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As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25,
1998
Registration No. 333-44515
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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NVR, INC.
(Name of Primary Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Virginia
(State of Incorporation )
54-1394360
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
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State of I.R.S. Employer
Names of Additional Registrants Incorporation Identification Number
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NVR Financial Services, Inc. Pennsylvania 25-1203734
NVR Homes, Inc. Virginia 25-1709930
RVN, Inc. Delaware 51-0378026
Fox Ridge Homes, Inc. (formerly known Tennessee 62-1715049
as NVR Fox Ridge, Inc.)
7601 Lewinsville Road, Suite 300
McLean, Virginia 22102
(703) 761-2000
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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Agent for Service: With Copies to:
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Mr. Dwight C. Schar J. Warren Gorrell, Jr., Esq.
Chief Executive Officer Eve N. Howard, Esq.
NVR, Inc. Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
7601 Lewinsville Road, Suite 300 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
McLean, Virginia 22102 Washington, D.C. 20004-1109
(703) 761-2000 (202) 637-5600
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Approximate Date of Commencement of Proposed Sale to the Public: As
soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement and
from time to time as determined by market conditions.
If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. [_]
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. |_|
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration
statement for the same offering. [_]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box. [_]
THE REGISTRANTS HEREBY AMEND THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE
OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANTS
SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a),
MAY DETERMINE.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement relates to securities that may be offered
from time to time. This Registration Statement contains a form of basic
prospectus relating to the Registrants, which will be used in connection with
one or more offerings of securities. The specific terms of the securities to be
offered will be set forth in a Prospectus Supplement relating to such
securities.
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+INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A +
+REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE +
+SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY +
+OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED BEFORE THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES +
+EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE +
+SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE +
+SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE +
+UNLAWFUL BEFORE REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY+
+SUCH STATE. +
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Subject to Completion
Preliminary Prospectus Dated Febuary 25, 1998
PROSPECTUS
$400,000,000
NVR, INC.
DEBT SECURITIES
NVR, Inc. ("NVR" or the "Company") may from time to time offer in one
or more separate series unsecured, non-convertible debt securities ("Debt
Securities") with an aggregate public offering price of up to $400,000,000 (or
its equivalent in another currency based on the exchange rate at the time of
sale) in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined at the time of
offering. The Debt Securities may be offered, separately or together, in
amounts, at prices, with subsidiary guarantees and on other terms to be set
forth in one or more supplements to this Prospectus (each, a "Prospectus
Supplement").
The specific terms of the Debt Securities in respect of which this
Prospectus is being delivered will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement and will include, where applicable, the specific title, aggregate
principal amount, currency, form (which may be registered or bearer, or
certificated or global), authorized denominations, maturity, rate (or manner of
calculation thereof) and time of payment of interest, terms for redemption at
the option of the Company or repayment at the option of the holder, terms for
sinking fund payments, covenants and initial public offering price.
The Debt Securities may be offered directly, through agents designated
from time to time by the Company, or to or through underwriters or dealers. If
any agents or underwriters are involved in the sale of any of the Debt
Securities, their names, and any applicable purchase price, fee, commission or
discount arrangement between or among them, will be set forth, or will be
calculable from the information set forth, in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement. See "Plan of Distribution." No Debt Securities may be sold without
delivery of the applicable Prospectus Supplement describing the method and terms
of the offering of such series of Debt Securities.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE U.S. SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION, NOR HAS THE
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS
PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The date of this Prospectus is , 1998.
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WHERE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Company files annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy
statements and other information with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC" or "Commission"). You may read and copy any document the
Company has filed with the SEC at the SEC's public reference rooms in
Washington, D.C., New York, New York, and Chicago, Illinois. Please call the SEC
at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on its public reference rooms. The
Company's SEC filings are available to the public from the SEC's world wide web
site at http://www.sec.gov. You may obtain a copy of the Company's SEC filings
at no cost by writing or telephoning the Company's Corporate Secretary at:
Corporate Secretary
NVR, Inc.
7601 Lewinsville Road, Suite 300
McLean, Virginia 22102
(703) 761-2000
In addition, since the Company's Common Stock is listed on the American
Stock Exchange, its SEC filings may be inspected and copied at the offices of
the American Stock Exchange at 86 Trinity Place, New York, New York 10006.
The SEC allows the Company to "incorporate by reference" certain
information it files with the SEC, which means that the Company may disclose
important information in this Prospectus by referring the reader to the
documents that contain the information. The information incorporated by
reference is considered to be a part of this Prospectus, and later information
filed with the SEC will update and supersede this information. The Company
incorporates by reference the documents listed below and any future filings made
with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 until the offering of Debt Securities covered by this Prospectus is
completed:
(1) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1996; and
(2) the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, each as amended on
on February 24, 1998, for the quarters ended March 31, 1997,
June 30, 1997, and September 30, 1997; and
(3) the portions of the Company's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for
the Annual Meeting of the Company's Shareholders held on May 6, 1997
that have been incorporated by reference into the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996.
The Company has filed with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 relating to the Debt Securities offered by this
Prospectus. This Prospectus is a part of the Registration Statement, but does
not contain all of the information in the Registration Statement. For further
information concerning the Company and the Debt Securities, reference is made to
the Registration Statement and the exhibits filed with it, which may be examined
at the locations listed in the first paragraph under this heading.
Readers should rely only on the information provided or incorporated by
reference in this Prospectus or in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Readers
should not assume that the information in the Prospectus and the applicable
Prospectus Supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the
front cover of the document.
The Company is not making an offer to sell the Debt Securities in any
state where an offer is not permitted.
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THE COMPANY
The Company, formed in 1980 as NVHomes, Inc., is a holding company that
currently operates, through its subsidiaries, in two business segments: (1) the
construction and marketing of homes and (2) financial services, including a
mortgage banking operation. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to
"NVR" or the "Company" include its subsidiaries.
NVR is one of the largest homebuilders in the United States and in the
Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland metropolitan areas, where NVR derived
approximately 72% of its 1996 homebuilding revenues. NVR's homebuilding
operations construct and sell single-family detached homes, townhomes and
condominium buildings in two distinct product lines, through two divisions: Ryan
Homes and NVHomes. Ryan Homes builds moderately priced homes in 16 metropolitan
areas located in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Ohio, New Jersey, Delaware and Tennessee, and markets its homes
primarily to first-time buyers. NVHomes builds homes largely in the Washington,
D.C. metropolitan area, and markets its homes primarily to move-up buyers.
In addition to building and selling homes, NVR provides a number of
mortgage-related services through its national mortgage banking operations,
which operate in 14 states. NVR's mortgage banking operations provide financing
to a substantial portion of NVR's homebuilding customers. NVR's mortgage banking
business sells all of the mortgage loans it closes into the secondary markets,
but it retains the servicing rights associated with a small portion of those
loans. NVR's mortgage banking business generates revenues primarily from
origination fees, gains on marketing of loans, title fees, and sales of
servicing rights.
The Company is a Virginia corporation. Its executive offices and the
executive offices of the Guarantors are located at 7601 Lewinsville Road, Suite
300, McLean, Virginia 22102 and the telephone number is (703) 761-2000.
THE GUARANTORS
The following direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of the
Company are guarantors: NVR Financial Services, Inc., a Pennsylvania
corporation, NVR Homes, Inc., a Virginia corporation, RVN, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and Fox Ridge Homes, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the
"Guarantors"). If so provided in a Prospectus Supplement, each of the Guarantors
would fully and unconditionally guarantee on a joint and several basis the
Company's obligations under the Debt Securities being offered and sold, subject
(a) to any subordination provisions described in the Prospectus Supplement, and
(b) in the case of the guarantees generally, to such guarantee not constituting
or resulting in a violation of any applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar
law of any relevant jurisdiction, in which case, the liability of the Guarantor
under its guarantee will be reduced to the maximum amount, after giving effect
to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor (which generally
consists of indebtedness and other obligations of such Guarantor, including
trade payables), permissible under applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar
law.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of Debt Securities for
general corporate purposes.
