AMENDED AND RESTATED SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY
Exhibit 10.4
AMENDED AND RESTATED
This AMENDED AND RESTATED SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Guaranty”), dated as of February 22, 2005, is made by each Subsidiary of Las Vegas Sands, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“LVSI”), required from time to time to become party hereto (each individually, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”), in favor of and for the benefit of THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as administrative agent (together with its successor(s) thereto in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for each of the Secured Parties.
RECITALS
A. LVSI and Venetian Casino Resort, LLC., a Nevada limited liability company (each a “Borrower” and collectively the “Borrowers”), have heretofore entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of August 20, 2004, among the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Credit Partners L.P. (“GSCP”), as syndication agent, sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, and other parties (the “Existing Agreement”).
B. The Guarantor previously made that certain Subsidiary Guaranty (the “Subsidiary Guaranty”) dated as of August 20, 2004, in favor of and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of each of the Secured Parties.
C. Borrowers, the Lenders, The Bank of Nova Scotia, in its capacity as Administrative Agent and as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner, GSCP as syndication agent, joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner, and other parties desire to amend and restate the Existing Agreement in its entirety pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 22, 2005 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).
D. As a condition to the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent requires that the Guarantors amend and restate the Subsidiary Guaranty in its entirety to provide that the Subsidiary Guaranty shall secure payment of all of the indebtedness and performance of all of the obligations of Borrowers pursuant to the Credit Agreement and to expressly acknowledge and affirm the continuing effectiveness of the Subsidiary Guaranty, as amended and restated hereby;
E. It is a condition precedent to the making of the Credit Extensions under the Credit Agreement that the Borrowers’ Obligations thereunder be guarantied by the Guarantors.
F. The Guarantors are willing irrevocably and unconditionally to guaranty such Obligations.
NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and in order to induce the Secured Parties to make Credit Extensions and to enter into Rate Protection Agreements, the Guarantors hereby agree, and hereby amend and restate the Subsidiary Guaranty in its entirety, as follows.
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Guaranty, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:
“Guarantied Obligations” is defined in subsection 2.1.
“Guaranty” is defined in the preamble.
“payment in full”, “paid in full” or any similar term means payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations, including all principal, interest, costs, fees and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of Secured Parties as required under the Loan Documents and the Rate Protection Agreements.
1.2 Interpretation.
(a) References to “Sections” and “subsections” shall be to Sections and subsections, respectively, of this Guaranty unless otherwise specifically provided.
(b) In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms, conditions and provisions of this Guaranty and the terms, conditions and provisions of the Credit Agreement, the terms, conditions and provisions of this Guaranty shall prevail.
(c) Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used in this Guaranty, including its preamble and recitals, have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
(d) The rules of construction set forth in subsection 1.3 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Guaranty mutatis mutandis.
SECTION 2. THE GUARANTY
2.1 Guaranty of the Guarantied Obligations. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.2(a), the Guarantors jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guaranty the due and punctual payment in full of all Guarantied Obligations when the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)). The term “Guarantied Obligations” is used herein in its most comprehensive sense and includes:
(a) any and all Obligations of the Borrowers, in each case now or hereafter made, incurred or created, whether absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether
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due or not due, and however arising under or in connection with any Loan Documents, including those arising under successive borrowing transactions under the Credit Agreement which shall either continue the Obligations of the Borrowers or from time to time renew them after they have been satisfied and including interest which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to the Borrowers, would have accrued on any Guarantied Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against the Borrowers for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding; and
(b) those expenses set forth in subsection 2.8 hereof.
2.2 Limitation on Amount Guarantied; Contribution by Guarantors.
(a) Anything contained in this Guaranty to the contrary notwithstanding, if any Fraudulent Transfer Law (as hereinafter defined) is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be applicable to the obligations of any Guarantor under this Guaranty, such obligations of such Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to a maximum aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any applicable provisions of comparable state law (collectively, the “Fraudulent Transfer Laws”), in each case after giving effect to all other liabilities of such Guarantor, contingent or otherwise, that are relevant under the Fraudulent Transfer Laws (specifically excluding, however, any liabilities of such Guarantor (x) in respect of intercompany indebtedness to the Borrowers or other affiliates of the Borrowers to the extent that such indebtedness would be discharged in an amount equal to the amount paid by such Guarantor hereunder and (y) under any guaranty of Other Indebtedness which guaranty contains a limitation as to maximum amount similar to that set forth in this subsection 2.2(a), pursuant to which the liability of such Guarantor hereunder is included in the liabilities taken into account in determining such maximum amount) and after giving effect as assets to the value (as determined under the applicable provisions of the Fraudulent Transfer Laws) of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution of such Guarantor pursuant to applicable law or pursuant to the terms of any agreement (including any such right of contribution under subsection 2.2(b)).
