0001193125-10-241098.txt : 20130125 0001193125-10-241098.hdr.sgml : 20130125 20101029145103 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-241098 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 31 FILED AS OF DATE: 20101029 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101217 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BROOK HOLLOW PROPERTIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001248492 IRS NUMBER: 751094294 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-20 FILM NUMBER: 101151409 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LN CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BROOKHOLLOW CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001248500 IRS NUMBER: 754017937 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-21 FILM NUMBER: 101151410 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LN CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BROOKHOLLOW OF ALEXANDRIA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249061 IRS NUMBER: 751424122 STATE OF INCORPORATION: LA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-19 FILM NUMBER: 101151408 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BROOKHOLLOW OF VIRGINIA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249062 IRS NUMBER: 751424122 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-18 FILM NUMBER: 101151407 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SOUTHWESTERN FINANCIAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249196 IRS NUMBER: 752508878 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-12 FILM NUMBER: 101151401 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TEXAS INDUSTRIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000097472 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CEMENT, HYDRAULIC [3241] IRS NUMBER: 750832210 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217 FILM NUMBER: 101151389 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LN STREET 2: STE 700W CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247-6913 BUSINESS PHONE: 9726476742 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LN STREET 2: STE 700W CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247-6913 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CREOLE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249097 IRS NUMBER: 840568860 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-17 FILM NUMBER: 101151406 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: DELAWARE TRUST MANAGEMENT ATTN: STREET 2: 300 DELAWARE AVE 9TH FL CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 BUSINESS PHONE: 972 647 6700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PACIFIC CUSTOM MATERIALS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249100 IRS NUMBER: 954561137 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-16 FILM NUMBER: 101151405 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: DELAWARE TRUST MANAGEMENT ATTN: STREET 2: 300 DELAWARE AVE 9TH FL CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 BUSINESS PHONE: 972 647 6700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PARTIN LIMESTONE PRODUCTS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249104 IRS NUMBER: 952274786 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-14 FILM NUMBER: 101151403 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: DELAWARE TRUST MANAGEMENT ATTN: STREET 2: 300 DELAWARE AVE 9TH FL CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 BUSINESS PHONE: 972 647 6700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RIVERSIDE CEMENT CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249109 IRS NUMBER: 954298141 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-15 FILM NUMBER: 101151404 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: DELAWARE TRUST MANAGEMENT ATTN: STREET 2: 300 DELAWARE AVE 9TH FL CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 BUSINESS PHONE: 972 647 6700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RIVERSIDE CEMENT HOLDINGS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249113 IRS NUMBER: 752082742 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-13 FILM NUMBER: 101151402 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 BUSINESS PHONE: 972 647 6700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TEXAS INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249119 IRS NUMBER: 510374004 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-11 FILM NUMBER: 101151400 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O DELAWARE TRUST CAPITAL STREET 2: 300 DELAWARE AVE CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 BUSINESS PHONE: 972 647 6700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TEXAS INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030627 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TEXAS INDUSTRIES TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249121 IRS NUMBER: 516503744 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-10 FILM NUMBER: 101151399 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O DELAWARE TRUST CAPITAL STREET 2: 300 DELAWARE AVE CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 BUSINESS PHONE: 972 647 6700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TXI AVIATION INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249123 IRS NUMBER: 751844887 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-09 FILM NUMBER: 101151398 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O DELAWARE TRUST CAPITAL STREET 2: 300 DELAWARE AVE CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 BUSINESS PHONE: 972 647 6700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TXI CALIFORNIA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249128 IRS NUMBER: 752754210 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-08 FILM NUMBER: 101151397 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O DELAWARE TRUST CAPITAL STREET 2: 300 DELAWARE AVE CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 BUSINESS PHONE: 972 647 6700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TXI CEMENT CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249135 IRS NUMBER: 751433556 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-07 FILM NUMBER: 101151396 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O DELAWARE TRUST CAPITAL STREET 2: 300 DELAWARE AVE CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 BUSINESS PHONE: 972 647 6700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TXI LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249136 IRS NUMBER: 752646998 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-06 FILM NUMBER: 101151395 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O CSC ENTITY SERVICES, LLC STREET 2: 103 FOULK ROAD, SUITE 200 CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19803 BUSINESS PHONE: 972 647 6700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TXI CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030627 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TXI OPERATING TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249139 IRS NUMBER: 752646997 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-05 FILM NUMBER: 101151394 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O DELAWARE TRUST CAPITAL STREET 2: 300 DELAWARE AVE CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 BUSINESS PHONE: 972 647 6700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TXI OPERATIONS LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249140 IRS NUMBER: 752647000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-04 FILM NUMBER: 101151393 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O DELAWARE TRUST CAPITAL STREET 2: 300 DELAWARE AVE CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 BUSINESS PHONE: 972 647 6700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TXI POWER CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249142 IRS NUMBER: 752897896 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-03 FILM NUMBER: 101151392 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O DELAWARE TRUST CAPITAL STREET 2: 300 DELAWARE AVE CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 BUSINESS PHONE: 972 647 6700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TXI RIVERSIDE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249144 IRS NUMBER: 752754334 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-02 FILM NUMBER: 101151391 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O DELAWARE TRUST CAPITAL STREET 2: 300 DELAWARE AVE CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 BUSINESS PHONE: 972 647 6700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TXI TRANSPORTATION CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001249150 IRS NUMBER: 756027204 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-170217-01 FILM NUMBER: 101151390 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O DELAWARE TRUST CAPITAL STREET 2: 300 DELAWARE AVE CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 BUSINESS PHONE: 972 647 6700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1341 W MOCKINGBIRD LANE CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 S-4 1 ds4.htm FORM S-4 Form S-4
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2010

Registration No.                     

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Texas Industries, Inc.

Subsidiary Guarantors Listed on Schedule A Hereto

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   3312   75-0832210

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Number.)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1341 West Mockingbird Lane

Suite 700W

Dallas, Texas 75247-6913

(972) 647-6700

 

Frederick G. Anderson

Vice President — General Counsel

Texas Industries, Inc.

1341 West Mockingbird Lane

Suite 700W

Dallas, Texas 75247-6913

(972) 647-6700

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

Joe Dannenmaier

Thompson & Knight L.L.P.

1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 3300

Dallas, Texas 75201

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

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.  ¨

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.  ¨

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.  ¨

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):

 

Large Accelerated Filer   x    Accelerated Filer   ¨
Non-accelerated Filer   ¨    Smaller Reporting Company   ¨

If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in conducting this transaction:

Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross–Border Issuer Tender Offer)  ¨

Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross–Border Third-Party Tender Offer)  ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of each class of

securities to be registered

 

Amount

to be
registered

  Proposed
maximum
offering price
per unit
 

Proposed
maximum
aggregate

offering price (1)

 

Amount of

registration fee

9  1/4% Senior Notes due 2020

  $650,000,000   100%   $650,000,000   $46,345

Guarantee of 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020

      N/A   N/A   (2)
 
 
(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(f) of the rules and regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 457(n) of the rules and regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no separate fee for the guarantees is payable.

 

 

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 which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to such Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


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SCHEDULE A SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

  

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     i   

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

     1   

RISK FACTORS

     11   

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

     25   

MARKET, RANKING AND OTHER DATA

     25   

USE OF PROCEEDS

     25   

SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL AND OTHER DATA

     27   

DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN DEBT AND PREFERRED SECURITIES

     29   

THE EXCHANGE OFFER

     30   

DESCRIPTION OF EXCHANGE NOTES

     39   

MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

     84   

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

     89   

LEGAL MATTERS

     90   

EXPERTS

     90   

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

     91   

INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     91   

PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

     II-1   

SIGNATURES

     II-8   


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Schedule A

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

BROOKHOLLOW CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation

BROOK HOLLOW PROPERTIES, INC., a Texas corporation

BROOKHOLLOW OF ALEXANDRIA, INC., a Louisiana corporation

BROOKHOLLOW OF VIRGINIA, INC., a Virginia corporation

CREOLE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation

PACIFIC CUSTOM MATERIALS, INC., a California corporation

RIVERSIDE CEMENT COMPANY, a California general partnership

PARTIN LIMESTONE PRODUCTS, INC., a California corporation

RIVERSIDE CEMENT HOLDINGS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation

SOUTHWESTERN FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Texas corporation

TEXAS INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, LLC., a Delaware limited liability company

TEXAS INDUSTRIES TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust

TXI AVIATION, INC., a Texas corporation

TXI CALIFORNIA INC., a Delaware corporation

TXI CEMENT COMPANY, a Delaware corporation

TXI LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

TXI OPERATING TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust

TXI OPERATIONS, LP, a Delaware limited partnership

TXI POWER COMPANY, a Texas corporation

TXI RIVERSIDE INC., a Delaware corporation

TXI TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, a Texas corporation


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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not consummate the exchange offer until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell or exchange these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to acquire or exchange these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer, sale or exchange is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED OCTOBER 29, 2010

PROSPECTUS

LOGO

$650,000,000

Texas Industries, Inc.

Offer to Exchange all of Our Outstanding 9 1/4% Senior Notes

due 2020 for 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020, Which

Have Been Registered Under the Securities Act of 1933

 

 

The Exchange Offer

We are offering to exchange all of our outstanding unregistered 9 1/4% senior notes due 2020 for registered 9 1/4% senior notes due 2020. We refer to the unregistered senior notes as the Outstanding Notes and the registered senior notes as the Exchange Notes. We issued the Outstanding Notes on August 10, 2010. As of the date of this prospectus, the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes is $650,000,000. Please consider the following:

 

   

Our offer to exchange the Outstanding Notes for the Exchange Notes expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on             , unless we extend the offer.

 

   

You should carefully review the procedures for tendering the Outstanding Notes beginning on page 32 of this prospectus. If you do not follow these procedures, we may not exchange your Outstanding Notes for Exchange Notes.

 

   

We will not receive any proceeds from the exchange offer.

 

   

If you do not tender your Outstanding Notes, you will continue to hold unregistered securities and your ability to transfer them could be adversely affected.

 

   

You may withdraw tendered Outstanding Notes at any time before the expiration of the exchange offer.

The Exchange Notes

 

   

Substantially identical to the Outstanding Notes, except for the elimination of some transfer restrictions, registration rights and liquidated damage provisions relating to the Outstanding Notes.

 

   

Maturity: The Exchange Notes will mature on August 15, 2020.

 

   

Interest Payments: The Exchange Notes will pay interest semi-annually in cash in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year, beginning on February 15, 2011.

 

   

Guarantees: With certain exceptions, all of our existing and future domestic restricted subsidiaries will be guarantors of the Exchange Notes on a senior basis.

 

   

Ranking: The Exchange Notes and the guarantees will be our general unsecured senior obligations and will be effectively subordinated to all of our and the guarantors’ existing and future secured debt to the extent of the assets securing that secured debt including indebtedness under our credit agreement.

 

   

Optional Redemption: The Exchange Notes will be redeemable on or after August 15, 2015 at the redemption prices specified under “Description of Exchange Notes—Optional Redemption.” In addition, we may redeem up to 35% of the Exchange Notes before August 15, 2013, with the net cash proceeds from certain equity offerings. At any time before August 15, 2015, we may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount plus a make-whole premium, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.

 

   

There is currently no public market for the Exchange Notes. We do not intend to list the Exchange Notes on any securities exchange. Therefore, we do not anticipate that an active public market for the Exchange Notes will develop.

You should read the section titled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 11 for a discussion of specific factors that you should consider before participating in this exchange offer.

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                     .


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Prospectus Summary

     1   

Risk Factors

     11   

Forward Looking Statements

     25   

Market, Ranking and Other Data

     25   

Use of Proceeds

     25   

Selected Consolidated Financial and Other Data

     27   

Description of Certain Debt and Preferred Securities

     29   

The Exchange Offer

     30   

Description of Exchange Notes

     39   

Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations

     84   

Plan of Distribution

     89   

Legal Matters

     90   

Experts

     90   

Where You Can Find More Information

     91   

Incorporation of Documents by Reference

     91   

This prospectus incorporates important business and financial information about Texas Industries, Inc. that is not included in or delivered with this prospectus. This information is available without charge to security holders upon written or oral request to Texas Industries, Inc., Attn: Investor Relations, 1341 West Mockingbird Lane, Suite 700W, Dallas, Texas 75247, Tel: (972) 647-6700. To ensure timely delivery you should make your request at least five business days before the date upon which you must make your investment decision. See “Where You Can Find More Information” for further information regarding this important business and financial information.

WE HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANY DEALER, SALESMAN OR OTHER PERSON TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS. YOU MUST NOT RELY UPON ANY INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION NOT CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES OTHER THAN THE REGISTERED SECURITIES TO WHICH IT RELATES, NOR DOES THIS PROSPECTUS CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IN SUCH JURISDICTION.

The information contained in this prospectus speaks only as of the date of this prospectus unless the information indicates that another date applies. The delivery of this prospectus shall not under any circumstances create any implication that the information contained herein is correct as of any time subsequent to the date hereof or that there has been no change in the information or our business since the date hereof.

This prospectus summarizes the terms of several documents. The summaries include the terms that we believe to be material, but we urge you to review these documents in their entirety. In making an investment decision, you must rely on your own examination of these documents, our company, and the terms of the exchange offer, the Outstanding Notes and the Exchange Notes, including the merits and risks involved.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights the information contained elsewhere in this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference, including our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010 and our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 31, 2010. Because this is only a summary, it does not contain all the information that may be important to you. For a more complete understanding of this offering, we encourage you to read carefully this entire prospectus and the documents to which we refer you. You should read the following summary together with the more detailed information and consolidated financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. Except as noted herein or as the context may otherwise require, the words “TXI,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Texas Industries, Inc. and its subsidiaries. The phrase “fiscal year” refers to the twelve months ended May 31st of the relevant year and the term “ton” means 2,000 pounds.

Our Company

We are a leading supplier of heavy construction materials in the United States through our three business segments: cement, aggregates and consumer products. Our cement segment produces gray portland cement and specialty cements. Our cement production and distribution facilities are concentrated primarily in Texas and California, the two largest cement markets in the United States. Based on production capacity, we are the largest producer of cement in Texas with a 24% share in that state. Our aggregates segment produces natural aggregates, including sand, gravel and crushed limestone, and specialty lightweight aggregates. Our consumer products segment produces primarily ready-mix concrete and, to a lesser extent, packaged products. We are a major supplier of natural aggregates and ready-mix concrete in Texas and northern Louisiana and, to a lesser extent, in Oklahoma and Arkansas.

As of August 31, 2010, we had 85 manufacturing facilities in six states. In fiscal year 2010, our net sales were $621.1 million, of which 40.2% was generated by our cement segment, 23.0% by our aggregates segment, and 36.8% by our consumer products segment. During that fiscal year, we shipped 3.2 million tons of finished cement, 11.4 million tons of natural aggregates, 1.0 million cubic yards of lightweight aggregates and 2.1 million cubic yards of ready-mix concrete. In the fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2010, our net sales were $172.1 million, of which 36.8% was generated by our cement segment, 25.0% by our aggregates segment, and 38.2% by our consumer products segment. During that fiscal quarter, we shipped 873,000 tons of finished cement, 3.6 million tons of natural aggregates, 292,000 cubic yards of lightweight aggregates and 669,000 cubic yards of ready-mix concrete.

Our revenue is derived from multiple end-use markets, including the public works, residential, commercial, retail, industrial and institutional construction sectors, as well as the energy industry. Our diversified mix of products provides access to this broad range of end-user markets and helps mitigate the exposure to cyclical downturns in any one product or end-user market. No one customer accounted for more than 10% of our total net sales in fiscal year 2010.

During fiscal year 2009 and into fiscal year 2010, the economy in all of our operating regions was in recession. Declining home values, investor losses on mortgage related securities, tight credit conditions, state budget shortfalls, rising unemployment and other factors led to declines in all segments of construction activity in our markets. These conditions impacted all segments of our business. In response, we took numerous steps to manage our production to more closely match market demand, reduce costs and manage our cash position. We significantly reduced both capital and non-capital spending, including delaying construction of the expansion of our Hunter, Texas cement plant. We idled plants where necessary and reduced our employee and contract labor force by approximately 30%. We also significantly reduced overtime pay, implemented a salary freeze for

 

 

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nonunion employees and renegotiated a number of supply and service agreements. Our president and chief executive officer voluntarily reduced his salary by 10% and other executive officers similarly reduced their salaries by 5%. We negotiated amendments to our senior secured revolving credit facility to reduce the risk that the market decline would cause our operating results to fall below levels required by financial covenants. In August 2010, we used net proceeds from the issuance of the Outstanding Notes to refinance our 7 1/4% senior notes due 2013, which enhanced our financial flexibility by improving our liquidity and extending the maturity of our long-term debt.

During fiscal year 2010, the national economy began to pull out of the recession, but construction activity has remained at low levels. As a consequence, we have continued with the steps that we began taking in fiscal year 2009 in response to the recession. These steps and others are indicative of our intense focus on cost reduction, management of our cash position and management of production levels, which we believe had a significant positive impact on our operating results in the last two fiscal years.

In October 2007 we commenced construction on a project to expand our Hunter, Texas cement plant. We plan to expand the Hunter plant by approximately 1.4 million tons of advanced dry process annual cement production capacity. The 900,000 tons of existing production will remain in operation. When completed, the Hunter plant will be a modern, low cost facility, similar to our Midlothian and Oro Grande dry process facilities, and we will be well positioned to cost-effectively supply the southern and central Texas market. In May 2009 we temporarily halted construction on the project because we believed that economic and market conditions made it unlikely that current cement demand levels in Texas would permit the new kiln to operate profitably if the project was completed as originally scheduled. Construction resumed in October 2010. The expected capital cost of completion is between $70 million and $80 million, excluding capitalized interest, and commissioning is expected to begin within 24 months of the restart of construction. As of August 31, 2010, we had incurred $295.4 million, excluding capitalized interest of $16.3 million, related to the project, of which $290.8 million had been paid.

We expect our capital expenditures in fiscal year 2011 to be approximately $25 million to $40 million, which includes $10 million to $15 million related to construction of the Hunter cement plant expansion.

Our Competitive Strengths and Strategies

We believe the following competitive strengths and strategies are key to our ability to grow and compete successfully:

Leading Market Positions. We strive to be a major supplier in markets that have attractive characteristics, such as large market size, above average long-term projected population growth, strong economic activity and a year-round building season. Based on production capacity, we are the largest producer of cement in Texas (with a 24% share of total production capacity in that state), and the second largest producer of cement in southern California. We believe we are also the largest supplier of expanded shale and clay specialty aggregate products west of the Mississippi River, the second largest supplier of stone, sand and gravel natural aggregate products in North Texas, one of the largest suppliers of ready-mix concrete in North Texas and one of the largest suppliers of sand and gravel aggregate products and ready-mix concrete in northern Louisiana. We believe our leadership in these markets enhances our competitive position.

Low Cost Supplier. We strive to be a low cost supplier in our markets. We believe we have some of the lowest operating costs in the cement and aggregate industries. We focus on optimizing the use of our equipment, enhancing our productivity and exploring new technologies to further improve our unit cost of production at each of our facilities. Our low operating costs are primarily a result of our efficient plant designs, high productivity rate and innovative manufacturing processes.

 

 

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Strategic Locations and Markets. The strategic locations of our facilities near our customer base and sources of raw materials allow us to access the largest cement consuming markets in the United States. Our cement manufacturing facilities are located in Texas and California, the two largest U.S. cement markets. During calendar year 2009, Texas and California accounted for approximately 11 million and 7 million tons, respectively, of cement consumption or approximately 14% and 10%, respectively, of total U.S. cement consumption. California and Texas have also been the largest beneficiaries of federal transportation funding during the last several years. Funds distributed under multi-year federal highway legislation historically have comprised a majority of California and Texas’ public works spending.

Diversified Product Mix and Broad Range of End-User Markets. Our revenue streams are derived from multiple end-user markets, including the public works, residential, commercial, retail, industrial and institutional construction sectors, as well as the oil and gas industry. Accordingly, we have a broad and diverse customer base. Our diversified mix of products provides access to this broad range of end-user markets and helps mitigate the exposure to cyclical downturns in any one product or end-user market. No one customer accounted for more than 10% of our net sales in fiscal year 2010.

Long-Standing Customer Relationships. We have established a solid base of long-standing customer relationships. For example, our ten largest customers during fiscal year 2010 have done business with us for an average of over 15 years. We strive to achieve customer loyalty by delivering superior customer service and maintaining an experienced sales force with in-depth market knowledge. We believe our long-standing relationships and our leading market positions help to provide additional stability to our operating performance and make us a preferred supplier.

Experienced Management Team. Mel Brekhus, our chief executive officer, Ken Allen, our chief financial officer, and the vice presidents responsible for the cement, aggregates and consumer products segments have an average of approximately 28 years of industry experience. Our management team has led our company through several industry cycles and has demonstrated the ability to successfully complete and operate major expansion projects.

Recent Developments

Refinancing. On July 27, 2010, we commenced a cash tender offer for all of the outstanding $550 million aggregate principal amount of our 7 1/4% senior notes due 2013 and a solicitation of consents to amend the indenture governing the 7 1/4% notes. Pursuant to the tender offer and consent solicitation, we purchased $536.6 million aggregate principal amount of the 7 1/4% notes, and paid an aggregate of $547.7 million in purchase price and consent fees. On September 9, 2010, we redeemed the remaining $13.4 million aggregate principal amount of the 7 1/4% notes at a price of 101.813% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the 7 1/4% notes to the redemption date. As of August 31, 2010, we recognized a loss on debt retirement of $29.0 million representing $11.1 million in consent fees and transaction costs and a write-off of $17.9 million of unamortized debt discount and original issuance costs associated with the 7 1/4% notes.

Issuance of 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020. We issued the Outstanding Notes on August 10, 2010. As of the date of this prospectus, the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes is $650,000,000. Net proceeds from the issuance of the Outstanding Notes were used to purchase or redeem the 7 1/4% notes, and the remaining net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.

Principal Executive Offices

Our principal executive offices are located at 1341 West Mockingbird Lane, Suite 700W, Dallas, Texas 75247. Our telephone number is (972) 647-6700. We are incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware.

 

 

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The Exchange Offer

Following is a summary of the principal terms of the exchange offer. A more detailed description is contained in the prospectus under the heading “The Exchange Offer.”

 

The exchange offer

We are offering to exchange up to $650.0 million principal amount of the Exchange Notes for up to $650.0 million principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. Outstanding Notes may only be exchanged in $1,000 increments.

The terms of the Exchange Notes are identical in all material respects to those of the Outstanding Notes except the Exchange Notes will not be subject to transfer restrictions and holders of Exchange Notes, with limited exceptions, will have no registration rights. Also, the Exchange Notes will not contain provisions for an increase in their stated interest rate related to any registration or exchange delay.

Outstanding Notes that are not tendered for exchange will continue to be subject to transfer restrictions and, with limited exceptions, will not have registration rights. Therefore, the market for secondary resales of Outstanding Notes that are not tendered for exchange is likely to be minimal.

We will issue registered Exchange Notes on or promptly after the expiration of the exchange offer.

 

Resale of the Exchange Notes

We believe that the Exchange Notes issued to you pursuant to the exchange offer may be offered for sale, resold and otherwise transferred by you without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, if you:

 

   

are acquiring the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of your business;

 

   

are not participating in, do not intend to participate in and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes; and

 

   

are not an “affiliate” of ours within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

If any of these conditions is not satisfied and you transfer any Exchange Notes without delivering a proper prospectus or without qualifying for an exemption from registration, you may incur liability under the Securities Act. In addition, if you are a broker-dealer seeking to receive Exchange Notes for your own account in exchange for Outstanding Notes that you acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, you must acknowledge that you will deliver this prospectus in connection with any offer to resell, or any resale or other transfer of the Exchange Notes that you receive in the exchange offer. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

Expiration date

The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                     , 2010, unless we extend the exchange offer.

 

 

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Withdrawal rights

You may withdraw the tender of your Outstanding Notes at any time prior to the expiration of the exchange offer. We will return to you any of your Outstanding Notes that we do not accept for exchange for any reason without expense to you promptly after the exchange offer expires or terminates.

 

Accrued interest on the Exchange Notes and the Outstanding Notes

Interest on the Exchange Notes will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Outstanding Notes or, if no interest was paid on the Outstanding Notes, from the date of issuance of the Outstanding Notes, which was August 10, 2010. Holders whose Outstanding Notes are accepted for exchange will be deemed to have waived the right to receive any interest on the Outstanding Notes.

 

Conditions of the exchange offer

The exchange offer is subject to customary conditions that may be waived by us; however, the exchange offer is not conditioned upon any minimum aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes being tendered for exchange. We currently anticipate that each of the conditions will be satisfied and that we will not need to waive any conditions. We reserve the right to terminate or amend the exchange offer at any time before the expiration date. For additional information, see “The Exchange Offer—Conditions of the Exchange Offer.”

 

Procedures for tendering the Outstanding Notes

If you are a holder of Outstanding Notes who wishes to accept the exchange offer:

 

   

complete, sign and date the accompanying letter of transmittal, or a facsimile of the letter of transmittal, and mail or otherwise deliver the letter of transmittal, together with your Outstanding Notes, to the exchange agent at the address set forth under “The Exchange Offer—Exchange Agent” on or before the expiration date; or

 

   

arrange for the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to transmit certain required information, including an agent’s message forming part of a book-entry transfer in which you agree to be bound by the terms of the letter of transmittal, to the exchange agent in connection with a book-entry transfer on or before the expiration date.

By tendering your Outstanding Notes in either manner, you will be representing, among other things, that:

 

   

the Exchange Notes you receive pursuant to the exchange offer are being acquired in the ordinary course of your business;

 

   

you are not currently participating in, do not intend to participate in, and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, the distribution of the Exchange Notes issued to you in the exchange offer; and

 

 

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you are not an “affiliate” of ours, or if you are an affiliate, you will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

 

Tenders by beneficial owners

If your Outstanding Notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and you wish to tender your Outstanding Notes, you should contact the registered holder promptly and instruct the registered holder to tender your Outstanding Notes on your behalf. If you wish to tender on your own behalf, you must, prior to completing and executing the letter of transmittal and delivering your Outstanding Notes, either make appropriate arrangements to register ownership of the Outstanding Notes in your name or obtain a properly completed bond power from the registered holder. The transfer of registered ownership may take considerable time and may not be able to be completed prior to the expiration date.

 

Guaranteed delivery procedures

If you wish to tender your Outstanding Notes and cannot cause the Outstanding Notes, the letter of transmittal or any other required documents to be transmitted to, and received by, the exchange agent prior to the expiration of the exchange offer, you may tender your Outstanding Notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures described in this prospectus under the heading “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”

 

Acceptance of the Outstanding Notes and delivery of the Exchange Notes

Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the exchange offer, we will accept for exchange any and all Outstanding Notes that are properly tendered and not withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. The Exchange Notes will be delivered promptly following the expiration date. For additional information, see “The Exchange Offer—Terms of the Exchange Offer.”

 

Federal income tax considerations

The exchange of Outstanding Notes for Exchange Notes in the exchange offer should not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See “Certain United States Income Tax Consequences.”

 

Use of proceeds

We will not receive any proceeds from the issuance of the Exchange Notes. We will pay for all expenses incident to the exchange offer.

 

Consequences of failing to exchange your Outstanding Notes

Any of the Outstanding Notes that are not tendered or that are tendered but not accepted will remain subject to restrictions on transfer. Since the Outstanding Notes have not been registered under the federal securities laws, they bear a legend restricting their transfer absent registration or the availability of an exemption from registration. Upon completion of the exchange offer, we will have no further obligation, except under limited circumstances, to provide for registration of the Outstanding Notes under the federal securities laws.

 

 

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Registration Rights Agreement

If we fail to complete the exchange offer as required by the Registration Rights Agreement, we may be obligated to pay additional interest to holders of Outstanding Notes. See “Description of Exchange Notes—Registration Rights; Liquidated Damages” for more information regarding rights to holders of Outstanding Notes.

 

Exchange Agent

U.S. Bank, National Association is serving as the Exchange Agent for the registered exchange offer. The address for the Exchange Agent is listed under “The Exchange Offer—Exchange Agent.”

 

 

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The Exchange Notes

The summary below describes the principal terms of the Exchange Notes. The financial terms and covenants of the Exchange Notes are the same as the Outstanding Notes. Some of the terms and conditions described below are subject to important limitations and exceptions. The “Description of Exchange Notes” section of this prospectus contains a more detailed description of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Notes.

 

Issuer

Texas Industries, Inc.

 

Securities Offered

$650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 9 1/4% senior notes due 2020.

 

Maturity Date

August 15, 2020.

 

Interest

Interest on the Exchange Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on each February 15 and August 15.

 

Optional Redemption

On or after August 15, 2015, we may redeem some or all of the Exchange Notes at the redemption prices listed elsewhere in this prospectus. Any time on or prior to August 15, 2015, we may redeem all or part of the Exchange Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount plus a make-whole premium, together with accrued interest, if any, to the redemption date. See “Description of Exchange Notes—Optional Redemption.”

At any time prior to August 15, 2013, we may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Exchange Notes at a redemption price of 109.250% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings.

 

Change of Control

If a change of control of our company occurs, we must give holders the opportunity to sell their Exchange Notes to us at 101% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest.

We might not be able to pay the required price for Exchange Notes presented to us at the time of a change of control because:

 

   

we might not have enough funds at the time; or

 

   

the terms of our senior secured credit facility may prevent us from paying.

 

Ranking and Guarantees

Subject to certain exceptions, all of our existing and future domestic restricted subsidiaries, will unconditionally guarantee the Exchange Notes. The guarantees may be released under certain circumstances.

The Exchange Notes will rank equal in right of payment to all of our existing and future unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness and senior in right of payment to all of our subordinated indebtedness. The Exchange Notes, however, will be effectively subordinated to our secured obligations to the extent of the collateral securing such obligations, including borrowings under our secured credit facility.

 

 

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Additionally, the Exchange Notes will be effectively subordinated to all liabilities, including trade payables, of any of our subsidiaries that are not guarantors.

The Note Guarantees will rank equal in right of payment with all existing and future unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness of the guarantors. In addition, the Note Guarantees will be effectively subordinated to all of the guarantors’ secured obligations to the extent of the collateral securing such obligations.

 

Certain Covenants

If we do not meet the suspension condition, covenants contained in the indenture will, among other things, limit our ability and the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to do certain things. We will meet the suspension condition under the indenture if the Exchange Notes are rated investment grade by both Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and if we are not in default under the indenture. We currently do not meet the suspension condition.

If we do not meet the suspension condition, the covenants contained in our indenture will, among other things, limit our ability and the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to:

 

   

pay dividends on, or redeem or repurchase, our stock;

 

   

make certain investments;

 

   

incur additional debt or sell preferred stock;

 

   

create liens;

 

   

restrict dividend payments or other payments from subsidiaries to us;

 

   

engage in consolidations and mergers or sell or transfer assets;

 

   

engage in transactions with our affiliates; and

 

   

sell stock in our subsidiaries.

If we meet the suspension condition, the covenants contained in the indenture will, among other things, limit our ability and the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to:

 

   

create liens;

 

   

restrict dividend payments or other payments from subsidiaries to us; and

 

   

engage in consolidations and mergers or sell or transfer assets.

These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions, limitations and qualifications that are described under “Description of Exchange Notes.”

 

Absence of a Public Market

We do not intend to list the Exchange Notes on any securities exchange. Accordingly, there can be no assurance as to the development or liquidity of any market for the Exchange Notes.

 

 

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Trustee

U.S. Bank, National Association

 

Risk Factors

You should consider carefully the information set forth in the section of this prospectus entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 11 and all the other information provided to you in this prospectus regarding risks involved in an investment in the Exchange Notes.

 

 

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RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider the risks described below and other information contained and incorporated by reference in this registration statement before you decide to participate in the exchange offer. If any such risks materialize, our business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flow could be materially adversely affected. In such an instance, the trading price of our securities could decline, and you might lose all or part of your investment.

Risks Related to the Exchange Offer and the Exchange Notes

Holders of Outstanding Notes who fail to properly tender them may be unable to resell them.

If you do not tender your Outstanding Notes or if we do not accept your Outstanding Notes because you did not tender your Outstanding Notes properly, then, after we consummate the exchange offer, you may continue to hold Outstanding Notes that are subject to the existing transfer restrictions. We will only issue Exchange Notes in exchange for Outstanding Notes that are timely received by the exchange agent, together with all required documents, including a properly completed and signed letter of transmittal. Therefore, you should allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery of the Outstanding Notes and you should carefully follow the instructions on how to tender your Outstanding Notes. Neither we nor the exchange agent are required to tell you of any defects or irregularities with respect to your tender of the Outstanding Notes. In addition, if you tender your Outstanding Notes for the purpose of participation in a distribution of the Exchange Notes, you will be required to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes. If you are a broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for your own account in exchange for Outstanding Notes that you acquired as a result of market-making activities or any other trading activities, you will be required to acknowledge that you will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. After the exchange offer is consummated, if you continue to hold any Outstanding Notes, you may have difficulty selling them because there will be fewer Outstanding Notes outstanding. In addition, if a large amount of Outstanding Notes are not tendered or are tendered improperly, the limited amount of Exchange Notes that would be issued and outstanding after we consummate the exchange offer could lower the market price of such Exchange Notes.

Our substantial debt could adversely affect our cash flow and prevent us from fulfilling our obligations, including under the Exchange Notes, and operating our business.

Following this exchange offering we will continue to have a substantial amount of debt. As of August 31, 2010, we had approximately $665.8 million of total debt outstanding, and under our senior secured credit facility, we had the ability to borrow up to $90.1 million after taking into account outstanding letters of credit of $31.1 million and the limitations on borrowings contained in the credit agreement. See “Description of Other Indebtedness—Senior Secured Credit Facility”.

Our substantial debt could have important consequences to you. For example, it could:

 

   

make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to the Notes;

 

   

increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;

 

   

require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to service our debt, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures, investments and other general corporate purposes;

 

   

limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business, the cement, aggregate and concrete industry or the markets in which we operate;

 

   

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limit, among other things, our ability to borrow additional funds, even when necessary to maintain adequate liquidity.

Despite our substantial indebtedness, we may still be able to incur significantly more debt, which would further reduce the cash we have available to invest in our operations or to service our debt obligations. The terms of the indenture governing the Outstanding Notes and Exchange Notes and the terms of the senior secured credit facility limit, but do not prohibit, the incurrence of additional indebtedness by us and our subsidiaries in the future. If new debt is added to current debt levels, the related risks described above could increase.

The Exchange Notes will be effectively subordinated to our and the subsidiary guarantors’ secured indebtedness and effectively subordinated to our non-guarantors’ liabilities.

The Exchange Notes, and each guarantee of the Exchange Notes, are unsecured and therefore will be effectively subordinated to any secured indebtedness we, or the relevant guarantor, may incur to the extent of the assets securing such indebtedness, including our indebtedness under our senior secured credit facility. Our senior secured credit facility is secured by our and our subsidiaries accounts, inventory, equipment, intellectual property and other personal property. As of August 31, 2010, we had no borrowings under our senior secured credit facility and we would have had the ability to borrow up to $90.1 million after taking into account outstanding letters of credit of $31.1 million and the limitations on borrowings contained in the credit agreement. In the event of a bankruptcy or similar proceeding involving us or a guarantor, the assets which serve as collateral for any secured indebtedness will be available to satisfy the obligations under the secured indebtedness before any payments are made on the Exchange Notes.

Subject to certain exceptions, our present and future domestic restricted subsidiaries will guarantee the Exchange Notes. If any future subsidiaries do not guarantee our obligations under the Exchange Notes, then the assets of those non-guarantor subsidiaries may not be available to make payments on the Exchange Notes. Payments on the Exchange Notes are only required to be made by us and the subsidiary guarantors. As a result, no payments are required to be made from assets of subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Exchange Notes, unless those assets are transferred by dividend or otherwise to us or a subsidiary guarantor.

In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of any of the non-guarantor subsidiaries, holders of their liabilities, including their trade creditors, will be entitled to payment of their claims from the assets of those subsidiaries before any assets of these subsidiaries are made available for distribution to us. As a result, the Exchange Notes would be effectively subordinated to all debt and other liabilities of the non-guarantor subsidiaries.

We will require a significant amount of cash to service our debt. Our ability to generate cash depends on many factors beyond our control.

Our ability to make payments on, or repay or refinance, our debt, including the Exchange Notes, and to fund planned capital expenditures, will depend largely upon the availability of financing through our senior secured credit facility and our future operating performance. In 2009 and 2010 we had a net loss of $17.6 million and $38.9 million, respectively. Our future operating performance, to a certain extent, is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control. In addition, our ability to borrow funds in the future if needed to make payments on our debt will depend on our satisfaction of the covenants in our senior secured credit facility and our other debt agreements, including the indenture governing the Outstanding Notes and Exchange Notes, and other agreements we may enter into in the future. Specifically, we will need to comply with a fixed charge coverage ratio of at least 1.1 to 1.0 under our senior secured credit facility if the unused borrowing base under that facility falls below $40 million. At August 31, 2010, our fixed charge coverage ratio was .52 to 1.0. Given this ratio, we may use only $121.2 million of the borrowing base as of such date. Because $31.1 million of the borrowing base was used to support letters of credit, the maximum amount we could borrow as of August 31, 2010 was $90.1 million. We cannot assure you that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations or that future borrowings will be available to us under our senior

 

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secured credit facility or from other sources in an amount sufficient to pay our debt, including the Exchange Notes, or to fund our other liquidity needs. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow to meet our debt service requirements, we may have to renegotiate the terms of our debt or obtain additional financing.

Some of our indebtedness, including all indebtedness under our senior secured credit facility, will mature prior to the maturity date of the Exchange Notes. See “Description of Other Indebtedness—Senior Secured Credit Facility”. We cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance any of our debt, including our senior secured credit facility or the Exchange Notes, or obtain additional financing on commercially reasonable terms or at all. If we were unable to meet our debt service requirements or obtain new financing under these circumstances, we would have to consider other options, such as:

 

   

sales of certain assets to meet our debt service obligations;

 

   

sales of equity; and

 

   

negotiations with our lenders to restructure the applicable debt.

Our senior secured credit facility, the indenture governing the Outstanding Notes and Exchange Notes and the terms of our other debt may restrict, or market or business conditions may limit, our ability to do any of these things.

The financing agreements governing our debt, including the Exchange Notes and our senior secured credit facility, contain various covenants that restrict our ability to prepay or repurchase the Exchange Notes, otherwise limit our discretion in the operation of our business and could lead to acceleration of our debt and foreclosure on collateral.

Our financing agreements, including our senior secured credit facility and the indenture governing our Outstanding Notes and Exchange Notes, impose operating and financial restrictions on our activities. Our senior secured credit facility requires us to comply with a fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.1 to 1.0 if the unused portion of our borrowing base falls below $40 million. As of August 31, 2010 our fixed charge coverage ratio was .52 to 1.0. Our senior secured credit facility also limits our ability to prepay or repurchase our indebtedness, including the Exchange Notes. Restrictions contained in these financing agreements also limit or prohibit our ability and certain of our subsidiaries ability to, among other things:

 

   

pay dividends to our stockholders;

 

   

make certain investments and capital expenditures;

 

   

incur additional debt or sell preferred stock;

 

   

create liens;

 

   

restrict dividend payments or other payments from subsidiaries to us;

 

   

engage in consolidations and mergers or sell or transfer assets;

 

   

engage in transactions with our affiliates; and

 

   

sell stock in our subsidiaries.

Various risks and events beyond our control could affect our ability to comply with these covenants and maintain financial tests and ratios. If we cannot comply with the fixed charge coverage ratio in our senior secured credit facility and the unused portion of our borrowing base falls below $40 million, we may not be able to borrow under this facility. At August 31, 2010, our fixed charge coverage ratio was .52 to 1.0. Given this ratio, we may use only $121.2 million of the borrowing base as of such date. Because $31.1 million of the borrowing base was used to support letters of credit, the maximum amount we could borrow as of August 31, 2010 was $90.1 million. In addition, failure to comply with any of the covenants in our existing or future financing agreements could result in a default under those agreements and under other agreements containing cross-default

 

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provisions. A default would permit lenders to accelerate the maturity of the debt under these agreements and to foreclose upon any collateral securing that debt. In addition, lenders may be able to terminate any commitments they made to supply us with further funds. Under these circumstances, we might not have sufficient funds or other resources to satisfy all of our obligations, including our obligations under the Exchange Notes. In addition, the limitations imposed by our financing agreements on our ability to incur additional debt and to take other actions might significantly impair our ability to obtain other financing. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain waivers or amendments of our financing agreements, if necessary, on acceptable terms or at all.

The Exchange Notes and the guarantees are not secured by our assets nor those of the guarantors, and remedies available to a secured lender would give it priority over you to collect amounts due to it.

The Exchange Notes and the guarantees will be our and the guarantors’ unsecured obligations. The Exchange Notes will be effectively subordinated to our secured debt, including debt under our senior secured credit facility, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such debt.

Because the Exchange Notes and the guarantees will be unsecured obligations, the assets that secure any of our secured debt will be available to pay obligations on the Exchange Notes only after all such secured debt has been repaid in full, including debt under our senior secured credit facility. Accordingly, your right of repayment may be compromised if any of the following situations occur:

 

   

we enter into bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization, or other winding-up proceedings;

 

   

there is a default in payment under any instruments governing the secured debt; or

 

   

there is an acceleration of any indebtedness under any instruments governing the secured debt.

If any of these events occurs, the secured lenders could sell our assets in which they have been granted a security interest, to your exclusion, even if an event of default exists under the indenture governing the Outstanding Notes and Exchange Notes at such time. As a result, upon the occurrence of any of these events, there may not be sufficient funds to pay amounts due on the Exchange Notes.

Federal and state statutes allow courts, under specific circumstances, to void the Exchange Notes or the guarantees and require exchange note holders to return payments received from the issuer or the subsidiary guarantors.

If a bankruptcy case or lawsuit is initiated by unpaid creditors of the issuer or any subsidiary guarantor, the debt represented by the Exchange Notes or the guarantee entered into by the guarantors may be reviewed under the federal bankruptcy law and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer laws. Under these laws, the Exchange Notes or the guarantees could be voided, or claims in respect of the Exchange Notes or the guarantees could be subordinated to certain obligations of the issuer or the subsidiary guarantor if, among other things, the issuer or such subsidiary guarantor, at the time it issued the Exchange Notes or entered into the guarantee either:

 

   

incurred the guarantee or made distributions or payments with the intent of hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors; or

 

   

received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for issuing the Exchange Notes or entering into the guarantee; and

 

   

was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of issuing the Exchange Notes or entering into a guarantee;

 

   

was engaged in a business or transaction for which the issuer’s or such guarantor’s remaining assets constituted unreasonably small capital; or

 

   

intended to incur, or believed that the issuer or such subsidiary guarantor would incur, debts or contingent liabilities beyond the issuer’s or such subsidiary guarantor’s ability to pay them as they become due.

 

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In addition, any payment by the issuer or a subsidiary guarantor pursuant to the Exchange Notes or the guarantees, as the case may be, could be voided and required to be returned to the issuer or the guarantor or to a fund for the benefit of the creditors of the issuer or such subsidiary guarantor under those circumstances.

If a guarantee of a subsidiary were voided as a fraudulent conveyance or held unenforceable for any other reason, holders of the Exchange Notes would be solely creditors of our company and creditors of our other subsidiaries that have validly guaranteed the Exchange Notes. The Exchange Notes then would be effectively subordinated to all liabilities of the subsidiary whose guarantee was voided.

The obligations of each guarantor under its guarantee will be limited as necessary to prevent that guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law. We cannot assure you that this limitation will protect the guarantees from fraudulent transfer challenges or, if it does, that the remaining amount due and collectible under the guarantees would suffice, if necessary, to pay the Exchange Notes in full when due. In a recent Florida bankruptcy case, subsidiary guarantees containing this kind of provision were found to be fraudulent conveyances and thus unenforceable and the court stated that this kind of limitation is ineffective. We do not know if that case will be followed if there is litigation on this point under the indenture governing the Exchange Notes. However, if it is followed, the risk that the guarantees will be found to be fraudulent conveyances will be significantly increased.

The measures of insolvency for purposes of these fraudulent transfer laws will vary depending upon the law applied in any proceeding to determine whether a fraudulent transfer has occurred. Generally, however, the issuer or the subsidiary guarantor would be considered insolvent if:

 

   

the sum of the issuer’s or such subsidiary guarantor’s debts, including contingent liabilities, was greater than the fair saleable value of all of the issuer’s or such subsidiary guarantor’s assets;

 

   

the present fair saleable value of the issuer’s or such subsidiary guarantor’s assets was less than the amount that would be required to pay the issuer’s or such subsidiary guarantor’s probable liability on the issuer’s or such subsidiary guarantor’s existing debts, including contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and mature; or

 

   

the issuer or such subsidiary guarantor could not pay its debts or contingent liabilities as they become due.

If the claims of the holders of the Exchange Notes against the issuer or any subsidiary guarantor were subordinated in favor of other creditors of the issuer or such subsidiary guarantor, the other creditors would be entitled to be paid in full before any payment could be made on the Exchange Notes or the guarantees. If one or more of the guarantees is voided or subordinated, we cannot assure you that after providing for all prior claims there would be sufficient assets remaining to satisfy the claims of the holders of the Exchange Notes.

Based upon financial and other information, we believe that the Exchange Notes and the guarantees are being incurred for proper purposes and in good faith and that the issuer and each subsidiary guarantor, on a consolidated basis, is solvent and will continue to be solvent after this offering is completed, will have sufficient capital for carrying on its business after the completion of the offering, and will be able to pay its debts as they mature. We cannot assure you, however, as to the standard a court would apply in making these determinations or that a court would agree with our conclusions in this regard.

We may be unable to make a change of control offer required by the indenture governing the Exchange Notes, which would cause defaults under the indenture governing the Exchange Notes, our senior secured credit facility and our other financing arrangements.

Upon the occurrence of certain specific kinds of change of control events, the terms of the Exchange Notes will require us to make an offer to repurchase the Exchange Notes for cash at a price equal to 101% of their aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase. In addition, the terms of our

 

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senior secured credit facility and other financing agreements may require repayment of amounts outstanding in the event of a change of control and limit our ability to fund the purchase of your Exchange Notes in certain circumstances. It is possible that we will not have sufficient funds at the time of the change of control to make the required repurchase of Exchange Notes, or that restrictions in our senior secured credit facility and other financing agreements will not allow the repurchases.

We could enter into various transactions, such as acquisitions, refinancings, recapitalizations or other highly leveraged transactions, which would not constitute a change of control, but which could nevertheless increase the amount of our outstanding debt at such time, or adversely affect our capital structure or credit ratings, or otherwise adversely affect holders of the Exchange Notes.

Under the terms of the Exchange Notes, a variety of acquisition, refinancing, recapitalization or other highly leveraged transactions may not be considered change in control transactions. As a result, we could enter into any such transaction without being required to make an offer to repurchase the Exchange Notes even though the transaction could increase the total amount of our outstanding debt, adversely affect our capital structure or credit ratings or otherwise adversely affect the holders of the Exchange Notes.

An active public market may not develop for the Exchange Notes, which may hinder your ability to liquidate your investment.

The Exchange Notes are a new issue of securities with no established trading market. We do not intend to list the Exchange Notes on any securities exchange, and neither we nor any of our affiliates will make a market in the Exchange Notes. An active trading market may not develop for the Exchange Notes.

In addition, changes in interest rates in the market for high yield securities and changes in our financial performance or prospects, as well as declines in the prices of securities, or the financial performance or prospects of similar companies may reduce the liquidity of the trading market for the Exchange Notes, if any, and the market price quoted for the Exchange Notes.

Risks Related to Our Business

Our business is sensitive to economic cycles within the public, residential and non-residential construction segments as well as seasonality and inclement weather conditions. Some of our competitors may cope better than we can with adverse economic and market conditions.

The cement, aggregate and concrete markets are generally regional because transportation costs are high relative to the value of the product. Demand for our products is derived primarily from public (infrastructure), residential and non-residential construction activity in our specific regional markets. Construction activity in each of these markets is cyclical and is influenced by prevailing economic conditions in these markets. During fiscal year 2009 and into fiscal year 2010, the economy in all of our operating regions was in recession. Declining home values, investor losses on mortgage related securities, tight credit conditions, state budget shortfalls and significant levels of unemployment have led to declines in all segments of construction activity in our markets. Demand for our products has fallen, and our results of operations have been negatively impacted. If these conditions continue or worsen, we could incur significant losses, which could materially and adversely affect our business and financial condition.

Economic factors may fluctuate more widely in regional markets than in the United States as a whole. As a result, even though we sell in more than one region, our operating results are subject to significant fluctuation from region to region. Because we sell most of our cement in Texas and southern California, and because cement sales have historically contributed more to our profitability than any other product line, a significant further decline in cement demand or prices in Texas or southern California could materially and negatively impact our profitability.

 

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Our product prices are subject to material changes in response to relatively minor fluctuations in supply and demand, which can be affected by economic and other market conditions beyond our control. In the last year we have experienced both volume and price declines in the Texas and California cement markets and the Texas aggregates and ready mix markets. We may face more price or volume declines in the future. Due to the high fixed cost nature of our business, our operating results may be significantly affected by relatively small changes in production volumes. Moreover, our industry is characterized by low backlogs, which means that our results of operations may be promptly affected by short-term economic fluctuations.

Our customers are engaged in a substantial amount of construction in which government funding is a component and, as a result, can be subject to government budget constraints and political shifts resulting in funding reallocation. In February 2009, President Obama signed into law an economic stimulus plan, which provides billions of dollars in new funding for infrastructure construction projects. We expect these funds will have a positive impact on demand for our products for a period of time, but the length and depth of that demand cannot be predicted. The current multi-year federal highway funding legislation expired on September 30, 2009, but was extended by an authorization bill through the end of calendar year 2010. Funding provided by this legislation has historically comprised a majority of California and Texas’ public works spending. Failure to pass new long-term federal highway funding legislation upon expiration of the current extension period, or a significant decrease in public works spending in either state for any reason, including the recent budget crisis in the state of California, could have a material and adverse effect on our operating results.

The regional nature of our business also makes us vulnerable to changes in regional weather and its impact on the regional construction industry. Our operating profit is generally lower in our fiscal quarter ending on the last day of February than it is in our other three fiscal quarters because of the impact of winter weather on construction activity. Although southern California and Texas are regions characterized by longer periods of favorable weather, extended periods of inclement weather can reduce construction activity at any time of the year.

Some of our competitors are larger and have greater financial resources or less financial leverage than we do. As a result, these competitors may cope better than we can with adverse economic or market conditions and any downward pressure on prices or volumes.

The availability and pricing of energy could materially and adversely affect our results of operations.

We are dependent upon energy sources, including electricity and fossil fuels. Prices for energy are subject to market forces largely beyond our control. We have generally not entered into any long-term contracts to satisfy our fuel and electricity needs, with the exception of coal which we purchase from specific mines pursuant to contracts that expire on December 31, 2011 and May 31, 2014. Despite our long-term coal contracts, we expect our coal supplies could be interrupted in the event of rail service disruptions or mine failures. If we are unable to meet our requirements for fuel and electricity, we may experience interruptions in our production.

Price increases that we are unable to pass through in the form of price increases for our products, or disruption of the uninterrupted supply of fuel and electricity, could adversely affect our results of operations.

The enforcement of environmental, health and safety laws and regulations may result in liability for civil or criminal fines or penalties or curtailment or suspension of our operations. We may become liable for environmental injury to persons or property. We may incur substantial expenditures to comply with changes in such laws and regulations.

We are subject to various federal, state and local environmental, health and safety laws, regulations and permits. These laws and regulations govern, among other things:

 

   

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generation, use, handling, storage, transportation and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes,

 

   

investigation and remediation of contamination existing at current and former properties, and at third-party waste disposal sites,

 

   

exposure limits of our employees and others to dust, silica and other substances, and

 

   

safety standards for operating our quarries and plant equipment.

Sources of air emissions and wastewater discharges at our facilities are regulated by a combination of permit limitations and emission standards of national and statewide application. These laws and regulations have tended to become increasingly stringent over time. In addition, permits are subject to modification, renewal and revocation requirements, which allow issuing agencies to tighten the permit limitations.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Mining Safety and Health Administration and various state agencies are charged with enforcing these laws, regulations and permits. These agencies can impose costly remediation obligations, substantial civil and criminal fines and penalties, as well as curtail or suspend our operations, for violations and non-compliance. Moreover, private parties may bring civil actions against us for injuries to persons and damages to property allegedly caused by our operations. We intend to comply with these laws, regulations and permits. However, from time to time we receive claims from federal and state regulatory agencies asserting that we are or may be in violation of certain of these laws, regulations and permits, or from private parties alleging that our operations have injured them or their property. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—Future litigation could affect our profitability.” If violations of law, injury to persons, damage to property or contamination of the environment have been or are caused by the conduct of our business or hazardous substances or wastes used, generated or disposed of by us, we may be liable for such violations, injuries and damages and be required to pay the cost of investigation and remediation of such contamination. The amount of such liability could materially and adversely affect our results of operations.

Like others in our business, we expend substantial amounts to comply with these environmental, health and safety laws, regulations and permit limitations, including amounts for pollution control equipment required to monitor and regulate air emissions and wastewater discharges. Since many of these requirements are subjective and therefore not quantifiable, or are presently not determinable, or are likely to be affected by future legislation or rule making by government agencies, it is not possible to accurately predict the aggregate future costs of compliance and their affect on our future results of operations or financial condition.

Changes in federal or state laws, regulations or permits or discovery of currently unknown conditions could increase our cost of compliance, require additional capital expenditures, reduce or shut down production or hinder our ability to expand or build new production facilities. Although we cannot yet predict the final nature of these laws and regulations, each one could have a significant impact on the cement manufacturing industry and a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

One area in which changes in laws and regulations are likely to have a significant impact on us and our industry is climate change. Many scientists believe that carbon dioxide, a product of combustion of fuel in cement kilns and a natural byproduct of the cement manufacturing process, is a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.

In 2006, California adopted the “California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006”, which requires the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to achieve a statewide reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases in California to 1990 levels by 2020. A significant portion of our cement production capacity is in California, but CARB has not yet adopted regulations fully defining how the new law may apply to us.

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contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare. Numerous parties, including certain states, industry associations and other private parties, have filed court petitions challenging the validity of the finding. We can not predict the ultimate outcome of those challenges.

