SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT Dated as of March 16, 2010 among MGM MIRAGE, as Borrower and MGM GRAND DETROIT, LLC, as Co-Borrower The Lenders herein named and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as Administrative Agent BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,...
Exhibit 10
Published Deal CUSIP:
SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 16, 2010
among
The Lenders herein named
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
as Administrative Agent
as Administrative Agent
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, RBS SECURITIES, INC., X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC., BARCLAYS
CAPITAL, BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP., DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., CITIBANK NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, COMMERZBANK, WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC. and UBS SECURITIES LLC
as Joint Lead Arrangers
CAPITAL, BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP., DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., CITIBANK NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, COMMERZBANK, WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC. and UBS SECURITIES LLC
as Joint Lead Arrangers
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
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SECTION 1.1 Defined Terms |
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SECTION 1.2 Use of Defined Terms |
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SECTION 1.3 Accounting Terms — Fiscal Periods |
31 | |||
SECTION 1.4 Rounding |
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SECTION 1.5 Exhibits and Schedules |
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SECTION 1.6 Miscellaneous Terms |
31 | |||
SECTION 1.7 Letter of Credit Amounts |
32 | |||
SECTION 1.8 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents |
32 | |||
SECTION 1.9 Additional Alternative Currencies |
33 | |||
SECTION 1.10 Change of Currency |
33 | |||
ARTICLE 2 LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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SECTION 2.1 Loan Retranching-General |
34 | |||
SECTION 2.2 The Class A Funding Requirements; Required Prepayments |
34 | |||
SECTION 2.3 Generally Applicable Lending Procedures |
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SECTION 2.4 Base Rate Loans |
38 | |||
SECTION 2.5 LIBOR Loans |
38 | |||
SECTION 2.6 Letters of Credit |
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SECTION 2.7 Swing Line |
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SECTION 2.8 Reserved |
48 | |||
SECTION 2.9 Co-Borrowers |
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SECTION 2.10 Reduction of the Aggregate Class A Funding Requirements |
49 | |||
SECTION 2.11 Optional Termination of Commitments |
49 | |||
SECTION 2.12 Administrative Agent’s Right to Assume Funds Available for Advances |
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SECTION 2.13 Senior Indebtedness |
50 | |||
ARTICLE 3 PAYMENTS AND FEES |
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SECTION 3.1 Principal and Interest |
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SECTION 3.2 [Reserved] |
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SECTION 3.3 Unused Fees |
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SECTION 3.4 Letter of Credit Fees |
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SECTION 3.5 Agency Fees |
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SECTION 3.6 Increased Commitment Costs |
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SECTION 3.7 LIBOR Costs and Related Matters |
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SECTION 3.8 Late Payments |
58 | |||
SECTION 3.9 Computation of Interest and Fees |
58 | |||
SECTION 3.10 Non-Business Days |
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SECTION 3.11 Manner and Treatment of Payments |
59 | |||
SECTION 3.12 Funding Sources |
60 | |||
SECTION 3.13 Failure to Charge Not Subsequent Waiver |
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SECTION 3.14 Administrative Agent’s Right to Assume Payments Will be Made |
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SECTION 3.15 Fee Determination Detail |
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SECTION 3.16 Survivability |
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ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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SECTION 4.1 Existence and Qualification; Power; Compliance With Laws |
62 | |||
SECTION 4.2 Authority; Compliance With Other Agreements and Instruments and
Government Regulations |
62 | |||
SECTION 4.3 No Governmental Approvals Required |
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SECTION 4.4 Subsidiaries |
63 | |||
SECTION 4.5 Financial Statements |
63 | |||
SECTION 4.6 No Other Liabilities; No Material Adverse Changes |
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SECTION 4.7 [Reserved] |
64 | |||
SECTION 4.8 Litigation |
64 | |||
SECTION 4.9 Binding Obligations |
64 | |||
SECTION 4.10 No Default |
64 | |||
SECTION 4.11 ERISA |
64 | |||
SECTION 4.12 Regulations T, U and X; Investment Company Act |
65 | |||
SECTION 4.13 Disclosure |
65 | |||
SECTION 4.14 Tax Liability |
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SECTION 4.15 Projections |
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SECTION 4.16 Hazardous Materials |
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SECTION 4.17 Solvency |
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ARTICLE 5 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS (OTHER THAN INFORMATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS) |
66 | |||
SECTION 5.1 Preservation of Existence |
66 | |||
SECTION 5.2 Maintenance of Properties |
66 | |||
SECTION 5.3 Maintenance of Insurance |
66 | |||
SECTION 5.4 Compliance With Laws |
66 | |||
SECTION 5.5 Inspection Rights |
66 | |||
SECTION 5.6 Keeping of Records and Books of Account |
67 | |||
SECTION 5.7 Use of Proceeds |
67 | |||
SECTION 5.8 Guarantors |
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ARTICLE 6 NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
67 | |||
SECTION 6.1 Mergers and Other Fundamental Changes |
67 | |||
SECTION 6.2 Hostile Acquisitions |
68 | |||
SECTION 6.3 Change in Nature of Business |
68 | |||
SECTION 6.4 Liens and Negative Pledges |
68 | |||
SECTION 6.5 Minimum EBITDA |
69 | |||
SECTION 6.6 Capital Expenditures |
70 | |||
SECTION 6.7 Indebtedness |
70 | |||
SECTION 6.8 Investments |
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SECTION 6.9 Dispositions |
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SECTION 6.10 Restricted Payments; Equity Issuances |
75 | |||
SECTION 6.11 Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness |
76 | |||
SECTION 6.12 Creation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
76 | |||
SECTION 6.13 Loans to Detroit |
76 | |||
ARTICLE 7 INFORMATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS |
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SECTION 7.1 Financial and Business Information |
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SECTION 7.2 Compliance Certificates |
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ARTICLE 8 CONDITIONS |
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SECTION 8.1 Initial Advances on the Closing Date |
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SECTION 8.2 Any Increasing Advance |
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SECTION 8.3 Any Letter of Credit |
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ARTICLE 9 EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT |
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SECTION 9.1 Events of Default |
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SECTION 9.2 Remedies Upon Event of Default |
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ARTICLE 10 THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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SECTION 10.1 Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent |
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SECTION 10.2 Delegation of Duties |
85 | |||
SECTION 10.3 Liability of Administrative Agent |
85 | |||
SECTION 10.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent |
85 | |||
SECTION 10.5 Notice of Default |
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SECTION 10.6 Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent |
86 | |||
SECTION 10.7 Indemnification of Administrative Agent |
87 | |||
SECTION 10.8 Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity |
87 | |||
SECTION 10.9 Successor Administrative Agent |
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SECTION 10.10 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
88 | |||
SECTION 10.11 Other Agents, Arrangers and Managers |
89 | |||
SECTION 10.12 No Obligations of Borrower and the Co-Borrowers |
89 | |||
SECTION 10.13 Collateral Matters |
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ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS |
90 | |||
SECTION 11.1 Cumulative Remedies; No Waiver |
90 | |||
SECTION 11.2 Amendments; Consents |
90 | |||
SECTION 11.3 Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes |
91 | |||
SECTION 11.4 Nature of Lenders’ Obligations |
92 | |||
SECTION 11.5 Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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SECTION 11.6 Notices |
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SECTION 11.7 Execution of Loan Documents |
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SECTION 11.8 Binding Effect; Assignment |
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SECTION 11.9 Right of Setoff |
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SECTION 11.10 Sharing of Setoffs |
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SECTION 11.11 Indemnification by Borrower and the Co-Borrowers |
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SECTION 11.12 Nonliability of the Lenders; No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
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SECTION 11.13 No Third Parties Benefited |
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SECTION 11.14 Confidentiality |
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SECTION 11.15 Further Assurances |
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SECTION 11.16 Integration |
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SECTION 11.17 Governing Law |
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SECTION 11.18 Severability of Provisions |
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SECTION 11.19 Headings |
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SECTION 11.20 Time of the Essence |
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SECTION 11.21 Foreign Lenders and Participants |
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SECTION 11.22 Gaming Boards |
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SECTION 11.23 Termination |
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SECTION 11.24 Removal of a Lender |
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SECTION 11.25 Joint and Several |
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SECTION 11.26 Non-Involvement of Tracinda |
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SECTION 11.27 Payments Set Aside |
108 | |||
SECTION 11.28 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury |
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SECTION 11.29 Purported Oral Amendments |
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SECTION 11.30 USA PATRIOT Act Notice |
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ARTICLE 12 FURTHER CONDITIONS |
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SECTION 12.1 Conditions to the Restatement Effective Date |
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SECTION 12.2 Conditions to the Extension Date |
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Exhibits
A — Assignment and Assumption Agreement
B — Assumption Agreement
C-1 — Class A-1 Note
C-2 — Class A-2 Note
C-3 — Class B Note
C-4 — Class C Note
C-5 — Class D Note
C-6 — Class E Note
D — Compliance Certificate
E — Request for Loan
F — Joint Borrower Provisions
G — Opinions of Counsel
H — Amendments to Deeds of Trust and Title Insurance Endorsements
I — Subordination Terms
B — Assumption Agreement
C-1 — Class A-1 Note
C-2 — Class A-2 Note
C-3 — Class B Note
C-4 — Class C Note
C-5 — Class D Note
C-6 — Class E Note
D — Compliance Certificate
E — Request for Loan
F — Joint Borrower Provisions
G — Opinions of Counsel
H — Amendments to Deeds of Trust and Title Insurance Endorsements
I — Subordination Terms
Schedules
1.1(a) Detroit Disposition Prepayment Amount
2.1 The Commitments
4.0 Disclosure Schedule
6.4(i) Certain Permitted Liens
6.7 Existing Indebtedness
6.8 Existing Investments
11.6 Notice Addresses
2.1 The Commitments
4.0 Disclosure Schedule
6.4(i) Certain Permitted Liens
6.7 Existing Indebtedness
6.8 Existing Investments
11.6 Notice Addresses
Annexes
A — Description of Real Property Comprising Part (ii) of the Definition of Collateral
B — Description of Real Property in Comprising Part (iii) of the Definition of Collateral
C — Description of Real Property Permitted to be Secured Pursuant to Section 6.4(h)
B — Description of Real Property in Comprising Part (iii) of the Definition of Collateral
C — Description of Real Property Permitted to be Secured Pursuant to Section 6.4(h)
SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT
This Sixth Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (“Agreement”), dated as of March 16,
2010 is entered into by and among MGM MIRAGE, a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), MGM
Grand Detroit, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Detroit”), as initial
Co-Borrower, the Lenders named in the signature pages of this Agreement and Bank of America, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, with reference to the following facts:
A. Pursuant to the Existing Loan Agreement referred to herein, a revolving credit facility and
a term loan facility have been provided to Borrower and Detroit.