(b) Guarantors under this Guaranty together desire to allocate among themselves, in a fair and equitable manner, their obligations arising under this Guaranty. Accordingly, in the event any payment or distribution is made on any date by any Guarantor under this Guaranty (a “Funding Guarantor”) that exceeds its Fair Share (as defined below) as of such date, that Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of the other Guarantors in the amount of such other Guarantor’s Fair Share Shortfall (as defined below) as of such date, with the result that all such contributions will cause each Guarantor’s Aggregate Payments (as defined below) to equal its Fair Share as of such date. “Fair Share” means, with respect to a Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (i) the ratio of (x) the Adjusted Maximum Amount (as defined below) with respect to such Guarantor to (y) the aggregate of the Adjusted Maximum Amounts with respect to all Guarantors multiplied by (ii) the aggregate amount paid or distributed on or before such date by all Funding Guarantors under this Guaranty in respect of the obligations guarantied. “Fair Share Shortfall” means, with respect to a Guarantor as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of the Fair Share of such Guarantor over the Aggregate Payments of such Guarantor. “Adjusted Maximum Amount” means, with respect to a
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Guarantor as of any date of determination, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations of such Guarantor under this Guaranty, determined as of such date, in accordance with subsection 2.2(a); provided that, solely for purposes of calculating the “Adjusted Maximum Amount” with respect to any Guarantor for purposes of this subsection 2.2(b), any assets or liabilities of such Guarantor arising by virtue of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification or any rights to or obligations of contribution hereunder shall not be considered as assets or liabilities of such Guarantor. “Aggregate Payments” means, with respect to a Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount of all payments and distributions made on or before such date by such Guarantor in respect of this Guaranty (including in respect of this subsection 2.2(b)) minus (ii) the aggregate amount of all payments received on or before such date by such Guarantor from the other Guarantors as contributions under this subsection 2.2(b). The amounts payable as contributions hereunder shall be determined as of the date on which the related payment or distribution is made by the applicable Funding Guarantor. The allocation among Guarantors of their obligations as set forth in this subsection 2.2(b) shall not be construed in any way to limit the liability of any Guarantor hereunder. Any other Subsidiary Guarantor is a third party beneficiary to the contribution agreement set forth in this subsection 2.2(b) which shall not be construed in any way to limit the liability of any Guarantor hereunder.
2.3 Payment by Guarantors; Application of Payments. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.2(a), Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree, in furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Secured Party may have at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, that upon the failure of Borrowers to pay any of the Guarantied Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)), Guarantors will upon demand pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of Secured Parties, an amount equal to the sum of the unpaid principal amount of all Guarantied Obligations then due as aforesaid, accrued and unpaid interest on such Guarantied Obligations (including interest which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to Borrowers, would have accrued on such Guarantied Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against Borrowers for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding) and all other Guarantied Obligations then owed to Secured Parties as aforesaid. All such payments shall be applied promptly from time to time by the Administrative Agent in the following order of priority :
(a) to the payment of the costs and expenses of any collection or other realization under this Guaranty, including the reasonable costs, fees and expenses of (i) the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and all expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith, all in accordance with the terms of this Guaranty and (ii) the Administrative Agent, in accordance with term of the Credit Agreement
(b) thereafter, to the extent of any excess such payments, to the payment of all other Guarantied Obligations for the ratable benefit of the holders thereof; and
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(c) thereafter, to the extent of any excess such payments, to the payment to the applicable Guarantor or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
2.4 Liability of Guarantors Absolute. Each Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder are irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a guarantor or surety other than payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows:
(a) This Guaranty is a guaranty of payment when due and not of collectibility.
(b) The Administrative Agent may enforce this Guaranty upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between Borrowers and any Secured Party with respect to the existence of such Event of Default.