The endangerment finding does not include any proposed regulations. Although both the Obama administration and the Administrator of the EPA have indicated their preference for comprehensive federal legislation to address this issue, in May 2010 the EPA issued a final rule under which it will begin implementing greenhouse gas emission limitations in permits for stationary sources such as cement plants in January 2011. The rule would require us to incorporate best available control technology in a new cement plant or an existing plant that we propose to modify in a manner that would increase carbon dioxide emissions by more than 75,000 tons per year. No technologies or methods of operation for reducing or capturing carbon dioxide have been proven successful in large scale applications other than improvements in fuel efficiency. In addition, the rule appears to require us to incorporate greenhouse gas related provisions in the operating permits for our cement plants. We do not currently know what EPA will require as best available control technology or what conditions it will require to be added to operating permits. Therefore, at this time, it is impossible to predict what the cost or effect of the rule will be on our business.

Although no federal laws currently limit greenhouse gas emissions, in June 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, a bill introduced by Rep. Henry Waxman and Rep. Edward Markey and popularly known as the Waxman Markey bill. The bill would regulate greenhouse gas emissions by instituting a cap-and-trade-system in which an economy-wide cap on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions would be established starting in 2012 with a cap 3% below the baseline 2005 level. The cap would steeply decline over time until in 2050 it reaches 83% below the baseline level. Emissions allowances, which are rights to emit greenhouse gases, would be both allocated for free and auctioned. Trade vulnerable industries would be allocated for free up to 15% of the total allowances in 2014. This percentage would be gradually reduced over time until it is phased out in 2025. We expect that the cement industry would qualify as a trade vulnerable industry under the bill.

In May 2010, Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman released a proposed Senate bill that contains cap-and-trade provisions with emission caps similar to the Waxman Markey bill. It also contains similar provisions for trade vulnerable industries. Other alternative proposals have also been discussed. It currently appears to be unlikely that any of the climate change proposals, including the Kerry Lieberman proprosal, will be passed by the current session of the U.S. Senate. As a consequence, at this time it is impossible to predict whether any federal climate change legislation will be enacted, and if enacted, what the cost or effect on our business will be.

Various states have banded together in three initiatives to develop regional strategies to address climate change. Six western states, including California, and four Canadian provinces have formed the Western Climate Initiative. Six Midwestern states and one Canadian province are members of the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord. Ten northeastern and mid-Atlantic states have joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. These initiatives call for establishing goals for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the member states and designing market-based mechanisms to help achieve these reduction goals. Other states may join these initiatives.

In August 2010, the EPA issued a final rule amendment that dramatically reduces the permitted levels of emissions of mercury, total hydrocarbons, particulate matter and hydrochloric acid from cement plants. The amendments are scheduled to take full effect in September 2013. We expect that the Portland Cement Association will challenge the validity of the rule amendment in court. We cannot predict whether the challenge will be successful or whether it will delay the effective date of the rule.

Determining the current level of compliance of our cement plants with the new standards will require a significant amount of additional testing and analysis. Until this process is complete, we will not be able to determine with certainty the areas in which one or more of our plants do not currently meet these standards. Based on information currently available to us, we believe that our plant in Oro Grande, California may not meet

 

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the mercury emission standard, and the existing kiln at our plant in Hunter, Texas will not meet the particulate matter standard. We expect that the new kiln that is under construction at the Hunter plant, when it is completed, will meet the new particulate matter standard. We cannot assure you that these are the only cases in which one of our plants will not meet the new standards.

We have begun the process of identifying and analyzing mercury monitoring and control equipment. We are not aware of any control equipment that is presently operating in and has been proven effective in meeting the new standard in cement plant applications. Therefore, we cannot currently predict the total cost or schedule for installing such equipment at the Oro Grande plant. We expect the existing kiln at the Hunter plant will require a new bag house to bring it into compliance with the new particulate matter standard. The cost and schedule for installing such equipment have not yet been determined. At this time, we cannot assure you that new monitoring and control equipment will be available and installed before the new standards take effect, or that such equipment, when installed, will reduce emissions sufficiently to meet the new standards.

Many of the raw materials, products and by-products associated with the operation of any industrial facility, including those for the production of cement or concrete products, contain chemical elements or compounds that can be designated as hazardous. Some examples are the metals present in cement kiln dust, or CKD and the ignitability of the waste derived fuels that we use as a primary or supplementary fuel substitute for nonrenewable fuels such as coal and natural gas to fire certain of our cement kilns. Currently, CKD is exempt from hazardous waste management standards under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, or RCRA, if certain tests are satisfied. We have demonstrated that the CKD we generate satisfies these tests, but there can be no guarantee that the tests will not be changed in the future.

Our construction project to expand our Hunter, Texas cement plant has been delayed. We expect to resume construction by November 2010. The capital expenditures that we have already incurred for construction of the Hunter plant, and future capital expenditures for expansion of our business may not strengthen our competitive position.

In order to strengthen our competitive position, in recent years we have made significant capital expenditures to expand our facilities. In October 2007 we commenced construction on a project to expand our Hunter, Texas cement plant by approximately 1.4 million tons of advanced dry process annual cement production capacity. In May 2009 we temporarily halted construction on the project because we believed that economic and market conditions made it unlikely that current cement demand levels in Texas would permit the new kiln to operate profitably if the project was completed as originally scheduled. Construction resumed in October 2010. The expected capital cost of completion is between $70 million and $80 million, excluding capitalized interest, and commissioning is expected to begin within 24 months of the restart of construction. As of August 31, 2010, we had incurred $295.4 million, excluding capitalized interest of $16.3 million, related to the project, of which $290.8 million had been paid.

Our Hunter plant expansion, when construction resumes, and future expansion projects could experience construction delays or cost overruns for many reasons, including inclement weather, unavailability of materials or equipment, unanticipated site conditions and unanticipated problems in obtaining required permits during construction, startup and commissioning. We currently have all material environmental authorizations necessary for the Hunter plant expansion. We cannot assure you that market conditions will be favorable, that the actual cost of the plant expansion will not exceed our cost projections or that additional financing, if required, will be available on acceptable terms. We cannot assure you that our expanded Hunter plant or any new plant, when completed, will operate in accordance with its design specifications. If it does not, we could incur additional costs or production delays while problems are corrected. As we do not have control over the cost or the outcome of these factors, we cannot assure you that any planned expansion will occur on schedule or within budget.

As a result of these or other unanticipated factors, the Hunter project or any other future expansionary capital expenditures may not improve our competitive position and business prospects as anticipated. If certain of the events described above occur, it could materially and adversely affect our results of operations.

 

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Future litigation could affect our profitability.

The nature of our business exposes us to various litigation matters. These matters may include claims by private parties or governmental entities seeking compensatory and punitive damages, environmental clean up costs, penalties, injunctive relief or other types of recovery. The types of claims to which we may be subject include:

 

   

Product liability claims that our products have caused buildings, roadways, oil wells, or other structures to fail or not comply with specifications.

 

   

Contract claims that we have breached a legally enforceable agreement in a manner that has damaged one or more other parties.

 

   

Employment claims that we violated anti-discrimination, wage and hour, fair labor standards or other employment related laws, regulations or contracts.

 

   

Claims by regulatory or administrative bodies that we have violated specified laws, regulations or permit conditions.

 

   

Environmental claims that we have exposed individuals to or contaminated property with toxic or hazardous substances.

 

   

Other tort claims that our actions or omissions caused damage to persons or property.

We are subject to federal, state and local environmental laws, regulations and permits concerning, among other matters, air emissions and wastewater discharge. We intend to comply with these laws, regulations and permits. However, from time to time we receive claims from federal and state environmental regulatory agencies and entities asserting that we are or may be in violation of certain of these laws, regulations and permits, or from private parties alleging that our operations have injured them or their property. It is possible that we could be held liable for future charges which might be material but are not currently known or estimable. In addition, changes in federal or state laws, regulations or requirements or discovery of currently unknown conditions could require additional expenditures by us.

In March 2008, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, or SCAQMD, informed one of our subsidiaries, Riverside Cement Company (Riverside), that it believed that operations at the Crestmore cement plant in Riverside, California caused the level of hexavalent chromium, or chrome 6, in the air in the vicinity of the plant to be elevated above ambient air levels. Chrome 6 has been identified by the State of California as a carcinogen. Riverside immediately began taking steps, in addition to its normal dust control procedures, to reduce dust from plant operations and eliminate the use of open clinker stockpiles. In February 2008, the SCAQMD placed an air monitoring station at the downwind property line closest to the open clinker stockpiles. In the SCAQMD’s first public report of the results of its monitoring, over the period of February 12 to April 9, 2008, the average level of chrome 6 was 2.43 nanograms per cubic meter, or ng/m³. Since that time, the average level has decreased. The average levels of chrome 6 reported by the SCAQMD at all of the air monitoring stations in areas around the plant, including the station at the property line, are below 1.0 ng/m³ over the entire period of time it has operated the stations. The SCAQMD compared the level of exposure at the air monitor on our property line with the following employee exposure standards established by regulatory agencies:

 

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

     5,000 ng/m³   

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

     1,000 ng/m³   

California Environmental Protection Agency

     200 ng/m³   

In public meetings conducted by the SCAQMD, it stated that the risk of long term exposure immediately adjacent to the plant is similar to living close to a busy freeway or rail yard, and it estimated an increased risk of 250 to 500 cancers per one million people, assuming continuous exposure for 70 years. Riverside has not determined how this particular risk number was calculated by SCAQMD. However, the Riverside Press Enterprise reported in a May 30, 2008 story that “John Morgan, a public health and epidemiology professor at

 

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Loma Linda University, said he looked at cancer cases reported from 1996 to 2005 in the … census [tract] nearest the [plant] and found no excess cases. That includes lung cancer, which is associated with exposure to hexavalent chromium.”

In late April 2008, a lawsuit was filed in Riverside County Superior Court of the State of California styled Virginia Shellman, et al. v. Riverside Cement Holdings Company, et al. The lawsuit against three of our subsidiaries purports to be a class action complaint for medical monitoring for a putative class defined as individuals who were allegedly exposed to chrome 6 emissions from our Crestmore cement plant. The complaint alleges an increased risk of future illness due to the exposure to chrome 6 and other toxic chemicals. The suit requests, among other things, establishment and funding of a medical testing and monitoring program for the class until their exposure to chrome 6 is no longer a threat to their health, as well as punitive and exemplary damages.

Since the Shellman lawsuit was filed, five additional putative class action lawsuits have been filed in the same court. The putative class in each of these cases is the same as or a subset of the putative class in the Shellman case, and the allegations and requests for relief are similar to those in the Shellman case. As a consequence, the court has stayed four of these lawsuits until the Shellman lawsuit is finally determined.

Since August 2008, 28 additional lawsuits have been filed in the same court against us or one or more of our subsidiaries containing allegations of personal injury and wrongful death by over 3,000 individual plaintiffs who were allegedly exposed to chrome 6 and other toxic or harmful substances in the air, water and soil caused by emissions from the Crestmore plant. The plaintiffs allege causes of action that vary somewhat from suit to suit, but typically include, among other things, negligence, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, trespass, public and private nuisance, strict liability, willful misconduct, fraudulent concealment, wrongful death and loss of consortium. The plaintiffs generally request, among other things, general and punitive damages, medical expenses, loss of earnings, property damages and medical monitoring costs. Some of the suits include additional defendants, such as the owner of another cement plant located approximately four miles from the Crestmore plant, or former owners of the Crestmore plant.

Since January 2009, eight lawsuits have been filed against us or one or more of our subsidiaries in the same court involving similar allegations, causes of action and requests for relief, but with respect to our Oro Grande, California cement plant instead of the Crestmore plant. The suits involve approximately 300 individual plaintiffs. Prior to the filing of the lawsuits, the air quality management district in whose jurisdiction the plant lies conducted air sampling from locations around the plant. None of the samples contained chrome 6 levels above 1.0 ng/m³.

At the date of this report, none of the plaintiffs in these cases has alleged any specific amount or range of damages. We will vigorously defend all of these suits but we cannot predict what liability, if any, could arise from them. We also cannot predict whether any other suits may be filed against us alleging damages due to injuries to persons or property caused by claimed exposure to chrome 6.

We contest these matters vigorously and make insurance claims where appropriate. However, litigation is inherently costly and unpredictable, making it difficult to accurately estimate the outcome of existing or future litigation. Although we make accruals that we believe are warranted and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, the amounts that we accrue could vary significantly from any amounts we actually pay due to the inherent uncertainties and shortcomings in the estimation process. Future litigation costs, settlements or judgments could materially and adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition.

Unexpected equipment failures, catastrophic events and scheduled maintenance may lead to production curtailments or shutdowns.

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processes are dependent upon critical pieces of equipment, such as our kilns and finishing mills. This equipment, on occasion, may be out of service as a result of unanticipated failures or damage during accidents. In addition to equipment failures, our facilities are also subject to the risk of catastrophic loss due to unanticipated events such as fires, explosions or violent weather conditions. In addition, our operations in California are susceptible to damage from earthquakes, for which we maintain only a limited amount of earthquake insurance and, therefore, we are not fully insured against earthquake risk. We also have scheduled outages, typically at least once a year, to refurbish our cement production facilities. Any significant interruption in production capability may require us to make significant capital expenditures to remedy problems or damage as well as cause us to lose revenue due to lost production time, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.

We rely heavily on third-party truck and rail transportation, which is subject to delays and rate fluctuations.

We rely heavily on third-party truck and rail transportation to ship our products to customers and coal, our primary fuel, to our plants. Rail and trucking operations are subject to capacity constraints, high fuel costs and various hazards, including extreme weather conditions and slowdowns due to labor strikes and other work stoppages. If there are material changes in the availability or cost of rail or trucking services, we may not be able to arrange alternative and timely means to ship our products or coal at a reasonable cost, which could lead to interruptions or slowdowns in our businesses or increases in our costs, either of which could materially and adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition.

Implementation of our growth strategy has certain risks.

As part of our growth strategy, we may expand existing facilities, build additional plants, acquire other reserves or operations, enter into joint ventures or form strategic alliances that we believe will expand or complement our existing business. If any of these transactions occur, they will likely involve some or all of the following risks:

 

   

the potential disruption of our ongoing business;

 

   

the diversion of resources and management’s time and attention;

 

   

the inability of management to maintain uniform standards, controls, procedures and policies;

 

   

the difficulty of managing the operations of a larger company;

 

   

the risk of becoming involved in labor, commercial or regulatory disputes or litigation related to the new enterprise;

 

   

the risk of contractual or operational liability to joint venture participants or to third parties as a result of our participation;

 

   

the difficulty of competing for acquisitions and other growth opportunities with companies having greater financial resources than we have; and

 

   

the difficulty of integrating the acquired operations and personnel into our existing business.

Pursuing our growth strategy may be required for us to remain competitive, but we may not be able to complete any such transactions or obtain financing, if necessary, for such transactions on favorable terms or at all. Future transactions may not improve the competitive position and business prospects as anticipated, and could reduce sales or profit margins, and, therefore, our results of operations if they are not successful.

Our business could suffer if cement imports from other countries significantly increase or are sold in the U.S. in violation of U.S. fair trade laws.

The cement industry has in the past obtained antidumping orders imposing duties on imports of cement and clinker from other countries that violated U.S. fair trade laws. Currently, an antidumping order against cement

 

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and clinker from Japan is expected to remain in effect until at least 2011. As has always been the case, cement operators with import facilities can purchase cement from other countries, such as those in Latin America and Asia, which could compete with domestic producers. In addition, if currently proposed environmental regulations increase the costs of domestic producers compared to foreign producers that are not subject to similar regulations, imported cement could achieve a significant cost advantage over domestically produced cement. An influx of cement or clinker products from countries not subject to antidumping orders, or sales of imported cement or clinker in violation of U.S. fair trade laws, could materially and adversely affect our results of operations.

Additionally, fluctuations in the value of the dollar could affect our business. A strong U.S. dollar makes imported cement less expensive which could result in more imports into the United States by foreign competitors, while a weak U.S. dollar has the opposite effect. If the dollar strengthens appreciably against other world currencies, it will encourage additional imports of cement, which could negatively affect our results of operations.

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains “forward-looking statements.” All statements other than statements of historical fact are “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements may include the words “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “intend,” “continue,” “believe,” “expect,” “plan” or “anticipate” and other similar words. Such forward-looking statements may be contained in the sections “Prospectus Summary” and “Risk Factors,” among other places. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning:

 

   

future results of operations;

 

   

future cash flows and liquidity;

 

   

future capital expenditures;

 

   

competitive pressures and general economic and financial conditions;

 

   

levels of construction activity;

 

   

levels of import activity;

 

   

inclement weather;

 

   

the occurrence of unanticipated equipment failures and plant outages;

 

   

cost and availability of raw materials, fuel and energy;

 

   

environmental conditions and regulations; and

 

   

any assumptions underlying the foregoing.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results could differ materially from those projected or assumed in our forward-looking statements. Our future financial condition and results of operations, as well as any forward-looking statements, are subject to change and are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties, such as those disclosed in this prospectus. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of the particular statement. We urge you to review carefully the section “Risk Factors” in this prospectus for a more complete discussion of the risks of an investment in the Exchange Notes.

MARKET, RANKING AND OTHER DATA

The data included in this prospectus regarding markets and ranking, including the size of certain markets and our position and the position of our competitors within these markets, and other data, are based on independent industry publications, reports of government agencies or other published industry sources. In addition, some of our estimates are based on our management’s knowledge and experience in the markets in which we operate, including information obtained from our customers, suppliers, trade and business organizations and other contacts in the markets in which we operate. We have not independently verified the information contained in these publications and reports or obtained from third party sources. You should also be aware that market, ranking and other similar data included in this prospectus, and estimates and beliefs based on that data, may not be reliable. You should also be aware that Mel G. Brekhus, our President and Chief Executive Officer, is the former Chairman of the Portland Cement Association, an industry group whose publications we reference in this prospectus.

USE OF PROCEEDS

We intend the exchange offer to satisfy our obligations under the registration rights agreement that we entered into in connection with the offering of the Outstanding Notes. We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the Exchange Notes pursuant to the exchange offer. Outstanding Notes surrendered in

 

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exchange for the Exchange Notes will be retired and canceled and cannot be reissued. As a result, the issuance of the Exchange Notes will not result in any increase or decrease in our indebtedness. We have agreed to bear the expenses of the exchange offer. No underwriter is being used in connection with the exchange offer.

The net proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Outstanding Notes was approximately $637.1 million, after deducting the commissions payable to the Initial Purchasers and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We used the net proceeds from the offering of the Outstanding Notes to purchase or redeem all of our $550.0 million Senior Notes due 2013, including payment of accrued interest, fees and expenses. We intend to use the net proceeds remaining for general corporate purposes.

 

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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL AND OTHER DATA

The following selected financial data is qualified in its entirety by, and should be considered in conjunction with, the more detailed information incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

    Fiscal Year Ended May 31,     Three Months Ended
August 31,
 
    2006     2007     2008     2009     2010     2009(1)     2010(1)  
    (In thousands, except ratios)  

Consolidated Statement of Operations Data:

             

Net sales

  $ 943,922      $ 996,250      $ 1,028,854      $ 839,202      $ 621,064      $ 183,957      $ 172,122   

Cost of products sold

    766,941        754,088        834,333        726,133        562,066        149,852        156,014   
                                                       

Gross profit

    176,981        242,162        194,521        113,069        58,998        34,105        16,108   

Selling, general and administrative

    88,663        108,106        96,220        72,093        79,415        20,254        16,141   

Goodwill impairment

    —          —          —          58,395        —          —          —     

Interest

    31,155        14,074        2,505        33,286        52,240        13,244        14,411   

Loss on debt retirement and spin-off changes

    113,247        48          907            29,006   

Other income(2)

    (47,270     (36,629     (31,563     (21,191     (10,666     (2,652     (4,890
                                                       
    185,795        85,599        67,162        143,490        120,989        30,846        54,668   
                                                       

Income (loss) before income taxes

    (8,814     156,563        127,359        (30,421     (61,991     3,259        (38,560

Income taxes (benefit)

    (8,225     51,852        39,728        (12,774     (23,138     1,544        (14,868
                                                       

Income (loss) from continuing operation

    (589     104,711        87,631        (17,647     (38,853     1,715        (23,692

Income (loss) from discontinued operations—net of income taxes

    8,691        —          —          —          —          —          —     
                                                       

Income (loss) before accounting change

    8,102        104,711        87,631        (17,647     (38,853     1,715        (23,692

Cumulative effect of accounting change—net of tax

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —     
                                                       

Net income (loss)

    8,102        104,711      $ 87,631      $ (17,647   $ (38,853   $ 1,715      $ (23,692

Balance Sheet Data (at end of period):

             

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 84,139      $ 15,138      $ 39,527      $ 19,796      $ 74,946      $ 32,183      $ 162,427   

Total assets

    1,087,531        1,275,370        1,531,534        1,572,544        1,531,747        1,566,814        1,611,765   

Total debt (including current portion)

    252,186        275,756        409,605        541,783        538,854        542,618        665,800   

Convertible subordinated debentures

    159,725        —          —          —          —          —          —     

Shareholders’ equity

    477,897        737,119        825,367        803,145        761,248        804,729        737,101   

Other Financial Data:

             

Capital expenditures

    110,245        317,658        312,525        288,544        13,659        5,373        3,156   

Other Data:

             

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(3)

    —          5.5     3.9     —          —          1.3     —     

Deficiency of earnings to cover fixed charges

  $ 9,240        —          —        $ 42,501      $ 59,677        —        $ 37,981   

Units Shipped: (in thousands)

             

Cement (tons)

    5,136        5,074        5,035        4,035        3,226        915        873   

Stone, sand & gravel (tons)

    25,246        22,114        21,851        16,470        11,363        3,423        3,584   

Ready-mix (cubic-yards)

    3,830        3,665        3,844        2,902        2,147        612        669   

 

(1) Results for an interim period may not give a true indication of results for a full year.
(2) Includes distributions pursuant to settlement of the U.S. antidumping duty order on cement imports from Mexico in 2007, gain on sales of real estate, interest income, rent, dividend and royalty income and other miscellaneous sales made in the ordinary course of business.
(3)

The ratio of earnings to fixed charges is computed by dividing earnings by fixed charges. Earnings consist of income (loss) from continuing operations to which has been added income taxes, amortization of capitalized interest and fixed charges excluding capitalized interest. Fixed charges consist of interest on all indebtedness (including capitalized interest) plus amortization of debt issuance costs and approximately one-third of rental expense. For the three months ended August 31, 2010, our earnings were not sufficient to

 

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cover our fixed charges by $38.0 million. The pro forma earnings for the three months ended August 31, 2010, after giving effect to the refinancing transactions as if they had occurred as of the beginning of the period, were not sufficient to cover our fixed charges by $40.9 million. For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010, our earnings were not sufficient to cover our fixed charges by $59.7 million. The pro forma ratio of earnings to fixed charges for fiscal year ended May 31, 2010, after giving effect to the refinancing transactions as if they had occurred as of the beginning of the year, were not sufficient to cover our fixed charges by $75.6 million.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS

The following discussion summarizes the terms of our outstanding material debt and preferred securities, other than the Outstanding Notes. You should read the following summary together with the more detailed information incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

Senior Secured Credit Facility

We have a credit agreement that provides for a $200 million senior secured revolving credit facility with a $50 million sub-limit for letters of credit and a $15 million sub-limit for swing line loans. The credit facility matures on August 15, 2012. Amounts drawn under the credit facility bear annual interest either at the LIBOR rate plus a margin of 3.5% to 4.0% or at a base rate plus a margin of 2.5% to 3.0%. The base rate is the highest of the federal funds rate plus 0.5%, the prime rate established by Bank of America, N.A., or the rate for one-month LIBOR loans plus 1.0%. The interest rate margins are determined based on our leverage ratio. The commitment fee calculated on the unused portion of the credit facility ranges from 0.50% to 0.75% per year, based on our leverage ratio. We may terminate the credit facility upon notice at any time.

The amount that can be borrowed under the credit facility is limited to an amount based on the value of our consolidated accounts receivable, inventory and mobile equipment. This amount, called the borrowing base, may be less than the $200 million stated principal amount of the credit facility. The borrowing base was $161.2 million as of August 31, 2010. We are not required to maintain any financial ratios or covenants unless an event of default occurs or the unused portion of the borrowing base is less than $40 million, in which case we must maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio of at least 1.1 to 1.0. At May 31, 2010, our fixed charge coverage ratio was .52 to 1.0. Given this ratio, we may use only $121.2 million of the borrowing base as of such date. No borrowings were outstanding at August 31, 2010; however, $31.1 million of the borrowing base was used to support letters of credit. As a result, the maximum amount we could borrow as of August 31, 2010 was $90.1 million.

All of our consolidated subsidiaries have guaranteed our obligations under the credit facility. The credit facility is secured by first priority security interests in all or most of our existing and future accounts, inventory, equipment, intellectual property and other personal property, and in all of our equity interests in present and future domestic subsidiaries and 66% of the equity interest in any future foreign subsidiaries, if any.

The credit agreement contains a number of covenants restricting, among other things, prepayment or redemption of our senior notes, distributions and dividends on and repurchases of our capital stock, acquisitions and investments, indebtedness, liens and affiliate transactions. We are permitted to pay cash dividends on our common stock as long as the credit facility is not in default, the fixed charge coverage ratio is greater than 1.1 to 1.0 and borrowing availability under the borrowing base is more than $50 million. When the fixed charge coverage ratio is less than 1.1 to 1.0, we are permitted to pay cash dividends on our common stock in an amount not to exceed $2.5 million in any single instance (which shall not occur more than four times in any calendar year) or $10 million in the aggregate during any calendar year as long as the credit facility is not in default and borrowing availability is more than the greater of $60 million or 30% of the aggregate commitments of all lenders. For this purpose, borrowing availability is equal to the borrowing base less the amount of outstanding borrowings less the amount used to support letters of credit. We were in compliance with all of these loan covenants as of August 31, 2010.

 

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THE EXCHANGE OFFER

This section of the prospectus describes the proposed exchange offer. While we believe that the description covers the material terms of the exchange offer, this section may not contain all of the information that is important to you. You should carefully read this entire document and the other documents referred to herein for a more complete understanding of the exchange offer.

Purpose of the Exchange Offer

We sold the Outstanding Notes to Banc of America Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Comerica Securities, Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Capital One Southcoast, Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. or the “Initial Purchasers,” on August 10, 2010. The Initial Purchasers subsequently resold the Outstanding Notes to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to non-U.S. persons outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. In connection with the issuance of the Outstanding Notes, we and the subsidiary guarantors and the Initial Purchasers entered into a Registration Rights Agreement. The Registration Rights Agreement requires us to, among other things, at our cost, file a registration statement with the SEC with respect to our offer to exchange the Outstanding Notes for the Exchange Notes. The Exchange Notes will have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Outstanding Notes (except that the Exchange Notes will not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions and with respect to the payment of additional interest under circumstances relating to breaches of the Registration Rights Agreement by us and the subsidiary guarantors). We are effecting the exchange offer to comply with the Registration Rights Agreement. We have filed a copy of the Registration Rights Agreement as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. The term “holder” with respect to the exchange offer means any person in whose name the Outstanding Notes are registered on our books or any other person who has obtained a properly completed bond power from the registered holder.

Because the exchange offer is for any and all Outstanding Notes, the number of Outstanding Notes tendered and exchanged in the exchange offer will reduce the principal amount of Outstanding Notes outstanding. Following the completion of the exchange offer, holders of the Outstanding Notes who did not tender their Outstanding Notes generally will not have any further registration rights under the Registration Rights Agreement, and such Outstanding Notes will continue to be subject to restrictions on transfer. Accordingly, the liquidity of the market for such Outstanding Notes could be adversely affected. The Outstanding Notes are currently eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144A. Because we anticipate that most holders of Outstanding Notes will elect to exchange them for Exchange Notes, we anticipate that the liquidity of the market for any Outstanding Notes remaining after the completion of the exchange offer may be substantially limited.

Resale of Exchange Notes

Based on an interpretation of the Securities Act by the staff of the SEC in several no-action letters issued to third parties unrelated to us, we believe that you, or any other person receiving Exchange Notes, may offer for resale, resell or otherwise transfer such notes without complying with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the federal securities laws, if:

 

   

you, or the person or entity receiving such Exchange Notes, is acquiring such notes in the ordinary course of business;

 

   

neither you nor any such person or entity is engaging in or intends to engage in a distribution of the Exchange Notes within the meaning of the federal securities laws;

 

   

neither you nor any such person or entity has an arrangement or understanding with any person or entity to participate in any distribution of the Exchange Notes;

 

   

neither you nor any such person or entity is an “affiliate” of us or the guarantors, as such term is defined under Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and

 

   

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To participate in the exchange offer, you must represent as the holder of Outstanding Notes that each of these statements is true. If you are participating in or intend to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes, or have any agreement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution of the Exchange Notes to be acquired in this exchange offer, you may be deemed to have received restricted securities and may not rely on the applicable interpretations of the Securities Act by the staff of the SEC. If you are so deemed, you will have to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction.

Any holder of Outstanding Notes who is our affiliate or who intends to participate in the exchange offer for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Notes:

 

   

will not be able to rely on the interpretation of the staff of the SEC set forth in the no-action letters described above; and

 

   

must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any sale or transfer of the Exchange Notes, unless the sale or transfer is made pursuant to an exemption from those requirements.

Broker-dealers receiving Exchange Notes in exchange for Outstanding Notes acquired for their own account through market-making or other trading activities may not rely on this interpretation by the SEC. Such broker-dealers may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must therefore acknowledge, by signing the letter of transmittal, that they will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with resale of the Exchange Notes. The letter of transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver, and by delivering, a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. The SEC has taken the position that participating broker-dealers may fulfill their prospectus delivery requirements with respect to the Exchange Notes, other than a resale of an unsold allotment from the original sale of the Outstanding Notes, with the prospectus contained in the exchange offer registration statement. As described above, under the Registration Rights Agreement, we have agreed to allow participating broker-dealers and other persons, if any, subject to similar prospectus delivery requirements to use the prospectus contained in the exchange offer registration statement in connection with the resale of the Exchange Notes. See “Plan of Distribution.”

Terms of the Exchange Offer

This prospectus, together with the letter of transmittal, is first being sent on or about [                    ], 2010, to all holders of Outstanding Notes known to us. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal, we will accept any and all Outstanding Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on [                    ], 2010. We will issue $1,000 principal amount of Exchange Notes in exchange for each $1,000 principal amount of Outstanding Notes accepted in the exchange offer. Holders may tender some or all of their Outstanding Notes pursuant to the exchange offer. However, Outstanding Notes may be tendered only in integral multiples of $1,000.

The form and terms of the Exchange Notes are the same as the form and terms of the Outstanding Notes except that:

 

   

the Exchange Notes have been registered under the federal securities laws and will not bear any legend restricting their transfer;

 

   

the Exchange Notes will bear a different CUSIP number from the Outstanding Notes; and

 

   

the holders of the Exchange Notes will not be entitled to certain rights under the Registration Rights Agreement.

The Exchange Notes will evidence the same debt as the Outstanding Notes. Holders of Exchange Notes will be entitled to the benefits of the indenture.

 

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Holders of Outstanding Notes do not have any appraisal or dissenter’s rights under the General Corporation Law of Delaware or the indenture in connection with the exchange offer. We intend to conduct the exchange offer in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC under the Exchange Act.

We shall be deemed to have accepted validly tendered Outstanding Notes when and if we have given written notice to the exchange agent of our acceptance. The exchange agent will act as agent for the tendering holders for the purpose of receiving the Exchange Notes from us.

If any tendered Outstanding Notes are not accepted for exchange because of an invalid tender, the occurrence of other events described in this prospectus or otherwise, the certificates for any such unaccepted Outstanding Notes wills be returned, without expense, to the tendering holder thereof promptly after the expiration of the exchange offer.

Holders who tender Outstanding Notes in the exchange offer will not be required to pay brokerage commission or fees, or subject to the instructions in the letter of transmittal, transfer taxes with respect to the exchange of Outstanding Notes pursuant to the exchange offer. We will pay all charges and expenses, other than transfer taxes in certain circumstances, in connection with the exchange offer. See “—Fees and Expenses.”

Expiration Date; Extensions; Amendments

The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on [                    ], 2010, which is the expiration date, unless we extend it. To extend the exchange offer, we will notify the exchange agent of any extension by oral or written notice, followed by a public announcement thereof no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled expiration date.

We reserve the right, in our reasonable judgment, (a) to delay accepting any Outstanding Notes, to extend the exchange offer or to terminate the exchange offer if any of the conditions set forth below under “—Conditions” shall not have been satisfied, by giving oral or written notice of such delay, extension or termination to the exchange agent, or (b) to amend the terms of the exchange offer in any manner. Any such delay in acceptance, extension, termination or amendment will be followed as promptly as practicable by a public announcement. If the exchange offer is amended in a manner determined by us to constitute a material change, we will promptly disclose such amendment by means of a prospectus supplement that will be distributed to the registered holders, and, depending upon the significance of the amendment and the manner of disclosure to the registered holders, we will extend the exchange offer for a period of five to ten business days if the exchange offer would otherwise expire during this five to ten business-day period.

Exchange Offer Procedures

Only a holder of Outstanding Notes may tender Outstanding Notes in the exchange offer. To tender in the exchange offer, you must:

 

   

complete, sign and date the letter of transmittal, or a facsimile of the letter of transmittal;

 

   

have the signatures guaranteed if required by the letter of transmittal; and

 

   

mail or otherwise deliver the letter of transmittal or such facsimile, together with the Outstanding Notes and any other required documents, to the exchange agent prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date.

To tender Outstanding Notes effectively, the exchange agent must receive all the documents prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. Delivery of the Outstanding Notes may be made by book-entry transfer in accordance with the procedures described below. The exchange agent must receive confirmation of book-entry transfer prior to the expiration date.

 

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By executing the letter of transmittal you will make to us the representations set forth under the heading “—Resale of Exchange Notes.”

All tenders not withdrawn before the expiration date and the acceptance of the tender by us will constitute an agreement between you and us under the terms and subject to the conditions in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal, including an agreement to deliver good and marketable title to all tendered Outstanding Notes prior to the expiration date free and clear of all liens, charges, claims, encumbrances, adverse claims and rights and restrictions of any kind.

The method of delivery of Outstanding Notes and the letter of transmittal and all other required documents to the exchange agent is at your election and at your sole risk. Instead of delivery by mail, you should use an overnight or hand delivery service. In all cases, you should allow for sufficient time to ensure delivery to the exchange agent before the expiration of the exchange offer. You may request your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or nominee to effect these transactions for you. You should not send any note, letter of transmittal or other required document to us.

If your Outstanding Notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and you desire to tender, you should contact the registered holder promptly and instruct the registered holder to tender on your behalf.

The exchange of Outstanding Notes will be made only after timely receipt by the exchange agent of certificates for Outstanding Notes, a letter of transmittal and all other required documents, or timely completion of a book-entry transfer. If any tendered Outstanding Notes are not accepted for any reason or if Outstanding Notes are submitted for a greater principal amount than the holder desires to exchange, the exchange agent will return such unaccepted or non-exchanged Outstanding Notes to the tendering holder promptly after the expiration or termination of the exchange offer. In the case of Outstanding Notes tendered by book-entry transfer, the exchange agent will credit the non-exchanged Outstanding Notes to an account maintained with The Depository Trust Company.

Guarantee of Signatures

Holders must obtain a guarantee of all signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal unless the Outstanding Notes are tendered:

 

   

by a registered holder who has not completed the box entitled “Special Registration Instructions” or “Special Delivery Instructions” on the letter of transmittal; or

 

   

for the account of an “eligible guarantor institution.”

An “eligible guarantor institution” within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act, includes banks; brokers and dealers; credit unions; national securities exchanges; registered securities associations; clearing agencies; and savings associations.

Signature on the Letter of Transmittal; Bond Powers and Endorsements

If a person other than the registered holder of the Outstanding Notes signs the letter of transmittal, the registered holder must endorse the Outstanding Notes or provide a properly completed bond power. Any such endorsement or bond power must be signed by the registered holder as that registered holder’s name appears on the Outstanding Notes. Signatures on such Outstanding Notes and bond powers must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution.”

If you sign the letter of transmittal or any Outstanding Notes or bond power as a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation, fiduciary or in any other representative capacity, you must so indicate when signing. You must submit satisfactory evidence to the exchange agent of your authority to act in such capacity.

 

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Book Entry Transfer

We understand that the exchange agent will make a request promptly after the date of this prospectus to establish accounts with respect to the Outstanding Notes at the book-entry transfer facility, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the purpose of facilitating the exchange offer. Subject to the establishment of the accounts, any financial institution that is a participant in DTC’s system may make book-entry delivery of Outstanding Notes by causing DTC to transfer the notes into the exchange agent’s account in accordance with DTC’s procedures for such transfer. However, although delivery of Outstanding Notes may be effected through book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, the letter of transmittal (or a manually signed facsimile of the letter of transmittal) with any required signature guarantees, or an “agent’s message” in connection with a book-entry transfer, and any other required documents, must, in any case, be transmitted to and received by the exchange agent, or the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth below must be complied with, in each case, prior to the expiration date. Delivery of documents to DTC does not constitute delivery to the exchange agent.

The exchange agent and DTC have confirmed that the exchange offer is eligible for the DTC Automated Tender Offer Program. Accordingly, DTC participants may electronically transmit their acceptance of the exchange offer by causing DTC to transfer Outstanding Notes to the exchange agent in accordance with DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program procedures for transfer. Upon receipt of such holder’s acceptance through the Automated Tender Offer Program, DTC will edit and verify the acceptance and send an “agent’s message” to the exchange agent for its acceptance. Delivery of tendered Outstanding Notes must be made to the exchange agent pursuant to the book-entry delivery procedures set forth above, or the tendering DTC participant must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth below.

The term “agent’s message” means a message transmitted by DTC, and received by the exchange agent and forming part of the confirmation of a book-entry transfer, which states that:

 

   

DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the DTC participant tendering Outstanding Notes subject to the book-entry confirmation;

 

   

the participant has received and agrees to be bound by the terms of the letter of transmittal; and

 

   

we may enforce such agreement against such participant.

In the case of an agent’s message relating to guaranteed delivery, the term means a message transmitted by DTC and received by the exchange agent, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the DTC participant tendering Outstanding Notes that such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the notice of guaranteed delivery.

Determination of Valid Tenders; Our Rights Under the Exchange Offer

We will determine all questions as to the validity, form, eligibility, time of receipt, acceptance and withdrawal of tendered Outstanding Notes in our sole discretion, and our determination will be final and binding on all parties. We expressly reserve the absolute right, in our sole discretion, to reject any or all Outstanding Notes not properly tendered or any Outstanding Notes the acceptance of which would, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the absolute right in our reasonable judgment to waive or amend any conditions of the exchange offer or to waive any defects or irregularities of tender for any particular outstanding note, whether or not similar defects or irregularities are waived in the case of other Outstanding Notes. Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of the exchange offer will be final and binding on all parties. No alternative, conditional or contingent tenders will be accepted. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Outstanding Notes must be cured by the tendering holder within such time as we determine.

Although we intend to notify holders of defects or irregularities in tenders of Outstanding Notes, neither we, the exchange agent or any other person shall be under any duty to give notification of defects or irregularities in such tenders or will incur any liability to holders for failure to give such notification. Holders will be deemed to

 

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have tendered Outstanding Notes only when such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. The exchange agent will return to the tendering holder, after the expiration of the exchange offer, any Outstanding Notes that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects have not been cured or waived.

Guaranteed Delivery Procedures

If you desire to tender Outstanding Notes pursuant to the exchange offer and (1) certificates representing such Outstanding Notes are not immediately available, (2) time will not permit your letter of transmittal, certificates representing such Outstanding Notes and all other required documents to reach the exchange agent on or prior to the expiration date, or (3) the procedures for book-entry transfer (including delivery of an agent’s message) cannot be completed on or prior to the expiration date, you may nevertheless tender your Outstanding Notes with the effect that your tender will be deemed to have been received on or prior to the expiration date if all the following conditions are satisfied:

 

   

you must effect your tender through an “eligible guarantor institution,” which is defined above under the heading “—Guarantee of Signatures”;

 

   

a properly completed and duly executed notice of guaranteed delivery, substantially in the form provided by us with the letter of transmittal, or an agent’s message with respect to guaranteed delivery that is accepted by us, is received by the exchange agent on or prior to the expiration date as provided below; and

 

   

the certificates for the tendered Outstanding Notes, in proper form for transfer (or a book-entry confirmation of the transfer of such Outstanding Notes into the exchange agent account at DTC as described above), together with a letter of transmittal (or a manually signed facsimile of the letter of transmittal) properly completed and duly executed, with any signature guarantees and any other documents required by the letter of transmittal or a properly transmitted agent’s message, are received by the exchange agent within three New York Stock Exchange, Inc. trading days after the date of execution of the notice of guaranteed delivery.

The notice of guaranteed delivery may be sent by hand delivery, facsimile transmission or mail to the exchange agent and must include a guarantee by an eligible guarantor institution in the form set forth in the notice of guaranteed delivery.

Withdrawal Rights

Except as otherwise provided in this prospectus, you may withdraw tendered Outstanding Notes at any time before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. For a withdrawal of tendered Outstanding Notes to be effective, a written or facsimile transmission notice of withdrawal must be received by the exchange agent on or prior to the expiration of the exchange offer. For DTC participants, a written notice of withdrawal may be made by electronic transmission through DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program. Any notice of withdrawal must:

 

   

specify the name of the person having tendered the Outstanding Notes to be withdrawn;

 

   

identify the Outstanding Notes to be withdrawn, including the certificate number(s) and principal amount of such Outstanding Notes, or, in the case of Outstanding Notes transferred by book-entry transfer, the name and number of the account at DTC;

 

   

be signed by the holder in the same manner as the original signature on the letter of transmittal by which such Outstanding Notes were tendered, with any required signature guarantees, or be accompanied by documents of transfer sufficient to have the trustee with respect to the Outstanding Notes register the transfer of such Outstanding Notes into the name of the person withdrawing the tender and a properly completed irrevocable proxy authorizing such person to effect such withdrawal on behalf of such holder; and

 

   

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You may not rescind a proper withdrawal of Outstanding Notes. Any Outstanding Notes properly withdrawn will thereafter be deemed not to have been validly tendered for purposes of the exchange offer. The exchange agent will return any withdrawn Outstanding Notes without cost to the holder promptly after withdrawal of the Outstanding Notes. Holders may retender properly withdrawn Outstanding Notes at any time before the expiration of the exchange offer by following one of the procedures described above under the heading “—Exchange Offer Procedures.”

Conditions of the Exchange Offer

Notwithstanding any other term of the exchange offer, we are not required to accept for exchange, or issue any Exchange Notes for, any Outstanding Notes, and may terminate or amend the exchange offer as provided in this prospectus before the expiration date of the exchange offer, if in our reasonable judgment:

 

   

the Exchange Notes to be received will not be tradable by the holder without restriction under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and without material restrictions under the blue sky or securities laws of substantially all of the states of the United States;

 

   

the exchange offer, or the making of any exchange by a holder of Original Notes, would violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC; or

 

   

any action or proceeding has been instituted or threatened in any court or by or before any governmental agency with respect to the exchange offer that, in our judgment, would reasonably be expected to impair our ability to proceed with the exchange offer.

In addition, we will not be obligated to accept for exchange the Original Notes of any holder that has not made:

 

   

the representations described under “—Resale of Exchange Notes,” and

 

   

such other representations as may be reasonably necessary under applicable SEC rules, regulations or interpretations to make available to us an appropriate form for registration of the Exchange Notes under the Securities Act.

These conditions are for the sole benefit of us and the subsidiary guarantors. All conditions to the exchange offer, other than those dependent upon receipt of necessary government approvals, must be satisfied or waived by us, in our reasonable judgment, before the expiration date of the exchange offer. Our failure to exercise any of these rights at any time will not be deemed a waiver of these rights, and each of these rights shall be deemed an ongoing right which we may assert at any time and from time to time.

In addition, we will accept for exchange any Outstanding Notes tendered, but no Exchange Notes will be issued in exchange for those Outstanding Notes, if at any time any stop order is threatened or issued with respect to the registration statement for the exchange offer and the Exchange Notes or the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. In any such event, we must use our best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of any stop order at the earliest possible moment.

Exchange Agent

U.S. Bank, National Association has been appointed as exchange agent for the exchange offer. You should direct questions and requests for assistance, requests for additional copies of this prospectus, the letter of transmittal or any other documents to the exchange agent. You should send certificates for Outstanding Notes, letters of transmittal and any other required documents to the exchange agent addressed as follows:

 

Delivery by Registered

or Certified Mail:

U.S. Bank, National Association

60 Livingston Ave., EP-MN-WS2N

St. Paul, MN 55107

Attention: Specialized Finance

  

Facsimile Transmissions:

(Eligible Institutions Only)

(615) 495-8158

Attention: Specialized Finance

To Confirm by Telephone

or for Information Call:

(800) 934-6802

  

Overnight Delivery

or Regular Mail:

U.S. Bank, National Association

60 Livingston Ave., EP-MN-WS2N

St. Paul, MN 55107

Attention: Specialized Finance

 

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Delivery of the letter of transmittal to an address other than as shown above or transmission via facsimile other than as set forth above does not constitute a valid delivery of the letter of transmittal.

Fees and Expenses

We will bear the expenses of the exchange offer. We are mailing the principal solicitation. However, our and our affiliates’ officers and regular employees may make additional solicitation by telegraph, telephone, facsimile or in person.

We have not retained any dealer-manager in connection with the exchange offer. We will not make any payments to brokers or other persons soliciting acceptances of the exchange offer. We, however, will pay the exchange agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and will reimburse it for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.

We will pay the cash expenses incurred in connection with the exchange offer. These expenses include fees and expenses of the trustee, accounting and legal fees, and printing and distribution costs, among others.

Transfer Taxes

We will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the exchange of the Outstanding Notes pursuant to the exchange offer. If, however, certificates representing the Exchange Notes or the Outstanding Notes for principal amounts not tendered or accepted for exchange are to be delivered to, or are to be issued in the name of, any person other than the registered holder of the Outstanding Notes tendered, or if tendered Outstanding Notes are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing the letter of transmittal, or if a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of the notes pursuant to the exchange offer, then the amount of any such transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered holder or any other person) will be payable by the tendering holder.

Accounting Treatment

The Exchange Notes will be recorded at the same carrying value as the Outstanding Notes. Accordingly, we will recognize no gain or loss for accounting purposes. We will amortize the expenses of the exchange offer over the term of the Exchange Notes.

Consequences of Failure to Exchange

As a result of making this exchange offer, we will have fulfilled one of our obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, and holders who do not tender their Outstanding Notes generally will not have any further registration rights under the Registration Rights Agreement or otherwise. Accordingly, any holder of Outstanding Notes that does not exchange those notes for Exchange Notes will continue to hold the untendered Outstanding Notes and will be entitled to all the rights and limitations applicable thereto under the indenture, except to the extent that such rights or limitations, by their terms, terminate or cease to have further effectiveness as a result of the exchange offer.

The Outstanding Notes that are not exchanged for Exchange Notes pursuant to the exchange offer will remain restricted securities. Accordingly, such Outstanding Notes may be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred only:

 

   

to us (upon redemption thereof or otherwise);

 

   

pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act;

 

   

inside the United States 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;

 

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outside the United States in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act; or

 

   

pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if available), in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States.

Regulatory Approvals

Other than the federal securities laws, there are no federal or state regulatory requirements that we must comply with and there are no approvals that we must obtain in connection with the exchange offer.

Other

Participation in the exchange offer is voluntary. You should carefully consider whether to accept the exchange offer. You should consult your financial and tax advisors in making your own decision on what action to take.

We may in the future seek to acquire untendered Outstanding Notes in open market or privately negotiated transactions, through subsequent exchange offers or otherwise. We have no present plans to acquire any Outstanding Notes that are not tendered in the exchange offer or to file a registration statement to permit resales of any untendered Outstanding Notes.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF EXCHANGE NOTES

The Outstanding Notes were issued under the Indenture (the “Indenture”) dated August 10, 2010 among us, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), in a private transaction that is not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Upon the issuance of the Exchange Notes, the Indenture will be subject to and governed by the provisions of Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”).

The following description is a summary of the material provisions of the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement. It does not restate those agreements in their entirety. We urge you to read the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement because they, and not this description, define your rights as holders of the Exchange Notes. Anyone who receives this prospectus may obtain a copy of the Indenture and Registration Rights Agreement without charge by writing to Texas Industries, Inc., 1341 West Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Texas, 75247, Attention: Investor Relations Department.

Certain defined terms used in this description but not defined below under “— Certain Definitions” have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. In this description, the word “Company” refers only to Texas Industries, Inc. and not to any of its subsidiaries. Unless the context requires otherwise, for all purposes of the Indenture and this “Description of Exchange Notes,” references to the “Notes” shall mean the Exchange Notes.

Brief Description of the Notes and the Note Guarantees

The Notes will be:

 

   

general unsecured obligations of the Company;

 

   

effectively subordinated to any secured Indebtedness of the Company (including Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement), to the extent of the assets securing such Indebtedness, and to any future liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries that are not Guarantors, to the extent of the assets of such subsidiaries;

 

   

pari passu in right of payment with any existing and future unsecured Unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Company;

 

   

senior in right of payment to any existing or future subordinated Indebtedness of the Company; and

 

   

guaranteed by the Guarantors as described under “—Note Guarantees.”

As of the Issue Date, all of our Subsidiaries will be “Restricted Subsidiaries.” However, under the circumstances described below under the subheading “—Certain Covenants—Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries,” we will be permitted to designate certain of our subsidiaries as “Unrestricted Subsidiaries.” Any Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of the restrictive covenants in the Indenture and will not guarantee the Notes.

As of August 31, 2010 the Company had approximately $665.8 million of consolidated indebtedness outstanding.

Principal, Maturity and Interest

The Indenture provides for the issuance by the Company of Notes with an unlimited principal amount, of which $650.0 million will be issued in this offering. The Company may issue additional Notes from time to time after this offering under the Indenture (“Additional Notes”). Any offering of Additional Notes is subject to the covenant described below under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.” The Notes offered hereby and any Additional Notes subsequently issued under the Indenture

 

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will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. The Company will issue Notes in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Notes will mature on August 15, 2020.

Interest on the Notes will accrue at the rate of 9 1/4% per annum and is payable semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15. The Company will make each interest payment to the Holders of record on the immediately preceding February 1 and August 1.

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 and including the Issue Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

Methods of Receiving Payments on the Notes

If a Holder of $1.0 million or more of Notes has given wire transfer instructions to the Company, the Company will pay all principal, interest and premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on that Holder’s Notes in accordance with those instructions. All other payments on Notes will be made at the office or agency of the Paying Agent and Registrar within the City and State of New York unless the Company elects to make interest payments by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders.

Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes

The Trustee will initially act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders, and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

Transfer and Exchange

A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company is not required to transfer or exchange any Note selected for redemption. Also, the Company is not required to transfer or exchange any Note for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed.

The registered Holder of a Note will be treated as the owner of it for all purposes under the Indenture.

Note Guarantees

The Notes will be guaranteed, jointly and severally, by all of the Guarantors. Each Note Guarantee:

 

   

will be a general unsecured obligation of the Guarantor;

 

   

will be effectively subordinated to any existing and future secured Indebtedness of the Guarantor (including its guarantee of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement), to the extent of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

 

   

will be pari passu in right of payment with any existing and future unsecured Unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Guarantor; and

 

   

will be senior in right of payment to any future subordinated Indebtedness of the Guarantor.

If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or creates another Domestic Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) on or after the date of the Indenture, then that newly acquired or created Domestic Subsidiary must become a Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture and deliver an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee. See “—Certain Covenants—Guarantees.”

 

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The obligations of each Guarantor under its Note Guarantee will be limited as necessary to prevent that Note Guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law. We cannot assure you that this limitation will protect the Note Guarantees from fraudulent transfer challenges or, if it does, that the remaining amount due and collectible under the Note Guarantees would suffice, if necessary, to pay the Notes in full when due. In a recent Florida bankruptcy case, subsidiary guarantees containing this kind of provision were found to be fraudulent conveyances and thus unenforceable and the court stated that this kind of limitation is ineffective. We do not know if that case will be followed if there is litigation on this point under the Indenture. However, if it is followed, the risk that the Note Guarantees will be found to be fraudulent conveyances will be significantly increased. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Notes—Federal and state statutes allow courts, under specific circumstances, to void the notes or the guarantees and require note holders to return payments received from the issuer or the subsidiary guarantors.”

As of August 31, 2010, the Guarantors had no Indebtedness outstanding other than intercompany Indebtedness, their guarantees of the Outstanding Notes and of our Indebtedness under our Credit Agreement, and $2.4 million of capital lease obligations.

Ranking

The Notes will rank equal in right of payment to all existing and future unsecured Unsubordinated Indebtedness and senior in right of payment to all subordinated Indebtedness of the Company. The Notes, however, will be effectively subordinated to the Company’s secured obligations to the extent of the collateral securing such obligations. Additionally, the Notes will be effectively subordinated to all liabilities, including trade payables, of the Company’s subsidiaries that are not Guarantors. The Note Guarantees will rank equal in right of payment with all existing and future unsecured Unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Guarantors. In addition, the Note Guarantees will be effectively subordinated to all of the Guarantors’ secured obligations to the extent of the collateral securing such obligations.

Optional Redemption

At any time prior to August 15, 2013, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture (including any Additional Notes) at a redemption price of 109.250% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, thereon to the redemption date, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that:

(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture (including any Additional Notes) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company or its Affiliates); and

(2) the redemption must occur within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.

At any time on or prior to August 15, 2015, the Company may redeem all or part of the Notes at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount thereof, plus (ii) accrued and unpaid interest, if any to the applicable date of redemption, plus (iii) the Make-Whole Premium.

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On and after August 15, 2015, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, thereon, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on August 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2015

     104.625

2016

     103.083

2017

     101.542

2018 and thereafter

     100.000

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption as follows:

(1) if the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange; or

(2) if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.

No Notes of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. Notices of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address. Notices of redemption may not be conditional.

If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of them called for redemption.

Mandatory Redemption

The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

Repurchase at the Option of Holders

Change of Control

If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes pursuant to an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) on the terms set forth in the Indenture. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will offer payment (a “Change of Control Payment”) in cash of 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, thereon, to the date of repurchase (the “Change of Control Payment Date,” which date will be no earlier than the date of such Change of Control). No later than 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the Change of Control Payment Date specified in such notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of the Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control provisions of the Indenture by virtue of such compliance.