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RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The Company's ratio of earnings to fixed charges, the ratio of earnings
to fixed charges of its homebuilding operations, and the ratio of earnings to
fixed charges of each of the Guarantors, was as set forth below for each period
indicated:
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Three Nine
Nine months Months Months Year
Ended Year Ended Dec. 31, Ended Ended Ended
Sept. 30, ---------------------------- Dec. 31, Sept. 30, Dec. 31,
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993(1) 1993(1) 1992
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Homebuilding operations
NVR, Inc (excluding the Company's mortgage
banking subsidiaries, limited
purpose financing operations, and
reorganization items)(2).................... 4.4 3.8 2.9 2.1 (3) 2.8 1.1
Total consolidated Company(4)............... 3.7 2.9 2.2 1.6 (5) (5)(6) (5)(6)
NVR Financial Services, Inc................. 1.4 1.2 1.1 (7) (7) 1.3 1.2
NVR Homes, Inc.............................. 3.2 3.6 3.0 2.5 (8) 6.14 4.3
RVN, Inc.................................... (9) (9) -- -- -- -- --
Fox Ridge Homes, Inc........................ (10) 7.7 6.3 2.9 (10) (10) 30.8
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(1) Effective September 30, 1993, NVR L.P., which was a master limited
partnership, was reorganized as NVR, Inc. under a plan of reorganization.
(2) For purposes of computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges of
the Company's homebuilding segment, the segment's earnings have been
calculated by adding its fixed charges to its pre-tax income from
continuing operations. The homebuilding segment's fixed charges consist of
its interest costs, whether expensed or capitalized, the interest component
of rental expense and the amortization of debt issuance costs. Effective
October 1, 1993, the Company discontinued the capitalization of interest
costs into inventory.
(3) Homebuilding earnings were insufficient to cover homebuilding fixed
charges for the three months ended December 31, 1993 by $5.2 million. The
ratio for the three months ended December 31, 1993 was adversely affected
by a $9 million non-cash charge related to the "step-up" of inventory for
fresh start accounting and reporting in accordance with AICPA Statement of
Position 90-7.
(4) For purposes of computing the Company's consolidated ratio of
earnings to fixed charges, consolidated earnings have been calculated by
adding fixed charges to pre-tax income from continuing operations. Fixed
charges consist of interest costs, whether expensed or capitalized, the
interest component of rental expense and amortization of debt issuance
costs. Effective October 1, 1993, the Company discontinued the
capitalization of interest costs into inventory.
(5) Consolidated earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges for
the three months ended December 31, 1993, the nine months ended
September 30, 1993 and the year ended December 31, 1992 by $9.1 million,
$4.4 million and $5.4 million, respectively.
(6) Reorganization costs related to the Company's bankruptcy
proceedings totaled approximately $25 million and $14.3 million for the
nine-month period ended September 30, 1993 and the year ended December 31,
1992, respectively.
(7) Earnings of NVR Financial Services, Inc. were insufficient to cover
fixed charges for the year ended December 31, 1994 and the three months
ended December 31, 1993 by $0.6 million and $3.7 million,
respectively.
(8) Earnings of NVR Homes, Inc. were insufficient to cover fixed
charges for the three months ended December 31, 1993 by $1.5 million.
(9) RVN, Inc. incurred no interest charges during the three months
ended December 31, 1996 and the nine months ended September 30, 1997.
(10) Fox Ridge Homes, Inc. ("Predecessor") was acquired on October 31,
1997. For the nine months ended September 30, 1997, the Predecessor's ratio
of earnings to fixed charges was 4.7. For the year ended December 31, 1993,
the Predecessor's ratio of earnings to fixed charges was 4.7.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The following discussion describes certain general provisions of the
Debt Securities to which this Prospectus and any applicable Prospectus
Supplement may relate. The particular terms of the Debt Securities being offered
and the extent to which these general provisions may apply will be set forth in
the indenture or supplemental indenture under which the particular Debt
Securities are issued, and will be described in a Prospectus Supplement relating
to such Debt Securities. A form of the Senior Indenture (as defined herein) and
a form of the Subordinated Indenture (as defined herein) under which Debt
Securities may be issued have been filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement of which this Prospectus is a part, and can be examined at the
locations listed above under "Where to Obtain Additional Information." All
section references appearing in this Prospectus are to sections of each
Indenture unless otherwise indicated, and capitalized terms used but not defined
below shall have the respective meanings set forth in each Indenture.
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General
The Debt Securities will be nonconvertible, unsecured general
obligations of the Company and may be either senior Debt Securities ("Senior
Securities") or subordinated Debt Securities ("Subordinated Securities"). The
Debt Securities will be issued under one or more indentures (the "Indentures").
Senior Securities and Subordinated Securities will be issued under separate
indentures (respectively, a "Senior Indenture" and a "Subordinated Indenture"),
in each case between the Company and a trustee (a "Trustee"). The Indentures
will be subject to and governed by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. The
statements made under this heading relating to the Debt Securities and the
Indentures are summaries of their anticipated provisions, do not purport to be
complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Indentures and
Debt Securities themselves.
The indebtedness represented by Subordinated Securities will be
subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Senior Debt
of the Company, as described below under "-- Ranking."
A substantial portion of the Company's operations are conducted through
subsidiaries. If so provided in a Prospectus Supplement, the Debt Securities
will have the benefit of guarantees from the Guarantors, all of which are direct
or indirect subsidiaries of the Company. The Company's subsidiaries are separate
and distinct legal entities and have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to
pay any amounts due pursuant to the Debt Securities or to make any funds
available therefor, whether by dividends, loans or other payments, other than as
expressly provided in a guarantee. The payment of dividends or the making of
loans and advances to the Company by its subsidiaries may be subject to
contractual, statutory or regulatory restrictions, which, if material, would be
disclosed in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Moreover, such payments,
loans and advances would be contingent upon the earnings of the subsidiaries.
Any right of the Company to receive assets of any of its subsidiaries upon
liquidation or recapitalization of the subsidiaries (and the consequent right of
the holders of Debt Securities to participate in those assets) will be subject
to the claims of the subsidiaries' creditors. In the event that the Company is
recognized as a creditor of a subsidiary, the Company's claims would still be
subject to any security interest in the assets of such subsidiary and any
indebtedness of such subsidiary senior to that of the Debt Securities, and would
be dependent primarily upon the receipt of funds from its subsidiaries.
Except as set forth in the applicable Indenture or in one or more
supplemental indentures and described in an applicable Prospectus Supplement,
the Debt Securities may be issued without limit as to aggregate principal
amount, in one or more series, in each case as established from time to time in
or under authority granted by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the
Company or as established in the applicable Indenture or in one or more
supplemental indentures. All Debt Securities of one series need not be issued at
the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without
the consent of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series, for issuances
of additional Debt Securities of such series.
It is expected that each Indenture will provide that there may be more
than one Trustee thereunder, each with respect to one or more series of Debt
Securities. Any Trustee under an Indenture may resign or be removed with respect
to one or more series of Debt Securities, and a successor Trustee may be
appointed to act with respect to such series. In the event that two or more
persons are acting as Trustee with respect to different series of Debt
Securities, each such Trustee will be a trustee of a trust under the applicable
Indenture separate and apart from the trust administered by any other Trustee,
and, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture or supplemental indenture,
any action permitted to be taken by each Trustee may be taken by each such
Trustee with respect to, and only with respect to, the one or more series of
Debt Securities for which it is Trustee under the applicable Indenture.
