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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                        ALDERWOODS GROUP, INC., as Issuer



                                       and





          WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee





                                    INDENTURE



                           Dated as of January 2, 2002







                                   $49,599,000



                          12 1/4% Senior Notes due 2004









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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION.................................................1

   SECTION 1.01     DEFINITIONS...................................................................................1
   SECTION 1.02     INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT............................................14
   SECTION 1.03     RULES OF CONSTRUCTION........................................................................15

ARTICLE 2 THE TWO-YEAR NOTES.....................................................................................15

   SECTION 2.01     ISSUANCE OF TWO-YEAR NOTES...................................................................15
   SECTION 2.02     RESTRICTIVE LEGEND...........................................................................16
   SECTION 2.03     EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.................................................................17
   SECTION 2.04     REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT...................................................................17
   SECTION 2.05     PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST..........................................................17
   SECTION 2.06     HOLDER LISTS.................................................................................18
   SECTION 2.07     TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE........................................................................18
   SECTION 2.08     REPLACEMENT NOTES............................................................................18
   SECTION 2.09     BOOK-ENTRY PROVISIONS FOR GLOBAL NOTE........................................................18
   SECTION 2.10     OUTSTANDING TWO-YEAR NOTES...................................................................19
   SECTION 2.11     TREASURY NOTES...............................................................................19
   SECTION 2.12     TEMPORARY NOTES..............................................................................20
   SECTION 2.13     CANCELLATION.................................................................................20
   SECTION 2.14     DEFAULTED INTEREST...........................................................................20
   SECTION 2.15     CUSIP NUMBER.................................................................................20
   SECTION 2.16     DEPOSIT OF MONEYS............................................................................20
   SECTION 2.17     ISSUANCE OF NOTES IN EXCESS OF $49,599,000 PURSUANT TO PLAN OF REORGANIZATION................21

ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION OF TWO-YEAR NOTES...........................................................................21

   SECTION 3.01     OPTIONAL REDEMPTION..........................................................................21
   SECTION 3.02     [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]......................................................................21
   SECTION 3.03     SELECTION OF TWO-YEAR NOTES TO BE REDEEMED...................................................21
   SECTION 3.04     NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.........................................................................21
   SECTION 3.05     EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION...............................................................22
   SECTION 3.06     DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE..................................................................22
   SECTION 3.07     TWO-YEAR NOTES REDEEMED OR PURCHASED IN PART.................................................22

ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS..............................................................................................23

   SECTION 4.01     PAYMENT OF TWO-YEAR NOTES....................................................................23
   SECTION 4.02     MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY..............................................................23
   SECTION 4.03     CORPORATE EXISTENCE..........................................................................23
   SECTION 4.04     PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS............................................................24
   SECTION 4.05     MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES; INSURANCE; BOOKS AND RECORDS; COMPLIANCE WITH LAW.................24
   SECTION 4.06     COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES......................................................................24
   SECTION 4.07     LIMITATION ON INDEBTEDNESS...................................................................25
   SECTION 4.08     LIMITATION ON RESTRICTED PAYMENTS............................................................25
   SECTION 4.09     LIMITATION ON ISSUANCES AND SALE OF STOCK BY RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES.........................27
   SECTION 4.10     LIMITATION ON LIENS..........................................................................28

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   SECTION 4.11     CHANGE OF CONTROL............................................................................28
   SECTION 4.12     DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS OF ASSET SALES OF DISPOSITION PROPERTIES.............................29
   SECTION 4.13     LIMITATION ON TRANSACTIONS WITH INTERESTED PERSONS...........................................31
   SECTION 4.14     LIMITATION ON DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENT RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING SUBSIDIARIES................31
   SECTION 4.15     FUTURE GUARANTORS............................................................................32
   SECTION 4.16     [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]......................................................................32
   SECTION 4.17     COMMISSION REPORTS...........................................................................32
   SECTION 4.18     RULE 144A INFORMATION REQUIREMENT............................................................32
   SECTION 4.19     WAIVER OF STAY, EXTENSION OR USURY LAWS......................................................32

ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSOR CORPORATION..................................................................................33

   SECTION 5.01     WHEN ALDERWOODS MAY MERGE, ETC...............................................................33
   SECTION 5.02     SUCCESSOR SUBSTITUTED........................................................................34

ARTICLE 6 REMEDIES...............................................................................................34

   SECTION 6.01     EVENTS OF DEFAULT............................................................................34
   SECTION 6.02     ACCELERATION.................................................................................36
   SECTION 6.03     OTHER REMEDIES...............................................................................36
   SECTION 6.04     WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS......................................................................36
   SECTION 6.05     CONTROL BY MAJORITY..........................................................................36
   SECTION 6.06     LIMITATION ON SUITS..........................................................................37
   SECTION 6.07     RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT..........................................................37
   SECTION 6.08     COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE...................................................................37
   SECTION 6.09     TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIMS............................................................37
   SECTION 6.10     PRIORITIES...................................................................................38
   SECTION 6.11     UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS........................................................................38
   SECTION 6.12     RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES...........................................................38

ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE................................................................................................39

   SECTION 7.01     DUTIES.......................................................................................39
   SECTION 7.02     RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE............................................................................39
   SECTION 7.03     INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.................................................................40
   SECTION 7.04     TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER.........................................................................40
   SECTION 7.05     NOTICE OF DEFAULT............................................................................40
   SECTION 7.06     MONEY HELD IN TRUST..........................................................................40
   SECTION 7.07     REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS................................................................41
   SECTION 7.08     COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY...................................................................41
   SECTION 7.09     REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE.......................................................................41
   SECTION 7.10     SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC.............................................................42
   SECTION 7.11     ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION................................................................42
   SECTION 7.12     PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST ALDERWOODS.........................................42

ARTICLE 8 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE................................................................43

   SECTION 8.01     TERMINATION OF THE OBLIGATION OF ALDERWOODS..................................................43
   SECTION 8.02     LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE.....................................................43
   SECTION 8.03     APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY...................................................................46
   SECTION 8.04     REPAYMENT TO ALDERWOODS......................................................................46
   SECTION 8.05     REINSTATEMENT................................................................................46

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ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS....................................................................46

   SECTION 9.01     WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS...................................................................46
   SECTION 9.02     WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS......................................................................47
   SECTION 9.03     COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT..........................................................48
   SECTION 9.04     REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS............................................................48
   SECTION 9.05     NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF TWO-YEAR NOTES....................................................48
   SECTION 9.06     TRUSTEE MAY SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.............................................................48

ARTICLE 10 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]...............................................................................49


ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS.........................................................................................49

   SECTION 11.01    TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939..................................................................49
   SECTION 11.02    NOTICES......................................................................................49
   SECTION 11.03    COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS..................................................50
   SECTION 11.04    CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT...........................................50
   SECTION 11.05    STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION................................................50
   SECTION 11.06    RULES BY TRUSTEE, PAYING AGENT, REGISTRAR....................................................50
   SECTION 11.07    GOVERNING LAW................................................................................51
   SECTION 11.08    CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS................................................................51
   SECTION 11.09    NO INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS........................................................51
   SECTION 11.10    NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS...................................................................51
   SECTION 11.11    SUCCESSORS...................................................................................51
   SECTION 11.12    DUPLICATE ORIGINALS..........................................................................51
   SECTION 11.13    SEPARABILITY.................................................................................51
   SECTION 11.14    TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.............................................................52
   SECTION 11.15    BENEFITS OF INDENTURE........................................................................52

ARTICLE 12 SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.................................................................................52

   SECTION 12.01    GUARANTEES...................................................................................52
   SECTION 12.02    LIMITATION ON LIABILITY......................................................................53
   SECTION 12.03    SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.......................................................................53
   SECTION 12.04    NO WAIVER....................................................................................53
   SECTION 12.05    MODIFICATION.................................................................................53
   SECTION 12.06    RELEASE OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS.............................................................54


SCHEDULE 1.01    SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

EXHIBIT A        FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE
EXHIBIT B        FORM OF PHYSICAL NOTE
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         INDENTURE, dated as of January 2, 2002, among Alderwoods Group, Inc., a
Delaware corporation f/k/a Loewen Group International, Inc. ("ALDERWOODS"), the
Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined herein) who are or may hereafter become
parties to this Indenture, and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association,
a national banking association, as trustee (the "TRUSTEE").

         Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of each other party
and, except as otherwise provided herein, for the equal and ratable benefit of
the Holders of Alderwoods' 12 1/4% Senior Notes due 2004 (the "TWO-YEAR NOTES").


                                    ARTICLE 1

             DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

         SECTION 1.01      DEFINITIONS.

         "ACQUIRED INDEBTEDNESS" means Indebtedness of a Person (a) assumed or
created by Alderwoods or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset
Acquisition from such Person or (b) existing at the time such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary of any other Person.

         "AFFILIATE" means, with respect to any specified Person, any other
Person directly or indirectly Controlling or Controlled by or under direct or
indirect common Control with such specified Person.

         "ASSET ACQUISITION" means (a) an Investment by Alderwoods or any
Restricted Subsidiary in any other Person pursuant to which such Person becomes
a Restricted Subsidiary, or is merged with or into Alderwoods or any Restricted
Subsidiary, (b) the acquisition by Alderwoods or any Restricted Subsidiary of
the assets of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) which constitute
all or substantially all of the assets of such Person, or (c) the acquisition by
Alderwoods or any Restricted Subsidiary of any division or line of business of
any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no
Restructuring Transaction shall be deemed to constitute an "ASSET ACQUISITION."

         "ASSET SALE" means any direct or indirect sale, issuance, conveyance,
transfer, lease or other disposition to any Person other than Alderwoods or a
Subsidiary Guarantor, or from one Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor to another such Restricted Subsidiary in one or a series of related
transactions, of (a) any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than
in respect of directors' qualifying shares or investments by foreign nationals
mandated by applicable law), (b) all or substantially all of the properties and
assets of any division or line of business of Alderwoods or any Restricted
Subsidiary, or (c) any other properties or assets of Alderwoods or any
Restricted Subsidiary other than properties and assets sold in the ordinary
course of business; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Restructuring Transaction shall
be deemed to constitute an "ASSET SALE." Furthermore, for purposes of this
definition, the term "ASSET SALE" shall not include any sales, transfers or
other dispositions of equipment, tools or other assets (including Capital Stock
of any Restricted Subsidiary), in one transaction or a series of transactions by
Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise excluded from the
definition of "ASSET SALE" in respect of which Alderwoods and its Restricted
Subsidiaries receive cash or property with a Fair Market Value of $100,000 or
less.

         "BANKRUPTCY LAW" means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended,
or any similar United States federal or state law relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of
debtors or any amendment to, succession to or change in any such law.

         "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means, except where otherwise clearly indicated,
the board of directors of Alderwoods or any duly authorized committee of such
board.

         "BOARD RESOLUTION" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Alderwoods to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors of Alderwoods and to be in full force and effect on the
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         "BUSINESS DAY" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York,
State of New York or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located,
are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.

         "CAPITAL STOCK" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares,
interests, participations, rights in or other equivalents (however designated)
of such Person, and any rights, warrants or options exchangeable or exercisable
for or convertible into such capital.

         "CAPITALIZED LEASE OBLIGATION" means any obligation under a lease of
(or other agreement conveying the right to use) any property (whether real,
personal or mixed) that is required to be classified and accounted for as a
capital lease obligation under GAAP, and the amount of any such obligation at
any date shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such date, determined in
accordance with GAAP.

         "CASH EQUIVALENTS" means, at any time, (a) any evidence of Indebtedness
with a maturity of 270 days or less issued or directly and fully guaranteed or
insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof
(PROVIDED that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is
pledged in support thereof); (b) certificates of deposit or acceptances with a
maturity of 270 days or less of any financial institution that is a member of
the Federal Reserve System having combined capital and surplus and undivided
profits of not less than $500,000,000 and rated B or better by Thompson's
Bankwatch (or an equivalent rating by a comparable rating agency); (c)
certificates of deposit with a maturity of 270 days or less of any financial
institution that is not organized under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia that are rated at least A-1 by S&P or at
least P-1 by Moody's or at least an equivalent rating category of another
nationally recognized securities rating agency; and (d) repurchase agreements
and reverse repurchase agreements relating to marketable direct obligations
issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the government of the United States of
America or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit
of the United States of America, in each case maturing within 270 days from the
date of acquisition; PROVIDED that the terms of such agreements comply with the
guidelines set forth in the Federal Financial Agreements of Depository
Institutions With Securities Dealers and Others, as adopted by the Comptroller
of the Currency on October 31, 1985, or any amendment or succession to such
guidelines.

         "CHANGE OF CONTROL" means the occurrence on or after the Measurement
Date of any of the following events: (a) any "PERSON" or "GROUP" (as such terms
are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), excluding Permitted
Holders, is or becomes the "BENEFICIAL OWNER" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and
13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a Person shall be deemed to have
"BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP" of all securities that such Person has the right to
acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage
of time, upon the happening of an event or otherwise), directly or indirectly,
of more than 35% of the total Voting Stock of Alderwoods, under circumstances
where the Permitted Holders (i) "BENEFICIALLY OWN" (as so defined) a lower
percentage of the Voting Stock than such other "PERSON" or "GROUP" and (ii) do
not have the right or ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or
designate for election a majority of the Board of Directors of Alderwoods; (b)
Alderwoods consolidates with, or merges with or into, another Person or sells,
assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or
substantially all of its assets to another Person, or another Person
consolidates with, or merges with or into, Alderwoods, in any such event
pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding Voting Stock of Alderwoods is
converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than
any such transaction where (i) the outstanding Voting Stock of Alderwoods is
converted into or exchanged for (1) Voting Stock (other than Redeemable Capital
Stock) of the surviving or transferee corporation or (2) cash, securities and
other property in an amount that could then be paid by Alderwoods as a
Restricted Payment under the provisions hereof, and (ii) immediately after such
transaction no "PERSON" or "GROUP" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act), excluding Permitted Holders, is the "BENEFICIAL
OWNER" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that
a Person shall be deemed to have "BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP" of all securities that
such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable
immediately or only after the passage of time, upon the happening of an event or
otherwise), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total Voting Stock
of the surviving or transferee corporation; (c) at any time during any
consecutive two-year period, individuals who at the beginning of such period
constituted the Board of Directors of Alderwoods (together with any new
directors whose election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for
election by the shareholders or stockholders of Alderwoods was approved by a
vote of 66-2/3% of the directors then still in office who were either directors
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beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved) cease for any reason (including the failure of such
individuals to be elected in a proxy contest involving a solicitation of
proxies) to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of Alderwoods then
in office; or (d) Alderwoods is liquidated or dissolved or Alderwoods or its
stockholders adopts a plan of liquidation regarding Alderwoods. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no Change of Control shall be deemed to result from any
Restructuring Transaction.

         "CHANGE OF CONTROL OFFER" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11.

         "COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time
to time constituted, or if at any time after the execution of this Indenture
such Commission is not existing and performing the applicable duties now
assigned to it, then the body or bodies performing such duties at such time.

         "COMMON STOCK" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares,
interests or other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated
and whether voting or nonvoting) of, such Person's common equity, whether
outstanding at the Measurement Date or issued after the Measurement Date, and
includes, without limitation, all series and classes of such common equity.

         "CONSOLIDATED EBITDA" means, with respect to any Person for any period,
the sum of Consolidated Net Income, plus the following to the extent deducted or
not included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income:

         (a) all income tax expense;

         (b) Consolidated Net Interest Expense;

         (c) depreciation and amortization expense (excluding amortization
expense attributable to a prepaid operating activity item that was paid in cash
on a prior period); and

         (d) all other non-cash charges (excluding any such non-cash charge to
the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in
any future period);

in each case for such period.

         "CONSOLIDATED FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO" means, with respect to any
Person, the ratio of the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person
for the most recent four full fiscal quarters preceding the date of the
transaction for which financial statements are available (the "TRANSACTION
DATE") giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio (such four full fiscal quarter period being referred to herein as
the "PRIOR QUARTERS") to the aggregate amount of Consolidated Fixed Net Charges
of such Person for the Prior Quarters. In addition to and without limitation of
the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, "CONSOLIDATED EBITDA" and
"CONSOLIDATED FIXED NET CHARGES" shall be calculated after giving effect on a
pro forma basis for the period of such calculation to, without duplication, (a)
the incurrence of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (and the application of the net proceeds thereof) during the period
commencing on the first day of the Prior Quarters to and including the
Transaction Date (the "REFERENCE PERIOD"), including, without limitation, the
incurrence of the Indebtedness giving rise to the need to make such calculation
(and the application of the net proceeds thereof), as if such incurrence (and
application) occurred on the first day of the Reference Period, and (b) any
Material Asset Sales or Material Asset Acquisitions (including, without
limitation, any Material Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such
calculation as a result of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(including any Person who becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the
Material Asset Acquisition) incurring, assuming or otherwise being liable for
Acquired Indebtedness) occurring during the Reference Period, as if such
Material Asset Sale or Material Asset Acquisition occurred on the first day of
the Reference Period. Furthermore, in calculating "CONSOLIDATED FIXED NET
CHARGES" for purposes of determining the denominator (but not the numerator) of
this "CONSOLIDATED FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO," (i) interest on outstanding
Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as at the Transaction Date and
that will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be deemed to have
accrued at a fixed or floating rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on
such Indebtedness in effect on the Transaction Date; and (ii) if interest on any
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Transaction Date may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon
a factor of a prime, LIBOR, or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered
rate, or other rates, then the interest rate in effect on the Transaction
Date will be deemed to have been in effect during the Reference Period. If
such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly
guarantees Indebtedness of a third Person, the above clause shall give effect
to the incurrence of such guaranteed Indebtedness as if such Person or such
Restricted Subsidiary had directly incurred or otherwise assumed such
guaranteed Indebtedness. For purposes of this calculation, a "MATERIAL ASSET
ACQUISITION" is an Asset Acquisition that has a purchase price of $5,000,000
or more and a "MATERIAL ASSET SALE" is an Asset Sale that has a sale price of
$5,000,000 or more.

         "CONSOLIDATED FIXED NET CHARGES" means, with respect to any Person for
any period, the sum of, without duplication, (a) Consolidated Net Interest
Expense for such period, (b) scheduled mandatory principal payments of
Indebtedness other than up to $35,000,000 of scheduled principal repayments of
the Two-Year Notes, (c) the principal component of Capitalized Lease Obligations
paid by such Person during such period, (d) cash dividends on Capital Stock paid
by such Person during such period (excluding dividends paid to Alderwoods or any
Restricted Subsidiary), all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP.

         "CONSOLIDATED NET INTEREST EXPENSE" means, with respect to any Person
for any period, without duplication, the sum of (a) the interest expense of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation, (i)
any amortization of debt discount, (ii) the net cost under Interest Rate
Protection Obligations, (iii) the interest portion of any deferred payment
obligation, and (iv) all accrued interest and (b) the interest component of
Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or
accrued by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period as
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP less (c) interest
income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period as
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

         "CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME" means, with respect to any Person, for any
period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, including Alderwoods and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, adjusted, to the extent included in calculating such net income,
by excluding, without duplication, (a) all extraordinary gains or losses, (b)
the portion of net income (but not losses) of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries allocable to minority interests in unconsolidated Persons to the
extent that cash dividends or distributions have not actually been received by
such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries, (c) any gain or loss realized upon
the termination of any employee pension benefit plan, on an after-tax basis, (d)
gains or losses in respect of any Asset Sales by such Person or its Restricted
Subsidiaries, and (e) the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person
to the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that
Restricted Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted, 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 stockholders. All amounts and
determinations under this definition shall be in accordance with GAAP.

         "CONSOLIDATED NET WORTH" means, with respect to any Person at any date,
the consolidated stockholders' equity (or equivalent) of such Person less the
amount of such stockholders' equity (or equivalent) attributable to Redeemable
Capital Stock of such Person and its Subsidiaries. All amounts and
determinations under this definition shall be in accordance with GAAP.

         "CONSOLIDATION" means, with respect to any Person, the consolidation of
the accounts of such Person and each of its Subsidiaries if and to the extent
the accounts of such Person and each of its Subsidiaries would normally be
consolidated with those of such Person, all in accordance with GAAP. The term
"CONSOLIDATED" shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing.