 

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On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered; and

(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company.

The Paying Agent will promptly mail or wire transfer to each Holder of Notes so tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.

The Credit Agreement restricts in certain circumstances, the Company from prepaying or redeeming any Notes. The Credit Agreement also provides that certain change of control events with respect to the Company would constitute a default thereunder. Any future credit agreements or other agreements relating to Indebtedness to which the Company becomes a party may contain similar restrictions and provisions. In the event a Change of Control occurs at a time when the Company is prohibited from purchasing Notes, the Company could seek the consent of its lenders to the purchase of Notes or could attempt to refinance the borrowings that contain such prohibition. If the Company does not obtain such a consent or repay such borrowings, the Company will remain prohibited from purchasing Notes. In such case, the Company’s failure to purchase tendered Notes would constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture which would, in turn, constitute a default under such other agreements.

The provisions described above that require the Company to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control will be applicable regardless of whether any other provisions of the Indenture are applicable. Except as described above with respect to a Change of Control, the Indenture does not contain provisions that permit the Holders of the Notes to require that the Company repurchase or redeem the Notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction.

The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.

The definition of Change of Control includes a phrase relating to the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of “all or substantially all” of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted 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 Notes to require the Company to repurchase such Notes as a result of a sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of less than all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to another Person or group may be uncertain. In addition, Holders of Notes may not be entitled to require the Company to repurchase their Notes in certain circumstances involving a significant change in the composition of the Board of Directors of the Company, including in connection with a proxy contest, where the Company’s Board of Directors does not endorse a dissident slate of directors but approves them for purposes of the Indenture.

 

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Asset Sales

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

(1) the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;

(2) such Fair Market Value is determined in good faith by (a) the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of the Company, in the case of any Asset Sales or series of related Asset Sales having a Fair Market Value of less than $35.0 million, and (b) the Board of Directors of the Company and evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, in the case of any Asset Sales or series of related Asset Sales having a Fair Market Value of $35.0 million or more;

(3) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash, Cash Equivalents or Replacement Assets or a combination thereof. For purposes of this provision, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash:

(a) any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities, liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee and liabilities to the extent owed to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary written agreement that releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability; and

(b) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are within 180 days (subject to ordinary settlement periods) converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received in that conversion).

Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company may apply such Net Proceeds at its option:

(1) to repay Indebtedness under the Credit Facilities or other Unsubordinated Indebtedness, in each case, secured by such assets or Indebtedness Incurred under clause (1) of the “Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” covenant and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;

(2) to purchase Replacement Assets (or enter into a binding agreement to purchase such Replacement Assets; provided that (x) such purchase is consummated no later than the later of (i) the 360th day after such Asset Sale or (ii) within 90 days after the date of such binding agreement and (y) if such purchase is not consummated within the period set forth in subclause (x), the Net Proceeds not so applied will be deemed to be Excess Proceeds (as defined below); or

(3) to apply such Net Proceeds (to the extent not applied pursuant to clauses (1) and (2)) as provided in the following paragraph of this “—Asset Sales” covenant.

Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by the Indenture.

Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in the preceding paragraph will constitute “Excess Proceeds.” Within 30 days after the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million, the Company will make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Unsubordinated Indebtedness containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to purchase with the proceeds of sales of assets, to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and

 

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such other Unsubordinated Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use such Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such other Unsubordinated Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, Notes and such other Unsubordinated Indebtedness to be purchased shall be selected on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sales provisions of the Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of the Indenture by virtue of such compliance.

The Credit Agreement restricts in certain circumstances the Company from prepaying or redeeming any Notes, and also provides that certain asset sales with respect to the Company would constitute a default thereunder. Any future credit agreements or other agreements relating to Indebtedness to which the Company becomes a party may contain similar restrictions and provisions. In the event an Asset Sale occurs at a time when the Company is prohibited from purchasing Notes, the Company could seek the consent of its lenders to the purchase of Notes or could attempt to refinance the borrowings that contain such prohibition. If the Company does not obtain such a consent or repay such borrowings, the Company will remain prohibited from purchasing Notes. In such case, the Company’s failure to purchase tendered Notes would constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture which would, in turn, constitute a default under such other agreements.

Suspension Condition

If the Notes are rated Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing (the foregoing conditions being referred to collectively as the “Suspension Condition”), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will cease to be subject to the covenants described under “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments,” “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock,” clause (3) of “—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets,” “—Transactions with Affiliates,” clauses (1) and (3) of “—Sale and Leaseback Transactions” and “—Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Equity Interests in Restricted Subsidiaries” and will not be subject to the provisions of the Indenture described under “—Repurchase at the Option of the Holders—Asset Sales” (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”). As a result, if and after the Company meets the Suspension Condition, the Notes will be entitled to substantially less covenant protection. If the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants with respect to the Notes for any period of time as a result of the foregoing and, subsequently, one or both Rating Agencies withdraw their Investment Grade rating or downgrade the Investment Grade rating assigned to the Notes such that the Notes are no longer rated Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies, then the Company and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants. Compliance with the Suspended Covenants with respect to Restricted Payments made after the time of such withdrawal or downgrade will be calculated in accordance with the terms of the covenant described below under “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments” as if such covenant had been in effect during the entire period of time from the date of the Indenture. Notwithstanding that the Suspended Covenants may be reinstated no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred as result of failure to comply with the Suspended Covenants during any period during which such covenants have been suspended.

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“—Repurchase at the Option of the Holders—Change of Control” and the covenants described under “—Certain Covenants—Liens,” “—Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries,” “—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets” (other than clause (3)), “—Guarantees,” “—Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries,” “—Sale and Leaseback Transactions” (other than clauses (1) and (3)), “—Business Activities,” “—Payments for Consent” and “Reports.” In addition, the Company will not be permitted to designate any Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries while the Company meets the Suspension Condition, unless the Company could have designated such Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries in compliance with the Indenture assuming the covenants had not been suspended.

Certain Covenants

Restricted Payments

(A) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

(1) declare or pay (without duplication) any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends, payments or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company);

(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) any Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof held by Persons other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(3) make any payment to purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes or the Note Guarantees prior to any scheduled maturity, scheduled sinking fund or mandatory redemption payment, except the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of any such Indebtedness in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such purchase, repurchase or other acquisition; or

(4) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”),

unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

(1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;

(2) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four quarter period, have been permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described below under the caption “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”; and

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(b) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company since September 1, 2005 as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or sale of Disqualified Stock or debt securities of the Company that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Company); plus

(c) with respect to Restricted Investments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after September 1, 2005, an amount equal to (x) the amount returned in cash to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company on or with respect to such Restricted Investments, whether resulting from payments of interest on Indebtedness, dividends or distributions, liquidations, repayments of loans or advances in cash or other payments, or from the net cash proceeds from the sale of any such Restricted Investment, (y) upon the designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary, the Fair Market Value of the Company’s or its Restricted Subsidiary’s equity interest in such Subsidiary at the time of such designation, or (z) upon the release of any Guarantee (except to the extent any amounts are paid under such Guarantee), the amount of the Guarantee released, in each case, but only if and to the extent such amounts are not included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income and not to exceed the amount of the Restricted Investment previously made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary.

The Company had approximately $63.3 million available for restricted payments on August 31, 2010 under clause (3) above.

(B) The preceding provisions will not prohibit:

(1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at said date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of the Indenture;

(2) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of any subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor or of any Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of a contribution to the common equity of the Company or a substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock); provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition shall be excluded from clause (3)(b) of the preceding paragraph (A);

(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor in exchange for, or with the net cash proceeds from, an Incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;

(4) the payment of any dividend or distribution by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its common Equity Interests, or the redemption by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of its common Equity Interests, in each case on a pro rata basis;

(5) the repurchase of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of options or warrants to the extent that such Capital Stock represents all or a portion of the exercise price thereof or applicable withholding taxes, if any;

(6) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company held by any current or former employee or director of the Company (or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) pursuant to the terms of any employee equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement or similar agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests will not exceed $10.0 million and provided further that such aggregate price paid, in any calendar year, will not exceed $2.5 million;

 

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(7) dividends paid by the Company on its common stock in an annual amount not to exceed (a) $10.0 million plus (b) an amount equal to 3% of net cash proceeds received by the Company from, or reduction of Indebtedness of the Company resulting from, the issuance, exchange or sale of the Company’s common stock after the date of the Indenture;

(8) upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or an Asset Sale, the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes or the Note Guarantees pursuant to the provisions substantially similar to those described under “Repurchase at the Option of the Holders—Change of Control” and “Repurchase at the Option of the Holders—Asset Sales” at a purchase price not greater than 101% of the principal amount thereof (in the case of a Change of Control) or at a percentage of the principal amount thereof not higher than the principal amount applicable to the Notes (in the case of an Asset Sale), plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that prior to or contemporaneously with such defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition, the Company has made an offer to purchase with respect to the Notes and has repurchased all Notes validly tendered for payment and not withdrawn in connection therewith; or

(9) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100.0 million,

provided that, except in the case of clause (1), no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby.

The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued to or by the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Fair Market Value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this covenant shall be determined by the Board of Directors whose resolution with respect thereto shall be delivered to the Trustee. The Board of Directors’ determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an independent accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm if the Fair Market Value exceeds $20.0 million. In the event the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary makes any Restricted Payment under the first paragraph of this covenant, the Company’s annual compliance certificate described in the last paragraph under “Events of Default and Remedies” shall state that such Restricted Payment was permitted under the Indenture and shall set forth the basis upon which the calculations required by this “Restricted Payments” covenant were computed, together with a copy of any fairness opinion or appraisal required by the Indenture.

For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that all or any part of any Investment meets the criteria of more than one of the clauses in the definition of “Permitted Investments” or is entitled to be made pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant or any clause in paragraph (B) of this covenant, the Company will be permitted, at the time of the making of such Investment, to classify such Investment or the various parts of such Investment in any manner that complies with this covenant.

Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any Preferred Stock (other than issuances to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary); provided, however, that the Company may Incur Indebtedness or any Guarantor may Incur Indebtedness or issue Preferred Stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred or the Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.0 to 1, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been Incurred or the Preferred Stock had been issued at the beginning of such four-quarter period.

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(1) Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor under Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding pursuant to this clause (1) not to exceed the greater of (x) $300.0 million less the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to permanently repay any such Indebtedness (and, in the case of any revolving credit Indebtedness, to effect a corresponding commitment reduction thereunder) pursuant to the covenant “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales” and (y) an amount equal to 2.5 times the Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such Indebtedness is to be Incurred (for purposes of making the computation referred to in (y) above, (i) acquisitions and dispositions of business entities or property and assets constituting a division or line of business of any Person that have been made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing transactions, during such four-quarter period or subsequent to such period and on or prior to the date on which such Indebtedness is to be Incurred shall be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of such four-quarter period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, but without giving effect to clause (3) of the proviso set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income, and (ii) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, will be excluded);

(2) Existing Indebtedness;

(3) Indebtedness of the Company and the Guarantors represented by the Notes and the related Note Guarantees to be issued on the Issue Date, and by the Exchange Notes and the related Note Guarantees to be issued pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement in exchange therefor;

(4) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company for Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, Incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed $25.0 million at any one time outstanding;

(5) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace, Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by the Indenture to be Incurred under the first paragraph of this covenant or clauses (2), (3), (4), (5) or (8) of this paragraph;

(6) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries owing to and held by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof, shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (6);

(7) Guarantees by the Company or any of the Guarantors of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was permitted to be Incurred by another provision of this covenant; or

(8) additional Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in an aggregate amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (8), not to exceed $100.0 million.

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(8) above, or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, the Company will be permitted to classify at the time of its Incurrence such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with this covenant. In addition, any Indebtedness originally classified as Incurred pursuant to clauses (1) through (8) above may later be reclassified by the Company such that it will be deemed as having been Incurred pursuant to another of such clauses or pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant to the extent that such reclassified Indebtedness could be Incurred pursuant to such other clause or such paragraph at the time of such reclassification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness under Credit Facilities outstanding on the Issue Date will be deemed to have been Incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt.

For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. Dollar Equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was Incurred (or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt); provided that if such Indebtedness is Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced.

The principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if Incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.

The Company will not Incur any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company unless it is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes. No Guarantor will Incur any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of such Guarantor unless it is subordinate in right of payment to such Guarantor’s Note Guarantee. For purposes of the foregoing, no Indebtedness will be deemed to be subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, solely by reason of any Liens or Guarantees arising or created in respect of such other Indebtedness or by virtue of the fact that the holders of any secured Indebtedness have entered into intercreditor agreements giving one or more of such holders priority over the other holders in collateral held by them.

Liens

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of their property or assets, owned on the date of the Indenture or acquired thereafter, unless all payments due under the Indenture and the Notes are secured on an equal and ratable basis with (or on a more favorable basis than) the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien.

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock (or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits) to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (it being understood that the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating

 

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distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on Common Stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock) or pay any liabilities owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (it being understood that the subordination of loans or advances made to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to other Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances); or

(3) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to such encumbrances or restrictions existing under, by reason of or with respect to:

(1) the Existing Indebtedness, the Credit Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes, any Note Guarantee or any other agreements in effect on the date of the Indenture and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof, provided that the encumbrances and restrictions in any such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in such Existing Indebtedness, the Credit Agreement, the Indenture, or such other agreements as in effect on the date of the Indenture;

(2) any provision of any indenture, credit agreement or similar agreement not described in the immediately preceding clause (1) that requires intercompany obligations to be subordinated to the indebtedness under such indenture or agreement;

(3) any applicable law, rule, regulation, order or requirement of any governmental agency or authority;

(4) any agreement or arrangement applicable to any Person or the property or assets of such Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, existing at the time of such acquisition and not entered into in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition; provided that the encumbrance or restriction therein is not applicable to any Person or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of such Person, so acquired, and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof, provided that the encumbrances and restrictions in any such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacement or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those in effect on the date of the acquisition;

(5) any agreement or arrangement that restricts in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is a lease, license, conveyance, joint venture, partnership interest or contract or similar property or asset;

(6) any transfer of, agreement to transfer, option or right with respect to, or Lien on, any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture;

(7) any agreement or arrangement in the ordinary course of business, not relating to any Indebtedness, that does not, individually or in the aggregate, detract from the value of property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any manner material to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(8) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of, or property and assets of, a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending such sale or other disposition;

(9) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;

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(11) Standard Securitization Undertakings related to a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

(12) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business and which the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith will not adversely affect the Company’s ability to make payments of principal or interest on the Notes; and

(13) Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred under the Indenture, which encumbrances or restrictions are ordinary and customary with respect to the type of Indebtedness being Incurred and which the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith will not adversely affect the Company’s ability to make payments of principal or interest on the Notes.

Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets

The Company will not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person unless:

(1) either: (a) the Company is the surviving corporation; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made (i) is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, provided that in the case where such Person is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation and (ii) assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction no Default or Event of Default exists;

(3) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made, will, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”;

(4) each Guarantor, unless such Guarantor is the Person with which the Company has entered into a transaction under this “Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets” covenant, shall have confirmed to the Trustee in writing that its Note Guarantee shall apply to the obligations of the Company or the surviving Person in accordance with the Notes and the Indenture; and

(5) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate (attaching the arithmetic computation to demonstrate compliance with clause (3) above) and Opinion of Counsel, in each case stating that such transaction and such agreement complies with this covenant and that all conditions precedent provided for herein relating to such transaction have been complied with.

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formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition is made will succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of the Indenture referring to the “Company” will refer instead to the successor corporation and not the Company), and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under the Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person has been named as the Company in the Indenture.

Transactions with Affiliates

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into, make, amend, renew or extend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or Guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:

(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company; and

(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee:

(a) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions complies with this covenant and that such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors; and

(b) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $15.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions from a financial point of view issued by an independent accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm.

The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of the prior paragraph:

(1) transactions between or among the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(2) payment of reasonable fees and compensation to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers and directors of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(3) the entering into of a tax sharing agreement, or payments pursuant thereto, between the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any other Person with which the Company or such Subsidiaries are required or permitted to file a consolidated tax return or with which the Company or such Subsidiaries are part of a consolidated group for tax purposes, on the other hand, which payments by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not in excess of the tax liabilities that would have been payable by them on a stand-alone basis;

(4) Restricted Payments that are permitted by the provisions of the Indenture described above under the caption “—Restricted Payments” and Permitted Investments;

(5) transfers of accounts receivable, other financial assets and related assets to a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction and the charging of fees and expenses in the ordinary course of business in connection with such transfers; and

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Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries

The Board of Directors may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that:

(1) any Guarantee by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness of the Subsidiary being so designated will be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (or both, if applicable) at the time of such designation, and such Incurrence of Indebtedness would be permitted under the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”;

(2) the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary being so designated (including any Guarantee by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary) will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of such designation, and such Investment would be permitted under the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”;

(3) such Subsidiary does not hold any Liens on any Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(4) the Subsidiary being so designated:

(a) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company;

(b) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and

(c) has not Guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except to the extent such Guarantee or credit support would be released upon such designation; and

(5) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

Any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by the Indenture. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet any of the preceding requirements described in subclauses (a), (b) and (c) of clause (4) above and such failure continues for a period of 60 days, such Subsidiary shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of the Indenture and any Indebtedness, Investments, or Liens on the property of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be Incurred or created by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness, Investments or Liens are not permitted to be Incurred or created as of such date under the Indenture, the Company shall be in default under the Indenture.

The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that:

(1) such designation shall be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation shall only be permitted if such Indebtedness is permitted under the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”;

 

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(2) all outstanding Investments owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be made as of the time of such designation and such designation shall only be permitted if such Investments would be permitted under the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”;

(3) all Liens upon property or assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary existing at the time of such designation would be permitted under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Liens”; and

(4) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

Sale and Leaseback Transactions

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction; provided that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into a sale and leaseback transaction if:

(1) the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, could have Incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such sale and leaseback transaction under the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test in the first paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”;

(2) the gross cash proceeds of that sale and leaseback transaction are at least equal to the Fair Market Value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the property that is the subject of that sale and leaseback transaction; and

(3) the transfer of assets in that sale and leaseback transaction is permitted by, and the Company applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with, the covenant described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Equity Interests in Restricted Subsidiaries

The Company will not transfer, convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, issue, transfer, convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to any Person (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or, if necessary, shares of its Capital Stock constituting directors’ qualifying shares or issuances of shares of Capital Stock of foreign Restricted Subsidiaries to foreign nationals, to the extent required by applicable law), except:

(1) any such issuance, transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition if, immediately after giving effect thereto, such Restricted Subsidiary would no longer constitute a Restricted Subsidiary and any Investment in such Person remaining after giving effect thereto would have been permitted to be made under the “Restricted Payments” covenant if made on the date of such issuance or sale; or

(2) sales of Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary complies with the covenant described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

Guarantees

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Guarantor or simultaneously executes and delivers a supplemental indenture providing for the Guarantee of the payment of the Notes by such Restricted Subsidiary, which Guarantee shall be senior to or pari passu with such Subsidiary’s Guarantee of such other Indebtedness. The form of the Note Guarantee will be attached as an exhibit to the Indenture.

A Guarantor may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), another Person, other than the Company or another Guarantor, unless:

(1) immediately after giving effect to that transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and

(2) either:

(a) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Guarantor) is organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under the Indenture, its Note Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to a supplemental indenture reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; or

(b) such sale or other disposition (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise) complies with the covenant described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

The Note Guarantee of a Guarantor will be released:

(1) in connection with any sale or other disposition (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise) of all of the Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) an Affiliate of the Company, if the sale of all such Capital Stock of that Guarantor complies with the covenant described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”;

(2) if the Company properly designates that Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary under the Indenture;

(3) solely in the case of a Note Guarantee created pursuant to the second sentence of this covenant, upon the release or discharge of the Guarantee which resulted in the creation of such Note Guarantee pursuant to this covenant “—Certain Covenants—Guarantees,” except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such Guarantee; or

(4) upon a Legal Defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture that complies with the provisions under “Defeasance” or “Satisfaction and Discharge.”

Business Activities

The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

Payments for Consent

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of the Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

 

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Reports

The Company will furnish to the Trustee and, upon request, to beneficial owners and prospective investors a copy of all of the information and reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations:

(1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such Forms, including a “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations” and, with respect to the annual information only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Company’s certified independent accountants; and

(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.

Whether or not required by the Commission, the Company will comply with the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and will file the reports specified in the preceding paragraph with the Commission within the time periods specified above unless the Commission will not accept such a filing. The Company agrees that it will not take any action for the purpose of causing the Commission not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Commission will not accept the Company’s filings for any reason, the Company will post the reports referred to in the preceding paragraph on its website within the time periods that would apply if the Company were required to file those reports with the Commission.

If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by this covenant shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations,” of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any parent of the Company becomes a Guarantor, the reports, information and other documents required to be filed and provided as described above may be those of the parent, rather than those of the Company, so long as such filings would satisfy the Commission’s requirements.

In addition, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, they will furnish to the Holders and to prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company will not be deemed to have failed to comply with any of its obligations under this “Reports” covenant for purposes of clause (4) under “—Events of Default and Remedies” until 90 days after the date any report is due under this covenant.

Events of Default and Remedies

Each of the following is an Event of Default:

(1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, or Liquidated Damages with respect to, the Notes;

(2) default in payment when due (whether at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes;

(3) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions described under the captions “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control,” “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales” or “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets” or the provisions described under the caption “—Guarantees”;

 

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(4) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after written notice by the Trustee or Holders representing 25% or more of the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding to comply with any of the other agreements in the Indenture;

(5) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is Guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created after the Issue Date, if that default:

(a) is caused by a failure to make any payment when due at the final maturity of such Indebtedness (a “Payment Default”); or

(b) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity,

and, in each case, the amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more;

(6) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final judgments (to the extent such judgments are not paid or covered by insurance provided by a reputable carrier) aggregating in excess of $25.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;

(7) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Note Guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Note Guarantee; and

(8) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company (or any Restricted Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary).

In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, with respect to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company (or any Restricted Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately.

Holders of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, interest or Liquidated Damages) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest or Liquidated Damages on, or the principal or premium, if any, of the Notes. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture, that may involve the Trustee in personal liability, or that the Trustee determines in good faith may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders of Notes not joining in the giving of such direction and may take any other action it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any such direction received from Holders of Notes. A Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes unless:

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(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(3) such Holder or Holders offer the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any costs, liability or expense;

(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and

(5) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with the request.

However, such limitations do not apply to the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of the principal of, premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on, such Note or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment, on or after the due date expressed in the Notes, which right shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.

In the case of any Event of Default occurring by reason of any willful action or inaction taken or not taken by or on behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Company would have had to pay if the Company then had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of the Indenture, an equivalent premium shall also become and be immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes. If an Event of Default occurs during any time that the Notes are outstanding, by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding the prohibition on redemption of the Notes, then the premium specified in the Indenture that would have been payable upon redemption at the time the Event of Default occurs shall also become immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes.

The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture. Upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, the Company is required to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders

No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the Note Guarantees 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 issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have all of its obligations discharged with respect to the outstanding Notes and all obligations of the Guarantors discharged with respect to their Note Guarantees (“Legal Defeasance”) except for:

(1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to below;

(2) the Company’s obligations with respect to the Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust;

(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and the Company’s and the Guarantor’s obligations in connection therewith; and

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In addition, the Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors released with respect to certain covenants that are described in the Indenture (“Covenant Defeasance”) and thereafter any omission to comply with those covenants shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes. In the event Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events (not including non-payment, bankruptcy, receivership, rehabilitation and insolvency events) described under “Events of Default” will no longer constitute Events of Default with respect to the Notes.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:

(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest and premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the outstanding Notes on the stated maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (a) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (b) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either: (a) on the date of such deposit; or (b) insofar as Events of Default from bankruptcy or insolvency events are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;

(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;

(6) the Company must have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, (1) assuming no intervening bankruptcy of the Company or any Guarantor between the date of deposit and the 91st day following the deposit and assuming that no Holder is an “insider” of the Company under applicable bankruptcy law, after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of Section 547 of the United States Bankruptcy Code and (2) the creation of the defeasance trust does not violate the Investment Company Act of 1940;

(7) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others;

(8) if the Notes are to be redeemed prior to their stated maturity, the Company must deliver to the Trustee irrevocable instructions to redeem all of the Notes on the specified redemption date; and

(9) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

 

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Amendment, Supplement and Waiver

Except as provided in the next two succeeding paragraphs, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes).

Without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note, or extend the optional redemption dates of the Notes, or reduce the optional redemption prices of the Notes, or increase the amount of Notes that may be redeemed, from those stated under the caption “Optional Redemption”;

(3) reduce the rate of or delay the time for payment of interest on any Note;

(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium, or Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

(5) make any Note payable in money other than U.S. dollars;

(6) make any change in the provisions of the Indenture governing waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes;

(7) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee or the Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, as then in effect;

(8) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to the Notes or the Note Guarantees;

(9) amend, change or modify the obligation of the Company to make and consummate an Asset Sale Offer with respect to any Asset Sale in accordance with the “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales” covenant, after the conditions to such Asset Sale Offer have been met and the obligation to make such Asset Sale Offer has arisen or the obligation of the Company to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the event of a Change of Control in accordance with the “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control” covenant, after such Change of Control has occurred, including, in each case, amending, changing or modifying any definition relating thereto;

(10) except as otherwise permitted under the “Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets” covenant, consent to the assignment or transfer by the Company or any Guarantor of any of their rights or obligations under the Indenture; and

(11) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.

Notwithstanding the preceding, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes:

(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

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(3) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s or such Guarantor’s assets;

(4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not materially, in the good faith determination of the Board of Directors of the Company, adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder;

(5) to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

(6) to comply with the provision described under “Certain Covenants—Guarantees”;

(7) to add one or more co-obligors on the Notes;

(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment of a successor Trustee; or

(9) to conform the Indenture or the Notes to any provision of this “Description of the Notes” to the extent such provision is intended to be a substantially verbatim recitation thereof.

Satisfaction and Discharge

The Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued thereunder, when:

(1) either:

(a) all Notes that have been authenticated thereunder (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(b) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation thereunder have become due and payable by reason of the sending of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

(2) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;

(3) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under the Indenture; and

(4) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under the Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.

In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Concerning the Trustee

If the Trustee becomes a creditor of the Company or any Guarantor, the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act limit its right to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The Trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions; however, if it acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the Commission for permission to continue or resign.

 

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The Indenture provides that in case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee will be required, in the exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a prudent man in the conduct of his own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request of any Holder of Notes, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

Book-Entry, Delivery and Form

We will issue the Exchange Notes in the form of one or more global notes (the “Global Exchange Note”). The Global Exchange Note will be deposited upon issuance with the Trustee as custodian for DTC, in New York, New York, and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee. Except as set forth below, the Global Exchange Note may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to DTC or another nominee of DTC. Investors may hold their beneficial interests in the Global Exchange Notes directly through DTC if they have an account with DTC or indirectly through organizations that have accounts with DTC, including Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of Euroclear and Clearstream Banking, S.A., as operator of Clearstream.

Beneficial interests in the Global Exchange Notes may not be exchanged for notes in certificated form except in the limited circumstances described below. See “—Exchange of Global Exchange Notes for Certificated Notes.” Except in the limited circumstances described below, owners of beneficial interests in the Global Exchange Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of notes in certificated form.

Transfers of beneficial interests in the DTC Global Exchange Notes will be subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC and its direct or indirect participants (including, if applicable, those of Euroclear and Clearstream), which may change from time to time.

Depository Procedures

The following description of the operations and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream are provided solely as a matter of convenience. These operations and procedures are solely within the control of the respective settlement systems and are subject to changes by them. The Company takes no responsibility for these operations and procedures and urges investors to contact the system or their participants directly to discuss these matters.

DTC has advised the Company that DTC is a limited-purpose trust company created to hold securities for its participating organizations (collectively, the “Participants”) and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of transactions in those securities between Participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its Participants. The Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Access to DTC’s system is also available to other entities such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Participant, either directly or indirectly (collectively, the “Indirect Participants”). Persons who are not Participants may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through the Participants or the Indirect Participants. The ownership interests in, and transfers of ownership interests in, each security held by or on behalf of DTC are recorded on the records of the Participants and Indirect Participants.

DTC has also advised the Company that, pursuant to procedures established by it:

(1) upon deposit of the Global Exchange Notes, DTC will credit on its internal system, the accounts of persons holding through it with the respective principal amounts of the individual beneficial interest represented by such Global Exchange Notes purchased by such persons in this exchange offer; and

(2) ownership of these interests in the Global Exchange Notes will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership thereof will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to the Participants) or by the Participants and the Indirect Participants (with respect to other owners of beneficial interest in the Global Exchange Notes).

 

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Investors in the Global Exchange Notes who are Participants in DTC’s system may hold their interests therein directly through DTC. Investors in the Global Exchange Notes who are not Participants may hold their interests therein indirectly through organizations (including Euroclear and Clearstream) which are Participants in such system. All interests in a Global Exchange Note, including those held through Euroclear or Clearstream, may be subject to the procedures and requirements of DTC. Those interests held through Euroclear or Clearstream may also be subject to the procedures and requirements of such systems. The laws of some states require that certain Persons take physical delivery in definitive form of securities that they own. Consequently, the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global Exchange Note to such Persons will be limited to that extent. Because DTC can act only on behalf of Participants, which in turn act on behalf of Indirect Participants, the ability of a Person having beneficial interests in a Global Exchange Note to pledge such interests to Persons that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of such interests, may be affected by the lack of a physical certificate evidencing such interests.

Except as described below, owners of interest in the Global Exchange Notes will not have Notes registered in their names, will not receive physical delivery of Notes in certificated form and will not be considered the registered owners or “Holders” thereof under the Indenture for any purpose.

Payments in respect of the principal of, and interest and premium, if any, on a Global Exchange Note registered in the name of DTC or its nominee will be payable to DTC in its capacity as the registered Holder under the Indenture. Under the terms of the Indenture, the Company and the Trustee will treat the Persons in whose names the Notes, including the Global Exchange Notes, are registered as the owners thereof for the purpose of receiving payments and for all other purposes. Consequently, neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee has or will have any responsibility or liability for:

(1) any aspect of DTC’s records or any Participant’s or Indirect Participant’s records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interest in the Global Exchange Notes or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any of DTC’s records or any Participant’s or Indirect Participant’s records relating to the beneficial ownership interests in the Global Exchange Notes; or

(2) any other matter relating to the actions and practices of DTC or any of its Participants or Indirect Participants.

DTC has advised the Company that its current practice, upon receipt of any payment in respect of securities such as the Notes (including principal and interest), is to credit the accounts of the relevant Participants with the payment on the payment date unless DTC has reason to believe it will not receive payment on such payment date. Each relevant Participant is credited with an amount proportionate to its beneficial ownership of an interest in the principal amount of the relevant security as shown on the records of DTC. Payments by the Participants and the Indirect Participants to the beneficial owners of Notes will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices and will be the responsibility of the Participants or the Indirect Participants and will not be the responsibility of DTC, the Trustee or the Company. Neither the Company nor the Trustee will be liable for any delay by DTC or any of its Participants in identifying the beneficial owners of the Notes, and the Company and the Trustee may conclusively rely on and will be protected in relying on instructions from DTC or its nominee for all purposes.

Transfers between Participants in DTC will be effected in accordance with DTC procedures, and will be settled in same-day funds, and transfers between participants in Euroclear and Clearstream will be effected in accordance with their respective rules and operating procedures.

Cross-market transfers between the Participants in DTC, on the one hand, and Euroclear or Clearstream participants, on the other hand, will be effected through DTC in accordance with DTC’s rules on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by its respective depositary; however, such cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by the counterparty in such system in accordance with the rules and procedures and within the established deadlines

 

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(Brussels time) of such system. Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its respective depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving interests in the relevant Global Exchange Note in DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Euroclear participants and Clearstream participants may not deliver instructions directly to the depositories for Euroclear or Clearstream.

DTC has advised the Company that it will take any action permitted to be taken by a Holder of Notes only at the direction of one or more Participants to whose account DTC has credited the interests in the Global Exchange Notes and only in respect of such portion of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes as to which such Participant or Participants has or have given such direction. However, if there is an Event of Default under the Notes, DTC reserves the right to exchange the Global Exchange Notes for legended Notes in certificated form, and to distribute such Notes to its Participants.

Although DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream have agreed to the foregoing procedures to facilitate transfers of interests in the Global Exchange Notes among participants in DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, they are under no obligation to perform or to continue to perform such procedures, and may discontinue such procedures at any time. Neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any of their respective agents will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream or their respective participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.

Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated Notes

A Global Exchange Note will be exchanged for definitive Notes in registered certificated form (“Certificated Notes”) if:

(1) DTC (a) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Exchange Notes, or (b) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and in each case the Company fails to appoint a successor depositary;

(2) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of the Certificated Notes (DTC has advised the Company that, in such event, under its current practices, DTC would notify its participants of the Company’s request, but will only withdraw beneficial interests from a global note at the request of each DTC participant); or

(3) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes, and DTC shall notify the Company that because of such Default or Event of Default it is exercising its right to exchange the Global Notes for legended Notes in certificated form and to distribute such Notes to its Participants.

In addition, beneficial interests in a Global Exchange Note may be exchanged for Certificated Notes upon prior written notice given to the Trustee by or on behalf of DTC in accordance with the Indenture. In all cases, Certificated Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Exchange Note or beneficial interests in Global Exchange Notes will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures).

Exchange of Certificated Notes for Global Exchange Notes

Certificated Notes may not be exchanged for beneficial interests in any Global Exchange Note unless the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in the Indenture) to the effect that such transfer will comply with the appropriate transfer restrictions, if applicable, to such Notes.

Same Day Settlement and Payment

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accounts specified by the Global Exchange Note Holder. If a Holder of $1.0 million or more of the Notes has given wire transfer instructions to the Company, the Company will make all payments of principal, interest and premium with respect to such Certificated Notes by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders. All other payments on Notes will be made at the office or agency of the Paying Agent and Registrar within the City and State of New York unless the Company elects to make interest payments by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders. The Notes represented by the Global Exchange Notes are expected to be eligible to trade in DTC’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System, and any permitted secondary market trading activity in such Notes will, therefore, be required by DTC to be settled in immediately available funds. The Company expects that secondary trading in any Certificated Notes will also be settled in immediately available funds.

Because of time zone differences, the securities account of a Euroclear or Clearstream participant purchasing an interest in a Global Exchange Note from a Participant in DTC will be credited, and any such crediting will be reported to the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream participant, during the securities settlement processing day (which must be a business day for Euroclear and Clearstream) immediately following the settlement date of DTC. DTC has advised the Company that cash received in Euroclear or Clearstream as a result of sales of interests in a Global Exchange Note by or through a Euroclear or Clearstream participant to a Participant in DTC will be received with value on the settlement date of DTC but will be available in the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream cash account only as of the business day for Euroclear or Clearstream following DTC’s settlement date.

Certain Definitions

Set forth below are certain defined terms used in the Indenture. Reference is made to the Indenture for a full disclosure of all such terms, as well as any other capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided.

Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into, or becomes a Subsidiary of, such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and

(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

Affiliate” of any specified Person means (1) any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person or (2) any executive officer or director of such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person shall be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” shall have correlative meanings.

Asset Sale” means:

(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any property or assets; provided that the sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by the provisions of the Indenture described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control” and/or the provisions described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets” and not by the provisions of the Asset Sale covenant; and

 

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(2) the issuance of Equity Interests by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries (other than directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable law).

Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall be deemed not to be Asset Sales:

(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $5.0 million;

(2) a transfer of assets or Equity Interests between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary;

(4) the sale or lease of equipment, inventory, accounts receivable, other financial assets or other assets in the ordinary course of business, including sales of accounts receivable and related assets under any Qualified Receivables Transaction;

(5) the sale or other disposition of Cash Equivalents;

(6) dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings;

(7) a Restricted Payment that is permitted by the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”;

(8) a Permitted Investment;

(9) any sale or disposition of any property or equipment that has become damaged, worn out or obsolete;

(10) the creation of a Lien not prohibited by the Indenture; and

(11) a grant of a license to use the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s patents, trade secrets, know-how or other intellectual property to the extent that such license does not limit the licensor’s use of the patent, trade secret, know-how or other intellectual property.

Attributable Debt” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction, including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” shall have a corresponding meaning.

Board of Directors” means:

(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or, except in the context of the definition of “Change of Control,” a duly authorized committee thereof;

(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership; and

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Board Resolution” means a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in The City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.

Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.

Capital Stock” means:

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

Cash Equivalents” means:

(1) United States dollars;

(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) maturing, unless such securities are deposited to defease any Indebtedness, not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition;

(3) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of twelve months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding twelve months and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a rating at the time of acquisition thereof of P-1 or better from Moody’s or A-1 or better from S&P;

(4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;

(5) commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s or S&P and in each case maturing within six months after the date of acquisition;

(6) securities issued and fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, rated at least “A” by Moody’s or S&P and having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition; and

(7) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (6) of this definition.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

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of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act);

(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

(3) the Company becomes aware that any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the ultimate Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company;

(4) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of the Company (together with (i) any directors who were members of the Board of Directors on the Issue Date and (ii) any new directors whose election by the Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Company then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors then in office; or

(5) 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 outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where (A) the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction remains outstanding and constitutes or is converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person that constitutes a majority of the outstanding shares of such Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately after giving effect to such issuance) and (B) immediately after such transaction, no “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner (as defined above) of 50% or more of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company.

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock (other than Preferred Stock) of such Person, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or issued thereafter.

Consolidated Cash Flow” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus:

(1) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(2) Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that any such Fixed Charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(3) depreciation, depletion, amortization (including amortization of goodwill and other intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, depletion, amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus

(4) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business and any items that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period, in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation, depletion and amortization and other non cash expenses of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company (A) in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, in the same proportion that the Net Income of such Restricted Subsidiary was added to compute such Consolidated Net Income of the Company and (B) only to the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended, distributed or lent to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders.

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:

(1) the Net Income of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof (subject, in the case of dividends or distributions paid to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (2) below);

(2) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that both the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions and the making of loans by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income are not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its equityholders;

(3) the Net Income (or loss) of any Person acquired during the specified period for any period prior to the date of such acquisition shall be excluded;

(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall be excluded; and

(5) the Net Income (or loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be excluded, whether or not distributed to the specified Person or one of its Subsidiaries.

Credit Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 19, 2009, as subsequently amended, by and among the Company, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and the lenders party thereto, providing for up to $200 million of revolving credit borrowings (or, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions, $300 million), including any related notes, Guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced, decreased, increased or refinanced from time to time, regardless of whether such amendment, modification, renewal, refunding, replacement, decrease, increase or refinancing is with the same financial institutions or otherwise.

Credit Facilities” means, one or more debt or receivables facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities or indentures, in each case with banks, vendors or other institutional lenders or a trustee providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit or issuances of debt securities, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced, decreased, increased or refinanced from time to time, regardless of whether such amendment, modification, renewal, refunding, replacement, decrease, increase or refinancing is with the same financial institutions or otherwise.

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Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.” The term “Disqualified Stock” shall also include any options, warrants or other rights that are convertible into Disqualified Stock or that are redeemable at the option of the holder, or required to be redeemed, prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature.

Domestic Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than a Subsidiary that is (1) a “controlled foreign corporation” under Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code or (2) a Subsidiary of any such controlled foreign corporation.

Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

Equity Offering” means a public or private offer and sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company.

Existing Indebtedness” means the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) in existence on the date of the Indenture after giving effect to the sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof.

Fair Market Value” means the price that would be paid in an arm’s length transaction between an informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy, as determined in good faith by (i) the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination will be conclusive if evidenced by a Board Resolution, (ii) to the extent expressly provided for in the Indenture by the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of the Company or (iii) for purposes of an issuance of Disqualified Stock by an issuer other than the Company, the Board of Directors of such issuer.

Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letters of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations and other Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness but excluding any non-cash interest expense imputed on any convertible debt securities in accordance with FASB APB 14-1; plus

(2) the consolidated interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus

(3) any interest expense for such period on Indebtedness of another Person that is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus

 

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(4) any facility fees or discounts paid during such period under any financing of accounts receivables or other financial assets; plus

(5) the product of (a) all dividends during such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not tax deductible for such Person or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP; plus

(6) all dividends during such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are tax deductible for such Person or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Subsidiaries Incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.

In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:

(1) acquisitions and dispositions of business entities or property and assets constituting a division or line of business of any Person that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing transactions, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date shall be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, but without giving effect to clause (3) of the proviso set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income;

(2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded;

(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date; and

(4) consolidated interest expense attributable to interest on any Indebtedness (whether existing or being Incurred) computed on a pro forma basis and bearing a floating interest rate shall be computed as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date (taking into account any interest rate option, swap, cap or similar agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months or, if shorter, at least equal to the remaining term of such Indebtedness) had been the applicable rate for the entire period.

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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, in the opinions and pronouncements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and in the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the Issue Date. All ratios and computations contained or referred to in the Indenture shall be computed in conformity with GAAP and shall be made without giving effect to the write off of debt issuance costs or payment of consent fees or premiums in connection with the offering of the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof or other refinancings of Indebtedness after the Issue Date.

Government Securities” means securities that are direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged.

Guarantee” means, as to any Person, a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness of another Person.

Guarantors” means:

(1) the Initial Guarantors; and

(2) any other subsidiary that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture;

and their respective successors and assigns until released from their obligations under their Note Guarantees and the Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:

(1) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements and other agreements or arrangements designed for the purpose of fixing, hedging or swapping interest rate risk;

(2) commodity swap agreements, commodity option agreements, forward contracts and other agreements or arrangements designed for the purpose of fixing, hedging or swapping commodity price risk; and

(3) foreign exchange contracts, currency swap agreements and other agreements or arrangements designed for the purpose of fixing, hedging or swapping foreign currency exchange rate risk.

Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.

Incur” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, to incur, create, issue, assume, Guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable for or with respect to, or become responsible for, the payment of, contingently or otherwise, such Indebtedness (and “Incurrence” and “Incurred” will have meanings correlative to the foregoing); provided that (1) the committed but undrawn portion of any Indebtedness available to the Company or any Guarantor under a revolving credit facility to be Incurred pursuant to clause (1) of “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” will, for purposes of such clause (1), be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time of such commitment and will not be deemed to be Incurred upon being subsequently drawn; (2) any Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company will be deemed to be Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and (3) neither the accrual of interest nor the accretion of original issue discount nor the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (to the extent provided for when the Indebtedness or Disqualified

 

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Stock or Preferred Stock on which such interest is paid was originally issued) will be considered an Incurrence of Indebtedness; provided that in each case the amount thereof is for all other purposes included in the Fixed Charges and Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiary as accrued.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:

(1) for borrowed money;

(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), but excluding obligations with respect to letters of credit (including trade letters of credit) supporting obligations described in clause (5) below entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if drawn upon, to the extent such drawing is reimbursed no later than 30 days following receipt by such Person of a demand for reimbursement; provided, however, that the foregoing exclusion shall not apply to letters of credit outstanding under the Credit Agreement;

(3) under banker’s acceptances;

(4) constituting Capital Lease Obligations and Attributable Debt;

(5) for the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery and title thereto, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable;

(6) for Hedging Obligations, other than Hedging Obligations that are Incurred in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of fixing, hedging or swapping interest rate, commodity price or foreign currency exchange rate risk (or to reverse or amend any such agreements previously made for such purposes), and not for speculative purposes; or

(7) in respect of Disqualified Stock valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary maximum fixed repurchase price plus accrued dividends.

In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes (x) for purposes of the covenants in the Indenture, any Obligations Incurred in connection with any financing of accounts receivables or other financial assets, (y) all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person), provided that the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the lesser of (A) the Fair Market Value of such asset at such date of determination and (B) the amount of such Indebtedness, and (z) to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person. For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock as if such Disqualified Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to the Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the Fair Market Value of such Disqualified Stock, such Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the issuer of such Disqualified Stock.

The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and, with respect to contingent obligations constituting Indebtedness, the maximum liability upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation, and shall be:

(1) the accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and

(2) the principal amount thereof or, in the case of any financing of accounts receivables or other financial assets, an equivalent amount, together with any interest or facility fees thereon that are more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness;

 

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provided that Indebtedness shall not include:

(i) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes;

(ii) performance, completion, indemnity, surety, stay or appeal bonds or similar bonds provided in the ordinary course of business, and letters of credit supporting any such bonds or provided to serve the purpose of any such bonds to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if drawn upon, to the extent such drawing is reimbursed no later than the third Business Day following receipt by such Person of a demand for reimbursement;

(iii) agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, or Guarantees or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing any obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to such agreements, in any case Incurred in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary (other than Guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition), so long as the principal amount does not exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such disposition;

(iv) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of Incurrence; or

(v) Indebtedness arising in connection with endorsement of instruments for deposit in the ordinary course of business.

Initial Guarantors” means all of the subsidiaries of the Company on the Issue Date.

Investment Grade” means (1) BBB- or above, in the case of S&P (or its equivalent under any successor Rating Categories of S&P) and Baa3 or above, in the case of Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor Rating Categories of Moody’s), or (2) the equivalent in respect of the Rating Categories of any Rating Agencies.

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans or other extensions of credit (including Guarantees, but excluding advances to customers or suppliers in the ordinary course of business that are, in conformity with GAAP, recorded as accounts receivable, prepaid expenses or deposits on the balance sheet of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries and endorsements for collection or deposit arising in the ordinary course of business), advances (excluding commission, payroll, travel and similar advances to officers and employees that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses in accordance with GAAP), capital contributions, purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. For the avoidance of doubt, purchases of whole life insurance policies consistent with past practice shall not be “Investments.”

If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments in such Restricted Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the penultimate paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.” The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person shall (unless such acquisition is itself a Restricted Investment or an Investment under clause (5), (7) or (12) of the definition of Permitted Investments) be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the

 

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Investment held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in the penultimate paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.”

Issue Date” means the date of original issuance of the Notes under the Indenture.

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance or other security arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, or any other arrangement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.

Liquidated Damages” means all additional interest owing on the Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

Make-Whole Premium” means, with respect to a Note on any date of redemption, the greater of (x) 1% of the principal amount of such Note or (y) the excess of (A) the present value at such date of redemption of (1) the redemption price of such Note at August 15, 2015 (such redemption price being described under “—Optional Redemption”) plus (2) all remaining required interest payments (exclusive of interest accrued and unpaid to the date of redemption) due on such Note through August 15, 2015, computed using semi-annual discounting and a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over (B) the then outstanding principal amount of such Note.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:

(1) any gain (or loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such gain (or loss) realized in connection with: (a) any sales of assets outside the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

(2) any extraordinary gain (or loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain (or loss).

Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds, including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations (to the extent corresponding to the principal, but not the interest component, thereof) received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of (1) the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking and brokerage fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses Incurred as a result thereof, (2) taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, (3) amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness or other liabilities secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or required to be paid as a result of such sale, (4) any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP, (5) in the case of any Asset Sale by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, payments to holders of Equity Interests in such Restricted Subsidiary in such capacity (other than such Equity Interests held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof) to the extent that such payment is required to permit the distribution of such proceeds in respect of the Equity Interests in such Restricted Subsidiary held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof and (6) appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve against liabilities associated with such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related

 

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to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale, all as determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that (a) excess amounts set aside for payment of taxes pursuant to clause (2) above remaining after such taxes have been paid in full or the statute of limitations therefor has expired and (b) amounts initially held in reserve pursuant to clause (6) no longer so held, will, in the case of each of subclause (a) and (b), at the time become Net Proceeds.

Note Guarantee” means a Guarantee of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture.

Obligations” means any principal (or, in the case of any financing of accounts receivables or others financial assets, an equivalent amount), interest, penalties, fees (including facility fees or discounts), indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the chairman of the Board, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief operating officer, the chief financial officer, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the controller, the secretary or any vice-president of such Person.

Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by at least two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of the Indenture.

Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee (who may be counsel to or an employee of the Company) that meets the requirements of the Indenture.

Permitted Business” means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of the Indenture and other businesses reasonably related or ancillary thereto.

Permitted Investments” means:

(1) any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Guarantor;

(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;

(3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:

(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and a Guarantor; or

(b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Guarantor;

(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with the covenant described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”;

(5) Investments to the extent acquired in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;

(6) Hedging Obligations that are Incurred in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of fixing, hedging or swapping interest rate, commodity price or foreign currency exchange rate risk (or to reverse or amend any such agreements previously made for such purposes), and not for speculative purposes;

(7) other Investments in any Person (other than a Person that controls the Company) having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (7) since the Issue Date, not to exceed 15% of the Tangible Assets of the Company and its Restricted

 

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Subsidiaries (determined as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Company), plus, to the extent that any Investment made pursuant to this clause (7) since the Issue Date is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (a) the cash return of capital with respect to such Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (b) the initial amount of such Investment;

(8) loans and advances to directors, employees and officers of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for bona fide business purposes and to purchase Equity Interests of the Company not in excess of $10.0 million at any one time outstanding;

(9) Investments in securities or other obligations received in settlement of debts arising in the ordinary course of business pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement;

(10) stock, obligations or securities received in satisfaction of judgments or settlement of claims;

(11) Investments in a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with any Qualified Receivables Transaction; and

(12) any Investment in a joint venture involved in a Permitted Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (12) since the Issue Date, not to exceed the greater of (x) $100.0 million and (y) 7.5% of Tangible Assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (determined as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Company prior to the making of such Investment), plus, to the extent that any Investment made pursuant to this clause (12) since the Issue Date is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (a) the cash return of capital with respect to such Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (b) the initial amount of such Investment.

Permitted Liens” means:

(1) Liens on the assets of the Company or any Guarantor securing (A) Indebtedness (and all Obligations related thereto) Incurred under clause (1) of the “Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” covenant, (B) Hedging Obligations relating to Indebtedness secured under clause (A) above and (C) fees, expenses and other amounts payable pursuant to treasury management agreements and for other bank products not constituting Indebtedness;

(2) Liens in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor;

(3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such transaction and do not extend to any other assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than additions and accessions to such property of such Person);

(4) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to any property other than the property so acquired by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary (and additions and accessions thereto);

(5) Liens existing on the date of the Indenture;

(6) Liens on cash or Cash Equivalents securing Hedging Obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are incurred in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of fixing, hedging or swapping interest rate, commodity price or foreign currency exchange rate risk (or to reverse or amend any such agreements previously made for such purposes) and not for speculative purposes, or securing letters of credit that support such Hedging Obligations;

(7) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness (and all Obligations related thereto); provided, that such Liens do not extend to or cover any property or assets other than the property or assets that secure the Indebtedness being refinanced (and additions and accessions to such property or assets);

 

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(8) Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established to the extent required by GAAP;

(9) carriers, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, worker’s, materialmen’s, operators’, landlords’ or similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business;

(10) Liens created or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security obligations;

(11) Liens, deposits or pledges to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of Indebtedness), leases, or other similar obligations arising in the ordinary course of business;

(12) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, rights of way, zoning or other restrictions as to the use of properties, and defects in title which, in the case of any of the foregoing, were not created to secure the payment of Indebtedness, and which in the aggregate do not materially adversely affect the value of such properties or materially impair the use for the purposes of which such properties are held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries;

(13) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default and notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made;

(14) Liens, deposits or pledges to secure public or statutory obligations, surety, stay, appeal, indemnity, performance, completion or other similar bonds or obligations; and Liens, deposits or pledges in lieu of such bonds or obligations, or to secure such bonds or obligations, or to secure letters of credit in lieu of or supporting the payment of such bonds or obligations;

(15) Liens on property or assets used to defease Indebtedness that was not Incurred in violation of the Indenture;

(16) Liens in favor of collecting or payor banks or securities intermediaries or commodity intermediaries having a right of setoff, revocation, refund or chargeback with respect to money, instruments or investment property of the Company or any Subsidiary on deposit with or in possession of such bank or intermediary;

(17) purchase money Liens (including capital leases) and construction Liens granted in connection with the acquisition of assets or the construction of buildings, facilities and other improvements in the ordinary course of business, provided, that (A) such Liens attach only to the property so acquired with the purchase money indebtedness secured thereby or to the buildings, facilities and improvements so constructed and the property on which they are located (and, in each case, to additions and accessions thereto) and (B) the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Liens does not exceed 100% of the purchase price of such assets or the costs of constructing such buildings, facilities and improvements or both, as applicable;

(18) any interest or title of a lessor or licensor in the property subject to any lease or license, including the filing of any precautionary financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute) in respect thereof;

(19) Liens (not otherwise permitted hereunder) with respect to obligations that do not exceed $25.0 million in aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding;

(20) Liens on the assets of any Foreign Subsidiary securing Indebtedness of such Subsidiary that is permitted to be Incurred under the Indenture; and

(21) Liens securing the Notes and all Obligations relating thereto.

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defease or refund, other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:

(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest thereon and the amount of any reasonably determined premium necessary to accomplish such refinancing and such reasonable expenses Incurred in connection therewith);

(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded;

(3) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guarantees, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded;

(4) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes or any Note Guarantees, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is pari passu with, or subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes or such Note Guarantees; and

(5) such Indebtedness is Incurred either by the Company or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.

Preferred Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person that has preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends or redemptions upon liquidation.

Qualified Receivables Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey, grant security interests in, or otherwise transfer to a Receivables Subsidiary accounts receivable or other financial assets (whether now existing or arising in the future) and any assets related thereto, including without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable or other financial assets, all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable or other financial assets, proceeds of such accounts receivable or other financial assets, and all other assets that are customarily transferred, or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted, in connection with securitization transactions involving accounts receivable or other financial assets and pursuant to which such Receivables Subsidiary may sell, convey, grant security interests in or otherwise transfer interests in such accounts receivable, other financial assets and related assets to any Person other than an Affiliate of the Company; provided that:

(1) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of a Receivables Subsidiary:

(a) is guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (excluding guarantees of obligations pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings),

(b) is recourse to or obligates the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or

(c) subjects any property or asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction of obligations Incurred in such transactions, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;

 

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(2) in the reasonable, good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding with a Receivables Subsidiary other than on terms no less favorable to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing accounts receivable or other financial assets; provided that all of the agreements, arrangements and understandings entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with any transaction or series of transactions shall be considered as a whole for purposes of determining compliance with this clause (2); and

(3) neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than such Receivables Subsidiary) has any obligation to maintain or preserve the financial condition of a Receivables Subsidiary or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.