(c) The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of Borrowers under the Loan Documents and the obligations of any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the obligations of Borrowers under the Loan Documents, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against such Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against Borrowers or any of such other guarantors and whether or not Borrowers is joined in any such action or actions.
(d) Payment by any Guarantor of a portion, but not all, of the Guarantied Obligations shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge any Guarantor’s liability for any portion of the Guarantied Obligations which has not been paid. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent is awarded a judgment in any suit brought to enforce any Guarantor’s covenant to pay a portion of the Guarantied Obligations, such judgment shall not be deemed to release such Guarantor from its covenant to pay the portion of the Guarantied Obligations that is not the subject of such suit, and such judgment shall not, except to the extent satisfied by such Guarantor, limit, affect, modify or abridge any other Guarantor’s liability hereunder in respect of the Guarantied Obligations.
(e) Any Secured Party, upon such terms as it deems appropriate, without notice or demand and without affecting the validity or enforceability of this Guaranty or giving rise to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination of any Guarantor’s liability hereunder, from time to time may (i) renew, extend, accelerate, increase the rate of interest on, or otherwise change the time, place, manner or terms of payment of the Guarantied Obligations, (ii) settle, compromise, release or discharge, or accept or refuse any offer of performance with respect to, or substitutions for, the Guarantied Obligations or any agreement relating thereto and/or subordinate the payment of the same to the payment of any other obligations; (iii) request and accept other guaranties of the Guarantied Obligations and take and hold security for the payment of this Guaranty or the Guarantied Obligations; (iv) release, surrender, exchange, substitute, compromise, settle, rescind, waive, alter, subordinate or modify, with or without consideration, any security
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for payment of the Guarantied Obligations, any other guaranties of the Guarantied Obligations, or any other obligation of any Person (including any other Guarantor) with respect to the Guarantied Obligations; (v) enforce and apply any security now or hereafter held by or for the benefit of such Secured Party in respect of this Guaranty or the Guarantied Obligations and direct the order or manner of sale thereof, or exercise any other right or remedy that such Secured Party may have against any such security, in each case as such Secured Party in its discretion may determine consistent with the Credit Agreement or the applicable Rate Protection Agreement and any applicable security agreement, including foreclosure on any such security pursuant to one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially reasonable, and even though such action operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of any Guarantor against Borrowers or any security for the Guarantied Obligations; and (vi) exercise any other rights available to it under the Loan Documents or the Rate Protection Agreements.
(f) This Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination for any reason (other than payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations), including the occurrence of any of the following, whether or not any Guarantor shall have had notice or knowledge of any of them: (i) any failure or omission to assert or enforce or agreement or election not to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power or remedy (whether arising under the Loan Documents, at law, in equity or otherwise) with respect to the Guarantied Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the Guarantied Obligations; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent to departure from, any of the terms or provisions (including provisions relating to events of default) of any of the Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any other guaranty or security for the Guarantied Obligations, in each case whether or not in accordance with the terms of such Loan Document or any agreement relating to such other guaranty or security; (iii) the Guarantied Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect; (iv) the application of payments received from any source (other than payments received pursuant to the other Loan Documents or from the proceeds of any security for the Guarantied Obligations, except to the extent such security also serves as collateral for indebtedness other than the Guarantied Obligations) to the payment of indebtedness other than the Guarantied Obligations, even though any Secured Party might have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Guarantied Obligations; (v) any Secured Party’s consent to the change, reorganization or termination of the corporate structure or existence of Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries and to any corresponding restructuring of the Guarantied Obligations; (vi) any failure to perfect or continue perfection of a security interest in any collateral which secures any of the Guarantied Obligations; (vii) any defenses, set-offs or counterclaims which Borrowers may allege or assert against any Secured Party in respect of the Guarantied Obligations, including failure of consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury; and (viii) any other act or thing or omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which may
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or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor as an obligor in respect of the Guarantied Obligations.