         "CONTROL" means, with respect to any specified Person, the power to
direct the management or policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of Voting Stock, by contract or otherwise. The
terms "CONTROLLING" and "CONTROLLED" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

         "CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the corporate trust office of the
Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
principally administered, which on the date hereof is located at Wells Fargo


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Bank Minnesota, N.A., Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, MAC N9303-120,
Minneapolis, MN 55479, Attention: Corporate Trust - Alderwoods Administrator.

         "CURRENCY AGREEMENT" means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap
agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect
Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in
currency values.

         "CUSTODIAN" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

         "DEFAULT" means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time
or both would be, an Event of Default.

         "DEPOSITARY" means The Depositary Trust Company, its nominees and their
respective successors.

         "EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.

         "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

         "EXCLUDED SUBSIDIARIES" means Alderwoods Life Insurance Group Inc., a
Delaware corporation, Rose Hills Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation, any
Subsidiary of either of the foregoing, any Special Finance Subsidiary,
Fisher-Riles Funeral Insurance Company, a Mississippi corporation, Reimann
Funeral Insurance Company, Inc., a Mississippi corporation, Reimann Insurance
Company, Inc., a Mississippi corporation, Stephens Burial Association, Inc., a
Mississippi corporation, Stephens Funeral Benefit Association, Inc., a
Mississippi corporation, Thweatt Funeral Insurance Company, Inc., a Mississippi
corporation, Crown Hill Memorial Park, Inc., a Texas corporation, Dudley M.
Hughes Funeral Home, Inc., Dudley M. Hughes Funeral Home North Chapel, Inc., Ed
C. Smith & Brothers Funeral Directors, Inc., a Texas corporation, Hughes Funeral
Homes, Inc., a Texas corporation, Hughes Funerals, Inc., a Texas corporation,
Hughes Southland Funeral Home, Inc., a Texas corporation, Wensley, L.L.C., a
Michigan limited liability company, and, until they emerge from bankruptcy, the
entities listed on Exhibit I.A.93 to the Plan of Reorganization, Advanced
Planning (Alabama), Inc., an Alabama corporation, Haakinson-Groulx Mortuary,
Inc., an Oregon corporation, Hill Funeral Home, Inc., a Virginia corporation,
and Johnson Funeral Home of Church Hill, Inc., a Tennessee corporation.

         "EXIT FACILITY" means the Financing Agreement, dated as of January 2,
2002, among the Exit Facility Agent, the lenders party thereto, Alderwoods and
the Subsidiary Guarantors, and the documents related thereto as such facility
and documents may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, and any successor or replacement facility or other Refinancing; in
whole or in part thereof.

         "EXIT FACILITY AGENT" means the agent under the Exit Facility for the
Exit Facility lenders, acting as such.

         "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, with respect to any asset, the price that
could be negotiated in an arm's-length free market transaction, for cash,
between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of which is under pressure
or compulsion to complete the transaction.

         "FIVE-YEAR NOTES" means the securities issued under the Five-Year
Indenture, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and any
Refinancing thereof in accordance with clause (i) of the definition of Permitted
Indebtedness.

         "FIVE-YEAR INDENTURE" means the indenture, dated as of the date hereof,
between Alderwoods and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
providing for the issuance of 11% senior secured notes due 2007, as such
indenture may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated in accordance with
the terms hereof, and any Refinancing thereof in accordance with clause (i) of
the definition of Permitted Indebtedness.


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         "GAAP" means accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States consistently applied.

         "GLOBAL NOTE" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

         "GUARANTEE" means, as applied to any obligation, (a) a guarantee (other
than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary
course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner, of any part or all of
such obligation and (b) an agreement, direct or indirect, contingent or
otherwise, the practical effect of which is to assure in any way the payment or
performance (or payment of damages in the event of non-performance) of all or
any part of such obligation, including, without limiting the foregoing, the
payment of amounts drawn down by letters of credit. The term "GUARANTEED" used
as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

         "GUARANTEE AGREEMENT" means a supplemental indenture, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, pursuant to which a Subsidiary Guarantor guarantees
Alderwoods' obligations with respect to the Two-Year Notes on the terms provided
for in this indenture.

         "HOLDER" means the Person in whose name a Two-Year Note is registered
on the Registrar's books.

         "INDEBTEDNESS" of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such
Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding
current accounts payables and other accrued current liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business and not past due), (c) all obligations of such
Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (d) all
indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person, (e) all
Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (e) all obligations under or in
respect of Currency Agreements and Interest Rate Protection Agreements of such
Person, (f) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an
account party under letters of credit or banker's acceptances, (g) all
Guarantees of obligations of others of the kind referred to in clauses (a)
through (f) above, and (h) all obligations of others of the kind referred to in
clauses (a) to (f) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation
has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on
property owned by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby
have been assumed by such Person.

         "INDENTURE" means this Indenture, as amended, modified, supplemented or
restated from time to time, and shall include the form and terms of Two-Year
Notes established as contemplated hereby.

         "INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISOR" means a firm (a) that does not, and
whose directors, officers and employees or Affiliates do not, have a direct or
indirect financial interest in Alderwoods and (b) that, in the judgment of the
Board of Directors of Alderwoods, is otherwise independent and qualified to
perform the task for which it is to be engaged.

         "INTEREST PAYMENT DATE" means the Stated Maturity of an installment of
interest on the Two-Year Notes, as set forth therein.

         "INTEREST RATE PROTECTION AGREEMENT" means any arrangement with any
other Person whereby, directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive
from time to time periodic payments calculated by applying either a floating or
a fixed rate of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic
payments made by such Person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate
of interest on the same notional amount and shall include, without limitation,
interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements.

         "INTEREST RATE PROTECTION OBLIGATIONS" means the obligations of any
Person under any Interest Rate Protection Agreement.

         "INVESTMENT" means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect
loan or other extension of credit, including any advance, or capital
contribution to, or guarantee of Indebtedness of, (by means of any transfer of
cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the
account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition by such Person of any
Capital Stock (including securities not consisting of cash or cash equivalents
and received in connection with an asset sale or other disposition of assets
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notes, debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness issued by,
any other Person. "INVESTMENTS" shall exclude extensions of trade credit by
Alderwoods and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business
in accordance with normal trade practices of Alderwoods or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be.

         "LIEN" means any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien (statutory or other),
security interest, hypothecation, assignment for security, claim, or preference
or priority or other encumbrance upon or with respect to any property of any
kind. A Person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any property that such
Person has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under
any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention
agreement.

         "MATURITY DATE" means, with respect to any Two-Year Note, the date on
which any principal of such Two-Year Note becomes due and payable as therein or
herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity with respect to such principal
or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or purchase or otherwise.

         "MEASUREMENT DATE" means January 2, 2002.

         "MOODY'S" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and its successors and
assignees.

         "NET CASH PROCEEDS" means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds
thereof in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect of
deferred payment obligations when received in the form of cash or Cash
Equivalents (except to the extent that such obligations are financed or sold
with recourse to Alderwoods or any Restricted Subsidiary) net of (a) reasonable
and customary brokerage commissions and other fees and expenses (including,
without limitation, fees and expenses of legal counsel and investment bankers)
related to such Asset Sale, (b) provisions for all taxes payable as a result of
such Asset Sale, (c) amounts required to be paid to any person (other than
Alderwoods or any Restricted Subsidiary) owning a beneficial interest (including
a Lien) in the assets subject to the Asset Sale, and (d) appropriate amounts to
be provided by Alderwoods or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a
reserve required in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with
such Asset Sale and retained by Alderwoods or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the
case may be, after such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and
other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental
matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with
such Asset Sale, all as reflected in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the
Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) excess amounts set aside for payment of
taxes pursuant to clause (b) remaining after such taxes have been paid in full
or the statute of limitations therefore has expired and (ii) amounts initially
held in reserve pursuant to clause (d) no longer so held shall at that time
become Net Cash Proceeds.

         "OBLIGATIONS" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.01.

         "OFFICER" means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer,
the Chief Operating Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, any
Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer, the Secretary or the Controller of Alderwoods or any other executive
officer of Alderwoods whose office does not currently exist but is created after
the Measurement Date.

         "OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed by two Officers or
by an Officer and an Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of Alderwoods
and delivered to the Trustee.

         "OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion from legal counsel who is
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or
counsel to Alderwoods, any Restricted Subsidiary of Alderwoods or the Trustee.

         "PARI PASSU INDEBTEDNESS" means Indebtedness of Alderwoods that ranks
pari passu in right of payment with the Two-Year Notes.

         "PAYING AGENT" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04, except that,
for the purposes of Section 4.11 and Articles 3 and 8, the Paying Agent shall
not be Alderwoods or a Subsidiary of Alderwoods or any of their respective
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         "PERMITTED HOLDERS" means Angelo Gordon & Co., L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership,
Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, GSCP
(N.J.), L.P., a New Jersey limited partnership, and Oaktree Capital Management,
LLC, a California limited liability company, each Affiliate of any of the
foregoing, and any investment fund that is managed or advised by any of the
foregoing.

         "PERMITTED INDEBTEDNESS" means, without duplication, each of the
following:

         (a) Indebtedness under the Two-Year Notes, the Seven-Year Notes and the
Unsecured Convertible Subordinated Notes;

         (b) Indebtedness of Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
outstanding on the Measurement Date (which, with respect to Rose Hills Holding
Corp., a Delaware corporation, and its Subsidiaries, shall be deemed to include
$75,000,000 of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 19,
1996, among Rose Hills Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation, Rose Hills
Company, a Delaware corporation, Goldman, Sachs & Co., The Bank of Nova Scotia,
and the lenders party thereto (including any Refinancing thereof to which
neither Alderwoods nor any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Rose Hills Holding
Corp., a Delaware corporation, or any of its Subsidiaries) is party, the "ROSE
HILLS CREDIT AGREEMENT") and $80,000,000 of Indebtedness under senior
subordinated notes issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of November 15,
1996, between Rose Hills Company (f/k/a Rose Hills Acquisition Corp.), a
Delaware company, and United States Trust Company of New York, a New York
corporation (including any Refinancing thereof, the "ROSE HILLS INDENTURE"),
regardless of whether the entirety of such Indebtedness is outstanding on the
Measurement Date, which credit agreement and senior subordinated notes are not
in any way guaranteed by Alderwoods or any Restricted Subsidiary other than
Subsidiaries of Rose Hills Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation) other than
Indebtedness under the Exit Facility, the Five-Year Notes, the Seven-Year Notes
or the Unsecured Convertible Subordinated Notes;

         (c) Indebtedness of Alderwoods under the Exit Facility and the
Five-Year Notes in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not
to exceed $350,000,000;

         (d) Interest Rate Protection Obligations of Alderwoods covering
Indebtedness of Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and Interest
Rate Protection Obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary covering Indebtedness
of such Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, in the case of any such
Interest Rate Protection Obligations, (i) any Indebtedness to which any such
Interest Rate Protection Obligations relate bears interest at fluctuating
interest rates and is otherwise permitted to be incurred under Section 4.07 and
(ii) the notional principal amount of any such Interest Rate Protection
Obligations does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness to which
such Interest Rate Protection Obligations relate;

         (e) Indebtedness under Currency Agreements; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, in
the case of Currency Agreements that relate to Indebtedness, such Currency
Agreements do not increase the Indebtedness of Alderwoods and its Restricted
Subsidiaries outstanding other than as a result of fluctuations in foreign
currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation
payable thereunder;

         (f) 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 two Business Days of incurrence;

         (g) Indebtedness incurred in respect of surety bonds, performance
bonds, guarantees, letters of credit, or similar obligations in lieu thereof
provided in the ordinary course of business (including any Indebtedness
resulting from compliance with federal or state laws, orders or regulations
pertaining to funeral home, cemetery or crematory industries or operations);

         (h) Indebtedness of Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
represented by letters of credit for the account of Alderwoods or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to provide security for workers'


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compensation claims, payment obligations in connection with self-insurance or
similar requirements in the ordinary course of business;

         (i) (i) Indebtedness of Alderwoods the proceeds of which are used
solely to refinance (whether by amendment, renewal, extension or refunding)
Indebtedness of Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii)
Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary the proceeds of which are used solely
to refinance (whether by amendment, renewal, extension or refunding)
Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case other than the
Indebtedness refinanced, redeemed or retired on the Measurement Date or
Indebtedness contemplated by clause (d), (e), (f), (g) or (h) of this covenant;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (x) the principal amount of Indebtedness contemplated by
this clause (i) (or, if such Indebtedness provides for an amount less than the
principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the maturity thereof, the original issue price of such
Indebtedness) shall not exceed the sum of the principal amount of Indebtedness
so refinanced, plus the amount of any premium required to be paid in connection
with such refinancing pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness or the amount
of any premium reasonably determined by the Board of Directors of Alderwoods as
necessary to accomplish such refinancing, plus the amount of expenses in
connection therewith and (y) in the case of Indebtedness contemplated by this
clause (i) to Refinance Indebtedness subordinated in right of payment to the
Two-Year Notes, such Refinanced Indebtedness constitutes Indebtedness
subordinated in right of payment to the Two-Year Notes to at least the same
extent and has an average maturity not earlier than that of the Refinanced
Indebtedness;

         (j) Indebtedness of Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
represented by Capitalized 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 use, acquisition, construction or
improvement of assets used in the business of Alderwoods or such Restricted
Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding, including
all Refinancing thereof, not to exceed $25,000,000;

         (k) intercompany Indebtedness between or among Alderwoods and any
Restricted Subsidiaries;

         (l) the guarantee by Alderwoods or any Restricted Subsidiary of
Indebtedness of Alderwoods or a Restricted Subsidiary contemplated by another
clause of this definition on the same basis;

         (m) Indebtedness consisting of the Subsidiary Guarantee of a Subsidiary
Guarantor and any Guarantee by Alderwoods or a Subsidiary Guarantor of
Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.07;

         (n) Indebtedness of Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
under Canadian or United Kingdom credit facilities in an aggregate principal
amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $20,000,000 and any Refinancing
thereof; and

         (o) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Restructuring Transactions.

         "PERMITTED INVESTMENTS" means any of the following: (a) Investments in
Alderwoods or any Subsidiary Guarantor of Alderwoods (including any Person that
pursuant to such Investment becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor of Alderwoods) and
any Person that is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys
all or substantially all of its assets to, Alderwoods or any Subsidiary
Guarantor of Alderwoods at the time such Investment is made; (b) Investments in
Cash Equivalents; (c) Investments in Currency Agreements on commercially
reasonable terms entered into by Alderwoods or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business in connection with the
operations of the business of Alderwoods or its Restricted Subsidiaries to hedge
against fluctuations in foreign exchange rates constituting Permitted
Indebtedness; (d) loans or advances to officers, employees or consultants of
Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for travel and moving expenses
in the ordinary course of business for bona fide business purposes of Alderwoods
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (e) other loans or advances to officers,
employees or consultants of Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in
the ordinary course of business for bona fide business purposes of Alderwoods or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate
at any one time outstanding; (f) Investments in evidences of Indebtedness,
securities or other property received from another Person by Alderwoods or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding or
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a reorganization of such Person or as a result of foreclosure, perfection or
enforcement of any Lien in exchange for evidences of Indebtedness, securities
or other property of such Person held by Alderwoods or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, or for other liabilities or obligations of such other Person to
Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that were created, in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture; (g) Investments in Interest Rate
Protection Agreements on commercially reasonable terms entered into by
Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business in connection with the operations of Alderwoods or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to hedge against fluctuations in interest rates
constituting Permitted Indebtedness; (h) Investments of funds received by
Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business, which funds are required to be held in trust for the benefit of
others by Alderwoods or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, and
which funds do not constitute assets or liabilities of Alderwoods or such
Restricted Subsidiary; (i) notes held by Alderwoods or any Restricted
Subsidiary that were obtained by Alderwoods or such Restricted Subsidiary in
connection with Asset Sales; (j) Investments not in excess of $50,000,000 in
the aggregate in Subsidiaries other than Subsidiary Guarantors; (k)
Investments not in excess of $20,000,000 in the aggregate in Subsidiaries
other than Subsidiary Guarantors engaged in insurance businesses conducted by
Alderwoods or any of its Subsidiaries on the Measurement Date or insurance
businesses reasonably related thereto; and (l) guarantees of any of the
foregoing Investments; (m) Investments in Subsidiaries existing on the
Measurement Date; (n) Investments in Restricted Subsidiaries other than
Subsidiary Guarantors consisting of short-term Indebtedness owed to any such
Subsidiary arising from ordinary course cash management transactions; (o)
other Investments not in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate; (p) investments
in Restricted Subsidiaries other than Subsidiary Guarantors by other such
Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors; and (q)
investments in Restricted Subsidiaries other than Subsidiary Guarantors
resulting from liquidations, mergers, consolidations (including the transfer
of Capital Stock of Neweol Finance B.V. from Loewen Investments Two
(Gibraltar) to Loewen Luxembourg (No. 4) and capital contributions in the
form of forgiveness of Indebtedness) and the like of such Restricted
Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors occurring within two weeks of
the Measurement Date.

         "PERMITTED LIENS" means the following types of Liens:

         (a) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims
either (i) not delinquent or (ii) contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and as to which Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may be required pursuant to
GAAP and as to which foreclosure is stayed during the pending of such
proceeding;

         (b) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen,
mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen and other Liens imposed by law
incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or being
contested in good faith, if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any,
as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made in respect thereof;

         (c) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business
in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other types
of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, governmental contracts,
performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive
of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);

         (d) judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as
such Lien is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which may
have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall not have been
finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated
shall not have expired and as to which foreclosure is stayed during the pending
of such proceeding;

         (e) easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, cemetery dedications
and restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances in respect of real
property not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of
the business of Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

         (f) any interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease
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         (g) any Lien existing on any asset of any Person at the time such
Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and not created in contemplation of such
event and provided such Lien is not spread to any other assets of Alderwoods and
its Restricted Subsidiaries;

         (h) any Lien on any asset securing Indebtedness incurred or assumed for
the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of acquiring or
constructing such asset; PROVIDED, that such Lien attaches to such asset
concurrently with or within 18 months after the acquisition or completion
thereof;

         (i) any Lien on any asset of any Person existing at the time such
Person is merged or consolidated with or into Alderwoods or a Restricted
Subsidiary and not created in contemplation of such event and provided such Lien
is not spread to any other assets of Alderwoods and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

         (j) any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition thereof by
Alderwoods or a Restricted Subsidiary and not created in contemplation of such
acquisition;

         (k) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a
matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the
importation of goods;

         (l) any extension, renewal or replacement of any Lien contemplated by
the preceding clauses (g), (h), (i) or (j) hereof in respect of the same
property or assets theretofore subject to such Lien in connection with the
extension, renewal or refunding of the Indebtedness secured thereby; PROVIDED
that (i) such Lien shall attach solely to the same property or assets and (ii)
such extension, renewal or refunding of such Indebtedness shall be without
increase in the principal remaining unpaid as at the date of such extension,
renewal or refunding;

         (m) Liens securing obligations incurred under the Exit Facility or the
Five-Year Notes;

         (n) Liens required under or created pursuant to the Plan of
Reorganization, including the Liens provided for or deemed to attach in sections
III.C.18, III.C.19 and III.E of the Plan of Reorganization;

         (o) Interment rights of third parties regarding real property used for
burial purposes; and

         (p) Liens against Rose Hills Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation, or
any of its Subsidiaries or assets of any thereof securing the Rose Hills Credit
Agreement.

         "PERSON" means any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, charitable
foundation, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof, or any similar entity.

         "PHYSICAL NOTE" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

         "PLAN OF REORGANIZATION" means the Fourth Amended Joint Plan of
Reorganization of Loewen Group International Inc., Its Parent Corporation and
Certain of Their Debtor Subsidiaries, dated September 10, 2001, as filed with
the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in Jointly
Administered Case No. 99-1244 (PJW), as the same has been and may be, from time
to time, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.

         "PREDECESSOR NOTES" means, with respect to any particular Two-Year
Note, every previous Two-Year Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt
as that evidenced by such particular Two-Year Note; and, for the purposes of
this definition, any Two-Year Notes authenticated and delivered under Section
2.08 hereof in exchange for mutilated Notes or in lieu of lost, destroyed or
stolen Two-Year Notes, shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Two-Year Notes.