Rating Agencies” means (1) S&P and Moody’s or (2) if S&P or Moody’s or both of them are not making ratings publicly available, a nationally recognized U.S. rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Company, which will be substituted for S&P or Moody’s or both, as the case may be.

Rating Category” means (1) with respect to S&P, any of the following categories (any of which may include a “+” or “–”): AAA, AA, A, BBB, BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent successor categories), (2) with respect to Moody’s, any of the following categories: Aaa, Aa, A, Baa, Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C and D (or equivalent successor categories), and (3) the equivalent of any such categories of S&P or Moody’s used by another Rating Agency, if applicable.

Receivables Subsidiary” means any special purpose wholly owned subsidiary of the Company created in connection with the transactions contemplated by a Qualified Receivables Transaction, which Subsidiary engages in no activities other than those incidental to such Qualified Receivables Transaction and which is designated as a Receivables Subsidiary by the Company’s Board of Directors. Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced by filing with the Trustee a Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying, to the best of such officers’ knowledge and belief, such designation, and the transactions in which the Receivables Subsidiary will engage, comply with the requirements of the definition of Qualified Receivables Transaction. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary,” the making of Standard Securitization Undertakings by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be deemed inconsistent with qualifying as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Registration Rights Agreement” means (1) with respect to the Notes issued on the Issue Date, the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the Issue Date, among the Company, the Initial Guarantors, Banc of America Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Comerica Securities, Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Capital One Southcoast, Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and (2) with respect to any Additional Notes, any registration rights agreement between the Company and the other parties thereto relating to the registration by the Company of such Additional Notes under the Securities Act.

Replacement Assets” means (1) non current tangible assets or capital expenditures that will be used or useful in a Permitted Business or (2) substantially all the assets of a Permitted Business or a majority of the Voting Stock of any Person engaged in a Permitted Business that will become on the date of acquisition thereof a Restricted Subsidiary. References in “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales” to the purchase of Replacement Assets also refer to the making of capital expenditures.

Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

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S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business.

sale and leaseback transaction” means, with respect to any Person, any transaction involving any of the assets or properties of such Person whether owned on the date of the Indenture or thereafter acquired, whereby such Person sells or transfers such assets or properties and then or thereafter leases such assets or properties or any part thereof or any other assets or properties which such Person intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the assets or properties sold or transferred.

Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would constitute a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Article 1 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act.

Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made or entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company which, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, are reasonably customary in accounts receivable securitization transactions or other financial assets securitization transactions.

Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and

(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).

Tangible Assets” means the total amount of assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (less applicable depreciation, depletion, amortization and other valuation reserves), except to the extent resulting from write-ups of capital assets (excluding write-ups in connection with accounting for acquisitions in conformity with GAAP), after deducting therefrom all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangibles, all as set forth on the most recent available quarterly or annual consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, prepared in conformity with GAAP.

Treasury Rate” means the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) which has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the date fixed for prepayment (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source for similar market data)) most nearly equal to the then remaining term of the Notes to August 15, 2015, provided, however, that if the then remaining term to August 15, 2015 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the then remaining term of the Notes to August 15, 2015 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.

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covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries,” and (2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Unsubordinated Indebtedness” of a Person means any Indebtedness of such Person, unless such Indebtedness is contractually subordinate or junior in right of payment of principal, premium or interest to any other Indebtedness of such Person.

Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is ordinarily entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

 

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CERTAIN MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL TAX CONSEQUENCES

TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH TREASURY DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR 230, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN THE EXCHANGE NOTES ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT (A) ANY DISCUSSION OF U.S. FEDERAL TAX ISSUES IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT INTENDED OR WRITTEN TO BE USED, AND CANNOT BE USED, BY HOLDERS OF THE EXCHANGE NOTES FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING PENALTIES THAT MAY BE IMPOSED ON SUCH HOLDERS UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; (B) ANY DISCUSSION OF U.S. FEDERAL TAX ISSUES IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS WRITTEN TO SUPPORT THE PROMOTION OR MARKETING OF THE TRANSACTIONS OR MATTERS ADDRESSED HEREIN; AND (C) PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN, AND HOLDERS OF, THE EXCHANGE NOTES SHOULD SEEK ADVICE BASED ON THEIR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES FROM AN INDEPENDENT TAX ADVISOR.

The following is a summary of certain material United States federal income and, to a limited extent as set forth under the caption “—Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders”, estate tax consequences relating to a holder’s acquisition, ownership and disposition of the Exchange Notes, but does not purport to be a complete analysis of all the potential tax considerations relating thereto. This summary is based upon the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), Treasury regulations, rulings of the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and judicial decisions, all as of the date hereof. These authorities may be changed, possibly retroactively, so as to result in United States federal income tax consequences different from those set forth below. We have not sought any ruling from the IRS or an opinion of counsel with respect to the statements made and the conclusions reached in the following summary, and there can be no assurance that the IRS will agree with such statements and conclusions.

This summary assumes that the Exchange Notes are held as capital assets (generally, property held for investment) and holders are investors in the Exchange Notes who purchased the Outstanding Notes for cash upon their original issue at their initial offering price. This summary does not address the tax considerations arising under the laws of any foreign, state or local jurisdiction or other tax consequences. In addition, this discussion does not address tax considerations applicable to a holder’s particular circumstances or to holders that may be subject to special tax rules, including, without limitation:

 

   

holders subject to the alternative minimum tax;

 

   

banks;

 

   

tax-exempt organizations;

 

   

retirement plans, individual retirement accounts and tax-deferred accounts;

 

   

pass-though entities, including partnerships and entities and arrangements classified as partnerships for United States federal tax purposes, and beneficial owners of such pass-through entities;

 

   

insurance companies;

 

   

dealers and traders in securities or commodities;

 

   

traders in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities holdings;

 

   

financial institutions;

 

   

U.S. holders whose “functional currency” is not the United States dollar;

 

   

certain U.S. expatriates, including foreign corporations treated as domestic corporations under the Code;

 

   

persons that will hold the Exchange Notes as a position in a “straddle” or as part of a “hedging” or “conversion” transaction or other risk reduction transaction;

 

   

persons deemed to sell the Exchange Notes under the constructive sale provisions of the Code; and

 

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THIS SUMMARY OF MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL TAX CONSEQUENCES IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY AND IS NOT TAX ADVICE. YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE APPLICATION OF UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAWS TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION AS WELL AS ANY TAX CONSEQUENCES ARISING UNDER THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL ESTATE OR GIFT TAX RULES OR UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN OR OTHER TAXING JURISDICTION OR UNDER ANY APPLICABLE TAX TREATY.

Consequences to U.S. Holders

The following is a summary of certain material United States federal income tax consequences that will apply to you if you are a U.S. holder of the Exchange Notes. Certain consequences to “non-U.S. holders” of the Exchange Notes are described under “—Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders” below. “U.S. holder” means a beneficial owner of an Exchange Note for U.S. federal income tax purposes that is:

 

   

an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, including an alien individual who is a lawful permanent resident of the United States or who meets the “substantial presence” test under Section 7701(b) of the Code;

 

   

a corporation (or an entity that is treated as a corporation for United States federal tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;

 

   

an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of the source of that income; or

 

   

a trust that (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and that has one or more “United States persons” (within the meaning of the Code) with authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (2) has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury regulations to be treated as a “United States person.”

If a partnership (or other entity or arrangement classified as a partnership for United States federal tax purposes) holds Exchange Notes, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership (or other such entity or arrangement) will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. If you are a partnership (or other entity or arrangement classified as a partnership for United States federal tax purposes) or a partner of such a partnership holding Exchange Notes, you should consult your tax advisor regarding the United States federal income tax consequences of purchasing, owning and disposing of the Exchange Notes.

Exchange Offer

The Exchange Notes do not differ materially in kind or extent from the Outstanding Notes and, as a result, your exchange of Outstanding Notes for Exchange Notes should not constitute a taxable disposition of the Outstanding Notes for United States federal income tax purposes. As a result, you should not recognize taxable income, gain or loss on such exchange, your holding period for the Exchange Notes generally should include the holding period for the Outstanding Notes so exchanged, and your adjusted tax basis in the Exchange Notes generally should be the same as your adjusted tax basis in the Outstanding Notes so exchanged.

Payments of Interest

Stated interest on the Exchange Notes will generally be taxable to you as ordinary income at the time it is paid or accrued in accordance with your method of accounting for tax purposes. If you use the cash method of accounting for United States federal income tax purposes, you will include the interest paid on your Exchange Notes in your gross income when you receive the interest. If you use the accrual method of accounting for United States federal income tax purposes, you will include the interest payable on your Exchange Notes in your gross income when the interest accrues.

 

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In certain circumstances, we may be required to pay amounts on the Exchange Notes that are in excess of the stated interest or principal of the Exchange Notes. We believe that the possibility that any such payment will be made is “remote” (within the meaning of applicable Treasury regulations) so that such possibility will not affect the timing or amount of interest income that you recognize unless and until any such payment is made. Our determination that these contingencies are remote is binding on you unless you explicitly disclose your contrary position to the IRS in the manner that is required by applicable Treasury regulations. Our determination is not, however, binding on the IRS. It is possible that the IRS might take a different position from that described above, in which case the timing, character and amount of taxable income in respect of the Exchange Notes may be materially different from that described herein.

Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition of Exchange Notes

Upon the sale, exchange, redemption, retirement or other taxable disposition of an Exchange Note, you will generally recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized upon the disposition (less an amount attributable to any accrued stated interest not previously included in income, which will be taxable as interest income) and your adjusted tax basis in the Exchange Note. Your adjusted tax basis in an Exchange Note generally will equal the amount you paid for the Outstanding Note, reduced by any principal payments received on the Outstanding Note or Exchange Note that are not stated interest.

Any gain or loss recognized on a disposition of an Exchange Note generally will be capital gain or loss. If you are an individual and have held the Exchange Note for more than one year, such capital gain will generally be subject to tax at a maximum current rate of 15% (which maximum tax rate currently is scheduled to increase to 20% for dispositions occurring during taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011). Your ability to deduct capital losses may be limited.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

Information reporting and backup withholding, currently at a rate equal to 28% (which rate currently is scheduled to increase to 31% for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011), may apply to payments made to a U.S. holder of principal and interest and to the gross proceeds from the sale, exchange, redemption or other disposition of an Exchange Note if the U.S. holder:

 

   

fails to furnish its TIN on an IRS Form W-9 within a reasonable time after we request this information;

 

   

furnishes an incorrect TIN;

 

   

is informed by the IRS that it failed to report properly any interest or dividends; or

 

   

fails, under certain circumstances, to provide a certified statement signed under penalties of perjury that it is a U.S. person, that the TIN provided is its correct number, and that it is not subject to backup withholding.

Certain persons are exempt from information reporting and backup withholding, including corporations. Holders of the Exchange Notes should consult their tax advisors as to their qualification for exemption and the procedure for obtaining such exemption.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. The amount of any backup withholding imposed on a payment to a U.S. holder will be allowed a refund or a credit against that holder’s United States federal income tax liability if the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders

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Exchange Note that is neither a U.S. holder nor a partnership (or an entity or arrangement classified as a partnership for United States federal tax purposes). Special rules may apply to certain non-U.S. holders such as “controlled foreign corporations”, “passive foreign investment companies”, or corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid United States federal income tax. Non-U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisors to determine the effect of United States federal, state, local and other tax consequences.

Payments of Interest

Subject to the discussion of backup withholding tax below, the payment to you of interest on an Exchange Note generally will not be subject to a 30% United States federal withholding tax under the “portfolio interest” exception of the Code, provided that:

 

   

such interest paid on the Exchange Notes is not effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States;

 

   

you do not, directly or indirectly, actually or constructively own 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of our voting stock within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3) of the Code and applicable Treasury regulations;

 

   

you are not a controlled foreign corporation for United States federal income tax purposes that is, directly or indirectly, related to us through sufficient stock ownership as provided in the Code and applicable Treasury regulations;

 

   

you are not a bank whose receipt of interest on the Exchange Notes is in connection with an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of your trade or business; and

 

   

we do not have actual knowledge or reason to know that you are a United States person, and you provide a signed written statement, on an IRS Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form) that can reliably be associated with you, certifying under penalties of perjury that you are not a United States person within the meaning of the Code and providing your name and address.

The applicable Treasury regulations provide alternative methods for satisfying the certification requirement described in this section. In addition, special rules apply to non-U.S. holders that are pass-through entities rather than corporations or individuals and this certification requirement may also apply to beneficial owners of pass-through entities.

If you cannot satisfy the requirements of the “portfolio interest” exception described above, payments of interest made to you will be subject to a 30% United States federal withholding tax unless you provide us with a properly executed:

 

   

IRS Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form) claiming an exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, withholding under the benefit of an applicable income tax treaty; or

 

   

IRS Form W-8ECI (or other applicable form) stating that the interest paid on the Exchange Note is not subject to withholding tax because it is effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States.

In addition, you may be required to provide a United States taxpayer identification number (“TIN”).

If you are engaged in a trade or business in the United States and interest on the Exchange Note is effectively connected with the conduct of that trade or business, you will be subject to United States federal income tax on such interest in the same manner as if you were a U.S. holder, unless you can claim an exemption under the benefit of an applicable income tax treaty. In addition, if you are a foreign corporation, you may be subject to a branch profits tax equal to 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate) of your earnings and profits (including earnings from the Exchange Notes) for the taxable year, subject to certain adjustments, that are effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States.

 

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We may be required to pay amounts on the Exchange Notes that are in excess of the stated interest or principal of the Exchange Notes. As discussed in “—Consequences to U.S. Holders—Payments of Interest,” we believe that the possibility that any such payment will be made will not affect the timing or amount of interest income that you recognize unless and until any such payment is made.

Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition of the Exchange Notes

Generally, you will not be subject to United States federal income tax with respect to gain realized on the sale, exchange, redemption, retirement at maturity or other disposition of an Exchange Note unless:

 

   

in the case of disposition proceeds representing accrued interest, you cannot satisfy the requirements of the “portfolio interest” exception described above (and your United States federal income tax liability has not otherwise been fully satisfied through the United States federal withholding tax described above);

 

   

the gain is effectively connected with the conduct by you of a trade or business in the United States and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a United States “permanent establishment” maintained by you; or

 

   

you are an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year of the sale or other disposition of your Exchange Notes and specific other conditions are met (in which case, except as otherwise provided by an applicable income tax treaty, the gain, which may be offset by United States source capital losses, generally will be subject to a flat 30% United States federal income tax, even though you are not considered a resident alien under the Code).

Notwithstanding these three bullet points, you will not be subject to United States federal income tax if a treaty exemption applies and the appropriate documentation is timely provided.

Certain United States Federal Estate Tax Considerations for Non-U.S. Holders

If you are an individual and are not a United States citizen or a resident of the United States (as specially defined for United States federal estate tax purposes) at the time of your death, the United States federal estate tax will not apply to the Exchange Notes owned by you at the time of your death, provided that:

 

   

you do not own, directly or indirectly, actually or constructively, 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of our voting stock (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3) of the Code and the applicable Treasury regulations); and

 

   

interest on your Exchange Notes would not have been, if received at the time of your death, effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

You generally will not be subject to backup withholding with respect to payments made by us or our paying agent (in its capacity as such) to you if we do not have actual knowledge or reason to know that you are a United States person and you provide the requisite certification that you are not a United States person (as defined in the Code) on IRS Form W-8BEN or otherwise establish an exemption from backup withholding. However, we or our paying agent may be required to report to the IRS and you payments of interest on the Exchange Notes and the amount of tax, if any, withheld with respect to those payments. Copies of the information returns reporting such interest payments and any withholding may also be made available to the tax authorities in the country in which you reside under the provisions of a treaty or agreement.

Payments of the gross proceeds from the sale, exchange, redemption or other disposition of an Exchange Note effected by or through a United States office of a broker generally will be subject to backup withholding at a rate of 28% (which rate currently is scheduled to increase to 31% for taxable years beginning on or after

 

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January 1, 2011) and information reporting unless you properly certify under penalties of perjury as to your foreign status and certain other conditions are met or you otherwise establish an exemption. Generally, information reporting and backup withholding will not apply to a payment of disposition proceeds where the sale is effected outside the United States through a non-United States office of a non-United States broker unless (a) the proceeds are transferred to an account maintained by the holder in the United States; (b) the payment of proceeds or the confirmation of the sale is mailed to the holder at a United States address; or (c) the sale has some other specified connection with the United States as provided in applicable Treasury regulations.

United States information reporting (but not backup withholding) will generally apply to a payment of disposition proceeds where the sale is effected outside the United States by or through an office outside the United States of a broker that fails to maintain documentary evidence that the holder is not a United States person (as defined in the Code) or that the holder otherwise is entitled to an exemption, and the broker is:

 

   

a United States person (as defined in the Code);

 

   

a foreign person that derives 50% or more of its gross income for defined periods from the conduct of a trade or business in the United States;

 

   

a controlled foreign corporation for United States federal income tax purposes; or

 

   

a foreign partnership if, at any time during its tax year: (1) more than 50% of its capital or profits interest is owned by United States persons (as defined in the Code) or (2) it is engaged in a United States trade or business.

You should consult your own tax advisor regarding application of backup withholding in your particular circumstance and the availability of and procedure for obtaining an exemption from backup withholding under applicable Treasury regulations. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. The amount of any backup withholding imposed on a payment to a holder of the Exchange Notes will be allowed as a refund or a credit against that holder’s United States federal income tax liability if the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Outstanding Notes where the Outstanding Notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the exchange offer is completed, we will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any resale of Exchange Notes. In addition, until 90 days after the date of this prospectus, all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Notes may be required to deliver a prospectus.

We will not receive any proceeds from any sales of the Exchange Notes by broker-dealers. Exchange Notes received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the exchange offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange Notes or a combination of methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to those prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Any resale may be made directly to the purchaser or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from the broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of the Exchange Notes. Any broker-dealer that resells the Exchange 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 the Exchange Notes may be deemed to be an “underwriter”

 

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within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any resale of Exchange Notes and any commissions or concessions received by any of those persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The letter of transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

For a period of 180 days after the exchange offer is completed we will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the letter of transmittal. We have agreed to pay the expenses incident to the exchange offer, other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and the fees of any advisors or experts retained by the holders of Outstanding Notes, and will indemnify the holders of the Outstanding Notes (including any broker-dealers) against related liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

LEGAL MATTERS

Thompson & Knight L.L.P has passed upon the validity of the Exchange Notes and the guarantees and other legal matters, including the enforceability of the parties’ obligation, under the Exchange Notes and the guarantees.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of Texas Industries, Inc. appearing in Texas Industries, Inc.’s Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended May 31, 2010, and the effectiveness of Texas Industries, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of May 31, 2010 have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

With respect to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial information of Texas Industries, Inc. for the three-month periods ended August 31, 2010 and August 31, 2009, incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, Ernst & Young LLP reported that they have applied limited procedures in accordance with professional standards for a review of such information. However, their separate report dated September 24, 2010, included in Texas Industries, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 31, 2010, and incorporated by reference herein, states that they did not audit and they do not express an opinion on that interim financial information. Accordingly, the degree of reliance on their report on such information should be restricted in light of the limited nature of the review procedures applied. Ernst & Young LLP is not subject to the liability provisions of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) for their report on the unaudited interim financial information because that report is not a “report” or a “part” of the Registration Statement prepared or certified by Ernst & Young LLP within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.

 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and special reports and other information with the SEC. You can read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at its Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can obtain information about the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains a web site that contains information we file electronically with the SEC, which you can access over the Internet at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, you can obtain information about us at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005. We have agreed that, if we are not subject to the informational requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 at any time while the notes constitute “restricted securities” within the meaning of the Securities Act, we will furnish to holders and beneficial owners of the notes and to prospective purchasers designated by such holders the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to permit compliance with Rule 144A in connection with resales of the notes. You may request a copy of our filings at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:

Texas Industries, Inc.

1341 West Mockingbird Lane

Dallas, Texas 75247

Telephone: (972) 647-6700

INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

This prospectus incorporates documents and important information, by reference that is not part of this prospectus or delivered with this prospectus. This means that we are disclosing important information to you by referring you to those documents. You should be aware that information in a document incorporated by reference may have been modified or superseded by information that is included in other documents that were filed at a later date and which are also incorporated by reference or included in this prospectus.

We incorporate by reference:

 

   

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2010, previously filed with the SEC.

 

   

Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 31, 2010, previously filed with the SEC.

 

   

Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on July 7, 2010, July 13, 2010, July 20, 2010 (with respect to Items 1.01, 3.03, 8.01 and 9.01 only), July 27, 2010, July 28, 2010, August 2, 2010, August 11, 2010, September 9, 2010 and October 18, 2010.

All documents and reports that we file with the SEC after the date of this prospectus and before the termination of the exchange offer shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference and shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents and reports. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document or report that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

 

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$650,000,000

Texas Industries, Inc.

LOGO

Offer to Exchange all of Our Outstanding

9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020 for

9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020, Which

Have Been Registered Under the

Securities Act of 1933

 

 

PROSPECTUS

                    , 2010

 

 

No person has been authorized to give any information or make any representations in connection with this offering other than those contained in this prospectus, and, if given or made, such other information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by TXI. Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor any sale hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of TXI since the date of this prospectus or that the information contained in this prospectus is correct as of any time subsequent to its date. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell nor or the solicitation of an offer to buy such securities in any circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.

 

 

 


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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 20. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The following contains summaries of certain circumstances in which indemnification is provided pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Texas Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) and the guarantor subsidiaries. Such summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference to the referenced statutes, Certificates or Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.

Delaware Corporations—The Company; Brookhollow Corporation; Creole Corporation; Riverside Cement Holdings Company; TXI California Inc.; TXI Cement Company; and TXI Riverside Inc.

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), under certain circumstances, provides for the indemnification of officers, directors, employees, and agents against liabilities, which they may incur in such capacities. Section 145 provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits and proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than action by or in the right of the corporation — a “derivative action”), if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, and the statute requires court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement, or otherwise. Under the DGCL, a corporation may advance funds to the person requesting indemnity, provided that the corporation receives an understanding that the person will repay the advanced funds if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification. The DGCL also permits corporations to provide that a director of such corporation shall not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. The following information summarizes applicable provisions of the certificates of incorporation and bylaws of the Company and guarantor subsidiaries.

The Company. The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director of such corporation shall not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. It also provides that any director or officer seeking indemnification shall be indemnified for actions taken in good faith on behalf or for the benefit of the corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the state of Delaware. The Company’s Bylaws provide that any person seeking indemnification shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by DGCL. The Company’s Bylaws provide that all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), costs, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by a director or officer seeking indemnification shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding. However, as a condition to any such advance, the Company must receive an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay the amounts advanced if a final adjudication is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that such person was not entitled to indemnification.

Brookhollow Corporation. The Certificate of Incorporation of Brookhollow Corporation provides that any director, officer or employee seeking indemnification shall be indemnified unless he is adjudged in the action brought against him to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duties as director, officer or employee. If the action is settled, however, the right of indemnification shall be applicable only if a majority of the Board of Directors determines that the director, officer or employee seeking indemnification had not been substantially derelict in the performance of his duties as charged in the action.

 

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Creole Corporation. The Certificate of Incorporation of Creole Corporation provides that any director or officer seeking indemnification shall be indemnified for actions taken in good faith on behalf or for the benefit of the corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the state of Delaware. The Bylaws provide that any director, officer or employee seeking indemnification shall be indemnified unless he is adjudged in the action brought against him to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duties as director, officer or employee. If the action is settled, however, the right of indemnification shall be applicable only if a majority of the Board of Directors determines that the director, officer or employee seeking indemnification had not been substantially derelict in the performance of his duties as charged in the action.

Riverside Cement Holdings Company. Neither the Certificate of Incorporation nor the Bylaws of Riverside Cement Holdings Company contain any provisions dealing with the indemnification of officers and directors.

TXI California, Inc. The Certificate of Incorporation of TXI California, Inc. provides that a director of such corporation shall not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. It does provide for liability (i) for breach of the duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL (governing distributions to stockholders), or (iv) for any transaction for which a director derives an improper personal benefit. The Bylaws provide that any person seeking indemnification may be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the state of Delaware.

TXI Cement Company. Neither the Certificate of Incorporation nor the Bylaws of TXI Cement Company contain any provisions dealing with the indemnification of officers and directors.

TXI Riverside Inc. The Certificate of Incorporation of TXI Riverside Inc. provides that a director of such corporation shall not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. It does provide for liability (i) for breach of the duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL (governing distributions to stockholders), or (iv) for any transaction for which a director derives an improper personal benefit. The Bylaws provide that any person seeking indemnification may be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the state of Delaware.

Delaware Limited Liability Companies—Texas Industries Holdings, LLC and TXI LLC

Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “DLLCA”) provides that, subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its limited liability company agreement, a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.

The Operating Agreements of Texas Industries Holdings, LLC and TXI LLC, contain indemnification provisions that provide for the indemnification of their managers and advance of expenses to the fullest extent permitted by the DLLCA.

Delaware Statutory Trusts—Texas Industries Trust and TXI Operating Trust

Section 3817 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act states that statutory trusts shall have the power to indemnify and hold harmless any trustee or beneficial owner or other person from and against all claims and demands, subject to standards and restrictions set forth in the governing instrument of such statutory trust. It also expressly states that the absence of provisions in the governing instrument of a statutory trust addressing indemnification does not deprive any trustee or beneficial owner or other person of the right to indemnity.

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trustee be held to personal liability in connection with the affairs of the trust, except for those arising from his bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of his duties. The Trust Agreements provide that trustees and officers shall be indemnified against expenses and liabilities incurred by such person as a result of his service in such capacity to the trust. Trustees and officers are not entitled to indemnification, however, with respect to any action initiated by a trustee or officer of the trust. The Trust Agreements also provide that expenses incurred by a trustee or officer seeking indemnification shall be paid by the trust in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding. However, as a condition to any such advance, the trust must receive an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay the amounts advanced if a final adjudication is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that such person was not entitled to indemnification.

Delaware Limited Partnership—TXI Operations, LP

Section 17-108 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act provides that Delaware limited partnerships shall have the power to indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other person from and against all claims and demands, subject to standards and restrictions set forth in the partnership agreement of such limited partnership.

The Agreement of Limited Partnership of TXI Operations, LP provides that, to the extent the partnership has assets legally available for that purpose, the partnership will indemnify and hold harmless the general partner and any partner, shareholder, director or officer from and against losses incurred in connection with the business of the partnership, except to the extent that such loss is due to the person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct, knowing violation of law or breach of fiduciary responsibilities to the partnership or the limited partner.

California Corporations—Pacific Custom Materials, Inc. and Partin Limestone Products, Inc.

Under Section 317 of the California Corporations Code (the “CCC”), a corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred if he acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action brought by or in the right of a corporation, the corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred if he acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and its shareholders, except that no indemnification shall be made: (1) in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation and its shareholders unless a court finds that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court shall deem proper, (2) for amounts paid in settling or otherwise disposing of a pending action without court approval, and (3) for expenses incurred in defending a pending action which is settled or otherwise disposed of without court approval.

Pacific Custom Materials. The Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of Pacific Custom Materials, Inc. state that the liability of directors of the corporation for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under California law. The Bylaws provide that the corporation shall indemnify any person seeking indemnity in the amount and in the manner provided by the CCC. The Bylaws further provide that if the person is successful on the merits, the corporation shall indemnify him for expenses actually and reasonably incurred. Unless indemnification is require because of the person’s successful defense on the merits, the Bylaws require that a determination of entitlement to indemnification be made in the manner proscribed by the Bylaws of the corporation.

Partin Limestone Products, Inc. Neither the Certificate of Incorporation nor the Bylaws of Partin Limestone Products, Inc. contain any provisions dealing with the indemnification of officers and directors.

 

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California General Partnership—Riverside Cement Company

Section 16401 of the California Corporations Code states that a partnership shall reimburse a partner for payments made and indemnify a partner for liabilities incurred by the partner in the ordinary course of the business of the partnership or for the preservation of its business or property.

The Joint Venture Agreement of Riverside Cement Company and the amendments thereto do not contain any provisions dealing with the indemnification of partners and officers of the partnership.

Texas Corporations—Brook Hollow Properties, Inc.; Southwestern Financial Corporation; TXI Transportation Company; TXI Aviation, Inc. and TXI Power Company

Under Sections 8.101 and 8.102 of the Texas Business Organizations Code (“TBOC”), subject to the procedures and limitations stated therein, a corporation may indemnify any person who was, is or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding because the person is or was a director or officer against judgments, penalties (including excise and similar taxes), fines, settlements and reasonable expenses (including court costs and attorneys’ fees) actually incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding. Section 8.051 of the TBOC requires a corporation to indemnify a director or officer against reasonable expenses (including court costs and attorneys’ fees) incurred by him in connection with a proceeding in which he is a named defendant or respondent because he is or was a director or officer if he has been wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of the proceeding. The statute provides that indemnification pursuant to its provisions is not exclusive of other rights of indemnification to which a person may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.

Brook Hollow Properties, Inc. and TXI Transportation Company. The Certificates of Incorporation and the Bylaws of Brook Hollow Properties, Inc. and TXI Transportation Company do not contain any provisions dealing with the indemnification of officers and directors.

Southwestern Financial Corporation; TXI Aviation, Inc. and TXI Power Company. The Bylaws of Southwestern Financial Corporation; TXI Aviation, Inc. and TXI Power Company provide that any person seeking indemnification may be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the state of Texas.

Virginia Corporation—Brookhollow of Virginia, Inc.

Under Section 13.1-697 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act (the “VSCA”), a corporation may indemnify an individual made a party to a proceeding because he is or was a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if he conducted himself in good faith; and he believed: that his conduct was in its best interests of the corporation or at least not opposed to its best interests; and in the case of any criminal proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. In a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made in respect of any matter as to which an officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless a court determines that, despite such liability, such person is reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances. In any other proceeding, no indemnification shall be made if the director or officer is adjudged liable to the corporation on the basis that he improperly received personal benefit, unless a court determines that the director is entitled to indemnification. Corporations are given the power to make any other or further indemnity, including advancement of expenses, to any director or officer that may be authorized by the articles of incorporation or any bylaw made by the shareholders, or any resolution adopted, before or after the event, by the shareholders, except an indemnity against willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law. Unless limited by its articles of incorporation, indemnification of a director or officer is mandatory when he entirely prevails in the defense of any proceeding to which he is a party because he is or was a director or officer.

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director or officer furnishes the corporation a written statement of his good faith belief that he has met the standard of conduct prescribed by the VSCA, the director or officer promises to repay the funds if the director or officer is not entitled to indemnification, and a determination is made by the board of directors or shareholders that such standard of conduct has been met.

Neither the Certificate of Incorporation nor the Bylaws of Brookhollow of Virginia, Inc. contain any provisions dealing with the indemnification of officers and directors.

Louisiana Corporation—Brookhollow of Alexandria, Inc.

Section 83 of the Louisiana Business Corporation Law or the LBCL, provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another business, foreign or nonprofit corporation, partnership, joint venture or other enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses, including attorney fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Section 83 further provides that a Louisiana corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the director or officer shall have been adjudged to be liable for willful or intentional misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in any defense of any action referred to above or any claim therein, the corporation must indemnify him against such expenses that such officer or directly actually incurred. Section 83 permits a corporation to pay expenses incurred by the officer or director in defending an action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition thereof if approved by the board of directors.

The Bylaws of Brookhollow of Alexandria, Inc. provide that any person seeking indemnification may be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the state of Louisiana.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the an entity pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, such entities have 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.

 

Item 21(a). Exhibits.

The information required by this Item 21(a) is set forth in the Index to Exhibits accompanying this registration statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 22. Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

i. To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

ii. To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this registration statement.

 

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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

iii. To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement.

(2) 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 be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) 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.

(4) 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:

i. Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

ii. 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;

iii. 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

iv. Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(b) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake 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 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this 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.

(c) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:

(1) 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 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Securities and 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) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:

(1) 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.

(2) That every prospectus (i) that is filed pursuant to paragraph (d)(1) immediately preceding, or (ii) that purports to meet the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities 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 this 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.

(e) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrants 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 registrants 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(f) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake to respond to requests for information that are incorporated by reference in the prospectus pursuant to Item 4, 10(b), 11, 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 this registration statement through the date of responding to the request.

(g) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake 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 this registration statement when it became effective.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC.
By:  

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

 

Mel G. Brekhus

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

Mel G. Brekhus

  

President, Chief Executive Officer, and
Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

Vice President—Finance, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial
Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Corporate Controller and
Assistant Treasurer (Principal Accounting
Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    JOHN D. BAKER, II*        

John D. Baker, II

  

Director

  October 29, 2010

/s/    EUGENIO CLARIOND*        

Eugenio Clariond

  

Director

  October 29, 2010

/s/    SAM COATS*        

Sam Coats

  

Director

  October 29, 2010

/s/    GARY L. PECHOTA*        

Gary L. Pechota

  

Director

  October 29, 2010

/s/    THOMAS RANSDELL*        

Thomas Ransdell

  

Director

  October 29, 2010

/s/    ROBERT D. ROGERS*        

Robert D. Rogers

  

Director

  October 29, 2010

/s/    RONALD G. STEINHART*        

Ronald G. Steinhart

  

Director

  October 29, 2010

/s/    DOROTHY C. WEAVER*        

Dorothy C. Weaver

  

Director

  October 29, 2010

 

*By:

 

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

 

T. Lesley Vines

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Austin, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

BROOKHOLLOW CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/    BARRY M. BONE        

 

Barry M. Bone

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    BARRY M. BONE        

Barry M. Bone

  

President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

Vice President—Finance and Treasurer and
Director (Principal Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Controller and Assistant
Treasurer and Director (Principal
Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Austin, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

BROOK HOLLOW PROPERTIES, INC.

By:

 

/s/    BARRY M. BONE        

 

Barry M. Bone

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    BARRY M. BONE        

Barry M. Bone

  

President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

Vice President—Finance and Treasurer and
Director (Principal Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Controller and Assistant
Treasurer and Director (Principal
Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Austin, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

BROOKHOLLOW OF ALEXANDRIA, INC.

By:

 

/s/    BARRY M. BONE        

 

Barry M. Bone

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    BARRY M. BONE        

Barry M. Bone

  

President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

Vice President—Finance and Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Director (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Austin, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

BROOKHOLLOW OF VIRGINIA, INC.

By:

 

/s/    BARRY M. BONE        

 

Barry M. Bone

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    BARRY M. BONE        

Barry M. Bone

  

President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

Vice President—Finance and Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Director (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

CREOLE CORPORATION

By

 

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

 

Mel G. Brekhus

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

Mel G. Brekhus

  

President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

Vice President—Finance and Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Director (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

PACIFIC CUSTOM MATERIALS, INC.

By

 

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

 

Mel G. Brekhus

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

Mel G. Brekhus

  

President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

Vice President—Finance and Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Director (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

RIVERSIDE CEMENT COMPANY

By:

  TXI CALIFORNIA INC., its general partner
 

By:

 

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

   

Mel G. Brekhus

President and Chief Executive Officer

By:

  TXI RIVERSIDE INC., its general partner
 

By:

 

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

   

Mel G. Brekhus

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

Mel G. Brekhus

  

General Manager and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

Assistant General Manager—Finance and Treasurer, Member of Management Committee and Director of each general partner (Principal Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Assistant General Manager—Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Member of Management Committee and Director of each general partner

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

PARTIN LIMESTONE PRODUCTS, INC.

By

 

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

 

Mel G. Brekhus

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

Mel G. Brekhus

  

President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

Vice President—Finance and Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Director (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

RIVERSIDE CEMENT HOLDINGS COMPANY

By

 

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

 

Mel G. Brekhus

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

Mel G. Brekhus

  

President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

Vice President—Finance and Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Director (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Austin, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

SOUTHWESTERN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

By

 

/s/    BARRY M. BONE        

 

Barry M. Bone

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    BARRY M. BONE        

Barry M. Bone

  

President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

Vice President—Finance and Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Director (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this Amendment No. 3 to this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

TEXAS INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, LLC

By

 

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

 

Kenneth R. Allen

President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment No. 3 to this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

President and Treasurer and Manager (Principal Executive and Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Manager (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

TEXAS INDUSTRIES TRUST

By

 

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

 

Kenneth R. Allen

President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

Mel G. Brekhus

  

Chairman and Managing Trustee

 

October 29, 2010

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

President and Treasurer and Managing Trustee (Principal Executive and Financial officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Corporate Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Managing Trustee (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

TXI AVIATION, INC.
By  

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

 

Kenneth R. Allen

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

President and Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer and Director (Principal Executive and Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Director (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

TXI CALIFORNIA INC.
By  

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

 

Mel G. Brekhus

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS          

Mel G. Brekhus

  

President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

Vice President—Finance and Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Director (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

TXI CEMENT COMPANY

By

 

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

 

Kenneth R. Allen

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer and Director (Principal Executive and Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Director (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

TXI LLC

By

 

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

 

Kenneth R. Allen

President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

President and Treasurer and Manager (Principal Executive and Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Manager (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

TXI OPERATING TRUST

By:

 

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

 

Mel G. Brekhus

President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

Mel G. Brekhus

  

President and Chief Executive Officer and Managing Trustee (Principal Executive Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

Vice President—Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and Managing Trustee (Principal Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Corporate Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Managing Trustee (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

TXI OPERATIONS, LP

By:

  TXI OPERATING TRUST, its general partner
  By:  

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

   

Mel G. Brekhus

President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

Mel G. Brekhus

  

President and Chief Executive Officer of its general partner (Principal Executive Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

Vice President—Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and Managing Trustee of its general partner (Principal Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Corporate Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Managing Trustee of its general partner (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

TXI POWER COMPANY

By:

 

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

 

Kenneth R. Allen

President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Director (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

TXI RIVERSIDE INC.

By:

 

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

 

Mel G. Brekhus

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    MEL G. BREKHUS        

Mel G. Brekhus

  

President & Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive and Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

Vice President—Finance and Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Director (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Midlothian, State of Texas, on October 29, 2010.

 

TXI TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

By:

 

/s/    RONNIE A. PRUITT        

 

Ronnie A. Pruitt

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    RONNIE A. PRUITT        

Ronnie A. Pruitt

  

President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    KENNETH R. ALLEN        

Kenneth R. Allen

  

Vice President—Finance and Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)

  October 29, 2010

/s/    T. LESLEY VINES        

T. Lesley Vines

  

Vice President—Controller and Assistant Treasurer and Director (Principal
Accounting Officer)

  October 29, 2010

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

3.1   Composite Certificate of Incorporation of Texas Industries, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K dated July 21, 2010).
3.2  

Bylaws of Texas Industries, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Current Report on

Form 8-K filed on January 14, 2010).

3.3   Certificate of Incorporation of Brookhollow Corporation, a Delaware corporation, formerly Southwestern Financial Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.4   Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Brookhollow Corporation, a Delaware corporation, formerly Southwestern Financial Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.5*   Bylaws of Brookhollow Corporation, a Delaware corporation, formerly Southwestern Financial Corporation.
3.6  

Articles of Incorporation of Brook Hollow Properties, Inc., a Texas corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.9 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003,

File No. 333-106610-27).

3.7*   Bylaws of Brook Hollow Properties, Inc., a Texas corporation.
3.8  

Articles of Incorporation of Brookhollow of Alexandria, Inc., a Louisiana corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.11 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003,

File No. 333-106610-27).

3.9*   Bylaws of Brookhollow of Alexandria, Inc., a Louisiana corporation.
3.10  

Articles of Incorporation of Brookhollow of Virginia, Inc., a Virginia corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.13 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003,

File No. 333-106610-27).

3.11*   Bylaws of Brookhollow of Virginia, Inc., a Virginia corporation.
3.12  

Certificate of Incorporation of Creole Corporation, a Delaware corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.28 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003,

File No. 333-106610-27).

3.13*   Bylaws of Creole Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
3.14  

Articles of Incorporation of Pacific Custom Materials, Inc., a California corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.30 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003,

File No. 333-106610-27).

3.15*   Bylaws of Pacific Custom Materials, Inc., a California corporation.
3.16   Statement of Partnership Authority of Riverside Cement Company, a California general partnership (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.32 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.17  

Joint Venture Agreement of Riverside Cement Company, a California general partnership (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.33 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003,

File No. 333-106610-27).

 

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Exhibit

Number

 

Description

3.18   Consent and Amendment to Joint Venture Agreement of Riverside Cement Company, a California general partnership (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.34 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.19   First Amendment to Joint Venture Agreement of Riverside Cement Company, a California general partnership (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.35 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.20   Second Amendment to Joint Venture Agreement of Riverside Cement Company, a California general partnership (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.36 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.21   Third Amendment to Joint Venture Agreement of Riverside Cement Company, a California general partnership (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.37 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.22  

Fourth Amendment to Joint Venture Agreement of Riverside Cement Company, a California general partnership (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.38 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).

3.23*  

Fifth Amendment to Joint Venture Agreement of Riverside Cement Company, a California general partnership

3.24  

Articles of Incorporation of Partin Limestone Products, Inc., a California corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.39 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003,

File No. 333-106610-27).

3.25   Articles of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of Partin Limestone Products, Inc., a California corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.40 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.26*   Bylaws of Partin Limestone Products, Inc., a California corporation.
3.27   Certificate of Incorporation of Riverside Cement Holdings Company, a Delaware corporation, formerly Riverside Cement Company, a Delaware corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.42 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.28  

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Riverside Cement Holdings Company, a Delaware corporation, formerly Riverside Cement Company, a Delaware corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.43 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003,

File No. 333-106610-27).

3.29*   Bylaws of Riverside Cement Holdings Company, a Delaware corporation, as amended, formerly Riverside Cement Company, a Delaware corporation.
3.30   Articles of Incorporation of Southwestern Financial Corporation, a Texas corporation, formerly known as Clodine Properties Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.45 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.31   Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Southwestern Financial Corporation, a Texas corporation, formerly known as Clodine Properties Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.46 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.32*   Bylaws of Southwestern Financial Corporation, a Texas corporation, formerly known as Clodine Properties Inc..
3.33   Certificate of Conversion of Texas Industries Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, into Texas Industries Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.33 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated September 30, 2005, File No. 333-128736).

 

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Exhibit

Number

 

Description

3.34   Certificate of Formation of Texas Industries Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.34 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated September 30, 2005, File No. 333-128736).
3.35   Operating Agreement of Texas Industries Holdings, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.35 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated September 30, 2005, File No. 333-128736).
3.36*   First Amendment to Operating Agreement of Texas Industries Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
3.37  

Certificate of Trust of Texas Industries Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.50 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003,

File No. 333-106610-27).

3.38   Trust Agreement of Texas Industries Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.51 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.39  

Articles of Incorporation of TXI Aviation, Inc., a Texas corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.52 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003,

File No. 333-106610-27).

3.40*   Bylaws of TXI Aviation, Inc., a Texas corporation.
3.41  

Certificate of Incorporation of TXI California Inc., a Delaware corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.55 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003,

File No. 333-106610-27).

3.42*   Bylaws of TXI California Inc., a Delaware corporation.
3.43  

Certificate of Incorporation of TXI Cement Company, a Delaware corporation, formerly known as TXI Structural Products, Inc (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.57 to Registration Statement on

Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).

3.44   Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of TXI Cement Company, a Delaware corporation, formerly known as TXI Structural Products, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.58 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.45*   Bylaws of TXI Cement Company, a Delaware corporation, formerly known as TXI Structural Products, Inc..
3.46   Certificate of Conversion of TXI Corp., a Delaware corporation, into TXI LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.45 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated September 30, 2005, File No. 333-128736).
3.47   Certificate of Formation of TXI LLC., a Delaware limited liability company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.46 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated September 30, 2005, File No. 333-128736).
3.48   Operating Agreement of TXI LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.47 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated September 30, 2005, File No. 333-128736).
3.49*   First Amendment to Operating Agreement of TXI LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
3.50  

Certificate of Trust of TXI Operating Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.63 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003,

File No. 333-106610-27).

3.51   Trust Agreement of TXI Operating Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.64 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.52   Certificate of Limited Partnership of TXI Operations, LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.65 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.53   Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Limited Partnership of TXI Operations, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.66 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).

 

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Exhibit

Number

 

Description

3.54  

Agreement of Limited Partnership of TXI Operations, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.67 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003,

File No. 333-106610-27).

3.55  

Amendment No. 1 to Agreement of Limited Partnership of TXI Operations, LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.68 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003,

File No. 333-106610-27).

3.56   Amendment No. 2 to Agreement of Limited Partnership of TXI Operations, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.60 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.57  

Articles of Incorporation of TXI Power Company, a Texas corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.70 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003,

File No. 333-106610-27).

3.58*   Bylaws of TXI Power Company, a Texas corporation.
3.59  

Certificate of Incorporation of TXI Riverside Inc., a Delaware corporation, formerly known as TXI Riverside California Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.72 to Registration Statement on

Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).

3.60   Certificate of Correction Filed to Correct a Certain Error in the Certificate of Incorporation of TXI Riverside Inc., a Delaware corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.73 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.61*   Bylaws of TXI Riverside Inc., a Delaware corporation.
3.62  

Articles of Incorporation of TXI Transportation Company, a Texas corporation, formerly known as Texas Dry Concrete Co. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.79 to Registration Statement on

Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).

3.63   Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of TXI Transportation Company, a Texas corporation, formerly known as Texas Dry Concrete Co. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.80 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A dated September 16, 2003, File No. 333-106610-27).
3.64*   Bylaws of TXI Transportation Company, a Texas corporation, formerly known as Texas Dry Concrete Co..
3.65   Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 1, 2006).
4.1   Form of Rights Agreement dated as of November 1, 2006, between Texas Industries, Inc. and Mellon Investor Services, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 20, 2006).
4.2   Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement executed on February 2, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 8, 2010).
4.3   Amendment No. 2 to Rights Agreement dated July 19, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 20, 2010).
4.4   Indenture, dated as of August 10, 2010, among Texas Industries, Inc., the guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, relating to $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 9 1/4% Notes Due 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 11, 2010, File No. 001-04887).

 

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Exhibit

Number

 

Description

4.5   Form of 9 1/4% Senior Exchange Note due 2020 and Form of Notation of Guaranty (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 11, 2010, File No. 001-04887).
4.6   Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 10, 2010, by and among Texas Industries, Inc., the guarantors named therein and the Initial Purchasers named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 11, 2010, File No. 001-04887).
5.1*   Opinion/Consent of Thompson & Knight LLP, as to the legality of the Exchange Notes.
10.1   Purchase Agreement, dated July 27, 2010, among the Company and the Initial Purchasers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 2, 2010, File No. 001-04887).
10.2   Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated June 19, 2009, among the Company, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and the lenders that are parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on January 7, 2010).
10.3   First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated June 19, 2009, among the Company, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and the lenders that are parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Report on Form 8-K filed on June 25, 2009).
10.4   Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated March 24, 2010, among the Company, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and the lenders that are parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on March 26, 2010).
10.5   Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated April 12, 2010, among the Company, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and the lenders that are parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Report on Form 8-K filed on April 23, 2010).
10.6   Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated June 19, 2009, among the Company, the Guarantors and Bank of America, N. A., as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on January 7, 2010).
10.7   Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated July 6, 2005, between the Company and Chaparral Steel Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 8, 2005).
10.8   Amendment No. 1 to Separation and Distribution Agreement dated as of July 27, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 1, 2005).
10.9   Tax Sharing and Indemnification Agreement, dated July 6, 2005, between the Company and Chaparral Steel Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 8, 2005)
10.10   Employment Agreement of Mel G. Brekhus dated as of April 14, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2010).
10.11   Texas Industries, Inc. 1993 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed May 19, 1994, File No. 033-53715).
10.12   Texas Industries, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on January 5, 2007).
10.13   Form of Stock Option Agreement under Texas Industries, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on July 25, 2006).

 

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Exhibit

Number

 

Description

10.14   Form of Non-Employee Directors Restricted Stock Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 16, 2009).
10.15   TXI Annual Incentive Plans-Fiscal Year 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to Annual Report on Form 10-K dated July 21, 2010, File No. 001-04887).
10.16   TXI Three Year Incentive Plan for the Three Consecutive Fiscal Year Periods Ending May 31, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on July 11, 2008)
10.17   TXI Three Year Incentive Plan for the Three Consecutive Fiscal Year Periods Ending May 31, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on July 17, 2009)
10.18   TXI Three Year Incentive Plan for the Three Consecutive Fiscal Year Periods Ending May 31, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to Annual Report on Form 10-K dated July 21, 2010, File No. 001-04887)
10.19   Master Performance-Based Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to definitive proxy statement filed on August 25, 2006)
10.20   Texas Industries, Inc. 2003 Share Appreciation Rights Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on August 12, 2005)
10.21   Form of SAR Agreement for Non-Employee Directors under Texas Industries, Inc. 2003 Share Appreciation Rights Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on August 12, 2005)
10.22   Form of Amendment No. 1 to SAR Agreement for Non-Employee Directors Under Texas Industries, Inc. 2003 Stock Appreciation Rights Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 25, 2006)
10.23   SAR Agreement for Employee Directors Under Texas Industries, Inc. 2003 Stock Appreciation Rights Plan between Texas Industries, Inc. and Mel G. Brekhus, dated June 1, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on July 25, 2006)
10.24   Amendment No. 1 to SAR Agreement for Employee Directors Under Texas Industries, Inc. 2003 Stock Appreciation Rights Plan, by and between Texas Industries, Inc. and Mel G. Brekhus dated April 24, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on July 25, 2006)
10.25   Contract, dated September 27, 2005, between Riverside Cement Company and Oro Grande Contractors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 30, 2005, noting that portions of the exhibit were omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment)
10.26   Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors of Texas Industries, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 24, 2006)
10.27   Form of 2005 Executive Financial Security Plan (Annuity Formula), as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on January 7, 2010)
10.28   Form of 2005 Executive Financial Security Plan (Lump Sum Formula), as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to Quarterly Report Form 10-Q filed on January 7, 2010)
10.29   Form of Change in Control Severance Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 25, 2006)
10.30   Amendment No. 2 to SAR Agreement for Employee Directors Under Texas Industries, Inc. 2003 Stock Appreciation Rights Plan, between Texas Industries, Inc. and Mel G. Brekhus dated July 11, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on July 13, 2007)

 

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Exhibit

Number

 

Description

10.31   Contract, signed September 21, 2007, between TXI Operations, LP and Amec-Zachry Contractors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on September 27, 2007, noting that portions of the exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment)
10.32   Contract Amendment No. 1, executed August 17, 2009, between TXI Operations, LP and Amec-Zachry Contractors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 21, 2009)
10.33   Standstill Agreement dated July 16, 2010 among the Company, NNS Holding and Mr. Nassef Sawiris (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 20, 2010)
12.1*   Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
15.1*   Awareness Letter of Ernst & Young LLP
21.1   Subsidiaries of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K dated July 21, 2010, File No. 001-04887).
23.1*   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors.
23.2   Consent of Thompson & Knight LLP as legal counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*   Power of Attorney for certain members of the Board of Directors
25.1*   Form of Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1.
99.1*   Form of Letter of Transmittal.
99.2*   Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
99.3*   Form of Letter to Depository Trust Company Participants
99.4*   Form of Client Letter

 

* Filed herewith.

 

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EX-3.5 2 dex35.htm BYLAWS OF BROOKHOLLOW CORPORATION Bylaws of Brookhollow Corporation

 

Exhibit 3.5

BYLAWS

OF

BROOKHOLLOW CORPORATION

(formerly SOUTHWESTERN FINANCIAL CORPORATION)

As adopted April 21, 1960

As Amended October 19, 1964

As Amended October 21, 1969

As Amended October 25, 2010

SECTION 1. In addition to its principal office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine.

SECTION 2. All meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such time and place within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may determine and which shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

SECTION 3. An annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on the third Tuesday of October in each year, at 9:00 o’clock in the forenoon, unless such day is a legal holiday, in which case such meeting shall be held on the first day thereafter which is not a legal holiday, or at such other date and time as the Board of Directors shall determine. At such meeting the stockholders entitled to vote thereat shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors, and may transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

SECTION 4. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the certificate of incorporation, may be held, upon call of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee and shall be held at the request in writing of stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire outstanding capital stock having voting power. Such call shall state the time, place and purposes of the meeting.

SECTION 5. Notice of the time and place of every meeting of stockholders and of the business to be acted on at such meeting shall be mailed by the Secretary or the officer performing his duties, at least ten days before the meeting, to each stockholder of record having voting power and entitled to such notice at his last known post office address; provided, however, that if a stockholder be present at a meeting, or in writing waives notice thereof before or after the meeting, notice of the meeting to such stockholder shall be unnecessary.

SECTION 6. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every election of directors, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at said election, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the election, either at a place within the city, town or village where the election is to be held and which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so


specified, at the place where said meeting is to be held, and such list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of election during the whole time thereof, and subject to the inspection of any stockholder who may be present.

SECTION 7. The holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute, by the certificate of incorporation, or by these Bylaws, but less than a quorum shall have power to adjourn any meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting. The holders of a majority of the stock present and entitled to vote at a duly qualified meeting of stockholders shall have power to act, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

SECTION 8. At every meeting of stockholders each stockholder entitled to vote thereat shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock having voting power registered in his name on the books of the Corporation, and may vote and otherwise act in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such stockholder; but no proxy shall be voted upon more than three (3) years after its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period.

SECTION 9. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these Bylaws, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote upon the action if such meeting were held shall consent in writing to such corporate action being taken.

SECTION 10. The property and business of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of not less than 2 nor more than 11 directors. Within the limits herein specified, the number of directors shall be fixed and may be changed, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the stockholders at the annual meeting. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 11 of these bylaws, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify. Directors need not be stockholders.

SECTION 11. If any vacancies occur in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of any director or otherwise, or any new directorship is created by any increase in the authorized number of directors, a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, may choose a successor or successors, or fill the newly created directorship, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election of directors and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced.

SECTION 12. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the times fixed by resolutions of the Board or upon call of the Chairman of the Board, the President or any two directors and such meetings, whether regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Delaware. The Secretary or officer performing his duties shall give reasonable notice


(which need not in any event exceed two [2] days) of all meetings of directors, provided that a meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual election, and notice need not be given of regular meetings held at times fixed by resolution of the Board. Meetings may be held at any time without notice if all the directors are present or if those not present waive notice either before or after the meeting. Notice by mail, overnight delivery, fax or email to the usual business or residence address, fax number or email address, as applicable, not less than the time above specified before the meeting shall be sufficient. One-third of the directors, but in no case less than 2 directors, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation or by these Bylaws.

