The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-21
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that special meeting of the stock
holders OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway Company has been called
by the board OF directors of said
company, to be held at the principal
office of the company, in tho city OF
APRIL, 1910, at IL o'clock noon. 70
consider and act on tho following
propositions:
ta) To consent to, approve and au-
thorlze an increase OF the authorized
common capital stock OF the COM
.pany by the addition thereto OF stock
in the par amount OF s56,7S9.To0, to
be divided into 66G397 shares of the
/. par value OF 500 each. so as TO make
the total authorized par amount OF
600, consisting OF 100000 shares OF
the par value or 800 each;
tb) To authorize the creation Of
an issue OF convertible bonds of the
and one-half per cent. twenty-year
convertible gold bonds. to be limited
to princlpal amount OF not ea-
oeeding $37,200,0od as any one time
outstanding, such bonds 10 be issued.
from time TO tune, either as coupon
thousand dollars, or as registered
bonds OF the denomination of one
thousand dollars, or of any multiple
of one thousand dollars that the
poaTu OF ulN"Cto!S OF inc company,
by resolution, may from time %
time prescribe, such bonds TO bear
such date or dates, to be payable,
both principal and interest. in such
currencies and at such fixed rate or
rates of exchange, and 20 be con-
vertiblc at the option OF the holder
into common stock of the company.
upon such terms as said board may
determine and as may be provided
in any trust indenture approved by
said board under which such con
vertible bonds may be issued; such
bonds and such indenture TO con-
tain such provisions as TO CONVEX
sion, redemption, maturity and other
wise as said board may determine.
and such indenture to contain appro-
company shall not Cd create any
additional mortgage upon the lines
of railroad owned by II at the date
of such indenture or upon any part
thereof without making effective
provision In such additional mort
standing, unpaid and unconverted.
under such indenture shall be Sc
cured under such additional mortgage
by a lien upon said lines OF railroad.
the lien thereupon enjoyed by any
bonds or other obligations issued
under such additional mortgage and
secured thereby, nor co during ths
life OF the conversion privilege, issue
any stock entitled to preference or
priority over It's common stock:
Co To approve the form and terms
OF such bonds and OF such indenturc;
to authorize the issue and DISPOSE
ton OF such bonds; to authorize so
much Of such additional stock as
may De required. 10 be reserUad aud
set aside and used. together with tho
unissued remainder OF the common
capital stock as now authorized.
solely for the conversion of such
bonds, and to authorize the residue
of said s36,739.700 additional OF said
common stock to be issued from
time to time as Saio board may, in
the exercise of its lawful discretion,
determine:
(dJ TO ratify and confirm such
action heretofore taken or author
led by said board. in anticipation ot
sucn action of the stockholders as
may be submitted to the meeting.
ana
(e) To transact such other business
as may properly be brought before
Ag The stock stock transfer books of the
company will be closed for said
meeting on the 9Th day of April,
1910 at 8 o'clock p. M, and Will be
renpened on the 10th day OF April,
1910, at 10 o'clock A NJ
Dated, Richmond. Va, March %.
1910.
BY order of the Board of Directors
FRANK TRUMBULL,
GEO. w. STEVENS,
JAS. sTEuART MAcKIE.
Secretary.