2.5 Waivers by Guarantors. Each Guarantor hereby waives, for the benefit of Secured Parties:
(a) any right to require any Secured Party, as a condition of payment or performance by such Guarantor, to (i) proceed against Borrowers, any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guarantied Obligations or any other Person, (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security held from Borrowers, any such other guarantor or any other Person, (iii) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of any Secured Party in favor of Borrowers or any other Person, or (iv) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Secured Party whatsoever;
(b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of Borrowers including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Guarantied Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of Borrowers from any cause other than payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations;
(c) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal;
(d) any defense based upon any Secured Party’s errors or omissions in the administration of the Guarantied Obligations, except behavior which amounts to bad faith;
(e) (i) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms of this Guaranty and any legal or equitable discharge of such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, (ii) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (iii) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (iv) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Secured Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject thereto;
(f) notices, demands, presentments, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance of this Guaranty, notices of default under the Credit Agreement, the Rate Protection Agreements or any agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the Guarantied Obligations or any agreement related thereto, notices of any extension of credit to Borrowers and notices of any of the matters referred to in subsection 2.4 and any right to consent to any thereof;
(g) any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms of this Guaranty; and
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(h) to the extent permitted under section 40.495 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the benefits of the “One Action” rule under 40.430 of the Nevada Revised Statutes.
2.6 Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc. Each Guarantor hereby waives any claim, right or remedy, direct or indirect, that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Borrowers or any of its assets in connection with this Guaranty or the performance by such Guarantor of its obligations hereunder, in each case whether such claim, right or remedy arises in equity, under contract, by statute, under common law or otherwise and including (a) any right of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Borrowers, (b) any right to enforce, or to participate in, any claim, right or remedy that any Secured Party now has or may hereafter have against Borrowers, and (c) any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any collateral or security now or hereafter held by any Secured Party. In addition, until the Termination Date, each Guarantor shall withhold exercise of any right of contribution such Guarantor may have against any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guarantied Obligations (including any such right of contribution under subsection 2.2(b)). Each Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent the waiver or agreement to withhold the exercise of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and contribution as set forth herein is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification such Guarantor may have against Borrowers or against any collateral or security, and any rights of contribution such Guarantor may have against any such other guarantor, shall be junior and subordinate to any rights any Secured Party may have against Borrowers, to all right, title and interest any Secured Party may have in any such collateral or security, and to any right any Secured Party may have against such other guarantor. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of any such subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution rights at any time when all Guarantied Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held in trust for the Administrative Agent on behalf of Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid over to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties to be credited and applied against the Guarantied Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms hereof.
2.7 Subordination of Other Obligations. Any Indebtedness of Borrowers or any Guarantor now or hereafter held by any Guarantor (the “Obligee Guarantor”) is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantied Obligations, and any such Indebtedness collected or received by the Obligee Guarantor after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing shall be held in trust for the Administrative Agent on behalf of Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid over to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties to be credited and applied against the Guarantied Obligations but without affecting, impairing or limiting in any manner the liability of the Obligee Guarantor under any other provision of this Guaranty.
2.8 Expenses. Guarantors jointly and severally agree to pay, or cause to be paid, on demand, and to save Secured Parties harmless against liability for, any and all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and reasonable allocated costs of internal counsel) incurred or expended by any Secured Party in connection with the enforcement of or preservation of any rights under this Guaranty.
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2.9 Continuing Guaranty. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall remain in effect until the Termination Date. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty as to future transactions giving rise to any Guarantied Obligations.
2.10 Authority of Guarantors or Borrowers. It is not necessary for any Secured Party to inquire into the capacity or powers of any Guarantor or Borrowers or the officers, directors or any agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any of them.
2.11 Financial Condition of Borrowers. Any Loans or other extensions of credit may be granted to Borrowers or continued from time to time, and any Rate Protection Agreements may be entered into from time to time, in each case without notice to or authorization from any Guarantor regardless of the financial or other condition of Borrowers at the time of any such grant or continuation or at the time such Rate Protection Agreement is entered into, as the case may be. No Secured Party shall have any obligation to disclose or discuss with any Guarantor its assessment, or any Guarantor’s assessment, of the financial condition of Borrowers. Each Guarantor has adequate means to obtain information from Borrowers on a continuing basis concerning the financial condition of Borrowers and its ability to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, and each Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of Borrowers and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guarantied Obligations. Each Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes any duty on the part of any Secured Party to disclose any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, operations or conditions of Borrowers now known or hereafter known by any Secured Party.
2.12 Rights Cumulative. The rights, powers and remedies given to Secured Parties by this Guaranty are cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent of all rights, powers and remedies given to Secured Parties by virtue of any statute or rule of law or in any of the other Loan Documents, or any agreement between any Guarantor and any Secured Party or Secured Parties or between Borrowers and any Secured Party or Secured Parties. Any forbearance or failure to exercise, and any delay by any Secured Party in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not impair any such right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall it preclude the further exercise of any such right, power or remedy.
