the Securities Act,
as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or (b) any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the SEC.
9.
Underwritten Registrations
If any of the Registrable Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be
sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or
managers that will manage the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of such Registrable Securities included in such offering and shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Issuers.
No Holder of Registrable Securities may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder
unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holders Registrable Securities on the basis provided in
any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such
arrangements and (b) completes and executes in a timely manner all questionnaires, powers of
attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other customary documents required by the
Company or the underwriter in connection with such underwriting arrangements.
10.
Miscellaneous
(a)
No Inconsistent Agreements
. The Issuers have not, as of the date hereof, and the
Issuers shall not, after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to any
of their securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable
Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted
to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights
granted to the holders of the Issuers other issued and outstanding securities under any such
agreements. The Issuers will not enter into any agreement with respect to any of its securities
which will grant to any Person piggyback registration rights with respect to any Registration
Statement; provided, however that the Company may enter into an agreement in connection with the
issuance of Additional Notes which will grant the holders of the Additional Notes the right to have
them included in a Registration Statement.
(b)
Adjustments Affecting Registrable Securities
. The Issuers shall not, directly or
indirectly, take any action with respect to the Registrable Securities as a class that would
adversely affect the ability of the Holders of Registrable Securities to include such Registrable
Securities in a registration undertaken pursuant to this Agreement.
(c)
Amendments and Waivers
. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended,
modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not
be given, otherwise than with the prior written consent of (I) the Company and (II)(A) the Holders
of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Registrable
Securities and (B) if the amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent would adversely
affect the Participating Broker-Dealers, the Participating Broker-Dealers holding not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Exchange Notes (and related guarantees) held by all
Participating Broker-Dealers;
provided
,
however
, that
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Section 7 and this Section 10(c) may not be amended, modified or supplemented without the
prior written consent of each Holder and each Participating Broker-Dealer (including any person who
was a Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer of Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes (and
related guarantees), as the case may be, disposed of pursuant to any Registration Statement)
affected by any such amendment, modification or supplement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates
exclusively to the rights of Holders of Registrable Securities whose securities are being sold
pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect, impair, limit
or compromise the rights of other Holders of Registrable Securities may be given by Holders of at
least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold pursuant to
such Registration Statement.
(d)
Notices
. All notices and other communications (including, without limitation, any
notices or other communications to the Trustee) provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made
in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, next-day air courier or facsimile:
(i) if to a Holder of the Registrable Securities or any Participating
Broker-Dealer, at the most current address of such Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, set forth on the records of the registrar under
the Indenture, with a copy in like manner to the Representatives as follows:
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Attention: General Counsel
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Attention: General Counsel
and with a copy to:
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York, 10019
Attention: David K. Boston, Esq.
(ii) if to the Company, at the address as follows:
700 N.W. 107th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33172
Attention: General Counsel, Mark Sustana
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with a copy to:
K&L Gates LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attention: David W. Bernstein, Esq.
(iii) if to the Representatives, at the address specified in Section 10(d)(i).
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: when delivered
by hand, if personally delivered; five business days after being deposited in the mail, postage
prepaid, if mailed; one business day after being timely delivered to a next-day air courier; and
when receipt is acknowledged by the addressee, if sent by facsimile.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by
the Person giving the same to the Trustee under an indenture at the address and in the manner
specified in the indenture.
(e)
Successors and Assigns
. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto, the Holders and the
Participating Broker-Dealers.
(f)
Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be
an original (including facsimile signatures) and all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same agreement.
(g)
Headings
. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only
and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(h)
Governing Law
. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY
WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT WOULD APPLY THE
LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF
THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY OR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS AGREEMENT.
(i)
Severability
. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement
is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in
full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and
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the parties hereto shall use their best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to
achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties
that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without
including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(j)
Securities Held by the Issuers or their Affiliates
. Whenever the consent or
approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder,
Registrable Securities held by the Issuers or their respective affiliates (as such term is defined
in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or
approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.
(k)
Third-Party Beneficiaries
. Holders of Registrable Securities and Participating
Broker-Dealers are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement, and this Agreement may be
enforced by such Persons.
