Exhibit 10.35
SUBSIDIARIES GUARANTY
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GUARANTY, dated as of October 29, 1998 (as amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time, this "Guaranty"), made by each of the
undersigned guarantors (each, a "Guarantor" and, together with any other entity
that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 26 hereof, the "Guarantors"), to
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, as Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Creditors
(as defined below). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used
herein and defined in the Credit Agreement (as defined below) shall be used
herein as therein defined.
W I T N E S S E T H :
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WHEREAS, JCC Holding Company ("JCC Holding"), Jazz Casino
Company, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company ("JCC"), the lenders (the
"Banks") from time to time party thereto, and Bankers Trust Company, as
Administrative Agent (together with any successor agent, the "Administrative
Agent"), have entered into a Credit Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1998 (as
amended, (including without limitation by way of amendments and restatements
thereof), modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"),
providing for the making of Loans to the Borrower and the issuance of, and
participation in, Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower, all as
contemplated therein (the Banks and the Administrative Agent are herein called
the "Bank Creditors");
WHEREAS, the Borrower may at any time and from time to time
enter into one or more Interest Rate Protection Agreements with one or more
Banks or any affiliate thereof (each such Bank or affiliate, even if the
respective Bank subsequently ceases to be a Bank under the Credit Agreement for
any reason, together with such Bank's or affiliate's successors and assigns, if
any, collectively, the "Other Creditors," and together with the Bank Creditors,
the "Creditors");
WHEREAS, each Guarantor is a Subsidiary of JCC Holding;
WHEREAS, it is a condition to the making of Loans and issuing
of Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement that each Guarantor shall have
executed and delivered this Guaranty; and
WHEREAS, each Guarantor will obtain benefits from the
incurrence of Loans by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the entering
into of Interest Rate Protection Agreements and, accordingly, desires to execute
this Guaranty in order to satisfy the conditions described in the preceding
paragraph and to induce the Banks to make Loans and issue Letters of Credit to
the Borrower and the Other Creditors to enter into Interest Rate Protection
Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements with the Borrower;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other
benefits accruing to each Guarantor, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, each
Guarantor hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the
Creditors and hereby covenants and agrees with each Creditor as follows:
1. Each Guarantor, jointly and severally, irrevocably and
unconditionally guarantees: (i) to the Bank Creditors the full and prompt
payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise)
of (x) the principal of and interest on the Notes issued by, and the Loans made
to, the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and all reimbursement obligations
and Unpaid Drawings with respect to Letters of Credit and (y) all other
obligations (including obligations which, but for the automatic stay under
Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, would become due) and liabilities owing
by the Borrower to the Bank Creditors under the Credit Agreement (including,
without limitation, indemnities, Fees and interest thereon) and the other Credit
Documents to which the Borrower is a party, whether now existing or hereafter
incurred under, arising out of or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any
such other Credit Document and the due performance and compliance with the terms
of the Credit Documents by the Borrower (all such principal, interest,
liabilities and obligations under this clause (i), except to the extent
consisting of obligations or liabilities with respect to Interest Rate
Protection Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements, being herein collectively
called the "Credit Document Obligations"); and (ii) to each Other Creditor the
full and prompt payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of all obligations (including obligations which, but
for the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, would become
due) and liabilities owing by the Borrower to one or more Other Creditors under
any Interest Rate Protection Agreements, whether now in existence or hereafter
arising, and the due performance and compliance by the Borrower with all terms,
conditions and agreements contained therein (all such obligations and
liabilities being herein collectively called the "Other Obligations," and
together with the Credit Document Obligations are herein collectively called the
"Guaranteed Obligations"). Each Guarantor understands, agrees and confirms that
this Guaranty is a guarantee of payment and not of collection, and that the
Creditors may enforce this Guaranty up to the full amount of the Guaranteed
Obligations against such Guarantor without proceeding against any other
Guarantor, the Borrower, against any security for the Guaranteed Obligations, or
under any other guaranty covering all or a portion of the Guaranteed
Obligations.
2. Additionally, each Guarantor, jointly and severally,
unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees the payment of any and all
Guaranteed Obligations of the Borrower to the Creditors whether or not due or
payable by the Borrower upon the occurrence in respect of the Borrower of any of
the events specified in Section 10.06 of the Credit Agreement, and
unconditionally and irrevocably, jointly and severally, promises to pay such
Guaranteed Obligations to the Creditors, or order, on demand, in lawful money of
the United States.
3. The liability of each Guarantor hereunder is exclusive and
independent of any security for or other guaranty of the Guaranteed Obligations
of the Borrower whether executed by such Guarantor, any other Guarantor, any
other guarantor or by any other party, and the liability of each Guarantor
hereunder shall not be affected or impaired by (a) any direction as to
application of payment by the Borrower or by any other party, (b) any other
continuing or other guaranty, undertaking or maximum liability of a guarantor or
of any other party as to the Guaranteed Obligations of the Borrower, (c) any
payment on or in reduction of any such other guaranty or undertaking, (d) any
dissolution, termination or increase, decrease or change in
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personnel by the Borrower, (e) any payment made to any Creditor on the
Guaranteed Obligations which any Creditor repays the Borrower pursuant to court
order in any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or other debtor
relief proceeding, and each Guarantor waives any right to the deferral or
modification of its obligations hereunder by reason of any such proceeding, (f)
any action or inaction by the Creditors as contemplated in Section 6 hereof, or
(g) any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of all or part of the
Guaranteed Obligations or of any security therefor.
4. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent
of the obligations of any other Guarantor, any other guarantor or the Borrower,
and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against each
Guarantor whether or not action is brought against any other Guarantor, any
other guarantor or the Borrower and whether or not any other Guarantor, any
other guarantor of the Borrower or the Borrower be joined in any such action or
actions. Each Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the
benefit of any statute of limitations affecting its liability hereunder or the
enforcement thereof. Any payment by the Borrower or other circumstance which
operates to toll any statute of limitations as to the Borrower shall operate to
toll the statute of limitations as to each Guarantor.
5. Each Guarantor hereby waives (to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law) notice of acceptance of this Guaranty and notice of
any liability to which it may apply, and waives promptness, diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, protest, notice of dishonor or nonpayment of any
such liabilities, suit or taking of other action by the Administrative Agent or
any other Creditor against, and any other notice to, any party liable thereon
(including such Guarantor or any other guarantor or the Borrower).
6. Any Creditor may (except as shall be required by applicable
statute and cannot be waived) at any time and from time to time without the
consent of, or notice to, any Guarantor, without incurring responsibility to
such Guarantor, without impairing or releasing the obligations of such Guarantor
hereunder, upon or without any terms or conditions and in whole or in part:
(a) change the manner, place or terms of payment of, and/or
change or extend the time of payment of, renew, increase, accelerate or
alter, any of the Guaranteed Obligations, any security therefor, or any
liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof, and the
guaranty herein made shall apply to the Guaranteed Obligations as so
changed, extended, renewed or altered;
(b) sell, exchange, release, surrender, realize upon or
otherwise deal with in any manner and in any order any property by
whomsoever at any time pledged or mortgaged to secure, or howsoever
securing, the Guaranteed Obligations or any liabilities (including any
of those hereunder) incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof
or hereof, and/or any offset thereagainst;
(c) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the
Borrower or others or otherwise act or refrain from acting;
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(d) settle or compromise any of the Guaranteed Obligations,
any security therefor or any liability (including any of those
hereunder) incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof or
hereof, and may subordinate the payment of all or any part thereof to
the payment of any liability (whether due or not) of the Borrower to
creditors of the Borrower;
(e) apply any sums by whomsoever paid or howsoever realized to
any liability or liabilities of the Borrower to the Creditors
regardless of what liabilities of the Borrower remain unpaid;
(f) consent to or waive any breach of, or any act, omission or
default under, any of the Interest Rate Protection Agreements, the
Credit Documents or any of the instruments or agreements referred to
therein, or otherwise amend, modify or supplement any of the Interest
Rate Protection Agreements the Credit Documents or any of such other
instruments or agreements;
(g) act or fail to act in any manner referred to in this
Guaranty which may deprive such Guarantor of its right to subrogation
against the Borrower to recover full indemnity for any payments made
pursuant to this Guaranty; and/or
(h) release or substitute any one or more endorsers,
guarantors, the Borrower or other obligors.
7. No invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of all or
any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or of any security therefor shall affect,
impair or be a defense to this Guaranty, and this Guaranty shall be primary,
absolute and unconditional notwithstanding the occurrence of any event or the
existence of any other circumstances which might constitute a legal or equitable
discharge of a surety or guarantor except payment in full of the Guaranteed
Obligations.
8. This Guaranty is a continuing one and all liabilities to
which it applies or may apply under the terms hereof shall be conclusively
presumed to have been created in reliance hereon. No failure or delay on the
part of any Creditor in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and
remedies herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any
rights or remedies which any Creditor would otherwise have. No notice to or
demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor to any other
further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a
waiver of the rights of any Creditor to any other or further action in any
circumstances without notice or demand. It is not necessary for any Creditor to
inquire into the capacity or powers of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
or the officers, directors, partners or agents acting or purporting to act on
its behalf, and any indebtedness made or created in reliance upon the professed
exercise of such powers shall be guaranteed hereunder.
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9. Any indebtedness of the Borrower now or hereafter held by
any Guarantor is hereby subordinated to the indebtedness of the Borrower to the
Creditors; and such indebtedness of the Borrower to any Guarantor, if the
Administrative Agent, after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
so requests, shall be collected, enforced and received by such Guarantor as
trustee for the Creditors and be paid over to the Creditors on account of the
indebtedness of the Borrower to the Creditors, but without affecting or
impairing in any manner the liability of such Guarantor under the other
provisions of this Guaranty. Prior to the transfer by any Guarantor of any note
or negotiable instrument evidencing any indebtedness of the Borrower to such
Guarantor, such Guarantor shall mark such note or negotiable instrument with a
legend that the same is subject to this subordination. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor hereby agrees with the Creditors
that it will not exercise any right of subrogation which it may at any time
otherwise have as a result of this Guaranty (whether contractual, under Section
509 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise) until all Guaranteed Obligations have
been irrevocably paid in full in cash.
10. (a) Each Guarantor waives any right (except as shall be
required by applicable statute or law and cannot be waived) to require the
Creditors to: (i) proceed against the Borrower, any other Guarantor, any other
guarantor of the Borrower or any other party; (ii) proceed against or exhaust
any security held from the Borrower, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor of
the Borrower or any other party; or (iii) pursue any other remedy in the
Creditors' power whatsoever. Each Guarantor waives (to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law) any defense based on or arising out of any defense
of the Borrower, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor of the Borrower or any
other party other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations, including,
without limitation, any defense based on or arising out of the disability of the
Borrower, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor of the Borrower or any other
party, or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof
from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Borrower
other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations. The Creditors may, at
their election, foreclose on any security held by the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or the other Creditors by one or more judicial or nonjudicial
sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially reasonable
(to the extent such sale is permitted by applicable law), or exercise any other
right or remedy the Creditors may have against the Borrower or any other party,
or any security, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any
Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Guaranteed Obligations have been
paid in full. Each Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such election
by the Creditors, even though such election operates to impair or extinguish any
right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Guarantor
against the Borrower or any other party or any security.
(b) Each Guarantor waives all presentments, demands for
performance, protests and notices, including, without limitation, notices of
nonperformance, notices of protest, notices of dishonor, notices of acceptance
of this Guaranty, and notices of the existence, creation or incurring of new or
additional indebtedness. Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and
keeping itself informed of the Borrower's financial condition and assets, and of
all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed
Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks which such Guarantor
assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that
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the Creditors shall have no duty to advise any Guarantor of information known to
them regarding such circumstances or risks.
11. By their acceptance hereof, the Creditors agree that this
Guaranty may be enforced only by the action of the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent, in each case acting upon the instructions of the Required
Banks (or, after the date on which all Credit Document Obligations have been
paid in full, the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Other
Obligations) and that no other Creditor shall have any right individually to
seek to enforce or to enforce this Guaranty or to realize upon the security to
be granted by the Security Documents, it being understood and agreed that such
rights and remedies may be exercised by the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent or the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Other
Obligations, as the case may be, for the benefit of the Creditors upon the terms
of this Guaranty and the Security Documents.
12. In order to induce the Banks to make Loans and issue
Letters of Credit pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and in order to induce the
Other Creditors to execute, deliver and perform the Interest Rate Protection
Agreements each Guarantor represents, warrants and covenants that the following
are true, complete and correct in all material respects:
(a) Such Guarantor (i) is a duly organized and validly
existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has the corporate power and
authority to own its property and assets and to transact the business
in which it is engaged and presently proposes to engage and (iii) is
duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing
in each jurisdiction where the conduct of its business requires such
qualification except for failures to be so qualified which,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, property,
assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of
the Borrower or JCC Holding and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (a
"Material Adverse Effect").
