THIS ELEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of October 10, 2019 (the “Effective Date”), to the Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2012 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance therewith, the “Indenture”), by and among D.R. HORTON, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS (as defined herein), the EXISTING GUARANTORS (which include all entities listed as an Existing Guarantor on the signature pages hereof), AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, as series trustee with respect to the 2.550% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Series Trustee”).
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WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into the Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of senior debt securities (the “Securities”) to be issued in one or more series as the Indenture provides;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 14, 2012, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, the Company issued a series of Securities designated as its 4.375% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “4.375% Notes”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 5, 2013, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, the Company issued a series of Securities designated as its 4.750% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “4.750% Notes”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 5, 2013, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, the Company issued a series of Securities designated as its 5.750% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “5.750% Notes”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 9, 2015, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, the Company issued a series of Securities designated as its 4.000% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “4.000% Notes,” and, together with the 4.375% Notes, the 4.750% Notes and the 5.750% Notes, the “AST Notes”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 5, 2017, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto, the Trustee and the Series Trustee, the Company issued a series of Securities designated as its 2.550% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “2.550% Notes,” and, together with the AST Notes, the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Company has organized certain new Subsidiaries of the Company (the “Additional Guarantors”) and intends to cause such Additional Guarantors to guarantee future issuances of the Company’s Publicly Traded Debt Securities;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4.05 of the Indenture, if any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor shall guarantee any of the Company’s Publicly Traded Debt Securities, then such Subsidiary is required to execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Series Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes on the terms set forth in the Indenture;
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