Some 70% supported holding the ballot before the Scottish government's preferred date in the autumn of 2014.

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To date they have preferred to concentrate on searching obviously unlikely candidates like young kids and the very elderly.

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Second, CHK is extending the average maturity schedule of its debt by replacing senior notes due to mature over the next six years with convertible preferred shares that come with no maturity date.

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Like bonds, preferred stocks are often callable after a certain date.

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