B. Pursuant to the Amendment No. 9 and Restatement Agreement described herein, the
re-tranching of the credit facilities described herein was authorized, contingent upon the making
of the Required Prepayments.
C. Concurrently with the effectiveness of this Agreement, Borrower has deposited the amount
required to make the Required Prepayments and to pay the Extension Fees with the Administrative
Agent.
D. Pursuant to the Amendment No. 9 and Restatement Agreement, the Administrative Agent has
been directed to execute this Agreement on behalf of the Lenders, and to thereby amend and restate
the Existing Loan Agreement in its entirety.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and agreements
herein contained, Borrower, Detroit, each Co-Borrower which hereafter becomes a Party hereto
pursuant to Section 2.7, and the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the
Lenders pursuant to the Amendment No. 9 and Restatement Agreement on behalf of the Creditors),
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION 1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the meanings set forth below:
“Acquisition” means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, by which
Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly (i) acquire any going business or
all or any material part of the assets of any Person, or any division thereof, whether through
purchase of assets, merger or otherwise, or (ii) acquire (in one transaction or as the most recent
transaction in a series of transactions) control of at least a majority in ordinary voting power of
the securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power for the election of directors, or
(iii) acquire control of a majority ownership interest in any partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company or any other Person.
“Act” has the meaning set forth for that term in Section 11.30.
“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America, when acting in its capacity as the
Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor Administrative Agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address as set forth
on Schedule 11.6, or such other address as the Administrative Agent hereafter may designate
by written notice to Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form
supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Advance” means any advance made or to be made by any Lender to Borrower or any
Co-Borrower as provided in Article 2, and includes each Base Rate Advance, LIBOR Advance
and Swing Line Advance.
“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly
controls, or is under common control with, or is controlled by, such Person. As used in this
definition, “control” (and the correlative terms, “controlled by” and “under common control with”)
shall mean possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of
management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership
interests, by contract or otherwise); provided that, in any event, any Person that owns,
directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election
of directors or other governing body of a corporation that has more than 100 record holders of such
securities, or 10% or more of the partnership or other ownership interests of any other Person that
has more than 100 record holders of such interests, will be presumed (subject to rebuttal by a
preponderance of the evidence) to control such corporation, partnership or other Person.
“Agent-Related Persons” means the Administrative Agent, together with its Affiliates
(including Bank of America in its capacity as the Administrative Agent), and the officers,
directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.
“Aggregate Class A Funding Requirements” means the aggregate of the Class A Funding
Requirements.
“Agreement” means this Sixth Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, either as originally
executed, or as it may from time to time be supplemented, modified, amended, restated or extended.
“Alternative Currency” means each of Euro, Sterling and Yen, and each other currency
(other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with Section 1.9.
“Alternative Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount
denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as
determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, at such time on
the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the
purchase of such Alternative Currency with Dollars.
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“Amended and Restated Completion Guarantee” means that certain Amended and Restated
Sponsor Completion Guarantee, dated as of April 29, 2009, executed by Borrower and Bank of America
in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Collateral Agent and Intercreditor Agreement referred
to in the CityCenter Credit Agreement.
“Amendment Effective Date” means February 25, 2010.
“Amendment No. 9 and Restatement Agreement” means the Amendment No. 9 and Restatement
Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2010, executed by Borrower, Detroit and the Administrative
Agent, acting at the direction of the Requisite Lenders.
“Applicable Rates” means:
(a) for each Class A-1 Loan, Class B Loan and Class D Loan, (i) with respect to LIBOR
Margin, 4.00%, and (ii) with respect to Base Rate Margin, 3.00%;
(b) with respect to Standby Letter of Credit Fees payable to Class A-1 Lenders, 4.00%;
(c) for the purposes of determining the Unused Fees payable in respect of the unfunded
Class A Funding Requirements, 0.30%;
(d) for each Class A-2 Loan, Class C Loan and Class E Loan, (i) with respect to LIBOR
Margin, 5.00%, and (ii) with respect to Base Rate Margin, 4.00%; and
(e) with respect to Standby Letter of Credit Fees payable to Class A-2 Lenders, 5.00%.
“Applicable Time” means, with respect to any borrowings and payments in any
Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency as
may be determined by the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely settlement
on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an
Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a
Lender.
“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one
another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption agreement substantially
in the form of Exhibit A.
“Assumption Agreement” means each Assumption Agreement hereafter executed by a
Co-Borrower pursuant to Section 2.7, substantially in the form of Exhibit B either
as originally executed or as the same may from time to time be supplemented, modified, amended,
renewed, extended or supplanted.
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“Attorney Costs” means the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm
or other external counsel to the Administrative Agent (or, pursuant to subsection (a)(ii) of
Section 11.3, of any law firm or other external counsel to any Lender).
“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A., its successors and assigns.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a)
the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly
announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate”; provided, that the Base
Rate shall in no event be less than 4.00% per annum at any time. The “prime rate” is a rate set by
Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return,
general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some
loans, which may be priced at, above or below such announced rate. Any change in such rate
announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in
the public announcement of such change.
“Base Rate Advance” means an Advance made hereunder and specified to be a Base Rate
Advance in accordance with Article 2.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan made hereunder and specified to be a Base Rate Loan in
accordance with Article 2.
“Base Rate Margin” means the applicable per annum percentage set forth in the
definition of “Applicable Rates.”
“Borgata Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.9(h).
“Borrower” means MGM MIRAGE, a Delaware corporation, its successors and permitted
assigns.
“Borrower Group EBITDA” means, for any fiscal period, the EBITDA of Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for that fiscal period. In determining Borrower Group EBITDA for any
period, the results of operations of each Person which is not a Subsidiary of Borrower shall be
adjusted to exclude all non-recurring and/or non-Cash expenses (other than depreciation and
amortization, except with respect to depreciation and amortization related to CityCenter) to the
extent deducted in arriving at Net Income for that period.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Advances of the same Type
and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period, made by each of the
Lenders pursuant to Section 2.1.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in the State of
New York or the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates
to any LIBOR Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and
between banks in the London interbank Eurodollar Market.