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         "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 or upon liquidation.

         "REDEEMABLE CAPITAL STOCK" means any shares of any class or series of
Capital Stock that, either by the terms thereof, by the terms of any security
into which it is convertible, exchangeable or exercisable or by contract or
otherwise, is or upon the happening of an event or passage of time would be,
required to be redeemed prior to the one year anniversary of Stated Maturity
with respect to the principal of any Two-Year Note or is redeemable at the
option of the holder thereof at any time prior to the one year anniversary of
any such Stated Maturity, or is convertible into or exchangeable for debt
securities at any time prior to the one year anniversary of any such Stated
Maturity.

         "REDEMPTION DATE" means, with respect to any Two-Year Note to be
redeemed, the date fixed by Alderwoods for such redemption pursuant to this
Indenture and the terms of the Two-Year Notes.

         "REDEMPTION PRICE" means, with respect to any Two-Year Note to be
redeemed, the price fixed for such redemption pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture and the Two-Year Notes.

         "REFINANCE" means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to finance, extend,
renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue other
Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such indebtedness, in whole or in
part (including by way of a securitization transaction). "REFINANCED" and
"REFINANCING" have correlative meanings.

         "REGISTRAR" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04.

         "RESTRICTED PAYMENTS" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.08.

         "RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary of Alderwoods other than
an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

         "RESTRUCTURING TRANSACTION" means any of the "Restructuring
Transactions," as such term is defined in the Plan of Reorganization.

         "ROSE HILLS CREDIT AGREEMENT" has the meaning set forth in clause (b)
of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness.

         "ROSE HILLS INDENTURE" has the meaning set forth in clause (b) of the
definition of Permitted Indebtedness.

         "RULE 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

         "SALE-LEASEBACK TRANSACTION" of any Person means an arrangement with
any lender or investor or to which such lender or investor is a party providing
for the leasing by such Person of any property or asset of such Person that has
been or is being sold or transferred by such Person after the acquisition
thereof or the completion of construction or commencement of operation thereof
to such lender or investor or to any Person to whom funds have been or are to be
advanced by such lender or investor on the security of such property or asset.
The stated maturity of such arrangement shall be the date of the last payment of
rent or any other amount due under such arrangement prior to the first date on
which such arrangement may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a
penalty.

         "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

         "SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.


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         "SEVEN-YEAR NOTES" means the securities issued under the Seven-Year
Unsecured Notes Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, and any
Refinancing thereof in accordance with clause (i) of the definition of Permitted
Indebtedness.

         "SEVEN-YEAR INDENTURE" means the indenture, dated as of the date
hereof, between Alderwoods and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
providing for the issuance of 12 1/4% senior unsecured notes due 2009, as such
indenture may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated in accordance with
the terms hereof, and any Refinancing thereof in accordance with clause (i) of
the definition of Permitted Indebtedness.

         "SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" means a Restricted Subsidiary that is a
"SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" as defined in Rule 1.02(w) of Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act.

         "SPECIAL FINANCE SUBSIDIARY" means a special purpose bankruptcy-remote
subsidiary established for purposes of facilitating one or more securitization
transactions.

         "STATED MATURITY" means, when used with respect to any Two-Year Note or
any installment of interest thereon, the date specified in such Two-Year Note as
the fixed date on which the principal of such Two-Year Note or such installment
of interest is due and payable, and when used with respect to any other
Indebtedness, means the date specified in the instrument governing such
Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the principal of such Indebtedness, or
any installment of interest thereon, is due and payable.

         "SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any Person, (a) a corporation a
majority of whose Voting Stock is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by
such Person, by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and
one or more Subsidiaries thereof and (b) any other Person (other than a
corporation), including, without limitation, a joint venture, in which such
Person, one or more Subsidiaries thereof or such Person and one or more
Subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination
thereof, has at least majority ownership interest entitled to vote in the
election of directors, managers or trustees thereof (or other Person performing
similar functions). For purposes of this definition, any directors' qualifying
shares or investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable law shall be
disregarded in determining the ownership of a Subsidiary.

         "SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR" means each Subsidiary of Alderwoods that
executes this Indenture as a guarantor and each other Subsidiary of Alderwoods
that thereafter enters into a Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture.

         "SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE" means a Guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor of
Alderwoods' obligations with respect to the Two-Year Notes.

         "SURVIVING ENTITY" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.

         "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the Measurement Date.

         "TRUST OFFICER" means any officer in the Corporate Trust Administration
of the Trustee or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above-designated officers and
also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other
officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject.

         "TRUSTEE" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces such party (or any previous successor) in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter means such successor.

         "TWO-YEAR NOTES" means the securities that are issued under this
Indenture, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

         "U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" has the meaning set forth in Section
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         "UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means each of (a) Loewen Life Insurance
Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, any Subsidiary thereof, and any successors
to any of the foregoing and (b) any Subsidiary of Alderwoods declared by the
Board of Directors of Alderwoods to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED,
that no such Subsidiary shall be declared to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary
unless (i) none of its properties or assets were owned by Alderwoods or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Measurement Date, other
than any such assets as are transferred to such Unrestricted Subsidiary in
accordance with Section 4.08, (ii) its properties and assets, to the extent that
they secure Indebtedness, secure only Non-Recourse Indebtedness and (iii) it has
no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness. As used above,
"NON-RECOURSE INDEBTEDNESS" means Indebtedness as to which (a) neither
Alderwoods nor any of its Subsidiaries (other than the relevant Unrestricted
Subsidiary or another Unrestricted Subsidiary) (i) provides credit support
(including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute
Indebtedness), (ii) guarantees or is otherwise directly or indirectly liable, or
(iii) constitutes the lender (in each case, other than in compliance with
Section 4.08) and (b) no default with respect to such Indebtedness (including
any rights that the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against
the relevant Unrestricted Subsidiary or its assets) would permit (upon notice,
lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness of Alderwoods or its
Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) to declare a default on such
other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable
prior to its stated maturity.

         "UNSECURED CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES" means the securities issued
under the Unsecured Convertible Subordinated Notes Indenture, as amended or
supplemented from time to time, and any Refinancing thereof in accordance with
clause (i) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness.

         "UNSECURED CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES INDENTURE" means the
indenture, dated as of the date hereof, between Alderwoods and Wells Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, providing for the issuance of 12 1/4% unsecured
convertible subordinated notes due 2012, as such indenture may be amended,
modified, supplemented or restated in accordance with the terms hereof, and any
Refinancing thereof in accordance with clause (i) of the definition of Permitted
Indebtedness.

         "VOTING STOCK" means any class or classes of Capital Stock pursuant to
which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary
circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers
or trustees of any Person (irrespective of whether, at the time, Capital Stock
of any other class or classes shall have, or might have, voting power by reason
of the happening of any contingency).

         "WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary of which 100% of the
outstanding Capital Stock is owned by Alderwoods or one or more Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries of Alderwoods or by Alderwoods and one or more Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries of Alderwoods. For purposes of this definition, any directors'
qualifying shares or investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable law
shall be disregarded in determining the ownership of a Subsidiary.

         SECTION 1.02      INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

         Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision
is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following
TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

         "INDENTURE SECURITIES" means the Two-Year Notes;

         "INDENTURE SECURITY HOLDER" means a Holder;

         "INDENTURE TO BE QUALIFIED" means this Indenture;

         "INDENTURE TRUSTEE" or "INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE" means the Trustee; and

         "OBLIGOR" on the indenture securities means Alderwoods or any other
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         All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule and
not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.

         SECTION 1.03      RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

         For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

         (a) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural
include the singular;

         (b) "or" is not exclusive;

         (c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;

         (d) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision; and

         (e) all references to "$" or "dollars" shall refer to the lawful
currency of the United States of America.

                                   ARTICLE 2

                               THE TWO-YEAR NOTES

         SECTION 2.01      ISSUANCE OF TWO-YEAR NOTES.

         The aggregate principal amount of Two-Year Notes which may be
outstanding at any time under this Indenture may not exceed $49,599,000 at any
time, except to the extent permitted by Sections 2.08 and 2.17. Upon the
execution and delivery of this Indenture, Two-Year Notes in an aggregate
principal amount of $49,599,000, and such additional amount as provided for in
Section 2.17, may be executed by Alderwoods and delivered to the Trustee for
authentication.

         The Two-Year Notes under this Indenture are being issued pursuant to
the Plan of Reorganization which provides, among other things, that the Two-Year
Notes and certain other securities are being issued in exchange for and in
satisfaction of certain claims against Alderwoods, The Loewen Group Inc. (the
former parent company of Alderwoods) or certain Debtor Subsidiaries (as defined
in the Plan of Reorganization) of Alderwoods or The Loewen Group Inc. As a
condition precedent to the receipt, pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization, of a
Global Note or a Physical Note initially issued by Alderwoods, each holder of
Allowed Claims (as defined in the Plan of Reorganization) entitled to receive
Two-Year Notes pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization must, except as otherwise
provided in the Plan of Reorganization, tender to the Disbursing Agent (as
defined in the Plan of Reorganization) the securities in exchange for which the
Two-Year Notes are being issued hereunder in accordance with the Plan of
Reorganization and the confirmation order relating thereto. Accordingly,
Two-Year Notes may be issued on different dates commencing on the Measurement
Date, and special provision will be made in accordance with the Plan of
Reorganization and the confirmation order relating thereto with respect to
procedures for issuance of Two-Year Notes and certain deductions that may be
made by the Disbursing Agent from amounts otherwise payable in respect of
accrued interest on Two-Year Notes first issued on or after June 15, 2002. No
Two-Year Note will be deemed outstanding for purposes of exercising voting or
similar rights of a Holder pursuant to this Indenture unless and until it or a
Predecessor Note has been issued to the Holder in compliance with such
conditions of issuance as may be set forth in the Plan of Reorganization or the
confirmation order relating thereto. Receipt by the Trustee of an authentication
order from Alderwoods or the Disbursing Agent will be sufficient evidence of
compliance with such conditions. If the date of issuance of any Two-Year Note is
on or after June 15, 2002, the Disbursing Agent will deliver to the Holder,
together with such Two-Year Note, an amount of cash equal to the amount of
interest payable thereon from the Measurement Date to the Interest Payment Date
immediately preceding such date of issuance or to the date of issuance if such
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that there will be deducted therefrom an amount equal to any taxes paid or
payable in respect of such Two-Year Note, and an amount sufficient to
compensate the Trustee, Alderwoods and the Disbursing Agent for their
reasonable expenses of administering such Two-Year Note from the Measurement
Date to the date of its issuance.

         The Two-Year Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication
thereon shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A or B hereto, with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as
may be required to comply with any applicable law or with the rules of any
securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
Officers executing such Two-Year Notes, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
The Two-Year Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and
only in denominations of $100 and integral multiples thereof.

         The definitive Two-Year Notes shall be printed, typewritten,
lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may
be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities
exchange on which the Two-Year Notes may be listed, all as determined by the
Officers executing such Two-Year Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such
Two-Year Notes. Each Two-Year Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication.

         In accordance with the terms of the Plan of Reorganization and subject
to the penultimate paragraph of this Section 2.01, Two-Year Notes shall be
issued in the form of one or more permanent global Two-Year Notes substantially
in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the "GLOBAL NOTE") deposited with, or
on behalf of, the Depositary or with the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depositary, duly executed by Alderwoods and authenticated by the Trustee as
hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Note may from
time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the
Depositary or its nominee, or of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or
its nominee, as hereinafter provided.

         Each holder of an Allowed Claim entitled to receive Two-Year Notes
pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization who has tendered the securities
representing such holder's Allowed Claim and otherwise complied with the terms
of the Plan of Reorganization but is not eligible to hold a Global Note shall be
issued Two-Year Notes in the form of permanent certificated Two-Year Notes in
registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto (the
"PHYSICAL NOTES"). Two-Year Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.09 in exchange
for interests in the Global Note shall be in the form of Physical Notes.

         The terms and provisions contained in the form of the Two-Year Notes,
annexed hereto as Exhibits A and B, shall constitute, and are hereby expressly
made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, Alderwoods and the
Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to
such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

         SECTION 2.02      RESTRICTIVE LEGEND.

         Each Global Note shall bear the following legend on the face thereof:

         UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO ALDERWOODS OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL
BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR
TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF
THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE 2 OF THE INDENTURE.


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         SECTION 2.03      EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.

         Two Officers shall execute the Two-Year Notes on behalf of Alderwoods
by either manual or facsimile signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a
Two-Year Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates
the Two-Year Note or at any time thereafter, the Two-Year Note shall be valid
nevertheless.

         A Two-Year Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Two-Year Note.
Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Two-Year Note has been
authenticated under this Indenture.

         The Trustee shall authenticate Two-Year Notes for original issue upon
receipt of an Officers' Certificate signed by two Officers of Alderwoods
directing the Trustee to authenticate the Two-Year Notes and certifying that all
conditions precedent to the issuance of the Two-Year Notes contained herein have
been complied with.

         With the prior written approval of Alderwoods, the Trustee may appoint
an authenticating agent acceptable to Alderwoods to authenticate Two-Year Notes.
Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may
authenticate Two-Year Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in
this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
agent. Such authenticating agent shall have the same rights as the Trustee in
any dealings hereunder with Alderwoods or with any of Alderwoods' Affiliates.

         SECTION 2.04      REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT.

         Alderwoods shall maintain an office or agency (which shall be located
in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, State of New York) where
Two-Year Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange
(the "REGISTRAR"), an office or agency (which shall be located in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York, State of New York) where Two-Year Notes may be
presented for payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest (the "PAYING
AGENT") and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon Alderwoods
in respect of the Two-Year Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar
shall keep a register of the Two-Year Notes and of their transfer and exchange.
Alderwoods may have one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional paying
agents. The term "PAYING AGENT" includes any additional paying agent. Alderwoods
may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar upon 30 days' notice to
the Trustee. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture,
Alderwoods or any Affiliate thereof may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or
co-Registrar. Alderwoods shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with
any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall
incorporate the provisions of the TIA. The agreement shall implement the
provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Registrar or Paying Agent.
Alderwoods shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such
Registrar or Paying Agent. If Alderwoods fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying
Agent or agent for service of notices and demands, or fails to give the
foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to
appropriate compensation in accordance with Section 7.08. Alderwoods initially
appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and agent for service of notices
and demands in connection with the Two-Year Notes.

         SECTION 2.05      PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST.

         Each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the
Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on the Two-Year Notes (whether such money has been
distributed to it by Alderwoods or any other obligor on the Two-Year Notes), and
Alderwoods (or any other obligor on the Two-Year Notes) and the Paying Agent
shall notify the Trustee of any default by Alderwoods (or any other obligor on
the Two-Year Notes) in making any such payment. If Alderwoods or an Affiliate of
Alderwoods acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money and hold it as a
separate trust fund. Alderwoods at any time may require a Paying Agent to
distribute all money held by it to the Trustee and account for any funds
disbursed and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of Event of
Default under Section 6.01 (a) or (b) with respect to the Two-Year Notes, upon
written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to pay all money
held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds distributed. Upon doing
so, the Paying Agent (other than an obligor on the Two-Year Notes) shall have no
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         SECTION 2.06      HOLDER LISTS.

         The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is
not the Registrar, Alderwoods shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten Business
Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee
may request in writing a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee
may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders, which list may be
conclusively relied upon by the Trustee.

         SECTION 2.07      TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.

         When Two-Year Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar
with a request to register the transfer of such Two-Year Notes or to exchange
such Two-Year Notes for an equal principal amount of Two-Year Notes of other
authorized denominations, the Registrar or co-Registrar shall register the
transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements for such
transaction are met; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Two-Year Notes surrendered for
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar or co-Registrar,
duly executed by the Holder thereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in
writing. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, Alderwoods shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Two-Year Notes at the Registrar's or
co-Registrar's request. No service charge shall be made for any transfer,
exchange or redemption, but Alderwoods may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection
therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge
payable upon exchanges or transfers pursuant to Sections 3.07 or 9.05). The
Registrar or co-Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or
exchange of any Two-Year Note (i) during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Two-Year Notes
and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing and (ii) selected
for redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Article 3, except the unredeemed
portion of any Two-Year Note being redeemed in part.

         Any Holder of the Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global Note,
agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected
only through a book-entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Note
(or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Two-Year Note
shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.

         SECTION 2.08      REPLACEMENT NOTES.

         If a mutilated Two-Year Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if the
Holder of a Two-Year Note claims that the Two-Year Note has been lost, destroyed
or wrongfully taken, Alderwoods shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a
replacement Two-Year Note if the Trustee's requirements are satisfied. If
required by the Trustee or Alderwoods, such Holder must provide an indemnity
bond or other indemnity, sufficient in the judgment of both Alderwoods and the
Trustee, to protect Alderwoods, the Trustee or any Paying Agent or Registrar
from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Two-Year Note is replaced.
Alderwoods may charge such Holder for its reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses in
replacing a Two-Year Note, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel.
Every replacement Two-Year Note is an additional obligation of Alderwoods.

         SECTION 2.09      BOOK-ENTRY PROVISIONS FOR GLOBAL NOTE.

         (a) The Global Note initially shall (i) be registered in the name of
the Depositary for such Global Note or the nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be
deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary or with the Trustee, as
custodian for such Depositary, and (iii) bear a legend as set forth in Section
2.02. Members of, or participants in, the Depositary ("AGENT MEMBERS") shall
have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on
their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the
Global Note, and the Depositary may be treated by Alderwoods, the Trustee and
any agent of Alderwoods or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note
for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall
prevent Alderwoods, the Trustee or any agent of Alderwoods or the Trustee from
giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization
furnished by the Depositary or shall impair, as between the Depositary and its
Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of
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         (b) Transfers of the Global Note shall be limited to transfers of such
Global Note in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or
their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Note may
be transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary. In
addition, Physical Notes shall be issued to all beneficial owners in exchange
for their beneficial interests in the Global Note if (i) the Depositary notifies
Alderwoods that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the
Global Note and a successor depositary is not appointed by Alderwoods within 90
days of such notice or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
and the Registrar has received a request for such exchange from the Depositary.

         (c) In connection with any transfer of a portion of the beneficial
interest in the Global Note pursuant to Section 2.09(b) to beneficial owners who
are required to hold Physical Notes, the Registrar shall reflect on its books
and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note
in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the
Global Note to be transferred, and Alderwoods shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and
amount.

         (d) In connection with the transfer of the entire Global Note to
beneficial owners pursuant to Section 2.09(b), the Global Note shall be deemed
to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and Alderwoods shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner
identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in the
Global Note an equal aggregate principal amount of Physical Notes of authorized
denominations.

         (e) The Holder of the Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise
authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold
interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to
take under this Indenture or the Two-Year Notes.

         (f) Any beneficial owner of interests in a Global Note may request, and
upon request shall be issued, Physical Notes in accordance with the procedures
of the Depositary. In connection with the execution, authentication and delivery
of such Physical Notes, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records a
decrease in the principal amount of the relevant Global Note equal to the
principal amount of such Physical Notes and Alderwoods shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Physical Notes having an
equal aggregate principal amount.

         SECTION 2.10      OUTSTANDING TWO-YEAR NOTES.

         Two-Year Notes outstanding at any time are all the Two-Year Notes that
have been authenticated by the Trustee except those canceled by it, those
delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not
outstanding. A Two-Year Note shall cease to be outstanding if Alderwoods or any
of its Subsidiaries holds the Two-Year Note.

         If a Two-Year Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 (other than a
mutilated Two-Year Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be
outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Two-Year Note is held by a bona fide purchaser. A mutilated Two-Year
Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Two-Year Note and
replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.07.

         If on a Redemption Date or a Maturity Date the Paying Agent (other than
Alderwoods or an Affiliate of Alderwoods) holds cash sufficient to pay all of
the principal and interest due on the Two-Year Notes payable on that date, and
is not prohibited from paying such cash to the Holders of such Two-Year Notes
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such
Two-Year Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on them shall cease to
accrue.

         SECTION 2.11      TREASURY NOTES.

         In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Two-Year Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Two-Year
Notes owned by Alderwoods or any of its Affiliates shall be disregarded, except
that, for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
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such direction, waiver or consent, only Two-Year Notes that the Trustee knows
or has reason to know are so owned shall be disregarded.