(l)
Entire Agreement
. This Agreement, together with the Purchase Agreement and the
Indenture, is intended by the parties as a final and exclusive statement of the agreement and
understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein
and any and all prior oral or written agreements, representations, or warranties, contracts,
understandings, correspondence, conversations and memoranda between the Holders on the one hand and
the Issuers on the other, or between or among any agents, representatives, parents, subsidiaries,
affiliates, predecessors in interest or successors in interest with respect to the subject matter
hereof and thereof are merged herein and replaced hereby.
[
Signature page follows
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written
above.
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LENNAR CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Mark Sustana
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Name:
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Mark Sustana
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Title:
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Secretary
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed
and accepted as of the date first above
written.
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
For themselves and on behalf of
the several Initial Purchasers
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By:
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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
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By:
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/s/ Brian Bednarski
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Name:
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Brian Bednarski
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Title:
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Managing Director
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By:
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J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
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By:
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/s/ Kenneth Lang
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Name:
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Kenneth Lang
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Title:
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Managing Director
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Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement
Aquaterra Utilities, Inc.
Asbury Woods, LLC
Astoria Options, LLC
Avalon Sienna III L.L.C.
Aylon, LLC
Bay Colony Expansion 369, Ltd.
Bay River Colony Development, Ltd.
BB Investment Holdings, LLC
BCI Properties, LLC
BPH I, LLC
Bramalea California, Inc.
Builders LP, Inc.
C & C Ranch, LLC
Cambria, LLC
Camelot Ventures, LLC
Cary Woods, LLC
Cedar Lakes II, LLC
Cherrytree I LLC
Cherrytree II LLC
CL Ventures, LLC
Colonial Heritage LLC
Columbia Station L.L.C.
Concord Station, LLP
Coto de Caza, Ltd.
Coventry L.L.C.
Creekside Crossing, L.L.C.
Darcy-Joliet, LLC
DBJ Holdings, LLC
Enclave Land, LLC
Evergreen Village LLC
F&R QVI Home Investments USA, LLC
Fox-Maple Associates, LLC
Friendswood Development Company, LLC
Garco Investments, LLC
Greystone Construction, Inc.
Greystone Homes of Nevada, Inc.
Greystone Homes, Inc.
Greystone Nevada, LLC
Greywall Club L.L.C.
Haverton L.L.C.
Heathcote Commons LLC
Home Buyers Advantage Realty, Inc.
Homecraft Corporation
HTC Golf Club, LLC
Independence L.L.C.
Lakelands at Easton, L.L.C.
Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement
Legends Club, LLC
Legends Golf Club, LLC
Len Paradise, LLC
Lencraft, LLC
LENH I, LLC
Lennar Aircraft I, LLC
Lennar Arizona Construction, Inc.
Lennar Arizona, Inc.
Lennar Associates Management Holding Company
Lennar Associates Management, LLC
Lennar Buffington Colorado Crossing, L.P.
Lennar Buffington Zachary Scott, L.P.
Lennar Carolinas, LLC
Lennar Central Park, LLC
Lennar Central Region Sweep, Inc.
Lennar Chicago, Inc.
Lennar Cobra, LLC
Lennar Colorado, LLC
Lennar Communities Development, Inc.
Lennar Communities Nevada, LLC
Lennar Communities of Chicago L.L.C.
Lennar Communities, Inc.
Lennar Construction, Inc.
Lennar Coto Holdings, LLC
Lennar Developers, Inc.
Lennar Family of Builders GP, Inc.
Lennar Family of Builders Limited Partnership
Lennar Financial Services, LLC
Lennar Fresno, Inc.
Lennar Georgia, Inc.
Lennar Gulf Coast, LLC
Lennar Hingham Holdings, LLC
Lennar Hingham JV, LLC
Lennar Homes Holding, LLC
Lennar Homes of Arizona, Inc.
Lennar Homes of California, Inc.
Lennar Homes of Texas Land and Construction, Ltd.
Lennar Homes of Texas Sales and Marketing, Ltd.
Lennar Homes, LLC
Lennar Illinois Trading Company, LLC
Lennar Imperial Holdings Limited Partnership
Lennar Land Partners Sub II, Inc.
Lennar Land Partners Sub, Inc.
Lennar Layton, LLC
Lennar Mare Island, LLC
Lennar Marina A Funding, LLC
Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement
Lennar Massachusetts Properties, Inc.
Lennar Nevada, Inc.
Lennar New Jersey Properties, Inc.