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“Capital Expenditures” means with respect to any Person for any period, any
expenditure in respect of the purchase or other acquisition of any fixed or capital asset
(excluding (a) normal replacements and maintenance which are properly charged to current operations
and (b) replacements and maintenance of assets damaged as the result of any casualty or other
emergency).
“Capital Lease Obligations” means the amount, recorded in accordance with GAAP, of the
monetary obligations of a Person under any leasing or similar arrangement that is classified as a
capital lease in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash” means, when used in connection with any Person, all monetary and non-monetary
items owned by that Person that are treated as cash in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied.
“Cash Collateralize” has the meaning specified in Section 2.6(g).
“Cash Equivalents” means, when used in connection with any Person, that Person’s
Investments in:
(a) Government Securities due within one year after the date of the making of the
Investment;
(b) readily marketable direct obligations of any State of the United States of America
or any political subdivision of any such State or any public agency or instrumentality
thereof given on the date of such Investment a credit rating of at least Aa by Moody’s or AA
by S&P in each case due within one year from the making of the Investment;
(c) certificates of deposit issued by, bank deposits in, eurodollar deposits through,
bankers’ acceptances of, and repurchase agreements covering Government Securities executed
by any Bank or by any bank incorporated under the Laws of the United States of America, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia and having on the date of such Investment combined
capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $250,000,000, or total assets of at least
$5,000,000,000, in each case due within one year after the date of the making of the
Investment;
(d) certificates of deposit issued by, bank deposits in, eurodollar deposits through,
bankers’ acceptances of, and repurchase agreements covering Government Securities executed
by any branch or office located in the United States of America of a bank incorporated under
the Laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States of America having on the date of such
Investment combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $500,000,000, or
total assets of at least $15,000,000,000, in each case due within one year after the date of
the making of the Investment;
(e) repurchase agreements covering Government Securities executed by a broker or dealer
registered under Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, having on
the date of the Investment capital of at least $50,000,000, due within 90 days after the
date of the making of the Investment; provided that the maker of
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the Investment receives written confirmation of the transfer to it of record ownership
of the Government Securities on the books of a “primary dealer” in such Government
Securities or on the books of such registered broker or dealer, as soon as practicable after
the making of the Investment;
(f) readily marketable commercial paper or other debt securities issued by corporations
doing business in and incorporated under the Laws of the United States of America or any
State thereof or of any corporation that is the holding company for a bank described in
clause (c) or (d) above given on the date of such Investment a credit rating of at least P-1
by Moody’s or A-1 by S&P, in each case due within one year after the date of the making of
the Investment;
(g) “money market preferred stock” issued by a corporation incorporated under the Laws
of the United States of America or any State thereof (i) given on the date of such
Investment a credit rating of at least Aa by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and AA by S&P,
in each case having an investment period not exceeding 50 days or (ii) to the extent that
investors therein have the benefit of a standby letter of credit issued by a Lender or a
bank described in clauses (c) or (d) above;
(h) a readily redeemable “money market mutual fund” sponsored by a bank described in
clause (c) or (d) hereof, or a registered broker or dealer described in clause (e) hereof,
that has and maintains an investment policy limiting its investments primarily to
instruments of the types described in clauses (a) through (g) hereof and given on the date
of such Investment a credit rating of at least Aa by Moody’s and AA by S&P; and
(i) corporate notes or bonds having an original term to maturity of not more than one
year issued by a corporation incorporated under the Laws of the United States of America or
any State thereof, or a participation interest therein; provided that any commercial
paper issued by such corporation is given on the date of such Investment a credit rating of
at least Aa by Moody’s and AA by S&P.
“Change in Control” means (a) any transaction or series of related transactions in
which any Unrelated Person or two or more Unrelated Persons acting in concert acquire beneficial
ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3(a)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the outstanding common stock of Borrower or (b)
during any period of 24 consecutive months, individuals who at the beginning of such period
constituted the board of directors of Borrower (together with any new or replacement directors
whose election by the board of directors, or whose nomination for election, was approved by a vote
of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who were either directors at the
beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for reelection was previously so approved)
cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the directors then in office.
“CityCenter” means the real estate development of that name owned by CityCenter
Holdings and its Subsidiaries in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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“CityCenter Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October
3, 2008, among CityCenter Holdings, as Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and
Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent, as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“CityCenter Holdings” means CityCenter Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
“CityCenter Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in the Existing Loan
Agreement.
“Class” means, when used in a generic sense, the then outstanding Obligations under
the various classes of the Loans and Obligations created under Section 2.1.
“Class A Funding Requirement” means, as to each Class A Lender, its obligation to (a)
make Class A Loans to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.2(a), (b) purchase participations in
L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in each case in an aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such
Lender’s name on Schedule 2.1 under the caption “Class A Funding Requirement” or opposite
such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto,
as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
The Class A Funding Requirements are the residual (after giving effect to the retranching of the
Class B Loans and the Class C Loans) revolving component of the Revolving Commitment established
pursuant to the Existing Loan Agreement.
“Class A Lender” means each Lender having a Class A Funding Requirement when acting in
that capacity.
“Class A Loans” means, collectively, the Class A-1 Loans and the Class A-2 Loans.
“Class A Percentage” means, as to each Lender, a percentage equal to its Class A
Funding Requirement divided by the Aggregate Class A Funding Requirements.
“Class A Revolving Obligations” means, collectively the Class A-1 Loans, the Class A-2
Loans, the Letters of Credit and the Swing Line Loans.
“Class A-1 Lender” means each Lender that has a Class A Funding Requirement and holds
Class A-1 Loans, when acting in that capacity.
“Class A-1 Loan” means each Loan made by a Class A-1 Lender pursuant to Section
2.2(a).
“Class A-1 Note” means a promissory note made by Borrower and Detroit in favor of a
Lender evidencing Class A-1 Loans made by that Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit
C-1.
“Class A-1 Obligations” means, as of each date of determination, then outstanding
Obligations owed to the Class A-1 Lenders, including the Class A-1 Loans, and the risk
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participations held by the Class A-1 Lenders in any then outstanding Letters of Credit and
Swing Line Loans.
“Class A-2 Lender” means each Lender that that has a Class A Funding Requirement and
holds Class A-2 Loans, when acting in that capacity.
“Class A-2 Loan” means each Loan made by a Class A-2 Lender pursuant to Section
2.2(a).
“Class A-2 Note” means a promissory note made by Borrower and Detroit in favor of a
Lender evidencing Class A-2 Loans made by that Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit
C-2.
“Class A-2 Obligations” means, as of each date of determination, then outstanding
Obligations owed to the Class A-2 Lenders, including the Class A-2 Loans, and the risk
participations held by the Class A-2 Lenders in any then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing
Line Loans.
“Class B Lender” means each Lender that holds a Class B Loan, when acting in that
capacity.
“Class B Loan” means those Revolving Loans which have been retranched as Class B Loans
on the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.1, in the amount, for each Lender,
set forth on Schedule 2.1.
“Class B Note” means a promissory note made by Borrower in favor of a Class B Lender
evidencing Class B Loans made by that Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-3.
“Class C Lender” means each Lender that holds a Class C Loan, when acting in that
capacity.
“Class C Loan” means those Revolving Loans which have been retranched as Class C Loans
on the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.1, in the amount, for each Lender, set
forth on Schedule 2.1.
“Class C Note” means a promissory note made by Borrower in favor of a Class C Lender
evidencing Class C Loans made by that Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-4.
“Class D Lender” means each Lender that holds a Class D Loans, when acting in that
capacity.
“Class D Loan” means those Term Loans made under the Existing Loan Agreement which
have been retranched as Class D Loans on the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.1, in
the amount, for each Lender, set forth on Schedule 2.1.
“Class D Note” means a promissory note made by Borrower in favor of a Class D Lender
evidencing Class D Loans made by that Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-5.
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“Class E Lender” means each Lender that holds a Class E Loans, when acting in that
capacity
“Class E Loan” means those Term Loans made under the Existing Loan Agreement which
have been retranched as Class E Loans on the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.1, in
the amount, for each Lender, set forth on Schedule 2.1.
“Class E Note” means a promissory note made by Borrower in favor of a Class E Lender
evidencing Class E Loans made by that Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-6.
“Closing Date” means October 3, 2006.
“Co-Borrowers” means, collectively, Detroit and each other Guarantor which is
hereafter designated as a Co-Borrower pursuant to Section 2.7.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or replaced and as in
effect from time to time.
“Collateral” means (i) the Detroit Collateral, (ii) certain undeveloped land owned by
Mandalay or its subsidiaries on Las Vegas Boulevard South in Las Vegas, Nevada and more
particularly described on Annex A and (iii) the real and personal property comprising the
hotel and casino in Tunica, Mississippi commonly known as the Gold Strike Resort and Casino and
more particularly described on Annex B.
“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, each deed of trust, trust deed, deed to
secured debt, mortgage, leasehold mortgage, leasehold deed of trust, first preferred ship mortgage,
security agreement, intellectual property security agreement and other security and pledge
agreement delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Existing Loan Agreement or
hereafter delivered in connection with this Agreement, and each of the other agreements,
instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.
“Commercial Letter of Credit” means each Letter of Credit issued to support the
purchase of goods by Borrower or any Co-Borrower which is determined to be a commercial letter of
credit by the Issuing Lender.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Commitments” means the Revolving Commitment and the Term Commitment.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
D, properly completed and signed by a Senior Officer of Borrower and each Co-Borrower.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any outstanding
security issued by that Person or of any material agreement, instrument or undertaking to which
that Person is a party or by which it or any of its Property is bound.
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“Convertible Debt” means any unsecured Permitted Public Indebtedness of Borrower that
is convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of Borrower and that may be guaranteed by
Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Creditors” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the
Swing Line Lenders, each Lender and, where the context requires, any one or more of them.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, as
amended from time to time, and all other applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy,
moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws
from time to time in effect affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Default” means any event that, with the giving of any applicable notice or passage of
time specified in Section 9.1, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means the interest rate prescribed in Section 3.8.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the
Loans, participations in L/C Obligations or participations in Swing Line Loans required to be
funded by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder,
(b) has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other
amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, unless the
subject of a good faith dispute, or (c) has been deemed insolvent or become the subject of a
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
“Deposit Account” means separate accounts located at Bank of America as to Borrower
and each Co-Borrower designated by Borrower or such Co-Borrower with the reasonable approval of the
Administrative Agent.
“Designated Market” means, with respect to any LIBOR Loan, (a) the London Eurodollar
Market, (b) if prime banks in the London Eurodollar Market are at the relevant time not accepting
deposits of Dollars or if the Administrative Agent determines in good faith that the London
Eurodollar Market does not represent at the relevant time the effective pricing to the Lenders for
deposits of Dollars in the London Eurodollar Market, the Cayman Islands Eurodollar Market or (c) if
prime banks in the Cayman Islands Eurodollar Market are at the relevant time not accepting deposits
of Dollars or if the Administrative Agent determines in good faith that the Cayman Islands
Eurodollar Market does not represent at the relevant time the effective pricing to the Lenders for
deposits of Dollars in the Cayman Islands Eurodollar Market, such other Eurodollar Market as may
from time to time be selected by the Administrative Agent with the approval of Borrower, the
Co-Borrowers and the Requisite Lenders. The Administrative Agent will endeavor to provide prompt
notice to Borrower and the Co-Borrowers of any change in the location of the Designated Market.
“Detroit” means MGM Grand Detroit, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, its
successors and permitted assigns.
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“Detroit Collateral” means all of Detroit’s right, title and interest in, to and under
all personal property and other assets, whether now owned by or owing to, or hereafter acquired by
or arising in favor of Detroit with respect to MGM Grand Detroit Hotel and Casino.
“Detroit Disposition Prepayment Amount” means such amount set forth in Schedule 1.1.
“Detroit Loans” means any Loans pursuant to which Detroit is obligated as a
Co-Borrower.
“Detroit Orders” means the Order Approving Debt Transactions of MGM Grand Detroit,
LLC, issued by the Michigan Gaming Control Board on October 14, 2003 as their file number
MGM-2003-03, as at any time amended.
“Disclosure Schedule” means the Disclosure Schedule attached to this Agreement as
Schedule 4.0.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer or other disposition, in
one transaction or any series of related transactions, of any asset.
“Disqualification” means, with respect to any Creditor:
(a) the failure of that Person timely to file pursuant to applicable Gaming Laws (i)
any application requested of that Person by any Gaming Board in connection with any
licensing required of that Person as a lender to Borrower or a Co-Borrower or (ii) any
required application or other papers in connection with determination of the suitability of
that Person as a lender to Borrower or a Co-Borrower;
(b) the withdrawal by that Person (except where requested or permitted by the
Gaming Board) of any such application or other required papers; or
(c) any final determination by a Gaming Board pursuant to applicable Gaming Laws (i)
that such Person is “unsuitable” as a lender to Borrower or a Co-Borrower, (ii) that such
Person shall be “disqualified” as a lender to Borrower or a Co-Borrower or (iii) denying the
issuance to that Person of any license required under applicable Gaming Laws to be held by
all lenders to Borrower or any Co-Borrower.
“Distribution” means, with respect to any shares of capital stock or any warrant or
option to purchase an equity security or other equity security issued by a Person, (a) the
retirement, redemption, purchase or other acquisition for Cash or for Property (other than capital
stock, or any warrants or options to purchase an equity security or other security of such Person)
by such Person of any such security, (b) the declaration or (without duplication) payment by such
Person of any dividend in Cash or in Property (other than capital stock, or any warrants or options
to purchase an equity security or other security of such Person) on or with respect to any such
security, (c) any Investment by such Person in the holder of 5% or more of any such security if a
purpose of such Investment is to avoid characterization of the transaction as a Distribution and
(d) any other payment in Cash or Property (other than capital stock, or any warrants or options to
purchase an equity security or other security of such Person) by such Person constituting a
distribution under applicable Laws with respect to such security.
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“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in
Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency,
the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent, at such time on
the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the
purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.
“Dollars” or “$” means United States dollars.
“EBITDA” means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to any Person, the
sum of (a) Net Income of such Person for that period, plus (b) any extraordinary loss
reflected in such Net Income, and, without duplication, any loss associated with the early
retirement of Indebtedness and with any Disposition not in the ordinary course of business,
minus (c) any extraordinary gain reflected in such Net Income, and, without duplication,
any gains associated with the early retirement of Indebtedness and with any Disposition not in the
ordinary course of business, plus (d) Interest Charges of such Person for that period,
plus (e) the aggregate amount of federal, state and local taxes on or measured by income of
such Person for that period (whether or not payable during that period) plus (f)
depreciation, amortization and all non-recurring and/or other non-Cash expenses to the extent
deducted in arriving at Net Income for that period, plus (g) expenses classified as
“pre-opening and start-up expenses” on the applicable financial statements of that Person for that
fiscal period, plus (h) minority interest, in each case as determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) an Approved
Fund; and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Administrative
Agent, (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower (each such approval
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (provided that notwithstanding the foregoing,
each “Eligible Assignee” (A) shall not be Borrower or any of Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries
and (B) shall be exempt from withholding of tax on interest and shall deliver the documents related
thereto pursuant to Section 11.21) and (iii) to the extent required under applicable Gaming
Laws, shall not be the subject of a Disqualification.
“EMU” means the economic and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome
1957, as amended by the Single Xxxxxxxx Xxx 0000, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam
Treaty of 1998.
“EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the
introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
“Enhanced LIBOR Margin” means, for any period, the sum of (i) the LIBOR Margin then in
effect plus (ii) such interest rate margin as the Requisite Lenders specify is necessary to
adjust LIBOR to a rate which represents the effective pricing to such Lenders for deposits of
Dollars in the Designated Market in the relevant amount for the applicable Interest Period and
which adequately and fairly reflects the cost to such Lenders of making the applicable LIBOR
Advances.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital
stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or
other rights
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for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other
ownership or profit interests in) such Person, warrants, rights or options for the purchase or
acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other
ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests
therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or
other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and any regulations
issued pursuant thereto, as amended or replaced and as in effect from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person (or any trade or
business, whether or not incorporated) that is under common control with that Person within the
meaning of Section 414 of the Code.
“Euro” and “EUR” mean the lawful currency of the Participating Member States
introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.
“Eurodollar Market” means a regular established market located outside the United
States of America by and among banks for the solicitation, offer and acceptance of Dollar deposits
in such banks.
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1.
“Existing Letters of Credit” means the letters of credit issued under the Existing
Loan Agreement and outstanding as of the Restatement Effective Date.
“Existing Loan Agreement” means the Fifth Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as
of October 3, 2006 among Borrower, Detroit, as Co-Borrower, the lenders referred to therein, and
the Administrative Agent, as heretofore amended.