         SECTION 2.12      TEMPORARY NOTES.

         Until definitive Two-Year Notes are prepared and ready for delivery,
Alderwoods may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Two-Year
Notes. Temporary Two-Year Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive
Two-Year Notes but may have variations that Alderwoods considers appropriate for
temporary Two-Year Notes. Without unreasonable delay, Alderwoods shall prepare
and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Two-Year Notes in exchange for
temporary Two-Year Notes. Until such exchange, temporary Two-Year Notes shall be
entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges as definitive Two-Year
Notes. Holders of temporary Two-Year Notes shall be entitled to all benefits of
this Indenture.

         SECTION 2.13      CANCELLATION.

         Alderwoods at any time may deliver Two-Year Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee
any Two-Year Notes surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee, or at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent
(other than Alderwoods or an Affiliate of Alderwoods), and no one else, shall
promptly cancel and dispose of all Two-Year Notes surrendered for transfer,
exchange, payment or cancellation, subject to the record retention requirements
of the Exchange Act. Subject to Section 2.08, Alderwoods may not issue new
Two-Year Notes to replace Two-Year Notes that it has paid or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation. If Alderwoods shall acquire any of the Two-Year Notes,
such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the
Indebtedness represented by such Two-Year Notes unless and until the same are
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.13.

         SECTION 2.14      DEFAULTED INTEREST.

         If Alderwoods defaults on a payment of interest on the Two-Year Notes,
it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent permitted by law) any
interest payable on the defaulted interest, in accordance with the terms hereof,
to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, which date
shall be at least five Business Days prior to the payment date. Alderwoods shall
fix such special record date and payment date in a manner satisfactory to the
Trustee. At least 15 days before such special record date, Alderwoods shall mail
to each Holder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date
and the amount of defaulted interest, and interest payable on such defaulted
interest, if any, to be paid.

         SECTION 2.15      CUSIP NUMBER.

         Alderwoods in issuing the Two-Year Notes may use a "CUSIP" number with
respect to the Two-Year Notes (if then generally in use), and if so, the Trustee
may use the CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience
to Holders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number
printed in the notice or on the Two-Year Notes, and that reliance may be placed
only on the other identification numbers printed on the Two-Year Notes.
Alderwoods will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP number.

         SECTION 2.16      DEPOSIT OF MONEYS.

         On or before each Interest Payment Date and Maturity Date, Alderwoods
shall deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent in immediately available funds
money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment
Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be, in a timely manner that permits the
Paying Agent to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment Date or
Maturity Date, as the case may be.


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         SECTION 2.17      ISSUANCE OF NOTES IN EXCESS OF $49,599,000
PURSUANT TO PLAN OF REORGANIZATION.

         Alderwoods may issue and have outstanding at any time under this
Indenture any aggregate principal amount of Two-Year Notes exceeding
$49,599,000 to the extent required as a result of the application of the
rounding provisions set forth in Section VI.H.3.b of the Plan of
Reorganization.

                                   ARTICLE 3

                          REDEMPTION OF TWO-YEAR NOTES

         SECTION 3.01      OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

         The Two-Year Notes are redeemable in whole or in part at the option
of Alderwoods at 100% of the stated principal amount plus accrued and unpaid
interest to (but not including) the Redemption Date. If Alderwoods elects to
redeem any Two-Year Notes, in whole or in part, it shall notify the Trustee
of the Redemption Date and principal amount of Two-Year Notes to be redeemed.

         Alderwoods shall notify the Trustee by an Officers' Certificate,
stating that such redemption will comply with the provisions hereof and of
such Two-Year Notes, of any optional redemption at least 45 days before the
Redemption Date (unless a shorter period is satisfactory to the Trustee).

         SECTION 3.02      [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

         SECTION 3.03      SELECTION OF TWO-YEAR NOTES TO BE REDEEMED.

         If less than all the Two-Year Notes are to be redeemed, the
particular Two-Year Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed shall be
selected from the outstanding Two-Year Notes not previously called for
redemption either (a) by such method as the Trustee considers to be fair and
appropriate or (b) in such manner as complies with the requirements of the
principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Two-Year Notes
being redeemed are listed. The amounts to be redeemed shall be equal to $100
or any integral multiple thereof.

         The amount of Two-Year Notes shall be calculated as the aggregate
principal amount of Two-Year Notes originally issued hereunder less the
aggregate principal amount of any Two-Year Notes previously redeemed. The
Trustee shall make the selection not more than 60 days and not less than 30
days before the Redemption Date from outstanding Two-Year Notes not
previously called for redemption.

         The Trustee shall promptly notify Alderwoods and the Registrar in
writing of the Two-Year Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any
Two-Year Notes selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof
to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context
otherwise requires, all provisions relating to redemption of Two-Year Notes
shall relate, in the case of any Two-Year Note redeemed or to be redeemed
only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Two-Year Note
that has been or is to be redeemed.

         SECTION 3.04      NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.

         Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date, to each Holder of Two-Year Notes to be redeemed, at the
address of such Holder appearing in the Two-Year Note register maintained by
the Registrar.

         All notices of redemption shall identify the Two-Year Notes to be
redeemed and shall state:

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         (b) the Redemption Price and the amount of accrued interest, if any,
to be paid;

         (c) that, unless Alderwoods defaults in making the redemption
payment, interest on Two-Year Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on
and after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the Holders of
such Two-Year Notes is to receive payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest, if any, upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Two-Year Notes
redeemed;

         (d) if any Two-Year Note is to be redeemed in part, the portion of
the principal amount (equal to $100 or any integral multiple thereof) of such
Two-Year Note to be redeemed and that on and after the Redemption Date, upon
surrender for cancellation of such original Two-Year Note to the Paying
Agent, a new Two-Year Note or Two-Year Notes in the aggregate principal
amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued without charge
to the Holder;

         (e) that Two-Year Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to
the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if
any, and the name and address of the Paying Agent;

         (f) the CUSIP number, if any, relating to such Two-Year Notes, but
no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of any such CUSIP
numbers; and

         (g) the paragraph of the Two-Year Notes or Section of this Indenture
pursuant to which the Two-Year Notes are being redeemed.

         Notice of redemption of Two-Year Notes to be redeemed at the
election of Alderwoods shall be given by Alderwoods or by the Trustee in the
name of Alderwoods.

         SECTION 3.05      EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.

         Once notice of redemption is mailed, Two-Year Notes called for
redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the
Redemption Price. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Two-Year Notes
called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption Price plus accrued and
unpaid interest to the Redemption Date.

         SECTION 3.06      DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.

         On or prior to any Redemption Date, Alderwoods shall deposit with
the Paying Agent an amount of money in same day funds sufficient to pay the
Redemption Price of, and accrued interest on, all the Two-Year Notes or
portions thereof that are to be redeemed on that date, other than Two-Year
Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on that date that have been
delivered by Alderwoods to the Trustee for cancellation. The Paying Agent
shall promptly return to Alderwoods any money deposited with the Paying Agent
by Alderwoods in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the Redemption Price
of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all Two-Year Notes to be redeemed.

         If Alderwoods complies with the preceding paragraph, then, unless
Alderwoods defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price, interest on the
Two-Year Notes to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the
applicable Redemption Date, whether or not such Two-Year Notes are presented
for payment. If any Two-Year Note called for redemption shall not be so paid
upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal, premium, if any, and,
to the extent lawful, accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall, until paid,
bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate provided in the Two-Year
Notes.

         SECTION 3.07      TWO-YEAR NOTES REDEEMED OR PURCHASED IN PART.

         Upon surrender to the Paying Agent of a Two-Year Note that is to be
redeemed in part, Alderwoods shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver to the Holder of such Two-Year Note without service charge, a new
Two-Year Note or Two-Year Notes of any authorized denomination as requested
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principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the unredeemed portion of the
principal of the Two-Year Note so surrendered that is not redeemed.

                                    ARTICLE 4

                                    COVENANTS

         Alderwoods hereby covenants as follows, from and after the Closing
Date and continuing so long as any amount remains unpaid on any Two-Year Note:

         SECTION 4.01      PAYMENT OF TWO-YEAR NOTES.

         Alderwoods will pay, or cause to be paid, the principal of and
interest on the Two-Year Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the
Two-Year Notes and this Indenture. An installment of principal or interest
shall be considered paid on the date due if the Trustee or Paying Agent
(other than Alderwoods or any Affiliate thereof) holds on that date money
designated and set aside for and sufficient to pay the installment in a
timely manner and is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders of
the Two-Year Notes pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

         Alderwoods will pay interest on overdue principal at the rate and in
the manner provided in the Two-Year Notes; it shall pay interest on overdue
installments of interest at the same rate and in the same manner, to the
extent lawful.

         SECTION 4.02      MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.

         Alderwoods will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee,
Registrar or a co-Registrar) where Two-Year Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment and
where notices and demands to or upon Alderwoods in respect of the Two-Year
Notes and this Indenture may be served. Alderwoods will give prompt written
notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of
such office or agency. If at any time Alderwoods shall fail to maintain any
such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be
made or served at the address of the Trustee as set forth in Section 11.02.

         Alderwoods may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Two-Year Notes may be presented or surrendered
for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such designation or rescission shall
in any manner relieve Alderwoods of its obligation to maintain an office or
agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for such purposes.
Alderwoods will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency. Alderwoods hereby initially designates the office of an
agent of the Trustee located at c/o Depository Trust Company, 1st Floor, TADS
Department, 55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041, as such office of Alderwoods
in accordance with this Section 4.02 and Section 2.04.

         SECTION 4.03      CORPORATE EXISTENCE.

         Subject to Article 5, Alderwoods shall do or cause to be done all
things necessary to, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, preserve
and keep in full force and effect its and its Restricted Subsidiaries'
corporate, company or partnership existence and rights (charter and
statutory), material licenses and/or material franchises; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that Alderwoods and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to
preserve any such existence, rights, licenses or franchises if Alderwoods or,
in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary, such Restricted Subsidiary, shall
reasonably determine that (a) the preservation thereof is no longer desirable
in the conduct of the business of Alderwoods and its Restricted Subsidiaries
taken as a whole and (b) the loss thereof is not materially adverse to either
(i) Alderwoods and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) the
ability of Alderwoods to otherwise satisfy its obligations hereunder; and
PROVIDED FURTHER that Alderwoods and each Subsidiary may engage in the
Restructuring Transactions. Alderwoods shall cause, on the date hereof, it
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Restricted Subsidiaries to account for at least 90% of the consolidated
assets and fiscal year 2001 revenues of Alderwoods other than assets of and
revenues from the operations of Security Plan Life Insurance Company, a
Louisiana corporation f/k/a Security Industrial Insurance Company.

         SECTION 4.04      PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS.

         Alderwoods will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same become delinquent, (a) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon Alderwoods or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or upon the income, profits or property of Alderwoods
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and (b) all lawful claims for labor,
materials and supplies that, in each case, if unpaid, might by law become a
Lien upon the property of Alderwoods or any Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that Alderwoods shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause
to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim the
amount, applicability or validity of which is being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate provision has been made or
where the failure to effect such payment or discharge is not materially
adverse to either (i) Alderwoods and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a
whole or (ii) the ability of Alderwoods to otherwise satisfy its obligations
hereunder.

         SECTION 4.05      MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES; INSURANCE; BOOKS AND
RECORDS; COMPLIANCE WITH LAW.

         (a) Alderwoods shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, cause all properties and assets to be maintained and kept in
good condition, repair and working order (reasonable wear and tear excepted)
and supplied with all necessary equipment, and cause to be made all necessary
repairs, renewals, replacements, additions, betterments and improvements
thereto, as shall be reasonably necessary for the proper conduct of its
business; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in this Section 4.05(a) shall
prevent Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from discontinuing
the operation and maintenance of any of its properties or assets if such
discontinuance is, in the judgment of Alderwoods or such Restricted
Subsidiary, desirable in the conduct of its business and if such
discontinuance is not materially adverse to either (i) Alderwoods and its
Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of Alderwoods to
otherwise satisfy its obligations hereunder.

         (b) Alderwoods shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, maintain with financially sound and reputable insurers such
insurance as may be required by law (other than with respect to any
environmental impairment liability insurance not commercially available) and
such other insurance to such extent and against such hazards and liabilities,
as is customarily maintained by companies similarly situated (which may
include self-insurance in the same form as is customarily maintained by
companies similarly situated).

         (c) Alderwoods shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account, in which full and
correct entries shall be made of all business and financial transactions of
Alderwoods and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries and reflect on its
financial statements adequate accruals and appropriations to reserves, all in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied to Alderwoods and its Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

         (d) Alderwoods shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, comply with all statutes, laws, ordinances, or government
rules and regulations to which it is subject, non-compliance with which would
be materially adverse to either (i) Alderwoods and its Subsidiaries taken as
a whole or (ii) to the ability of Alderwoods to otherwise satisfy its
obligations hereunder.

         SECTION 4.06      COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES.

         (a) Alderwoods will deliver to the Trustee within 45 days after the
end of each of Alderwoods' first three fiscal quarters and within 90 days
after the end of Alderwoods' fiscal year an Officers' Certificate stating
whether or not the signers know of any Default or Event of Default under this
Indenture by Alderwoods or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute a default by Alderwoods under any Pari Passu
Indebtedness that occurred during such fiscal period. If they do know of such
a Default, Event of Default or default, the certificate shall describe any
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certificate to be delivered pursuant to this Section 4.06(a) shall be for the
first fiscal quarter of Alderwoods beginning after the Measurement Date.
Alderwoods shall also deliver a certificate to the Trustee at least annually
from its principal executive, financial or accounting officer as to his or
her knowledge of Alderwoods' compliance with all conditions and covenants
under this Indenture, such compliance to be determined without regard to any
period of grace or requirement of notice provided herein.

         (b) Alderwoods shall deliver to the Trustee within 90 days after the
end of each fiscal year a written statement by Alderwoods' independent public
accountants stating (i) that their audit examination has included a review of
the terms of this Indenture and the Two-Year Notes as they relate to
accounting matters, and (ii) whether, in connection with their audit
examination, any Default or Event of Default under this Indenture or an event
that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under
any Pari Passu Indebtedness has come to their attention and, if such a
Default, Event of Default or a default under any Pari Passu Indebtedness has
come to their attention, specifying the nature and period of existence
thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, without any restriction as to the scope of
the audit examination, such independent certified public accountants shall
not be liable by reason of any failure to obtain knowledge of any such
Default, Event of Default or a default under any Pari Passu Indebtedness that
would not be disclosed in the course of an audit examination conducted in
accordance with GAAP.

         (c) Alderwoods will deliver to the Trustee as soon as possible, and
in any event within 10 Business Days after Alderwoods becomes aware or should
reasonably have become aware of the occurrence of any Default, Event of
Default or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute a default by Alderwoods under any Indebtedness, an Officers'
Certificate specifying such Default, Event of Default or default and what
action Alderwoods is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

         SECTION 4.07      LIMITATION ON INDEBTEDNESS.

         Alderwoods will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume,
guarantee or in any manner become directly or indirectly liable, contingently
or otherwise, for the payment of (collectively, to "INCUR") any Indebtedness
(including, without limitation, any Acquired Indebtedness) other than
Permitted Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations, Alderwoods
and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to Incur Indebtedness
(including, without limitation, Acquired Indebtedness) if at the time of such
incurrence, and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio of Alderwoods is at least equal to, during any fiscal
year in which Alderwoods has any scheduled principal payment due with respect
to the Five-Year Notes, 1:1, and during any other year, 1.25:1.

         SECTION 4.08      LIMITATION ON RESTRICTED PAYMENTS.

         Alderwoods will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

         (a) declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution or
payment on or in respect of Capital Stock of Alderwoods or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or any payment made to the direct or indirect holders
(in their capacities as such) of Capital Stock of Alderwoods or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (other than (i) dividends or distributions payable
solely in Capital Stock of Alderwoods (other than Redeemable Capital Stock)
or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase Capital Stock of
Alderwoods (other than Redeemable Capital Stock) and (ii) dividends or other
distributions to the extent declared or paid to Alderwoods or any Restricted
Subsidiary of Alderwoods);

         (b) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for
value any Capital Stock of Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than any such Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary of Alderwoods);

         (c) make any principal payment on, or purchase, defease, repurchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to any scheduled
maturity, scheduled repayment, scheduled sinking fund payment or other Stated
Maturity, any Indebtedness that is (i) subordinate or junior in right of
payment to the Two-Year Notes or (ii) Pari Passu Indebtedness (other than in
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Indebtedness owned by Alderwoods or a Restricted Subsidiary of Alderwoods,
Seven-Year Notes or Five-Year Notes); or

         (d) make any Investment (other than any Permitted Investment) in any
Person

(such payments or Investments described in the preceding clauses (a), (b),
(c) and (d) are collectively referred to as "RESTRICTED PAYMENTS"); unless,
at the time of and after giving effect to the proposed Restricted Payment
(the amount of any such Restricted Payment, if other than cash, shall be the
Fair Market Value on the date of such Restricted Payment of the asset(s)
proposed to be transferred by Alderwoods or such Restricted Subsidiary, as
the case may be, pursuant to such Restricted Payment), (A) no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (B) immediately prior
to and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, Alderwoods would be
able to incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.07
(other than Permitted Indebtedness), and (C) the aggregate amount of all
Restricted Payments declared or made from and after the Measurement Date
would not exceed the sum of (1) 50% of the aggregate Consolidated Net Income
of Alderwoods accrued on a cumulative basis during the period beginning on
the Measurement Date and ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter of
Alderwoods immediately preceding the date of such proposed Restricted
Payment, which period shall be treated as a single accounting period (or, if
such aggregate cumulative Consolidated Net Income of Alderwoods for such
period shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit) PLUS (2) the aggregate
Net Cash Proceeds received by Alderwoods either from the issuance or sale of
Capital Stock (excluding Redeemable Capital Stock, but including Capital
Stock issued upon the conversion of convertible Indebtedness or from the
exercise of options, warrants or rights to purchase Capital Stock (other than
Redeemable Capital Stock)) of Alderwoods to any Person (other than to
Alderwoods or a Restricted Subsidiary) after the Measurement Date PLUS (3) in
the case of the disposition or repayment of any Investment constituting a
Restricted Payment made after the Measurement Date (excluding any Investment
described in clause (v) of the following paragraph), an amount equal to the
lesser of the return of capital with respect to such Investment and the cost
of such Investment less, in either case, the cost of the disposition of such
Investment PLUS (4) $10,000,000. For purposes of the preceding clause (C)(2),
the value of the aggregate net proceeds received by Alderwoods upon the
issuance of Capital Stock upon the conversion of convertible Indebtedness or
upon the exercise of options, warrants or rights will be the net cash
proceeds received upon the issuance of such Indebtedness, options, warrants
or rights plus the incremental cash amount received by Alderwoods upon the
conversion or exercise thereof.

         None of the foregoing provisions will prohibit:

            (i) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of
its declaration, if at the date of declaration such payment would be
permitted by the foregoing paragraph;

            (ii) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the redemption, repurchase or other acquisition
or retirement of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of Alderwoods or
any Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds
of, a substantially concurrent (x) capital contribution to Alderwoods from
any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) or (y) issue and sale of
other shares of Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock) of
Alderwoods to any Person (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) provided
such Capital Stock shall be excluded from the calculation under clause (C)(2)
above;

            (iii) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, any redemption, repurchase or other acquisition
or retirement of Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of
payment to the Two-Year Notes by exchange for, or out of the net cash
proceeds of, a substantially concurrent (x) capital contribution to
Alderwoods from any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) or (y) issue
and sale of (1) Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock) of
Alderwoods to any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary), PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the amount of any such net proceeds that are utilized for any
such redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement shall be
excluded from clause (C)(2) of the preceding paragraph, or (2) Indebtedness
of Alderwoods issued to any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary), so
long as such Indebtedness is Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in
right of payment to the Two-Year Notes in the same manner and at least to the
same extent as the Indebtedness so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, acquired
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            (iv) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, any redemption, repurchase or other acquisition
or retirement of Pari Passu Indebtedness by exchange for, or out of the net
cash proceeds of, a substantially concurrent (x) capital contribution to
Alderwoods from any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) or (y) issue
and sale of (1) Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock) of
Alderwoods to any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary); PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the amount of any such net proceeds that are utilized for any
such redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement shall be
excluded from clause (C)(2) of the preceding paragraph; or (2) Indebtedness
of Alderwoods issued to any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary), so
long as such Indebtedness is Pari Passu Indebtedness or Indebtedness that is
subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Two-Year Notes in the same
manner and at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness so purchased,
exchanged, redeemed, acquired or retired; PROVIDED, FURTHER, nothing
contained in this Indenture shall limit or restrict the right of Alderwoods
and/or its Subsidiaries to make any principal payment on, or purchase,
defease, redeem, Refinance or otherwise retire for value, prior to any
scheduled maturity, scheduled payment or other Stated Maturity, any
Indebtedness in respect of the Exit Facility;

            (v) Investments constituting Restricted Payments made as a result
of the receipt of consideration that consists of cash or Cash Equivalents
from any Asset Sale;

            (vi) Investments constituting Restricted Payments that are
permitted by subparagraphs (v) and (vi) of the proviso to Section 4.13; or

            (vii) the Restructuring Transactions.