The Prospectus Supplement relating to any series of Debt Securities
being offered will contain the specific terms thereof, including, without
limitation, the following:
(1) The title of such Debt Securities and whether such Debt
Securities are Senior Securities or Subordinated Securities;
(2) The aggregate principal amount of such Debt Securities and any
limit on such aggregate principal amount;
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(3) The percentage of the principal amount at which such Debt
Securities will be issued and, if other than the principal
amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof;
(4) The date or dates, or the method for determining such date or
dates, on which the principal of such Debt Securities will be
payable;
(5) The rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable), or the
method by which such rate or rates are to be determined, at
which such Debt Securities will bear interest, if any;
(6) The date or dates, or the method for determining such date or
dates, from which any such interest will accrue, the dates on
which any such interest will be payable, the regular record
dates for such interest payment dates, or the method by which
record dates may be determined, the persons to whom such
interest will be payable, and the basis upon which interest is
to be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months;
(7) The place or places where the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, on such Debt Securities will be
payable, where such Debt Securities may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange and where notices or
demands to or upon the Company in respect of such Debt
Securities and the applicable Indenture may be served;
(8) The period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which and the other terms and conditions upon which such Debt
Securities may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option
of the Company, if the Company is to have such an option;
(9) The obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or
purchase such Debt Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof, and
the period or periods within which or the date and dates on
which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and
conditions upon which such Debt Securities will be redeemed,
repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(10) If other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies in which
such Debt Securities are denominated and payable, which may be
a foreign currency or units of two or more foreign currencies
or a composite currency or currencies, and the terms and
conditions relating thereto;
(11) Whether the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest, if any, on such Debt Securities may be
determined with reference to an index, formula or other method
(which index, formula or method may, but need not be, based on
a currency, currencies, currency unit or units or composite
currency or currencies) and the manner in which such amounts
are to be determined;
(12) Any additions to, modifications of or deletions from the terms
of such Debt Securities with respect to Events of Default or
covenants set forth in the applicable Indenture;
(13) Whether such Debt Securities will be issued in certificate or
book-entry form;
(14) Whether such Debt Securities will be in registered or bearer
form and, if in registered form, the denominations thereof if
other than $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and, if in
bearer form, the denominations thereof and terms and conditions
relating thereto;
(15) The applicability, if any, of the defeasance and covenant
defeasance provisions of the Indenture;
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(16) Whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay any
additional amounts on such Debt Securities in respect of any
tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether the
Company will have the option to redeem such Debt Securities in
lieu of making such payment;
(17) Whether and the extent to which such Debt Securities are
guaranteed by the Guarantors and the form of any such
Guarantee; and
(18) Any other terms of such Debt Securities not inconsistent with
the provisions of the applicable Indenture (Section 301).
The Debt Securities may provide for less than the entire principal
amount thereof to be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof ("Original Issue Discount Securities"). Special federal income tax,
accounting and other considerations applicable to Original Issue Discount
Securities will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Except as set forth in the applicable Indenture or in one or more
supplemental indentures, the applicable Indenture will not contain any
provisions that would limit the ability of the Company to incur indebtedness or
that would afford Holders of Debt Securities protection in the event of a highly
leveraged or similar transaction involving the Company or in the event of a
change of control. Reference is made to the applicable Prospectus Supplement for
information with respect to any deletions from, modifications of or additions to
the Events of Default or covenants of the Company that are described below,
including any addition of a covenant or other provision providing event risk or
similar protection.
If specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company's
obligations under the Debt Securities will be guaranteed by four of its
subsidiaries, NVR Financial Services, Inc., NVR Homes, Inc., RVN, Inc. Fox
Ridge Homes, Inc. (the "Guarantors"). See "-- Guarantees" below.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that is a "significant
subsidiary" (within the meaning of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC under
the Securities Act of 1933) of the Company.
"Subsidiary" means a corporation or a partnership a majority of the
outstanding voting stock or partnership interests, as the case may be, of which
is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more
other Subsidiaries of the Company. For the purposes of this definition, "voting
stock" means stock having voting power for the election of directors, or
trustees, as the case may be, whether at all times or only so long as no senior
class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
Denomination, Interest, Registration and Transfer
Unless otherwise described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
Debt Securities will be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples thereof (Section 302).
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
principal of (and applicable premium, if any) and interest on any series of Debt
Securities will be payable at the corporate trust office of the Trustee, the
address of which will be stated in the applicable Prospectus Supplements. At the
option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the
address of the person entitled thereto as it appears in the applicable register
for such Debt Securities or by wire transfer of funds to such person at an
account maintained within the United States (Sections 301, 305, 306, 307 and
1002).
Any interest not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest
Payment Date with respect to a Debt Security ("Defaulted Interest") will
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the applicable regular record
date and may either be paid to the person in whose name such Debt Security is
registered at the close of business on a special record date (the "Special
Record Date") for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the
Trustee, notice whereof is to be given to the Holder of such Debt Security not
less than ten days before to such Special
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Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more
completely described in the applicable Indenture or supplemental indenture
(Section 307).
Subject to certain limitations imposed upon Debt Securities issued in
book-entry form, the Debt Securities of any series will be exchangeable for
other Debt Securities of the same series and of a like aggregate principal
amount and tenor of different authorized denominations upon surrender of such
Debt Securities at the corporate trust office of the applicable Trustee. In
addition, subject to certain limitations imposed upon Debt Securities issued in
book-entry form, the Debt Securities of any series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange thereof at the corporate trust office of
the applicable Trustee. Every Debt Security surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange must be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer. No service charge will be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange of any Debt Securities, but the Company may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith. If the applicable Prospectus Supplement refers to any
transfer agent (in addition to the applicable Trustee) initially designated by
the Company with respect to any series of Debt Securities, the Company may at
any time rescind the designation of such transfer agent or approve a change in
the location through which any such transfer agent acts, except that the Company
will be required to maintain a transfer agent in each place of payment for such
series. The Company may at any time designate additional transfer agents with
respect to any series of Debt Securities (Section 1002).
Neither the Company nor any Trustee will be required to (1) issue,
register the transfer of or exchange Debt Securities of any series during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Debt
Securities of that series to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on
the day of mailing of the relevant notice of redemption; (2) register the
transfer of or exchange any Debt Security, or portion thereof, called for
redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any Debt Security being redeemed in
part; or (3) issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Debt Security that
has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the
portion, if any, of such Debt Security not to be repaid (Section 305).
Merger, Consolidation or Sale
The Company will be permitted to consolidate with, or sell, lease or
convey all or substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into, any
other entity provided that (1) either the Company is the continuing entity, or
the successor entity (if other than the Company) formed by or resulting from any
such consolidation or merger or which has received the transfer of such assets
expressly assumes payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
on all of the outstanding Debt Securities and the due and punctual performance
and observance of all of the covenants and conditions contained in each
Indenture; (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating
any indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary as
a result thereof as having been incurred by the Company or a Subsidiary at the
time of such transaction, no Event of Default under the Indentures or
supplemental indentures, and no event which, after notice or the lapse of time,
or both, would become such an Event of Default, will have occurred and be
continuing; and (3) an officer's certificate and legal opinion covering such
conditions is to be delivered to each Trustee (Sections 801 and 803).
Certain Covenants
Existence. Except as described above under "Merger, Consolidation or
Sale," the Company will be required to do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights
(by articles of incorporation, by-laws and statute) and franchises, but the
Company will not be required to preserve any right or franchise if it determines
that its preservation is no longer desirable in the conduct of the Company's
business and that its loss is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the
Holders of the Debt Securities.
Insurance. The Company will be required to, and will be required to
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep all of its insurable properties insured
against loss or damage at least equal to their then full insurable value.
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Company will be required to pay
or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same become
delinquent, (i) all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges
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levied or imposed upon it or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or
property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (ii) all material lawful claims
for labor, materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a lien
upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary; but the Company will not be
required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax,
assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being
contested in good faith in appropriate proceedings (Section 1007).
Additional Covenants and/or Modifications to the Covenants Described Above
Any additional covenants of the Company and/or modifications to the
covenants described above with respect to any series of Debt Securities,
including any covenants relating to limitations on incurrence of indebtedness or
other financial covenants, will be set forth in the applicable Indenture or
supplemental indenture and described in the Prospectus Supplement relating
thereto.
Guarantees
In order to enable the Company to obtain more favorable interest rates
and terms with respect to Debt Securities, payment of the principal of (and any
premium) and interest on offered Debt Securities may (if so specified in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement) be guaranteed jointly and severally on a full
and unconditional basis by the Guarantors. Each guarantee will be an unsecured
obligation of the Guarantor issuing the guarantee. The ranking of any guarantees
of the Debt Securities and the terms of the subordination, if any, will be set
forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
The Indenture will provide that, in the event of any guarantee of the
Debt Securities by a Guarantor would constitute or result in a violation of any
applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar law of any relevant jurisdiction,
the liability of the Guarantor under such guarantee will be reduced to the
maximum amount, after giving effect to all other contingent and other
liabilities of such Guarantor permissible under the applicable fraudulent
conveyance or similar law.
Events of Default, Notice and Waiver
Each Indenture will provide that the following events are "Events of
Default" with respect to any series of Debt Securities issued thereunder: (1)
default for 30 days in the payment of any installment of interest on any Debt
Security of such series; (2) default in the payment of principal of (or premium,
if any, on) any Debt Security of such series at its maturity; (3) default in
making any sinking fund payment as required for any Debt Security of such
series; (4) default in the performance or breach of any other covenant or
warranty of the Company contained in the applicable Indenture (other than a
covenant added to the Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Debt
Securities issued thereunder other than such series), continued for 60 days
after written notice as provided in the applicable Indenture; (5) default in the
payment of an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000 of any
indebtedness of the Company or any mortgage, indenture or other instrument under
which such indebtedness is issued or by which such indebtedness is secured, such
default having occurred after the expiration of any applicable grace period and
having resulted in the acceleration of the maturity of such indebtedness, but
only if such indebtedness is not discharged or such acceleration is not
rescinded or annulled; (6) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization, or court appointment of a receiver, liquidator or trustee of the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary or either of their property; and (7) any
other Event of Default provided with respect to a particular series of Debt
Securities (Section 501).
If an Event of Default under any Indenture with respect to Debt
Securities of any series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing, then
in every such case the applicable Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% of
the principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of that series will have
the right to declare the principal amount (or, if the Debt Securities of that
series are Original Issue Discount Securities or indexed securities, such
portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all
the Debt Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately by written
notice thereof to the Company (and to the applicable Trustee if given by the
Holders). At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Debt Securities of such series (or of all Debt Securities then outstanding under
any Indenture, as the case may be) has been made, but before a judgment or
decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the applicable Trustee,
however, the Holders of
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not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities
of such series (or of all Debt Securities then outstanding under the applicable
Indenture, as the case may be) may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if (1) the Company has deposited with the applicable Trustee all
required payments of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Debt Securities of such series (or of all Debt Securities then outstanding under
the applicable Indenture, as the case may be), plus certain fees, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the applicable Trustee and (2) all events of
default, other than the non-payment of accelerated principal (or specified
portion thereof), with respect to Debt Securities of such series (or of all Debt
Securities then outstanding under the applicable Indenture, as the case may be)
have been cured or waived as provided in such Indenture (Section 502). Each
Indenture also will provide that the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of any series (or of all
Debt Securities then outstanding under the applicable Indenture, as the case may
be) may waive any past default with respect to such series and its consequences,
except a default (1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Debt Security of such series or (2) in respect of a covenant or
provision contained in the applicable Indenture that cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Debt Security
affected thereby (Section 513).
Each Trustee will be required to give notice to the Holders of the
applicable Debt Securities within 90 days of a default under the applicable
Indenture unless such default has been cured or waived; but the Trustee may
withhold notice of any default (except a default in the payment of the principal
of (or premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Securities or in the payment of
any sinking fund installment in respect of such Debt Securities) if specified
responsible officers of such Trustee consider such withholding to be in the
interest of such Holders (Section 601).
Each Indenture will provide that no Holders of Debt Securities of any
series may institute any proceedings, judicial or otherwise, with respect to
such Indenture or for any remedy thereunder, except in the cases of failure of
the applicable Trustee, for 60 days, to act after it has received a written
request to institute proceedings in respect of an Event of Default from the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Debt
Securities of such series, as well as an offer of indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it (Section 507). This provision will not prevent any Holder of
Debt Securities from instituting suit for the enforcement of payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities at the
respective due dates thereof (Section 508).
Subject to provisions in each Indenture relating to its duties in case
of default, no Trustee will be under any obligation to exercise any of its
rights or powers under an Indenture at the request or direction of any Holders
of any series of Debt Securities then outstanding under such Indenture, unless
such Holders offer to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity (Section
602). The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Debt Securities of any series (or of all Debt Securities then
outstanding under an Indenture, as the case may be) will have the right to
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the applicable Trustee, or of exercising any trust or power
conferred upon such Trustee. A Trustee may refuse, however, to follow any
direction that is in conflict with any law or the applicable Indenture that may
involve such Trustee in personal liability or may be unduly prejudicial to the
Holders of Debt Securities of such series not joining therein (Section 512).
Within 180 days after the close of each fiscal year, the Company will
be required to deliver to each Trustee a certificate, signed by one of several
specified officers, stating whether or not such officer has knowledge of any
default under the applicable Indenture and, if so, specifying each such default
and the nature and status thereof (Section 1008).
Modification of the Indentures
Modifications and amendments of an Indenture will be permitted to be
made only with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of all outstanding Debt Securities issued under such Indenture
that are affected by such modification or amendment; but no such modification or
amendment may, without the consent of the Holder of each such Debt Security
affected thereby, (1) change the stated maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of interest (or the premium, if any) on, any such Debt Security; (2)
reduce the principal amount of, or the rate or amount of interest on, or any
premium payable on redemption of, any such Debt Security, or re-
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duce the amount of principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would
be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof or
would be provable in bankruptcy, or adversely affect any right of repayment of
the Holder of any such Debt Security; (3) change the place of payment, or the
coin or currency for payment, of principal (or premium, if any) or interest on
any such Debt Security; (4) impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any such Debt Security; (5)
reduce the percentage of outstanding Debt Securities of any series necessary to
modify or amend the applicable Indenture, to waive compliance with certain
provisions thereof or certain defaults and consequences thereunder or to reduce
the quorum or voting requirements set forth in the applicable Indenture; or (6)
modify any of the foregoing provisions or any of the provisions relating to the
waiver of certain past defaults or certain covenants, except to increase the
required percentage to effect such action or to provide that certain other
provisions may not be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of
such Debt Security (Section 902).
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected thereby will have the right
to waive compliance by the Company with certain covenants in such Indenture
(Section 1010).
Modifications and amendments of an Indenture will be permitted to be
made by the Company and the respective Trustee thereunder without the consent of
any Holder of Debt Securities for any of the following purposes: (1) to evidence
the succession of another person to the Company as obligor under such Indenture;
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all
or any series of Debt Securities or to surrender any right or power conferred
upon the Company in the Indenture; (3) to add Events of Default for the benefit
of the Holders of all or any series of Debt Securities; (4) to add or change any
provisions of an Indenture to facilitate the issuance of, or to liberalize
certain terms of, Debt Securities in bearer form, or to permit or facilitate the
issuance of Debt Securities in uncertificated form, provided that such action
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Debt Securities
of any series in any material respect; (5) to change or eliminate any provisions
of an Indenture, if such change or elimination becomes effective only when there
are no Debt Securities outstanding of any series created prior thereto that are
entitled to the benefit of such provision; (6) to secure the Debt Securities;
(7) to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities of any series; (8) to
provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee or facilitate
the administration of the trusts under an Indenture by more than one Trustee;
(9) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in an Indenture, if such
action does not adversely affect the interests of Holders of Debt Securities of
any series issued under such Indenture in any material respect; (10) to
supplement any of the provisions of an Indenture to the extent necessary to
permit or facilitate defeasance and discharge of any series of such Debt
Securities, if such action does not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of the Debt Securities of any series in any material respect; or (11) to
make any change that does not adversely affect the legal rights under an
Indenture of any Holder of Debt Securities of any series issued thereunder
(Section 901).
Each Indenture will provide that in determining whether the Holders of
the requisite principal amount of outstanding Debt Securities of a series have
given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
thereunder or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of Debt
Securities, (1) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that
is deemed to be outstanding will be the amount of the principal thereof that
would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon declaration
of acceleration of the maturity thereof, (2) the principal amount of any Debt
Security denominated in a foreign currency that is deemed outstanding will be
the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined on the issue date for such Debt Security,
of the principal amount (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Security,
the U.S. dollar equivalent on the issue date of such Debt Security of the amount
determined as provided in (1) above), (3) the principal amount of an indexed
security that is deemed outstanding will be the principal face amount of such
indexed security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided with respect to
such indexed security under the applicable Indenture, and (4) Debt Securities
owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any
affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor are to be disregarded.
Ranking
Upon any distribution to creditors of the Company in a liquidation,
dissolution or reorganization, the payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on any Subordinated Securities will be subordinated to
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the extent provided in the applicable Indenture in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Debt (Sections 1601 and 1602 of the Subordinated
Indenture), but the obligation of the Company to make payment of the principal
(and premium, if any) and interest on such Subordinated Securities will not
otherwise be affected (Section 1608 of the Subordinated Indenture). No payment
of principal (or premium, if any) or interest will be permitted to be made on
Subordinated Securities at any time if a default on Senior Debt exists that
permits the Holders of such Senior Debt to accelerate its maturity and the
default is the subject of judicial proceedings or the Company receives notice of
the default (Section 1602 of the Subordinated Indenture). After all Senior Debt
is paid in full and until the Subordinated Securities are paid in full, Holders
will be subrogated to the right of Holders of Senior Debt to the extent that
distributions otherwise payable to Holders have been applied to the payment of
Senior Debt (Section 1607 of the Subordinated Indenture). By reason of such
subordination, in the event of a distribution of assets upon insolvency, certain
general creditors of the Company may recover more, ratably, than Holders of
Subordinated Securities.
Senior Debt will be defined in the Subordinated Indenture as the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on, or substantially similar
payments to be made by the Company in respect of, the following, whether
outstanding at the date of execution of the applicable Indenture or thereafter
incurred, created or assumed: (1) indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed
or represented by purchase-money obligations, (2) indebtedness of the Company
evidenced by notes, debentures, or bonds or other securities issued under the
provisions of an indenture, fiscal agency agreement or other agreement, (3)
obligations of the Company as lessee under leases of property either made as
part of a sale and leaseback transaction to which the Company is a party or
otherwise, (4) indebtedness of partnerships and joint ventures which is included
in the consolidated financial statements of the Company, (5) indebtedness,
obligations and liabilities of others in respect of which the Company is liable
contingently or otherwise to pay or advance money or property or as guarantor,
endorser or otherwise or which the Company has agreed to purchase or otherwise
acquire, and (6) any binding commitment of the Company to fund a real estate
investment or to fund an investment in an entity making a real estate
investment, in each case other than (i) any such indebtedness, obligation or
liability referred to in clauses (1) through (6) above as to which, in the
instrument creating or evidencing the same pursuant to which the same is
outstanding, it is provided that such indebtedness, obligation or liability is
not superior in right of payment to the Subordinated Securities or ranks equally
with the Subordinated Securities, (ii) any such indebtedness, obligation or
liability which is subordinated to indebtedness of the Company to substantially
the same extent as or to a greater extent than the Subordinated Securities are
subordinated, and (iii) the Subordinated Securities. As used in the preceding
sentence, the term "purchase money obligations" is defined to mean indebtedness
or obligations evidenced by a note, debenture, bond or other instrument (whether
or not secured by a lien or other security interest but excluding indebtedness
or obligations for which recourse is limited to the property purchased) issued
or assumed as all or a part of the consideration for the acquisition of
property, whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, but does not
include any trade accounts payable. There will not be any restrictions in an
Indenture relating to Subordinated Securities upon the creation of additional
Senior Debt.
If this Prospectus is being delivered in connection with a series of
Subordinated Securities, the applicable Prospectus Supplement or the information
incorporated herein by reference will contain the approximate amount of Senior
Debt outstanding as of the end of the Company's most recent fiscal quarter.
Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
The Company may be permitted under the applicable Indenture to
discharge certain obligations to Holders of any series of Debt Securities issued
thereunder that have not already been delivered to the applicable Trustee for
cancellation and that either have become due and payable or will become due and
payable within one year (or scheduled for redemption within one year) by
irrevocably depositing with the applicable Trustee, in trust, funds in such
currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or
currencies in which such Debt Securities are payable in an amount sufficient to
pay the entire indebtedness on such Debt Securities in respect of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (if such Debt
Securities have become due and payable) or to the stated maturity or redemption
date, as the case may be.
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Each Indenture will provide that, if the provisions relating to
defeasance and covenant defeasance are made applicable to the Debt Securities of
or within any series, the Company may elect either (1) to defease and be
discharged from any and all obligations with respect to such Debt Securities
(except for the obligation to pay additional amounts, if any, upon the
occurrence of certain events of tax, assessment or governmental charge with
respect to payments on such Debt Securities, and the obligations to register the
transfer or exchange of such Debt Securities, to replace temporary or mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities, to maintain an office or agency in
respect of such Debt Securities and to hold moneys for payment in trust)
("defeasance") (Section 1402) or (2) to be released from its obligations with
respect to such Debt Securities under certain specified sections of Article Ten
of such Indenture as described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement and any
omission to comply with such obligations shall not constitute an Event of
Default with respect to such Debt Securities ("covenant defeasance") (Section
1403), in either case upon the irrevocable deposit by the Company with the
applicable Trustee, in trust, of an amount, in such currency or currencies,
currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which such Debt
Securities are payable at stated maturity, or Government Obligations (defined as
described below), or both, applicable to such Debt Securities which through the
scheduled payment of principal and interest in accordance with their terms will
provide money in an amount sufficient without reinvestment to pay the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities, and any mandatory
sinking fund or analogous payments thereon, on the scheduled due dates therefor.
Such a trust will only be permitted to be established if, among other
things, the Company has delivered to the applicable Trustee an opinion of
counsel (as specified in the applicable Indenture) to the effect that the
Holders of such Debt Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance or 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 defeasance
or covenant defeasance had not occurred, and such opinion of counsel, in the
case of defeasance, will be required to refer to and be based upon a ruling of
the Internal Revenue Service or a change in applicable U.S. federal income tax
law occurring after the date of the Indenture (Section 1404).
"Government Obligations" is defined to mean securities that are (1)
direct obligations of the United States of America or the government that issued
the foreign currency in which the Debt Securities of a particular series are
payable, for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (2)
obligations of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America or such government that issued
the foreign currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable,
the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation of the United States of America or such government, which, in
either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof,
and also includes a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as
custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment
of interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such
custodian for the account of the Holder of a depository receipt, if (except as
required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the
amount payable to the Holder of such depository receipt from any amount received
by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment
of interest on or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such
depository receipt (Section 101 of each Indenture).
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, if
after the Company has deposited funds and/or Government Obligations to effect
defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to Debt Securities of any series,
(1) the Holder of a Debt Security of such series is entitled to, and does, elect
pursuant to the applicable Indenture or the terms of such Debt Security to
receive payment in a currency, currency unit or composite currency other than
that in which such deposit has been made in respect of such Debt Security, or
(2) a Conversion Event (as defined below) occurs in respect of the currency,
currency unit or composite currency in which such deposit has been made, the
indebtedness represented by such Debt Security will be deemed to have been, and
will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Security as they become due out
of the proceeds yielded by converting the amount so deposited in respect of such
Debt Security into the currency, currency unit or composite currency in which
such Debt Security becomes payable as a result of such election or such
cessation of usage based on the applicable market exchange rate. "Conversion
Event" means the cessation of use of (1) a currency, currency unit or composite
currency both by the government of the country that issued such currency and for
the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other public institu-
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tions of or within the international banking community, (2) the ECU both within
the European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by public
institutions of or within the European Communities or (3) any currency unit or
composite currency other than the ECU for the purposes for which it was
established. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
all payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on any Debt
Security that is payable in a foreign currency that ceases to be used by its
government of issuance shall be made in U.S. dollars.
In the event the Company effects covenant defeasance with respect to
any Debt Securities and such Debt Securities are declared due and payable
because of the occurrence of an Event of Default other than the Event of Default
described in clause (4) above in the first paragraph under the caption "Events
of Default, Notice and Waiver" with respect to certain specified sections of
Article Ten of each Indenture (which sections would no longer be applicable to
such Debt Securities as a result of such covenant defeasance) or described in
clause (7) above in the first paragraph under "Events of Default, Notice and
Waiver" with respect to any other covenant as to which there has been covenant
defeasance, the amount in such currency, currency unit or composite currency in
which such Debt Securities are payable, and Government Obligations on deposit
with the applicable Trustee, will be sufficient to pay amounts due on such Debt
Securities at the time of their stated maturity but may not be sufficient to pay
amounts due on such Debt Securities at the time of the acceleration resulting
from such Default. The Company would remain liable, however, to make payment of
such amounts due at the time of acceleration.
The applicable Prospectus Supplement may further describe the
provisions, if any, permitting such defeasance or covenant defeasance, including
any modifications to the provisions described above, with respect to the Debt
Securities of or within a particular series.
No Conversion Rights
None of the Debt Securities will be convertible into or exchangeable
for common stock or any other securities or property of the Company or any
Subsidiary.
Redemption of Securities
The Indenture provides that the Debt Securities may be redeemed at any
time at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at the prescribed
redemption price, except as may otherwise be provided in connection with any
Debt Securities or series thereof.
From and after notice has been given as provided in the Indenture, if
funds for the redemption of any Debt Securities called for redemption have been
made available on such redemption date, such Debt Securities will cease to bear
interest on the date fixed for such redemption specified in such notice, and the
only right of the Holders of the Debt Securities will be to receive payment of
the Redemption Price.
Notice of any optional redemption by the Company of any Debt Securities
is required to be given to Holders at their addresses, as shown in the Security
Register, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days before the date fixed for
redemption. The notice of redemption will be required to specify, among other
items, the Redemption Price and the principal amount of the Debt Securities held
by such Holder to be redeemed.
If the Company elects to redeem Debt Securities, it will be required to
notify the Trustee at least 45 days before the redemption date (or such shorter
period as is satisfactory to the Trustee) of the aggregate principal amount of
Debt Securities to be redeemed and the redemption date. If fewer than all the
Debt Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee is required to select the Debt
Securities to be redeemed pro rata, by lot or in such manner as it deems fair
and appropriate.
Global Securities
The Debt Securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in
the form of one or more global securities (the "Global Securities") to be
deposited with, or on behalf of, a depository identified in the applicable
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tus Supplement relating to such series. Global Securities may be issued in
either registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form. The
specific terms of the depository arrangement with respect to a series of Debt
Securities will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement relating to
such series.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Company may sell the Debt Securities to or through underwriters,
and also may sell them directly to other purchasers or through agents.
The distribution of the Debt Securities may be effected from time to
time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be
changed, or at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related
to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.
In connection with the sale of the Debt Securities, underwriters may
receive compensation from the Company or from purchasers of Debt Securities for
whom they may act as agents, in the form of discounts, concessions, or
commissions. Underwriters may sell the Debt Securities to or through dealers,
and such dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions,
or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions from the purchasers for
whom they may act as agents. Underwriters, dealers, and agents that participate
in the distribution of the Debt Securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and
any discounts or commissions they receive from the Company, and any profit on
the resale of the Debt Securities they realize may be deemed to be underwriting
discounts and commissions, under the Securities Act. Any such underwriter or
agent will be identified, and any such compensation received from the Company
will be described, in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
each series of Debt Securities will be a new issue with no established trading
market. The Company may elect to list any series of Debt Securities on an
securities exchange, but is not obligated to do so. It is possible that one or
more underwriters may make a market in a series of the Debt Securities, but will
not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time
without notice. Therefore, no assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the
trading market for the Debt Securities.
Under agreements the Company and the Guarantors may enter into,
underwriters, dealers, and agents who participate in the distribution of the
Debt Securities may be entitled to indemnification by the Company and the
Guarantors against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act.
Underwriters, dealers and agents may engage in transactions with, or
perform services for, or be customers of, the Company and the Guarantors in the
ordinary course of business.
If so indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company
will authorize underwriters or other persons acting as the Company's agents to
solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase the Debt Securities from the
Company at the public offering price set forth in such Prospectus Supplement
pursuant to delayed delivery contracts ("Contracts") providing for payment and
delivery on the date or dates stated in such Prospectus Supplement. Each
Contract will be for an amount not less than, and the aggregate principal amount
of Debt Securities sold pursuant to Contracts will be neither less nor more
than, the respective amounts stated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Institutions with whom Contracts, when authorized, may be made include savings
banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies, educational and
charitable institutions, and other institutions, but will in all cases be
subject to the approval of the Company. Contracts will not be subject to any
conditions except (i) the purchase by an institution of the Debt Securities
covered by its Contracts may not at the time of delivery be prohibited under the
laws of any jurisdiction in the United States to which such institution is
subject, and (ii) if the Debt Securities are being sold to underwriters, the
Company must have sold to such underwriters the total principal amount of such
Debt Securities less the principal amount thereof covered by Contracts.
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EXPERTS
The financial statements incorporated in this Prospectus by reference
to the 1996 Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company have been so incorporated
in reliance on the reports of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent auditors,
incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts
in auditing and accounting.
The reports of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP covering the consolidated
financial statements of NVR, Inc. and NVR Financial Services, Inc. contain an
explanatory paragraph as to the adoption, effective January 1, 1995, of the
provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 122, "Accounting
for Mortgage Servicing Rights."
LEGAL MATTERS
The legality of the securities covered by this Prospectus will be
passed upon by Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., Washington, D.C., counsel to the Company
and the Guarantors.
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No dealer, salesperson or other individual has been authorized to give
any information or to make any representations not contained or incorporated by
reference in this Prospectus in connection with any offering to be made by the
Prospectus. If given or made, such information or representations must not be
relied upon as having been authorized by the Company. This Prospectus does not
constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any
security in any jurisdiction where, or to any person to whom, it is unlawful to
make any such offer or solicitation. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor
any offer or sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstance, create an
implication that there has been no change in the facts set forth in this
Prospectus or in the affairs of the Company since the date hereof.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROSPECTUS
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Where to Obtain Additional Information................................... 2
The Company.............................................................. 3
The Guarantors........................................................... 3
Use of Proceeds.......................................................... 3
Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges...................................... 4
Description of Debt Securities .......................................... 4
Plan of Distribution..................................................... 15
Experts.................................................................. 16
Legal Matters............................................................ 16
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NVR, Inc.
$400,000,000
DEBT SECURITIES
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PROSPECTUS
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
The following table sets forth the various expenses in connection with
the issuance and distribution of the Debt Securities, other than underwriting
discounts and commissions. All of the amounts shown are estimated except the
Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee.