SECTION 13. The Board of Directors shall have power to authorize the payment of compensation to the directors for services to the Corporation, including fees for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors, of the Executive Committee and of other committees and to determine the amount of such compensation and fees.

SECTION 14. The Board of Directors, as soon as may be after the election of directors in each year, may appoint one of their number Chairman of the Board and shall appoint one of their number President of the Corporation, and shall also appoint one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and shall from time to time appoint such other officers as they may deem proper, none of whom needs to be a member of the Board of Directors. Two or more offices may be held by the same person, except that where the offices of president and secretary are held by the same person, such person shall not hold any other office.

SECTION 15. The term of office of all officers shall be until the next election of directors and until their respective successors are chosen and qualified, or until they shall die or resign but any officer may be removed from office at any time by the Board of Directors. Vacancies in any office may be filled by the Board at any meeting.

SECTION 16. The officers of the Corporation shall have such powers and duties as usually pertain to their offices, except as modified by the Board of Directors, and shall also have such powers and duties as may from time to time be conferred upon them by the Board of Directors. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provision, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President, if there be no Chairman of the Board, shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors at which such officer is present.

SECTION 17. The Board of Directors, as soon as may be after the election in each year, may, by a resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, appoint an Executive Committee, to consist of the Chairman of the Board, or the President, and such number of the directors as the Board may from time to time determine, which shall have and may exercise during the intervals between the meetings of the Board all the powers vested in the Board except the power to (i) fill vacancies in the Board, (ii) change the membership of or fill vacancies in any Committee, (iii) change the Bylaws, (iv) declare dividends, (v) issue stock, or (vi) approve, adopt or recommend to stockholders any actions required to be submitted to stockholders for a vote. The Board shall have the power at any time to change the membership of


such Committee and to fill vacancies in it. The Executive Committee may make rules for the conduct of its business and may appoint such committees and assistants as it may deem necessary. A majority of the members of said Committee shall constitute a quorum. The Chairman of the Board or the President, if there is no Chairman of the Board, shall be the Chairman of the Executive Committee.

SECTION 18. In addition to the Executive Committee, the Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more other committees, each committee to consist of two or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it, except the power to (i) fill vacancies in the Board, (ii) change the membership of or fill vacancies in any Committee, (iii) change the Bylaws, (iv) declare dividends, (v) issue stock, or (vi) approve, adopt or recommend to stockholders any actions required to be submitted to stockholders for a vote. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 19. Whenever under the provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder at such address as appears on the books of the Corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be thus mailed. Whenever notice is required to be given, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

SECTION 20. Certificates of stock shall be of such form and device as the Board of Directors may elect and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, or a Vice-President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, but where any such certificate is signed (1) by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent or (2) by a transfer clerk acting on behalf of the Corporation and by a registrar, the signatures of any such officers of the Corporation may be facsimiles, engraved or printed.

SECTION 21. The stock of the Corporation shall be transferable or assignable only on the books of the Corporation by the holders in person, or by attorney, on the surrender of the certificates therefor. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more transfer agents and registrars of the stock.

SECTION 22. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.

SECTION 23. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates


theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

SECTION 24. The Board of Directors shall have the power to close the stock transfer books of the Corporation for a period not exceeding fifty (50) days preceding the date of any meeting of stockholders, or the date for payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of capital stock shall go into effect or for a period of not exceeding fifty (50) days in connection with obtaining the consent of stockholders for any purpose. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books as aforesaid, the Board of Directors is hereby authorized to fix in advance a date, not exceeding fifty (50) days preceding the date of any meeting of stockholders or the date for the payment of any dividend or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of capital stock shall go into effect, or a date in connection with obtaining such consent, as a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at, any such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividends, or to any such allotment of rights, or to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, or to give such consent, and in such case such stockholders and only such stockholders as shall be stockholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to such notice of, and to vote at, such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, or to give such consent, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any stock on the books of the Corporation after any such record date fixed as aforesaid.

SECTION 25. The Board of Directors is authorized to select such depositaries as they shall deem proper for the funds of the Corporation. All checks and drafts against such deposited funds shall be signed and countersigned by persons to be specified by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 26. The corporate seal of the Corporation shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

SECTION 27. The Corporation shall indemnify every person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Corporation, by reason of the fact that said person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by said person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law in effect


from time to time. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of any such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such officer or director to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section. The indemnification provided in this Section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other right to which a person seeking indemnity may be entitled under any law (common or statutory), agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in said person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office or while employed by or acting as agent for the Corporation, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors and administrators of said person. All rights to indemnification under this Section shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each director or officer of the Corporation who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this Section is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this Section or any repeal or modification of relevant provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable laws shall not in any way diminish any rights to indemnification of such director or officer of the Corporation hereunder. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of each said person against any liability asserted against and incurred by said person in any such aforesaid capacity, or arising out of said person’s status as such, to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law in effect from time to time. If this Section or any portion thereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director or officer of the Corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Section that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

SECTION 28. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed at any regular meeting of the stockholders or at any special meeting of the stockholders at which a quorum is present or represented, provided notice of the proposed alteration or repeal be contained in the notice of such special meeting, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote at such meeting and present or represented thereat, or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors at any regular meeting of the Board or at any special meeting of the Board if notice of the proposed alteration or repeal be contained in the notice of such special meeting; provided, however, that no change of the time or place of the meeting for the election of directors shall be made within sixty days next before the day on which such meeting is to be held, and that in case of any change of such time or place, notice thereof shall be given to each stockholder in person or by letter mailed to his last known post-office address at least twenty days before the meeting is held.

EX-3.7 3 dex37.htm BYLAWS OF BROOK HOLLOW PROPERTIES Bylaws of Brook Hollow Properties

 

Exhibit 3.7

BYLAWS

OF

BROOK HOLLOW PROPERTIES, INC.

As Amended September 9, 1964

As Amended October 25, 2010

 

 

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1. The registered office shall be located in the City of Dallas, County of Dallas, State of Texas.

Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places within or without the State of Texas as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Meetings of the shareholders shall be held in the City of Dallas, State of Texas.

Section 2. An annual meeting of shareholders shall be held at 9:00 o’clock in the forenoon on the third Tuesday of October in each year, unless such day is a legal holiday, in which case such meeting shall be held at the specified time on the first day thereafter which is not a legal holiday, or at such other time and place as the Board of Directors shall determine. At such meeting the shareholders entitled to vote thereat shall elect by plurality vote a board of directors, and may transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

Section 3. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the president, the board of directors or the holders of not less than one-tenth of all shares entitled to vote at the meeting.

Section 4. Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the president, the secretary, or the officer or person calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notes shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid.

Section 5. Business transacted at any special meeting shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notice thereof.


 

Section 6. The holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at meetings of shareholders except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation. If, however, a quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting. Until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

Section 7. The vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote and thus represented at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the shareholders meeting, unless a vote of a greater number is required by law or the articles of incorporation.

Section 8. Each outstanding share, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders, except to the extent that the voting rights of the shares of any class are limited or denied by the articles of incorporation. At each election for directors every shareholder entitled to vote at such election shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares owned by him for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election he has a right to vote.

Section 9. A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney in fact, No proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable, and in no event shall it remain irrevocable for the period of more than eleven (11) months.

Section 10. The officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books shall make, at least ten days before each meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and number of shares held by each, which list, for a period of ten days prior to such meeting, shall be kept on file at the registered office of the corporation and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual business hours. Such list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original stock transfer books shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list or transfer book or to vote at any such meeting of shareholders.

Section 11. Any action required by the statutes to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or any action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.


 

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. The property and business of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of not less than 2 nor more than 11 directors. Within the limits herein specified, the number of directors shall be fixed and may be changed, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the stockholders at the annual meeting. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified. Directors need not be residents of the State of Texas or shareholders of the corporation.

Section 2. Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum of the board of directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors shall be filled by election at an annual meeting or at a special meeting of the shareholders entitled to vote called for that purpose.

Section 3. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its board of directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the articles of incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised and done by the shareholders.

Section 4. Meetings of the board of directors, regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Texas.

Section 5. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the shareholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, providing a quorum shall be present. In the event of the failure of the shareholders to fix the time and place of such first meeting of the newly elected board of directors, or in the event such meeting is not held at the time and place so fixed by the shareholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the directors.

Section 6. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the board.

Section 7. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the president and shall be called by the secretary on the written request of two directors. Written notice of special meetings of the board of directors shall be given to each director at least two days before the date of the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board of directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

Section 8. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless a greater number is required by the articles of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board


of directors the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

Section 9. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole board may designate three or more directors to constitute an executive committee, which committee, unless its authority shall be otherwise expressly limited by such resolution, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the board of directors in the business and affairs of the corporation except where action of the board of directors is specified by statute. Vacancies in the membership of the committee shall be filled by the board of directors at a regular or special meeting of the board of directors. The executive committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the board when required. The designation of such committee and the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the board of directors, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed upon it or him by law.

ARTICLE IV

NOTICES

Section 1. Notices to directors and shareholders shall be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to the directors or shareholders at their addresses appearing on the books of the corporation. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given at the time when same shall be mailed. Notice to directors may also be given by overnight delivery, fax or email to the usual business or residence address, fax number or email address, as applicable, of the directors not less than the time above specified before the meeting.

Section 2. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder or director under the provisions of the statutes or of the articles of incorporation or of these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to the giving of such notice.

Section 3. Attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall consist of a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, and may include a Chairman of the Board, each of whom shall be elected by the board of directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except that the president and secretary shall not be the same person.

Section 2. The board of directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of shareholders, shall choose a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, none of whom need be a member of the board, and may appoint one of their number Chairman of the Board.


 

Section 3. Such other officers and assistant officers and agents as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the board of directors.

Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the board of directors.

Section 5. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer or agent or member of the executive committee elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed by the board of directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

Section 6. The board of directors may designate whether the Chairman of the Board, if such an officer shall have been appointed, or the president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation. The officer so designated as the chief executive officer shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors and shall have such other powers and duties as usually pertain to such office or as may be delegated by the board of directors. The president shall have such powers and, duties as usually pertain to such office, except as the same may be modified by the board of directors. Unless the board of directors shall otherwise delegate such duties, the president shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect.

Section 7. He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.

Section 8. The vice president in order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors shall prescribe.

Section 9. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the shareholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the board of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or president, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation and, when authorized by the board of directors, affix the same to any instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by his signature or by the signature of the treasurer or an assistant secretary.

Section 10. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the power of the secretary. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.


 

Section 11. The treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate fund’s and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the board of directors.

Section 12. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors at its regular meetings or when the board of directors so requires an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.

Section 13. If required by the board of directors, he shall give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.

Section 14. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. The corporation shall deliver certificates representing all shares to which shareholders are entitled; and such certificates shall be signed by the president or a vice president, and the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof. No certificate shall be issued for any share until the consideration therefor has been fully paid. Each certificate representing shares shall state upon the face thereof that the corporation is organized under the laws of the State of Texas, the name of the person to whom issued, the number and class and the designation of the series, if any, which such certificate represents, and the par value of each share represented by such certificate or a statement that the shares are without par value.

Section 2. The signatures of the president or vice president and the secretary or assistant secretary upon a certificate may be facsimiles, if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the corporation itself or an employee of the corporation. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of the issuance.


 

Section 3. The board of directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the board of directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

Section 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.

Section 5. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the board of directors may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, fifty days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least ten days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the board of directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than fifty days, and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten days, prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of shareholders is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the board of directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, except where the determination has been made through the closing of stock transfer books and the stated period of closing has expired.

Section 6. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive rights of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Texas.


 

ARTICLE VII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1. The board of directors may declare and the corporation may pay dividends on its outstanding shares in cash, property, or its own shares pursuant to law and subject to the provisions of its articles of incorporation.

Section 2. The board of directors may by resolution create a reserve or reserves out of earned surplus for any proper purpose or purposes, and may abolish any such reserve in the same manner.

Section 3. The board of directors must, when requested by the holders of at least one third of the outstanding shares of the corporation, present written reports of the situation and amount of business of the corporation.

Section 4. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate.

Section 5. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

Section 6. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

ARTICLE VIII

AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed at any regular or special meeting of the board of directors.

EX-3.9 4 dex39.htm BYLAWS OF BROOKHOLLOW OF ALEXANDRIA INC. Bylaws of Brookhollow of Alexandria Inc.

 

Exhibit 3.9

BYLAWS

OF

BROOKHOLLOW OF ALEXANDRIA, INC.

AS amended 10-25-10

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1. In addition to its principal office in the State of Louisiana, the corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Louisiana as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine.

ARTICLE II

ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1. All meetings of stockholders for the election of Directors shall be held at such place either within or without the State of Louisiana as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and as stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

Section 2. Annual Meetings of Stockholders shall be held each year on the third Tuesday of October, if not a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following, at 10:30 in the forenoon, or at such other time and place, within or without the State of Louisiana, as the Board of Directors shall determine, at which they shall elect, by a plurality vote, a Board of Directors, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting; provided, however, that the stockholders may, by a written agreement signed by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to general voting rights, establish a manner of election or selecting directors other than by a plurality vote during the term of such written agreement.

Section 3. Written or printed notice of every meeting of stockholders stating the place, day and hour and purpose of the meeting shall be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by the Secretary or the officer performing his duties or persons calling the meeting, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.

Section 4. Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose other than the election of directors may be held at such time and place within or without the State of Louisiana as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

Section 5. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman of the Board or any two (2) members of the Board of Directors, and shall be held at the request in writing of stockholders owning not less than one-half (1/2) of the entire capital stock having voting power.


 

Section 6. The business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 7. At least ten (10) days before every election of directors, a complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at said election, arranged in alphabetical order, with the residence of each and the number of voting shares held by each, shall be prepared by the Secretary. Such list shall be open at the office of the corporation for said ten (10) days, to the examination of any stockholder, and shall be produced and kept at the time and place of election during the whole of the time thereof, subject to the inspection of any stockholder who may be present.

ARTICLE III

QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK

Section 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

Section 2. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock having voting power shall be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders. A stockholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the stockholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after three (3) years from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in such proxy. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable or unless otherwise made irrevocable by law.

Subject to the provision set forth in Section 2 of Article II of these Bylaws, in all elections for directors every stockholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him, for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election he has a right to vote, but there shall be no right to cumulative voting.

Section 4. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the stockholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.


 

ARTICLE IV

DIRECTORS

Section 1. The property and business of the corporation shall be managed by a Board of not less than two (2) nor more than eleven (11) directors. Within the limits herein specified, the number of directors shall be fixed and may be changed, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the stockholders at the annual meeting. The directors, other than the first Board of Directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article IV of these Bylaws, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify. Directors need not be stockholders. The first Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of stockholders, unless sooner removed by an affirmative vote of the majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on the elections of directors as hereinafter provided.

Section 2. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized directors immediately prior to the occurrence of such vacancy. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired portion of the term of his predecessor in office.

Any directorships to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized number of directors immediately prior to any such increase. A director elected to fill a newly created directorship shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced.

Any director may be removed at any time, for cause or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on the elections of directors.

Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

Section 4. The directors may keep the books of the corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within or without the State of Louisiana, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine.

Section 5. The Board of Directors shall have power to authorize the payment of compensation to the directors for services to the corporation, including fees for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors, of the Executive Committee and of other committees and to determine the amount of such compensation and fees.

ARTICLE V

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at the same place as the annual meeting of the stockholders


immediately after such meeting or at such other time and place specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the directors.

Section 2. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at the times fixed by resolutions of the Board and at other times upon call of the Chairman of the Board or any two (2) directors and such meetings, whether regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Louisiana. The Secretary or officer performing his duties shall give reasonable notice (which shall be at least, but need not in any event exceed ten (10) days) of all meetings of directors, provided that a meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders, and notice need not be given of regular meetings held at times fixed by resolutions of the Board. Meetings may be held at any time without notice if all directors are present or if those not present sign written waivers of notice either before or after the meeting. Notice by mail or telegraph to the usual business or residence address of the directors not less than the time above specified before the meeting shall be sufficient. A majority of the then authorized directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the then authorized directors shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

Section 3. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

Section 4. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board, or such committee, consent thereto in writing and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or committee.

ARTICLE VI

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Section 1. The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole then authorized Board, appoint an Executive Committee to consist of the Chairman of the Board and such number of the directors as the majority of the whole of said Board may from time to time determine, which committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by a majority of the whole said Board at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required.


 

ARTICLE VII

NOTICES

Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States Postal Service. Notice to any director or stockholder may also be given by telegram or delivered in person.

Section 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

ARTICLE VIII

OFFICERS

Section 1. The Board of Directors, as soon as may be after the election of directors in each year, shall elect a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and may from time to time elect a Chairman of the Board, one (1) or more Vice Presidents and such other officers as they may deem proper. None of such officers (except for the Chairman of the Board) need be a member of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may appoint from the members of the Executive Committee, a Chairman of the Executive Committee, if they shall have established an Executive Committee pursuant to Article VI of these Bylaws.

Section 2. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

Section 3. The Board of Directors may authorize the execution of contracts of employment between the Corporation and one (1) or more of the officers of the corporation. Removal of any such officer from his office without cause by the directors shall not of itself affect any right to compensation which such removed officer may have under such contract.

The Chairman of the Board

Section 4. The Chairman of the Board, if such office shall have been filled by the Board of Directors, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors, including meetings of the Executive Committee, at which such officer is present.

The Chairman of the Executive Committee

Section 5. The Chairman of the Executive Committee, if such office shall have been filled by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors.


 

The President

Section 6. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, shall have, within the limitations and subject to the procedures established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.

Section 7. The President shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.

The Vice Presidents

Section 8. The Vice President, if there shall be one, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

The Secretary and Assistant Secretaries

Section 9. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of such meetings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and he, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.

Section 10. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers

Section 11. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.


 

Section 12. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.

Section 13. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.

Section 14. The Assistant Treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE IX

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates signed by the President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof.

When the corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class, every certificate shall set forth upon the face or back of such certificate a statement of the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued, as required by the laws of the State of Louisiana.

Section 2. The signatures of the officers of the corporation upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the corporation itself or an employee of the corporation. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of its issue.

Lost Certificates

Section 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.


 

Transfer of Shares

Section 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate canceled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the corporation.

Closing of Transfer Books

Section 5. For the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of stockholders for any other purpose, the Board of Directors may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, fifty (50) days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders, such books shall be closed for at least ten (10) days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of stockholders, such date in any case to be not more than fifty (50) days and, in case of a meeting of stockholders, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of stockholders, is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders, or stockholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of stockholders. When a determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

Registered Stockholders

Section 6. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Louisiana.

ARTICLE X

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Dividends

Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in, property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.


 

Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside, out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

Checks

Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

Fiscal Year

Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of June in each year, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors.

Seal

Section 5. The corporate seal of the corporation shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

Reliance on Books and Statements

Section 6. A director shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account of the corporation or statements prepared by any of its officials as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and/or net profits of the corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

Contracts - Interest of Director

Section 7. No contract or other transaction between the corporation and any other corporation and no other act of the corporation shall, in the absence of fraud, be invalidated or in any way affected by the fact that any of the directors of the corporation are pecuniarily or otherwise interested in such contract, transaction or other act, or are directors or officers of such other corporation. Any director of the corporation, individually, or any firm or association of which any such director may be a member, may be a party to, or may be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, any contract or transaction of the corporation, provided that the fact that he individually or such firm or association is so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of Directors; and any director of the corporation who is so interested may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors which shall authorize any such contract or transaction, and may vote thereat to authorize any such contract or transaction with like force and effect as if he were not such director or officer of such other corporation or not so interested, every director of the corporation being hereby relieved from any disability which might otherwise prevent him from carrying out transactions with or contracting with the corporation for the benefit of himself or any firm, corporation, association, trust or organization in which or with which he may be in anywise interested or connected.


 

Any contract, transaction or act of the corporation or by the Board of Directors which shall be ratified by a majority of the stockholders entitled to vote at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose shall be as valid and binding as though ratified by every stockholders of the corporation; provided, however, that any failure of the stockholders to approve or ratify such contract, transaction or act when and if submitted, shall not be deemed in any way to invalidate the same or to deprive the corporation, its directors or officers of their right to proceed with such contract, transaction or action.

Indemnification - Directors and Officers

Section 8. The corporation may indemnify every person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that said person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by said person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Louisiana in effect from time to time. The corporation shall have the right and power to purchase and maintain insurance in such principal amounts as shall be approved by resolution of the Board of Directors of the corporation from time to time on behalf of each said person against any liability asserted against and incurred by said person in any such aforesaid capacity, or arising out of said person’s status as such, to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Louisiana in effect from time to time.

ARTICLE XI

AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of stockholders, or of the directors, at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote, or of a majority of the directors of the corporation, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting.

EX-3.11 5 dex311.htm BYLAWS OF BROOKHOLLOW OF VIRGINIA INC. Bylaws of Brookhollow of Virginia Inc.

 

Exhibit 3.11

BYLAWS

OF

BROOKHOLLOW OF VIRGINIA, INC.

As amended 10-25-10

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

SECTION 1. In addition to its principal office in the State of Virginia, the Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Virginia as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine.

ARTICLE II

ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

SECTION 1. All meetings of stockholders for the election of Directors shall be held at such place either within or without the State of Virginia as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and as stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

SECTION 2. Annual Meetings of the Shareholders, commencing with the year 1986, shall be held each year on the third Tuesday of October, if not a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following, at 10:30 in the forenoon, or at such other time and place, within or without the State of Virginia, as the board of directors shall determine, at which they shall elect by the plurality vote, a Board of Directors, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting; provided, however, that the shareholders may, by a written agreement signed by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to general voting rights, establish a manner of election or selection of directors other than by a plurality vote during the term of such written agreement.

SECTION 3. Written or printed notice of every meeting of shareholders stating the place, day and, hour and purpose of the meeting shall be delivered to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by the Secretary, the officer performing his duties or the persons calling the meeting.

SECTION 4. Special meetings of shareholders for any purpose other than the election of directors may be held at such time and place within or without the State of Virginia as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

SECTION 5. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman of the Board or any two (2) members of the Board of Directors, and shall be held at the request, in writing, of shareholders owning not less than one-half (1/2) of the entire capital stock having voting power.


 

SECTION 6. The business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

SECTION 7. At least ten (10) days before every election of directors, a complete list of shareholders entitled to vote at said election, arranged in alphabetical order, with the residence of each and the number of voting shares held by each, shall be prepared by the Secretary. Such list shall be open to the examination of any shareholder at the office of the corporation for said ten (10) days, and shall be produced and kept at the time and place of election during the whole of the time thereof, subject to the inspection of any shareholder who may be present.

ARTICLE III

QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK

SECTION 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

SECTION 2. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power, present in person or represented by proxy, shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

SECTION 3. Each outstanding share of stock having voting power shall be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders. A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after three (3) years from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in such proxy. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable or unless otherwise made irrevocable by law.

Subject to the provision set forth in Section 2 of Article II of these Bylaws, in all elections for directors, every shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him, for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election he has a right to vote, but there shall be no right to cumulative voting.

SECTION 4. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.


 

ARTICLE IV

DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The property and business of the corporation shall be managed by a Board of not less than two (2) nor more than eleven (11) directors. Within the limits herein specified, the number of directors shall be fixed and may be changed, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the shareholders at the annual meeting. The directors, other than the first Board of Directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article IV of these Bylaws, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify. Directors need not be shareholders. The first Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders, unless sooner removed by an affirmative vote of the majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on the elections of directors as hereinafter provided.

SECTION 2. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized directors immediately prior to the occurrence of such vacancy. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired portion of the term of his predecessor in office.

Any directorships to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized number of directors immediately prior to any such increase. A director elected to fill a newly created directorship shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced.

Any director may be removed at any time, for cause or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on the elections of directors.

SECTION 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

SECTION 4. The directors may keep the books of the corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within or without the State of Virginia, at such place or places as they from time to time determine.

SECTION 5. The Board of Directors shall have power to authorize the payment of compensation to the directors for services to the corporation, including fees for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors, of the Executive Committee and of other committees and to determine the amount of such compensation and fees.

ARTICLE V

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at the same place as the annual meeting of the shareholders


immediately after such meeting or at such other time and place specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the Directors.

SECTION 2. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the times fixed by resolutions of the Board and at other times upon call of the Chairman of the Board or any two (2) directors and such meetings, whether regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Virginia. The Secretary or officer performing his duties shall give reasonable notice (which shall be at least, but need not in any event exceed ten (10) days) of all meetings of directors, provided that a meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders, and notice need not be given of regular meetings held at times fixed by resolutions of the Board. Meetings may be held at any time without notice if all directors are present or if those not present sign written waivers of notice either before or after the meeting. Notice by mail or telegraph to the usual business or residence address of the directors not less than the time above specified before the meeting shall be sufficient. A majority of the then authorized directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the then authorized directors shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

SECTION 4. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board, or such committee, consent thereto in writing and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or committee.

ARTICLE VI

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole then authorized Board, appoint an Executive Committee to consist of the Chairman of the Board and such number of the directors as the majority of the whole of said Board may from time to time determine, which committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by a majority of the whole said Board at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required.


 

ARTICLE VII

NOTICES

SECTION 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or shareholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States Postal Service. Notice to any director or shareholder may also be given by telegram or delivered in person.

SECTION 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

ARTICLE VIII

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors, as soon as may be after the election of directors in each year, shall elect a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and may from time to time elect a Chairman of the Board, one (1) or more Vice Presidents and such other officers as they may deem proper. None of such officers (except for the Chairman of the Board) need be a member of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may appoint from the members of the Executive Committee, a Chairman of the Executive Committee, if they shall have established an Executive Committee pursuant to Article VI of these Bylaws.

SECTION 2. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. The Board of Directors may authorize the execution of contracts of employment between the corporation and one (1) or more of the officers of the corporation. Removal of any such officer from his office without cause by the directors shall not of itself affect any right to compensation which such removed officer may have under such contract.

The Chairman of the Board

SECTION 4. The Chairman of the Board, if such office shall have been filled by the Board of Directors, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors, including meetings of the Executive Committee, at which such officer is present.

The Chairman of the Executive Committee

SECTION 5. The Chairman of the Executive Committee, if such office shall have been filled by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors.


 

The President

SECTION 6. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have, within the limitations and subject to the procedures established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.

SECTION 7. The President shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.

The Vice Presidents

SECTION 8. The Vice President, if there shall be one, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

The Secretary and Assistant Secretaries

SECTION 9. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the shareholders and record all the proceedings of such meetings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and he, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have the authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.

SECTION 10. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers

SECTION 11. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.


 

SECTION 12. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.

SECTION 13. if required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, moneys and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.

SECTION 14. The Assistant Treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE IX

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

SECTION 1. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates signed by the President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof.

When the corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class, every certificate shall set forth upon the face or back of such certificate a statement of the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued, as required by the laws of the State of Virginia.

SECTION 2. The signatures of the officers of the corporation upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the corporation itself or an employee of the corporation. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of its issue.

Lost Certificates

SECTION 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.


 

Transfer of Shares

SECTION 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate canceled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the corporation.

Closing of Transfer Books

SECTION 5. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other purpose, the Board of Directors may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, fifty (50) days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least ten (10) days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than fifty (50) days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

Registered Shareholders

SECTION 6. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Virginia.

ARTICLE X

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Dividends

SECTION 1. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.


 

SECTION 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside, out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

Checks

SECTION 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

Fiscal Year

SECTION 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of June in each year, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors.

Seal

SECTION 5. The corporate seal of the corporation shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

Reliance on Books and Statements

SECTION 6. A director shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account of the corporation or statements prepared by any of its officials as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and/or net profits of the corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

Contracts - Interest of Director

SECTION 7. No contract or other transaction between the corporation and any other corporation and no other act of the corporation shall, in the absence of fraud, be invalidated or in any way affected by the fact that any of the directors of the corporation are pecuniarily or otherwise interested in such contract, transaction or other act, or are directors or officers of such other corporation. Any director of the corporation, individually, or any firm or association of which any such director may be a member, may be a party to, or may be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, any contract or transaction of the corporation, provided that the fact that he individually or such firm or association is so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of Directors; and any director of the corporation who is so interested may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors which shall authorize any such contract or transaction, and may vote thereat to authorize any such contract or transaction with like force and effect as if he were not such director or officer of such other corporation or not so interested, every director of the corporation being hereby relieved from any disability which might otherwise prevent him from carrying out transactions with or contracting with the corporation for the benefit of himself or any firm, corporation, association, trust or organization in which or with which he may be in anywise interested or connected.


 

Any contract, transaction or act of the corporation or by the Board of Directors which shall be ratified by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose shall be as valid and binding as though ratified by every shareholder of the corporation; provided, however, that any failure of the shareholders to approve or ratify such contract, transaction or act when and if submitted, shall not be deemed in any way to invalidate the same or to deprive the corporation, its directors or officers of their right to proceed with such contract, transaction or action.

Indemnification - Directors and Officers

SECTION 8. The corporation may indemnify every person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that said person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amount paid in settlement incurred by said person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Virginia in effect from time to time. The corporation shall have the right and power to purchase and maintain insurance in such principal amounts as shall be approved by resolution of the Board of Directors of the corporation from time to time on behalf of each said person against any liability asserted against and incurred by said person in any such aforesaid capacity, or arising out of said person’s status as such, to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Virginia in effect from time to time.

ARTICLE XI

AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of shareholders, or of the directors, at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote, or of a majority of the directors of the corporation, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting.

EX-3.13 6 dex313.htm BYLAWS OF CREOLE CORPORATION Bylaws of Creole Corporation

 

Exhibit 3.13

BYLAWS

OF

CREOLE CORPORATION

As Amended October 25, 2010

 

 

SECTION 1. In addition to its principal office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine.

SECTION 2. All meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such time and place within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may determine and which shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

SECTION 3. An annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on the third Tuesday of October in each year, at 9:00 o’clock in the forenoon, unless such day is a legal holiday, in which case such meeting shall be held on the first day thereafter which is not a legal holiday, or at such other date and time as the Board of Directors shall determine. At such meeting the stockholders entitled to vote thereat shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors, and may transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

SECTION 4. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the certificate of incorporation, may be held, upon call of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee and shall be held at the request in writing of stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire outstanding capital stock having voting power. Such call shall state the time, place and purposes of the meeting.

SECTION 5. Notice of the time and place of every meeting of stockholders and of the business to be acted on at such meeting shall be mailed by the Secretary or the officer performing his duties, at least ten days before the meeting, to each stockholder of record having voting power and entitled to such notice at his last known post office address; provided, however, that if a stockholder be present at a meeting, or in writing waives notice thereof before or after the meeting, notice of the meeting to such stockholder shall be unnecessary.

SECTION 6. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every election of directors, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at said election, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the election, either at a place within the city, town or village where the election is to be held and which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not specified, at the place where said meeting is to be held, and the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of election during the whole time thereof, and subject to the inspection of any stockholder who may be present.


 

SECTION 7. The holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute, by the certificate of incorporation, or by these Bylaws, but less than a quorum shall have power to adjourn any meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting. The holders of a majority of the stock present and entitled to vote at a duly qualified meeting of stockholders shall have power to act, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

SECTION 8. At every meeting of stockholders each stockholder entitled to vote thereat shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock having voting power registered in his name on the books of the Corporation, and may vote and otherwise act in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such stockholder; but no proxy shall be voted upon more than three (3) years after its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period.

SECTION 9. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these Bylaws, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote upon the action if such meeting were held shall consent in writing to such corporate action being taken.

SECTION 10. The property and business of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of not less than 2 nor more than 11 directors. Within the limits herein specified, the number of directors shall be fixed and may be changed, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the stockholders at the annual meeting. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 11 of these Bylaws, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify. Directors need not be stockholders.

SECTION 11. If any vacancies occur in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of any director or otherwise, or any new directorship is created by any increase in the authorized number of directors, a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, may choose a successor or successors, or fill the newly created directorship, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election of directors and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced.

SECTION 12. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the times fixed by resolutions of the Board or upon call of the Chairman of the Board, the President or any two directors and such meetings, whether regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Delaware. The Secretary or officer performing his duties shall give reasonable notice (which need not in any event exceed two (2) days) of all meetings of


directors, provided that a meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual election, and notice need not be given of regular meetings held at times fixed by resolution of the Board. Meetings may be held at any time without notice if all the directors are present or if those not present waive notice either before or after the meeting. Notice by mail, overnight delivery, fax or email to the usual business or residence address, fax number or email address, as applicable, not less than the time above specified before the meeting shall be sufficient. One-third of the directors, but in no case less than 2 directors, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation or by these Bylaws.

SECTION 13. The Board of Directors shall have power to authorize the payment of compensation to the directors for services to the Corporation, including fees for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors, of the Executive Committee and of other committees and to determine the amount of such compensation and fees.

SECTION 14. The Board of Directors, as soon as may be after the election of directors in each year, may appoint one of their number Chairman of the Board and shall appoint one of their number President of the Corporation, and shall also appoint one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and shall from time to time appoint such other officers as they may deem proper, none of whom needs to be a member of the Board of Directors. Two or more offices may be held by the same person, except that where the offices of president and secretary are held by the same person, such person shall not hold any other office.

SECTION 15. The term of office of all officers shall be until the next election of directors and until their respective successors are chosen and qualified, or until they shall die or resign but any officer may be removed from office at any time by the Board of Directors. Vacancies in any office may be filled by the Board at any meeting.

SECTION 16. The officers of the Corporation shall have such powers and duties as usually pertain to their offices, except as modified by the Board of Directors, and shall also have such powers and duties as may from time to time be conferred upon them by the Board of Directors. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provision, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President, if there be no Chairman of the Board, shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors at which such officer is present.

SECTION 17. The Board of Directors, as soon as may be after the election in each year, may, by a resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, appoint an Executive Committee, to consist of the Chairman of the Board, or the President, and such number of the directors as the Board may from time to time determine, which shall have and may exercise during the intervals between the meetings of the Board all the powers vested in the Board except the power to (i) fill vacancies in the Board, (ii) change the membership of or fill vacancies in any Committee, (iii) change the Bylaws, (iv) declare dividends, (v) issue stock, or (vi) approve, adopt or recommend to stockholders any actions required to be submitted to stockholders for a vote. The Board shall have the power at any time to change the membership of such Committee and to fill vacancies in it. The Executive Committee may make


rules for the conduct of its business and may appoint such committees and assistants as it may deem necessary. A majority of the members of said committee shall constitute a quorum. The Chairman of the Board or the President, if there is no Chairman of the Board, shall be the Chairman of the Executive Committee.

SECTION 18. In addition to the Executive Committee, the Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more other committees, each committee to consist of two or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it, except the power to (i) fill vacancies in the Board, (ii) change the membership of or fill vacancies in any Committee, (iii) change the Bylaws, (iv) declare dividends, (v) issue stock, or (vi) approve, adopt or recommend to stockholders any actions required to be submitted to stockholders for a vote. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 19. Whenever under the provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder at such address as appears on the books of the Corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be thus mailed. Whenever notice is required to be given, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

SECTION 20. Certificates of stock shall be of such form and device as the Board of Directors may elect and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, or a Vice-President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, but where any such certificate is signed (1) by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent or(2) by a transfer clerk acting on behalf of the Corporation and by a registrar, the signatures of any such officers of the Corporation may be facsimiles, engraved or printed.

SECTION 21. The stock of the Corporation shall be transferable or assignable only on the books of the Corporation by the holders in person, or by attorney, on the surrender of the certificates therefor. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more transfer agents and registrars of the stock.

SECTION 22. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.

SECTION 23. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed,


upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

SECTION 24. The Board of Directors shall have the power to close the stock transfer books of the Corporation for a period not exceeding Fifty (50) days preceding the date of any meeting of stockholders, or the date for payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of capital stock shall go into effect or for a period of not exceeding fifty (50) days in connection with obtaining the consent of stockholders for any purpose. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books as aforesaid, the Board of Directors is hereby authorized to fix in advance a date, not exceeding fifty (50) days preceding the date of any meeting of stockholders or the date for the payment of any dividend or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of capital stock shall go into effect, or a date in connection with obtaining such consent, as a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at, any such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividends, or to any such allotment of rights, or to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, or to give such consent, and in such case such stockholders and only such stockholders as shall be stockholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to such notice of, and to vote at, such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, or to give such consent, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any stock on the books of the Corporation after any such record date fixed as aforesaid.

SECTION 25. The Board of Directors is authorized to select such depositaries as they shall deem proper for the funds of the Corporation. All checks and drafts against such deposited funds shall be signed and countersigned by persons to be specified by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 26. The corporate seal of the Corporation shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

SECTION 27. The Corporation shall indemnify every person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Corporation, by reason of the fact that said person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by said person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law in effect from time to time. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an


officer or director in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of any such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such officer or director to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section. The indemnification provided in this Section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other right to which a person seeking indemnity may be entitled under any law (common or statutory), agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in said person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office or while employed by or acting as agent for the Corporation, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors and administrators of said person. All rights to indemnification under this Section shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each director or officer of the Corporation who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this Section is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this Section or any repeal or modification of relevant provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable laws shall not in any way diminish any rights to indemnification of such director or officer of the Corporation hereunder. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of each said person against any liability asserted against and incurred by said person in any such aforesaid capacity, or arising out of said person’s status as such, to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law in effect from time to time. If this Section or any portion thereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director or officer of the Corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Section that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

SECTION 28. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed at any regular meeting of the stockholders or at any special meeting of the stockholders at which a quorum is present or represented, provided notice of the proposed alteration or repeal be contained in the notice of such special meeting, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote at such meeting and present or represented thereat, or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors at any regular meeting of the board or at any special meeting of the board if notice of the proposed alteration or repeal be contained in the notice of such special meeting; provided, however, that no change of the time or place of the meeting for the election of directors shall be made within sixty days next before the day on which such meeting is to be held, and that in case of any change of such time or place, notice thereof shall be given to each stockholder in person or by letter mailed to his last known post-office address at least twenty days before the meeting is held.

EX-3.15 7 dex315.htm BYLAWS OF PACIFIC CUSTOM MATERIALS Bylaws of Pacific Custom Materials

 

Exhibit 3.15

BYLAWS

OF

PACIFIC CUSTOM MATERIALS, INC

A California Corporation

As amended 10-25-10

ARTICLE I: OFFICES

Section 1. PRINCIPAL OFFICE. The location of the corporation’s principal executive office shall be designated at the end of this paragraph. The board of directors may change the location of the principal executive office to any place within or outside of California. If the principal executive office is located outside of California and the corporation has one or more business offices in California, the board of directors shall fix and designate a principal business office in California.

The principal executive office is located at:

2500 Porsche Way, Suite 150

Ontario, CA 91764

Section 2. OTHER OFFICES. The board of directors may at any time establish branch or subordinate offices at any place or places where the corporation is qualified to do business.

ARTICLE II: SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of shareholders shall be held at any place within or outside of California designated by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. If no place is so specified, shareholders’ meetings shall be held at the corporation’s principal executive office.

Section 2. ANNUAL MEETING. Annual meetings of the shareholders shall be held on the third Tuesday of October of each year at 10:00 a.m., or on any other date and time as determined by the board of directors. However, if this date falls on a legal holiday, then the meeting shall be held at the same time and place on the next succeeding full business day. At this meeting, directors shall be elected and any other proper business within the power of the shareholders may be transacted.

Written notice of the annual meeting of shareholders shall be given in accordance with these bylaws.

Section 3. SPECIAL MEETINGS; HOW CALLED. A special meeting of the shareholders may be called at any time by any of the following: the board of directors, the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, secretary, chairman of the board, or one or more shareholders holding shares that in the aggregate are entitled to cast no less than 10 percent of the votes at that meeting. For special meetings called by anyone other than the board of directors, the person or persons calling the meeting shall make a request in writing to the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, president, vice president, or secretary, specifying a time and date for the proposed meeting (which is not less than 35 nor more than 60 days after receipt of the request) and the general nature of the business to be

 


transacted. Within 20 days after receipt, the officer receiving the request shall cause notice to be given to the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting. The notice shall state that a meeting will be held at the time requested by the person(s) calling the meeting, and shall state the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted. If notice is not given within 20 days after receipt of the request, the person or persons requesting the meeting may give the notice. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit, fix, or affect the time or notice requirements for shareholder meetings called by the board of directors.

Section 4. NOTICE OF MEETINGS; TIME AND CONTENTS. Notice of meetings of shareholders shall be sent or otherwise given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the meeting date to the shareholders entitled to vote thereat. The notice shall specify the place, date, and hour of the meeting. It shall also state (a) for special meetings, the general nature of the proposed business, or (b) for annual meetings, those matters which the board of directors at the time of giving the notice intends to present for action by the shareholders. If directors are to be elected, the notice shall include the names of all nominees and persons whom the board intends to present for election, as of the date of the notice. The notice shall also state the general nature of any proposed action at the meeting to approve:

(a) A transaction in which a director has a financial interest, within the meaning of Section 310 of the California Corporations Code;

(b) An amendment of the Articles of Incorporation under Section 902 of that Code;

(c) A reorganization under Section 1201 of that Code;

(d) A voluntary dissolution of the corporation under Section 1900 of that code; or

(e) A distribution in dissolution that requires approval of the outstanding shares under Section 2007 of that Code.

The manner of giving notice and the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice shall be in accordance with these bylaws.

Section 5. MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE. Notice of any shareholders’ meeting shall be given either (a) personally, or (b) by first-class mail or by telegraphic or other written communication, charges prepaid, addressed to the shareholder at the address appearing on the corporation’s books or supplied by the shareholder for purposes of notice. If the corporation has no such address for a shareholder, notice shall be either (a) sent by first-class mail addressed to the shareholder at the corporation’s principal executive office, or (b) published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the corporation’s principal executive office is located. Notice is deemed to have been given at the time it was delivered personally, deposited in the mail, or sent by other means of written communication.

If any notice or report mailed to a shareholder at the shareholder’s address (as specified in the preceding paragraph) is returned marked “unable to deliver” at that address, subsequent notices or reports shall be deemed to have been duly given without further mailing if the corporation holds the document available for the shareholder on written demand at its principal executive office for one year from the date on which the notice or report was sent to the other shareholders.

 


 

An affidavit, certificate, or declaration of mailing (or other authorized means of delivery) of any notice of shareholders’ meeting, report, or other document sent to shareholders shall be executed by the corporate secretary, assistant secretary, or transfer agent, and filed in the corporation’s minute book.

Section 6. ADJOURNED MEETINGS; NOTICE. Shareholders’ meetings (either annual or special) may be adjourned from time to time by a vote of the majority of the shareholders represented at that meeting in person or by proxy, whether or not a quorum is present; however, in the absence of a quorum, no other business may be transacted, except as specifically authorized in these bylaws.

If a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, new notice is not required if the new time and place were announced at the original meeting, unless (a) the board sets a new record date for this purpose, or (b) the adjournment is for more than 45 days from the original meeting date, in which case the board must set a new record date. If a new record date is set, new notice shall be given to the shareholders of record as of that date, in the same manner as other notices of meetings. At an adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business that would be proper at the original meeting.

Section 7. WAIVER OF NOTICE OR CONSENT BY ABSENTEES. The transactions of any shareholders’ meeting, either annual or special, however called and noticed and wherever held, shall be as valid as though they were had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum is present either in person or by proxy, and if each person entitled to vote but not present at the meeting signs a written waiver of notice, a consent to holding the meeting, or an approval of the minutes. Shareholders’ signatures may be obtained either before or after the meeting. The waiver of notice or consent need not specify either the intended business or the purpose of the meeting, except that if action is taken or proposed to be taken regarding any of the matters specified in Section 601(f) of the California Corporations Code (and listed above in the paragraph on contents of notices of shareholder meetings), the general nature of the action or proposed action must be stated in the waiver of notice or consent. All written waivers, consents, and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

Notice is also waived by a shareholder’s attendance at the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. Attendance and failure to object to the validity of the meeting, however, does not constitute a waiver of any right to object expressly, at a meeting, to consideration of matters required by law to be included in the notice of the meeting which were not so included.

Section 8. ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING. Any action that could be taken at an annual or special meeting of shareholders, except for the election of directors (see following paragraph), may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding shares having at least the minimum numbers of votes necessary to authorize or take that action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote on that action were present and voting.

 


 

Directors may be elected without a meeting only by the unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of directors, except that vacancies the board is entitled to fill (vacancies other than those caused by removal of a director) may be filled by the written consent of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote.

All written consents shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation and maintained in the corporate records. Anyone who has given a written consent may revoke it by a writing received by the secretary of the corporation before written consents of the number of shares required to authorize the proposed action have been filed with the secretary.

Unless the consents of all shareholders entitled to vote have been solicited in writing, the secretary shall give prompt notice of any corporate action approved by the shareholders without a meeting by less than unanimous consent, to those shareholders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing. As to approvals required by California Corporations Code Section 310 (transactions in which a director has a financial interest), Section 317 (indemnification of corporate agents), Section 1201 (corporate reorganization), or Section 2007 (certain distributions on dissolution), notice of the approval shall be given at least ten days before the consummation of any action authorized by the approval. Notice shall be given in the manner specified in these bylaws for notice of shareholders’ meetings.

Section 9. RECORD DATE FOR SHAREHOLDER NOTICE AND VOTING.

(a) For purposes of determining the shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at a shareholders’ meeting or give written consent to corporate action without a meeting, the board may fix in advance a record date that is not more than 60 days nor less than 10 days before the date of any such meeting, or not more than 60 days before any such action without a meeting.

(b) If no record date has been fixed:

(i) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at a shareholders’ meeting shall be the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or if notice is waived as provided in these bylaws, the business day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held;

(ii) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to give written consent to corporate action without a meeting shall be the day on which the action to be approved was taken by the board, or, if the board has not yet acted, the day on which the first written consent is given; and

(iii) The record date for any other purpose shall be as set forth in the section of these bylaws regarding record date for purposes other than notice and voting.

(c) A determination of shareholders of record entitled to receive notice of and vote at a shareholders’ meeting shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting. However, the board shall fix a new record date if the adjournment is to a date more than 45 days after the date set for the original meeting.

 


 

(d) Except as otherwise required by law, only shareholders of record on the corporation’s books at the close of business on the record date shall be entitled to any of the notice and voting rights listed in subsection (a) of this section, notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the corporation’s books after the record date.

Section 10. QUORUM. The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The shareholders present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum was initially present may continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum; however, any action taken (other than adjournment) must be approved by at least a majority of the shares requires to constitute a quorum.

Section 11. VOTING. The corporation shall determine the shareholders entitled to vote at any shareholders’ meeting in accordance with bylaw provisions on the record date, subject to Sections 702 through 704 of the California Corporations Code (concerning the voting of shares held by a fiduciary, a corporation, or joint owners). Except as otherwise provided by law or as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or these bylaws, each outstanding share shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the shareholders.

The shareholders may vote by voice vote or by ballot, except that if any shareholder so demands before the voting begins, any election for directors must be by ballot. On any matter other than the election of directors, a shareholder may vote part of his or her shares in favor of the proposal and refrain from voting the remaining shares or vote them against the proposal. If a shareholder does not specify the number of shares being voted, it will be conclusively presumed that the shareholder’s vote covers all shares which that shareholder is entitled to vote.

If a quorum is present (or if a quorum had been present earlier at the meeting but some shareholders have withdrawn), the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented and voting, provided such affirmative vote also constitutes a majority of the number of shares required for a quorum, shall be the act of the shareholders unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 12. CUMULATIVE VOTING. Cumulative voting for the election of directors is permitted if one or more shareholders present at the meeting give notice, before the voting begins, of their intention to cumulate votes (i.e., cast for any candidate a number of votes greater than the number of votes which that shareholder would normally be entitled to cast). If any shareholder has given such notice, and if the candidates’ names have been placed in nomination, then all shareholders entitled to vote may cumulate their votes, giving any nominated candidate a number of votes equal to the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which that shareholder’s shares are normally entitled, or distributing the cumulative number of votes among any or all of the candidates. The elected directors shall be those candidates (up to the number of directorships open for election) receiving the most votes.

 


 

Section 13. PROXIES. Every person entitled to vote for directors or on any other matter shall have the right to do so either in person or by one or more agents authorized by a written proxy signed by the person and filed with the secretary of the corporation. A proxy shall be deemed signed if the shareholder’s name is placed on the proxy (whether by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic transmission, or otherwise) by the shareholder or the shareholder’s attorney in fact.

A validly executed proxy that does not state that it is irrevocable shall continue in full force and effect unless (a) it is revoked by the person who executed the proxy, either by a writing delivered to the corporation before the proxy has been voted, or by attendance at the meeting; or (b) the corporation receives written notice of the shareholder’s death or incapacity before the vote pursuant to that proxy has been counted; provided, however, that no proxy shall be valid after the expiration of 11 months from the date of the proxy unless the proxy itself provides otherwise.

Proxies stating on their face that they are irrevocable shall be governed by Sections 705(e) and 705(f) of the California Corporations Code.

Section 14. VOTING TRUSTS. If any shareholders file a voting trust agreement with the corporation, the corporation shall take notice of its terms and trustee limitations.

Section 15. ELECTION INSPECTORS. Before any shareholders’ meeting, the board of directors may appoint any persons other than nominees for office to act as election inspectors. If no election inspectors have been so appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or shareholder’s proxy shall, appoint election inspectors at the meeting. The number of inspectors shall be either 1 or 3. If inspectors are appointed at the meeting on the request of one or more shareholders or their proxies, the holders of a majority of shares or their proxies present at the meeting shall determine whether 1 or 3 inspectors are to be appointed. If any inspector fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the chairman of the meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or shareholder’s proxy shall, appoint a person to fill that vacancy. These inspectors shall (a) determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies; (b) receive votes, ballots, or consents; (c) hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote; (d) count and tabulate all votes or consents; (e) determine when the polls shall close; (f) determine the result; and (g) do any other acts that may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders.

ARTICLE III: DIRECTORS

Section 1. POWERS. Subject to the provisions of the California General Corporation Law and any limitations in the Articles of Incorporation and these bylaws relating to actions requiring approval by the shareholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the board of directors.

 


 

Without prejudice to these general powers, and subject to the same limitations, the board of directors shall have the power to:

(a) Select and remove all officers, agents, and employees of the corporation; prescribe any powers and duties for them that are consistent with law, with the Articles of Incorporation, and with these bylaws; fix their compensation; and require from them security for faithful service;

(b) Change the principal executive office or the principal business office in the State of California from one location to another; qualify the corporation to do business in any other state, territory, dependency, or country; conduct business within or outside the State of California; and designate any place within or outside the State of California for the holding of any shareholders’ meeting;

(c) Adopt, make and use a corporate seal; prescribe the forms of certificates of stock; and alter the form of the seal and certificates;

(d) Authorize the issuance of shares of corporate stock on any lawful terms, in consideration of money paid, labor done, services actually rendered, debts or securities canceled, or tangible or intangible property actually received; and

(e) Borrow money and incur indebtedness on behalf of the corporation, and cause to be executed and delivered for the corporation’s purposes, in the corporate name, promissory notes, bonds, debentures, deeds of trust, mortgages, pledges, hypothecations, and other evidences of debt and securities.

Section 2. NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. The authorized number of directors shall be as set forth below. This number can be changed by an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation or an amendment to this bylaw adopted by the vote or written consent of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. If the number of directors is indicated as being not less than a stated minimum and not more than a stated maximum (which is no case shall be greater than two times the stated minimum minus one), then the exact number of directors shall be fixed, within the limits specified, by approval of the board of directors or shareholders. However, if the fixed number or minimum number of directors is five or more, an amendment that would reduce the fixed number or minimum number of directors to a number less than five cannot be adopted if the votes cast against its adoption at a meeting or the shares not consenting to an action by written consent are equal to more than one sixth (16 2/3 percent) of the outstanding shares entitled to vote.

DIRECTORS: TWO

Section 3. ELECTION AND TERM OF DIRECTORS. Directors shall be elected at each annual shareholders’ meeting, to hold office until the next annual meeting. Election of directors by written consent without a meeting requires the unanimous written consent of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. Each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected and until a successor has been elected and qualified.

No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before his or her term of office expires.

 


 

Section 4. VACANCIES. A vacancy in the board of directors shall be deemed to exist (a) if a director dies, resigns, or is removed by the shareholders or an appropriate court, as provided in Section 303 or Section 304 of the California Corporations Code; (b) if the board of directors declares vacant the office of a director who has been convicted of a felony or declared of unsound mind by an order of court; (c) if the authorized number of directors is increased; or (d) if at a shareholders’ meeting the shareholders fail to elect the full authorized number of directors. Vacancies (except for those caused by a director’s removal) may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, whether or not they constitute a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.

Vacancies on the board caused by the removal of a director (except for vacancies created when the board declares the office of a director vacant as provided in clause (b) of the first paragraph of this section) may be filled only by the shareholders, either by majority vote of the shares represented and voting at a meeting at which a quorum is present, or by the unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote.

Any director may resign effective on giving written notice to the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, president the secretary, or the board of directors, unless the notice specifies a later effective date. If the resignation is effective at a future time, the board of directors may elect a successor to take office when the resignation becomes effective.

The shareholders may elect a director at any time to fill a vacancy not filled by the board of directors.

The term of office of a director elected to fill a vacancy shall run until the next annual shareholders’ meeting, and the director shall hold office until a successor is elected and qualified.

Section 5. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held at any place within or outside the State of California as designated from time to time by the board. In the absence of a designation, regular meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Special meetings of the board may be held at any place within or outside the State of California designated in the notice of the meeting, or if the notice does not state a place, at the principal executive office of the corporation. Any meeting, regular or special, may be held by conference telephone or similar communication equipment, provided that all directors participating can hear one another, and all such directors shall be deemed to be present at the meeting.

Section 6. ANNUAL DIRECTORS’ MEETING. Immediately after each annual shareholders’ meeting, the board of directors shall hold a regular meeting at the same place or at any other place designated by the board, to elect officers and transact other necessary business as desired. Notice of this meeting shall not be required unless some place other than the place of the annual shareholders’ meeting has been designated.

Section 7. OTHER REGULAR MEETINGS. Other regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held without call at times to be fixed by the board of directors from time to time. Such regular meetings may be held without notice.

Section 8. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, president any vice president, the secretary, or any two directors.

