<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000089089-23-000078.txt : 20231206
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000089089-23-000078
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-3ASR
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		7
FILED AS OF DATE:		20231206
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20231206
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20231206

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SERVICE CORP INTERNATIONAL
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000089089
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PERSONAL SERVICES [7200]
		IRS NUMBER:				741488375
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-3ASR
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-275918
		FILM NUMBER:		231470330

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1929 ALLEN PKWY
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 130548
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77019
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7135225141

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 130548
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77219-0548

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_1"></div><div style="min-height:18pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&#160;6, 2023</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;padding-left:432pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%">Registration No. 333- </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%">UNITED STATES </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">___________________________</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"><br></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Form S-3 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%">REGISTRATION STATEMENT </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">___________________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">___________________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:66.666%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:46.360%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.971%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:50.269%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Texas</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">74-1488375</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:6pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:6pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">1929 Allen Parkway </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Houston, Texas 77019 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(713) 522-5141 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:6pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#8217;s principal executive offices)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">___________________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Lori Spilde</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">1929 Allen Parkway </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Houston, Texas 77019 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(713) 522-5141</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:6pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%;text-decoration:underline">___________________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Copies to&#58;  </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Jamie L. Yarbrough </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Baker Botts L.L.P. </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">910 Louisiana Street</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Houston, Texas 77002 </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(713) 229-1234 </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"><br></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">___________________________</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">public</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#58;  From time to time after the effective date of the Registration Statement. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9744;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> &#9746; </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9744; </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> &#9744; </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9746; </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9744; </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one)&#58;  </font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:93.750%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.605%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:31.538%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:42.094%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.163%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Large accelerated filer</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9746;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Accelerated filer</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Non-accelerated filer</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9744;</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Smaller reporting company</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Emerging growth company</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act. &#9744;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:18pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:3pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f7f7f7;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><div><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">PROSPECTUS</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">     </font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">Service Corporation International</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">Debt Securities</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">We may offer and sell from time to time our debt securities in one or more offerings pursuant to this prospectus.  The debt securities may consist of debentures, notes or other types of debt.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">We will provide the specific terms and manner of any offering in a supplement to this prospectus.  Any prospectus supplement may add, update, or change information contained in this prospectus.  You should carefully read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement as well as the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated in this prospectus or the applicable prospectus supplement before you purchase any of the debt securities offered hereby.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">The names of any underwriters, dealers, or agents involved in the sale of our debt securities and their compensation will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.  Our net proceeds from the sale of our debt securities also will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol &#8220;SCI.&#8221; Unless we state otherwise in a prospectus supplement, we will not list any securities sold by us under this prospectus and any prospectus supplement on any securities exchange.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%">Investing in these securities involves certain risks.  You should consider the risks that we have described in this prospectus and in the accompanying prospectus supplement before you invest.  See &#8220;</font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_16" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%;text-decoration:underline">Risk Factors</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%">&#8221; on page 2 of this prospectus.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%">NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.  ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;padding-left:9pt;padding-right:9pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;padding-left:9pt;padding-right:9pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%">The date of this prospectus is December&#160;6, 2023.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:92.174%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.626%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="background-color:#f7f7f7;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><div><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">TABLE OF CONTENTS</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Page</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_10" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">About This Prospectus</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_10" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">1</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_13" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">Our Company</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_13" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">2</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_16" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">Risk Factor</a><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_16" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">s</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_16" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">2</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_19" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_19" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">2</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_22" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">Use of Proceeds</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_22" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">3</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_25" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">Description of Debt Securities</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_25" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">4</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_28" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">Plan of Distribution</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_28" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">4</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_31" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">Legal Matters</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_31" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">4</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_34" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">Experts</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_34" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">4</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_37" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">Where You Can Find More Information</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_37" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">4</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_40" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_40" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">5</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_10"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">About This Prospectus</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;), utilizing a &#8220;shelf&#8221; registration process.  Under this shelf process, we may offer and sell our debt securities from time to time in one or more offerings.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This prospectus provides you with a general description of the debt securities we may offer.  Each time that we sell our debt securities under this prospectus, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering.  The prospectus supplement may add, update, or change information contained in this prospectus.  You should read both this prospectus and the prospectus supplement related to any offering as well as additional information described under the headings &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Where You Can Find More Information</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221; and &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information different from that contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement or any &#8220;free writing prospectus.&#8221; If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it as having been authorized by us. The information contained in this prospectus and in any accompanying prospectus supplement is accurate only as of the date thereof as set forth on their covers, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any prospectus supplement or of any sale of our debt securities.  Our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects may have changed since those dates.  To the extent there is a conflict between the information contained in this prospectus and the prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement, provided that if any statement in one of these documents is inconsistent with a statement in another document having a later date &#8211; for example, a document incorporated by reference into this prospectus or any prospectus supplement &#8211; the statement in the document having the later date modifies or supersedes the earlier statement.  We are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, our debt securities only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In this prospectus, the terms &#8220;SCI,&#8221; the &#8220;Company,&#8221; &#8220;we,&#8221; &#8220;our,&#8221; and &#8220;us&#8221; refer to Service Corporation International and its subsidiaries, unless otherwise specified.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">1</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font></div></div></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_13"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our Company</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Service Corporation International is North America&#8217;s largest provider of deathcare products and services, with a network of funeral service locations and cemeteries unequaled in geographic scale. At&#160;September&#160;30, 2023, we operated&#160;1,486&#160;funeral service locations and&#160;489&#160;cemeteries (including&#160;304&#160;funeral service&#47;cemetery combination locations), which are geographically diversified across 44 states,&#160;eight&#160;Canadian provinces, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We are well known for our Dignity Memorial</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:5.2pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;position:relative;top:-2.8pt;vertical-align:baseline">&#174;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;brand, North America's first transcontinental brand of deathcare products and services. 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Our funeral service and cemetery operations consist of funeral service locations, cemeteries, funeral service&#47;cemetery combination locations, crematoria, and other related businesses, which enable us to serve a wide array of customer needs. We sell cemetery property and funeral and cemetery merchandise and services at the time of need and on a preneed basis.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We were incorporated in Texas in July of 1962.  Our principal executive offices are located at 1929 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas 77019.  Our telephone number at that address is (713) 522-5141.  Our website is located at www.sci-corp.com.  Other than as described in &#8220;Where You Can Find More Information&#8221; and &#8220;Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference&#8221; below, the information on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, and you should not consider it to be a part of this prospectus or any prospectus supplement.  Our website address is included as an inactive textual reference only.</font></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_16"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Risk Factors</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Investing in our debt securities involves a high degree of risk.  Please see the risk factors described under the caption &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Risk Factors</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221; in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&#160;31, 2022 on file with the SEC, as updated by our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and certain other filings we make with the SEC, which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus and in any accompanying prospectus supplement.  Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider these risks as well as information we include or incorporate by reference in this prospectus and in any accompanying prospectus supplement.  The risks and uncertainties we have described are not the only ones facing our company.  Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our business operations.</font></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_19"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The statements in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, made in reliance on the &#8220;safe harbor&#8221; protections provided under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 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We also may include or incorporate by reference in each prospectus supplement additional important factors that we believe could cause actual results or events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements that we make.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Should one or more known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results could differ materially from past results and those anticipated, estimated, projected, or implied by these forward-looking statements.  You should consider these factors and the other cautionary statements made in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or the documents we incorporate by reference in this prospectus as being applicable to all related forward-looking statements wherever they appear in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or the documents incorporated by reference.  While we may elect to update forward-looking statements wherever they appear in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or the documents incorporated by reference, we do not assume, and specifically disclaim, any obligation to do so, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.</font></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_22"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Use of Proceeds</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Except as may be otherwise set forth in any prospectus supplement accompanying this prospectus, we intend to use the net proceeds we receive from sales of our securities offered hereby for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of indebtedness outstanding from time to time and for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and repurchases of our securities.  Pending these uses, the net proceeds may also be temporarily invested in short-term securities.  Any specific allocations of the proceeds to a particular purpose that has been made at the date of any prospectus supplement will be described therein.</font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">3</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font></div></div></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_25"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Description of Debt Securities</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The debt securities covered by this prospectus will be issued under our Senior Indenture dated February 1, 1993, as amended and supplemented from time to time, between us and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York, as trustee (the &#8220;Indenture&#8221;), a copy of which has been incorporated into the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.  The particular terms of the debt securities offered will be outlined in a prospectus supplement.  The discussion of such terms in the prospectus supplement is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, reference to all provisions of the Indenture and any applicable supplemental indenture.</font></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_28"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Plan of Distribution</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We may offer and sell these debt securities through one or more underwriters, dealers or agents, or directly to one or more purchasers, or through a combination of any of these methods of sale.  We will provide the specific plan of distribution for any debt securities to be offered in a prospectus supplement.</font></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_31"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Legal Matters</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The validity of the debt securities offered hereby and certain other legal matters in connection with the sale of the debt securities will be passed upon for us by Baker Botts L.L.P., Houston, Texas, and Lori Spilde, general counsel to the Company.  Certain legal matters in connection with the sale of the debt securities will be passed upon for any underwriters or agents by counsel named in the applicable prospectus supplement.  Lori Spilde is paid a salary by our company and participates in various employee benefit plans offered by us, including equity-based plans.</font></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_34"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Experts</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The financial statements and management&#8217;s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management&#8217;s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&#160;31, 2022 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.</font></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_37"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Where You Can Find More Information</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We file annual, quarterly, and current reports, proxy statements, and other information with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act.  Through our website at www.sci-corp.com, you may access, free of charge, our filings, shortly after we electronically file them with or furnish them to the SEC.  Other information contained in our website is not incorporated by reference in, and should not be considered a part of, this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement.  Our SEC filings are also available to the public from the SEC&#8217;s website at </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">www.sec.gov</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the SEC to register the securities offered hereby under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act.  This prospectus does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement, including certain exhibits and schedules.  You may obtain the registration statement and exhibits to the registration statement in any manner noted above.</font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font></div></div></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_40"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents.  The information that we incorporate by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus.  Information that we file with the SEC in the future and incorporate by reference in this prospectus automatically updates and supersedes previously filed information as applicable.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We incorporate by reference into this prospectus the following documents filed by us with the SEC, other than any portions of any such documents that are not deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; under the Exchange Act in accordance with the Exchange Act and applicable SEC rules&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.64pt">Annual Report on</font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/89089/000008908923000008/sci-20221231.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"> </a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/89089/000008908923000008/sci-20221231.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Form 10-K</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> for the year ended December&#160;31, 2022 (including those sections incorporated by reference from our </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/89089/000008908923000022/sci-20230323.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Proxy Statement</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> filed with the SEC on March&#160;23, 2023).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.64pt">Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/89089/000008908923000034/sci-20230331.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">March 31, 202</a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/89089/000008908923000034/sci-20230331.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">3</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/89089/000008908923000055/sci-20230630.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">June 30, 202</a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/89089/000008908923000055/sci-20230630.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">3</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, and </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/89089/000008908923000065/sci-20230930.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">September 30, 202</a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/89089/000008908923000065/sci-20230930.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">3</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.64pt">Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000089089/000110465923003256/tm233187d1_8k.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">January 12, 2023</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, 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style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">vember 13, 2023</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> (to the extent filed and not furnished).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:13.64pt">All documents filed by us in the future under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act until all of the securities registered under this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement are sold, other than any portions of any such documents that are not deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; under the Exchange Act in accordance with the Exchange Act and applicable SEC rules.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">You may obtain a copy of these filings at no cost, by writing or telephoning us as follows&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Service Corporation International</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">Attention&#58;  General Counsel</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">1929 Allen Parkway</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">Houston, Texas 77019</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">(713) 522-5141</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">Any statement contained in a document that is incorporated by reference will be modified or superseded for all purposes to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement, or in any other document that is subsequently filed with the SEC and incorporated by reference, modifies, or is contrary to that previous statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed a part of this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement, except as so modified or superseded.  Since information that we later file with the SEC will update and supersede previously incorporated information, you should look at all of the SEC filings that we incorporate by reference to determine if any of the statements in this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement or in any documents previously incorporated by reference have been modified or superseded.</font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">5</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font></div></div></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_43"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:3pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f7f7f7;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><div><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">PART II</font></div><div><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Information not required in prospectus</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_46"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Item 14.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following table sets forth the estimated expenses (other than the underwriting discount) payable by the registrant in connection with the offering described in the registration statement.  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The foregoing sets forth the general categories of expenses (other than the underwriting discount) that we anticipate we will incur in connection with the offering of securities under this registration statement.  An estimate of the aggregate expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of securities offered hereby will be included in the prospectus supplement applicable to such offering.</font></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_49"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Item 15.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Indemnification of Directors and Officers</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Service Corporation International is a Texas corporation.  Chapter 8 of the Texas Business Organization Code (the &#8220;TBOC&#8221;) provides that a corporation may indemnify any director or officer who was, is, or is threatened to be made a respondent in a proceeding because the person was or is a director or officer if it is determined that such person (1) conducted himself in good faith, (2) reasonably believed (a) in the case of conduct in his official capacity as a director or officer of the corporation, that his conduct was in the corporation&#8217;s best interest, or (b) in other cases, that his conduct was at least not opposed to the corporation&#8217;s best interests, and (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.  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The Articles of Incorporation further provide that, if the statutes of Texas are amended to further limit the liability of a director, then the liability of the Company&#8217;s directors will be limited to the fullest extent permitted by any such provision.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company&#8217;s Bylaws provide for indemnification of officers and directors of the registrant and persons serving at the request of the registrant in such capacities for other business organizations against certain losses, costs, liabilities, and expenses incurred by reason of their positions with the registrant or such other business organizations.  The Company also has policies insuring its officers and directors and certain officers and directors of its wholly owned subsidiaries against certain liabilities for actions taken in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Act&#8221;).  In addition, the Company has an Indemnification Agreement with each of its directors and officers providing for the indemnification of each such person to the fullest extent permitted by Texas law.</font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">II-1</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><font><br></font></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_52"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Item 16.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Exhibits</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:6.356%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:2.408%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:87.936%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Exhibit Number</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Description</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1.1*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Form of Underwriting Agreement</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89089/000095012904006793/h15537exv4w1.txt" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">4.1</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89089/000095012904006793/h15537exv4w1.txt" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Senior Indenture dated as of February&#160;1, 1993 by and between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit&#160;4.1 to Form&#160;S-4 filed September&#160;2, 2004 (File&#160;No.&#160;333-118763)).</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.2*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Form of Debt Securities</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="sci-2023xs3asrxex51.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">5.1</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="sci-2023xs3asrxex51.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="sci-2023xs3asrxex51.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">23.1</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="sci-2023xs3asrxex51.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit 5.1)</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="sci-2023xs3asrxex232.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">23.2</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="sci-2023xs3asrxex232.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_58" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">24.2</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_58" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature pages hereof)</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="sci-2023xs3asrxex251.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">25.1</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="sci-2023xs3asrxex251.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the Indenture dated as of February 1, 1993</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="sci-2023xs3asrxex107.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">107</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="sci-2023xs3asrxex107.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Filing Fee Table</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:130%">*     To be filed by amendment or to be incorporated by reference to a report filed hereafter in connection with or prior to an offering of debt securities.</font></div><div id="ia3489874fa5c41c58080cd9843fd5a3b_55"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:15pt"><font style="color:#003e51;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Item 17.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Undertakings</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(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 end 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 a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective registration statement&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(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&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Provided, however,</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(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.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(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.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement&#59; and</font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">II-2</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of this registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus.  As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.  Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant&#59; and</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement 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.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  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Haussler</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Verdana',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; VICTOR L. 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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i9e588460c704409c97c84bb44300beff_1"></div><div style="background-color:#ffffff"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit 107 </font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Calculation of Filing Fee Tables </font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Form S-3 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Form Type) </font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font 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style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.359%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:6.032%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.359%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.893%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.359%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.359%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.473%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.359%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.359%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.193%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.359%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.151%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.359%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.333%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.359%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.359%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:6.312%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.359%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.359%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:4.074%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.359%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:4.074%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.359%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:4.214%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.359%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.802%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Security<br>Type</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Security<br>Class Title</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Fee<br>Calculation<br>or Carry<br>Forward<br>Rule</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Amount<br>Registered</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Rate</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Amount of<br>Registration<br>Fee</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Carry<br>Forward<br>Form<br>Type</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Carry<br>Forward<br>File<br>Number</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Carry<br>Forward<br>Initial<br>effective<br>date</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Filing Fee<br>Previously<br>Paid In<br>Connection<br>with Unsold<br>Securities to<br>be Carried<br>Forward</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="87" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Newly Registered Securities</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-8pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Fees to Be</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-8pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Paid</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Debt</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Debt Securities</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Rule 457(r)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(1)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(1)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(1)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(2)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(2)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-8pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-8pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Fees</font></div><div style="padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-8pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Previously</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-8pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Paid</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Carry Forward Securities</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-8pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="24" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total Offering Amounts</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-8pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="24" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total Fees Previously Paid</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-8pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="24" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total Fee Offsets</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-8pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="24" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net Fee Due</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-8pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 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1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.405%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:92.395%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(1)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">An indeterminate amount of securities to be offered at indeterminate prices from time to time is being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(2)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The Registrant is relying on Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to defer payment of all registration fees. 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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ia168e7cf899149a481ac82b7bd792a72_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">EXHIBIT 5.1</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><img alt="imagea.jpg" src="imagea.jpg" style="height:99px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:601px"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.867%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:38.167%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.708%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:44.825%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">December 6, 2023</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:8pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Service Corporation International</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="text-align:right"><img alt="bakerbottshoustonlogoa.jpg" src="bakerbottshoustonlogoa.jpg" style="height:47px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:109px"></div></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1929 Allen Parkway</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Houston, Texas 77019 </font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ladies and Gentlemen&#58; </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">As set forth in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) to be filed on the date hereof by Service Corporation International, a Texas corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Act&#8221;), relating to the offering of an indeterminate amount of debt securities (the &#8220;Securities&#8221;) that may be issued and sold by the Company from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, certain legal matters in connection with such Securities are being passed upon for you by us. At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you for filing as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Each series of the Securities is to be issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1993 (the &#8220;Indenture&#8221;), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (successor to The Bank of New York), as trustee. The Indenture will be supplemented in connection with the issuance of each series of Securities by a supplemental indenture, officers&#8217; certificate or other writing thereunder (each, a &#8220;Supplemental Indenture&#8221;) establishing the form and terms of such series. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">In our capacity as your counsel in the connection referred to above, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified, of the Company&#8217;s restated articles of incorporation and bylaws, each as amended to date (the &#8220;Charter Documents&#8221;), the Indenture, corporate records of the Company (including certain resolutions of the board of directors of the Company as furnished to us by you), certificates of public officials and of representatives of the Company, statutes and other instruments and documents as a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed. In giving such opinion, we have relied, to the extent we deem appropriate without independent investigation or verification, upon certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials with respect to the accuracy of the material factual matters contained in such certificates. In giving the opinion below, we have assumed, without independent investigation that the signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine, that all documents submitted to us as originals are accurate and complete, that all documents submitted to us as copies are true, correct and complete copies of the originals thereof and that all information submitted to us is accurate and complete. Further, we have assumed that&#58; </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(a) the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) will have become effective under the Act&#59; </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;1</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(b) a prospectus supplement will have been prepared and filed with the Commission describing the Securities offered thereby&#59; </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(c) all Securities will be offered, issued and sold in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement (including any post-effective amendments thereto) and the applicable prospectus supplement&#59; </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(d) the board of directors of the Company or, to the extent permitted by the Texas Business Organizations Code, as amended, and the Charter Documents, a duly constituted and acting committee thereof (such board of directors or committee thereof being hereinafter referred to as the &#8220;Board&#8221;) will have taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the issuance of the Securities and any other securities issuable on the conversion, exchange, redemption or exercise thereof, and to authorize the terms of the offering and sale of the Securities and related matters&#59; </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(e) a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement with respect to any Securities offered will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto (each, a &#8220;Purchase Agreement&#8221;)&#59; </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(f) any securities issuable upon conversion, exchange, redemption or exercise of any Securities being offered will have been duly authorized, created and, if appropriate, reserved for issuance upon such conversion, exchange, redemption or exercise&#59; </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(g) all Securities will be delivered (i) in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Purchase Agreement approved by the Board upon receipt of the consideration therein provided or (ii) upon conversion, exchange, redemption or exercise of any other security, in accordance with the terms of such security or the instrument governing such security providing for such conversion, exchange, redemption or exercise as approved by the Board for the consideration approved by the Board&#59; </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(h) the Board will have taken all necessary corporate action to designate and establish the terms of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, including, if applicable, the execution and delivery of a Supplemental Indenture by the Company and the trustee thereunder, and the Securities will not include any provision that is unenforceable&#59;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(i) a Supplemental Indenture will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, as applicable, the trustee thereunder&#59; </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(j) the Indenture will have become qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended&#59; and</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(k) forms of the Securities complying with the terms of the Indenture and evidencing the Securities will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture&#59;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">On the basis of the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations, qualifications and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Securities will, when issued, constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as that enforcement is subject to (a) any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or conveyance or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors&#8217; rights and remedies </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;2</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">generally, (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and comity, (c) public policy and applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and (d) any implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The opinion set forth above in this letter is limited in all respects to matters of the laws of the State of Texas, applicable federal law and the contract law of the State of New York. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter of counsel with the Commission as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the heading &#8220;Legal Matters&#8221; in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:216pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:216pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Very truly yours, </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:252pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#47;s&#47; Baker Botts L.L.P. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;3</font></div></div></div></body></html>
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="idc53b17f945844d7ba05c59da58ca9b5_1"></div><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">EXHIBIT 25.1</font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.415%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.900%"></td><td 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Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">___________________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">___________________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td 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style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Loans and leases held for investment, net of allowance </font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Trading assets</font></div></td><td colspan="2" 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0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Intangible assets </font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">856,313&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Other assets</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 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McNulty, CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Matthew J. 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