The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-30
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The Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. Co.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL STOCKHOLM
ers' Neeting.-Notice is hereby given
that a 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 the city of
Richmond, Va, on the 28TH DAY OF
APRIL, 1910, at IL o'clocks noon. to
consider and act on the following
propositions:
(a) To consent TO, approve and au-
thorize an increase of the authorized
common capital stock of the com
.pany b. the addition thereto OF stock
in the par amount of s36,T39,T00, to
be divided into 367,397 shares of the
par value of 800 each, so as TO make
the total authorized par amount of
such common capital stock 100000
600, consisting OF 100000 shares of
the par value of 800 each:
OBJ To authorize the creation of
an issue of convertible bonds of the
company, to be known as it's four
and one-half per cent. twenty-year
convertible gold bonds, to be limited
to q principal amount of not eN-
ceeding s37,20o.ooO at any one time
outstanding, such bonds TO be Issued.
from time to time. either as coupon
bonds OF the denomination of ono
thousand dollars, or as registered
thousand dollars. or of any multiple
OF one thousand dollars that the
board of directors of the company,
by resolution, may from time to
time prescribe. such bonds to bear
such date or dates, to be payable,
currencies and at such fixed rate or
rates of exchange, and to be con-
vertible 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-
pirate provision to the end that the
company shall not (1) create any
additional mortgage upon the lines
of railroad owned by it at the date
of such indenture or upon any part
thereof without making effective
provision in such additional mort
gage that all such bonds then out
standing, unpaid and unconverted.
under such indenture shall be Sc
cured under such additional mortgage
by a lien upon said lines OF railroad.
which shall be upon parity with
the lien thereupon enjoyed by any
bonds or other obligations issued
under such additional mortgage and
secured thereby. nor CD during the
life of the conversion privilege, Issue
any stock entitled to preference or
priority over It's common stock
(c) To approve the form and terms
of such bonds and of such indenture;
to authorize the issue and disposi-
ton OF such bonds. to authorize so
much of such additional stock as
may be required. to be reserved and
set aside and used, together with the
unissued remainder of the common
capital stock as now authorized.
solely for the conversion of such
bonds, and to auth orize the residue
of said $36,739,70O additional of said
common stock to be issued from
time TO time as said board may, in
tho exercise OF its lawful discretion.
determine:
(d) TO ratlfy and confirm such
action heretofore taken or author
led by said board. In anticipation OF
such action OF the stockholders as
may DO submitted to the meeting:
and
as may properly be brought before
'n9 The r.ee stoeK transfer books Of the
company will be closed for said
meeting on the 9Th day of April,
1910, at 3 o'clock e. NJ, and ,wll be
Al910, at 10 o'clock A. NJ
Dated. Richmond, Va, March 25
By order of the Board of Directors
FRANK TRuMBuLL.
GEO. W. STEVENS, 4''l''Ai'
JAS. sTEUART MAcKIEs
Secretary
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