Lennar New York, LLC
Lennar Northeast Properties LLC
Lennar Northeast Properties, Inc.
Lennar Pacific Properties Management, Inc.
Lennar Pacific Properties, Inc.
Lennar Pacific, Inc.
Lennar PI Acquisition, LLC
Lennar PI Property Acquisition, LLC
Lennar PIS Management Company, LLC
Lennar Placentia TOD Properties, LLC
Lennar PNW, Inc.
Lennar Port Imperial South, LLC
Lennar Realty, Inc.
Lennar Reflections, LLC
Lennar Renaissance, Inc.
Lennar Reno, LLC
Lennar Riverside West Urban Renewal Company, L.L.C.
Lennar Riverside West, LLC
Lennar Sacramento, Inc.
Lennar Sales Corp.
Lennar San Jose Holdings, Inc.
Lennar Southland I, Inc.
Lennar Southwest Holding Corp.
Lennar Texas Holding Company
Lennar Trading Company, LP
Lennar Ventures, LLC
Lennar West Valley, LLC
Lennar.com Inc.
LFS Holding Company, LLC
LH Eastwind, LLC
LHI Renaissance, LLC
LLPII HCC Holdings, LLC
LNC at Meadowbrook, LLC
LNC at Ravenna, LLC
LNC Communities I, Inc.
LNC Communities II, LLC
LNC Communities III, Inc.
LNC Communities IV, LLC
LNC Communities IX, LLC
LNC Communities V, LLC
LNC Communities VI, LLC
LNC Communities VII, LLC
LNC Communities VIII, LLC
Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement
LNC Northeast Mortgage, Inc.
LNC Pennsylvania Realty, Inc.
Long Beach Development, LLC
Lori Gardens Associates II, LLC
Lori Gardens Associates III, LLC
Lorton Station, LLC
Madrona Village L.L.C.
Madrona Village Mews L.L.C.
Mid-County Utilities, Inc.
Mission Viejo 12S Venture, LP
Mission Viejo Holdings, Inc.
Montgomery Crossings, LLC
Northbridge L.L.C.
Northeastern Properties LP, Inc.
Palm Gardens At Doral Clubhouse, LLC
Palm Gardens at Doral, LLC
Palm Vista Preserve, LLC
Perris Green Valley Associates, a California limited partnership
PG Properties Holding, LLC
Pioneer Meadows Development, LLC
Pioneer Meadows Investments, LLC
POMAC, LLC
Prestonfield L.L.C.
Raintree Village II L.L.C.
Raintree Village, L.L.C.
Rivenhome Corporation
Rutenberg Homes of Texas, Inc.
Rutenberg Homes, Inc. (Florida)
Rye Hill Company, LLC
S. Florida Construction II, LLC
S. Florida Construction III, LLC
S. Florida Construction, LLC
San Lucia, LLC
Savell Gulley Development, LLC
Scarsdale, LTD.
Seminole/70th, LLC
Siena at Old Orchard, LLC
Sonoma L.L.C.
Spanish Springs Development, LLC
Stoney Corporation
Stoneybrook Golf Club, Inc.
Strategic Cable Technologies, L.P.
Strategic Holdings, Inc. d/b/a Lennar Communications Ventures (LCV)
Strategic Technologies Communications of California, Inc.
Strategic Technologies, LLC
Summerfield Venture L.L.C.
Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement
Summerwood, LLC
Suppliers for Housing Group, LLC
Temecula Valley, LLC
The Courts of Indian Creek L.L.C.
The LNC Northeast Group, Inc.
The Preserve at Coconut Creek, LLC
Trade Services Investments, Inc.
U.S. Home Corporation
U.S. Home of Arizona Construction Co.
U.S. Home Realty, Inc.
U.S.H. Los Prados, Inc.
U.S.H. Realty, Inc.
USH Flag, LLC
USH (West Lake), Inc.
USH Equity Corporation
USH Millennium Ventures Corp.
USH Woodbridge, Inc.
UST Lennar GP PIS 10, LLC
UST Lennar GP PIS 7, LLC
WCP, LLC
West Chocolate Bayou Development, LLC
West Van Buren L.L.C.
Westchase, Inc.
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as Guarantors
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By:
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/s/ Mark Sustana
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Name:
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Mark Sustana
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Title:
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Secretary
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Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement