New CEC Common Equity Buyback. On the Effective Date, New CEC shall use at least $1,000,000,000 of the CIE Equity Buyback Proceeds to purchase New CEC Common Equity from the New CEC Common Equity Buyback Participants at the New CEC Common Equity Buyback Purchase Price and in accordance with the New CEC Common Equity Cash Election Procedures as follows: • Step One, New CEC shall use the New CEC Common Equity Initial Buyback Amount to repurchase New CEC Common Equity from Holders of Claims in Class F (Second Lien Notes Claims), Class H (Senior Unsecured Notes Claims), Class I (Undisputed Unsecured Notes Claims), Class J (Disputed Unsecured Notes Claims), and Class L (Insurance Covered Unsecured Claims) who elect on their New CEC Common Equity Cash Election Form to sell such Holders’ shares of New CEC Common Stock, provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of New CEC Common Stock that such Holders elect to sell exceeds the New CEC Common Equity Initial Buyback Amount, then such repurchase shall be pro rata based on the quantum of New CEC Common Equity such Holders elected to sell pursuant to their New CEC Common Equity Cash Election Form; • Step Two, in the event that less than all of the New CEC Common Equity Initial Buyback Amount is used in Step One, New CEC shall use the remaining portion of the New CEC Common Equity Initial Buyback Amount to purchase New CEC Common Equity from Holders of Claims in Class F (Second Lien Notes Claims), Class H (Senior Unsecured Notes Claims), Class I (Undisputed Unsecured Notes Claims), Class J (Disputed Unsecured Notes Claims), and Class L (Insurance Covered Unsecured Claims) pro rata based on the amount of New CEC Common Equity such Holders would have received under the Plan, but excluding those Holders who participated at their pro rata or higher amount in Step One above, provided, however, that any Holder who did not participate at their pro rata or higher amount shall not have more than its pro rata share of the New CEC Common Equity Initial Buyback Amount repurchased in Step One and Step Two combined; • Step Three, New CEC shall use a portion of the New CEC Common Equity Additional Buyback Amount equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum amount permitted without violating continuity of interest tests related to the Spin Structure assuming that the remainder of the New CEC Common Equity Additional Buyback Amount not allocated pursuant to this Step Three will be allocated pursuant to the following Step Four and (ii) the amount required to purchase the remaining shares of New CEC Common Equity, if any, that Holders of Claims in Class F (Second Lien Notes Claims), Class H (Senior Unsecured Notes Claims), Class I (Undisputed Unsecured Notes Claims), Class J (Disputed Unsecured Notes Claims), and Class L (Insurance Covered Unsecured Claims) elected to sell in Step One above that was not sold in Step One above, which amount will be used to purchase New CEC Common Stock from the Holders identified in the foregoing (ii) on a pro rata basis based on the quantum of New CEC Common Equity such Holders elected to sell pursuant to the New CEC Common Equity Cash Election Form but were unable to sell because of oversubscription in Step One; and • Step Four, New CEC shall use any remaining New CEC Common Equity Additional Buyback Amount after Step Three to repurchase New CEC Common Equity from Holders of Claims in Class D (Prepetition Credit Agreement Claims), Class E (Secured First Lien Notes Claims), and Class G (Subsidiary Guaranteed Notes Claims) that elected to sell New CEC Common Equity pursuant to the New CEC Common Equity Cash Election Forms on a pro rata basis using the quantum of New CEC Common Equity such Holders so elected to sell, provided that any such payments will only be made to the extent that such payments will not violate the continuity of interest tests related to the Spin Structure. To the extent the Debtors determine in good faith that the New CEC Common Equity Buyback would have negative consequences with respect to the tax treatment of the Spin Structure, the Debtors may modify the New CEC Common Equity Buyback solely in a manner necessary to avoid such negative consequences only if the Second Priority Noteholders Committee has given its written consent. Without limiting the rights of the Second Priority Noteholders Committee as described in the preceding sentence, in the event that the Second Priority Noteholder Committee does not consent to a proposed modification of the New CEC Common Equity Buyback, then the Second Priority Noteholder Committee shall be provided reasonable opportunity to identify other nationally recognized tax counsel (including but not limited to one of the “Big Four” accounting firms) to issue opinions that may be required that the Debtors are unable to obtain. Any modifications to the New CEC Common Equity Buyback that adversely impacts CEOC’s or CEC’s ability to provide the treatment of, and the identical economic recoveries available to, the Holders of Secured First Lien Notes Claims or Prepetition Credit Agreement Claims require the consent of the Requisite Consenting Bond Creditors or the Requisite Consenting Bank Creditors, respectively.
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Samples: Call Right Agreement (CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT Corp), Indenture (CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT Corp), Agreement (CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT Corp)