“Existing Secured Notes” means, collectively, the senior secured notes of Borrower
existing as of the Restatement Effective Date, and identified in Borrower’s public filings with the
Commission as of the Restatement Effective Date.
“Existing Subordinated Obligations” means, collectively (a) Borrower’s $400,000,000 8
3/8% senior subordinated notes due 2011 issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of January 23,
0000 xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Trust Company of New York (to which The Bank of New York is
now successor in interest), as Trustee, and (b) the $150,000,000 Senior Subordinated Notes of
Mandalay issued pursuant to the Indenture dated July 21, 1993 between Mandalay (under its former
name, Circus Circus Enterprises, Inc.) and First Interstate Bank of Nevada, N.A. (to which Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., is now successor in interest), as Trustee.
“Extended Maturity Date” means February 21, 2014.
“Extending Lender” means each Lender that, as of the Restatement Effective Date, holds
Class A-2 Loans, Class C Loans or Class E Loans, when acting in the related capacity.
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“Extension Date” means the date upon which the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 12.2 are satisfied.
“Extension Fees” means, for each Extending Lender, a fee payable by Borrower through
the Administrative Agent on the Restatement Effective Date in an amount which is equal to 0.70%
times the sum of (i) the amount of that Lender’s commitment to make Class A-2 Loans plus
(ii) the principal amount of that Lender’s Class C Loans and Class E Loans (in each case after
giving effect to the Required Prepayments).
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve
System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank on
the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business
Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next
preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate
is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be
the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank
of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Fiscal Quarter” means the fiscal quarter of Borrower consisting, subject to
Section 1.3, of the three calendar month periods ending on each March 31, June 30,
September 30 and December 31.
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of Borrower consisting, subject to Section
1.3, of the twelve month period ending on each December 31.
“Foreign Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 11.21(a)(i).
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of
credit in the ordinary course of its business.
“GAAP” means, generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth
in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s “Accounting Standards Codification” as may be amended
from time to time. The term “consistently applied,” as used in connection therewith, means
that the accounting principles applied are consistent in all material respects with those applied
at prior dates or for prior periods.
“Gaming Board” means, collectively, (a) the Nevada Gaming Commission, (b) the Nevada
State Gaming Control Board, (c) the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, (d) the New Jersey
Division of Gaming Enforcement, (e) the Mississippi Gaming Commission, (f) the Michigan Gaming
Control Board, (g) the Illinois Gaming Board, and (h) any other Governmental Agency (including
Governmental Agencies associated with foreign governments), in each case to the extent that such
body holds, as of the relevant date, regulatory, licensing or permit authority over gambling,
gaming or casino activities conducted by Borrower, any Co-Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
within its jurisdiction.
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“Gaming Laws” means all Laws pursuant to which any Gaming Board possesses regulatory,
licensing or permit authority over gambling, gaming or casino activities conducted by Borrower and
its Subsidiaries within its jurisdiction, in each case to the extent applicable to Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Government Securities” means readily marketable (a) direct full faith and credit
obligations of the United States of America or obligations guaranteed by the full faith and credit
of the United States of America and (b) obligations of an agency or instrumentality of, or
corporation owned, controlled or sponsored by, the United States of America that are generally
considered in the securities industry to be implicit obligations of the United States of America.
“Governmental Agency” means (a) any international, foreign, federal, state, county or
municipal government, or political subdivision thereof, (b) any governmental or quasi-governmental
agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, department, instrumentality or public body or (c) any
court or administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction.
“Granting Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.8(h).
“Guarantors” means, collectively, each Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower which exists
as of the Restatement Effective Date, other than Detroit, and each other Restricted Subsidiary of
Borrower which hereafter becomes a Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.8, provided that
any Guarantor which is sold or otherwise transferred in a Disposition may be released from the
Guaranty in accordance with this Agreement.
“Guaranty” means each of the continuing guaranties of the Obligations executed and
delivered by the Guarantors pursuant to the Existing Loan Agreement, the terms of which (a) have
been reaffirmed pursuant to the Amendment No. 9 and Restatement Agreement and (b) shall have been
reaffirmed on the Restatement Effective Date.
“Guaranty Obligation” means, as to any Person (without duplication), any (a) guarantee
by that Person of Indebtedness of, or other obligation performable by, any other Person or (b)
assurance given by that Person to an obligee of any other Person with respect to the performance of
an obligation by, or the financial condition of, such other Person, whether direct, indirect or
contingent, including any purchase or repurchase agreement covering such obligation or any
collateral security therefor, any agreement to provide funds (by means of loans, capital
contributions or otherwise) to such other Person, any agreement to support the solvency or level of
any balance sheet or income statement item of such other Person or any “keep-well” or other
arrangement of whatever nature given for the purpose of assuring or holding harmless such obligee
against loss with respect to any obligation of such other Person; provided, however, that
the term Guaranty Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or
collection in the ordinary course of business.
“Xxxxxx Guarantee” means the obligation of Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, as contemplated in the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of
CityCenter Holdings, LLC, to provide, and fund if necessary, completion guarantee with respect to
the Xxxxxx Component (as defined in the CityCenter Credit
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Agreement), as such obligation may be subsequently documented under one or more completion
guarantee or similar instruments.
“Hazardous Materials” means substances defined as “hazardous substances” pursuant to
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. §
9601, et seq., or as “hazardous”, “toxic” or “pollutant” substances or as “solid waste” pursuant to
the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1801, et seq., the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901, et seq., or as “friable asbestos” pursuant to the Toxic
Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601, et seq., in each case as such Laws are amended from time
to time.
“Hazardous Materials Laws” means all Laws governing the treatment, transportation or
disposal of Hazardous Materials applicable to any of the Real Property.
“Honor Date” has the meaning set forth for that term in Section 2.6(c)(i).
“Impacted Lender” means (a) a Defaulting Lender or (b) a Lender as to which (i) the
Issuing Lender has a good faith belief that such Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations
under one or more other syndicated credit facilities or (ii) an entity that controls such Lender
has been deemed insolvent or become subject to a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person (without duplication), (a) indebtedness of such
Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of Property (excluding trade and other
accounts payable in the ordinary course of business in accordance with ordinary trade terms),
including any Guaranty Obligation for any such indebtedness, (b) indebtedness of such
Person of the nature described in clause (a) that is non-recourse to the credit of such Person but
is secured by assets of such Person, to the extent of the value of such assets, (c) Capital Lease
Obligations of such Person, (d) indebtedness of such Person arising under bankers’ acceptance
facilities or under facilities for the discount of accounts receivable of such Person, (e) any
direct or contingent obligations of such Person under letters of credit issued for the account of
such Person, and (f) any net obligations of such Person under Swap Agreements in respect of
interest rate hedging arrangements.
“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.11.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.11.
“Insurance Subsidiaries” means, collectively, (a) MGMM Insurance Company, a Nevada
corporation, and M3 Nevada, a Nevada corporation, each of which are wholly-owned Subsidiaries of
Borrower engaging primarily in the business of facilitating and providing insurance coverage and
claims services for Borrower, Co-Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, and (b) the respective
Subsidiaries of the foregoing formed for the same purpose.
“Interest Charges” means, for any Person, as of the last day of any fiscal period, the
sum of (a) all interest, fees, charges and related expenses paid or payable (without
duplication) for that fiscal period by that Person to a lender in connection with borrowed money
(including any obligations for fees, charges and related expenses payable to the issuer of
any letter of credit) or the deferred purchase price of assets that are considered “interest
expense” under GAAP, plus
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(b) the portion of rent paid or payable (without duplication) for that fiscal period by that
Person under Capital Lease Obligations that should be treated as interest in accordance with
Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 13.
“Interest Differential” means, with respect to any prepayment of a LIBOR Loan on a day
other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period and with respect to any failure to borrow
a LIBOR Loan on the date or in the amount specified in any Request for Loan, (a) LIBOR payable (or,
with respect to a failure to borrow, LIBOR which would have been payable) with respect to the LIBOR
Loan minus (b) LIBOR on, or as near as practicable to, the date of the prepayment or
failure to borrow for a LIBOR Loan with an Interest Period commencing on such date and ending on
the last day of the Interest Period of the LIBOR Loan so prepaid or which would have been borrowed
on such date.