2.13 Bankruptcy; Post-Petition Interest; Reinstatement of Guaranty. (a) So long as any Guarantied Obligations remain outstanding, no Guarantor shall, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent acting pursuant to the instructions of Requisite Lenders, commence or join with any other Person in commencing any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency proceedings of or against Borrowers. The obligations of Guarantors under this Guaranty shall not be reduced, limited, impaired, discharged, deferred, suspended or terminated by any proceeding, voluntary or involuntary, involving the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, liquidation or arrangement of Borrowers or by any defense which Borrowers may have by reason of the order, decree or decision of any court or administrative body resulting from any such proceeding.
(a) Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that any interest on any portion of the Guarantied Obligations which accrues after the commencement of any proceeding referred to in clause (a) above (or, if interest on any portion of the Guarantied Obligations ceases to accrue
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by operation of law by reason of the commencement of said proceeding, such interest as would have accrued on such portion of the Guarantied Obligations if said proceedings had not been commenced) shall be included in the Guarantied Obligations because it is the intention of Guarantors and Secured Parties that the Guarantied Obligations which are guarantied by Guarantors pursuant to this Guaranty should be determined without regard to any rule of law or order which may relieve Borrowers of any portion of such Guarantied Obligations. Guarantors will permit any trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar person to pay the Administrative Agent, or allow the claim of the Administrative Agent in respect of, any such interest accruing after the date on which such proceeding is commenced.
(b) In the event that all or any portion of the Guarantied Obligations are paid by Borrowers, the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall continue and remain in full force and effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all or any part of such payment(s) are rescinded or recovered directly or indirectly from any Secured Party as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and any such payments which are so rescinded or recovered shall constitute Guarantied Obligations for all purposes under this Guaranty.
2.14 Notice of Events. Promptly upon any Guarantor obtaining knowledge thereof, such Guarantor shall give the Administrative Agent written notice of any condition or event which has resulted in (a) a material adverse change in the financial condition of any Guarantor or Borrowers or (b) a breach of or noncompliance with any term, condition or covenant contained herein or in the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Rate Protection Agreement or any other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.
2.15 Set Off. In addition to any other rights any Secured Party may have under law or in equity, if any amount shall at any time be due and owing by any Guarantor to any Secured Party under this Guaranty, such Secured Party is authorized at any time or from time to time, without notice (any such notice being hereby expressly waived), to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, including indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured) and any other indebtedness of such Secured Party owing to such Guarantor and any other property of such Guarantor held by any Secured Party to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor against and on account of the Guarantied Obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor to any Secured Party under this Guaranty.
2.16 Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor. If (i) all of the stock of any Guarantor or any of its successors in interest under this Guaranty shall be sold or otherwise disposed of (including by merger or consolidation) in accordance with the Credit Agreement or in an Asset Sale consented to by the Requisite Lenders, or (ii) any Guarantor shall otherwise be released from this Guaranty in accordance with the Loan Documents or with the consent of the Requisite Lenders, the Guaranty of such Guarantor or such successor in interest, as the case may be, hereunder shall automatically be discharged and released without any further action by any Secured Party or any other Person effective as of the time of such Asset Sale, disposition, release or consent.
2.17 General Subordination of Obligations. No Guarantor shall create any Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation without the prior written consent of the Administrative
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Agent except as may be permitted or contemplated pursuant to this Guaranty and the Credit Agreement.
2.18 Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties contained in Section 5 of the Credit Agreement, insofar as the representations and warranties contained therein are applicable to any Guarantor and its properties, are true and correct in all material respects, each such representation and warranty set forth in such Article (insofar as applicable as aforesaid) and all other terms of the Credit Agreement to which reference is made therein, together with all related definitions and ancillary provisions, being hereby incorporated into this Guaranty by this reference as though specifically set forth in this Section.
2.19 Covenants. Each Guarantor covenants and agrees that, at all times prior to the Termination Date, it will perform, comply with and be bound by all of the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in Sections 6 and 7 of the Credit Agreement which are applicable to such Guarantor, each such agreement, covenant and obligation contained in Sections 6 and 7 of the Credit Agreement, together with all related definitions and ancillary provisions, being hereby incorporated into this Guaranty by this reference as though specifically set forth in this Section.