 


 

Special meetings shall be held on 4 days’ notice by mail or 48 hours’ notice delivered personally or by telephone or telegraph. Oral notice given personally or by telephone may be transmitted either to the director or to a person at the director’s office who can reasonably be expected to communicate it promptly to the director. Written notice, if used, shall be addressed to each director at his or her address shown on the corporate records. The notice need not specify the purpose of the meeting, nor need it specify the place if the meeting is to be held at the principal executive office of the corporation.

Section 9. WAIVER OF NOTICE. Notice of a meeting, if otherwise required, need not be given to any director who (a) either before or after the meeting signs a waiver of notice or a consent to holding the meeting without being given notice, (b) signs an approval of the minutes of the meeting, or (c) attends the meeting without protesting the lack of notice before or at the beginning of the meeting. Waivers of notice or consents need not specify the purpose of the meeting. All such waivers, consents, and approvals of the minutes, if written, shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

Section 10. QUORUM. A majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except for adjournment.

Except as otherwise required by California Corporations Code Section 310 (approval of contracts or transactions in which a director has a material financial interest), Section 311 (appointment of committees), and Section 317 (e) (indemnification of directors), every act done or decision made by a majority of the directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be deemed the act of the board of directors, unless a different requirement is imposed by the Articles of Incorporation.

A meeting at which a quorum was initially present may continue to transact business despite the withdrawal of directors, if the action taken is approved by at least a majority of the quorum required for that meeting.

Section 11. ADJOURNMENT TO ANOTHER TIME OR PLACE. Whether or not a quorum is present, a majority of the directors present may adjourn any meeting to another time and place.

Section 12. NOTICE OF ADJOURNED MEETING. Notice of the time and place of resuming an adjourned meeting need not be given if the adjournment is for 24 hours or less. If the adjournment is for more than 24 hours, notice of the new time and place shall be given, before the time set for resuming the meeting, to any directors who were not present at the time of adjournment, but need not be given to directors who were present at the time of adjournment.

Section 13. ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING BY WRITTEN CONSENT. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the board of directors may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the board individually or collectively consent in writing to that action. Any action by written consent shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote of the board of directors. All such written consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board of directors.

 


 

Section 14. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS. Directors and members of committees of the board may be compensated for their services, and shall be reimbursed for expenses, as fixed or determined by resolution of the board of directors. This section shall not preclude any director from serving the corporation as an officer, agent, employee, or in any other capacity, and receiving compensation for those services.

Section 15. REIMBURSEMENT OF NONDEDUCTIBLE COMPENSATION. If all or part of the compensation, including expenses, paid by the corporation to a director, officer, employee, or agent is finally determined not to be allowable to the corporation as a federal or state income tax deduction, the director, officer, employee, or agent to whom the payment was made shall repay to the corporation the amount disallowed. The board of directors shall enforce repayment of each such amount disallowed by the taxing authorities.

ARTICLE IV: COMMITTEES

Section 1. EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the authorized number of directors, may create one or more committees with the authority of the board (“board committees” or “committees of the board”), including an executive committee. Each board committee shall consist of two or more directors, and may have one or more alternative members, also directors. Appointment of members and alternate members requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized number of directors. Committees of the board, to the extent provided in the board resolution establishing the committee, may be granted any or all of the powers and authority of the board except for the following:

(a) Approving any action for which the California Corporations Code also requires the approval of the shareholders or of the outstanding shares;

(b) Filling vacancies on the board of directors or any committee of the board;

(c) Fixing directors’ compensation for serving on the board or a committee of the board;

(d) Adopting, amending, or repealing bylaws;

(e) Amending or repealing any resolution of the board of directors which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable;

(f) Making distributions to shareholders, except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the board of directors; or

(g) Appointing other committees of the board or their members.

Section 2. MEETINGS AND ACTIONS OF BOARD COMMITTEES. Meetings and actions of committees of the board shall be governed by the bylaw provisions applicable to meetings and actions of the board of directors as to place of meetings, regular meetings, special meetings, waiver of notice, quorum, adjournment, notice of adjournment, and action by written consent without a meeting, with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the board of directors and its

 


members, except that (a) the time of regular committee meetings may be determined either by resolution of the board of directors or by resolution of the committee; (b) special committee meetings may also be called by resolution of the board of directors; (c) notice of special committee meetings shall also be given to all alternate members; and (d) alternate members shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The board may adopt rules, not inconsistent with the bylaws, for the governance of committees of the board.

Section 3. NON-BOARD COMMITTEES. One or more committees without the power and authority of the board (“non-board” committees) may be created by board resolution, for investigative and other appropriate purposes. Membership on non-board committees is not limited to directors. To bind the corporation, actions of non-board committees must be ratified by the board of directors.

ARTICLE V: OFFICERS

Section 1. OFFICERS; ELECTION. The corporation shall have a chief executive officer, a secretary, and a chief financial officer. There may also be other officers as specified in the bylaws or designated by the board. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. The officers of the corporation (except for subordinate officers appointed in accordance with the provisions below) shall be elected annually by the board of directors. All officers shall serve at the pleasure of the board.

Section 2. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The chairman of the board, if such an officer be elected, shall, if present, preside at meetings of the board of directors and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be from time to time assigned to him by the board of directors or prescribed by the bylaws. If there is no president, the chairman of the board shall in addition be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 3 of this Article V.

Section 3. PRESIDENT. Subject to such supervisory power, if any, as may be given by the board of directors to the chairman of the board, if there be such an officer, the president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of the board of directors, have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and officers of the corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, in the absence of the chairman of the board, or if there be no such officer, at all meetings of the board of directors. He shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or the bylaws.

Section 4. SECRETARY. The secretary shall have the following duties:

(a) MINUTES. The secretary shall be present at and take the minutes of all meetings of the shareholders, the board of directors, and committees of the board. If the secretary is unable to be present, the secretary or the presiding officer of the meeting shall designate another person to take the minutes of the meeting. The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or such other place as designated by the board of directors, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of the shareholders, the board of directors, and committees of the board. The minutes of each meeting shall state the following: The time and place of the meeting; whether

 


it was regular or special; if special, how it was called or authorized; the notice given or waivers or consents obtained; the names of directors present at board or committee meetings; the number of shares present or represented at shareholders’ meetings, and an accurate account of the proceedings.

(b) RECORD OF SHAREHOLDERS. The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or at the office of the transfer agent or registrar, a record or duplicate record of shareholders. This record shall show the names of all shareholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of share certificates issued to each shareholder, and the number and date of cancellation of any certificates surrendered for cancellation.

(c) NOTICE OF MEETINGS. The secretary shall give notice, or cause notice to be given, of all shareholders’ meetings, board meetings, and committee meetings for which notice is required by statute or by the bylaws. If the secretary or other person authorized by the secretary to give notice fails to act, notice of any meeting may be given by any other officer of the corporation. The secretary shall maintain records of the mailing or other delivery of notices and documents to shareholders or directors, as prescribed by the bylaws or by the board of directors.

(d) OTHER DUTIES. The secretary shall keep the seal of the corporation, if any, in safe custody. The secretary shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as prescribed by the bylaws or by the board of directors.

Section 5. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The chief financial officer, who may also be referred to as the treasurer, shall keep or cause to be kept adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, retained earnings, and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.

The chief financial officer shall (1) deposit corporate funds and other valuables in the corporation’s name and to its credit with depositories designated by the board; (2) disburse corporate funds as authorized by the board; (3) whenever requested by the board or the chief executive officer, render a statement of the corporation’s financial condition and an account of all transactions he or she has conducted as chief financial officer; and (4) exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as prescribed by the bylaws or by the board of directors.

The chief financial officer shall be deemed the treasurer for any purpose requiring action by the corporation’s treasurer.

Section 6. VICE PRESIDENTS. There may be one or more vice presidents, as determined by the board. In the absence or disability of the chief executive officer, the chief executive officer’s duties and responsibilities shall be carried out by the highest-ranking available vice president, or if there are two or more unranked vice presidents, by a vice president designated by the board of directors. When so acting, a vice president shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions on the president. Vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as prescribed by the bylaws or assigned from time to time by the board of directors or the chief executive officer.

 


 

Section 7. SUBORDINATE OFFICERS. The board of directors may appoint, and may empower the chief executive officer to appoint, subordinate officers as required by the corporation’s business, whose duties shall be as provided in the bylaws or as determined from time to time by the board of directors or the chief executive officer.

Section 8. REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS. Any officer chosen by the board of directors may be removed by the board at any time, with or without cause or notice. Subordinate officers appointed by persons other than the board may be removed at any time, with or without cause or notice, by the board or by the person by whom appointed. A removed officer shall have no claim against the corporation or individual officers or board members arising from such removal (other than any rights he or she may have to monetary compensation or damages under an employment contract).

Any officer may resign at any time by giving the corporation written notice. Unless otherwise specified in the notice, resignations shall take effect on the date the notice is received, and acceptance of the resignation is not necessary to make it effective. An officer’s resignation or its acceptance by the corporation shall not prejudice any rights the corporation may have to monetary damages under an employment contract.

Section 9. VACANCIES IN OFFICES. Vacancies in offices resulting from an officer’s death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or any other cause shall be filled by the board or by the person, if any, authorized by the bylaws or the board to make an appointment to that office.

Section 10. COMPENSATION. Salaries of officers and other shareholders employed by the corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the board of directors or established under employment agreements approved by the board of directors. No officer shall be prevented from receiving this salary because he or she is also a director of the corporation.

Section 11. REIMBURSEMENT OF NONDEDUCTIBLE COMPENSATION. If all or part of the compensation, including expenses, paid by the corporation to a director, officer, employee, or agent is finally determined not to be allowable to the corporation as a federal or state income tax deduction, the director, officer, employee, or agent to whom the payment was made shall repay to the corporation the amount disallowed. The board of directors shall enforce repayment of each such amount disallowed by the taxing authorities.

ARTICLE VI: INDEMNIFICATION OF AGENTS

Section 1. INDEMNIFICATION OF AGENT.

(a) DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this section, “agent” means any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or other agent of this corporation or its predecessor, and any person who is or was serving as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise at the request of this corporation or its predecessor; “proceeding” means any threatened, pending, or completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative; and “expenses” include but are not limited to attorneys’ fees and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification under this section.

 


 

(b) DIRECTOR LIABILITY. The liability of the directors of the corporation for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under California law.

(c) LAWSUITS OTHER THAN BY THE CORPORATION. This corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party to any proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of this corporation to procure a judgment in its favor) by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of this corporation, against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such proceeding, if the agent acted in good faith and in a manner the agent reasonably believed to be in the best interests of this corporation. If there are criminal charges, the agent must have had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the agent did not act in good faith and in a manner that the agent reasonably believed to be in the best interests of this corporation, or that the agent had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

(d) LAWSUITS BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE CORPORATION. This corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was, is, or is threatened to be made a party by reason of the fact that person is or was an agent of this corporation, to any threatened, pending, or completed legal action by or in the right of this corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the agent in connection with the defense or settlement of that action, if the agent acted in good faith, in a manner the agent believed to be in the best interests of this corporation and its shareholders. However, the corporation shall not indemnify:

(1) Any amount paid with respect to a claim, issue, or matter for which the agent has been adjudged liable to this corporation in the performance of his or her duty to the corporation and its shareholders except for any expenses (exclusive of judgment or settlement amount) specifically authorized by the court in which the proceeding is or was pending in accordance with statutory requirements;

(2) Any amount paid in settling or otherwise disposing of a pending lawsuit without court approval;

(3) Any expenses incurred in defending a pending action that is settled or otherwise disposed of without court approval.

(e) SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE BY AGENT. If the agent is successful on the merits, the corporation shall indemnify the agent for expenses actually and reasonably incurred.

(f) APPROVAL; WHEN REQUIRED. Unless indemnification is mandatory because of the agent’s successful defense on the merits, indemnification can be made only as to a specific case upon a determination that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because the agent has met the applicable standard of conduct, and must be authorized by one of the following: (1) a majority vote of the board with a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to the proceeding; (2) independent legal counsel in a written opinion if a quorum of directors who are not parties to such a proceeding is not obtainable; (3) the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares

 


entitled to vote and present or represented at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present or by the written consent of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote (without counting shares owned by the person seeking indemnification as either outstanding or entitled to vote); or (4) the court in which the proceeding is or was pending, upon application by the corporation, the agent, the agent’s attorney, or other person rendering services in connection with the defense, regardless of whether the corporation opposes the application.

(g) ADVANCING EXPENSES. Expenses incurred or to be incurred in defending any proceeding may be advanced by this corporation before the final disposition of the proceeding, on receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the agent to repay the amount of the advance, if it shall be determined ultimately that the agent is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this section.

(h) ADDITIONAL INDEMNIFICATION RIGHTS. This corporation shall, in addition, be authorized to provide indemnification of agents for breach of duty to the corporation and its shareholders through agreements with such agents in excess of the indemnification otherwise permitted by Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law, subject to the limits on such excess indemnification as set forth in Section 204 of the California General Corporation Law. In the absence of any agreement expressly providing such excess indemnification for an agent of the corporation, the corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law, indemnify each such agent against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding arising by reason of the fact that any such person is or was an agent of the corporation. Nothing contained in this section shall affect any right to indemnification to which persons other than directors and officers of this corporation or any subsidiary may be entitled by contract or otherwise.

(i) LIMITATIONS. No indemnification or advance shall be made under this section (except where indemnification is required because of the agent’s successful defense on the merits) if it would be inconsistent with (i) a provision of the Articles of Incorporation or bylaws, a resolution of the directors or shareholders, or an agreement in effect at the time the alleged cause of action accrued which prohibits or limits indemnification, or (ii) a condition expressly imposed by a court in approving a settlement.

(j) INSURANCE. If the board of directors so decides, the corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against or incurred by the agent in that capacity or arising out of the agent’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the agent against that liability.

(k) FIDUCIARIES OF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN. The requirements and limitations imposed by this section do not apply to any proceeding against any trustee, investment manager, or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan in that person’s capacity as such, even though that person may also be an agent of the corporation. The corporation shall have the power to indemnify, and to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of, any such trustee, investment manager, or other fiduciary of any benefit plan for any of the corporation’s directors, officers, or employees or those of any of its subsidiary or affiliated corporations. Furthermore, this section shall not limit any right to indemnification that such a trustee, investment manager, or other fiduciary may have as a contract right enforceable by law.

 


 

ARTICLE VII: RECORDS AND REPORTS

Section 1. SHAREHOLDER LISTS; INSPECTION BY SHAREHOLDERS. The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, as the board shall determine, a record of the names and addresses of all shareholders and the number and class of shares held by each.

A shareholder or group of shareholders holding 5 percent or more of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation may (a) inspect and copy the record of shareholders’ names and addresses and shareholdings during usual business hours, on 5 days’ prior written demand on the corporation; and/or (b) obtain from the corporation’s transfer agent, on written demand and tender of the transfer agent’s usual charges for this service, a list of the names and addresses of shareholders entitled to vote for the election of directors and their shareholdings, as of the most recent date for which a record has been compiled or as of a specified date which is later than the date of demand. This list shall be made available within 5 days after demand or within 5 days after the specified later date as of which the list is to be compiled.

The record of shareholders shall also be open to inspection during usual business hours, on the written demand of any shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate, for a purpose reasonably related to the holder’s interest in the corporation. Any inspection or copying under this section may be made in person or by the holder’s agent or attorney.

Section 2. MAINTENANCE OF BYLAWS. The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office, or if its principal executive office is not in California, at its principal business office in this state, the original or a copy of the bylaws as amended to date, which shall be open to inspection by the shareholders at all reasonable times during office hours. If the principal executive office of the corporation is outside of California and the corporation has no principal business office in this state, the secretary shall, upon a shareholder’s written request, furnish to that shareholder a copy of the bylaws as amended to date.

Section 3. MINUTES AND ACCOUNTING RECORDS. The minutes of proceedings of the shareholders, board of directors, and committees of the board, and the accounting books and records shall be kept at the principal executive office of the corporation, or at such other place or places as designated by the board of directors. The minutes shall be kept in written form, and the accounting books and records shall be kept either in written form or in a form capable of being converted into written form. The minutes and accounting books and records shall be open to inspection during usual business hours on the written demand of any shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate, for a purpose reasonably related to the holder’s interests in the corporation. The inspection may be made in person or by an agent or attorney, and includes the right to copy and make extracts. These rights of inspection shall extend to the records of each subsidiary of the corporation.

 


 

Section 4. INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS. Every director shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect all books, records, and documents of every kind and the physical properties of the corporation and each of its subsidiary corporations. This inspection may be made by the director in person or by an agent or attorney, and the right of inspection includes the right to copy and make extracts of documents.

Section 5. ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS. Inasmuch as, and for as long as, there are less than 100 shareholders, the requirement of an annual report to shareholders referred to in Section 1501 of the California Corporations Code is expressly waived. However, nothing in this provision shall be interpreted as prohibiting the board of directors from issuing annual or other periodic reports to the shareholders, as the board considers appropriate.

SECTION 6. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The corporation shall keep a copy of any annual financial statement, quarterly or other periodic income statement, and accompanying balance sheets on file in its principal executive office for 12 months; these documents shall be exhibited (or copies provided) to shareholders at all reasonable times. If no annual report for the last fiscal year has been sent to shareholders, on written request of any shareholder made more than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year, the corporation shall deliver or mail to the shareholder, within 30 days after receipt of the request, a balance sheet as of the end of that fiscal year and an income statement and statement of changes in financial position for that fiscal year.

A shareholder or shareholders holding 5 percent or more of the outstanding shares of any class of stock of the corporation may request in writing an income statement for the most recent three-month, six-month, or nine-month period (ending more than 30 days before the date of the request) of the current fiscal year, and a balance sheet as of the end of that period. If such documents are not already prepared, the chief financial officer shall cause them to be prepared and shall deliver them personally or by mail to the requesting shareholders within 30 days after the receipt of the request. A balance sheet, income statement, and statement of changes in financial position for the last fiscal year shall also be included, unless the corporation has sent the shareholders an annual report for the last fiscal year.

Quarterly income statements and balance sheets referred to in this section shall be accompanied by the report, if any, of independent accountants engaged by the corporation, or a certificate by the authorized corporate officer stating that the financial statements were prepared without audit from the corporation’s books and records.

Section 7. ANNUAL INFORMATION STATEMENT.

(a) Every year, during the calendar month in which the original Articles of Incorporation were filed with the California Secretary of State or during the preceding five calendar months, the corporation shall file a statement with the Secretary of State on the prescribed form, setting forth the authorized number of directors; the names and complete business or residence addresses of the chief executive officer, the secretary, and the chief financial officer; the street address of the corporation’s principal executive office or principal business office in this state; a statement of the general type of business constituting the principal business activity of the corporation, and a designation of the corporation’s agent for service of process, all in compliance with Section 1502 of the Corporations Code of California.

 


 

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, if there has been no change in the information contained in the corporation’s last annual statement on file in the Secretary of State’s office, the corporation may, in lieu of filing the annual statement, advise the Secretary of State, on the appropriate form, that no changes in the required information have occurred during the applicable period.

ARTICLE VIII: GENERAL CORPORATE MATTERS

Section 1. RECORD DATE FOR DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS. For purposes of determining the shareholders entitled to receive payment of dividends or other distributions or allotment of rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action (other than voting at and receiving notice of shareholders’ meetings and giving written consent of the shareholders without a meeting), the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date not more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of the dividend payment, distribution, allotment, or other action. If a record date is so fixed, only shareholders of record at the close of business on that date shall be entitled to receive the dividend, distribution, or allotment of rights, or to exercise the other rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the corporate books after the record date, except as otherwise provided by statute.

If the board of directors does not so fix a record date in advance, the record date for these purposes shall be at the close of business on the later of (a) the day on which the board of directors adopts the applicable resolution or (b) the 60th day before the date of the dividend payment, distribution, allotment of rights, or other action.

Section 2. AUTHORIZED SIGNATORIES FOR CHECKS. All checks, drafts, or other orders for payment of money, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of or payable to the corporation shall be signed or endorsed in the manner and by the persons authorized, from time to time, by the board of directors.

Section 3. EXECUTING CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS. The board of directors, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, may authorize any of its officers or agents to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation. This authority may be general or it may be confined to one or more specific matters. No officer, agent, employee, or other person purporting to act on behalf of the corporation shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation in any way, pledge its credit, or render it liable for any purpose in any amount, unless that person was acting with authority duly granted by the board of directors as provided in these bylaws, or unless an unauthorized act was later ratified by the corporation.

Section 4. SHARE CERTIFICATES. One or more certificates for shares of the capital stock of the corporation shall be issued to each shareholder when any of the shareholder’s shares are fully paid.

All certificates shall certify the number of shares and the class or series of shares represented by the certificate. All certificates shall be signed in the name of the corporation by (a) one of the following: the chairman or vice chairman of the board of directors, the chief executive officer, president or any vice president; and (b) one of the following: the

 


chief financial officer, any assistant treasurer, the secretary, or any assistant secretary. Any of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. If a party who has signed share certificates ceases to be an officer or other agent before the certificate is issued, the corporation may issue the certificate with the same effect as if that person were an officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.

The share certificates shall state, by way of appropriate legend, any restrictions on share ownership or transfer, and any other statements required by applicable federal or state securities regulations.

Section 5. LOST CERTIFICATES. Except as provided in this section, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace old certificates unless the old certificates are surrendered to the corporation for cancellation at the same time. If share certificates or certificates for any other security have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, the board of directors may authorize the issuance of replacement certificates on terms and conditions as the board may require, which may include a requirement that the owner give the corporation a bond or other adequate security sufficient to protect the corporation against any claim that may be made against it (including any expenses or liability) on account of the alleged loss, theft, or destruction of the old certificate or the issuance of the replacement certificate.

Section 6. SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS: HOW VOTED. Shares of other corporations standing in the name of this corporation shall be voted by the chief executive officer or a person designated by the chief executive officer. If neither of them is able to act, the shares may be voted by a person designated by the board of directors. The authority to vote shares includes the authority to execute a proxy in the corporation’s name for purposes of voting the shares.

Section 7. CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS. Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in Sections 100 through 195 of the California Corporations code shall govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term “person” includes a corporation and a natural person.

ARTICLE IX: AMENDMENTS

Section 1. AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. Unless otherwise provided under California Corporations Code Sections 900 through 911, amendments to the Articles of Incorporation may be adopted if approved by the board and approved by a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, either before or after approval by the board. An amendment to the Articles of Incorporation shall be effective as of the date that the appropriate certificate of amendment is filed with the Secretary of State.

Section 2. AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS. Except as otherwise required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation, these bylaws may be amended or repealed, and new bylaws may be adopted, by the board of directors or by a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote.

 

EX-3.23 8 dex323.htm FIFTH AMENDMENT TO JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT Fifth Amendment to Joint Venture Agreement

 

Exhibit 3. 23

FIFTH AMENDMENT TO JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT

OF RIVERSIDE CEMENT COMPANY

THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT TO JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT OF RIVERSIDE CEMENT COMPANY (the “Amendment”), effective the 25th day of October, 2010 by and between TXI RIVERSIDE INC., a Delaware corporation (“TXIR”) and TXI CALIFORNIA INC., a Delaware corporation (“TXIC”).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, RVC Venture Corp., a Delaware corporation (“RVC”), and Riverside Cement Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into that certain Joint Venture Agreement effective January 1, 1991 (the “Agreement”), whereby RVC and the Company agreed to form and operate a California general partnership named Riverside Cement Company (the “Partnership”) in accordance with the terms set forth in the Agreement; and

WHEREAS, on or about January 31, 1995, the Company (thereafter known as Beazer West Cement Company) transferred all of its rights, title and interest in the Partnership to Ssangyong/Riverside Venture Corp., a California corporation (SsRVC); and

WHEREAS, effective December 31, 1998, RVC transferred all of its rights, title and interest in the Partnership to TXIR and SsRVC transferred all of its rights, title and interest in the Partnership to TXIC; and

WHEREAS, TXIR and TXIC as the sole partners of the Partnership desire to amend certain provisions of the aforementioned Agreement regarding the management of the Partnership.

WITNESSETH:

NOW THEREFORE, premises considered and in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants of the parties hereto, the sufficiency of which is hereby mutually acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. Capitalized terms. Unless otherwise defined in this Amendment, capitalized terms herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

 

2. Section 7.1.2 of the Agreement is hereby amended to change the Management Committee to two members. Therefore, Section 7.1.2 of said Agreement, as amended, shall provide, in its entirety as follows:

“7.1.2. Composition. The Management Committee shall consist of two members. Each Partner shall have the right to appoint one member who shall be designated as such Partner’s Authorized Representative. Each partner may, by written notice delivered to the other Partner at any time, replace its representative member or change its Authorized Representative. Concurrently with or promptly after the delivery of the any notice


pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Partner giving such notice shall deliver a copy to the General Manager, but neither the failure to deliver nor any delay in delivering such copy to the General Manager shall affect the validity or effectiveness of such notice.”

 

3. Section 7.1.3(a) of the Agreement is hereby amended to provide in its entirety as follows:

“7.1.3 Meetings. (a) Regular meetings of the Management Committee may be scheduled from time to time by the Management Committee and held without further notice at such times and at such places as shall be determined by the Management Committee. At any regular meeting of the Management Committee, any and all business of the Partnership may be transacted.”

 

4. Section 7.1.4(b) of the Agreement is hereby amended to conform to the change made in Section 7.1.2. Section 7.1.4(b) shall provide in its entirety as follows:

“(b) Anything herein or elsewhere to the contrary notwithstanding, no action shall be taken by the Management Committee unless and until affirmative votes in favor of such action are cast on behalf of both Partners; provided, however, that for so long as an Event of Default is continuing or the Partnership is in default with respect to any Partner Loan held by a Material Lender, the members of the Management Committee selected by the Partner that is the Non-Defaulting Partner or Material Lender shall have the right to take any action taken by Management Committee other than Management Committee authorizations of the items in Section 7.2.2 except, however, that the Non-Defaulting Partner or Material Lender shall have the right, notwithstanding Section 7.2.2, to cause the Management Committee to authorize the Partnership to: (i) amend the Business Plan; (ii) make any capital expenditure, capital additional or capital improvement on behalf of the Partnership in accordance with the Business Plan, as amended; and (iii) to borrow money or issue bonds or other systems of indebtedness in the name and on behalf of the Partnership in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of all Partner Loans made by said Non-Defaulting Partner or Material Lender, as the case may be. In all matters to be decided or approved by the Management Committee, each Authorized Representative shall possess the exclusive power and authority to vote the Percentage Interest of the Partner represented by him.”

 

5. The first sentence of Section 7.7 of the Agreement is hereby amended to provide in its entirety as follows:

“At the request of the Management Committee, the General Manager shall prepare and submit to the Management Committee a proposed business plan, consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, for the such period as the Management Committee may request.”


 

6. Section 7.8 is deleted in its entirety and in its place shall be substituted the words “Intentionally left blank.” The remaining sections shall not be renumbered.

 

7. Except as amended hereby, all terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain the same, unchanged, and in effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Fifth Amendment of Joint Venture Agreement of Riverside Cement Company is executed effective the 25th day of October, 2010.

 

TXI RIVERSIDE INC.
By:  

/s/ Mel G. Brekhus

 

Mel G. Brekhus

President

TXI CALIFORNIA INC.

By:  

/s/ Mel G. Brekhus

 

Mel G. Brekhus

President

 

2

EX-3.26 9 dex326.htm BYLAWS OF PARTIN LIMESTONE PRODUCTS Bylaws of Partin Limestone Products

 

Exhibit 3.26

BYLAWS OF

PARTIN LIMESTONE PRODUCTS, INC.

As amended 10-25-10

ARTICLE I

SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

Section 1. PLACE OF MEETINGS.

All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the office of the corporation in the State of California, as may be designated for that purpose from time to time by the Board of Directors.

Section 2. ANNUAL MEETINGS.

The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the third Tuesday of October in each year, or on any other date and time as determined by the Board of Directors, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next succeeding business day, at the hour of 2:00 o’clock P.M., at which time the shareholders shall elect by plurality vote a Board of Directors, consider reports of the affairs of the Corporation, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

Section 3. SPECIAL MEETINGS.

Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes whatsoever, may be called at any time by the President, or by the Board of Directors, or by any two or more members thereof, or by one or more shareholders holding not less than one-tenth (1/10) of the voting power of the corporation.

Section 4. NOTICE OF MEETINGS.

Notices of meetings, annual or special, shall be given in writing to shareholders entitled to vote by the Secretary or the Assistant Secretary, or if there be no such officer, or in case of his neglect or refusal, by any director or shareholder.

Such notices shall be sent to the shareholder’s address appearing on the books of the corporation, or supplied by him to the corporation for the purpose of notice, not less than seven days before such meeting.

Notice of any meeting of shareholders shall specify the place, the day and the hour of meeting, and in case of special meeting, as provided by the Corporations Code of California, the general nature of the business to be transacted.

When a meeting is adjourned for thirty days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in case of an original meeting. Save, as aforesaid, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of the adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting other than by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken.

 


 

Section 5. CONSENT TO SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETINGS.

The transactions of any meeting of shareholders, however called and noticed, shall be valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present either in person or by proxy, and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the shareholders entitled to vote, not present in person or by proxy, sign a written waiver of notice, or a consent to the holding of such meeting, or an approval of the minutes thereof. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if authorized by a writing signed by all of the holders of shares who would be entitled to vote at a meeting for such purpose, and filed with the Secretary of the corporation.

Section 6. QUORUM.

The holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereat, present in person, or represented by proxy, shall be requisite and shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by law, by the Articles of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws. If, however, such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person, or by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, until the requisite amount of voting shares shall be present. At such adjourned meeting at which the requisite amount of voting shares shall be represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

Section 7. VOTING RIGHTS; CUMULATIVE VOTING.

Only persons in whose names shares entitled to vote stand on the stock records of the corporation on the day of any meeting of shareholders, unless some other day be fixed by the Board of Directors for the determination of shareholders of record, then on such other day, shall be entitled to vote at such meeting.

Every shareholder entitled to vote shall be entitled to one vote for each of said shares and shall have the right to accumulate his votes as provided in Section 2235, Corporations Code of California.

Section 8. PROXIES.

Every shareholder entitled to vote, or to execute consents, may do so, either in person or by written proxy, executed in accordance with the provisions of Section 2225 of the Corporations Code of California and filed with the Secretary of the corporation.

ARTICLE II

DIRECTORS; MANAGEMENT

Section 1. POWERS.

Subject to the limitation of the Articles of Incorporation, of the Bylaws and of the Laws of the State of California as to action to be authorized or approved by the shareholders, all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under authority of, and the business and affairs of this corporation shall be controlled by, a Board of Directors.

 


 

Section 2. NUMBER.

The authorized number of directors of the corporation shall be not less than two (2) nor more than eleven (11), and within the limits herein specified, the number of directors shall be fixed and may be changed, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the stockholders at the annual meeting.

Section 3. ELECTION AND TENURE OF OFFICE.

The directors shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting of the shareholders, to serve for one year and until their successors are elected and have qualified. Their term of office shall begin immediately after election.

Section 4. VACANCIES.

Vacancies in the Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and each director so elected shall hold office until his successor is elected at an annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting called for that purpose.

The shareholders may at any time elect a director to fill any vacancy not filled by the directors, and may elect the additional directors at the meeting at which an amendment of the Bylaws is voted authorizing an increase in the number of directors.

A vacancy or vacancies shall be deemed to exist in case of the death, resignation or removal of any director, or if the shareholders shall increase the authorized number of directors but shall fail at the meeting at which such increase is authorized, or at an adjournment thereof, to elect the additional director so provided for, or in case the shareholders fail at any time to elect the full number of authorized directors.

If the Board of Directors accepts the resignation of a Director tendered to take effect at a future time, the Board, or the shareholders, shall have power to elect a successor to take office when the resignation shall become effective.

No reduction of the number of directors shall thrive the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of his term of office.

Section 5. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.

The entire Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office as provided by Section 810 of the Corporations Code of the State of California.

 


 

Section 6. PLACE OF MEETINGS.

Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the office of the corporation in the State of California, as designated for that purpose, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors or written consent of all of the Members of the Board. Any meeting shall be valid, wherever held, if held by the written consent of all Members of the Board of Directors, given either before or after the meeting and filed with the Secretary of the corporation.

Section 7. ORGANIZATION MEETINGS.

The organization meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately following the adjournment of the annual meetings of the shareholders.

Section 8. OTHER REGULAR MEETINGS.

Other regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held without call at times to be fixed by the board of directors from time to time. Such regular meetings may be held without notice.

Section 9. SPECIAL MEETINGS-NOTICES.

Special meetings of the Board of Directors for any purpose or purposes shall be called at any time by the President or if he is absent or unable or refuses to act, by any Vice-President or by any two directors.

Written notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered personally to the directors or sent to each director by letter or by telegram, charges prepaid, addressed to him at his address as it is shown upon the records of the corporation, or if it is not so shown on such records or is not readily ascertainable, at the place in which the meetings of the directors are regularly held. In case such notice is mailed or telegraphed, it shall be deposited in the United States mail or delivered to the telegraph company in the place in which the principal office of the corporation is located at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the time of the holding of the meeting. In case such notice is delivered as above provided; it shall be so delivered at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time of the holding of the meeting. Such mailing, telegraphing or delivery as above provided shall be due, legal and personal notice to such director.

Section 10. WAIVER OF NOTICE.

When all of the directors are present at any directors’ meeting, however called or noticed, and sign a written consent thereto on the records of such meeting, or, if a majority of the directors are present, and if those not present sign in writing a waiver of notice of such meeting, whether prior to or after the holding of such meeting, which said waiver shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation, the transactions thereof are as valid as if had at a meeting regularly called and noticed.

Section 11. DIRECTORS ACTING WITHOUT A MEETING.

Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors, may be taken without a meeting, and with the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of directors, if all members of the board shall individually or collectively consent in writing to such action.

 


 

Section 12. NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT.

Notice of the time and place of holding an adjourned meeting need not be given to absent directors if the time and place be fixed at the meeting adjourned.

Section 13. QUORUM.

A majority of the number of directors as fixed by the Articles or Bylaws shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the action of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum, when duly assembled, is valid as a corporate act; provided that a minority of the directors, in the absence of a quorum, may adjourn from time to time, but may not transact any business.

ARTICLE III

OFFICERS

Section 1. OFFICERS.

The officers of the corporation shall be a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer. The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the board of directors, a chairman of the board, one or more additional vice-presidents, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers, and such other officer as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this article. One person may hold two or more offices, except those of president and secretary.

Section 2. ELECTION.

The officers of the corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 or Section 5 of this article shall be chosen annually by the board of directors, and each shall hold his office until he shall resign or shall be removed or otherwise disqualified to serve, or his successor shall be elected and qualified.

Section 3. SUBORDINATE OFFICERS, ETC.

The board of directors may appoint such other officers as the business of the corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as are provided in the Bylaws or as the board of directors may from time to time determine.

Section 4. REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION.

Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by a majority of the directors at the time in office, at any regular or special meeting of the board, or, except in case of an officer chosen by the board of directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the board of directors.

Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the board of directors or to the president, or to the secretary of the corporation. Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 


 

Section 5. VACANCIES.

A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed in the Bylaws for regular appointments to such office.

Section 6. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.

The chairman of the board, if there shall be such an officer, shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the board of directors, and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be from time to time assigned to him by the board of directors or prescribed by the Bylaws.

Section 7. PRESIDENT.

Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the board of directors to the chairman of the board, if there be such an officer, the president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of the board of directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and in the absence of the chairman of the board, or if there be none, at all meetings of the board of directors. He shall be ex-officio a member of all the standing committees, including the executive committee, if any, and shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or the Bylaws.

Section 8. VICE PRESIDENT.

In the absence or disability of the president, the vice presidents in order of their rank as fixed by the board of directors, or if not ranked, the vice president designated by the board of directors, shall perform all the duties of the president, and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to, all the restrictions upon, the president. The vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the board of directors or the Bylaws.

Section 9. SECRETARY.

The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, a book of minutes at the principal office or such other place as the board of directors may order, of all meetings of directors and shareholders, with the time and place of holding, whether regular or special, and if special, how authorized, the notice thereof given, the names of those present at directors’ meetings, the number of shares present or represented at shareholders’ meetings and the proceedings thereof.

The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal office or at the office of the corporation’s transfer agent, a share register, or duplicate share register, showing the names of the shareholders and their addresses; the number and classes of shares held by each; the number and date of certificates issued for the same; and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.

 


 

The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all the meetings of the shareholders and of the board of directors required by the Bylaws or by law to be given, and he shall keep the seal of the corporation in safe custody, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or the Bylaws.

Section 10. TREASURER.

The treasurer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct accounts of the properties and business transactions of the corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, surplus and shares. Any surplus, including earned surplus, paid-in-surplus and surplus arising from a reduction of stated capital, shall be classified according to source and shown in a separate account. The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.

The treasurer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation with such depositaries as may be designated by the board of directors. He shall disburse the funds-of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, shall render to the president and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all of his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or the Bylaws.

ARTICLE IV

EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES

The Board of Directors may appoint an executive committee, and such other committees as may be necessary from time to time, consisting of such number of its members and with such powers as it may designate, consistent with the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws and the General Corporation Laws of the State of California. Such committees shall hold office at the pleasure of the board.

ARTICLE V

CORPORATE RECORDS AND REPORTS—INSPECTION

Section 1. RECORDS.

The corporation shall maintain adequate and correct accounts, books and records of its business and properties. All of such books, records and accounts shall be kept at its principal place of business in the State of California, as fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

Section 2. INSPECTION OF BOOKS AND RECORDS.

All books and records provided for in Section 3003 of the Corporations Code of California shall be open to inspection of the directors and shareholders from time to time and in the manner provided in said Section 3003.

Section 3. CERTIFICATION AND INSPECTION OF BYLAWS.

The original or a copy of these Bylaws, as amended or otherwise altered to date, certified by the Secretary, shall be open to inspection by the shareholders of the company, as provided in Section 502 of the Corporations Code of California.

 


 

Section 4. CHECKS, DRAFTS, ETC.

All checks, drafts or other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, issued in the name of or payable to the corporation, shall be signed or endorsed by such person or persons and in such manner as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 5. CONTRACTS, ETC.—HOW EXECUTED.

The Board of Directors, except as in the Bylaws otherwise provided, may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized by the Board of Directors, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement, or to pledge its credit, or to render it liable for any purpose or to any amount.

Section 6. ANNUAL REPORT.

The Board of Directors shall cause an annual report or statement to be sent to the shareholders of this corporation not later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal or calendar year in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3006 - 3010 of the Corporations Code of the State of California.

ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF SHARES

Section 1. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES.

Certificates for shares shall be of such form and device as the Board of Directors may designate and shall state the name of the record holder of the shares represented thereby; its number; date of issuance; the number of shares for which it is issued; the par value, if any, or a statement that such shares are without par value; a statement of the rights, privileges, preferences and restrictions, if any; a statement as to the redemption or conversion, if any; a statement of liens or restrictions upon transfer or voting, if any; if the shares be assessable or, if assessments are collectible by personal action, a plain statement of such facts.

Every certificate for shares must be signed by the President or a Vice-President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or must be authenticated by facsimiles of the signatures of the President and Secretary or by a facsimile of the signature of its President and the written signature of its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. Before it becomes effective every certificate for shares authenticated by a facsimile of a signature must be countersigned by a transfer agent or transfer clerk and must be registered by an incorporated bank or trust company, either domestic or foreign, as registrar of transfers.

Section 2. TRANSFER ON THE BOOKS.

Upon surrender to the Secretary or transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.

 


 

Section 3. LOST OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES.

Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of that fact and advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors may require, and shall if the directors so require give the corporation a bond of indemnity, in form and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board, in at least double the value of the stock represented by said certificate, whereupon a new certificate may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost or destroyed.

Section 4. TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS.

The Board of Directors may appoint one or more transfer agents or transfer clerks, and one or more registrars, which shall be an incorporated bank or trust company—either domestic or foreign, who shall be appointed at such times and places as the requirements of the corporation may necessitate and the Board of Directors may designate.

Section 5. CLOSING STOCK TRANSFER BOOKS.

The Board of Directors may close the transfer books in their discretion for a period not exceeding thirty days preceding any meeting, annual or special, of the shareholders, or the day appointed for the payment of a dividend.

ARTICLE VII

CORPORATE SEAL

The corporate seal shall be circular in form, and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the date of its incorporation, and the word California.

ARTICLE VIII

AMENDMENTS TO BYLAWS

Section 1. BY SHAREHOLDERS.

New Bylaws may be adopted or these Bylaws may be repealed or amended at their annual meeting, or at any other meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose, by a vote of shareholders entitled to exercise a majority of the voting power of the corporation, or by written assent of such shareholders.

Section 2. POWERS OF DIRECTORS.

Subject to the right of the shareholders to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws, as provided in Section 1 of this Article VIII the Board of Directors may adopt, amend or repeal any of these Bylaws other than a Bylaw or amendment thereof changing the authorized number of directors.

 


 

Section 3. RECORD OF AMENDMENTS.

Whenever an amendment or new Bylaw is adopted, it shall be copied in the Book of Bylaws with the original Bylaws, in the appropriate place. If any Bylaw is repealed, the fact of repeal with the date of the meeting at which the repeal was enacted or written assent was filed shall be stated in said book.

THIS IS TO CERTIFY:

That I am the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of PARTIN LIMESTONE PRODUCTS, INC. and that the above and foregoing Bylaws were adopted as the Bylaws of said corporation on the 25th day of October, 2010, by the sole shareholder of said corporation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of October, 2010.

/s/ Frederick G. Anderson
Secretary.

 

EX-3.29 10 dex329.htm BYLAWS OF RIVERSIDE CEMENT HOLDINGS Bylaws of Riverside Cement Holdings

 

Exhibit 3.29

BYLAWS

OF

RIVERSIDE CEMENT HOLDINGS COMPANY

As amended 10-25-10

ARTICLE I: OFFICES

Section 1. In addition to its principal office in the State of Delaware, the corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II: MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors shall be held within or outside the State of Delaware, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors, or at such other place either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of stockholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

Section 2. Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held at a date and a time designated by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

Section 3. Written notice of the annual meeting stating the place, date, and hour of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting.

Section 4. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

Section 5. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the certificate of incorporation, may be called by the president and shall be called by the president or secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the board of directors, or at the request in writing of stockholders owning a majority


in the amount of the entire capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.

Section 6. Written notice of a special meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.

Section 7. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 8. The holders of the majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

Section 9. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation, a different vote is required in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

Section 10. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.

At all elections of directors of the corporation each stockholder having voting power shall be entitled to exercise the right of cumulative voting as provided in the certificate of incorporation.

Section 11. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.


 

ARTICLE III: DIRECTORS

Section 1. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole board shall be not less than one nor more than five. The first board shall consist of one director. Thereafter, within the limits above specified, the number of directors shall be determined by resolution of the board of directors or by the stockholders at the annual meeting. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified. Directors need not be stockholders.

Section 2. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify, unless sooner displaced. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority of the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office.

Section 3. The business of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the certificate of incorporation or by these bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 4. The board of directors of the corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.

Section 5. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the stockholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. In the event of the failure of the stockholders to fix the time or place of such first meeting of the newly elected board of directors, or in the event such meeting is not held at the time and place so fixed by the stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the directors.

Section 6. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the board.


 

Section 7. Special meetings of the board may be called by the president on three days’ notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors unless the board consists of only one director; in which case special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole director.

Section 8. At all meetings of the board, one director shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

Section 9. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.

Section 10. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, members of the board of directors, or any committee designated by the board of directors, may participate in a meeting of the board of directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

Section 11. The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.

In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board of directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the certificate of incorporation, (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the board of directors as provided in Section 151(a) fix any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the corporation or the conversion into, or the


exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the corporation) adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the sale, lease, or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the bylaws of the corporation; and, unless the resolution or the certificate of incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

Section 12. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors when required.

COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

Section 13. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the board of directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the board of directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the board of directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

Section 14. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or by law, any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote at an election of directors.

ARTICLE IV: NOTICES

Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram.

Section 2. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.

ARTICLE V: OFFICERS

Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors and shall be a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose such other officers as


desired, including a Chairman of the Board, additional vice presidents, and one or more assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws otherwise provide.

Section 2. The board of directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders shall choose a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary, and a treasurer.

Section 3. The board of directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board.

Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the board of directors.

Section 5. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the board of directors.

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Section 6. The Chairman shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the board of directors, shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect.

Section 7. He shall execute bonds, mortgages, and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.

PRESIDENT

Section 8. The President shall, in the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board, exercise all of the powers and discharge all of the duties of the Chairman of the Board. He shall in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. He shall perform all such other and further duties as may be required of him from time to time by the Chairman of the board or the Board of Directors.

THE VICE PRESIDENTS

Section 9. In the absence of the president or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, the vice president (or in the event there be more than one vice president, the vice presidents in the order designated by the directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the president, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president. The vice presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.


 

THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY

Section 10. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the board of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or president, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and he, or an assistant secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such assistant secretary. The board of directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.

Section 11. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the board of directors (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the secretary or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

THE TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS

Section 12. The treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the board of directors.

Section 13. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.

Section 14. If required by the board of directors, he shall give the corporation a bond (which shall be renewed every six years) in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement, or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money, and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.

Section 15. The assistant treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the assistant treasurers in the order determined by the board of directors (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the treasurer or in the event of his


inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE VI: CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by a certificate or shall be uncertificated. Certificates shall be signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, the chairman or vice chairman of the board of directors, or the president or a vice president and the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation.

Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent any partly paid shares, or upon the books and records of the corporation in the case of uncertificated partly paid shares, shall be set forth the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated.

If the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualification, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, provided that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate which the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to Sections 151, 156, 202(a), or 218(a) or a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

Section 2. Any of or all the signatures on a certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.

LOST CERTIFICATES

Section 3. The board of directors may direct a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any


certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares, the board of directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed.

TRANSFER OF STOCK

Section 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation, or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of uncertificated shares, such uncertificated shares shall be cancelled and issuance of new equivalent uncertificated shares or certificated shares shall be made to the person entitled thereto and the transaction shall be recorded upon the books of the corporation.

FIXING RECORD DATE

Section 5. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion, or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS

Section 6. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.


 

ARTICLE VII: GENERAL PROVISIONS

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation.

Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ANNUAL STATEMENT

Section 3. The board of directors shall present at each annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the corporation.

CHECKS

Section 4. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate.

FISCAL YEAR

Section 5. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be June 30.

SEAL

Section 6. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization, and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 7. The corporation shall indemnify every person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that said person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by said person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law in effect from time to time. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of any such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an


undertaking by or on behalf of such officer or director to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section. The indemnification provided in this Section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other right to which a person seeking indemnity may be entitled under any law (common or statutory), agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in said person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office or while employed by or acting as agent for the corporation, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors and administrators of said person. All rights to indemnification under this Section shall be deemed to be a contract between the corporation and each director or officer of the corporation who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this Section is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this Section or any repeal or modification of relevant provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable laws shall not in any way diminish any rights to indemnification of such director or officer of the corporation hereunder. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of each said person against any liability asserted against and incurred by said person in any such aforesaid capacity, or arising out of said person’s status as such, to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law in effect from time to time. If this Section or any portion thereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director or officer of the corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Section that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

ARTICLE VIII: AMENDMENTS

Section 1. These bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed, or new bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the board of directors, when such power is conferred upon the board of directors by the certificate of incorporation at any regular meeting of the stockholders or of the board of directors or at any special meeting of the stockholders or of the board of directors if notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal, or adoption of new bylaws be contained in the notice of such special meeting. If the power to adopt, amend, or repeal bylaws is conferred upon the board of directors by the certificate of incorporation, it shall not divest or limit the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend, or repeal bylaws.

EX-3.32 11 dex332.htm BYLAWS OF SOUTHWESTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION Bylaws of Southwester Financial Corporation

 

Exhibit 3.32

BYLAWS

OF

SOUTHWESTERN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

As amended 10-25-10

* * *

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

SECTION 1. In addition to its principal office in the State of Texas, the corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Texas as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

SECTION 1. All meetings of shareholders for the election of Directors shall be held in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, or at such other place either within or without the State of Texas as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and as stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

SECTION 2. An annual meeting of shareholders shall be held at 9:00 o’clock in the forenoon on the third Tuesday of October in each year, unless such day is a legal holiday, in which case such meeting shall be held at the specified time on the first day thereafter which is not a legal holiday. At such meeting the shareholders entitled to vote thereat shall elect by plurality vote a board of directors, and may transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting; provided, however, that the shareholders may, by a written agreement signed by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to general voting rights, establish a manner of election or selection of directors other than by a plurality vote during the term of such written agreement.

SECTION 3. Written or printed notice of every meeting of shareholders stating the place, day and hour, and purpose of the meeting shall be delivered to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by the Secretary, the officer performing said duties or the persons calling the meeting.

SECTION 4. Special meetings of shareholders for any purpose other than the election of directors may be held at such time and place within or without the State of Texas as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

 


 

SECTION 5. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman of the Board or any two (2) members of the Board of Directors, and shall be held at the request, in writing, of shareholders owning not less than one-half (1/2) of the entire capital stock having voting power.

SECTION 6. The business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

SECTION 7. At least ten (10) days before every election of directors, a complete list of shareholders entitled to vote at said election, arranged in alphabetical order, with the residence of each and the number of voting shares held by each, shall be prepared by the Secretary. Such list shall be open to the examination of any shareholder at the office of the corporation in the City of Dallas, Texas for said ten (10) days, an shall be produced and kept at the time an place of election during the whole of the time thereof, subject to the inspection of any shareholder who may be present.

ARTICLE III

QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK

SECTION 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

SECTION 2. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power, present in person or represented by proxy, shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

SECTION 3. Each outstanding share of stock having voting power shall be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders. A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after three (3) years from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in such proxy. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable or unless otherwise made irrevocable by law.

Subject to the provision set forth in Section 2 of Article II of these Bylaws, in all elections for directors, every shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him or her, for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election he or she has a right to vote, but there shall be no right to cumulative voting.

 


 

SECTION 4. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE IV

DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The property and business of the corporation shall be managed by a Board of not less than two (2) nor more than eleven (11) directors. Within the limits herein specified, the number of directors shall be fixed and may be changed, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the shareholders at the annual meeting. The Directors, other than the first Board of Directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article IV of these Bylaws, and each director elected shall hold office until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify. Directors need not be shareholders. The first Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders, unless sooner removed by an affirmative vote of the majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on the elections of directors as hereinafter provided.

SECTION 2. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized directors immediately prior to the occurrence of such vacancy. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired portion of the term of his predecessor in office.

Any directorships to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized number of directors immediately prior to any such increase. A director elected to fill a newly created directorship shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced.

Any director may be removed at any time, for cause or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on the elections of directors.

SECTION 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

SECTION 4. The directors may keep the books of the corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within or without the State of Texas, at such place or places as they from time to time determine.

SECTION 5. The Board of Directors shall have power to authorize the payment of compensation to the directors for services to the corporation, including fees for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors, of the Executive Committee and of other committees and to determine the amount of such compensation and fees.

 


 

ARTICLE V

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at the same place as the annual meeting of the shareholders immediately after such meeting or at such other time and place specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the Directors.

SECTION 2. Meetings of the Board of Director shall be held at the times fixed by resolutions of the Board and at other times upon call of the Chairman of the Board or any two (2) directors and such meetings, whether regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Texas. The Secretary or officer performing said duties shall give reasonable notice (which shall be at least, but need not in any event exceed ten (10) days) of all meetings of directors, provided that a meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meting of shareholders, and notice need not be given of regular meetings held at times fixed by resolutions of the Board. Meetings may be held at any time without notice if all directors are present or if those not present sign written waivers of notice either before or after the meeting. Notice by mail or telegraph to the usual business or residence address of the directors not less than the time above specified before the meeting shall be sufficient. A majority of the then authorized directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the then authorized directors shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

SECTION 4. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board, or such committee, consent thereto in writing and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or committee.

ARTICLE VI

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole then authorized Board, appoint an Executive Committee to consist of the Chairman of the Board and such number of the directors as the majority of the whole of said Board may from time to time determine, which committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by a majority of the whole said Board at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required.

 


 

ARTICLE VII

NOTICES

SECTION 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or shareholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States Postal Service. Notice to any director or shareholder may also be given by telegram or delivered in person.

SECTION 2. Whenever any notice for whatever reason is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

ARTICLE VIII

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors, as soon as may be after the election of directors in each year, shall elect a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and may from time to time elect a Chairman of the Board and such other officers as they may deem proper. None of such officers (except for the Chairman of the Board) need be a member of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may appoint from the members of the Executive Committee, a Chairman of the Executive Committee, if they shall have established as Executive Committee pursuant to Article VI of these Bylaws.

SECTION 2. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. The Board of Directors may authorize the execution of contracts of employment between the corporation and one (1) or more of the officers of the corporation. Removal of any such officer from his or her office without cause by the directors shall not of itself affect any right to compensation which such removed officer may have under such contract.

The Chairman of the Board

SECTION 4. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors, including meeting of the Executive Committee, at which such officer is present.

 


 

The Chairman of the Executive Committee

SECTION 5. The Chairman of the Executive Committee, if such office shall have been filled by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors.

The President

SECTION 6. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have, within the limitations and subject to the procedures established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.

The Vice Presidents

SECTION 7. The Vice President, if there shall be one, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

The Secretary and Assistant Secretaries

SECTION 8. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the shareholders and record all the proceedings of such meetings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He or she shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he or she shall be. He or she shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and he, she, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have the authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.

SECTION 9. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers

SECTION 10. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

 


 

SECTION 11. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.

SECTION 12. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, moneys and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.

SECTION 13. The Assistant Treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE IX

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

SECTION 1. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates signed by the President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof.

When the corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class, every certificate shall set forth upon the face or back of such certificate a statement of the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued, as required by the laws of the State of Texas.

SECTION 2. The signatures of the officers of the corporation upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the corporation itself or an employee of the corporation. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer at the date of its issue.

Lost Certificates

SECTION 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

 


 

Transfer of Shares

SECTION 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the corporation.

Closing of Transfer Books

SECTION 5. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other purpose, the Board of Directors may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, fifty (50) days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for a least ten (10) days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than fifty (50) days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

Registered Shareholders

SECTION 6. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Texas.

ARTICLE X

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Dividends

SECTION 1. Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation.

 


 

SECTION 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside, out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

Checks

SECTION 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

Fiscal Year

SECTION 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of June in each year, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors.

Seal

SECTION 5. The corporate seal of the corporation shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

Reliance on Books and Statements

SECTION 6. A director shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account of the corporation or statements prepared by any of its officials as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and/or net profits of the corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

Contracts - Interest of Director

SECTION 7. No contract or other transaction between the corporation and any other corporation and no other act of the corporation shall, in the absence of fraud, be invalidated or in any way affected by the fat that any of the director of the corporation are pecuniarily or otherwise interested in such contract, transaction or other act, or are directors or officers of such other corporation. Any director of the corporation, individually, or any firm or association of which any such director may be a member, may be a party to, or may be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, any contract or transaction of the corporation, provided that the fact that he or she individually or such firm or association is so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of Directors; and any director of the corporation who is so interested may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors which shall authorize any such contact or transaction, and may vote thereat to authorize any such contract or transaction with like force and effect as if he or she were not such director or officer of such other corporation or not so interested, every director of the corporation being hereby relieved from any disability which might otherwise prevent him or her from carrying out transactions with or contracting with the corporation for the benefit of himself or herself or any firm, corporation, association, trust or organization in which or with which he or she may be in anywise interested or connected.

 


 

Any contract, transaction or act of the corporation or by the Board of Directors which shall be ratified by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose shall be as valid and binding as though ratified by every shareholder of the corporation; provided, however, that any failure of the shareholders to approve or ratify such contract, transaction or act when and if submitted, shall not be deemed in any way to invalidate the same or to deprive the corporation, its directors or officers of their right to proceed with such contract, transaction or action.

Indemnification - Directors and Officers

SECTION 8. The corporation may indemnify every person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that said person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amount paid in settlement incurred by said person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Texas in effect from time to time. The corporation shall have the right and power to purchase and maintain insurance in such principal amounts as shall be approved by resolution of the Board of Directors of the corporation from time to time on behalf of each said person against any liability asserted against and incurred by said person in any such aforesaid capacity, or arising out of said person’s status as such, to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Texas in effect from time to time.

ARTICLE XI

AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of shareholders, or of the directors, at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote, or of a majority of the directors of the corporation, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting.

 

EX-3.36 12 dex336.htm FIRST AMENDED RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT First Amended Restated Operating Agreement

 

Exhibit 3.36

FIRST AMENDMENT TO OPERATING AGREEMENT

OF

TEXAS INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, LLC

(a Delaware Limited Liability Company)

This First Amendment (this “Amendment”) to Operating Agreement of Texas Industries Holdings, LLC (the “Company”), dated as of October 25, 2010, is executed, agreed to and adopted by Texas Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Industries”), the sole member of the Company, and the Company.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, Industries and the Company entered into the Operating Agreement dated as of June 17, 2005 (the “Agreement”), and

WHEREAS, Industries as the sole member of the Company desires to amend certain provisions of the Agreement regarding the management of the Company.

WITNESSETH:

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as follows:

1. Capitalized terms. Unless otherwise defined in this Amendment, capitalized terms herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

2. Amendment. Section 7.2(a) of the Agreement is hereby amended to provide in its entirety as follows:

“(a) There shall be at least two (2) Managers of the Company. Above this minimum number, the number of Managers may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the Managers. No decrease in the number of Managers shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent Manager. In the event that any person shall cease to serve as Manager for any reason, including resignation, removal, death or disability, the resulting vacancy shall be filled as provided in Section 7.3. ”

3. Except as amended hereby, all terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain the same, unchanged, and in effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this First Amendment to Operating Agreement of Texas Industries Holdings, LLC is executed effective the 25th day of October, 2010.

 

MEMBER:  
Texas Industries, Inc.
By:  

 

  Name:   Kenneth R. Allen
  Title:   Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer
COMPANY:  

Texas Industries Holdings, LLC

By:  

 

  Name:   T. Lesley Vines
  Title:   Controller and Assistant Treasurer
EX-3.40 13 dex340.htm BYLAWS OF TXI AVIATION, INC. Bylaws of TXI Aviation, Inc.

 

Exhibit 3.40

BYLAWS

OF

TXI AVIATION, INC.

As amended 10-25-10

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

SECTION 1. In addition to its principal office in the State of Texas, the corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Texas as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine.

ARTICLE II

ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

SECTION 1. All meetings of shareholders for the election of Directors shall be held in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, or at such other place either within or without the State of Texas as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and as stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

SECTION 2. An annual meeting of the shareholders of the corporation shall be held on the third Tuesday of October in each year, at 9:00 o’clock in the forenoon, unless such day is a legal holiday, in which case such meeting shall be held on the first day thereafter which is not a legal holiday, or at such other date and time as the Board of Directors shall determine. At such meeting the shareholders entitled to vote thereat shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors, and may transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting; provided, however, that the shareholders may, by a written agreement signed by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to general voting rights, establish a manner of election or selection of directors other than by a plurality vote during the term of such written agreement.

SECTION 3. Written or printed notice of every meeting of shareholders stating the place, day and, hour and purpose of the meeting shall be delivered to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by the Secretary, the officer performing his duties or the persons calling the meeting.

SECTION 4. Special meetings of shareholders for any purpose may be held at such time and place within or without the State of Texas as shall he stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

SECTION 5. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or any two (2) members of the Board of Directors, and shall be held at the request, in writing, of shareholders owning not less than one-half (1/2) of the entire capital stock having voting power.


 

SECTION 6. At least ten (10) days before every election of directors, a complete list of shareholders entitled to vote at said election, arranged in alphabetical order, with the residence of each and the number of voting shares held by each, shall be prepared by the Secretary. Such list shall be open to the examination of any shareholder at the office of the corporation in the City of Dallas, Texas for said ten (10) days, and shall be produced and kept at the time and place of election during the whole of the time thereof, subject to the inspection of any shareholder who may be present.

ARTICLE III

QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK

SECTION 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

SECTION 2. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power, present in person or represented by proxy, shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

SECTION 3. Each outstanding share of stock having voting power shall be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders. A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after three (3) years from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in such proxy. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable or unless otherwise made irrevocable by law.

Subject to the provision set forth in Section 2 of Article II of these Bylaws, in all elections for directors, every shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him, for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election he has a right to vote, but there shall be no right to cumulative voting.

SECTION 4. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.


 

ARTICLE IV

DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The property and business of the corporation shall be managed by a Board of not less than two (2) nor more than eleven (11) directors. Within the limits herein specified, the number of directors shall be fixed and may be changed, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the shareholders at the annual meeting of the shareholders. The directors, other than the first Board of Directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article IV of these Bylaws, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify, or until his earlier resignation or removal. Directors need not be shareholders. The first Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders, unless sooner removed by an affirmative vote of the majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on the elections of directors as hereinafter provided.

SECTION 2. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired portion of the term of his predecessor in office.

Any directorships to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum. A director elected to fill a newly created directorship shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal.

Any director may be removed at any time, for cause or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on the elections of directors.

SECTION 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

SECTION 4. The directors may keep the books of the corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within or without the State of Texas, at such place or places as they from time to time determine.

SECTION 5. The Board of Directors shall have power to authorize the payment of compensation to the directors for services to the corporation, including fees for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors, of the Executive Committee and of other committees and to determine the amount of such compensation and fees.

ARTICLE V

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at the same place as the annual meeting of the shareholders immediately after such meeting or at such other time and place specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the Directors.


 

SECTION 2. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the times fixed by resolutions of the Board and at other times upon call of the Chairman of the Board, the President or any two (2) directors and such meetings, whether regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Texas. The Secretary or officer performing his duties shall give reasonable notice (which shall be at least, but need not in any event exceed ten (10) days) of all meetings of directors, provided that a meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders, and notice need not be given of regular meetings held at times fixed by resolutions of the Board. Meetings may be held at any time without notice if all directors are present or if those not present sign written waivers of notice either before or after the meeting. Notice by mail or telegraph to the usual business or residence address of the directors not less than the time above specified before the meeting shall be sufficient. A majority of the then authorized directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the then authorized directors shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

SECTION 4. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board, or such committee, consent thereto in writing and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or committee.

ARTICLE VI

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole then authorized Board, appoint an Executive Committee to consist of the Chairman of the Board, or, if the corporation has no Chairman of the Board, the President and such number of the directors as the majority of the whole of said Board may from time to time determine, which committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by a majority of the whole said Board at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required.


 

ARTICLE VII

NOTICES

SECTION 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or shareholder; it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or shareholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States Postal Service. Notice to any director or shareholder may also be given by telegram or delivered in person.

SECTION 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

ARTICLE VIII

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors, as soon as may be after the election of directors in each year, shall elect a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and may from time to time elect a Chairman of the Board and such other officers as they may deem proper. None of such officers (except for the Chairman of the Board, or the President, if the corporation has no Chairman of the Board) need be a member of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualify, or until their earlier resignation or removal. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. The Board of Directors may authorize the execution of contracts of employment between the corporation and one (1) or more of the officers of the corporation. Removal of any such officer from his office without cause by the directors shall not of itself affect any right to compensation which such removed officer may have under such contract.

The Chairman of the Board

SECTION 4. If the corporation has a Chairman of the Board, the Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors, including meetings of the Executive Committee, at which such officer is present. Otherwise, the President shall preside at such meetings.

The President

SECTION 5. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have, within the limitations and subject to the procedures established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.


 

SECTION 6. The President shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.

The Vice Presidents

SECTION 7. The Vice President, if there shall be one, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

The Secretary and Assistant Secretaries

SECTION 8. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the shareholders and record all the proceedings of such meetings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and he, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have the authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.

SECTION 9. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers

SECTION 10. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 11. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.

SECTION 12. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance


of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, moneys and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.

SECTION 13. The Assistant Treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE IX

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

SECTION 1. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates signed by the President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof.

When the corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class, every certificate shall set forth upon the face or back of such certificate a statement of the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued, as required by the laws of the State of Texas.

SECTION 2. The signatures of the officers of the corporation upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the corporation itself or an employee of the corporation. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of its issue.

Lost Certificates

SECTION 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

Transfer of Shares

SECTION 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate canceled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the corporation.


 

Closing of Transfer Books

SECTION 5. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other purpose, the Board of Directors may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, fifty (50) days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least ten (10) days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than fifty (50) days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

Registered Shareholders

SECTION 6. The corporation shall he entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Texas.

ARTICLE X

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Dividends

SECTION 1. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside, out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.


 

Checks

SECTION 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

Fiscal Year

SECTION 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of June in each year, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors.

Seal

SECTION 5. The corporate seal of the corporation shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

Reliance on Books and Statements

SECTION 6. A director shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account of the corporation or statements prepared by any of its officials as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and/or net profits of the corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

Contracts - Interest of Director

SECTION 7. No contract or other transaction between the corporation and any other corporation and no other act of the corporation shall, in the absence of fraud, be invalidated or in any way affected by the fact that any of the directors of the corporation are pecuniarily or otherwise interested in such contract, transaction or other act, or are directors or officers of such other corporation. Any director of the corporation, individually, or any firm or association of which any such director may be a member, may be a party to, or may be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, any contract or transaction of the corporation, provided that the fact that he individually or such firm or association is so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of Directors; and any director of the corporation who is so interested may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors which shall authorize any such contract or transaction, and may vote thereat to authorize any such contract or transaction with like force and effect as if he were not such director or officer of such other corporation or not so interested, every director of the corporation being hereby relieved from any disability which might otherwise prevent him from carrying out transactions with or contracting with the corporation for the benefit of himself or any firm, corporation, association, trust or organization in which or with which he may be in anywise interested or connected.

Any contract, transaction or act of the corporation or by the Board of Directors which shall be ratified by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose shall be as valid and binding as though ratified by every shareholder of the corporation; provided, however, that any failure of the shareholders to approve or ratify such contract, transaction or act when and if submitted, shall not be deemed in any way to invalidate the same or to deprive the corporation, its directors or officers of their right to proceed with such contract, transaction or action.


 

Indemnification - Directors and Officers

SECTION 8. The corporation may indemnify every person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that said person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amount paid in settlement incurred by said person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Texas in effect from time to time. The corporation shall have the right and power to purchase and maintain insurance in such principal amounts as shall be approved by resolution of the Board of Directors of the corporation from time to time on behalf of each said person against any liability asserted against and incurred by said person in any such aforesaid capacity, or arising out of said person’s status as such, to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Texas in effect from time to time.

ARTICLE XI

AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of shareholders, or of the directors, at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote, or of a majority of the directors of the corporation, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting.

EX-3.42 14 dex342.htm BYLAWS OF TXI CALIFORNIA, INC. Bylaws of TXI California, Inc.

 

Exhibit 3.42

BYLAWS

OF

TXI CALIFORNIA INC.

As amended 10-25-10

* * *

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

SECTION 1. In addition to its principal office in the State of Delaware, the corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

SECTION 1. All meetings of shareholders for the election of Directors shall be held in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, or at such other place either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and as stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

SECTION 2. An annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation shall be held on the third Tuesday of October in each year, at 9:00 o’clock in the forenoon, unless such day is a legal holiday, in which case such meeting shall be held on the first day thereafter which is not a legal holiday, or at such other date and time as the Board of Directors shall determine. At such meeting the stockholders entitled to vote thereat shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors, and may transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting; provided, however, that the shareholders may, by a written agreement signed by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to general voting rights, establish a manner of election or selection of directors other than by a plurality vote during the term of such written agreement.

SECTION 3. Written or printed notice of every meeting of shareholders stating the place, day and hour, and purpose of the meeting shall be delivered to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by the Secretary, the officer performing said duties or the persons calling the meeting.

SECTION 4. Special meetings of shareholders for any purpose other than the election of directors may be held at such time and place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

SECTION 5. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Certificate of


Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman of the Board or any two (2) members of the Board of Directors, and shall be held at the request, in writing, of shareholders owning not less than one-half (1/2) of the entire capital stock having voting power.

SECTION 6. The business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

SECTION 7. At least ten (10) days before every election of directors, a complete list of shareholders entitled to vote at said election, arranged in alphabetical order, with the residence of each and the number of voting shares held by each, shall be prepared by the Secretary. Such list shall be open to the examination of any shareholder as required by law.

ARTICLE III

QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK

SECTION 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

SECTION 2. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power, present in person or represented by proxy, shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

SECTION 3. Each outstanding share of stock having voting power shall be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders. A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after three (3) years from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in such proxy. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable or unless otherwise made irrevocable by law.

Subject to the provision set forth in Section 2 of Article II of these Bylaws, in all elections for directors, every shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him or her, for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election he or she has a right to vote, but there shall be no right to cumulative voting.

SECTION 4. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.


 

ARTICLE IV

DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The property and business of the corporation shall be managed by a Board of not less than two (2) nor more than eleven (11) directors. Within the limits herein specified, the number of directors shall be fixed and may be changed, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the shareholders at the annual meeting. The Directors, other than the first Board of Directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article IV of these Bylaws, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify. Directors need not be shareholders. The first Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders, unless sooner removed by an affirmative vote of the majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on the elections of directors as hereinafter provided.

SECTION 2. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized directors immediately prior to the occurrence of such vacancy. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired portion of the term of his predecessor in office.

Any directorships to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized number of directors immediately prior to any such increase. A director elected to fill a newly created directorship shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced.

Any director may be removed at any time, for cause or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on the elections of directors.

SECTION 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

SECTION 4. The directors may keep the books of the corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within or without the State of Delaware, at such place or places as they from time to time determine.

SECTION 5. The Board of Directors shall have power to authorize the payment of compensation to the directors for services to the corporation, including fees for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors, of the Executive Committee and of other committees and to determine the amount of such compensation and fees.


 

ARTICLE V

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at the same place as the annual meeting of the shareholders immediately after such meeting or at such other time and place specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the Directors.

SECTION 2. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the times fixed by resolutions of the Board and at other times upon call of the Chairman of the Board or any two (2) directors and such meetings, whether regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Delaware. The Secretary or officer performing said duties shall give reasonable notice (which shall be at least, but need not in any event exceed ten (10) days) of all meetings of directors, provided that a meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders, and notice need not be given of regular meetings held at times fixed by resolutions of the Board. Meetings may be held at any time without notice if all directors are present or if those not present sign written waivers of notice either before or after the meeting. Notice by mail or telegraph to the usual business or residence address of the directors not less than the time above specified before the meeting shall be sufficient. A majority of the then authorized directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the then authorized directors shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

SECTION 4. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board, or such committee, consent thereto in writing and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or committee.

ARTICLE VI

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole then authorized Board, appoint an Executive Committee to consist of the Chairman of the Board and such number of the directors as the majority of the whole of said Board may from time to time determine, which committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by a majority of the whole said Board at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required.


 

ARTICLE VII

NOTICES

SECTION 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or shareholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States Postal Service. Notice to any director or shareholder may also be given by telegram or delivered in person.

SECTION 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

ARTICLE VIII

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors, as soon as may be after the election of directors in each year, shall elect a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and may from time to time elect a Chairman of the Board and such other officers as they may deem proper. None of such officers (except for the Chairman of the Board) need be a member of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may appoint from the members of the Executive Committee, a Chairman of the Executive Committee, if they shall have established as Executive Committee pursuant to Article VI of these Bylaws.

SECTION 2. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. The Board of Directors may authorize the execution of contracts of employment between the corporation and one (1) or more of the officers of the corporation. Removal of any such officer from his or her office without cause by the directors shall not of itself affect any right to compensation which such removed officer may have under such contract.

The Chairman of the Board

SECTION 4. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors, including meetings of the Executive Committee, at which such officer is present.

The Chairman of the Executive Committee

Section 5. The Chairman of the Executive Committee, if such office shall have been filled by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors.


 

The President

SECTION 6. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have, within the limitations and subject to the procedures established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.

The Vice Presidents

SECTION 7. The Vice President, if there shall be one, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

The Secretary and Assistant Secretaries

SECTION 8. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the shareholders and record all the proceedings of such meetings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He or she shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he or she shall be.

He or she shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and he she, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have the authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.

SECTION 9. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers

SECTION 10. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 11. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such


disbursements, and shall render to the President and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.

SECTION 12. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, moneys and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.

SECTION 13. The Assistant Treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE IX

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

SECTION 1. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates signed by the President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof.

When the corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class, every certificate shall set forth upon the face or back of such certificate a statement of the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued, as required by the laws of the State of Delaware.

SECTION 2. The signatures of the officers of the corporation upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the corporation itself or an employee of the corporation. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer at the date of its issue.

Lost Certificates

SECTION 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.


 

Transfer of Shares

SECTION 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the corporation.

Closing of Transfer Books

SECTION 5. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other purpose, the Board of Directors may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, fifty (50) days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least ten (10) days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than fifty (50) days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

Registered Shareholders

SECTION 6. The corporation shall he entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE X

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Dividends

SECTION 1. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside, out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as


the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

Checks

SECTION 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

Fiscal Year

SECTION 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of June in each year, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors.

Seal

SECTION 5. The corporate seal of the corporation shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

Reliance on Books and Statements

SECTION 6. A director shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account of the corporation or statements prepared by any of its officials as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and/or net profits of the corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

Contracts - Interest of Director

SECTION 7. No contract or other transaction between the corporation and any other corporation and no other act of the corporation shall, in the absence of fraud, be invalidated or in any way affected by the fat that any of the director of the corporation are pecuniarily or otherwise interested in such contract, transaction or other act, or are directors or officers of such other corporation. Any director of the corporation, individually, or any firm or association of which any such director may be a member, may be a party to, or may be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, any contract or transaction of the corporation, provided that the fact that he or she individually or such firm or association is so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of Directors; and any director of the corporation who is so interested may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors which shall authorize any such contact or transaction, and may vote thereat to authorize any such contract or transaction with like force and effect as if he or she were not such director or officer of such other corporation or not so interested, every director of the corporation being hereby relieved from any disability which might otherwise prevent him or her from carrying out transactions with or contracting with the corporation for the benefit of himself or any firm, corporation, association, trust or organization in which or with which he or she may be in anywise interested or connected.


 

Any contract, transaction or act of the corporation or by the Board of Directors which shall be ratified by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose shall be as valid and binding as though ratified by every shareholder of the corporation; provided, however, that any failure of the shareholders to approve or ratify such contract, transaction or act when and if submitted, shall not be deemed in any way to invalidate the same or to deprive the corporation, its directors or officers of their right to proceed with such contract, transaction or action.

Indemnification - Directors and Officers

SECTION 8. The corporation shall indemnify every person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that said person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by said person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law in effect from time to time. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of any such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such officer or director to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section. The indemnification provided in this Section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other right to which a person seeking indemnity may be entitled under any law (common or statutory), agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in said person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office or while employed by or acting as agent for the corporation, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors and administrators of said person. All rights to indemnification under this Section shall be deemed to be a contract between the corporation and each director or officer of the corporation who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this Section is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this Section or any repeal or modification of relevant provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable laws shall not in any way diminish any rights to indemnification of such director or officer of the corporation hereunder. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of each said person against any liability asserted against and incurred by said person in any such aforesaid capacity, or arising out of said person’s status as such, to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law in effect from time to time. If this Section or any portion thereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director or officer of the corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Section that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.


 

ARTICLE XI

AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of shareholders, or of the directors, at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote, or of a majority of the directors of the corporation, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting.

EX-3.45 15 dex345.htm BYLAWS OF TXI CEMENT COMPANY Bylaws of TXI Cement Company

 

Exhibit 3.45

TXI CEMENT COMPANY

BY-LAWS

As amended 10-25-10

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1. In addition to its principal office in the State of Delaware, the corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. All meetings of shareholders for the election of directors shall be held in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, or at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors.

Section 2. Annual meetings of shareholders shall be held on the third Tuesday of October if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following, at 10:00 a.m., or at such other time and place either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting at which they shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

Section 3. Written or printed notice of the annual meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting by mail, by or at the direction of the president, the secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.

ARTICLE III

SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Special meetings of shareholders for any purpose other than the election of directors may be held at such time and place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

Section 2. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the charter, may be called by the president, the board of directors, or the holders of not less than one-tenth of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting.

Section 3. Written or printed notice of a special meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than sixty


days before the date of the meeting, by or at the direction of the president, the secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.

Section 4. The business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

ARTICLE IV

QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK

Section 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the charter. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

Section 2. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders unless the vote of a greater number of shares of stock is required by law or the charter.

Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock, having voting power, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders. A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact.

Section 4. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE V

DIRECTORS

Section 1. The number of directors shall be not less than two (2) nor more than eleven (11). Directors need not be residents of the State of Delaware nor shareholders of the corporation. The directors, other than the initial board of directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, and each director so elected shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. The initial board of directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders.

Section 2. Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum of the board of directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired portion of the term of his predecessor in office.


 

Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present. A director elected to fill a newly created directorship shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders.

The board of directors shall fill vacancies occurring in the board by reason of removal of directors without cause or for cause.

Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its board of directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the charter or by these by-laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

Section 4. The directors may keep the books of the corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, outside of the State of Delaware, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine.

Section 5. The board of directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of all directors for services to the corporation as directors, officers or otherwise.

ARTICLE VI

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1. Meetings of the board of directors, regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Delaware.

Section 2. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the shareholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or it may convene at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the directors.

Section 3. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the board.

Section 4. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president on 24 hours notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the chairman of the board or the president in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors.

Section 5. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board of directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of the notice of such meeting.


 

Section 6. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater number is required by law or by the charter. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute or by the charter. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

Section 7. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE VII

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Section 1. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the number of directors fixed by the by-laws or otherwise, may designate two or more directors to constitute an executive committee, which committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the board of directors in the management of the corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the committee shall be filled by the board of directors at a regular or special meeting of the board of directors. The executive committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the board when required.

ARTICLE VIII

NOTICES

Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the charter or of these by-laws, notice is required to be given to any director or shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or shareholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram.

Section 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the charter or these by-laws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

ARTICLE IX

OFFICERS

Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors and shall be a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose additional vice-presidents, and one or more assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers.


 

Section 2. The board of directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of shareholders shall choose a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, none of whom need be a member of the board.

Section 3. The board of directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices-for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors.

Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the board of directors.

Section 5. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the board of directors.

THE PRESIDENT

Section 6. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors, shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect.

Section 7. He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.

THE VICE PRESIDENTS

Section 8. The vice-president, or if there shall be more than one, the vice-presidents in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES

Section 9. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the shareholders and shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the board of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or president, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and he, or an assistant secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such assistant secretary. The board of directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.


 

Section 10. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

THE TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS

Section 11. The treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the board of directors.

Section 12. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.

Section 13. If required by the board of directors, he shall give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.

Section 14. The assistant treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the assistant treasurers in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE X

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates signed by any two officers of the corporation designated for the purpose, and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof.

When the corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class there shall be set forth upon the face or back of the certificate, or the certificate shall have a statement that the corporation will furnish to any shareholder upon request and without charge, a full statement of the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued and, if the corporation is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series, the variations in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each such series so far as the same have been fixed and determined and the authority of the board of directors to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series.


 

Section 2. The signatures of the officers of the corporation upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the corporation itself or an employee of the corporation. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of its issue.

LOST CERTIFICATES

Section 3. The board of directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the board of directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

TRANSFERS OF SHARES

Section 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the corporation.

CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS

Section 5. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or any adjournment thereof or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the board of directors may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, forty days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least ten days immediately preceding such meeting.

In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the board of directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders not less than ten days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the board of directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.


 

REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS

Section 6. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.

LIST OF SHAREHOLDERS

Section 7. A list of shareholders as of the record date, certified by the corporate officer responsible for its preparation or the transfer agent, shall be open for inspection at any meeting of shareholders. If the right to vote at any meeting is challenged, the person presiding thereat may rely on such list as evidence of the right of the persons challenged to vote at such meeting.

ARTICLE XI

GENERAL PROVISIONS

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the charter relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the charter.

Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

CHECKS

Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate.

FISCAL YEAR

Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

SEAL

Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced.


 

ARTICLE XII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The corporation shall indemnify every person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that said person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by said person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law in effect from time to time. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of any such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such officer or director to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section. The indemnification provided in this Section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other right to which a person seeking indemnity may be entitled under any law (common or statutory), agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in said person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office or while employed by or acting as agent for the corporation, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors and administrators of said person. All rights to indemnification under this Section shall be deemed to be a contract between the corporation and each director or officer of the corporation who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this Section is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this Section or any repeal or modification of relevant provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable laws shall not in any way diminish any rights to indemnification of such director or officer of the corporation hereunder. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of each said person against any liability asserted against and incurred by said person in any such aforesaid capacity, or arising out of said person’s status as such, to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law in effect from time to time. If this Section or any portion thereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director or officer of the corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Section that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.


 

ARTICLE XIII

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new by-laws may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of shareholders by a majority of the shares represented at a meeting at which a quorum is present or represented and entitled to vote thereon.

EX-3.49 16 dex349.htm FIRST AMENDED OPERATING AGREEMENT OF TXI LLC First Amended Operating Agreement of TXI LLC

 

Exhibit 3.49

FIRST AMENDMENT TO OPERATING AGREEMENT

OF

TXI LLC

(a Delaware Limited Liability Company)

This First Amendment (this “Amendment”) to Operating Agreement of TXI LLC (the “Company”), dated as of October 25, 2010, is executed, agreed to and adopted by Texas Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Industries”), the sole member of the Company, and the Company.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, Industries and the Company entered into the Operating Agreement dated as of June 17, 2005 (the “Agreement”), and

WHEREAS, Industries as the sole member of the Company desires to amend certain provisions of the Agreement regarding the management of the Company.

WITNESSETH:

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as follows:

1. Capitalized terms. Unless otherwise defined in this Amendment, capitalized terms herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

2. Amendment. Section 7.2(a) of the Agreement is hereby amended to provide in its entirety as follows:

“(a) There shall be at least two (2) Managers of the Company. Above this minimum number, the number of Managers may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the Managers. No decrease in the number of Managers shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent Manager. In the event that any person shall cease to serve as Manager for any reason, including resignation, removal, death or disability, the resulting vacancy shall be filled as provided in Section 7.3.”

3. Except as amended hereby, all terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain the same, unchanged, and in effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this First Amendment to Operating Agreement of TXI LLC is executed effective the 25th day of October, 2010.

 

MEMBER:  
Texas Industries, Inc.
By:  

 

  Name:   Kenneth R. Allen
  Title:   Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer
COMPANY:  
TXI LLC
By:  

 

  Name:   T. Lesley Vines
  Title:   Controller and Assistant Treasurer
EX-3.58 17 dex358.htm BYLAWS OF TXI POWER COMPANY Bylaws of TXI Power Company

 

Exhibit 3.58

BYLAWS

OF

TXI POWER COMPANY

As amended 10-25-10

* * *

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

SECTION 1. In addition to its principal office in the State of Texas, the corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Texas as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine.

ARTICLE II

ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

SECTION 1. All meetings of shareholders for the election of Directors shall be held in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, or at such other place either within or without the State of Texas as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and as stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

SECTION 2. An annual meeting of the shareholders of the corporation shall be held on the third Tuesday of October in each year, at 9:00 o’clock in the forenoon, unless such day is a legal holiday, in which case such meeting shall be held on the first day thereafter which is not a legal holiday, or at such other date and time as the Board of Directors shall determine. At such meeting the stockholders entitled to vote thereat shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors, and may transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting; provided, however, that the shareholders may, by a written agreement signed by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to general voting rights, establish a manner of election or selection of directors other than by a plurality vote during the term of such written agreement.

SECTION 3. Written or printed notice of every meeting of shareholders stating the place, day and hour, and purpose of the meeting shall be delivered to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by the Secretary, the officer performing said duties or the persons calling the meeting.

SECTION 4. Special meetings of shareholders for any purpose other than the election of directors may be held at such time and place within or without the State of Texas as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

SECTION 5. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Articles of


Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman of the Board or any two (2) members of the Board of Directors, and shall be held at the request, in writing, of shareholders owning not less than one-half (1/2) of the entire capital stock having voting power.

SECTION 6. The business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

SECTION 7. At least ten (10) days before every election of directors, a complete list of shareholders entitled to vote at said election, arranged in alphabetical order, with the residence of each and the number of voting shares held by each, shall be prepared by the Secretary. Such list shall be open to the examination of any shareholder at the office of the corporation in the City of Dallas, Texas for said ten (10) days, an shall be produced and kept at the time an place of election during the whole of the time thereof, subject to the inspection of any shareholder who may be present.

ARTICLE III

QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK

SECTION 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

SECTION 2. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power, present in person or represented by proxy, shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

SECTION 3. Each outstanding share of stock having voting power shall be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders. A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after three (3) years from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in such proxy. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable or unless otherwise made irrevocable by law.

Subject to the provision set forth in Section 2 of Article II of these Bylaws, in all elections for directors, every shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him or her, for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election he or she has a right to vote, but there shall be no right to cumulative voting.


 

SECTION 4. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE IV

DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The property and business of the corporation shall be managed by a Board of not less than two (2) nor more than eleven (11) directors. Within the limits herein specified, the number of directors shall be fixed and may be changed, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the shareholders at the annual meeting. The Directors, other than the first Board of Directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article IV of these Bylaws, and each director elected shall hold office until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify. Directors need not be shareholders. The first Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders, unless sooner removed by an affirmative vote of the majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on the elections of directors as hereinafter provided.

SECTION 2. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized directors immediately prior to the occurrence of such vacancy. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired portion of the term of his predecessor in office.

Any directorships to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized number of directors immediately prior to any such increase. A director elected to fill a newly created directorship shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced.

Any director may be removed at any time, for cause or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on the elections of directors.

SECTION 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

SECTION 4. The directors may keep the books of the corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within or without the State of Texas, at such place or places as they from time to time determine.

SECTION 5. The Board of Directors shall have power to authorize the payment of compensation to the directors for services to the corporation, including fees for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors, of the Executive Committee and of other committees and to determine the amount of such compensation and fees.


 

ARTICLE V

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at the same place as the annual meeting of the shareholders immediately after such meeting or at such other time and place specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the Directors.

SECTION 2. Meetings of the Board of Director shall be held at the times fixed by resolutions of the Board and at other times upon call of the Chairman of the Board or any two (2) directors and such meetings, whether regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Texas. The Secretary or officer performing said duties shall give reasonable notice (which shall be at least, but need not in any event exceed ten (10) days) of all meetings of directors, provided that a meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meting of shareholders, and notice need not be given of regular meetings held at times fixed by resolutions of the Board. Meetings may be held at any time without notice if all directors are present or if those not present sign written waivers of notice either before or after the meeting. Notice by mail or telegraph to the usual business or residence address of the directors not less than the time above specified before the meeting shall be sufficient. A majority of the then authorized directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the then authorized directors shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

SECTION 4. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board, or such committee, consent thereto in writing and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or committee.

ARTICLE VI

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole then authorized Board, appoint an Executive Committee to consist of the Chairman of the Board and such number of the directors as the majority of the whole of said Board may from time to time determine, which committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by a majority of the whole said Board at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required.


 

ARTICLE VII

NOTICES

SECTION 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or shareholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States Postal Service. Notice to any director or shareholder may also be given by telegram or delivered in person.

SECTION 2. Whenever any notice for whatever reason is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

ARTICLE VIII

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors, as soon as may be after the election of directors in each year, shall elect a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and may from time to time elect a Chairman of the Board and such other officers as they may deem proper. None of such officers (except for the Chairman of the Board) need be a member of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may appoint from the members of the Executive Committee, a Chairman of the Executive Committee, if they shall have established as Executive Committee pursuant to Article VI of these Bylaws.

SECTION 2. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. The Board of Directors may authorize the execution of contracts of employment between the corporation and one (1) or more of the officers of the corporation. Removal of any such officer from his or her office without cause by the directors shall not of itself affect any right to compensation which such removed officer may have under such contract.

The Chairman of the Board

SECTION 4. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors, including meeting of the Executive Committee, at which such officer is present.


 

The Chairman of the Executive Committee

SECTION 5. The Chairman of the Executive Committee, if such office shall have been filled by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors.

The President

SECTION 6. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have, within the limitations and subject to the procedures established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.

The Vice Presidents

SECTION 7. The Vice President, if there shall be one, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

The Secretary and Assistant Secretaries

SECTION 8. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the shareholders and record all the proceedings of such meetings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He or she shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he or she shall be. He or she shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and he, she, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have the authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.

SECTION 9. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers

SECTION 10. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.


 

SECTION 11. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.

SECTION 12. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, moneys and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.

SECTION 13. The Assistant Treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE IX

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

SECTION 1. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates signed by the President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof.

When the corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class, every certificate shall set forth upon the face or back of such certificate a statement of the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued, as required by the laws of the State of Texas.

SECTION 2. The signatures of the officers of the corporation upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the corporation itself or an employee of the corporation. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer at the date of its issue.

Lost Certificates

SECTION 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.


 

Transfer of Shares

SECTION 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the corporation.

Closing of Transfer Books

SECTION 5. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other purpose, the Board of Directors may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, fifty (50) days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for a least ten (10) days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than fifty (50) days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

Registered Shareholders

SECTION 6. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or inters in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Texas.

ARTICLE X

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Dividends

SECTION 1. Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation.


 

SECTION 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside, out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

Checks

SECTION 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

Fiscal Year

SECTION 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of June in each year, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors.

Seal

SECTION 5. The corporate seal of the corporation shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

Reliance on Books and Statements

SECTION 6. A director shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account of the corporation or statements prepared by any of its officials as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and/or net profits of the corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

Contracts - Interest of Director

SECTION 7. No contract or other transaction between the corporation and any other corporation and no other act of the corporation shall, in the absence of fraud, be invalidated or in any way affected by the fact that any of the directors of the corporation are pecuniarily or otherwise interested in such contract, transaction or other act, or are directors or officers of such other corporation. Any director of the corporation, individually, or any firm or association of which any such director may be a member, may be a party to, or may be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, any contract or transaction of the corporation, provided that the fact that he or she individually or such firm or association is so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of Directors; and any director of the corporation who is so interested may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors which shall authorize any such contact or transaction, and may vote thereat to authorize any such contract or transaction with like force and effect as if he or she were not such director or officer of such other corporation or not so interested, every director of the corporation being hereby relieved from any disability which might otherwise prevent him or her from carrying out transactions with or contracting with the corporation for the benefit of himself or herself or any firm, corporation, association, trust or organization in which or with which he or she may be in anywise interested or connected.


 

Any contract, transaction or act of the corporation or by the Board of Directors which shall be ratified by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose shall be as valid and binding as though ratified by every shareholder of the corporation; provided, however, that any failure of the shareholders to approve or ratify such contract, transaction or act when and if submitted, shall not be deemed in any way to invalidate the same or to deprive the corporation, its directors or officers of their right to proceed with such contract, transaction or action.

Indemnification - Directors and Officers

SECTION 8. The corporation shall indemnify every person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that said person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amount paid in settlement incurred by said person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Texas in effect from time to time. The corporation shall have the right and power to purchase and maintain insurance in such principal amounts as shall be approved by resolution of the Board of Directors of the corporation from time to time on behalf of each said person against any liability asserted against and incurred by said person in any such aforesaid capacity, or arising out of said person’s status as such, to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Texas in effect from time to time.

ARTICLE XI

AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of shareholders, or of the directors, at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote, or of a majority of the directors of the corporation, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting.

EX-3.61 18 dex361.htm BYLAWS OF TXI RIVERSIDE Bylaws of TXI Riverside

 

Exhibit 3.61

BYLAWS

OF

TXI RIVERSIDE INC.

As amended 10-25-10

* * *

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

SECTION 1. In addition to its principal office in the State of Delaware, the corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

SECTION 1. All meetings of shareholders for the election of Directors shall be held in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, or at such other place either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and as stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

SECTION 2. An annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation shall be held on the third Tuesday of October in each year, at 9:00 o’clock in the forenoon, unless such day is a legal holiday, in which case such meeting shall be held on the first day thereafter which is not a legal holiday, or at such other date and time as the Board of Directors shall determine. At such meeting the stockholders entitled to vote thereat shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors, and may transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting; provided, however, that the shareholders may, by a written agreement signed by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to general voting rights, establish a manner of election or selection of directors other than by a plurality vote during the term of such written agreement.

SECTION 3. Written or printed notice of every meeting of shareholders stating the place, day and hour, and purpose of the meeting shall be delivered to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by the Secretary, the officer performing said duties or the persons calling the meeting.

SECTION 4. Special meetings of shareholders for any purpose other than the election of directors may be held at such time and place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

SECTION 5. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Certificate of


Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman of the Board or any two (2) members of the Board of Directors, and shall be held at the request, in writing, of shareholders owning not less than one-half (1/2) of the entire capital stock having voting power.

SECTION 6. The business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

SECTION 7. At least ten (10) days before every election of directors, a complete list of shareholders entitled to vote at said election, arranged in alphabetical order, with the residence of each and the number of voting shares held by each, shall be prepared by the Secretary. Such list shall be open to the examination of any shareholder as required by law.

ARTICLE III

QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK

SECTION 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

SECTION 2. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power, present in person or represented by proxy, shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

SECTION 3. Each outstanding share of stock having voting power shall be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders. A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after three (3) years from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in such proxy. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable or unless otherwise made irrevocable by law.

Subject to the provision set forth in Section 2 of Article II of these Bylaws, in all elections for directors, every shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him or her, for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election he or she has a right to vote, but there shall be no right to cumulative voting.

SECTION 4. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.


 

ARTICLE IV

DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The property and business of the corporation shall be managed by a Board of not less than two (2) nor more than eleven (11) directors. Within the limits herein specified, the number of directors shall be fixed and may be changed, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the shareholders at the annual meeting. The Directors, other than the first Board of Directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article IV of these Bylaws, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify. Directors need not be shareholders. The first Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders, unless sooner removed by an affirmative vote of the majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on the elections of directors as hereinafter provided.

SECTION 2. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized directors immediately prior to the occurrence of such vacancy. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired portion of the term of his predecessor in office.

Any directorships to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized number of directors immediately prior to any such increase. A director elected to fill a newly created directorship shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced.

Any director may be removed at any time, for cause or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on the elections of directors.

SECTION 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

SECTION 4. The directors may keep the books of the corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within or without the State of Delaware, at such place or places as they from time to time determine.

SECTION 5. The Board of Directors shall have power to authorize the payment of compensation to the directors for services to the corporation, including fees for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors, of the Executive Committee and of other committees and to determine the amount of such compensation and fees.


 

ARTICLE V

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at the same place as the annual meeting of the shareholders immediately after such meeting or at such other time and place specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the Directors.

SECTION 2. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the times fixed by resolutions of the Board and at other times upon call of the Chairman of the Board or any two (2) directors and such meetings, whether regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Delaware. The Secretary or officer performing said duties shall give reasonable notice (which shall be at least, but need not in any event exceed ten (10) days) of all meetings of directors, provided that a meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders, and notice need not be given of regular meetings held at times fixed by resolutions of the Board. Meetings may be held at any time without notice if all directors are present or if those not present sign written waivers of notice either before or after the meeting. Notice by mail or telegraph to the usual business or residence address of the directors not less than the time above specified before the meeting shall be sufficient. A majority of the then authorized directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the then authorized directors shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

SECTION 4. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board, or such committee, consent thereto in writing and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or committee.

ARTICLE VI

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole then authorized Board, appoint an Executive Committee to consist of the Chairman of the Board and such number of the directors as the majority of the whole of said Board may from time to time determine, which committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by a majority of the whole said Board at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required.


 

ARTICLE VII

NOTICES

SECTION 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or shareholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States Postal Service. Notice to any director or shareholder may also be given by telegram or delivered in person.

SECTION 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

ARTICLE VIII

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors, as soon as may be after the election of directors in each year, shall elect a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and may from time to time elect a Chairman of the Board and such other officers as they may deem proper. None of such officers (except for the Chairman of the Board) need be a member of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may appoint from the members of the Executive Committee, a Chairman of the Executive Committee, if they shall have established as Executive Committee pursuant to Article VI of these Bylaws.

SECTION 2. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. The Board of Directors may authorize the execution of contracts of employment between the corporation and one (1) or more of the officers of the corporation. Removal of any such officer from his or her office without cause by the directors shall not of itself affect any right to compensation which such removed officer may have under such contract.

The Chairman of the Board

SECTION 4. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors, including meetings of the Executive Committee, at which such officer is present.

The Chairman of the Executive Committee

Section 5. The Chairman of the Executive Committee, if such office shall have been filled by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors.


 

The President

SECTION 6. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have, within the limitations and subject to the procedures established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.

The Vice Presidents

SECTION 7. The Vice President, if there shall be one, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

The Secretary and Assistant Secretaries

SECTION 8. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the shareholders and record all the proceedings of such meetings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He or she shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he or she shall be.

He or she shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and he she, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have the authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.

SECTION 9. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers

SECTION 10. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 11. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such


disbursements, and shall render to the President and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.

SECTION 12. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, moneys and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.

SECTION 13. The Assistant Treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers, in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE IX

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

SECTION 1. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates signed by the President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof.

When the corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class, every certificate shall set forth upon the face or back of such certificate a statement of the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued, as required by the laws of the State of Delaware.

SECTION 2. The signatures of the officers of the corporation upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the corporation itself or an employee of the corporation. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer at the date of its issue.

Lost Certificates

SECTION 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.


 

Transfer of Shares

SECTION 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the corporation.

Closing of Transfer Books

SECTION 5. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other purpose, the Board of Directors may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, fifty (50) days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least ten (10) days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than fifty (50) days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

Registered Shareholders

SECTION 6. The corporation shall he entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE X

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Dividends

SECTION 1. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside, out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as


the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

Checks

SECTION 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

Fiscal Year

SECTION 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of June in each year, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors.

Seal

SECTION 5. The corporate seal of the corporation shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

Reliance on Books and Statements

SECTION 6. A director shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account of the corporation or statements prepared by any of its officials as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and/or net profits of the corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

Contracts - Interest of Director

SECTION 7. No contract or other transaction between the corporation and any other corporation and no other act of the corporation shall, in the absence of fraud, be invalidated or in any way affected by the fat that any of the director of the corporation are pecuniarily or otherwise interested in such contract, transaction or other act, or are directors or officers of such other corporation. Any director of the corporation, individually, or any firm or association of which any such director may be a member, may be a party to, or may be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, any contract or transaction of the corporation, provided that the fact that he or she individually or such firm or association is so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of Directors; and any director of the corporation who is so interested may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors which shall authorize any such contact or transaction, and may vote thereat to authorize any such contract or transaction with like force and effect as if he or she were not such director or officer of such other corporation or not so interested, every director of the corporation being hereby relieved from any disability which might otherwise prevent him or her from carrying out transactions with or contracting with the corporation for the benefit of himself or any firm, corporation, association, trust or organization in which or with which he or she may be in anywise interested or connected.


 

Any contract, transaction or act of the corporation or by the Board of Directors which shall be ratified by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose shall be as valid and binding as though ratified by every shareholder of the corporation; provided, however, that any failure of the shareholders to approve or ratify such contract, transaction or act when and if submitted, shall not be deemed in any way to invalidate the same or to deprive the corporation, its directors or officers of their right to proceed with such contract, transaction or action.

Indemnification - Directors and Officers

SECTION 8. The corporation shall indemnify every person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that said person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by said person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law in effect from time to time. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of any such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such officer or director to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section. The indemnification provided in this Section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other right to which a person seeking indemnity may be entitled under any law (common or statutory), agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in said person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office or while employed by or acting as agent for the corporation, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors and administrators of said person. All rights to indemnification under this Section shall be deemed to be a contract between the corporation and each director or officer of the corporation who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this Section is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this Section or any repeal or modification of relevant provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable laws shall not in any way diminish any rights to indemnification of such director or officer of the corporation hereunder. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of each said person against any liability asserted against and incurred by said person in any such aforesaid capacity, or arising out of said person’s status as such, to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law in effect from time to time. If this Section or any portion thereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director or officer of the corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Section that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.


 

ARTICLE XI

AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of shareholders, or of the directors, at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote, or of a majority of the directors of the corporation, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting.

EX-3.64 19 dex364.htm BYLAWS OF TXI TRANSPORTATION COMPANY Bylaws of TXI Transportation Company

 

Exhibit 3.64

BYLAWS

OF

TXI TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

As amended 10-25-10

 

 

1. All meetings of the shareholders and directors shall be held in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, at such other place as the shareholders or directors, as the case may be, shall agree to.

2. The shareholders shall hold an annual meeting on the third Tuesday of October at 2:00 o’clock P.M. of each year, or at such other time and place as shall be determined by the board of directors, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting.

3. The shareholders may hold a special meeting at any time on the call of the president, the board of directors, or by the holders of not less than one-tenth of all shares entitled to vote at the meeting.

4. Written notice of each meeting of the shareholders, stating the purpose or purposes of such meeting, must be mailed to the last known post office address of each shareholders not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, or each shareholder must waive notice of the meeting.

5. At each meeting of the shareholders; each shareholder entitled to vote thereat shall he entitled to one vote for each outstanding share held by such shareholder. A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy. All questions coming before such meetings, except as otherwise provided by statute or by these bylaws, shall be determined by the vote of a majority in interact of the shareholders present or represented. The holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote represented in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

6. Any action required by statute to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders or any action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

7. The corporate powers of this corporation shall be exercised and its business, property and interest shall be conducted and controlled by the board of directors, which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the articles of incorporation or by these bylaws directed or required to be exercised and done by the shareholders.

8. The number of directors of this corporation shall be not less than two (2) nor more than eleven (11). Within the foregoing limitation, the number of directors shall be determined by resolutions of the board of directors or of the shareholders. Any and each director shall be subject to removal at any time by the vote of the holders of the majority of the


outstanding shares of this corporation. Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum of the board of directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors shall be filled by election at an annual or at a special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose.

9. The board of directors shall hold one regular meeting each year without notice immediately following the annual meeting of shareholders. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president and shall be called on the request of any two directors. Written notice of each special meeting of the board of directors must be mailed to the last known post office address of each director at least three (3) days prior to the meeting, or each director must waive notice of the meeting. Attendance of a director at a directors’ meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a director attends a meeting for the purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

10. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors.

11. The board of directors shall have the power to delegate any of its powers in relation to the ordinary business of this corporation to any officer or agent upon such terms as it may think fit.

12. The officers of this corporation shall consist of a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary, and a treasurer, and such additional officers as the directors may determine, each of whom shall be elected by the board of directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person except that the president and secretary shall not be the same person.

13. Subject to special determination of duties by the board of directors, each officer of this corporation shall exercise the powers and perform the duties usually appertaining to his office.

14. Any officer or agent of this corporation elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed by the board of directors or the holders of the majority of the outstanding shares of this corporation whenever in their judgment the best interests of this corporation will be served thereby. Any vacancy occurring in any office of this corporation by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, shall be filled by the board of directors.

15. The board of directors shall determine the form of stock certificate to be issued by this corporation and shall cause one or more certificates under the seal of the corporation to be signed by the president or a vice-president and the treasurer or secretary, and to be issued to each shareholder certifying the number of shares owned by such shareholder.

16. The shares of stock of this corporation shall be transferable only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person, or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives, and upon such transfer, the old certificates shall be surrendered to the corporation by delivery thereof to


the person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers, or to such other person as the directors may designate, by whom such certificates shall be cancelled and new certificates shall thereupon be issued. A record shall be made of each transfer.

17. Whenever any notice is required by these bylaws to be given, it shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed to the directors or shareholders at their addresses appearing on the books of the corporation. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be mailed. Any notice required to be given under the provisions of statute or of the articles of incorporation or of these bylaws may be waived by the person entitled thereto.

18. The corporate seal of this corporation shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation. It may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

19. The corporation shall indemnify every person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that said person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director of officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amount paid in settlement incurred by said person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Texas in effect from time to time. The corporation shall have the right and power to purchase and maintain insurance in such principal amounts as shall be approved by resolution of the Board of Directors of the corporation from time to time on behalf of each said person against any liability asserted against and incurred by said person in any such aforesaid capacity, or arising out of said person’s status as such, to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Texas in effect from time to time.

19. These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed in whole or in part at any regular or special meeting of the board of directors or the shareholders.

EX-5.1 20 dex51.htm OPINION/CONSENT OF THOMPSON & KNIGHT LLP Opinion/Consent of Thompson & Knight LLP

 

Exhibit 5.1

[Thompson & Knight LLP letterhead]

October 29, 2010

Texas Industries, Inc.

1431 West Mockingbird Lane, Suite 700W,

Dallas, Texas 75247

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel for Texas Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Company’s offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange its 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020 to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Exchange Notes”) for any and all of its outstanding 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Outstanding Notes”). The Outstanding Notes are, and the Exchange Notes will be, fully and unconditionally guaranteed (the “Subsidiary Guarantees,” and together with the Exchange Notes, the “Securities”) on a joint and several basis by the Company’s subsidiaries listed as “Registrant Guarantors” in the Company’s registration statement on Form S-4 (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”). The Outstanding Notes have been, and the Exchange Notes will be, issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of August 10, 2010 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee.

In connection with such matters, we have examined the Indenture (including the Subsidiary Guarantees contained therein), the registration statement on Form S-4 filed by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933 (the registration statement, as amended at the time it becomes effective, being referred to as the “Registration Statement”) and such corporate or organizational records of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, certificates of officials of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and public officials and such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purpose of this opinion.

In giving these opinions, we have relied on certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials with respect to the accuracy of the factual matters those certificates cover or contain, and we have assumed that all signatures on documents we have examined are genuine, all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic, all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the original copies of those documents and those original copies are authentic.


October 29, 2010

Page 2

 

 

On the basis of and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

1. The Exchange Notes will, when they have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Offer and the Indenture constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as that enforcement is subject to (a) any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or conveyance or other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) general principles of equity, regardless of whether that enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (c) any implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

2. The Subsidiary Guarantees will, when they have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Offer and the Indenture constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors, enforceable against the Subsidiary Guarantors in accordance with their terms, except as that enforcement is subject to (a) any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or conveyance or other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) general principles of equity, regardless of whether that enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (c) any implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

We limit the opinions we express above in all respects to matters of the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, each as in effect on the date hereof.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion of counsel as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us therein under the caption “Legal Matters”. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit we are in the category of persons whose written consent Section 7 of the 1933 Act requires to be filed with the Registration Statement.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Thompson & Knight LLP

 

EX-12.1 21 dex121.htm COMPUTATION OF RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges

 

Exhibit 12.1

COMPUTATION OF RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

     Three Months ended
August 31,
     Year Ended May 31,  

In thousands except ratios

   2010     2009      2010     2009     2008     2007     2006  

Earnings

               

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and changes in accounting principles

   $ (38,560   $ 3,259       $ (61,991   $ (30,421   $ 127,359      $ 156,563      $ (8,814

Fixed charges

     15,635        14,715         57,686        54,182        35,012        32,515        38,929   

Amortization of capitalized interest

     579        579         2,314        2,314        1,201        1,100        1,100   

Less: Interest capitalized

     —          —           —          (14,394     (26,462     (12,855     (1,526
                                                         

Adjusted earnings (loss)

   $ (22,346   $ 18,553       $ (1,991   $ 11,681      $ 137,110      $ 177,323      $ 29,689   
                                                         

Fixed charges

               

Interest expense

   $ 12,866      $ 11,602       $ 45,434      $ 28,418      $ 1,254      $ 12,719      $ 29,703   

Interest capitalized

     —          —           —          14,394        26,462        12,855        1,526   

Net amortization of debt discount, premium and issuance expense

     1,545        1,642         6,806        4,868        1,251        1,355        1,452   

Interest portion of rent expense

     1,224        1,471         5,446        6,502        6,045        5,586        6,248   
                                                         

Total fixed charges

   $ 15,635      $ 14,715       $ 57,686      $ 54,182      $ 35,012      $ 32,515      $ 38,929   
                                                         

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

     —          1.26         —          .22        3.92        5.45        .76   
                                                         

Deficiency of earnings to cover fixed charges

   $ 37,981      $ —         $ 59,677      $ 42,501      $ —        $ —        $ 9,240   
                                                         
EX-15.1 22 dex151.htm AWARENESS LETTER OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP Awareness Letter of Ernst & Young LLP

Exhibit 15.1

October 25, 2010

Board of Directors

Texas Industries, Inc.