         In computing the amount of Restricted Payments previously made for
purposes of clause (C) of the first full paragraph of this Section 4.08,
Restricted Payments made under the preceding clauses (v) and (vi) shall be
included and those under clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vii) shall not
be so included.

         SECTION 4.09      LIMITATION ON ISSUANCES AND SALE OF STOCK BY
RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES.

         (a) Alderwoods (i) will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to issue any Preferred Stock (other than Preferred Stock issued
to Alderwoods or a Restricted Subsidiary of Alderwoods), and (ii) will not
permit any Person to own any Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary
(other than (i) Preferred Stock owned by Alderwoods or a Subsidiary Guarantor
of Alderwoods or (ii) Preferred Stock of any Person issued prior to such
Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary not issued in contemplation of such
event); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this covenant shall not prohibit the issuance
and sale of (x) all, but not less than all, of the issued and outstanding
Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary owned by Alderwoods or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in compliance with the other provisions of this
Indenture or (y) directors' qualifying shares or investments by foreign
nationals mandated by applicable law.

         (b) Alderwoods will not, or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
transfer, convey, sell or dispose of any Capital Stock of any Restricted
Subsidiary (other than (i) sales, for valid business reasons, of non-voting
equity comprising up to 40% of the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary
to operators of funeral homes and/or cemeteries), (ii) with respect to DSP
General Partner, Inc., a Texas corporation, Directors Succession Planning,
Inc., a California corporation, Rose Hills Holding Corp., a Delaware
corporation, any Subsidiary of any such Person, and any successors to any of
the foregoing, or (iii) to Alderwoods or a Subsidiary Guarantor or, with
respect to Capital Stock owned by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Subsidiary Guarantor, to another such Restricted Subsidiary) unless (a) all
of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary is sold and (b) such transaction
complies with Section 4.12 hereof.

         (c) Alderwoods will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary (other than
DSP General Partner, Inc., a Texas corporation, Directors Succession
Planning, Inc., a California corporation, Rose Hills Holding Corp., a
Delaware corporation, any Subsidiary of any such Person, and any successors
to any of the foregoing) to issue any of its Equity Interests (other than (i)
to Alderwoods or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) issuances, for
valid business reasons, of non-voting equity comprising up to 40% of the
Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary to operators of funeral homes
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         SECTION 4.10      LIMITATION ON LIENS.

         Alderwoods will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens (other
than (a) Liens existing as of the Measurement Date (b) Liens securing the
Exit Facility or the Five-Year Notes or pursuant to Sections 7.08 or 8.02 of
each of this Indenture, the Five-Year Indenture, the Seven-Year Indenture or
the Unsecured Convertible Subordinated Indenture, (c) Liens in favor of
Alderwoods or any Restricted Subsidiary, (d) Liens securing Indebtedness that
is incurred to refinance Indebtedness that has been secured by a Lien
permitted under the provisions of this Indenture and that has been incurred
in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
such Liens do not extend to or cover any property or assets of Alderwoods or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not securing the Indebtedness so
refinanced, and (e) Permitted Liens) of any kind against or upon any of its
property or assets, or any proceeds therefrom where the aggregate amount of
Indebtedness secured by any such Liens exceeds $50,000,000.

         SECTION 4.11      CHANGE OF CONTROL.

         Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, Alderwoods will make an
offer to purchase (a "CHANGE OF CONTROL OFFER"), and shall purchase, on a
Business Day (the "CHANGE OF CONTROL PURCHASE DATE") not more than 60 nor
less than 30 days following the occurrence of the Change of Control, all of
the then outstanding Two-Year Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn at a
purchase price (the "CHANGE OF CONTROL PURCHASE PRICE") equal to 100% of
their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Change of
Control Offer is required to remain open for at least 20 Business Days and
until the close of business on the Change of Control Purchase Date.

         Notice of a Change of Control Offer shall be mailed by Alderwoods
not later than the 30th day after the date of occurrence of the Change of
Control to the Holders of Two-Year Notes at their last registered addresses
with a copy to the Trustee and the Paying Agent. The Change of Control Offer
shall remain open from the time of mailing for at least 20 Business Days and
until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days prior to the Change
of Control Purchase Date. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the
Change of Control Offer, shall include such disclosures as are required by
law and shall state:

         (a) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 4.11 and that all Two-Year Notes validly tendered into the Change of
Control Offer and not withdrawn will be accepted for payment;

         (b) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest, if
any) for each Two-Year Note, the Change of Control Purchase Date and the date
on which the Change of Control Offer expires;

         (c) that any Two-Year Note not tendered for payment will continue to
accrue interest in accordance with the terms thereof;

         (d) that, unless Alderwoods defaults in the payment of the purchase
price, any Two-Year Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of
Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control
Purchase Date;

         (e) that Holders electing to have Two-Year Notes purchased pursuant
to a Change of Control Offer must surrender their Two-Year Notes to the
Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, three Business Days prior to the Change of Control Purchase
Date and must complete any form of letter of transmittal proposed by
Alderwoods and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and the Paying Agent;

         (f) that Holders of Two-Year Notes will be entitled to withdraw
their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, one Business Day prior to the Change of Control Purchase
Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the
Holder, the principal amount of Two-Year Notes the Holder delivered for
purchase, the Two-Year Note certificate number (if any) and a statement that
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         (g) that Holders whose Two-Year Notes are purchased only in part
will be issued Two-Year Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Two-Year Notes surrendered;

         (h) the instructions that Holders must follow in order to tender
their Two-Year Notes; and

             (i) such other information concerning Alderwoods and the Change
of Control offer as Alderwoods reasonably determines is appropriate.

         Alderwoods shall 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 Two-Year Notes as a result of a Change of Control.

         On the Change of Control Purchase Date, Alderwoods shall (i) accept
for payment Two-Year Notes or portions thereof validly tendered pursuant to
the Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent money, in
immediately available funds, sufficient to pay the purchase price of all
Two-Year Notes or portions thereof so tendered and accepted, and (iii)
deliver to the Trustee the Two-Year Notes so accepted together with an
Officers' Certificate setting forth the Two-Year Notes or portions thereof
tendered to and accepted for payment by Alderwoods. The Paying Agent shall
promptly mail or deliver to the Holders of Two-Year Notes so accepted payment
in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the Trustee shall promptly
authenticate and mail or deliver to such Holders a new Two-Year Note equal in
principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Two-Year Note surrendered.
Any Two-Year Notes not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by
Alderwoods to the Holder thereof.

         Alderwoods will publicly announce the results of the Change of
Control Offer not later than the first Business Day following the Change of
Control Purchase Date.

         If a Change of Control occurs and Alderwoods fails to pay the Change
of Control Purchase Price for all Two-Year Notes properly tendered and not
withdrawn, Alderwoods will be obliged to purchase all such Two-Year Notes at
the Change of Control Purchase Price on the Change of Control Purchase Date
in compliance with the requirements applicable to a Change of Control Offer
made by Alderwoods. Alderwoods shall 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 a manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the
requirements applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by Alderwoods and
purchases all Two-Year Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such
Change of Control Offer. Alderwoods will comply, to the extent applicable,
with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act, and any other
securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Two-Year
Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer.

         SECTION 4.12 DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS OF ASSET SALES OF DISPOSITION
PROPERTIES.

         (a) Any Net Cash Proceeds (PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for purposes of
this Section 4.12 only, Net Cash Proceeds shall be deemed to include an
amount of cash equal to, in the good faith judgment of Alderwoods, the Fair
Market Value of any non-cash consideration received as proceeds in an Asset
Sale) from any Asset Sale of a Disposition Property (as defined in the Plan
of Reorganization) constitute "DISPOSITION PROPERTY PROCEEDS" subject to
disposition as provided below.

         (b) When the aggregate amount of Disposition Property Proceeds
equals or exceeds $5,000,000, Alderwoods shall make an offer to purchase (an
"ASSET SALE OFFER"), from all holders of Two-Year Notes, not more than 40
Business Days thereafter, an aggregate principal amount of Two-Year Notes
equal to such Disposition Property Proceeds, at a price in cash equal to 100%
of the outstanding principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, to the purchase date (the "Asset Sale Offer Price"). Upon the
consummation of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Disposition Property
Proceeds shall be reset to zero.

         (c) Notice of an Asset Sale Offer shall be mailed by Alderwoods to
all Holders of Two-Year Notes not less than 20 Business Days nor more than 40
Business Days before the date on which Alderwoods intends to consummate the
Asset Sale Offer ("Asset Sale Purchase Date") at their last registered
address with a copy to the Trustee and the Paying Agent. The Asset Sale Offer
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least 20 Business Days and until at least 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
three Business Days prior to the Asset Sale Purchase Date. The notice, which
shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall include such
disclosures as are required by law and shall state:

             (i) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this
Section 4.12;

             (ii) the Asset Sale Offer Price (including the amount of accrued
interest, if any) for each Two-Year Note, the Asset Sale Purchase Date and
the date on which the Asset Sale Offer expires;

             (iii) that any Two-Year Note not tendered or accepted for
payment will continue to accrue interest in accordance with the terms thereof;

             (iv) that, unless Alderwoods defaults in the payment of the
Asset Sale Offer Price, any Two-Year Note accepted for payment pursuant to
the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Asset Sale
Purchase Date;

             (v) that Holders electing to have Two-Year Notes purchased
pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer must surrender their Two-Year Notes to the
Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, three Business Days prior to the Asset Sale Purchase Date and
must complete any form of letter of transmittal proposed by Alderwoods and
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and the Paying Agent;

             (vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if
the Paying Agent receives, not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, one
Business Day prior to the Asset Sale Purchase Date, a facsimile transmission
or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of
Two-Year Notes the Holder delivered for purchase, the Two-Year Note
certificate number (if any) and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing
its election to have such Two-Year Notes purchased;

             (vii) that if Two-Year Notes in a principal amount in excess of
the Holder's pro rata share of the amount of Disposition Property Proceeds
are tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, Alderwoods shall purchase
Two-Year Notes on a pro rata basis among the Two-Year Notes tendered (with
such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by Alderwoods so that only
Two-Year Notes in denominations of $100 or integral multiples of $100 shall
be acquired);

             (viii) that Holders whose Two-Year Notes are purchased only in
part will be issued new Two-Year Notes equal in principal amount to the
unpurchased portion of the Two-Year Notes surrendered;

             (ix) the instructions that Holders must follow in order to
tender their Two-Year Notes; and

             (x) such other information concerning Alderwoods and the Asset
Sale Offer as Alderwoods reasonably determines is appropriate.

         Alderwoods shall comply with the requirements under the Exchange Act
and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such
laws and regulations are applicable in connection with any Asset Sales and
Asset Sale Offers.

         (d) On the Asset Sale Purchase Date, Alderwoods shall (i) accept for
payment, on a pro rata basis, Two-Year Notes or portions thereof tendered
pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent money,
in immediately available funds, in an amount sufficient to pay the Asset Sale
Offer Price of all Two-Year Notes or portions thereof so tendered and
accepted and (iii) deliver to the Trustee the Two-Year Notes so accepted
together with an Officers' Certificate setting forth the Two-Year Notes or
portions thereof tendered to and accepted for payment by Alderwoods. The
Paying Agent shall promptly mail or deliver to Holders of Two-Year Notes so
accepted payment in an amount equal to the Asset Sale Offer Price, and the
Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail or deliver to such Holders a new
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unpurchased portion of the Two-Year Note surrendered. Any Two-Year Notes not
so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by Alderwoods to the Holder
thereof.

         (e) Alderwoods will publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale
Offer not later than the second Business Day following the Asset Sale
Purchase Date. To the extent that the aggregate principal amount of Two-Year
Notes tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess
Proceeds, Alderwoods may use such deficiency for general corporate purposes.
Upon completion of such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall
be reset to zero. For purposes of this Section 4.12, the Trustee shall act as
Paying Agent.

         (f) Alderwoods will comply, to the extent applicable, with the
requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities
laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Two-Year Notes
pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.

         SECTION 4.13      LIMITATION ON TRANSACTIONS WITH INTERESTED PERSONS.

         Alderwoods will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or suffer to exist any
transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation,
the sale, transfer, disposition, purchase, exchange or lease of assets,
property or services) with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of
Alderwoods or any "BENEFICIAL OWNER" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5
under the Exchange Act) of 5% or more of the Common Stock of Alderwoods at
any time outstanding ("INTERESTED PERSONS"), unless (a) such transaction or
series of related transactions are on terms that are no less favorable to
Alderwoods or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that
could have been obtained in a comparable transaction at such time from
Persons who are not Affiliates of Alderwoods or Interested Persons, and (b)
with respect to a transaction or series of transactions involving aggregate
payments or value equal to or greater than $25,000,000, Alderwoods has
obtained a written opinion from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that
the terms of such transaction or series of transactions are fair to
Alderwoods or its Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from a financial
point of view; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this covenant will not restrict
Alderwoods or any Restricted Subsidiary from (i) paying dividends in respect
of its Capital Stock permitted under Section 4.08, (ii) paying reasonable and
customary fees to directors of Alderwoods or any Restricted Subsidiary who
are not otherwise employees of Alderwoods or any Restricted Subsidiary, (iii)
entering into transactions with its Restricted Subsidiaries or permitting its
Restricted Subsidiaries from entering into transactions with Alderwoods or
other Restricted Subsidiaries of Alderwoods, (iv) creating employee stock
ownership plans or similar benefit plans, (v) making loans or advances to
officers, employees or consultants of Alderwoods or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries for travel and moving expenses in the ordinary course of
business for bona fide business purposes of Alderwoods or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, (vi) making other loans or advances to officers,
employees or consultants of Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
in the ordinary course of business for bona fide business purposes of
Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not in excess of $5,000,000
in the aggregate at any one time outstanding, (vii) making payments to
officers or employees of Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
pursuant to obligations undertaken, at a time when such Persons were not
officers or employees of Alderwoods or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in
connection with arms' length Asset Acquisitions, (viii) purchase or
redemption of Two-Year Notes, Five-Year Notes or Seven-Year Notes at their
Fair Market Value, or (ix) engaging in Restructuring Transactions.

         SECTION 4.14      LIMITATION ON DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENT
RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING SUBSIDIARIES.

         Alderwoods will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than Rose Hills Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation, or
any Subsidiary thereof, pursuant to the Rose Hills Credit Agreement or the
Rose Hills Indenture) to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause
or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the
ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (a) other than with respect to
non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries organized under the laws of a province of
Canada, pay dividends, in cash or otherwise, or make any other distributions
on or in respect of its Capital Stock or any other interest or participation
in, or measured by, its profits, (b) pay any Indebtedness owed to Alderwoods
or any other Restricted Subsidiary, (c) make loans or advances to, or any
Investment in, Alderwoods or any other Restricted Subsidiary, (d) other than
with respect to DSP General Partner, Inc., a Texas corporation, Directors
Succession Planning, Inc., a California corporation, any Subsidiary of either
such Person, or any successor thereto, transfer any of its properties or
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any other Restricted Subsidiary, or (e) guarantee any Indebtedness of
Alderwoods or any other Restricted Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances
or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) applicable law or
regulations, (ii) customary non-assignment provisions of any contract or any
lease governing a leasehold interest of Alderwoods or any Restricted
Subsidiary, (iii) customary restrictions on transfers of property subject to
a Lien permitted under the provisions of this Indenture which could not
materially adversely affect Alderwoods' ability to satisfy its obligations
under the provisions of this Indenture and the Two-Year Notes, (iv) any
agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by Alderwoods or any
Restricted Subsidiary (or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person) in
existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in contemplation
thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person,
or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the
properties or assets of the Person, so acquired, (v) provisions contained in
any agreement or instrument relating to Indebtedness that prohibit the
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the obligor thereunder
unless the transferee shall assume the obligations of the obligor under such
agreement or instrument, and (vi) encumbrances and restrictions under
Indebtedness in effect on the Measurement Date (including under the Exit
Facility, the Seven-Year Notes, the Five-Year Notes and the Unsecured
Convertible Subordinated Notes) or encumbrances and restrictions in permitted
refinancings or replacements thereof which are no less favorable to the
holders of the Two-Year Notes than those contained in the Indebtedness so
refinanced or replaced.

         SECTION 4.15 FUTURE GUARANTORS. Alderwoods shall cause each (i)
Restricted Subsidiary of Alderwoods organized under the laws of any state or
commonwealth of the United States (other than Excluded Subsidiaries) that
Guarantees any Indebtedness of Alderwoods or any other Restricted Subsidiary
and (ii) newly formed Restricted Subsidiary of Alderwoods that is a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary organized under the laws of any state or commonwealth of the
United States (other than Excluded Subsidiaries) to at the same time execute
and deliver to the Trustee a Guarantee Agreement pursuant to which such
Restricted Subsidiary will Guarantee payment of the Two-Year Notes on the
same terms and conditions as those set forth in Article 12 of this Indenture.

         SECTION 4.16      [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

         SECTION 4.17      COMMISSION REPORTS.

         Alderwoods shall file with the Commission, or if not permitted or
required to so file will deliver to the Trustee, the annual reports,
quarterly reports and the information, documents and other reports required
to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13 and 15 of the
Exchange Act, whether or not Alderwoods has a class of securities registered
under the Exchange Act. In accordance with the provisions of TIA Section
314(a), Alderwoods shall file with the Trustee and provide to each Holder,
within 15 days after it files them with the Commission (or if such filing is
not permitted under the Exchange Act, 15 days after Alderwoods would have
been required to make such filing), copies of such reports. Alderwoods also
shall comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a). In addition,
Alderwoods shall cause its annual reports to stockholders and any quarterly
or other financial reports furnished by it to stockholders generally to be
filed with the Trustee and mailed no later than the date such materials are
mailed or made available to Alderwoods' stockholders, to the Holders at their
addresses as set forth in the register of securities maintained by the
Registrar.

         SECTION 4.18      RULE 144A INFORMATION REQUIREMENT.

         If at any time Alderwoods is no longer subject to the reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act, it will furnish to the Holders or
beneficial holders of the Two-Year Notes and prospective purchasers of the
Two-Year Notes designated by the holders of the Two-Year Notes, upon their
request, any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4)
under the Securities Act.

         SECTION 4.19      WAIVER OF STAY, EXTENSION OR USURY LAWS.

         Alderwoods covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any
usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive Alderwoods from paying
all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Two-Year Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, or that may affect the covenants or the performance of
this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) Alderwoods
hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and
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that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every
such power as though no such law had been enacted.

                                   ARTICLE 5

                              SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

         SECTION 5.01      WHEN ALDERWOODS MAY MERGE, ETC.