(b) Such Guarantor has the requisite power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform the terms and provisions of this Guaranty
and each other Credit Document to which it is a party and has taken all
necessary organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery
and performance by it of each such Credit Document. Such Guarantor has
duly executed and delivered this Guaranty and each other Credit
Document to which it is a party, and each such Credit Document
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor
enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(c) Neither the execution, delivery or performance by such
Guarantor of this Guaranty or any other Credit Document to which it is
a party, nor compliance by it with the terms and provisions hereof and
thereof, (i) will contravene any provision of any applicable law,
statute, rule or regulation, or any applicable order, writ, injunction
or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (ii) will
conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants,
conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result
in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or
impose) any Lien (except pursuant to the Security Documents) upon any
of the property or assets of such
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Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, credit agreement,
or any other material agreement or other instrument to which such
Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any
of its property or assets is bound or to which it may be subject or
(iii) will violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation
or by-laws (or equivalent organizational documents) of such Guarantor
or any of its Subsidiaries.
(d) No order, consent, approval, license, authorization or
validation of, or filing, recording or registration with (except as
have been obtained or made), or exemption by, any governmental or
public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, is required to
authorize, or is required in connection with, (i) the execution,
delivery and performance of this Guaranty or any other Credit Document
to which such Guarantor is a party or (ii) the legality, validity,
binding effect or enforceability of this Guaranty or any other Credit
Document to which such Guarantor is a party.
(e) There are no actions, suits or proceedings (private or
governmental) pending or threatened (i) with respect to any Credit
Documents to which such Guarantor is a party or (ii) with respect to
such Guarantor that could reasonably be expected to materially and
adversely affect (a) the business, operations, property, assets,
liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the
Borrower, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or JCC
Holding and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the rights or
remedies of the Creditors or on the ability of such Guarantor to
perform its respective obligations to the Creditors hereunder and under
the other Credit Documents to which it is a party.
13. Each Guarantor covenants and agrees that on and after the
date hereof and until the termination of the Total Commitment and all Interest
Rate Protection Agreements and when no Note or Letter of Credit remains
outstanding and all Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full, such
Guarantor shall take, or will refrain from taking, as the case may be, all
actions that are necessary to be taken or not taken so that no violation of any
provision, covenant or agreement contained in Section 8 or 9 of the Credit
Agreement, and so that no Default or Event of Default, is caused by the actions
of such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries.
14. The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree to pay
all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of each Creditor in connection
with the enforcement of this Guaranty and any amendment, waiver or consent
relating hereto (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel (including in-house counsel) employed by any of the
Creditors).
15. Neither this Guaranty nor any provision hereof may be
changed, waived, discharged or terminated except with the written consent of
each Guarantor directly affected thereby and either (x) the Required Banks (or
to the extent required by Section 16.12 of the Credit Agreement, with the
written consent of each Bank) at all times prior to the time on which all Credit
Document Obligations have been paid in full or (y) the holders of at least a
majority of the outstanding Other Obligations at all times after the time on
which all Credit Document Obligations have been paid in full; provided, that any
change, waiver, modification or variance
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affecting the rights and benefits of a single Class (as defined below) of
Creditors (and not all Creditors in a like or similar manner) shall require the
written consent of the Requisite Creditors (as defined below) of such Class of
Creditors (it being understood that the addition or release of any Guarantor
hereunder shall not constitute a change, waiver, discharge or termination
affecting any Guarantor other than the Guarantor so added or released). For the
purpose of this Guaranty the term "Class" shall mean each class of Creditors,
i.e., whether (x) the Bank Creditors as holders of the Credit Document
Obligations or (y) the Other Creditors as the holders of the Other Obligations.
For the purpose of this Guaranty, the term "Requisite Creditors" of any Class
shall mean each of (x) with respect to the Credit Document Obligations, the
Required Banks (or to the extent required by Section 16.12 of the Credit
Agreement, each Bank) and (y) with respect to the Other Obligations, the holders
of at least a majority of all obligations outstanding from time to time under
the Interest Rate Protection Agreements.
16. Each Guarantor acknowledges that an executed (or
conformed) copy of each of the Credit Documents has been made available to its
principal executive officers and such officers are familiar with the contents
thereof.
17. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under
applicable law (including, without limitation, Section 151 of the New York
Debtor and Creditor Law) and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (such term to
mean and include any "Event of Default" as defined in the Credit Agreement or
any payment default under any Interest Rate Protection Agreement continuing
after any applicable grace period), each Creditor is hereby authorized at any
time or from time to time, without notice to any Guarantor or to any other
Person, any such notice being expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate
and apply any and all deposits (general or special) and any other indebtedness
at any time held or owing by such Creditor to or for the credit or the account
of such Guarantor, against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of
such Guarantor to such Creditor under this Guaranty, irrespective of whether or
not such Creditor shall have made any demand hereunder and although said
obligations, liabilities, deposits or claims, or any of them, shall be
contingent or unmatured. By its acceptance hereof, each Creditor acknowledges
and agrees that the provisions set forth in this Section 17 are subject to the
sharing provisions set forth in Section 16.06 of the Credit Agreement.
18. All notices, requests, demands or other communications
pursuant hereto shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered
to the Person to which such notice, request, demand or other communication is
required or permitted to be given or made under this Guaranty, addressed to such
party (i) in the case of any Bank Creditor, as provided in the Credit Agreement,
(ii) in the case of any Guarantor, at its address set forth opposite its
signature below and (iii) in the case of any Other Creditor, at such address as
such Other Creditor shall have specified in writing to the Guarantor; or in any
case at such other address as any of the Persons listed above may hereafter
notify the others in writing.
19. If a claim is ever made upon any Creditor for repayment or
recovery of any amount or amounts received in payment or on account of any of
the Guaranteed Obligations and any of the aforesaid payees repays all or part of
said amount by reason of (i) any judgment, decree or order of any court or
administrative body having jurisdiction over such payee or any of its
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property or (ii) any settlement or compromise of any such claim effected in good
faith by such payee with any such claimant (including the Borrower), then and in
such event each Guarantor agrees that any such judgment, decree, order,
settlement or compromise shall be binding upon such Guarantor, notwithstanding
any revocation hereof or other instrument evidencing any liability of the
Borrower, and such Guarantor shall be and remain liable to the aforesaid payees
hereunder for the amount so repaid or recovered to the same extent as if such
amount had never originally been received by any such payee.
20. (a) THIS GUARANTY AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE
GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING
WITH RESPECT TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE
COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH
GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY,
GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. EACH
GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES, APPOINTS AND EMPOWERS CT CORPORATION
SYSTEM, WITH OFFICES ON THE DATE HEREOF AT 0000 XXXXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX
00000 AS ITS DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT TO RECEIVE, ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE
FOR AND ON ITS BEHALF, AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL
LEGAL PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICES AND DOCUMENTS WHICH MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING. IF FOR ANY REASON SUCH DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT SHALL
CEASE TO BE AVAILABLE TO ACT AS SUCH, EACH GUARANTOR AGREES TO DESIGNATE A NEW
DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT IN NEW YORK CITY ON THE TERMS AND FOR THE PURPOSES
OF THIS PROVISION SATISFACTORY TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT UNDER THIS GUARANTY.
EACH GUARANTOR FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY
OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF
COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO SUCH
GUARANTOR AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH OPPOSITE ITS SIGNATURE BELOW, SUCH SERVICE TO
BECOME EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE
RIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, ANY CREDITOR OR THE
HOLDER OF ANY NOTE TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO
COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST ANY GUARANTOR IN ANY
OTHER JURISDICTION.
(b) EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION
WHICH IS MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY OF THE
AFORESAID ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT BROUGHT IN THE COURTS REFERRED TO IN
CLAUSE (a) ABOVE AND HEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD
OR CLAIM IN ANY
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SUCH COURT THATANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN
BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
(c) EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS GUARANTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERLCAIM
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY, THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
21. In the event that all of the capital stock or limited
liability company membership interests of one or more Guarantors is sold or
otherwise disposed of (except to JCC Holding, the Borrower or any of their
Subsidiaries) or liquidated in compliance with the requirements of Section 9.02
of the Credit Agreement (or such sale or other disposition or liquidation has
been approved in writing by the Required Banks) and the proceeds of such sale,
disposition or liquidation are applied in accordance with the provisions of the
Credit Agreement, to the extent applicable, such Guarantor shall be released
from this Guaranty and this Guaranty shall, as to each such Guarantor or
Guarantors, terminate, and have no further force or effect (it being understood
and agreed that the sale of one or more Persons that own, directly or
indirectly, all of the capital stock or partnership interests of any Guarantor
shall be deemed to be a sale of such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section
21); provided that no Guarantor shall be released as otherwise provided above in
this Section 21 unless (x) the respective sale or disposition is permitted
pursuant to the terms of any other Secured Debt Documents (as defined in the
Pledge Agreement) then in effect and (y) concurrently with the release pursuant
to the provisions of this Section 21, the respective Guarantor is also released
from all obligations (including any guarantees) pursuant or with respect to all
other Secured Debt Agreements.