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SEC registration fee..........................................$118,000
Blue Sky fees and expenses.......................................3,000
Printing and engraving expenses................................100,000
Legal fees and expenses........................................150,000
Accounting fees and expenses....................................50,000
Miscellaneous...................................................34,000
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Total.......................................................$455,000
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ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Each director and officer of the Company is insured and indemnified
against liability incurred by him or her in his or her capacity as an officer
and/or director, pursuant to the following:
(a) Articles 8 and 9 of the Company's Articles of Incorporation,
entitled "Indemnification" and "Limitation of Liability of Officers
and Directors," respectively, which are set forth in Exhibit 3.1 to
this Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by
reference; and
(b) Sections 13.1-692.1, 13.1-697, 13.1-698, 13.1-702, 13.1-703 and
13.1-704 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, which are set forth
in Exhibit 99.1 to this Registration Statement and are incorporated
herein by reference.
Each director and officer of NVR Financial Services, Inc. is insured
and indemnified against liability incurred by him or her in his or her capacity
as an officer and/or director, pursuant to the following:
(a) Section 3.15 of the Bylaws of NVR Financial Services, Inc.,
entitled "Indemnification of Directors, Officers and Licensees,"
which is set forth in Exhibit 3.6 to this Registration Statement and
is incorporated herein by reference; and
(b) Sections 1741 to 1749 of the of the Pennsylvania Business
Corporation Law, which are set forth in Exhibit 99.2 to this
Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference.
Each director and officer of NVR Homes, Inc. is insured and indemnified
against liability incurred by him or her in his or her capacity as an officer
and/or director, pursuant to the following:
(a) Articles 6 and 7 of the NVR Homes, Inc.'s Articles of
Incorporation, entitled "Indemnification" and "Limitation of
Liability of Officers and Directors," respectively, which are set
forth in Exhibit 3.3 to this Registration Statement and are
incorporated herein by reference; and
(b) Sections 13.1-692.1, 13.1-697, 13.1-698, 13.1-702, 13.1-703 and
13.1-704 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, which are set forth
in Exhibit 99.1 to this Registration Statement and are incorporated
herein by reference.
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Each director and officer of RVN, Inc. is insured and indemnified
against liability incurred by him or her in his or her capacity as an officer
and/or director, pursuant to the following:
(a) Article Fifth of RVN Inc.'s Certificate of Incorporation, which
is set forth in Exhibit 3.7 to this Registration Statement and is
incorporated herein by reference;
(b) Article VII of RVN Inc.'s Bylaws, entitled "Indemnification and
Insurance," which is set forth in Exhibit 3.8 to this Registration
Statement and is incorporated herein by this reference; and
(c) Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which is set
forth in Exhibit 99.3 to this Registration Statement and is
incorporated herein by reference.
Each director and officer of Fox Ridge Homes, Inc. is insured and
indemnified against liability incurred by him or her in his or her capacity as
an officer and/or director, pursuant to the following:
(a) Article Seventh of Fox Ridge Homes, Inc.'s Charter, which is set
forth in Exhibit 3.9 to this Registration Statement and is
incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Sections 48-18-501 to 48-18-509 of the Tennessee Business
Corporation Act, which are set forth in Exhibit 99.4 to this
Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
The exhibits to this registration statement are listed in the Exhibits
Index, which appears immediately after the signature page and is incorporated in
this Item 16 by reference.
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement;
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement.
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration
statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by a registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Securities Act"), each filing of an annual report of a registrant
pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions or
otherwise, the registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by a registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in
the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
(d) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that:
(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form
of prospectus filed by the registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4)
or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this
registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, on the dates indicated.
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NVR, INC.
By: /s/ Dwight C. Schar February 25, 1998
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Dwight C. Schar
Chairman of the Board of Directors,
President and Chief Executive Officer
NVR FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ William J. Inman * February 25, 1998
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William J. Inman
President
NVR HOMES, INC.
By: /s/ Dwight C. Schar February 25, 1998
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Dwight C. Schar
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer and President
RVN, INC.
By: /s/ William J. Inman * February 25, 1998
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William J. Inman
President
FOX RIDGE HOMES, INC.
By: /s/ Dwight C. Schar February 25, 1998
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Dwight C. Schar
Chairman of the Board
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* Pursuant to Power of Attorney. See Exhibit 24.1.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
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Aa
SIGNATURE CAPACITY DATE
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/s/ Dwight C. Schar Chairman of the Board of February 25, 1998
- ------------------------------------------------- Directors, President and
Dwight C. Schar Chief Executive Officer
of the Company;
Director of NVR
Financial Services,
Inc.; Chairman of the
Board of Directors,
Chief Executive
Officer and President
of NVR Homes, Inc.;
Chairman of the Board
and Director of Fox
Ridge Homes, Inc.
/s/ C. Scott Bartlett, Jr. * Director of the Company February 25, 1998
- -------------------------------------------------
C. Scott Bartlett, Jr.
/s/ Manuel H. Johnson * Director of the Company February 25, 1998
- -------------------------------------------------
Manuel H. Johnson
/s/ William A. Moran * Director of the Company February 25, 1998
- -------------------------------------------------
William A. Moran
/s/ Richard H. Norair, Sr. * Director of the Company February 25, 1998
- -------------------------------------------------
Richard H. Norair, Sr.
/s/ David A. Preiser * Director of the Company February 25, 1998
- -------------------------------------------------
David A. Preiser
/s/ George E. Slye * Director of the Company February 25, 1998
- -------------------------------------------------
George E. Slye
/s/ John M. Toups * Director of the Company February 25, 1998
- -------------------------------------------------
John M. Toups
/s/ Paul C. Saville Senior Vice President, February 25, 1998
Paul C. Saville Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer of the Company;
Director of NVR Financial
Services, Inc.; Senior Vice Presi-
dent Finance, Chief Financial
Officer, Treasurer and Director
of NVR Homes, Inc.; Vice Presi-
dent (Principal Financial Officer)
and Director of RVN, Inc; Direc-
tor of Fox Ridge Homes, Inc. (and
Principal Financial and Account-
ing Officer)
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/s/ William J. Inman * President and Director of NVR February 25, 1998
- -------------------------------------------------
William J. Inman Financial Services, Inc.; Director
of NVR Homes, Inc.; Director of
Fox Ridge Homes, Inc.; President
of RVN, Inc.
/s/ Michael J. Cannizzo * Director of NVR February 25, 1998
- ------------------------------------------------- Financial Services, Inc.; Director
Michael J. Cannizzo of NVR Homes, Inc.
/s/ Peter J. Fitzsimmons * Treasurer of NVR February 25, 1998
- ------------------------------------------------- Financial Services, Inc.
Peter J. Fitzsimmons
/s/ Thomas Ruck * Director of RVN, Inc. February 25, 1998
- -------------------------------------------------
Thomas Ruck
/s/ Frank Stagno * Director of RVN, Inc. February 25, 1998
- -------------------------------------------------
Frank Stagno
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* Pursuant to Power of Attorney. See Exhibit 24.1.
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EXHIBITS INDEX
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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3.1 Restated Articles of Incorporation of NVR, Inc. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.7 in NVR, Inc.'s 1993 Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-63190) ("1993 Registration
Statement").)
3.2 Bylaws of NVR, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8
in NVR, Inc.'s 1993 Registration Statement.)
3.3 Restated Articles of Incorporation of NVR Homes, Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.9 in NVR, Inc.'s 1993
Registration Statement.)
3.4 Bylaws of NVR Homes, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.10 in NVR, Inc.'s 1993 Registration Statement.)
3.5 Articles of Incorporation of NVR Financial Services, Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 and 3.11 in NVR,
Inc.'s 1993 Registration Statement.)
3.6 Bylaws of NVR Financial Services, Inc. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.6 in NVR, Inc.'s 1993 Registration
Statement.)
3.7 Certificate of Incorporation of RVN, Inc. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.7 in NVR, Inc.'s Annual Report on From
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996.)
3.8 Bylaws of RVN, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8
in NVR, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1996.)
3.9* Charter of Fox Ridge Homes, Inc.
3.10* Bylaws of Fox Ridge Homes, Inc.