         (a) Other than pursuant to the Restructuring Transactions,
Alderwoods will not, in any transaction or series of transactions, merge or
consolidate with or into, or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets as
an entirety to, any Person or Persons, and Alderwoods will not permit any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into any such transaction or series of
transactions if such transaction or series of transactions, in the aggregate,
would result in a sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of
Alderwoods and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any other
Person or Persons, unless at the time of and after giving effect thereto:

             (i) either (A) if the transaction or series of transactions is a
merger or consolidation, Alderwoods or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be, shall be the surviving Person of such merger or consolidation, or (B)
the Person formed by such consolidation or into which Alderwoods is merged or
to which the properties and assets of Alderwoods are transferred (any such
surviving Person or transferee Person being the "SURVIVING ENTITY") shall be
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia and shall expressly
assume by a supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Two-Year Notes and
the performance and observance of every covenant and obligation of this
Indenture and the Two-Year Notes on the part of Alderwoods, to be performed
or observed and, in each case, this Indenture shall remain in full force and
effect;

             (ii) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to
such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis (including,
without limitation, any Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be incurred
in connection with or in respect of such transaction or series of
transactions), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and Alderwoods or the Surviving Entity, as the case may be, after
giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma
basis (including, without limitation, any Indebtedness incurred or
anticipated to be incurred in connection with or in respect of such
transaction or series of transactions), could incur $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness other than Permitted Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.07
(assuming a market rate of interest with respect to such additional
Indebtedness);

             (iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or
series of transactions on a pro forma basis (including, without limitation,
any Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be incurred in connection with or
in respect of such transaction or series of transactions), the Consolidated
Net Worth of Alderwoods or the Surviving Entity, as the case may be, is at
least equal to the Consolidated Net Worth of Alderwoods immediately before
such transaction or series of transactions; and

             (iv) Alderwoods or the Surviving Entity, as the case may be,
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment,
conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition and, if a supplemental
indenture is required in connection with such transaction or series of
transactions, such supplemental indenture, complies with this Indenture and
that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction or series of transactions have been complied with; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that solely for purposes of computing amounts described in subclause
(C) of Section 4.08, any such successor Person shall only be deemed to have
succeeded to and be substituted for Alderwoods with respect to periods
subsequent to the effective time of such merger, consolidation or transfer of
assets.

         (b) Alderwoods shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to
consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease, in one
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to any Person other than Alderwoods or another Subsidiary Guarantor or
pursuant to the Restructuring Transactions unless:

             (i) except in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor that has been
disposed of in its entirety to another Person (other than to Alderwoods or an
Affiliate of Alderwoods), whether through a merger, consolidation or sale of
Capital Stock or assets, if in connection therewith Alderwoods provides an
Officers' Certificate to the Trustee to the effect that Alderwoods will
comply with its obligations under Section 4.12 in respect of such
disposition, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not such
Subsidiary) shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the
jurisdiction under which such Subsidiary was organized or under the laws of
the United States of America, or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia, and such Person shall expressly assume, by a Guarantee Agreement,
in a form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of such
Subsidiary, if any, under its Subsidiary Guarantee;

             (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or
transactions on a pro forma basis (and treating any Indebtedness that becomes
an obligation of the resulting, surviving or transferee Person as a result of
such transaction as having been issued by such Person at the time of such
transaction), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

             (iii) Alderwoods delivers to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such
Guarantee Agreement, if any, complies with this Indenture.

             SECTION 5.02      SUCCESSOR SUBSTITUTED.

         Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment,
conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition of all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of Alderwoods in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof,
the successor Person or Persons formed by such consolidation or into which
Alderwoods is merged or the successor Person to which such sale, assignment,
conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition is made, shall succeed to,
and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, Alderwoods
under this Indenture and the Two-Year Notes with the same effect as if such
successor had been named as Alderwoods herein; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that solely
for purposes of computing amounts described in subclause (C) of Section 4.08,
any such successor Person shall only be deemed to have succeeded to and be
substituted for Alderwoods with respect to periods subsequent to the
effective time of such merger, consolidation or transfer of assets.

                                    ARTICLE 6

                                    REMEDIES

             SECTION 6.01      EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

         An "EVENT OF DEFAULT" with respect to the Two-Year Notes means any
of the following events:

         (a) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any,
on any Two-Year Note when the same becomes due and payable (upon Stated
Maturity, acceleration, redemption, required purchase, scheduled principal
payment or otherwise);

         (b) default in the payment of an installment of interest on any
Two-Year Note, when the same becomes due and payable, and any such Default
continues for a period of 20 days;

         (c) failure to perform or observe any material term, covenant or
agreement contained in Sections 4.11, 4.12 or 5.01;

         (d) failure to perform or observe any other term, covenant or
agreement contained in the Two-Year Notes or pursuant to the provisions of
this Indenture (other than Defaults specified in clause (a), (b), or (c)
above) and such Default continues for a period of 30 days after written
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Alderwoods to remedy the same shall have been given (i) to Alderwoods by the
Trustee or (ii) to Alderwoods and the Trustee by Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Two-Year Notes then outstanding;

         (e) one or more judgments, orders or decrees of any court or
regulatory or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction for the payment
of money in excess of $25,000,000, either individually or in the aggregate,
shall be entered against Alderwoods or any Restricted Subsidiary or any of
their respective properties and shall not be discharged or bonded against or
stayed and there shall have been a period of 60 days after the date on which
any period for appeal has expired and during which a stay of enforcement of
such judgment, order or decree, shall not be in effect;

         (f) default under any Indebtedness under which Alderwoods or any
Restricted Subsidiary then has outstanding in excess of $25,000,000 that
continues beyond any applicable grace period set forth in the documentation
governing such Indebtedness and either (x) such default arises from
Alderwoods' or a Restricted Subsidiary's failure to pay when due principal of
or interest on any such Indebtedness or (y) such Indebtedness is due and
payable in full or such default has resulted in the acceleration of the
maturity of such Indebtedness;

         (g) Alderwoods or any Significant Subsidiary of Alderwoods pursuant
to or under or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

               (1) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;

               (2) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in
         an involuntary case or proceeding;

               (3) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for
         all or substantially all of its property;

               (4) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
         creditors; or

               (5) shall generally not pay its debts when such debts become
         due or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
         generally; or

               (6) takes any corporate action to authorize or effect any of
         the foregoing;

         (h) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree
under any Bankruptcy Law that:

               (1) is for relief against Alderwoods or any Significant
         Subsidiary of Alderwoods in an involuntary case or proceeding,

               (2) appoints a Custodian of Alderwoods or any Significant
         Subsidiary of Alderwoods for all or substantially all of its
         properties, or

               (3) orders the liquidation of Alderwoods or any Significant
         Subsidiary of Alderwoods, and in each case the order or decree
         remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or

         (i) actual invalidity (or the assertion thereof by Alderwoods or any
Subsidiary) of any Subsidiary Guarantee resulting from acts or omissions of
Alderwoods, other than in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof.

         Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, the Trustee shall
not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless written
notice thereof shall have been given to a Trust Officer at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee by Alderwoods, the Paying Agent, any Holder, any holder of
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         SECTION 6.02      ACCELERATION.

         If an Event of Default (other than as specified in Section 6.01(g)
or 6.01(h) with respect to Alderwoods or any Significant Subsidiary) occurs
and is continuing with respect to the Two-Year Notes, the Trustee, by written
notice to Alderwoods, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Two-Year Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the
Trustee and Alderwoods, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Two-Year Notes to be due
and payable immediately, upon which declaration, all amounts payable in
respect of the Two-Year Notes shall be immediately due and payable. If an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or 6.01(h) occurs with respect
to Alderwoods or any Significant Subsidiary and is continuing, then the
principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on
all of the Two-Year Notes shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and
payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or
any Holder of Two-Year Notes.

         After a declaration of acceleration hereunder with respect to the
Two-Year Notes, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due
has been obtained by the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Two-Year Notes, by written notice to
Alderwoods and the Trustee, may rescind such declaration if: (a) Alderwoods
has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (i) all
amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.08 and the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel,
(ii) all overdue interest on all Two-Year Notes, (iii) the principal of and
premium, if any, on any Two-Year Notes that have become due otherwise than by
such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne by
the Two-Year Notes, and (iv) to the extent that payment of such interest is
lawful, interest upon overdue interest and overdue principal that has become
due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration at the rate borne by
the Two-Year Notes; (b) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment
or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; and (c) all Events of
Default, other than the non-payment of principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Two-Year Notes that has become due solely by such declaration
of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.04.

         No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of
Default or impair any right subsequent therein.

         SECTION 6.03      OTHER REMEDIES.

         If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the
payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Two-Year Notes
or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Two-Year Notes or this
Indenture.

         All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Two-Year
Notes may be enforced by the Trustee even if it does not possess any of the
Two-Year Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or
omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy
accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is
exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the
extent permitted by law.

         SECTION 6.04      WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.

         Subject to the provisions of Section 6.07 and 9.02, the Holders of
not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Two-Year Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all
the Two-Year Notes, waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences, except a Default or Event of Default specified in Section
6.01(a) or (b) or in respect of any provision hereof that cannot be modified
or amended without the consent of the Holder so affected pursuant to Section
9.02. When a Default or Event of Default is so waived, it shall be deemed
cured and shall cease to exist.

         SECTION 6.05      CONTROL BY MAJORITY.

         The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Two-Year Notes shall have the right to direct the
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the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee may, with the advice of counsel, refuse
to follow any direction (a) that conflicts with any rule of law or this
Indenture, (b) that the Trustee determines in good faith would be unduly
prejudicial to the rights of another Holder, or (c) that would expose the
Trustee to personal liability unless the Trustee has been provided reasonable
indemnity against any loss or expense caused by its following such direction;
and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed
proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.

         SECTION 6.06      LIMITATION ON SUITS.

         No Holder of any Two-Year Notes shall have any right to institute
any proceeding or pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the
Two-Year Notes unless:

         (a) the Holder gives written notice to the Trustee of a continuing
Event of Default;

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

         (c) such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the
Trustee reasonable indemnity against any loss, liability or expense;

         (d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 45 days
after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, provision of
indemnity; and

         (e) during such 45-day period the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Two-Year Notes do not give the Trustee a
direction which is inconsistent with the request.

         The foregoing limitations shall not apply to a suit instituted by a
Holder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of, premium, if any,
or accrued interest on, such Two-Year Note on or after the respective due
dates set forth in such Two-Year Note.

         A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of any
other Holders or to obtain priority or preference over such other Holders.

         SECTION 6.07      RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT.

         Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the right of
any Holder of a Two-Year Note to receive payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on such Two-Year Note, on or after the
respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Two-Year Note, or to bring
suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the respective
Stated Maturities, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or
affected without the consent of the Holder.

         SECTION 6.08      COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE.

         If an Event of Default specified in clause (a) or (b) of Section
6.01 occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own
name and as trustee of an express trust against Alderwoods or any other
obligor on the Two-Year Notes for the whole amount of principal of, premium,
if any, and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on
overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest on overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate per
annum borne by the Two-Year Notes and such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel.

         SECTION 6.09      TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIMS.

         The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable to have the claims of the Trustee
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and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed
in any judicial proceedings relative to Alderwoods (or any other obligor upon
the Two-Year Notes), their creditors or their property and shall be entitled
and empowered to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any Custodian
in any such judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by each Holder to make
such payments to the Trustee and, if the Trustee consents to the making of
such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due
to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee
under Section 7.08. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting
the Two-Year Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

         SECTION 6.10      PRIORITIES.

         If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it
shall pay out such money in the following order:

                  First:  to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.08;

                  Second: to the Holders for interest accrued on the Two-Year
         Notes, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
         according to the amounts due and payable on the Two-Year Notes for
         interest;

                  Third:  to the Holders for principal amounts (including any
         premium) owing under the Two-Year Notes, ratably, without preference
         or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on
         the Two-Year Notes for principal (including any premium); and

                  Fourth:  the balance, if any, to Alderwoods.

         The Trustee, upon prior written notice to Alderwoods, may fix a
record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this
Section 6.10.

         SECTION 6.11      UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.

         In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted
by it as Trustee, a court may in its discretion require the filing by any
party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit,
and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having
due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the
party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to any suit by the Trustee,
any suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by Holders of more
than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Two-Year Notes.

         SECTION 6.12      RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.

         If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to
enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture or any Two-Year Note and
such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has
been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every
such case Alderwoods, the Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of
the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had
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                                    ARTICLE 7

                                     TRUSTEE

         SECTION 7.01      DUTIES.

         (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct
of such Person's own affairs.

         (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,

               (1) the Trustee need perform only such duties as are
         specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants
         or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
         Trustee; and

               (2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
         conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
         correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
         opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements
         of this Indenture; but if any such certificates or opinions that by
         any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to
         the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
         to determine whether they conform to the requirements of this
         Indenture.

         (c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

               (1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b)
         of this Section 7.01;

               (2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
         made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that the
         Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

               (3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
         it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
         direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05;

         (d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in
the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability
is not reasonably assured to it.

         (e) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the
Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 7.01.

         SECTION 7.02      RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.

         Subject to the TIA:

         (a) the Trustee may rely on any document reasonably believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person, and
the Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document;

         (b) before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may consult
with counsel and may require an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of
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Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion;

         (c) the Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall
not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed
with due care;

         (d) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted
by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within
the discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture other
than any liabilities arising out of its own negligence;

         (e) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own choosing and the
advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, omitted
or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice
or opinion of such counsel;

         (f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion,
may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as
it may see fit; and

         (g) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred
thereby.

         SECTION 7.03      INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.

         The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Registrar or any other agent of
Alderwoods, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Two-Year Notes and, subject to Sections 7.11 and 7.12 and TIA
Sections 310 and 311, may otherwise deal with Alderwoods and its Subsidiaries
with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent,
Registrar or such other agent.

         SECTION 7.04      TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER.

         The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Two-Year Notes, it shall not be
accountable for Alderwoods' use or application of the proceeds from the
Two-Year Notes, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any
money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee and it shall not be
responsible for any statement in the Two-Year Notes other than the Trustee's
certificate of authentication.

         SECTION 7.05      NOTICE OF DEFAULT.

         If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if
it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of
the Default or Event of Default within 30 days after such Default or Event of
Default becomes known to the Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except in the
case of a Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Two-Year Note, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding
such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee
of the board of directors or a committee of the directors of the Trustee
and/or Trust Officers in good faith determines that the withholding of such
notice is in the interest of the Holders.

         SECTION 7.06      MONEY HELD IN TRUST.

         All moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as
herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were
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herein or by law. The Trustee shall not be under any liability for interest
on any moneys received by it hereunder, except as the Trustee may agree with
Alderwoods.

         SECTION 7.07      REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS.

         Within 60 days after each May 31st beginning with the May 31st
following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall, to the extent that
any of the events described in TIA Section 313(a) shall have occurred within
the previous twelve months, but not otherwise, mail to each Holder a brief
report dated as of such May 31st that complies with TIA Section 313(a). The
Trustee also shall comply with TIA Sections 313(b) and 313(c).

         A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be
mailed to Alderwoods and filed with the Commission and each securities
exchange, if any, on which the Two-Year Notes are listed.

         Alderwoods shall notify the Trustee in writing if the Two-Year Notes
become listed on any securities exchange.

         SECTION 7.08      COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY.

         Alderwoods covenants and agrees to pay the Trustee from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services. The Trustee's compensation shall
not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust.
Alderwoods shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable
disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by it. Such expenses
shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the
Trustee's agents and counsel.

         Alderwoods shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it harmless
against, any loss or liability incurred by it arising out of or in connection
with the administration of this trust and its rights or duties hereunder,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers
or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify Alderwoods promptly of any
claim asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek indemnity.
Alderwoods shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the
defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and Alderwoods shall pay the
reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Alderwoods need not pay for any
settlement made without its prior written consent. Alderwoods need not
reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability to the
extent incurred by the Trustee through its negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct.

         To secure the payment obligations of Alderwoods in this Section
7.08, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Two-Year Notes on all assets
held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except assets
held in trust to pay principal of, premium, if any, or interest on particular
Two-Year Notes.

         When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection
with an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or (h), the expenses
and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

         The obligations of Alderwoods under this Section 7.08 and any Lien
arising hereunder shall survive the resignation or removal of any trustee,
the discharge of the obligations of Alderwoods pursuant to Article 8 and/or
the termination of this Indenture.

         SECTION 7.09      REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE.

         The Trustee may resign by so notifying Alderwoods. The Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Two-Year Notes may remove the
Trustee by so notifying Alderwoods and the Trustee and may appoint a
successor trustee with Alderwoods' prior written consent. Alderwoods may
remove the Trustee if:

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         (b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order
for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property; or

         (d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

         If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, Alderwoods shall notify each Holder of such
event and shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. The Trustee shall be
entitled to payment of its fees and reimbursement of its expenses while
acting as Trustee as provided in Section 7.08, and to the extent such amounts
remain unpaid, the Trustee that has resigned or has been removed shall retain
the Lien afforded by Section 7.08. Within one year after the successor
Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Two-Year Notes may, with Alderwoods' prior written consent,
appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by
Alderwoods.

         A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to Alderwoods. Immediately after
that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee
to the successor Trustee, subject to the Lien provided in Section 7.08, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and
the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the
Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its
succession to each Holder.

         If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, Alderwoods or
the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Two-Year
Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor Trustee.

         If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.11, any Holder may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

         Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section
7.09, the obligations of Alderwoods under Section 7.08 shall continue for the
benefit of the retiring Trustee.

         SECTION 7.10      SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC.

         If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to,
another corporation or national banking association, the resulting, surviving
or transferee corporation or national banking association without any further
act shall, if such resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or national
banking association is otherwise eligible hereunder, be the successor Trustee.

         SECTION 7.11      ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION.

         There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Sections 310(a)(1) and 310(a)(5) and
which shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000. If
such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of federal, state, territorial or District of
Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report
of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this
Article.

         SECTION 7.12      PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST
ALDERWOODS.

         The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). If the present or any
future Trustee shall resign or be removed, it shall be subject to TIA Section
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                                   ARTICLE 8

                     SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

         SECTION 8.01      TERMINATION OF THE OBLIGATION OF ALDERWOODS.

         Alderwoods may terminate its obligations under the Two-Year Notes
and this Indenture, except those obligations referred to in the penultimate
paragraph of this Section 8.01, if all Two-Year Notes previously
authenticated and delivered (other than destroyed, lost or stolen Two-Year
Notes that have been replaced or paid or Two-Year Notes for whose payment
money has theretofore been deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent in
trust or segregated and held in trust by Alderwoods and thereafter repaid to
Alderwoods, as provided in Section 8.04) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation and Alderwoods has paid all sums payable by it hereunder, or
if:

         (a) either (i) pursuant to Article 3, Alderwoods shall have given
notice to the Trustee and mailed a notice of redemption to each Holder of the
redemption of all of the Two-Year Notes under arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee for the giving of such notice or (ii) all Two-Year Notes have
otherwise become due and payable hereunder;

         (b) Alderwoods shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee or a trustee reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee, as trust funds in trust solely for the
benefit of the Holders for that purpose, money in such amount as is
sufficient without consideration of reinvestment of interest, to pay
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the outstanding Two-Year Notes
to maturity or redemption, as certified in a certificate of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants; PROVIDED that the Trustee
shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money to the payment of
said principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the Two-Year
Notes;

         (c) no Default or Event of Default with respect to this Indenture or
the Two-Year Notes shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other
instrument to which Alderwoods is a party or by which it is bound;

         (d) Alderwoods shall have paid all other sums payable by it
hereunder; and

         (e) Alderwoods shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent providing for the termination of Alderwoods' obligation under the
Two-Year Notes and this Indenture have been complied with.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, Alderwoods' obligations in
Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 4.01, 4.02 and 7.08 shall survive until the
Two-Year Notes are no longer outstanding pursuant to Section 2.10. After the
Two-Year Notes are no longer outstanding, Alderwoods' obligations in Sections
7.08, 8.03, 8.04 and 8.05 shall survive.

         After such delivery or irrevocable deposit the Trustee upon request
shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of Alderwoods' obligations under
the Two-Year Notes except for those surviving obligations specified above.

         SECTION 8.02      LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE.