SECTION 3. MISCELLANEOUS
3.1 Survival of Warranties. All agreements, representations and warranties made herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents and any increase in the Commitments under the Credit Agreement.
3.2 Notices. Any communications between the Administrative Agent and any Guarantor and any notices or requests provided herein to be given may be given by mailing the same, postage prepaid, or by telex, facsimile transmission or cable to each such party at its address set forth in the Credit Agreement, on the signature pages hereof or to such other addresses as each such party may in writing hereafter indicate. Any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent or any Guarantor shall not be effective until received.
3.3 Severability. In case any provision in or obligation under this Guaranty shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
3.4 Amendments and Waivers. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty, and no consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective without the written concurrence of the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any such amendment or modification, each Guarantor against whom enforcement of such amendment or modification is sought. Any such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given.
3.5 Headings. Section and subsection headings in this Guaranty are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Guaranty for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.
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3.6 Applicable Law; Rules of Construction. THIS GUARANTY AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF GUARANTORS AND SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.
3.7 Successors and Assigns. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its respective successors and assigns. This Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns. No Guarantor shall assign this Guaranty or any of the rights or obligations of such Guarantor hereunder without the prior written consent of all Lenders. Any Secured Party may, without notice or consent, assign its interest in this Guaranty in whole or in part, provided that any assignee shall be a Secured Party under this Guaranty. The terms and provisions of this Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of any transferee or assignee of any Commitments or Loan, and in the event of such transfer or assignment the rights and privileges herein conferred upon such Secured Party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
3.8 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process. ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY GUARANTOR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY, OR ANY OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER, MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN XXX XXXXX, XXXXXX XXX XXXX XX XXX XXXX. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH GUARANTOR, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY
(I) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS;
(II) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS;
(III) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO SUCH GUARANTOR AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION 3.2;
(IV) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (III) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER SUCH GUARANTOR IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT;
(V) AGREES THAT SECURED PARTIES RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO
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BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SUCH GUARANTOR IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION; AND
(VI) AGREES THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION 3.8 RELATING TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE SHALL BE BINDING AND ENFORCEABLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SECTION 5-1402 OR OTHERWISE.
3.9 Waiver of Trial by Jury. EACH GUARANTOR AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS HEREOF, EACH SECURED PARTY EACH HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS GUARANTY. The scope of this waiver is intended to be all encompassing of any and all disputes that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter of this transaction, including contract claims, tort claims, breach of duty claims and all other common law and statutory claims. Each Guarantor and, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, each Secured Party, each (i) acknowledges that this waiver is a material inducement for such Guarantor and Secured Parties to enter into a business relationship, that such Guarantor and Secured Parties have already relied on this waiver in entering into this Guaranty or accepting the benefits thereof, as the case may be, and that each will continue to rely on this waiver in their related future dealings and (ii) further warrants and represents that each has reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel, and that each knowingly and voluntarily waives its jury trial rights following consultation with legal counsel. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SUBSECTION 3.9 AND EXECUTED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH GUARANTOR), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS GUARANTY. In the event of litigation, this Guaranty may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court.
3.10 No Other Writing. This writing is intended by Guarantors and Secured Parties as the final expression of this Guaranty and is also intended as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of their agreement with respect to the matters covered hereby. No course of dealing, course of performance or trade usage, and no parol evidence of any nature, shall be used to supplement or modify any terms of this Guaranty. There are no conditions to the full effectiveness of this Guaranty.
3.11 Further Assurances. At any time or from time to time, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, Guarantors shall execute and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to effect fully the purposes of this Guaranty.
3.12 Additional Guarantors. The initial Guarantors hereunder shall be such of the Restricted Subsidiaries of Borrowers as are signatories hereto on the date hereof. From time to time subsequent to the date hereof, additional Subsidiaries of Borrowers may become parties hereto, as additional Guarantors (each an “Additional Guarantor”), by executing a counterpart
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of this Guaranty. Upon delivery of any such counterpart to the Administrative Agent, notice of which is hereby waived by Guarantors, each such Additional Guarantor shall be a Guarantor and shall be as fully a party hereto as if such Additional Guarantor were an original signatory hereof. Each Guarantor expressly agrees that its obligations arising hereunder shall not be affected or diminished by the addition or release of any other Guarantor hereunder, nor by any election of the Administrative Agent not to cause any Subsidiary of Borrowers to become an Additional Guarantor hereunder. This Guaranty shall be fully effective as to any Guarantor that is or becomes a party hereto regardless of whether any other Person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a Guarantor hereunder.