“Interest Period” means, as to each LIBOR Loan, a period of one week, or of 1, 2, 3, 6
or 9 months (or, to the extent not promptly objected to by any Lender following notice thereof by
the Administrative Agent, any other period) as designated by Borrower; provided that (a)
the first day of each Interest Period must be a Business Day, (b) any Interest Period that would
otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day, unless such Business Day falls in the next calendar month, in which case the Interest Period
shall end on the next preceding Business Day, and (c) no Interest Period may extend beyond the
Maturity Date (or following the Extension Date, beyond the Extended Maturity Date).
“Interim Maturities” means, (a) as of each date through and including the Extension
Date, (i) any of the Indebtedness of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries under their public
indentures which mature prior to the Maturity Date and (ii) the Class A-1 Loans and the other Class
A-1 Obligations, the Class B Loans and the Class D Loans, and (b) as of each later date, any of the
Indebtedness of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries under their public indentures which
matures prior to the Extended Maturity Date.
“Investment” means, when used in connection with any Person, any investment by or of
that Person, whether by means of (a) purchase or other acquisition of stock or other securities of
any other Person, (b) a loan, advance creating a debt, capital contribution, guaranty or other debt
or equity participation or interest in any other Person or (c) the purchase or other acquisition
(in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a
business unit, in each case including any partnership and joint venture interests of such Person.
The amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested (minus any return of capital
with respect to such Investment which has actually been received in Cash or Cash Equivalents or has
been converted into Cash or Cash Equivalents), without adjustment for subsequent increases or
decreases in the value of such Investment.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby
Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later
version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit
Application and any other document, agreement or instrument entered into by Borrower (or any
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Subsidiary), and the Issuing Lender or in favor of the Issuing Lender and relating to any such
Letter of Credit.
“Issuing Lender” means Bank of America in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of
Credit hereunder.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its
participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Class A Funding Requirement.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under a Letter
of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Loan.
“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the Dollar Equivalent of the
aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the Dollar
Equivalent of the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For
purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of
such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.7. For all purposes
of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but
any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such
Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be
drawn.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial
precedents.
“Lead Arrangers” means the Persons identified as such on the cover page to this
Agreement.
“Lender” means each “Lender” (as defined in the Existing Loan Agreement) and each
lender which may hereafter become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.8 (and,
to the extent party to a Related Swap Agreement, any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Lender Consent” means, as to each Extending Lender, the Lender Consent delivered by
that Extending Lender pursuant to the Amendment No. 9 and Restatement Agreement.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender
described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as
a Lender may from time to time notify Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or
amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the Issuing Lender.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is seven days prior to the
Maturity Date (or, following the Extension Date, the Extended Maturity Date) or, if any such day is
not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day.
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“Letter of Credit Usage” means, as of any date of determination, the Dollar Equivalent
of the aggregate undrawn face amount of outstanding Letters of Credit plus the Dollar Equivalent of
the aggregate amount of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings.
“Letters of Credit” means any of the Standby Letters of Credit or Commercial Letters
of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2.4, including the Existing
Letters of Credit, either as originally issued or as the same may be supplemented, modified,
amended, renewed, extended or supplanted.
“LIBOR” means, for any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Loan, the rate per
annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by
Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by
the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the
first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate is
not available at such time for any reason, then “LIBOR” for such Interest Period shall be
the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in
Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate
amount of the LIBOR Loan being made, continued or converted by Bank of America and with a term
equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major
banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided, that
LIBOR shall in no event be less than 2.00% per annum at any time.
“LIBOR Advance” means an Advance made hereunder and specified to be a LIBOR Advance in
accordance with Article 2.
“LIBOR Lending Office” means, as to each Lender, its office or branch so designated by
written notice to Borrower and the Administrative Agent as its LIBOR Lending Office. If no LIBOR
Lending Office is designated by a Lender, its LIBOR Lending Office shall be its office at its
address for purposes of notices hereunder.
“LIBOR Loan” means a Loan made hereunder and specified to be a LIBOR Loan in
accordance with Article 2.
“LIBOR Margin” means the applicable per annum percentage set forth in the definition
of “Applicable Rates.”
“License Revocation” means the revocation, failure to renew or suspension of, or the
appointment of a receiver, supervisor or similar official with respect to, any casino, gambling or
gaming license issued by any Gaming Board covering any casino or gaming facility.
“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment for
security, security interest, encumbrance or lien of any kind, whether voluntarily incurred or
arising by operation of Law or otherwise, affecting any Property, including any agreement
to grant any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease
in the nature of a security interest, and/or the filing of or agreement to give any financing
statement
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(other than a precautionary financing statement with respect to a lease that
is not in the nature of a security interest) under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable Law of
any jurisdiction with respect to any Property.
“Loan” means the aggregate of the Advances made at any one time by the Lenders
pursuant to Article 2.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Swing Line
Documents, the Guaranty, the Collateral Documents, each Request for Loan, each Letter of Credit
Application, each Compliance Certificate, any Related Swap Agreement and any other agreements of
any type or nature hereafter executed and delivered by Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender in any way relating to or in furtherance
of this Agreement, in each case either as originally executed or as the same may from time to time
be supplemented, modified, amended, restated, extended or supplanted.
“Loan Parties” means Borrower, Detroit and each Guarantor.
“Mandalay” means Mandalay Resort Group, a Nevada corporation.
“Mandalay Collateral” means the property described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of the
definition of the term “Collateral.”
“Margin Stock” means “margin stock” as such term is defined in Regulations U and X of
the Federal Reserve Board.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any set of circumstances or events which (a) has or
could reasonably be expected to have any material adverse effect whatsoever upon the validity or
enforceability of any Loan Document, (b) is or could reasonably be expected to be material and
adverse to the condition or prospects (financial or otherwise), assets, business or operations of
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (except for circumstances or events
attributable to general economic conditions), or (c) materially impairs or could reasonably be
expected to materially impair the ability of Borrower or Guarantors (taken as a whole) to perform
the Obligations.
“Maturity Date” means the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date.1
“May 2009 Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of May 19, 2009, between
Borrower and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, in respect of Borrower’s 10.375% Senior
Secured Notes due 2014 and Borrower’s 11.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2017.
“Xxxxx Xxxxx” means Xxxxx Xxxxx, LLP, in its capacity as counsel to the Administrative
Agent.
“MDDHC” has the meaning specified in Section 6.9(h).
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“MGM Grand Detroit II” means MGM Grand Detroit II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, and its successors.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates contribute or are
obligated to contribute.
“Negative Pledge” means a Contractual Obligation that contains a covenant binding on
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that prohibits Liens on any of its or their
Property, other than (a) any such covenant contained in a Contractual Obligation granting a Lien
permitted under Section 6.4 which affects only the Property that is the subject of such
permitted Lien and (b) any such covenant that does not apply to Liens securing the Obligations or
any indebtedness which is used, directly or indirectly, to refinance the Obligations.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means:
(a) with respect to any Disposition by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the excess,
if any, of (i) the sum of cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such
transaction (including any cash or Cash Equivalents received by way of deferred payment
pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so
received) over (ii) the sum of (A) the reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by Borrower or such Subsidiary in connection with such transaction and (B) income
taxes reasonably estimated to be actually payable within two years of the date of the
relevant transaction as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith;
provided that, if the amount of any estimated taxes pursuant to subclause
(B) exceeds the amount of taxes actually required to be paid in cash in respect of such
Disposition, the aggregate amount of such excess shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds; and
(b) with respect to the sale or issuance of any Equity Interest by Borrower, or the
incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by Borrower, the excess of (i) the sum of the
cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such transaction over (ii) the
underwriting discounts and commissions, and other reasonable and customary out-of-pocket
costs and expenses, incurred by Borrower in connection therewith, including in the case of
any issuance of Convertible Debt, the expenses associated with acquiring any derivative
securities linked to Equity Interests underlying such Convertible Debt or similar products
purchased by Borrower in connection therewith, or of any other similar Investments made in
connection therewith in accordance with Section 6.8(l).
“Net Income” means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to any Person,
the net income of that Person from continuing operations for that period, determined in accordance
with GAAP, consistently applied.
“Non-Control Subsidiaries” means each Subsidiary of Borrower in respect of which
Borrower and its other Subsidiaries do not have the collective right to elect a majority of the
board of directors or other equivalent governing body, or otherwise lack the power to direct the
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management of such Subsidiary which is identified as such by Borrower in a notice to the
Administrative Agent. Each Non-Control Subsidiary existing as of the Restatement Effective Date is
listed on the Disclosure Schedule as such.
“Non-Extending Lender” means each Lender which is not an Extending Lender.