We are aware of the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-4) of our report dated September 24, 2010 relating to the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of Texas Industries, Inc. that are included in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 31, 2010.

/s/ Ernst & Young, LLP

Fort Worth, Texas

EX-23.1 23 dex231.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

 

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in the Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of Texas Industries, Inc. and to the incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated July 21, 2010, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Texas Industries, Inc., and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Texas Industries, Inc., included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended May 31, 2010, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Ernst & Young, LLP

Fort Worth, Texas

October 25, 2010

EX-24.1 24 dex241.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Power of Attorney

 

Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints MEL G. BREKHUS, KENNETH R. ALLEN and T. LESLEY VINES, and each of them, with full power of substitution as the undersigned’s attorney or attorney-in-fact, to sign for each of them and in each of their names, as members of the Board of Directors, a Registration Statement on Form S-4, and any and all amendments, filed by TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things necessary or appropriate to be done in the premises.

DATED: October 25, 2010

 

/s/      JOHN D. BAKER, II

JOHN D. BAKER, II

(Director)

/s/      EUGENIO CLARIOND

EUGENIO CLARIOND

(Director)

/s/      SAM COATS

SAM COATS

(Director)

/s/      GARY L. PECHOTA

GARY L. PECHOTA

(Director)

/s/      THOMAS R. RANSDELL

THOMAS RANSDELL

(Director)

/s/      ROBERT D. ROGERS

ROBERT D. ROGERS

(Director)

/s/      RONALD G. STEINHART

RONALD G. STEINHART

(Director)

/s/      DOROTHY C. WEAVER

DOROTHY C. WEAVER

(Director)

EX-25.1 25 dex251.htm STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE ON FORM T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1

 

Exhibit 25.1

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER

THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of

a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2)

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter)

31-0841368

I.R.S. Employer Identification No.

 

800 Nicollet Mall

Minneapolis, Minnesota

  55402
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Brad Hounsel

U.S. Bank National Association

14241 Dallas Parkway, Suite 490

Dallas, Texas 75254

(972) 458-4506

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact name of Obligor as specified in its charter)

* See Table 1 — List of additional obligors

 

Delaware   75-0832210
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 

1341 West Mockingbird Lane

Suite 700W

Dallas, Texas

  75247-6913
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

9  1/4% Senior Notes due 2020

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


 

Table 1

 

    

Guarantor

  

State of Incorporation

1.    BROOKHOLLOW CORPORATION    Delaware
2.    BROOK HOLLOW PROPERTIES, INC.    Texas
3.    BROOKHOLLOW OF ALEXANDRIA, INC.    Louisiana
4.    BROOKHOLLOW OF VIRGINIA, INC.    Virginia
5.    CREOLE CORPORATION    Delaware
6.    PACIFIC CUSTOM MATERIALS, INC.    California
7.    RIVERSIDE CEMENT COMPANY    California
8.    PARTIN LIMESTONE PRODUCTS, INC.    California
9.    RIVERSIDE CEMENT HOLDINGS COMPANY    Delaware
10.    SOUTHWESTERN FINANCIAL CORPORATION    Texas
11.    TEXAS INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, LLC    Delaware
12.    TEXAS INDUSTRIES TRUST    Delaware
13.    TXI AVIATION, INC.    Texas
14.    TXI CALIFORNIA INC.    Delaware
15.    TXI CEMENT COMPANY    Delaware
16.    TXI LLC    Delaware
17.    TXI OPERATING TRUST    Delaware
18.    TXI OPERATIONS, LP    Delaware
19.    TXI POWER COMPANY    Texas
20.    TXI RIVERSIDE INC.    Delaware
21.    TXI TRANSPORTATION COMPANY    Texas

 

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FORM T-1

 

Item 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee.

 

  a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Comptroller of the Currency

Washington, D.C.

 

  b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes

 

Item 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None

 

Items 3-15 Items 3-15 are not applicable because to the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, the obligor is not in default under any Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee.

 

Item 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS: List below all exhibits filed as a part of this statement of eligibility and qualification.

 

  1. A copy of the Articles of Association of the Trustee.*

 

  2. A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence business.*

 

  3. A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers.*

 

  4. A copy of the existing bylaws of the Trustee.

 

  5. A copy of each Indenture referred to in Item 4. Not applicable.

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, attached as Exhibit 6.

 

  7. Report of Condition of the Trustee as of March 31, 2010 published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 7.

 

* Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25.1 to Amendment No. 2 to registration statement on S-4, Registration Number 333-128217 filed on November 15, 2005.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the Trustee, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility and qualification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Houston, State of Texas on the 7th of October, 2010.

 

By:

 

/s/ Brad A. Hounsel

  Brad A. Hounsel
  Vice President

 

By:

 

/s/ Israel A. Lugo

  Israel A. Lugo
  Vice President

 

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Exhibit 6

CONSENT

In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the undersigned, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.

Dated: October 28, 2010

 

By:

 

/s/ Brad A. Hounsel

  Brad A. Hounsel
  Vice President

 

By:  

/s/ Israel A. Lugo

  Israel A. Lugo
  Vice President

 

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Exhibit 7

U.S. Bank National Association

Statement of Financial Condition

Exhibit 7

As of 6/30/2010

($000’s)

 

     6/30/2010  

Assets

  

Cash and Balances Due From

   $ 5,021,509   

Depository Institutions

  

Securities

     46,751,442   

Federal Funds

     4,344,927   

Loans & Lease Financing Receivables

     182,237,162   

Fixed Assets

     5,440,512   

Intangible Assets

     13,006,313   

Other Assets

     21,662,778   
        

Total Assets

   $ 278,464,643   

Liabilities

  

Deposits

   $ 191,033,345   

Fed Funds

     11,079,681   

Treasury Demand Notes

     0   

Trading Liabilities

     437,280   

Other Borrowed Money

     32,340,366   

Acceptances

     0   

Subordinated Notes and Debentures

     8,129,967   

Other Liabilities

     7,450,842   
        

Total Liabilities

   $ 250,471,481   

Equity

  

Minority Interest in Subsidiaries

   $ 1,704,554   

Common and Preferred Stock

     18,200   

Surplus

     12,636,872   

Undivided Profits

     13,633,536   
        

Total Equity Capital

   $ 27,993,162   

Total Liabilities and Equity Capital

   $ 278,464,643   

 

 

To the best of the undersigned’s determination, as of the date hereof, the above financial information is true and correct.

U.S. Bank National Association

 

By:    
  Vice President

Date: October 28, 2010

 

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EX-99.1 26 dex991.htm FORM OF LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Form of Letter of Transmittal

 

Exhibit 99.1

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC.

Offer For Any And All Outstanding

9 1/4% Senior Notes Due 2020

In Exchange For

9  1/4% Senior Notes Due 2020

Which Have Been Registered Under The Securities Act of 1933

Pursuant to the Prospectus Dated                     , 2010

 

 

THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON                     , 2010, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED. TENDERS MAY BE WITHDRAWN PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE.

 

 

The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

Delivery by Registered
or Certified Mail:
   Facsimile Transmissions:
(Eligible Institutions Only)
   Overnight Delivery
or Regular Mail:
U.S. Bank National Association    (615) 495-8158    U.S. Bank National Association
60 Livingston Ave, EP-MN-WS2N    Attention: Specialized Finance    60 Livingston Ave, EP-MN-WS2N
St. Paul, MN 55107       St. Paul, MN 55107
Attention: Specialized Finance   

To Confirm by Telephone

or for Information Call:

   Attention: Specialized Finance
   (800) 934-6802   

DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL VIA FACSIMILE TO A NUMBER OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

The undersigned acknowledges that he or she has received the Prospectus, dated,                     , 2010 (the “Prospectus”), of Texas Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“TXI”), and this Letter of Transmittal, which together constitute TXI’s offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange an aggregate principal amount of up to $650,000,000 of 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020, which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (the “Exchange Notes”) for a like principal amount of the issued and outstanding 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”) of TXI from the holders thereof.

THE INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED HEREIN SHOULD BE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS COMPLETED.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the same meaning given them in the Prospectus.

This Letter of Transmittal is to be completed by the holders of Notes either if Notes are to be forwarded herewith of if tenders of Notes are to be made by book-entry transfer to an account maintained by U.S. Bank National Association (the “Exchange Agent”) at The Depository Trust Company (the “Book-Entry Transfer Facility” or “DTC”) pursuant to the procedures set forth in the “The Exchange Offer – Exchange Offer Procedures” in the Prospectus.

Holders of notes whose certificates (the “Certificates”) for such Notes are not immediately available or who cannot deliver their Certificates and all other required documents to the Exchange Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in the Prospectus) or who cannot complete the procedures for book-entry transfers on a timely basis, must tender their Notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in “The Exchange Offer – Exchange Offer Procedures” in the Prospectus.


 

DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY DOES NOT

CONSTITUTE DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT.

NOTE: SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED BELOW

PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

The undersigned has completed the appropriate boxes below and signed this Letter of Transmittal to indicate the action the undersigned desires to take with respect to the Exchange Offer:

 

 

DESCRIPTION OF NOTES

 

   

If Blank, Please Print Name and

Address of Registered holder(s)

 

Notes

(Attach Additional List if Necessary)

 

       
    Certificate Number(s)*  

Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes

 

 

Principal Amount

of Notes Tendered

(If Less than All)**

 

       
             
   

Total:

 

 

*Need not be completed if Notes are being tendered by book-entry holders.

**Notes may be tendered in whole or in part in multiples of $1,000. All Notes held shall be deemed tendered unless a lesser number is specified in this column. See Instruction 4.

 

 

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(BOXES BELOW TO BE CHECKED BY ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS ONLY)

 

 

  ¨    

  CHECK HERE IF TENDERED ARE BEING DELIVERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER MADE TO THE ACCOUNT MAINTAINED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT WITH DTC AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
  Name of Tendering Institution                                                                                                                                                     
  DTC Account Number                                                                                                                                                                    
  Transaction Code Number                                                                                                                                                             

 

  ¨    

  CHECK HERE AND ENCLOSE A PHOTOCOPY OF THE NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY IF TENDERED NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY PREVIOUSLY SENT TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING (SEE INSTRUCTION 1):
  Name(s) of Registered holder(s)                                                                                                                                                  
  Window Ticket Number (if any)                                                                                                                                                  
  Date of Execution of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery                                                                                                           
  Name of Institution that Guaranteed Delivery                                                                                                                        
  IF GUARANTEED DELIVERY IS TO BE MADE BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER:
  Name of Tendering Institution                                                                                                                                                     
  DTC Account Number                                                                                                                                                                    
  Transaction Code Number                                                                                                                                                             

 

  ¨       CHECK HERE IF TENDERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER AND NON-EXCHANGED NOTES ARE TO BE RETURNED BY CREDITING THE DTC ACCOUNT NUMBER SET FORTH ABOVE

 

  ¨    

  CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER WHO ACQUIRED THE NOTES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT AS A RESULT OF MARKET MAKING OR OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES (A “PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALER”) AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
  Name                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  Address                                                                                                                                                                                                 

 

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby tenders to TXI the above-described aggregate principal amount of TXI’s Notes in exchange for a like aggregate principal amount of TXI’s Exchange Notes which have been registered under the Securities Act upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated                     , 2010 (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Prospectus”), receipt of which is acknowledged, and in this Letter of Transmittal (which, together with the Prospectus, constitute the “Exchange Offer”).

Subject to and effective upon the acceptance for exchange of all or any portion of the Notes tendered herewith in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including, if the Exchange Offer is extended or amended, the terms and conditions of any such extension or amendment), the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to or upon the order of TXI all right, title and interest in and to such Notes as is being tendered herewith. The undersigned hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Exchange Agent as its agent and attorney-in-fact (with full knowledge that the Exchange Agent is also acting as agent of TXI in connection with the Exchange Offer) with respect to the tendered Notes, with full power of substitution (such power of attorney being deemed to be an irrevocable power coupled with an interest) subject only to the right of withdrawal described in the Prospectus, to (i) deliver Certificates for Notes to TXI together with all accompanying evidences of transfer and authenticity to, or upon the order of, TXI, upon receipt by the Exchange Agent, as the undersigned’s agent, of the Exchange Notes to be issued in exchange for such Notes, (ii) present Certificates for such Notes for transfer, and to transfer the Notes on the books of TXI, and (iii) receive for the account of TXI all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights of beneficial ownership of such Notes, all in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to tender, exchange, sell, assign and transfer the Notes tendered hereby and that, when the same are accepted for exchange, TXI will acquire good, marketable and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances, and that the Notes tendered hereby are not subject to any adverse claims or proxies. The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by TXI or the exchange agent to be necessary or desirable to complete the exchange, assignment and transfer of the Notes tendered hereby, and the undersigned will comply with its obligations under the registration rights agreement. The undersigned has read and agrees to all of the terms of the Exchange Offer.

The name(s) and address(es) of the registered holder(s) of the Notes tendered hereby should be printed above, if they are not already set forth above, as they appear on the Certificates representing such Notes. The Certificate number(s) and the Notes that the undersigned wishes to tender should be indicated in the appropriate boxes above.

If any tendered Notes are not exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer for any reason, or if Certificates are submitted for more Notes than are tendered or accepted for exchange, Certificates for such nonexchanged or nontendered Notes will be returned (or, in the case of Notes tendered by book-entry transfer, such Notes will be credited to an account maintained at DTC), without expense to the tendering holder, promptly following the expiration or termination of the Exchange Offer.

The undersigned understands that tenders of Notes pursuant to any one of the procedures described in “The Exchange Offer – Exchange Offer Procedures” in the Prospectus and in the instructions attached hereto will, upon TXI’s acceptance for exchange of such tendered Notes, constitute a binding agreement between the undersigned and TXI upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer. The undersigned recognizes that, under certain circumstances set forth in the Prospectus, TXI may not be required to accept for exchange any of the Notes tendered hereby.

Unless otherwise indicated herein in the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” below, the undersigned hereby directs that the Exchange Notes be issued in the name(s) of the undersigned or, in the case of a book-entry

 

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transfer of Notes, that such Exchange Notes be credited to the account indicated above maintained at DTC. If applicable, substitute Certificates representing Notes not exchanged or not accepted for exchange will be issued to the undersigned or, in the case of a book-entry transfer of Notes, will be credited to the account indicated above maintained at DTC. Similarly, unless otherwise indicated under “Special Delivery Instructions,” please deliver Exchange Notes to the undersigned at the address shown below the undersigned’s signature.

By tendering Notes and executing this Letter of Transmittal, the undersigned hereby represents and agrees that: (i) the undersigned is not an “affiliate” of TXI, or if it is such an affiliate, that the Exchange Notes may not be offered for resale, resold or otherwise transferred without registration under and in compliance with the Prospectus delivery requirement of the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom, (ii) any Exchange Notes to be received by the undersigned are being acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (iii) the undersigned is not engaging in and does not intend to engage in a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of Exchange Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer, (iv) the undersigned has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of Exchange Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer; (v) if the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of such Exchange Notes, and (vi) the undersigned is not acting on behalf of any person or entity which could not truthfully make the above representations. By tendering notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer and executing this Letter of Transmittal, a holder of notes which is a broker-dealer represents, and agrees, consistent with certain interpretative letters issued by the staff of the Division of Corporate Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission to third parties, that (A) such Notes held by the broker-dealer are held only as a nominee, or (B) such Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and it will deliver the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented from time to time) meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes (provided that, by so acknowledging and by delivering a Prospectus, such broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act).

TXI has agreed that, subject to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a participating broker-dealer (as defined below) in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Notes, where such Notes were acquired by such participating broker-dealer for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days after the exchange offer registration statement is declared effective, (ii) the date on which a broker-dealer is no longer required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading activities and (iii) the date on which all resales or Exchange Notes have been made. In that regard, each broker-dealer who acquired notes for its own account as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), by tendering such Notes and executing this Letter of Transmittal, agrees that, upon receipt of notice from TXI of the occurrence of any event or the discovery of any fact which makes any statement contained or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which causes the Prospectus to omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained or incorporated by reference therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or of the occurrence of certain other events specified in the registration rights agreement, such Participating Broker-Dealer will suspend the sale of Exchange Notes pursuant to the Prospectus until TXI has amended or supplemented the Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission and has furnished copies of the amended or supplemented Prospectus to the Participating Broker-Dealer or TXI has given notice that the sale of Exchange Notes may be resumed, and the case may be. If TXI gives such notice to suspend the sale of Exchange Notes, is shall extend the 180-day or shorter period preferred to above during which Participating Broker-Dealers are entitled to use the Prospectus in connection with the resale of Exchange Notes by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when Participating Broker-Dealers shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to permit resales of Exchange Notes or to and including the date on which TXI has given notice that the sale of Exchange Notes may be resumed, as the case may be.

 

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Holders of Notes whose Notes are accepted for exchange will not receive accrued interest on such Notes for any period from and after the last Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on such Notes prior to the original issue date of the Exchange Notes or, if no such interest has been paid or duly provided for, will not receive any accrued interest on such Notes, and the undersigned waives the right to receive any such interest on such Notes accrued from and after such Interest Payment Date or, if no such interest has been paid or duly provided for, from and after August 10, 2010. The Exchange Notes will bear interest from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid on the Notes or, if no interest has been paid, from August 10, 2010.

The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by TXI to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and transfer of the Notes tendered hereby. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred in this Letter of Transmittal shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned and any obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, trustees in bankruptcy, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned. Except as stated in the Prospectus, this tender is irrevocable.

The undersigned, by completing the box entitled “Description of Notes” above and signing this letter, will be deemed to have tendered the notes as set forth in such box.

 

SPECIAL ISSUANCE INSTRUCTIONS

(SIGNATURE GUARANTEE REQUIRED—SEE INSTRUCTION 2)

 

To be completed ONLY if Exchange Notes or Notes not tendered are to be issued in the name of someone other than the registered holder of the Notes whose name(s) appear(s) above.

 

¨Notes not tendered to:

¨Exchange Notes to:

 

Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

(Please Print)

 

Address                                                                                                                                                                                                            

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

(Include Zip Code)

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

(Tax Identification or Social Security Number)

 

SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

(SIGNATURE GUARANTEE REQUIRED—SEE INSTRUCTION 2)

 

To be completed ONLY if Exchange Notes or Notes not tendered are to be sent to someone other than the registered holder of the Notes whose name(s) appear(s) above, or such registered holder at an address other than that shown above.

 

¨Notes not tendered to:

¨Exchange Notes to:

 

Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

(Please Print)

 

Address                                                                                                                                                                                                            

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

(Include Zip Code)

 

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IMPORTANT

HOLDERS: SIGN HERE

(PLEASE COMPLETE SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 HEREIN)

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Signature(s) of holder(s)

 

Date:                                              

 

(Must be signed by the registered holder(s) exactly as name(s) appear(s) on Certificate(s) for the Notes hereby tendered or on a security position listing or by person(s) authorized to become registered holder(s) by certificates and documents transmitted herewith. If signature is by trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please provide the following information and see Instruction 2 below.)

 

Name(s):                                                                                                                                                                                                           

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

(Please Print)

 

Capacity (full title):                                                                                                                                                                                      

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

 

Address:

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

(Include Zip Code)

 

Area Code and Telephone Number:

 

(SEE SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 HEREIN)

 

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GUARANTEE OF SIGNATURE(S)

(SEE INSTRUCTION 2 BELOW)

 

Authorized Signature:                                                                                                                                                                                

 

Name:                                                                                                                                                                                                              

(Please Type or Print)

 

Title:                                                                                                                                                                                                                

 

Name of Firm:                                                                                                                                                                                              

 

Address:

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

(Include Zip Code)

 

Area Code and Telephone Number:                                     

 

Date:                                     

 

INSTRUCTIONS

FORMING PART OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER

1. Delivery of Letter of Transmittal and Certificates; Guaranteed Delivery Procedures. This Letter of Transmittal is to be completed either if (a) Certificates are to be forwarded herewith or (b) tenders are to be made pursuant to the procedures for tender by book-entry transfer set forth in “The Exchange Offer” in the Prospectus and an Agent’s Message is not delivered. Certificates, or timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC, as well as this Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees, and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth herein on or prior to the Expiration Date. Tenders by book-entry transfer may also be made by delivering an Agent’s Message in lieu thereof. Notes may be tendered in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000.

Holders who wish to tender their Notes and (i) whose Notes are not immediately available or (ii) who cannot deliver their Notes, this Letter of Transmittal and all other required documents to the Exchange Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date or (iii) who cannot complete the procedures for delivery by book-entry transfer on a timely basis, may tender their Notes by properly completing and duly executing a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in “The Exchange Offer” in the Prospectus. Pursuant to such procedures: (i) such tender must be made by or through an Eligible Institution (as defined below); (ii) a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, substantially in the form made available by TXI, must be received by the Exchange Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date; and (iii) the Certificates (or a book-entry confirmation) representing all tendered Notes, in proper form for transfer, together with a Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Exchange Agent within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the date of execution of such Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, all as provided in “The Exchange Offer” in the Prospectus.

The Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by hand or transmitted by facsimile or mail to the Exchange Agent, and must include a guarantee by an Eligible Institution in the form set forth in such Notice of

 

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Guaranteed Delivery. For Notes to be properly tendered pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure, the Exchange Agent must receive a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery on or prior to the Expiration Date. As used herein and in the Prospectus, “Eligible Institution” means a firm or other entity identified in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act as “an eligible guarantor institution,” including (as such terms are defined therein) (i) a bank; (ii) a broker, dealer, municipal securities broker or dealer or government securities broker or dealer; (iii) a credit union; (iv) a national securities exchange, registered securities association or clearing agency; or (v) a savings association that is a participant in a Securities Transfer Association.

The method of delivery of Certificates, this Letter of Transmittal and all other required documents is at the option and sole risk of the tendering holder, and the delivery will be deemed made only when actually received by the Exchange Agent. If delivery is by mail, then registered mail with return receipt requested, properly insured, or overnight delivery service is recommended. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to ensure timely delivery.

TXI will not accept any alternative, conditional or contingent tenders. Each tendering holder, by execution of a Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), waives any right to receive any notice of the acceptance of such tender.

2. Guarantee of Signatures. No signature guarantee on this Letter of Transmittal is required if:

 

  $ this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder (which term, for purposes of this document, shall include any participant in DTC whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of the Notes (the “holder”)) of Notes tendered herewith, unless such holder(s) has completed either the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” or the box entitled “Special Delivery Instructions” above,

 

  or

 

  $ such Notes are tendered for the account of a firm that is an Eligible Institution.

In all other cases, an Eligible Institution must guarantee the signature(s) on this Letter of Transmittal. See Instruction 5.

3. Inadequate Space. If the space provided in the box captioned “Description of Notes” is inadequate, the Certificate number(s) and/or the principal amount of Notes and any other required information should be listed on a separate signed schedule that is attached to this Letter of Transmittal.

4. Partial Tenders and Withdrawal Rights. Tenders of Notes will be accepted only in integral multiples of $1,000. If less than all the Notes evidenced by any Certificate submitted are to be tendered, fill in the principal amount of Notes which are to be tendered in the box entitled “Principal Amount of Notes Tendered.” In such case, new Certificate(s) for the remainder of the Notes that were evidenced by your old Certificate(s) will only be sent to the holder of the Notes, promptly after the Expiration Date. All Notes represented by Certificates delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise indicated.

Except as otherwise provided herein, tenders of Notes may be withdrawn at any time on or prior to the Expiration Date. In order for a withdrawal to be effective on or prior to that time, a written or facsimile transmission of such notice of withdrawal must be timely received by the Exchange Agent at one of its addresses set forth above or in the Prospectus on or prior to the Expiration Date. Any such notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the person who tendered the Notes to be withdrawn, the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be withdrawn, and (if Certificates for Notes have been tendered) the name of the registered holder of the Notes as set forth on the Certificate for the Notes, if different from that of the person who tendered such Notes. If Certificates for the Notes have been delivered or otherwise identified to the Exchange Agent, then prior to the physical release of such Certificates for the Notes, the tendering holder must submit the serial numbers shown on

 

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the particular Certificates for the Notes to be withdrawn and the signature on the notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution, except in the case of Notes tendered for the account of an Eligible Institution. If Notes have been tendered pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth in the Prospectus under “The Exchange Offer,” the notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be credited with the withdrawal of Notes, in which case a notice of withdrawal will be effective if delivered to the Exchange Agent by written, telegraphic, telex or facsimile transmission. Withdrawals of tenders of Notes may not be rescinded. Notes properly withdrawn will not be deemed validly tendered for purposes of the Exchange Offer, but may be retendered at any subsequent time on or prior to the Expiration Date by following any of the procedures described in the Prospectus under “The Exchange Offer.”

All questions as to the validity, form and eligibility (including time of receipt) of such withdrawal notices will be determined by TXI, in its sole discretion, whose determination shall be final and binding on all parties. TXI, any affiliates or assigns of TXI, the Exchange Agent or any other person shall not be under any duty to give any notification of any irregularities in any notice of withdrawal or incur any liability for failure to give any such notification. Any Notes that have been tendered but that are withdrawn will be returned to the holder thereof without cost to such holder promptly after withdrawal.

5. Signatures on Letter of Transmittal, Assignments and Endorsements. If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) of the Notes tendered hereby, the signature(s) must correspond exactly with the name(s) as written on the face of the Certificate(s) without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.

If any Notes tendered hereby are owned of record by two or more joint owners, all such owners must sign this Letter of Transmittal.

If any tendered Notes are registered in different name(s) on several Certificates, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many separate Letters of Transmittal (or facsimiles thereof) as there are different registrations of Certificates.

If this Letter of Transmittal or any Certificates or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing and, unless waived by TXI, must submit proper evidence satisfactory to TXI, in its sole discretion, of each such person’s authority to so act.

When this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered owner(s) of the Notes listed and transmitted hereby, no endorsement(s) of Certificate(s) or separate bond power(s) is required unless Exchange Notes are to be issued in the name of a person other than the registered holder(s). Signature(s) on such Certificate(s) or bond power(s) must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.

If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered owner(s) of the Notes listed, the Certificates must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate bond powers, signed exactly as the name or names of the registered owner(s) appear(s) on the Certificates, and also must be accompanied by such opinions of counsel, certifications and other information as TXI or the Trustee for the Notes may require in accordance with the restrictions on transfer applicable to the Notes. Signatures on such Certificates or bond powers must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.

6. Special Issuance and Delivery Instructions. If Exchange Notes are to be issued in the name of a person other than the signer of this Letter of Transmittal, or if Exchange Notes are to be sent to someone other than the signer of this Letter of Transmittal or to an address other than that shown above, the appropriate boxes on this Letter of Transmittal should be completed. Certificates for Notes not exchanged will be returned by mail or, if tendered by book-entry transfer, by crediting the account indicated above maintained at DTC. See Instruction 4.

7. Irregularities. TXI will determine, in its sole discretion, all questions as to the form of documents, validity, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for exchange of any tender of Notes, which

 

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determination shall be final and binding on all parties. TXI reserves the absolute right to reject any and all tenders determined by it not to be in proper form or the acceptance of which, or exchange for which may, in the view of counsel to TXI be unlawful. TXI also reserves the absolute right, subject to applicable law, to waive any of the conditions of the Exchange Offer set forth in the Prospectus under “The Exchange Offer” or any conditions or irregularities in any tender of Notes of any particular holder whether or not similar conditions or irregularities are waived in the case of other holders. TXI’s interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including this Letter of Transmittal and the instructions hereto) will be final and binding. No tender of Notes will be deemed to have been validly made until all irregularities with respect to such tender have been cured or waived. TXI, any affiliates or assigns of TXI, the Exchange Agent, or any other person shall not be under any duty to give notification of any irregularities in tenders or incur any liability for failure to give such notification.

8. Questions, Requests for Assistance and Additional Copies. Questions and requests for assistance may be directed to the Exchange Agent at its address and telephone number set forth on the front of this Letter of Transmittal. Additional copies of the Prospectus, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and the Letter of Transmittal may be obtained from the Exchange Agent or from your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee.

9. Backup Withholding; Substitute Form W-9. Under U.S. federal income tax law, a holder (including, for purposes of this section, beneficial owners of the Notes) whose tendered Notes are accepted for exchange is required to provide the Exchange Agent with such holder’s correct taxpayer identification number (“TIN”) on Substitute Form W-9 below and to certify under penalties of perjury that such holder is a U.S. person, that such TIN is correct (or that such holder is awaiting a TIN) and that such holder is not subject to backup withholding. If such holder is an individual, the TIN is the holder’s social security number. Other holders should consult the enclosed “Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Number on Substitute Form W-9” for information on the correct TIN to report. If the Exchange Agent is not provided with the correct TIN, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) may subject the holder or other payee to a $50 penalty. In addition, payments to such holders or other payees with respect to Notes exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be subject to backup withholding at a rate of 28% for amounts paid during 2010.

The box in Part 2 of the Substitute Form W-9 may be checked if the tendering holder has not been issued a TIN and has applied for a TIN or intends to apply for a TIN in the near future. If the box in Part 2 is checked, the holder or other payee must certify that such holder is not subject to backup withholding and must also complete the box captioned Certificate of Awaiting Taxpayer Identification Number below in order to avoid backup withholding. Notwithstanding that the box in Part 2 is checked and such other requirements are satisfied, the holder will be subject to backup withholding on all payments made after seven business days after the Exchange Agent receives a Certificate of Awaiting Taxpayer Identification Number until a properly certified TIN is provided to the Exchange Agent. The Exchange Agent will retain such amounts withheld during the 60-day period following the date of the Substitute Form W-9. If the holder furnishes the Exchange Agent with its TIN within 60 days after the date of the Substitute Form W-9, the amounts retained during the 60-day period will be remitted to the holder and no further amounts shall be retained or withheld from payments made to the holder thereafter. If, however, the holder has not provided the Exchange Agent with its TIN within such 60-day period, amounts withheld will be remitted to the IRS as backup withholding. In addition, backup withholding will apply to all payments made thereafter until a correct TIN is provided.

Certain holders (including, among others, corporations, financial institutions and certain foreign persons) may not be subject to the backup withholding and reporting requirements. Such holders should nevertheless complete the attached Substitute Form W-9 and write “Exempt” on the face thereof, to avoid possible erroneous backup withholding. A foreign person may qualify as an exempt recipient by submitting a properly completed Certification of Foreign Status to the Exchange Agent on IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8ECI, W-8EXP, or W-8IMY, as applicable, signed under penalties of perjury, attesting to that holder’s exempt status. Please consult the enclosed “Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9” for additional guidance on which holders are exempt from backup withholding.

 

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Backup withholding is not an additional U.S. federal income tax. Rather, the U.S. federal income tax liability of a person subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund may be obtained, provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS.

Treasury Department Circular 230 Disclaimer: Any discussion of tax issues set forth in this Letter of Transmittal was written in connection with the promotion and marketing of the transactions described in this Letter of Transmittal. Such discussion was not intended or written to be used, and it cannot be used, by any person for the purpose of avoiding any tax penalties that may be imposed on such person. Each holder should seek advice based on its particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor.

10. Waiver of Conditions. TXI reserves the absolute right to waive satisfaction of any or all conditions enumerated in the Prospectus.

11. No Conditional Tenders. No alternative, conditional or contingent tenders will be accepted. All tendering holders of Notes, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal, shall waive any right to receive notice of the acceptance of Notes for exchange.

Neither TXI, the Exchange Agent nor any other person is obligated to give notice of any defect or irregularity with respect to any tender of Notes nor shall any of them incur any liability for failure to give any such notice.

12. Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Certificates. If any Certificate(s) representing Notes have been lost, destroyed or stolen, the holder should promptly notify the Exchange Agent. The holder will then be instructed as to the steps that must be taken in order to replace the Certificate(s). This Letter of Transmittal and related documents cannot be processed until the procedures for replacing lost, destroyed or stolen Certificate(s) have been followed.

13. Security Transfer Taxes. Holders who tender their Notes for exchange will not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in connection therewith. If, however, Exchange Notes are to be delivered to, or are to be issued in the name of, any person other than the registered holder of the Notes tendered, or if a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of Notes in connection with the Exchange Offer, then the amount of any such transfer tax (whether imposed on the registered holder or any other persons) will be payable by the tendering holder. If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is not submitted with the Letter of Transmittal, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed directly to such tendering holder.

 

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IMPORTANT: THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL (OR FACSIMILE THEREOF) AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT ON OR PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE.

TO BE COMPLETED BY ALL TENDERING SECURITY HOLDERS

(SEE INSTRUCTION 9)

 

 

PAYER’S NAME: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

     

NAME:                               

 

PART 1 - PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR TIN IN THE

BOX AT RIGHT AND CERTIFY BY SIGNING

AND DATING BELOW

 

TIN:                                   

(Social Security Number or Employer Identification Number)

 

   

 

PART 2-TIN Applied for ¨

 

SUBSTITUTE

 

Form W-9

 

Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

Payer’s Request for

Taxpayer Identification

Number (“TIN”)

 

 

CERTIFICATION UNDER PENALTIES OF PERJURY, I CERTIFY THAT:

 

(1)      the number shown on this form is my correct Taxpayer Identification Number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me); and

 

(2)      I am not subject to backup withholding either because (a) I am exempt from backup withholding or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding; and

 

(3)      I am a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien).

 

Signature                                                                               Date                     , 2010

 

CERTIFICATE INSTRUCTIONS: You must cross out item (2) above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are subject to backup withholding because of underreporting of interest or dividends on your tax return. However, if after being notified by the IRS that you were subject to backup withholding, you received another notification from the IRS that you were no longer subject to backup withholding, do not cross out item (2). (Also see instructions in the attached Guidelines.)

 

 

NOTE: FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS FORM MAY RESULT IN BACKUP WITHHOLDING ON ANY PAYMENTS MADE TO YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OFFER. PLEASE REVIEW THE ENCLOSED GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

YOU MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE IF YOU CHECKED THE BOX IN PART 2 OF

SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9, AND THUS, YOU ARE AWAITING (OR WILL SOON APPLY FOR) A

TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AWAITING TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

I certify under penalties of perjury that a taxpayer identification number has not been issued to me, and either (a) I have mailed or delivered an application to receive a taxpayer identification number to the appropriate Internal Revenue Service Center or Social Security Administration Office or (b) I intend to mail or deliver an application in the near future. I understand that if I do not provide a taxpayer identification number by the time of the exchange, all reportable payments made to me thereafter will be subject to backup withholding until I provide a number.

 

  Signature

        Date                                 , 2010         
          

 

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GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION

NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9

Guidelines for Determining the Proper Identification Number to Give the Payer - Social Security numbers have nine digits separated by two hyphens: i.e., 000-00-0000. Employer identification numbers have nine digits separated by only one hyphen: i.e., 00-0000000. The table below will help determine the name and number to give the Payer.

 

For this type of

account:

 

Give the name and
SOCIAL SECURITY

number of :

      For this type of account:  

Give the name and
EMPLOYER
IDENTIFICATION

number of :

1.    An individual’s account

  The individual    

6.    A valid trust, estate, or pension trust

  The legal entity (4)

2.    Two or more individuals (joint account)

  The actual owner of the account or, if combined funds, the first individual on the account (1)    

7.    Corporation or other entity electing corporate status on IRS Form 8832

  The corporation

3.    Custodian account of a minor (Uniform Gift to Minors Act)

  The minor (2)    

8.    Association, club, religious, charitable, educational, or other tax-exempt organization account

  The organization

4.

 

   a.The usual revocable savings trust account (grantor is also trustee)

  The grantor-trustee (1)    

9.    Partnership

  The partnership
 

   b.So-called trust account that is not a legal or valid trust under state law

  The actual owner (1)    

10.    A broker or registered nominee

  The broker or nominee

5.    Sole proprietorship account or single owner LLC

  The owner (3)    

11.     Account with the Department of Agriculture in the name of a public entity (such as a state or local government, school district or prison) that receives agricultural program payments

  The public entity

 

(1) List first and circle the name of the person whose number you furnish. If only one person on a joint account has a social security number that person’s number must be furnished.
(2) Circle the minor’s name and furnish the minor’s social security number.
(3) You must show your individual name. You may also enter your business or “doing business as” name. You may use either your social security number or, if you have one, your employer identification number.
(4) List first and circle the name of the legal trust, estate or pension trust. Do not furnish the TIN of the personal representative or trustee unless the legal entity itself is not designated in the account title.

 

NOTE:   If no name is circled when there is more than one name listed, the number will be considered to be that of the first name listed.


 

GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION

NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9

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Obtaining a Number

If you don’t have a taxpayer identification number or you don’t know your number, obtain Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Number Card, or Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, at a local office of the Social Security Administration or the Internal Revenue Service and apply for a number. You may also obtain Form SS-4 by calling the IRS at 1-800-TAX-FORM.

Payees Exempt from Backup Withholding

Payees specifically exempted from backup withholding on ALL payments include the following:

   

An organization exempt from tax under Section 501(a), an individual retirement account (IRA), or a custodial account under Section 403(b)(7), if the account satisfies the requirements of Section 401(f)(2).

   

The United States or a state thereof, the District of Columbia, a possession of the United States, or a political subdivision or wholly-owned agency or instrumentality or any one or more of the foregoing.

   

A foreign government, a political subdivision of a foreign government, or any wholly owned agency or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing (as defined in regulations under Section 892).

   

An international organization or any agency or instrumentality thereof.

Payees specifically exempted from backup withholding on interest and dividend payments include the following:

   

A corporation.

   

A financial institution.

   

A registered dealer in securities or commodities registered in the U.S., the District of Columbia, or a possession of the U.S.

   

A real estate investment trust.

   

A common trust fund operated by a bank under section 584(a).

   

An entity registered at all times during the tax year under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

   

A foreign central bank of issue.

   

A middleman known in the investment community as a nominee or custodian.

   

A futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Payments of dividends and patronage dividends not generally subject to backup withholding include the following:

   

Payments to nonresident aliens subject to withholding under section 1441.

   

Payments to partnerships not engaged in a trade or business in the U.S. and that have at least one nonresident alien partner.

   

Payments of patronage dividends not paid in money.

   

Payments made by certain foreign organizations.

   

Section 404(k) distributions made by an ESOP.

Payments of interest not generally subject to backup withholding include the following:

   

Payments of interest on obligations issued by individuals. Note: You may be subject to backup withholding if this interest is $600 or more and is paid in the course of the payer’s trade or business and you have not provided your correct taxpayer identification number to the payer.

   

Payments of tax-exempt interest (including exempt-interest dividends under section 852).

   

Payments described in section 6049(b)(5) to non-resident aliens.

   

Payments on tax-free covenant bonds under section 1451.

   

Payments made by certain foreign organizations.

   

Mortgage interest paid to you.

Exempt payees described above may file Form W-9 to avoid possible erroneous backup withholding. FILE THIS FORM WITH THE PAYER, FURNISH YOUR

TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, WRITE “EXEMPT” ON THE FACE OF THE FORM, SIGN AND DATE THE FORM, AND RETURN IT TO THE PAYER.

Certain payments other than interest, dividends, and patronage dividends that are not subject to information reporting are also not subject to backup withholding. For details, see sections 6041, 6041A, 6042, 6044, 6045, 6049, 6050A, 6050N, and their regulations.

Privacy Act Notice. Section 6109 requires most recipients of dividend, interest, or other payments to



 

GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION

NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9

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give taxpayer identification numbers to payers who must report the payments to IRS. The IRS uses the numbers for identification purposes and to help verify the accuracy of tax returns. The IRS also may provide this information to the Department of Justice for civil and criminal litigation and to cities, states, and the District of Columbia to carry out their tax laws. Payers must be given the numbers whether or not recipients are required to file tax returns. Payers must generally withhold 28% of taxable interest, dividends, and certain other payments to a payee who does not furnish a taxpayer identification number to a payer. Certain penalties may also apply.

Penalties

(1) Penalty for Failure to Furnish Taxpayer Identification Number.-If you fail to furnish your

taxpayer identification number to a payer, you are subject to a penalty of $50 for each such failure unless your failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.

(2) Civil Penalty for False information With Respect to Withholding.-If you make a false statement with no reasonable basis that results in no backup withholding, you are subject to a penalty of $500.

(3) Criminal Penalty for Falsifying Information.-Willfully falsifying certifications or affirmations may subject you to criminal penalties including fines and/or imprisonment.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT YOUR TAX CONSULTANT OR THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE


EX-99.2 27 dex992.htm FORM OF NOTICE OF GURANTEED DELIVERY Form of Notice of Guranteed Delivery

 

Exhibit 99.2

NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY

TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC.

For Tender of

Any And All Outstanding

9  1/4% Senior Notes Due 2020

In Exchange For

9 1/4% Senior Notes Due 2020

Which Have Been Registered Under The Securities Act of 1933

Pursuant to the Prospectus Dated                     , 2010

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, or one substantially equivalent to this form, must be used to accept the Exchange Offer (as defined below) if (i) certificates for TXI’s 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”) are not immediately available, (ii) Notes, the Letter of Transmittal and all other required documents cannot be delivered to U.S. Bank National Association (the “Exchange Agent”) on or prior to the Expiration Date or (iii) the procedures for delivery by book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis. This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by hand, overnight courier or mail, or transmitted by facsimile transmission, to the Exchange Agent. See “The Exchange Offer C Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” in the Prospectus. In addition, in order to utilize the guaranteed delivery procedure to tender Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, a completed, signed and dated Letter of Transmittal relating to the Notes (or facsimile thereof) must also be received by the Exchange Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Prospectus.

 

 

THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON                     , 2010 UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED. TENDERS MAY BE WITHDRAWN PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE.

 

 

The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

Delivery by Registered

or Certified Mail:

  

Facsimile Transmissions:

(Eligible Institutions Only)

   

 

Overnight Delivery

or Regular Mail:

  

  

U.S. Bank National Association    (615) 495-8158     U.S. Bank National Association   
60 Livingston Ave EP-MN-WS2N    Attention: Specialized Finance     60 Livingston Ave EP-MN-WS2N   
St. Paul, MN 55107        St. Paul, MN 55107   
Attention: Specialized Finance   

To Confirm by Telephone

or for Information Call:

    Attention: Specialized Finance   
   (800) 934-6802  

DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY VIA FACSIMILE TO A NUMBER OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY IS NOT TO BE USED TO GUARANTEE SIGNATURES. IF A SIGNATURE ON A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS REQUIRED TO BE GUARANTEED BY AN “ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION” UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONS THERETO, SUCH SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MUST APPEAR IN THE APPLICABLE SPACE PROVIDED IN THE SIGNATURE BOX ON THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.


 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned hereby tenders to Texas Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“TXI”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated                     , 2010 (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Prospectus”), and the related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the “Exchange Offer”), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth below pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer C Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”

 

Aggregate Principal Amount                               

   Name(s) of Registered holder(s):                                                                

Amount Tendered: $                                             *

                                                                                                                                    

Certificate No(s) (if available):                                                                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

$                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

(TOTAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT REPRESENTED BY NOTES CERTIFICATE(S))

If Notes will be tendered by book-entry transfer, provide the following information:

DTC Account Number:                                                                                                                                                                                

Date:                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

 

* Must be in integral multiples of $1,000.

All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned and every obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.

PLEASE SIGN HERE

 

x                                                                                                  

   x                                                                                           

x                                                                                                  

   x                                                                                           
Signature(s) of Owner(s) or    Date
Authorized Signatory   

Area Code and Telephone Number:                                                                                                                                     

Must be signed by the holder(s) of the Notes as their name(s) appear(s) on certificates for Notes or on a security position listing, or by person(s) authorized to become registered holder(s) by endorsement and documents transmitted with this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. If signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such person must set forth his or her full title below and, unless waived by TXI, provide proper evidence satisfactory to TXI of such person’s authority to so act.

 

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PLEASE PRINT NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)

 

Name(s):

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Capacity:

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Address(es):

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

 

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GUARANTEE OF DELIVERY

(NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE)

The undersigned, a firm or other entity identified in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as an “eligible guarantor institution,” including (as such terms are defined therein): (i) a bank; (ii) a broker, dealer, municipal securities broker, government securities broker or government securities dealer, (iii) a credit union; (iv) a national securities exchange, registered securities association or clearing agency; or (v) a savings association that is a participant in a Securities Transfer Association (each of the foregoing being referred to as an “Eligible Institution”), hereby guarantees to deliver to the Exchange Agent, at one of its addresses set forth above, either the Notes tendered hereby in proper form for transfer, or confirmation of the book-entry transfer of such Notes to the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company, pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth in the Prospectus, in either case together with one or more properly completed and duly executed Letter(s) of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof) and any other required documents within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the date of execution of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

The undersigned acknowledges that it must deliver the Letter(s) of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof) and the Notes tendered hereby to the Exchange Agent within the time period set forth above and that failure to do so could result in a financial loss to the undersigned.

 

                                                                                                 

      

                                                                                                    

Authorized Signature

Name of Firm       

                                                                                                 

      

                                                                                                    

Title

Address       

                                                                                                 

      

                                                                                                    

(Please Type or Print)

Zip Code       

Area Code and Telephone Number:  ______________________

          Date:                                                                                    

 

NOTE:   DO NOT SEND CERTIFICATES FOR NOTES WITH THIS FORM. CERTIFICATES FOR NOTES SHOULD ONLY BE SENT WITH YOUR LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

 

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EX-99.3 28 dex993.htm FORM OF LETTER TO DTC PARTICIPANTS Form of Letter to DTC Participants

 

Exhibit 99.3

TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC.

Letter to The Depository Trust Company Participants

for Tender of All Outstanding

9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020

in Exchange for Registered

9  1/4% Senior Notes due 2020

 

 

THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON                     , 2010 UNLESS EXTENDED (SUCH TIME AND DATE, AS THE SAME MAY BE EXTENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “EXPIRATION DATE”). TENDERS MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.

 

 

                    , 2010

To The Depository Trust Company Participants:

We are enclosing with this letter the materials listed below relating to the offer by Texas Industries, Inc. (“TXI”) to exchange its 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020 fully and unconditionally guaranteed by all of its restricted subsidiaries (the “Exchange Notes”), the issuance of which has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, for a like principal amount of its issued and outstanding unregistered 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020 fully and unconditionally guaranteed by all of its restricted subsidiaries (the “Outstanding Notes”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in TXI’s prospectus dated                     , 2010 and the related letter of transmittal.

We are enclosing copies of the following documents:

1. Prospectus dated                     , 2010;

2. Letter of transmittal, together with accompanying Substitute Form W-9 Guidelines;

3. Notice of guaranteed delivery; and

4. Letter that may be sent to your clients for whose account you hold Outstanding Notes in your name or in the name of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining that client’s instruction with regard to the exchange offer.

We urge you to contact your clients promptly. Please note that the exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                     , 2010, unless sooner terminated or extended.

The exchange offer is not conditioned upon any minimum aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes being tendered for exchange.

Pursuant to the letter of transmittal, each holder of Outstanding Notes will represent to TXI and the guarantors that:

 

   

any Exchange Notes received are being acquired in the ordinary course of business of the person receiving such Exchange Notes;

 

   

such person does not have an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Outstanding Notes or the Exchange Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act;

 

   

such person is not an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, of TXI or any guarantor, or, if it is such an affiliate, it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable;


 

   

if such person is not a broker-dealer, it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Notes;

 

   

if such person is a broker-dealer, it will receive Exchange Notes in exchange for Outstanding Notes that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, it will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act;

 

   

if such person is a broker-dealer, it did not purchase the Outstanding Notes to be exchanged for the Exchange Notes from TXI or any guarantor; and

 

   

such person is not acting on behalf of any person who could not truthfully and completely make the foregoing representations.

The enclosed Letter to Clients contains an authorization by the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Notes for you to make the foregoing representations.

TXI will not pay any fee or commission to any broker or dealer or to any other person (other than the exchange agent) in connection with the solicitation of tenders of Outstanding Notes under the exchange offer. TXI will pay or cause to be paid any transfer taxes payable on the transfer of Outstanding Notes to it, except as otherwise provided in Instruction 7 of the enclosed letter of transmittal.

Additional copies of the enclosed materials may be obtained from us upon request.

Very truly yours,

TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC.

 

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EX-99.4 29 dex994.htm FORM OF CLIENT LETTER Form of Client Letter

 

Exhibit 99.4

TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC

Letter to Clients

for Tender of All Outstanding

9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020

in Exchange for Registered

9  1/4% Senior Notes due 2020

 

 

THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON                     , 2010, UNLESS SOONER TERMINATED OR EXTENDED. OUTSTANDING NOTES TENDERED IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE.

 

 

To Our Clients:

We are enclosing with this letter a prospectus dated                     , 2010 of Texas Industries, Inc. (“TXI”) and the related letter of transmittal. These two documents together constitute TXI’s offer to exchange its 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by all of its restricted subsidiaries (the “Exchange Notes”), the issuance of which has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, for a like principal amount of its issued and outstanding unregistered 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020 fully and unconditionally guaranteed by all of its restricted subsidiaries (the “Outstanding Notes”). The exchange offer is not conditioned upon any minimum aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes being tendered for exchange.

We are the holder of record of Outstanding Notes held by us for your own account. A tender of your Outstanding Notes held by us can be made only by us as the record holder according to your instructions. The letter of transmittal is furnished to you for your information only and cannot be used by you to tender Outstanding Notes held by us for your account.

We request instructions as to whether you wish to tender any or all of the Outstanding Notes held by us for your account under the terms and conditions of the exchange offer. We also request that you confirm that we may, on your behalf, make the representations contained in the letter of transmittal.

Pursuant to the letter of transmittal, each holder of Outstanding Notes will represent to TXI and the guarantors that:

 

   

any Exchange Notes received are being acquired in the ordinary course of business of the person receiving such Exchange Notes;

 

   

such person does not have an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Outstanding Notes or the Exchange Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act;

 

   

such person is not an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, of TXI or any guarantor, or, if it is such an affiliate, it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable;

 

   

if such person is not a broker-dealer, it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Notes;

 

   

if such person is a broker-dealer, it will receive Exchange Notes in exchange for Outstanding Notes that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, it will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act;


 

   

if such person is a broker-dealer, it did not purchase the Outstanding Notes to be exchanged for the Exchange Notes from TXI or any guarantor; and

 

   

such person is not acting on behalf of any person who could not truthfully and completely make the foregoing representations.

Very truly yours,

 

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Please return your instructions to us in the enclosed envelope within ample time to permit us to submit a tender on your behalf prior to the expiration date of the exchange offer.

INSTRUCTION TO DTC PARTICIPANT

To Participant of The Depository Trust Company:

The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt and review of the prospectus dated                     , 2010 of TXI and the related letter of transmittal. These two documents together constitute TXI’s offer to exchange its 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020 fully and unconditionally guaranteed by all of its restricted subsidiaries (the “Exchange Notes”), the issuance of which has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, for a like principal amount of its issued and outstanding unregistered 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020 fully and unconditionally guaranteed by all of its restricted subsidiaries (the “Outstanding Notes”).

This will instruct you, the registered holder and DTC participant, as to the action to be taken by you relating to the exchange offer for the Outstanding Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned.

The aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned is (fill in amount): $

With respect to the exchange offer, the undersigned hereby instructs you (check appropriate box):

 

  ¨ To TENDER all Outstanding Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned.

 

  ¨ To TENDER the following amount of Outstanding Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned:
    $

 

  ¨ NOT to TENDER any Outstanding Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned.

If no box is checked, a signed and returned Instruction to DTC Participant will be deemed to instruct you to tender all Outstanding Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned.

If the undersigned instructs you to tender the Outstanding Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned, it is understood that you arc authorized to make, on behalf of the undersigned (and the undersigned, by its signature below, hereby makes to you), the representations contained in the letter of transmittal that are to be made with respect to the undersigned as a beneficial owner, including, but not limited to, the representations that:

 

   

any Exchange Notes received are being acquired in the ordinary course of business of the undersigned;

 

   

the undersigned does not have an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Outstanding Notes or the Exchange Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act;

 

   

the undersigned is not an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, of TXI or any guarantor, or, if it is such an affiliate, it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable;

 

   

if the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Notes;

 

   

if the undersigned is a broker-dealer, it will receive Exchange Notes in exchange for Outstanding Notes that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act;

 

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if the undersigned is a broker-dealer, it did not purchase the Outstanding Notes to be exchanged for the Exchange Notes from TXI or any guarantor; and

 

   

the undersigned is not acting on behalf of any person who could not truthfully and completely make the foregoing representations.

 

SIGN HERE

Name of beneficial owner(s):                                                                                                                                                                 

Signature(s):                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Name(s) (please print):                                                                                                                                                                              

Address:                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Telephone Number:                                                                                                                                                                                    

Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number:                                                                                                                      

Date:                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

 

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TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC.

1341 W. Mockingbird Lane

Dallas, TX 75247

October 29, 2010

VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549-7010

 

  Re: Texas Industries, Inc.
       Form S-4 filed concurrently herewith
       Exxon Capital Holdings Corp., Morgan Stanley & Co. and Shearman & Sterling Representation Letter

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Texas Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) is registering the exchange offer pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Exchange Offer”) in reliance on the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s position enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available April 13, 1989), Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (available June 5, 1991) and Shearman & Sterling (available July 2, 1993). The Company represents as follows:

1. The Company has not entered into any arrangement or understanding to distribute the securities to be received in the Exchange Offer (the “Securities”) and to the best of the Company’s information and belief, each person participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the Securities in its ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Securities.

2. The Company will make each person participating in the Exchange Offer aware (through the Exchange Offer prospectus or otherwise) that if the Exchange Offer is being registered for the purpose of secondary resales, any securityholder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the Securities (a) could not rely on the staff position enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available April 13, 1989) or similar letters and (b) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in connection with a secondary resale transaction.

3. The Company acknowledges that such a secondary resale transaction should be


covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling securityholder information required by Item 507 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

4. The Company will make each person participating in the Exchange Offer aware (through the Exchange Offer prospectus) that any broker-dealer who holds unregistered 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Outstanding Notes”) acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and who receives Securities in exchange for such Outstanding Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, may be a statutory underwriter and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act (as defined in Shearman & Sterling (available July 2, 1993)) in connection with any resale of such Securities.

5. The Company will include in the letter of transmittal or similar documentation to be executed by an exchange offeree in order to participate in the Exchange Offer the following additional provisions:

(a) If the exchange offeree is not a broker-dealer, an acknowledgement that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of the Securities.

(b) If the exchange offeree is a broker-dealer holding Outstanding Notes acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, an acknowledgement that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the Securities received in respect of the Outstanding Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. Such acknowledgment may also include a statement to the effect that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

Please direct any questions or comments regarding this letter to the undersigned at (972) 647-6700.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Frederick G. Anderson

Frederick G. Anderson

Vice President and General Counsel