         (a) Alderwoods may, at its option by Board Resolution, at any time,
with respect to the Two-Year Notes, elect to have either paragraph (b) or
paragraph (c) below be applied to the outstanding Two-Year Notes upon
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         (b) Upon Alderwoods' exercise under paragraph (a) of the option
applicable to this paragraph (b), Alderwoods shall be deemed to have been
released and discharged from its obligations with respect to the outstanding
Two-Year Notes on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied
(hereinafter, "LEGAL DEFEASANCE"). For this purpose, such legal defeasance
means that Alderwoods shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by the outstanding Two-Year Notes, which shall
thereafter be deemed to be "OUTSTANDING" only for the purposes of paragraph
(e) below and the other Sections of and matters under this Indenture referred
to in (i) and (ii) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations
under such Two-Year Notes and this Indenture insofar as such Two-Year Notes
are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of Alderwoods, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which
shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the
rights of Holders of outstanding Two-Year Notes to receive solely from the
trust fund described in paragraph (d) below and as more fully set forth in
such paragraph, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on such Two-Year Notes when such payments are due, (ii) Alderwoods'
obligations with respect to such Two-Year Notes under Sections 2.06, 2.07 and
4.02, and, with respect to the Trustee, under Section 7.08, (iii) the rights,
powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, and (iv) this
Article 8. Subject to compliance with this Section 8.02, Alderwoods may
exercise its option under this paragraph (b) notwithstanding the prior
exercise of its option under paragraph (c) below with respect to the Two-Year
Notes.

         (c) Upon the exercise by Alderwoods under paragraph (a) of the
option applicable to this paragraph (c), Alderwoods shall be released and
discharged from its obligations under any covenant contained in Article 5 and
in Sections 4.05 through 4.17 with respect to the outstanding Two-Year Notes
on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied
(hereinafter, "COVENANT DEFEASANCE"), and the Two-Year Notes shall thereafter
be deemed to be not "OUTSTANDING" for the purpose of any direction, waiver,
consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any
thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed
"OUTSTANDING" for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such
covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Two-Year
Notes, Alderwoods may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in
respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant,
whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein
to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to
any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to
comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section
6.01, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and
such Two-Year Notes shall be unaffected thereby.

         (d) The following shall be the conditions to application of either
paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) above to the outstanding Two-Year Notes:

             (i) Alderwoods shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of
Section 7.11 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Section
8.02 applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the
following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated
solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Two-Year Notes, (A) cash, in
United States dollars, in an amount sufficient to pay principal of, premium,
if any, and interest on the outstanding Two-Year Notes on the Maturity Date,
(B) direct non-callable obligations of, or non-callable obligations
guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which
guarantee or obligation the full faith and credit of the United States is
pledged ("U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS") maturing as to principal, premium, if
any, and interest in such amounts of cash, in United States dollars, and at
such times as are sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of
interest, to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
outstanding Two-Year Notes not later than one day before the due date of any
payment, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge
and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to
pay and discharge principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
outstanding Two-Year Notes (except lost, stolen or destroyed Two-Year Notes
which have been replaced or repaid) on the Maturity Date thereof or otherwise
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Two-Year Notes;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) shall have
received an irrevocable written order from Alderwoods instructing the Trustee
(or other qualifying trustee) to apply such money or the proceeds of such
U.S. Government Obligations to said payments with respect to the Two-Year
Notes, and to secure the payment obligations of Alderwoods under this Section
8.02(d), the Trustee shall have a perfected Lien prior to all other creditors
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             (ii) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Two-Year
Notes shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or,
insofar as Section 6.01(a) is concerned, at any time during the period
commencing on the date of such deposit and ending on the 91st day thereafter
(it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until
the expiration of such period);

             (iii) such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not
cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest with respect to any
securities of Alderwoods;

             (iv) such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default or Event of
Default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument
to which Alderwoods is a party or by which it is bound;

             (v) in the case of an election under paragraph (b) above,
Alderwoods shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating
that (A) Alderwoods has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this Indenture,
there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either
case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that,
the Holders of the outstanding Two-Year 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;

             (vi) in the case of an election under paragraph (c) above,
Alderwoods shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that the Holders of the outstanding Two-Year 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;

             (vii) in the case of an election under either paragraph (b) or
(c) above, Alderwoods shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that, (A) the trust funds will not be subject to any
rights of any other holders of Indebtedness of Alderwoods, and (B) after the
91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the
effect of any applicable Bankruptcy Law; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if a court
were to rule under any such law in any case or proceeding that the trust
funds remained property of Alderwoods, no opinion needs to be given as to the
effect of such laws on the trust funds except the following: (x) assuming
such trust funds remained in the Trustee's possession prior to such court
ruling to the extent not paid to Holders of Two-Year Notes, the Trustee will
hold, for the benefit of the Holders of Two-Year Notes, a valid and
enforceable security interest in such trust funds that is not avoidable in
bankruptcy or otherwise, subject only to principles of equitable
subordination, (y) the Holders of Two-Year Notes will be entitled to receive
adequate protection of their interests in such trust funds if such trust
funds are used, and (z) no property, rights in property or other interests
granted to the Trustee or the Holders of Two-Year Notes in exchange for or
with respect to any of such funds will be subject to any prior rights of any
other Person, subject only to prior Liens granted under Section 364 of Title
11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (or any section of any other Bankruptcy Law
having the same effect), but still subject to the foregoing clause (y); and

             (viii) Alderwoods shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that (A) all
conditions precedent provided for relating to either the legal defeasance
under paragraph (b) above or the covenant defeasance under paragraph (c)
above, as the case may be, have been complied with and (B) if any other
Indebtedness of Alderwoods shall then be outstanding or committed, such legal
defeasance or covenant defeasance will not violate the provisions of the
agreements or instruments evidencing such Indebtedness.

         (e) All money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the
proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee)
pursuant to paragraph (d) above in respect of the outstanding Two-Year Notes
shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee), in accordance with the provisions of such Two-Year Notes and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (other
than Alderwoods or any Affiliate of Alderwoods) as the Trustee (or other
qualifying trustee) may determine, to the Holders of such Two-Year Notes of
all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and
interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law.

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     Alderwoods shall pay and indemnify the Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee) against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against
the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to paragraph (d) above or
the principal, premium, if any, and interest received in respect thereof
other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account
of the Holders of the outstanding Two-Year Notes.

     Anything in this Section 8.02 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) shall deliver or pay to Alderwoods from
time to time upon the request, in writing, by Alderwoods any money or U.S.
Government Obligations held by it as provided in paragraph (d) above that, in
the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (or
other qualifying trustee), are in excess of the amount thereof that would
then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent legal defeasance or
covenant defeasance.

     SECTION 8.03      APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.

     The Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations
deposited with it pursuant to Sections 8.01 and 8.02, and shall apply the
deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations in accordance
with this Indenture to the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Two-Year Notes.

     SECTION 8.04      REPAYMENT TO ALDERWOODS.

     Subject to Sections 7.08, 8.01 and 8.02, the Trustee shall promptly pay
to Alderwoods, upon receipt by the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate, any
excess money, determined in accordance with Section 8.02, held by it at any
time. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to Alderwoods, upon receipt by
the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, of an Officers'
Certificate, any money held by it for the payment of principal, premium, if any,
or interest that remains unclaimed for two years after payment to the Holders is
required; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee and the Paying Agent before being
required to make any payment may, but need not, at the expense of Alderwoods
cause to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of
New York or mail to each Holder entitled to such money notice that such money
remains unclaimed and that after a date specified therein, which shall be at
least 30 days from the date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to Alderwoods. After payment
to Alderwoods, Holders entitled to money must look solely to Alderwoods for
payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law
designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee or Paying Agent with
respect to such money shall thereupon cease.

     SECTION 8.05      REINSTATEMENT.

     If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with this Indenture by reason of any legal
proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental
authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then
and only then Alderwoods' obligations under this Indenture and the Two-Year
Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had been made
pursuant to this Indenture until such time as the Trustee is permitted to apply
all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Indenture;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if Alderwoods has made any payment of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on any Two-Year Notes because of the reinstatement
of its obligations, Alderwoods shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders
of such Two-Year Notes to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government
Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

                                  ARTICLE 9

                   AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

     SECTION 9.01      WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.

     Alderwoods, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may
amend, waive or supplement this Indenture or the Two-Year Notes without notice
to or consent of any Holder:


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

          (b) to comply with Article 5;

          (c) to comply with any requirements of the Commission to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA; or

          (d) to make any change that would provide any additional benefit or
rights to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the rights of any
Holder.

     SECTION 9.02      WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.

     Subject to Section 6.04, Alderwoods, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Two-Year Notes with
the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Two-Year Notes then outstanding, and the Holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Two-Year Notes then
outstanding by written notice to the Trustee may waive future compliance by
Alderwoods with any provision of this Indenture or the Two-Year Notes.

     Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9.02, without the
consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver, including a waiver
pursuant to Section 9.01, may not:

          (a) reduce the percentage in outstanding aggregate principal amount of
Two-Year Notes the Holders of which must consent to an amendment, supplement or
waiver of any provision of this Indenture or the Two-Year Notes;

          (b) reduce or change the rate or time for payment of interest on any
Two-Year Note;

          (c) change the currency in which any Two-Year Note, or any premium or
interest thereon, is payable;

          (d) reduce the principal amount outstanding of or extend the fixed
maturity of any Two-Year Note or alter the redemption provisions with respect
thereto;

          (e) make the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any
Two-Year Note payable in money other than that stated in the Two-Year Note;

          (f) modify this Section 9.02 or Section 6.04 or Section 6.07;

          (g) amend, alter, change or modify the obligation of Alderwoods to
make and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the event of a Change of
Control or make and consummate the offer with respect to any Asset Sale or
modify any of the provisions or definitions with respect thereto;

          (h) modify or change any provision of this Indenture affecting the
senior ranking of the Two-Year Notes;

          (i) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
payment on or with respect to the Two-Year Notes; or

          (j) release all or substantially all Subsidiary Guarantors and other
guarantors, if any, from guarantees of the Indebtedness evidenced by the
Two-Year Notes.

     It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this
Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment,
supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the
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     After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02
becomes effective, Alderwoods shall mail to the Holder of each Two-Year Note
affected thereby, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice briefly describing the
amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of Alderwoods to mail such notice,
or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the
validity of any amendment, supplement or waiver.

     SECTION 9.03      COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

     Every amendment of or supplement to this Indenture or the Two-Year
Notes shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.

     SECTION 9.04      REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS.

     Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent
to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by such Holder and every subsequent
Holder of that Two-Year Note or portion of that Two-Year Note that evidences the
same debt as the consenting Holder's Two-Year Note, even if notation of the
consent is not made on any Two-Year Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent
Holder may revoke the consent as to his Two-Year Note or portion of a Two-Year
Note prior to such amendment, supplement or waiver becoming effective. Such
revocation shall be effective only if the Trustee receives the notice of
revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes
effective. Notwithstanding the above, nothing in this paragraph shall impair the
right of any Holder under Section 316(b) of the TIA.

     Alderwoods may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for
the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment,
supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the second
and third sentences of the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who
were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only
those Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement or
waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons
continue to be Holders after such record date. Such consent shall be effective
only for actions taken within 90 days after such record date.

     After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall
bind every Holder; unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (a)
through (j) of Section 9.02; if it makes such a change, the amendment,
supplement or waiver shall bind every consenting Holder and subsequent Holder of
a Two-Year Note or portion of a Two-Year Note that evidences the same debt as
the consenting Holder's Two-Year Note.

     SECTION 9.05      NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF TWO-YEAR NOTES.

     If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Two-Year
Note, the Trustee shall (in accordance with the specific direction of
Alderwoods) request the Holder of the Two-Year Note to deliver it to the
Trustee. The Trustee shall (in accordance with the specific direction of
Alderwoods) place an appropriate notation on the Two-Year Note about the changed
terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if Alderwoods or the Trustee
so determines, Alderwoods in exchange for the Two-Year Note shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate a new Two-Year Note that reflects the changed terms.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Two-Year Note shall not
affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

     SECTION 9.06      TRUSTEE MAY SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.

     The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized
pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not
adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee.
If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing or refusing to
sign such amendment, supplement or waiver, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of any amendment,
supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that it is
not inconsistent herewith and that it will be valid and binding upon Alderwoods
in accordance with its terms.


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                                  ARTICLE 11

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

     SECTION 11.01     TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939.

     This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the TIA that are
required to be a part of this Indenture, and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions.

     If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision
of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter
provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or excluded,
as the case may be.

     SECTION 11.02     NOTICES.

     Any notice or communication shall be sufficiently given if in writing
and delivered in person sent by facsimile (with confirmed answerback) or mailed
by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

     If to Alderwoods or any Restricted Subsidiary or Subsidiary Guarantor:

     Alderwoods Group, Inc.
     11th Floor, Atria III
     2225 Sheppard Avenue East
     Toronto, Ontario
     Canada M2J 5C2
     Facsimile Number: (416) 498-2449
     Attention: Chief Financial Officer

     With a copy to:

     Alderwoods Group, Inc.
     11th Floor, Atria III
     2225 Sheppard Avenue East
     Toronto, Ontario
     Canada M2J 5C2
     Facsimile Number: (416) 498-2487
     Attention: Treasurer

     If to the Trustee to:

     Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A.
     Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue
     MAC N9303-120
     Minneapolis, MN 55479
     Facsimile Number: (612) 667-9825
     Attention: Corporate Trust - Alderwoods Administrator

     The parties hereto by notice to the other parties may designate
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     Any notice or communication mailed, postage prepaid, to a Holder,
including any notice delivered in connection with TIA Section 310(b), TIA
Section 313(c), TIA Section 314(a) and TIA Section 315(b), shall be mailed by
first class mail to such Holder at the address of such Holder as it appears on
the Two-Year Notes register maintained by the Registrar and shall be
sufficiently given to such Holder if so mailed within the time prescribed.
Copies of any such communication or notice to a Holder shall also be mailed to
the Trustee.

     Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in
it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. Except for a
notice to the Trustee, which is deemed given only when received, if a notice or
communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether
or not the addressee receives it.

     SECTION 11.03     COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS.

     Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other
Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Two-Year Notes.
The obligors, the Trustee, the Registrar and any other Person shall have the
protection of TIA Section 312(c).

     SECTION 11.04     CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

     Upon any request or application by Alderwoods to the Trustee to take
any action under this Indenture, Alderwoods shall furnish to the Trustee:

          (a) an Officers' Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the
signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

          (b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

     SECTION 11.05     STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION.

     Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

          (a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has
read such covenant or condition;

          (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statement or opinions contained in such certificate
or opinion are based;

          (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to
express an opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and

          (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person,
such condition or covenant has been complied with; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that with
respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers'
Certificate or certificates of public officials.

     SECTION 11.06     RULES BY TRUSTEE, PAYING AGENT, REGISTRAR.

     The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of
Holders. The Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its
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     SECTION 11.07     GOVERNING LAW.

     The laws of the State of New York shall govern this Indenture and the
Two-Year Notes. The Trustee, Alderwoods and the Holders agree to submit to the
jurisdiction of the courts of (or federal courts located in) the State of New
York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or
the Two-Year Notes.

     SECTION 11.08     CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS.

     Alderwoods irrevocably (a) agrees that any legal suit, action or
proceeding arising out of or based upon this Indenture and the Two-Year Notes
issued hereunder may be instituted in any federal or state court located in the
City of New York, (b) waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so,
any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any
such proceeding, and (c) submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts
in any such suit, action or proceeding. Alderwoods has appointed CT Corporation
System, 111 Eighth Avenue, New York City, NY 10011, as its authorized agent (the
"AUTHORIZED AGENT") upon whom process may be served in any suit, action or
proceeding arising out of or based on this Indenture which may be instituted in
any federal or state court located in the City of New York, expressly consents
to the jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any suit, action or
proceeding, and waives any other requirements of or objections to personal
jurisdiction with respect thereto. Such appointment shall be irrevocable.
Alderwoods agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and
all documents and instruments, that may be necessary to continue such
appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the
Authorized Agent and written notice of such service to Alderwoods shall be
deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon Alderwoods.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, designation of an authorized agent does not
constitute submission to jurisdiction or consent to service or process in any
legal action or proceeding predicated on United States federal or state
securities laws.

     SECTION 11.09     NO INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS.

     This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or
debt agreement of Alderwoods or any of its Subsidiaries. Any such indenture,
loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

     SECTION 11.10     NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.

     A director, officer, employee, stockholder or Affiliate, as such, of
Alderwoods or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall not have any liability for any
obligations of Alderwoods under the Two-Year Notes or this Indenture or any
Subsidiary Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of,
such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Two-Year Note
waives and releases all such liability.

     SECTION 11.11     SUCCESSORS.

     All agreements of Alderwoods in this Indenture and the Two-Year Notes
shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall
bind its successors.

     SECTION 11.12     DUPLICATE ORIGINALS.

     The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all such executed copies together
represent the same agreement.

     SECTION 11.13     SEPARABILITY.

     In case any provision in this Indenture or the Two-Year Notes shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby,
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     SECTION 11.14     TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.

     The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this
Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be
considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the
terms or provisions hereof.

     SECTION 11.15     BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.

     Nothing in this Indenture or in the Two-Year Notes, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder, and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Indenture.

                                  ARTICLE 12

                            SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES

     SECTION 12.01     GUARANTEES.

     Each Restricted Subsidiary of Alderwoods that is a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary organized under the laws of any state or commonwealth of the United
States (other than Excluded Subsidiaries) hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
guarantees (in such capacity, a "SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR"), jointly and severally,
to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (a) the full
and punctual payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Two-Year Notes when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or
otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of Alderwoods under this Indenture
and the Two-Year Notes and (b) the full and punctual performance within
applicable grace periods of all other obligations of Alderwoods under this
Indenture and the Two-Year Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter
collectively called the "OBLIGATIONS"). Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees
that the Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without
notice or further assent from such Subsidiary Guarantor and that such Subsidiary
Guarantor will remain bound under this Article 12 notwithstanding any extension
or renewal of any Obligation.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of, payment
from and protest to Alderwoods of any of the Obligations and also waives notice
of protest for nonpayment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives notice of any
default under the Two-Year Notes or the Obligations. The obligations of each
Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (a) the failure of any
Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or
remedy against Alderwoods or any other Person under this Indenture, the Two-Year
Notes or any other agreement or otherwise, (b) any extension or renewal of any
thereof, (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the
terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Two-Year Notes or any other
agreement, (d) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for
the Obligations or any of them, (e) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to
exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Obligations, or
(f) except as set forth in Section 12.06, any change in the ownership of such
Subsidiary Guarantor.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee
herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due
(and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any
resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of
the Obligations.

     Except as set forth in Sections 8.01, 8.02, 12.02 and 12.06, the
obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any
reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any
claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be
subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination
whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the
Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or
impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to
assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the
Two-Year Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any
thereof, by any default, failure or delay, wilful or otherwise, in the
performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or
delay to do any other act or thing


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that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of such
Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such
Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein
shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on any Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or
the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of Alderwoods or otherwise.

     In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other
right that any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any
Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of Alderwoods to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Obligation when and as the
same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or
otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Obligation, each Subsidiary
Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the
Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the
Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (a) the unpaid amount of such Obligations,
(b) accrued and unpaid interest on such Obligations (but only to the extent not
prohibited by law) and (c) all other monetary Obligations of Alderwoods to the
Holders and the Trustee.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that, as between it, on the one hand,
and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (a) the maturity of the
Obligations Guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for
the purposes of such Subsidiary Guarantor's Subsidiary Guarantee herein,
notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such
acceleration in respect of the Obligations Guaranteed hereby, and (b) in the
event of any declaration of acceleration of such Obligations as provided in
Article 6, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith
become due and payable by such Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of this
Section.

     Each Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred by the Trustee or any
Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section.

     SECTION 12.02     LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.

     Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary
notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Obligations Guaranteed
hereunder by any Subsidiary Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that
can be hereby Guaranteed without rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such
Subsidiary Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent
conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of
creditors generally.

     SECTION 12.03     SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

     This Article 12 shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor and its
successors and assigns and shall enure to the benefit of the successors and
assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or
assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges
conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Two-Year Notes shall
automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all
subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.

     SECTION 12.04     NO WAIVER.

     Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the
Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article 12 shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof
preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The
rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly
specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or
benefits that either may have under this Article 12 at law, in equity, by
statute or otherwise.

     SECTION 12.05     MODIFICATION.

     No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article
12, nor the consent to any departure by any Subsidiary Guarantor therefrom,
shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed


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by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on
any Subsidiary Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Subsidiary Guarantor to
any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other
circumstances.

     SECTION 12.06     RELEASE OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS.