“Notes” means, collectively, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class B
Notes, the Class C Notes, the Class D Notes and the Class E Notes.
“November 2008 Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of November 14, 2008,
between Borrower and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, in respect of Borrower’s 13%
Senior Secured Notes due 2013.
“Obligations” means all present and future obligations of every kind or nature of
Borrower, the Co-Borrowers or the Guarantors at any time and from time to time owed to the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lenders or the Lenders or any one or more
of them, under any one or more of the Loan Documents, whether due or to become due, matured or
unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, or contingent or noncontingent, including
obligations of performance as well as obligations of payment, and including interest that
accrues after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law by or against Borrower
or a Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower, whether or not allowed as a claim in such proceeding.
“Outstanding Obligations” means, as of each date of determination, and giving effect
to the making of any such credit accommodations requested on that date, the sum, without
duplication, of (i) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Loans, plus (ii) the
Swing Line Outstandings, plus (iii) the Letter of Credit Usage.
“Participating Member State” means each state so described in any EMU Legislation.
“Party” means any Person other than the Creditors which now or hereafter is a party to
any of the Loan Documents.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Title
IV of ERISA and is maintained by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or to which Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries contributes or has an obligation to contribute.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(a) inchoate Liens incident to construction on or maintenance of Property; or Liens
incident to construction on or maintenance of Property now or hereafter filed of record for
which adequate reserves have been set aside (or deposits made pursuant to applicable
Law) and which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and have not
proceeded to judgment, provided that, by reason of nonpayment of the obligations
secured by such Liens, no such Property is subject to a material risk of loss or forfeiture;
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(b) Liens for taxes and assessments on Property which are not yet past due; or Liens
for taxes and assessments on Property for which adequate reserves have been set aside and
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and have not proceeded to
judgment, provided that, by reason of nonpayment of the obligations secured by such
Liens, no such Property is subject to a material risk of loss or forfeiture;
(c) minor defects and irregularities in title to any Property which in the aggregate do
not materially impair the fair market value or use of the Property for the purposes for
which it is or may reasonably be expected to be held;
(d) easements, exceptions, reservations, or other agreements for the purpose of
pipelines, conduits, cables, wire communication lines, power lines and substations, streets,
trails, walkways, drainage, irrigation, water, and sewerage purposes, dikes, canals,
ditches, the removal of oil, gas, coal, or other minerals, and other like purposes affecting
Property, facilities, or equipment which in the aggregate do not materially burden or impair
the fair market value or use of such Property for the purposes for which it is or may
reasonably be expected to be held;
(e) easements, exceptions, reservations, or other agreements for the purpose of
facilitating the joint or common use of Property in or adjacent to a shopping center or
similar project affecting Property which in the aggregate do not materially burden or impair
the fair market value or use of such Property for the purposes for which it is or may
reasonably be expected to be held;
(f) rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Agency to control or regulate, or
obligations or duties to any Governmental Agency with respect to, the use of any Property;
(g) rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Agency to control or regulate, or
obligations or duties to any Governmental Agency with respect to, any right, power,
franchise, grant, license, or permit;
(h) present or future zoning laws and ordinances or other laws and ordinances
restricting the occupancy, use, or enjoyment of Property;
(i) statutory Liens, other than those described in clauses (a) or (b) above, arising in
the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not delinquent or are
being contested in good faith, provided that, if delinquent, adequate reserves have
been set aside with respect thereto and, by reason of nonpayment, no Property is subject to
a material risk of loss or forfeiture;
(j) covenants, conditions, and restrictions affecting the use of Property which in the
aggregate do not materially impair the fair market value or use of the Property for the
purposes for which it is or may reasonably be expected to be held;
(k) rights of tenants under leases and rental agreements covering Property entered into
in the ordinary course of business of the Person owning such Property;
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(l) Liens consisting of pledges or deposits to secure obligations under workers’
compensation laws or similar legislation, including Liens of judgments thereunder which are
not currently dischargeable;
(m) Liens consisting of pledges or deposits of Property to secure performance in
connection with operating leases made in the ordinary course of business to which Borrower
or a Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower is a party as lessee, provided the aggregate
value of all such pledges and deposits in connection with any such lease does not at any
time exceed 20% of the annual fixed rentals payable under such lease;
(n) Liens consisting of deposits of Property to secure bids made with respect to, or
performance of, contracts (other than contracts creating or evidencing an
extension of credit to the depositor);
(o) Liens consisting of any right of offset, or statutory bankers’ lien, on bank
deposit accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business so long as such bank deposit
accounts are not established or maintained for the purpose of providing such right of offset
or bankers’ lien;
(p) Liens consisting of deposits of Property to secure statutory obligations of
Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower;
(q) Liens consisting of deposits of Property to secure (or in lieu of) surety, appeal
or customs bonds in proceedings to which Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower is
a party;
(r) Liens created by or resulting from any litigation or legal proceeding involving
Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower in the ordinary course of its business which
is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that
adequate reserves have been set aside by Borrower or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary and
no material Property is subject to a material risk of loss or forfeiture; and
(s) other non-consensual Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business but not in
connection with an extension of credit, which do not in the aggregate, when taken together
with all other Liens, materially impair the value or use of the Property of Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries of Borrower, taken as a whole.
“Permitted Public Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of Borrower which (i) has a
maturity date not earlier than August 21, 2014, (ii) has covenants that are no more restrictive,
taken as a whole, than those included in any senior secured public Indebtedness of Borrower or its
Subsidiaries outstanding on the Amendment Effective Date and (iii) has no scheduled amortization
payments prior to August 21, 2014.
“Person” means any individual or entity, including a trustee, corporation, limited
liability company, general partnership, limited partnership, joint stock company, trust, estate,
unincorporated organization, business association, firm, joint venture, Governmental Agency, or
other entity.
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“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Lender, the percentage of the relevant
Commitment and the Loans (and in the case of the Revolving Commitment, the Letters of Credit and
the Swing Line Advances) held by that Lender (or by a SPC for which that Lender is the Granting
Lender). As of the Restatement Effective Date, the Pro Rata Shares of the Commitments held by each
Lender are set forth on Schedule 2.1 hereto. The percentage Pro Rata Shares of each Lender
in the Commitments is subject to adjustment pursuant to any Assignment Agreement executed in
accordance with Section 11.8.
“Projections” means the financial projections for Borrower and its Subsidiaries
distributed to the Lenders by posting to the Platform on February 8, 2010.
“Property” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal
or mixed, or tangible or intangible.
“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
“Quarterly Payment Date” means the last Business Day of each December, March, June and
September following the date of this Agreement.
“Real Property” means, as of any date of determination, all real Property then or
theretofore owned, leased or occupied by Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Refinancing Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in Section 6.7(l).
“Regulations T, U and X” means Regulations T, U and X, as at any time amended, of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or any other regulations in substance substituted
therefor.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s
Affiliates.
“Related Swap Agreement” means any transaction consummated pursuant to a Swap
Agreement between (a) Borrower and a Lender or (b) to the extent that such Person is an Affiliate
of a Lender on the date of the consummation of the relevant transaction, between Borrower and any
Person which is an Affiliate of a Lender.
“Request for Loan” means a written request for a Loan substantially in the form of
Exhibit E, signed by a Responsible Official of Borrower or a Co-Borrower, on its behalf,
and properly completed to provide all information required to be included therein.
“Required Prepayment” has the meaning set forth for that term in the Amendment No. 9
and Restatement Agreement, and the amount of the Required Prepayment shall be calculated by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of the Amendment No. 9 and Restatement Agreement,
which calculation shall be presumed correct in the absence of manifest error.
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“Requirement of Law” means, as to any Person, the articles or certificate of
incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any
Law, or judgment, award, decree, writ or determination of a Governmental Agency, in each case
applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its Property or to which such Person or any of
its Property is subject.
“Requisite Lenders” means (a) as of any date of determination if the Commitments are
then in effect, Lenders having Pro Rata Shares of the Commitments which are, in the aggregate, a
majority of the Pro Rata Shares of the Commitments then in effect, and (b) as of any date of
determination if the Commitments have then been terminated and there are then any Obligations
outstanding, Lenders or other creditors holding a majority of the Outstanding Obligations; provided
that the Pro Rata Shares of the Commitments of, and the portion of the Outstanding Obligations held
or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination
of Requisite Lenders.