22. To the extent that any Guarantor shall be required
hereunder to pay a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which shall exceed the
greater of (i) the amount of the economic benefit actually received by such
Guarantor from the incurrence of the Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit
under the Credit Agreement and the entering into of Interest Rate Protection
Agreements and (ii) the amount which such Guarantor would otherwise have paid if
such Guarantor had paid the aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations
(excluding the amount thereof repaid by the Borrower and the other Guarantors)
in the same proportion as such Guarantor's net worth at the date enforcement
hereunder is sought bears to the aggregate net worth of all the Guarantors at
the date enforcement hereunder is sought (the "Contribution Percentage"), then
such Guarantor shall have a right of contribution against each other Guarantor
who has made payments in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations to and including
the date enforcement hereunder is sought in an aggregate amount less than such
other Guarantor's Contribution Percentage of the aggregate payments made to and
including the date enforcement hereunder is sought by all Guarantors in respect
of the Guaranteed Obligations; provided, that no Guarantor may take any action
to enforce such right until the Guaranteed Obligations have been indefeasibly
paid in full and the Total Commitments and all Letters of Credit have been
terminated, it being expressly recognized and agreed by all parties hereto that
any Guarantor's right of contribution arising pursuant to this Section 22
against any other Guarantor shall be expressly junior and subordinate to such
other Guarantor's obligations and liabilities in respect of the Guaranteed
Obligations and any other obligations owing under this Guaranty. All parties
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hereto recognize and agree that, except for any right of contribution arising
pursuant to this Section 22, each Guarantor who makes any payment in respect of
the Guaranteed Obligations shall have no right of contribution or subrogation
against any other Guarantor in respect of such payment. Each of the Guarantors
recognizes and acknowledges that the rights to contribution arising hereunder
shall constitute an asset in favor of the party entitled to such contribution.
In this connection, each Guarantor has the right to waive its contribution right
against any Guarantor to the extent that after giving effect to such waiver such
Guarantor would remain solvent, in the determination of the Required Banks.
23. Each Guarantor hereby confirms that it is its intention
that this Guaranty not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for
purposes of the Bankruptcy Code, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or any
similar Federal or state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, each
Guarantor hereby irrevocably agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed
by such Guarantor shall be limited to such amount as will, after giving effect
to such maximum amount and all other (contingent or otherwise) liabilities of
such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws (excluding any guarantees by
such Guarantor of the Senior Subordinated Notes and Senior Subordinated
Contingent Notes), and after giving effect to any rights to contribution
pursuant to any agreement providing for an equitable contribution among such
Guarantor and the other Guarantors, result in the Guaranteed Obligations of such
Guarantor in respect of such maximum amount not constituting a fraudulent
transfer or conveyance.
24. This Guaranty may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which
shall together constitute one and the same instrument. A set of counterparts
executed by all the parties hereto shall be lodged with the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
25. All payments made by any Guarantor hereunder will be made
without setoff, counterclaim or other defense, and on the same basis as payments
are made by the Borrower under Sections 4.03 and 4.04 of the Credit Agreement.
26. It is understood and agreed that any Subsidiary of JCC
Holding that is required to execute a counterpart of this Guaranty after the
date hereof pursuant to the Credit Agreement shall automatically become a
Guarantor hereunder by executing a counterpart hereof and delivering the same to
the Administrative Agent and no consent of any other Guarantor or any other
Person shall be required in connection therewith.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to
be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
c/o JCC Holding Company CP DEVELOPMENT, L.L.C.,
512 X. Xxxxxx As a Guarantor
New Orleans, LA 70130
By /s/ X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: V. P./Secretary
FP DEVELOPMENT, L.L.C.,
As a Guarantor
By /s/ X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: V. P./Secretary
JCC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.L.C.,
As a Guarantor
By /s/ X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: V. P./Secretary
Accepted and Agreed to:
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Administrative Agent
By /s/ Xxxx Xxx Xxxxx
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Title: Managing Director