4.1* Form of Senior Indenture among the Company, the Guarantors and
the Trustee
4.2* Form of Subordinate Indenture among the Company, the Guarantors
and the Trustee
5.1* Opinion of Hogan & Hartson regarding the validity of the
securities being registered
12.1** Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
23.1** Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (independent auditors)
23.2* Consent of Hogan & Hartson (Included as part of its opinion
filed as Exhibit 5.1.)
24.1* Powers of Attorney
99.1 Sections 13.1-692.1, 13.1-697, 13.1-698, 13.1-702, 13.1-703 and
13.1-704 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 99.2 in the Company's June 13, 1997
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-29241).)
99.2* Sections 1741 to 1749 of the of the Pennsylvania Business
Corporation Law
99.3* Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
99.4* Sections 48-18-501 to 48-18-509 of the Tennessee Business
Corporation Act
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* Previously filed
** Filed herewith
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NVR, Inc. Exhibit 12.1
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratios
Consolidated
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<CAPTION>
Nine Months Three Nine
Ended Year Year Year Months Ended Months Ended Year
September 30, Ended Ended Ended December 31, September 30, Ended
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1993 1992
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Consolidated
Fixed Charges
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Interest Expense - Homebuilding $12,257 $16,611 $17,166 $20,208 $5,281 $5,573 $20,608
Interest Expense - Mortgage Banker 2,333 2,249 2,090 2,364 1,557 2,296 3,874
Interest Expense - LPFS 1,787 6,398 8,124 14,319 4,785 18,787 40,296
Capitalized interest amortized to COS 0 0 0 0 0 8,438 14,100
Change in capitalized interest 0 0 0 0 0 (4,700) (4,300)
------- ------- ------- ------- --------- --------- -------
$16,377 $25,258 $27,380 $36,891 $11,623 $30,394 $74,578
======= ======= ======= ======= ========= ========= =======
Pre-tax income from continuing operations $44,751 $48,727 $33,409 $22,161 ($9,089) ($9,130) ($9,674)
Add : Net decrease (increase) in
Capitalized interest 0 0 0 0 0 4,700 4,300
Add: Fixed charges 16,377 25,258 27,380 36,891 11,623 30,394 74,578
------- ------- ------- ------- --------- --------- -------
Earnings before fixed charges $61,128 $73,985 $60,789 $59,052 $2,534 $25,964 69,204
======= ======= ======= ======= ========= ========= =======
Ratio 3.7 2.9 2.2 1.6 Deficient Deficient Deficient
======= ======= ======= ======= ========= ========= =========
Deficiency in dollars ($9,089) ($4,430) ($5,374)
========= ========= =======
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<CAPTION>
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NVR, Inc.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratios
Homebuilding Operations
Nine Months Three Nine
Excluding Financial Sevices Ended Year Year Year Months Ended Months Ended
and reorganization items September30, Ended Ended Ended December 31, September 30, Year Ended
Fixed Charges 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Interest Expense - Homebuilding $12,257 $16,611 $17,166 $20,208 $5,281 $5,573 $20,608
Capitalized interest amortized to COS 0 0 0 0 0 8,438 14,100
Change in capitalized interest 0 0 0 0 0 (4,700) (4,300)
------- ------- ------- ------- ------ ------ -------
$12,257 $16,611 $17,166 $20,208 $5,281 $9,311 $30,408
======= ======= ======= ======= ====== ====== =======
Pre-tax income from continuing operations $41,640 $46,114 $32,247 $22,253 ($5,227) $11,645 ($1,073)
Add : Net decrease (increase) in Capitalized interest 0 0 0 0 0 4,700 4,300
Add: Fixed charges 12,257 16,611 17,166 20,208 5,281 9,311 30,408
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Earnings before fixed charges $53,897 $62,725 $49,413 $42,461 $54 $25,656 $33,635
======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
Ratio 4.4 3.8 2.9 2.1 Deficient 2.8 1.1
======= ======= ======= ======= ========= ======= =======
Deficiency in dollars ($5,227)
=========
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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NVR Financial Services, Inc.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratios
Consolidated
Nine
Months Three Nine
Ended Year Year Year Months Ended Months Ended Year
Sept. 30, Ended Ended Ended December 31, September 30, Ended
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CONSOLIDATED
FIXED CHARGES
- ----------------------------------
Interest expense - Mortgage Banking 4,761 3,028 2,228 2,863 1,579 2,296 3,874
Interest Expense - LPFS 1,787 6,398 8,124 14,319 4,785 18,787 40,296
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
$6,548 $9,426 $10,352 $17,182 $6,364 $21,083 $44,170
========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= =========
Pre-tax income from continuing operations $2,470 $1,804 $1,005 ($591) ($3,650) $6,345 $ 7,084
Add: Fixed charges 6,548 9,426 10,352 17,182 6,364 21,083 44,170
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Earnings before fixed charges $9,018 $11,230 $11,357 $16,591 $2,714 $27,428 $51,254
========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= =========
RATIO 1.4 1.2 1.1 Deficient Deficient 1.30 1.16
========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= =========
Deficiency in dollars ($591) ($3,650)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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NVR Homes, Inc.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratios
Consolidated
Nine
Months Three Nine
Ended Year Year Year Months Ended Months Ended Year
Sept. 30, Ended Ended Ended December 31, September 30, Ended
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Consolidated
Fixed Charges
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Interest Expense $12,091 $16,405 $16,668 $16,510 $4,079 $1,235 $ 1,508
Capitalized interest amortized to COS 0 0 0 0 0 3,738 9,800
--------- --------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -------
$12,091 $16,405 $16,668 $16,510 $4,079 $4,973 $11,308
========= ========= ========= ======== ========= ========== =======
Pre-tax income from continuing operations $26,401 $42,242 $33,976 $24,162 $(1,473) $20,869 $33,412
Add : Net decrease (increase) in Capitalized
interest 0 0 0 0 0 4,700 4,300
Add: Fixed charges 12,091 16,405 16,668 16,510 4,079 4,973 11,308
--------- --------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -------
Earnings before fixed charges $38,492 $58,647 $50,644 $40,672 $2,606 $30,542 $49,020
========= ========= ========= ======== ========= ========== =======
Ratio 3.2 3.6 3.0 2.5 Deficient 6.14 4.33
========= ========= ========= ======== ========= ========== =======
Deficiency in dollars ($1,473)
=========
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<CAPTION>
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RVN, Inc.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratios
Nine Three
Months Months
Ended Ended
September December
30, 31,
1997 1996
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<S> <C> <C>
Fixed Charges
- --------------------
Interest expense $0 $0
-------- --------
$0 $0
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Pre-tax income from continuing operations $15,880 $4,681
Add: Fixed charges 0 0
-------- --------
Earnings before fixed charges $15,880 $4,681
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Ratio Note A Note A
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Note A: RVN, Inc. incurred no interest charges during the nine months ended
September 30, 1997 and the three months ended December 31, 1996.
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<CAPTION>
Fox Ridge Homes, Inc.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratios
Nine
Months
Ended Year Year Year Year Year
Sept. 30, Ended Ended Ended Ended Ended
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
-------- ----- ----- ----- ------- -----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Fixed Charges
- -------------
Interest expense $619 $847 $702 $691 $206 $ 50
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
$619 $847 $702 $691 $206 $ 50
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Pre-tax income from continuing operations $2,270 $5,653 $3,712 $1,293 $759 $1,488
Add: Fixed charges 619 847 702 691 206 50
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Earnings before fixed charges $2,889 $6,500 $4,414 $1,984 $965 $1,538
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Ratio 4.7 7.7 6.3 2.9 4.68 30.76
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Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Auditors
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The Board of Directors
NVR, Inc.:
We consent to the use of our reports incorporated herein by reference and to the
reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.
Each of our reports for NVR, Inc. and NVR Financial Services, Inc. incorporated
herein by reference contains an explanatory paragraph as to the adoption,
effective January 1, 1995, of the provisions of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 122, "Accounting for Mortgage Servicing Rights."
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KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 24, 1998