3.13 Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original for all purposes; but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. This Guaranty shall become effective as to each Guarantor upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by such Guarantor (whether or not a counterpart hereof shall have been executed by any other Guarantor) and receipt by the Administrative Agent of written or telephonic notification of such execution and authorization of delivery thereof.
3.14 Administrative Agent as Agent.
(a) The Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as Administrative Agent hereunder by the Secured Parties. The Administrative Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action, solely in accordance with this Guaranty and the Credit Agreement; provided that the Administrative Agent shall exercise, or refrain from exercising, any remedies hereunder in accordance with the instructions of (i) the Requisite Lenders or (ii) after payment in full of all Obligations then due and payable under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the holders of a majority of the aggregate notional amount (or, with respect to any Rate Protection Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Rate Protection Agreement) under all Rate Protection Agreements (the Requisite Lenders or, if applicable, such holders being referred to herein as the “Requisite Obligees”). In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this subsection 3.14, each counterparty to a Rate Protection Agreement, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to enforce this Guaranty, it being understood and agreed by such that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this subsection 3.14.
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(b) The Administrative Agent shall at all times be the same Person that is the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement. Written notice of resignation by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection 9.5 of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute notice of resignation as the Administrative Agent under this Guaranty; removal of the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection 9.5 of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute removal as the Administrative Agent under this Guaranty; and appointment of a successor Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection 9.5 of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute appointment of a successor Administrative Agent under this Guaranty. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent under subsection 9.5 of the Credit Agreement by a successor Agent, that successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent under this Guaranty, and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent under this Guaranty shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Administrative Agent all sums held hereunder, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Administrative Agent under this Guaranty, and (ii) take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Administrative Agent of the rights created hereunder, whereupon such retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Guaranty. After any retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as the Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Guaranty shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Guaranty while it was the Administrative Agent hereunder.
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Mall Intermediate Holding]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned Guarantors has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.
MALL INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company | ||||||||
By: | Venetian Casino Resort, LLC, as Managing Member | |||||||
By: | Las Vegas Sands, Inc., as Managing Member | |||||||
By: | /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX | |||||||
Name: |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||||
Title: |
General Counsel and Secretary |
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Lido Intermediate Holding]
LIDO INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company | ||||||||
By: | Venetian Casino Resort, LLC, as Managing Member | |||||||
By: | Las Vegas Sands, Inc., as Managing Member | |||||||
By: | /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX | |||||||
Name: |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||||
Title: |
General Counsel and Secretary |
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[SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY –
Venetian Venture Development]
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company | ||||||||
By: | Venetian Casino Resort, LLC, as Managing Member | |||||||
By: | Las Vegas Sands, Inc., as Managing Member | |||||||
By: | /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX | |||||||
Name: |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||||
Title: |
General Counsel and Secretary |
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[SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY –
Venetian Operating]
VENETIAN OPERATING COMPANY LLC, a Nevada limited liability company | ||||||||
By: | Venetian Casino Resort, LLC, as Managing Member | |||||||
By: | Las Vegas Sands, Inc., as Managing Member | |||||||
By: | /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX | |||||||
Name: |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||||
Title: |
General Counsel and Secretary |
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[SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY –
Venetian Marketing]
VENETIAN MARKETING, INC., a Nevada corporation | ||||
By: |
/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX | |||
Name: |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: |
General Counsel and Secretary |
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[SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY –
Venetian Transport]
VENETIAN TRANSPORT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company | ||||||
By: |
Las Vegas Sands, Inc., as Managing Member | |||||
By: |
/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX | |||||
Name: |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Title: |
General Counsel and Secretary |
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[SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY – LCR]
LIDO CASINO RESORT, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company | ||||||||||
By: | Lido Intermediate Holding Company, LLC, as Managing Member | |||||||||
By: |
Venetian Casino Resort, LLC, as Managing Member | |||||||||
By: | Las Vegas Sands, Inc., as Managing Member | |||||||||
By: | /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX | |||||||||
Name: |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||||||
Title: |
General Counsel and Secretary |
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