     Upon the sale or other disposition (including by way of consolidation
or merger) of a Subsidiary Guarantor or the sale or disposition of all or
substantially all the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor (in each case other
than a sale or disposition to Alderwoods or another Subsidiary Guarantor), in a
transaction permitted by this Indenture (including, without limitation, the
Restructuring Transactions), such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed released
from all obligations under this Article 12 without any further action required
on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. At the request and expense of
Alderwoods, and upon receipt of an Officers' Certificate, the Trustee shall
execute and deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing such release.


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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.

                                      ALDERWOODS GROUP, INC.


                                      By:   /S/ BRADLEY D. STAM
                                          ____________________________________
                                          Name:  Bradley D. Stam
                                          Title:  Senior Vice President, Legal
                                                  and Asset Management




                                      EACH SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR
                                      LISTED ON SCHEDULE 1.01 HERETO


                                      By:  /S/ BRADLEY D. STAM
                                          ____________________________________
                                          Name:  Bradley D. Stam
                                          Title:  Authorized Signatory



                                      WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL
                                      ASSOCIATION, as Trustee


                                      By: /S/ JANE Y. SCHWEIGER
                                          ____________________________________
                                          Name:  Jane Y. Schweiger
                                          Title:  Assistant Vice President


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                                                                  SCHEDULE 1.01

                              SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

ALASKA

Alderwoods (Alaska), Inc. (the name of which is to be or to have been changed
from Evergreen Memorial Chapel, Inc.)

ARIZONA

Alderwoods (Arizona), Inc.
Hatfield Funeral Home, Inc.
Phoenix Memorial Park Association

ARKANSAS

Alderwoods (Arkansas), Inc.

CALIFORNIA

Advance Funeral Insurance Services
Alderwoods Group (California), Inc.
Alderwoods (Texas), Inc.
Earthman LP, Inc.
Universal Memorial Centers V, Inc.
Universal Memorial Centers VI, Inc.
Whitehurst-Lakewood Memorial Park and Funeral Service

COLORADO

Alderwoods (Colorado), Inc.

CONNECTICUT

Alderwoods (Connecticut), Inc.

DELAWARE

Administration Services, Inc.
Alderwoods (Alabama), Inc.
Alderwoods (Commissioner), Inc.
Alderwoods (Delaware), Inc.
Alderwoods (Mississippi), Inc.
Alderwoods (Texas), L.P.
American Burial and Cremation Centers, Inc.
H.P. Brandt Funeral Home, Inc.
Lienkaemper Chapels, Inc.
Neweol (Delaware), L.L.C.
Osiris Holding Corporation

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Alderwoods (District of Columbia), Inc. (the name of which is to be or to have
been changed from Stein Hebrew Memorial Funeral Home, Inc.)

FLORIDA

Coral Ridge Funeral Home and Cemetery, Inc.
Funeral Services Acquisition Group, Inc.
Garden Sanctuary Acquisition, Inc.
Kadek Enterprises of Florida, Inc.
Levitt Weinstein Memorial Chapels, Inc.
MHI Group, Inc.
Naples Memorial Gardens, Inc.
Osiris Holding of Florida, Inc.
Security Trust Plans, Inc.

GEORGIA

Advanced Planning of Georgia, Inc.
Alderwoods (Georgia), Inc.
Alderwoods (Georgia) Holdings, Inc.
Green Lawn Cemetery Corporation
Poteet Holdings, Inc.
Southeastern Funeral Homes, Inc.

HAWAII

Alderwoods (Hawaii), Inc.

IDAHO

Alderwoods (Idaho), Inc.

ILLINOIS

Alderwoods (Chicago North), Inc.
Alderwoods (Chicago Central), Inc.
Alderwoods (Chicago South), Inc.
Alderwoods (Illinois), Inc.
Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home Ltd.
Chicago Cemetery Corporation
Elmwood Acquisition Corporation
Mount Auburn Memorial Park, Inc.
The Oak Woods Cemetery Association
Pineview Memorial Park, Inc.
Ridgewood Cemetery Company, Inc.
Ruzich Funeral Home, Inc.
Woodlawn Cemetery of Chicago, Inc.
Woodlawn Memorial Park, Inc.

INDIANA

Advance Planning of America, Inc.

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Alderwoods (Indiana), Inc.
Ruzich Funeral Home, Inc.

IOWA

Alderwoods (Iowa), Inc.

KANSAS

Alderwoods (Kansas), Inc.

KENTUCKY

Alderwoods (Partner), Inc.

LOUISIANA

Alderwoods (Louisiana), Inc.

MARYLAND

Alderwoods (Maryland), Inc.

MASSACHUSETTS

Alderwoods (Massachusetts), Inc.
Doba-Haby Insurance Agency, Inc.

MICHIGAN

Alderwoods (Michigan), Inc.

MINNESOTA

Alderwoods (Minnesota), Inc.

MISSISSIPPI

Family Care, Inc.
Riemann Enterprises, Inc.
Stephens Funeral Fund, Inc.

MISSOURI

Alderwoods (Missouri), Inc.

MONTANA

Alderwoods (Montana), Inc.

NEBRASKA

Alderwoods (Nebraska), Inc.


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NEVADA

Alderwoods (Nevada), Inc.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Robert Douglas Goundrey Funeral Home, Inc.
St. Laurent Funeral Home, Inc.
ZS Acquisition, Inc.

NEW MEXICO

Alderwoods (New Mexico), Inc.
Strong-Thorne Mortuary, Inc.

NEW YORK

Alderwoods (New York), Inc.
Northeast Monument Company, Inc.

NORTH CAROLINA

Alderwoods (North Carolina), Inc.
Carothers Holding Company, Inc.
Lineberry Group, Inc.
Reeves, Inc.
Westminster Gardens, Inc.

NORTH DAKOTA

Alderwoods (North Dakota), Inc.

OHIO

Alderwoods (Ohio) Cemetery Management, Inc.
Alderwoods (Ohio) Funeral Home, Inc.
Bennett-Emmert-Szakovitz Funeral Home, Inc.

OKLAHOMA

Alderwoods (Oklahoma), Inc.

OREGON

Alderwoods (Oregon), Inc.
The Portland Memorial, Inc.
Universal Memorial Centers I, Inc.
Universal Memorial Centers II, Inc.
Universal Memorial Centers III, Inc.

PENNSYLVANIA

Alderwoods (Pennsylvania), Inc.
Bright Undertaking Company


                                      4

<PAGE>

H. Samson, Inc.
Knee Funeral Home of Wilkinsburg, Inc.
Nineteen Thirty-Five Holdings, Inc.
Oak Woods Management Company

RHODE ISLAND

Alderwoods (Rhode Island), Inc.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Alderwoods (South Carolina), Inc.
Graceland Cemetery Development Co.

SOUTH DAKOTA

Alderwoods (South Dakota), Inc.

TENNESSEE

DMA Corporation
Eagle Financial Associates, Inc.
Alderwoods (Tennessee), Inc.

TEXAS

Alderwoods (Texas) Cemetery, Inc.
Dunwood Cemetery Service Company
Earthman Cemetery Holdings, Inc.
Earthman Holdings, Inc.
Travis Land Company
Waco Memorial Park

VIRGINIA

Alderwoods (Virginia), Inc. (the name of which is to be or to have been changed
from Bucktrout Funeral Home of Williamsburg, Inc.)

WASHINGTON

Alderwoods (Washington), Inc.
Evergreen Funeral Home and Cemetery, Inc.
Green Service Corporation
S & H Properties & Enterprises, Inc.
Vancouver Funeral Chapel, Inc.

WEST VIRGINIA

Alderwoods (West Virginia), Inc.

WISCONSIN

Alderwoods (Wisconsin), Inc.
Northern Land Company, Inc.


                                      5

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WYOMING

Alderwoods (Wyoming), Inc.








                                      6

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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

         UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO
ALDERWOODS OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. TRANSFERS OF
THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO
NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE
AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS
MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE 2 OF THE
INDENTURE.

                             ALDERWOODS GROUP, INC.

                          12 1/4% Senior Notes DUE 2004

No. ______                                                         $__________

CUSIP No.

         ALDERWOODS GROUP, INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of
the State of Delaware (herein called "ALDERWOODS", which term includes any
successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & Co. or registered assigns, the
principal sum of _______________ Dollars on January 2, 2004, at the office or
agency of Alderwoods referred to below, and to pay interest thereon on June
15 and December 15, in each year, commencing on June 15, 2002, accruing from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the Measurement Date
(subject to deduction as provided for in Section 2.01 of the Indenture), at
the rate of 12 1/4% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly
provided for. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture
referred to on the reverse hereof, be paid to the Person in whose name this
Global Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be June 1
or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next
preceding such Interest Payment Date (each a "REGULAR RECORD DATE"). Any such
interest not so punctually paid, or duly provided for, and interest on such
defaulted interest at the rate borne by the Global Notes, to the extent
lawful, shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular
Record Date, and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Global Note (or
one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a
special record date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by
the Trustee, notice of which shall be given to Holders of Global Notes not
less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or may be paid at any
time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Global Notes may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in
such Indenture.

         Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this
Global Note will be made at the office or agency of Alderwoods maintained for
that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, or at such
other office or agency of Alderwoods as may be maintained for such purpose,
in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that payment of interest may be made at the option of Alderwoods by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address
shall appear on the security register maintained by the Registrar. Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Global Note set forth on the
reverse hereof.

                                      A-1

<PAGE>

         Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly
executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual
signature, and a seal has been affixed hereon, this Global Note shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for
any purpose.

                                      A-2

<PAGE>

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Alderwoods has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.

         Dated:

                                      ALDERWOODS GROUP, INC.


                                      By: _____________________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:




                                      By: _____________________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:



                                      A-3

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                     TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

         This is one of the Global Notes designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

                                      WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
                                      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Trustee


                                      By: _____________________________________
                                          Authorized Officer



                                      A-4

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                            (Reverse of Global Note)

         1. INDENTURE. This Global Note is one of the duly authorized
Two-Year Notes of Alderwoods designated as its 12 1/4% Senior Notes due 2004
(the "TWO-YEAR NOTES"), which may be issued under an indenture (herein called
the "INDENTURE") dated as of January 2, 2002, among Alderwoods Group, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, as issuer ("ALDERWOODS") and Wells Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee
(herein called the "TRUSTEE," which term includes any successor Trustee under
the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of
Alderwoods, the Trustee and the Holders of the Two-Year Notes, and of the
terms upon which the Two-Year Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered.

         All capitalized terms used in this Two-Year Note that are defined in
the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.

         No reference herein to the Indenture and no provisions of this
Two-Year Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of
Alderwoods, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on this Two-Year Note at the times, place and
rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

         2.       REDEMPTION.

         (a) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. The Two-Year Notes are redeemable as a
whole or in part, at the option of Alderwoods, at any time upon not less than
10 nor more than 60 days' prior notice at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of
their principal amount plus accrued interest to the date of redemption.

         (b) PARTIAL REDEMPTION. In the event of redemption of this Two-Year
Note in part only, a new Two-Year Note or Two-Year Notes for the unredeemed
portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the
cancellation hereof.

         3. OFFERS TO PURCHASE. Section 4.11 of the Indenture provides that
upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, and subject to further
limitations contained therein, Alderwoods shall make an offer to purchase
certain amounts of the Two-Year Notes in accordance with the procedures set
forth in the Indenture. Section 4.12 of the Indenture provides that upon the
occurrence of certain Asset Sales, and subject to further limitations
contained therein, Alderwoods shall make an offer to purchase certain amounts
of the Two-Year Notes in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
Indenture.

         4. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. If an Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of all of the outstanding Two-Year Notes, plus all
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to and including the date the Two-Year
Notes are paid, may be declared or may become due and payable in the manner
and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

         5. DEFEASANCE. The Indenture contains provisions (which provisions
apply to this Two-Year Note) for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire
indebtedness of Alderwoods under this Two-Year Note and (b) certain
restrictive covenants and related Defaults and Events of Default, in each
case upon compliance by Alderwoods with certain conditions set forth therein.

         6. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. The Indenture permits, with certain
exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of
the rights and obligations of Alderwoods and the rights of the Holders under
the Indenture at any time by Alderwoods and the Trustee with the consent of
the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Two-Year Notes at the time outstanding. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate
principal amount of the Two-Year Notes at the time outstanding, on behalf of
the Holders of all the Two-Year Notes, to waive compliance by Alderwoods with
certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past Defaults and Events of
Default under the Indenture and this Two-Year Note and their consequences.
Any such consent or waiver by or on behalf of the Holder of this Two-Year
Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this

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Two-Year Note and of any Two-Year Note issued upon the registration of
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Two-Year Note.

         7. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE. The Two-Year Notes are
issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $100 and
any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth, the Two-Year Notes are exchangeable
for a like aggregate principal amount of Two-Year Notes of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

         As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Two-Year Note is registrable on the
security register of Alderwoods, upon surrender of this Two-Year Note for
registration of transfer at the office or agency of Alderwoods maintained for
such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York or at such
other office or agency of Alderwoods as may be maintained for such purpose,
duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such
Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Two-Year Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

         No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange or redemption of Two-Year Notes, but Alderwoods may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.

         8. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. Prior to and at the time of due
presentment of this Two-Year Note for registration of transfer, Alderwoods,
the Trustee and any agent of Alderwoods or the Trustee may treat the Person
in whose name this Two-Year Note is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Two-Year Note shall be overdue, and neither
Alderwoods, the Trustee nor any agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.

         9. GOVERNING LAW. This Two-Year Note shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

                                      A-6

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                                   Schedule A

                Exchange of (a) portions of this Global Note for
                      Physical Notes or (b) Physical Notes
                      for an interest in this Global Note.


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                                      A-7

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                                                                     EXHIBIT B

                             ALDERWOODS GROUP, INC.

                          12 1/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2004

No. ______        $__________

CUSIP No.

         ALDERWOODS GROUP, INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of
the State of Delaware (herein called "ALDERWOODS", which term includes any
successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to [_______] or registered assigns, the
principal sum of _______________ Dollars on January 2, 2004, at the office or
agency of Alderwoods referred to below, and to pay interest thereon on June
15 and December 15, in each year, commencing on June 15, 2002, accruing from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the Measurement Date
(subject to deduction as provided for in Section 2.01 of the Indenture), at
the rate of 12 1/4% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly
provided for. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture
referred to on the reverse hereof, be paid to the Person in whose name this
Physical Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close
of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be June
1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next
preceding such Interest Payment Date (each a "REGULAR RECORD DATE"). Any such
interest not so punctually paid, or duly provided for, and interest on such
defaulted interest at the rate borne by the Physical Notes, to the extent
lawful, shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular
Record Date, and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Physical Note
(or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on
a special record date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed
by the Trustee, notice of which shall be given to Holders of Physical Notes
not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or may be paid at
any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of
any securities exchange on which the Physical Notes may be listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided
in such Indenture.

         Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this
Physical Note will be made at the office or agency of Alderwoods maintained
for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, or at
such other office or agency of Alderwoods as may be maintained for such
purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the
time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that payment of interest may be made at the option of
Alderwoods by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as
such address shall appear on the security register maintained by the
Registrar or by wire transfer to such account as the Person entitled thereto
may request in form reasonably satisfactory to Alderwoods and the Trustee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Physical Note set
forth on the reverse hereof.

         Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly
executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual
signature, and a seal has been affixed hereon, this Physical Note shall not
be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for
any purpose.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Alderwoods has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.

         Dated:

                                      ALDERWOODS GROUP, INC.


                                      By: _____________________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:




                                      By: _____________________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:



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                     TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

         This is one of the Physical Notes designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

                                      WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
                                      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Trustee


                                      By: _____________________________________
                                          Authorized Officer

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                           (Reverse of Physical Note)

         1. INDENTURE. This Physical Note is one of the duly authorized
Two-Year Notes of Alderwoods designated as its 12 1/4% Senior Notes due 2004
(the "TWO-YEAR NOTES"), which may be issued under an indenture (herein called
the "INDENTURE") dated as of January 2, 2002, among Alderwoods Group, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, as issuer ("ALDERWOODS") and Wells Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee
(herein called the "TRUSTEE," which term includes any successor Trustee under
the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of
Alderwoods, the Trustee and the Holders of the Two-Year Notes, and of the
terms upon which the Two-Year Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered.

         All capitalized terms used in this Two-Year Note that are defined in
the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.

         No reference herein to the Indenture and no provisions of this
Two-Year Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of
Alderwoods, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on this Two-Year Note at the times, place and
rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

         2.       REDEMPTION.

         (a) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. The Two-Year Notes are redeemable as a
whole or in part, at the option of Alderwoods, at any time upon not less than
10 nor more than 60 days' prior notice at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of
their principal amount plus accrued interest to the date of redemption.

         (b) PARTIAL REDEMPTION. In the event of redemption of this Two-Year
Note in part only, a new Two-Year Note or Two-Year Notes for the unredeemed
portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the
cancellation hereof.

         3. OFFERS TO PURCHASE. Section 4.11 of the Indenture provides that
upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, and subject to further
limitations contained therein, Alderwoods shall make an offer to purchase
certain amounts of the Two-Year Notes in accordance with the procedures set
forth in the Indenture. Section 4.12 of the Indenture provides that upon the
occurrence of certain Asset Sales, and subject to further limitations
contained therein, Alderwoods shall make an offer to purchase certain amounts
of the Two-Year Notes in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
Indenture.

         4. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. If an Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of all of the outstanding Two-Year Notes, plus all
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to and including the date the Two-Year
Notes are paid, may be declared or may become due and payable in the manner
and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

         5. DEFEASANCE. The Indenture contains provisions (which provisions
apply to this Two-Year Note) for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire
indebtedness of Alderwoods under this Two-Year Note and (b) certain
restrictive covenants and related Defaults and Events of Default, in each
case upon compliance by Alderwoods with certain conditions set forth therein.

         6. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. The Indenture permits, with certain
exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of
the rights and obligations of Alderwoods and the rights of the Holders under
the Indenture at any time by Alderwoods and the Trustee with the consent of
the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Two-Year Notes at the time outstanding. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate
principal amount of the Two-Year Notes at the time outstanding, on behalf of
the Holders of all the Two-Year Notes, to waive compliance by Alderwoods with
certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past Defaults and Events of
Default under the Indenture and this Two-Year Note and their consequences.
Any such consent or waiver by or on behalf of the Holder of this Two-Year
Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this

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Two-Year Note and of any Two-Year Note issued upon the registration of
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Two-Year Note.

         7. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE. The Two-Year Notes are
issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $100 and
any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth, the Two-Year Notes are exchangeable
for a like aggregate principal amount of Two-Year Notes of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, the transfer of this Two-Year Note is registrable on the security
register of Alderwoods, upon surrender of this Two-Year Note for registration
of transfer at the office or agency of Alderwoods maintained for such purpose
in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York or at such other office
or agency of Alderwoods as may be maintained for such purpose, duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Two-Year
Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal
amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No
service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or
redemption of Two-Year Notes, but Alderwoods may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.

         8. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. Prior to and at the time of due
presentment of this Two-Year Note for registration of transfer, Alderwoods,
the Trustee and any agent of Alderwoods or the Trustee may treat the Person
in whose name this Two-Year Note is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Two-Year Note shall be overdue, and neither
Alderwoods, the Trustee nor any agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.

         9. GOVERNING LAW. This Two-Year Note shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

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                       OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

         If you wish to have this Two-Year Note purchased by Alderwoods
pursuant to Section 4.11 or 4.12 of the Indenture, check the "Yes" box:

                                     Yes [ ]

         If you wish to have a portion of this Two-Year Note purchased by
Alderwoods pursuant to Section 4.11 or 4.12 of the Indenture, state the
amount:

                          $_______________


Date: _______________  Your Signature: ________________________________________
                                      (Sign exactly as your name appears on the
                                       other side of this Two-Year Note)



Signature Guarantee: __________________



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                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

         If you the holder want to assign this Two-Year Note, fill in the
form below and have your signature guaranteed:

         I or we assign and transfer this Two-Year Note to ____________________

_______________________________________________________________________________
            (Insert assignee's social security or tax ID number)

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________
            (Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint ______________ agent to transfer this Two-Year Note
on the books of Alderwoods. The agent may substitute another to act for him.


Date: _______________  Your Signature: ________________________________________
                                      (Sign exactly as your name appears on the
                                       other side of this Two-Year Note)



Signature Guarantee: __________________