Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 5, 2021 (“Supplemental Indenture”), by and among D.R. Horton, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), each of the Additional Guarantors (as defined herein), each of the subsidiaries of the Company that are signatories hereto as the existing guarantors (the “Existing Guarantors”) and Truist Bank (formerly known as Branch Banking and Trust Company), as the trustee (including any successor replacing such person in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture, the “Trustee”), to the Indenture, dated as of October 10, 2019, by and between the Company and the Trustee (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance therewith, the “Base Indenture”).
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into the Base Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of senior debt securities (the “Securities”) to be issued in one or more Series;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 10, 2019, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, the Company issued a series of Securities designated as its 2.500% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2.500% Notes”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2020, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, the Company issued a series of Securities designated as its 2.600% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2.600% Notes”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 2, 2020, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, the Company issued a series of Securities designated as its 1.400% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “1.400% Notes,” and, together with the 2.500% Notes and the 2.600% 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 the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 5, 2021, among the Company, the Existing Guarantors, the Additional Guarantors, and the Trustee, the Company issued a series of Securities designated as its 1.300% Senior Notes due 2026;
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 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; and
WHEREAS, the execution of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company and the applicable sole member of each of the Additional Guarantors and all things necessary to make this Fifth Supplemental Indenture a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Company and each of the Additional Guarantors according to its terms have been done and performed.