“Responsible Official” means when used with reference to any Person, any officer or
manager of such Person, general partner of such Person, officer of a corporate or limited liability
company general partner of such Person, officer of a corporate or limited liability company general
partner of a partnership that is a general partner of such Person, or any other responsible
official thereof duly acting on behalf thereof. The Lenders shall be entitled to conclusively rely
upon any document or certificate that is signed or executed by a Responsible Official of Borrower,
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as having been authorized by all necessary corporate, limited
liability company, partnership and/or other action on the part of Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary.
“Restatement Effective Date” means the date that the conditions set forth in
Section 12.1 shall have been satisfied. The Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower and
the Creditors of the date that is the Restatement Effective Date.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash,
securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of any
Person or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property),
including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement,
defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other Equity
Interest, or on account of any return of capital to any Person’s stockholders, partners or members
(or the equivalent of any thereof), or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such
dividend or other distribution or payment, provided that (i) the exercise by Borrower of
rights under derivative securities linked to Equity Interests underlying Convertible Debt or
similar products purchased by Borrower in connection with the issuance of such Convertible Debt and
(ii) any termination fees or similar payments in connection with the termination of warrants or
other Equity Interests issued in connection with such Convertible Debt shall not be considered to
be a “Restricted Payment”.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary of Borrower other than:
(a) Subsidiaries formed under the Laws of foreign nations whose only tangible assets
are located in foreign nations, and pure holding companies for such
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foreign Subsidiaries owning as their sole asset the stock or other securities and
obligations thereof;
(b) MGM Grand Detroit II and the Insurance Subsidiaries;
(c) Non-Control Subsidiaries; and
(d) any Subsidiary of Borrower formed or acquired after the date of this Agreement that
is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in writing by Borrower to the Administrative
Agent, but only so long as such Subsidiary of Borrower does not, and is not required to,
guarantee or otherwise be liable for any of the Senior Indebtedness.
“Revaluation Date” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following:
(i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each
date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount
thereof (solely with respect to the increased amount), (iii) each date of any payment by the
Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, and (iv) such
additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender shall determine or the Requisite
Lenders shall require.
“Revolving Commitment” means the Revolving Commitment established pursuant to the
Existing Loan Agreement. As of the Restatement Effective Date:
(a) the outstanding Revolving Loans shall have been tranched into the Class A-1 Loans,
the Class A-2 Loans, the Class B Loans and the Class C Loans;
(b) the entire risk exposure in respect of the Existing Letters of Credit shall have
been allocated to the Class A Lenders in accordance with their respective Class A Funding
Requirements; and
(c) Borrower and Detroit shall have irrevocably surrendered their right to require the
Revolving Lenders to make revolving Advances under the Revolving Commitment, except to the
extent of the Aggregate Class A Funding Requirements.
“Revolving Lender” means each Lender that, immediately prior to the Restatement
Effective Date, holds a Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Commitment at such time (when acting in
that capacity).
“Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to the Existing Loan Agreement under the
Revolving Commitment.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw Hill Companies,
Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Secured Refinancing Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.7(h).
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“Senior Indebtedness” means each issue, item or class of Indebtedness of Borrower or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which is in the principal amount of $50,000,000 or more and
which is not a Subordinated Obligation.
“Senior Officer” means the (a) chief executive officer or manager, (b) president,
(c) executive vice president, (d) senior vice president, (e) chief financial officer,
(f) treasurer, (g) assistant treasurer, (h) secretary or (i) assistant secretary of Borrower or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Solvent” means, as to any Person, that (a) the sum of the assets of such Person, both
at a fair valuation and at a present fair saleable value, exceeds its liabilities, including its
probable liability in respect of contingent liabilities, (b) such Person will have sufficient
capital with which to conduct its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted
and (c) such Person has not incurred debts, and does not intend to incur debts, beyond its ability
to pay such debts as they mature.
“SPC” means, as to each Lender, one or more special purpose funding vehicles
maintained or established by that Lender.
“Special Eurodollar Circumstance” means the application or adoption after the
Restatement Effective Date of any Law or interpretation, or any change therein or thereof, or any
change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Agency, central bank or
comparable authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by
any Lender or its LIBOR Lending Office with any request or directive (whether or not having the
force of Law) of any such Governmental Agency, central bank or comparable authority, or the
existence or occurrence of circumstances affecting the Designated Market generally that are beyond
the reasonable control of the Lenders.
“Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be
the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such
Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office
at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the
foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent may obtain
such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent if the
Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for
any such currency; and provided further that the Issuing Lender may use such spot rate
quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter
of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“Standby Letter of Credit” means each Letter of Credit that is not a Commercial Letter
of Credit.
“Standby Letter of Credit Fee” means the applicable per annum percentage set forth in
the definition of “Applicable Rates”.
“Sterling” and “£” mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
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“Subordinated Obligations” means, collectively, the Existing Subordinated Obligations
and any future class of Indebtedness of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which is subject to
subordination in right of payment to the Obligations pursuant to subordination provisions which are
(a) reasonably consistent with those contained in the Existing Subordinated Obligations, or
(b) otherwise reasonably consistent with then prevailing market standards for public issuances of
subordinated indebtedness.
“Subsidiary” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Person,
any corporation, limited liability company or partnership (whether or not, in either case,
characterized as such or as a “joint venture”), whether now existing or hereafter organized or
acquired: (a) in the case of a corporation or limited liability company, of which a majority of the
securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body
(other than securities having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at
the time beneficially owned by such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or
(b) in the case of a partnership, of which a majority of the partnership or other ownership
interests are at the time beneficially owned by such Person and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries.
For the avoidance of doubt, and only by way of example, as of the Restatement Effective Date,
CityCenter Holdings, LLC is only 50% owned by Borrower and therefore is not a Subsidiary of
Borrower.
“Supported Subsidiary” means, collectively, (a) each Restricted Subsidiary and
(b) each Unrestricted Subsidiary in support of which Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries have
provided any guarantee, keep-well, make-well or similar creditor assurance in respect of
(i) Indebtedness which is in an aggregate principal amount which is in excess of $25,000,000, or
(ii) any other obligations which may result in a demand upon Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries which is in excess of $25,000,000.
“Swap Agreement” means a written agreement between Borrower and one or more financial
institutions providing for (a) “swap,” “cap,” “collar” or other interest rate protection with
respect to any Indebtedness, or (b) any currency hedging arrangements.
“Swing Line” means any revolving lines of credit established by the Swing Line Lenders
in favor of Borrower and the Co-Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.7.
“Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to
Section 2.7.
“Swing Line Documents” means the promissory note and any other documents executed by
Borrower and each Co-Borrower in favor of the relevant Swing Line Lender in connection with the
Swing Line.
“Swing Line Lenders” means not more than three willing Lenders as may be designated by
Borrower from time to time (and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) in a writing
addressed to and accepted by the Administrative Agent.
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“Swing Line Loans” and “Swing Line Advances” mean loans made by a Swing Line Lender to
Borrower or the Co-Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.7.
“Swing Line Outstandings” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate
principal Indebtedness of Borrower and the Co-Borrowers on all Swing Line Loans then outstanding.
“Term Commitment” means the commitment of the Term Lenders (as defined in the Existing
Loan Agreement) to make the Term Loans described in the Existing Loan Agreement on the Closing Date
(which Term Loans have been re-tranched into the Class D Loans and Class E Loans described herein).
“to the best knowledge of” means, when modifying a representation, warranty or other
statement of any Person, that the fact or situation described therein is known by the Person (or,
in the case of a Person other than a natural Person, known by a Responsible Official of that
Person) making the representation, warranty or other statement, or with the exercise of reasonable
due diligence under the circumstances (in accordance with the standard of what a reasonable Person
in similar circumstances would have done) would have been known by the Person (or, in the case of a
Person other than a natural Person, would have been known by a Responsible Official of that
Person).
“Trust” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.9(h).
“Trustee” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.9(h).
“Type”, when used with respect to any Loan or Advance, means the designation of
whether such Loan or Advance is a Base Rate Loan or Advance, or a LIBOR Loan or Advance.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(c)(i).
“Unrelated Person” means any Person other than (i) an employee stock
ownership plan or other employee benefit plan covering the employees of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries or (ii) an Affiliate of any Person or group of related Persons which as of the date of
this Agreement is the beneficial owner of 25% or more (in the aggregate) of the outstanding common
stock of Borrower.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary of Borrower which is not a Restricted
Subsidiary.
“Unused Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.
“Unused Fee Rate” means the applicable per annum percentage set forth in the
definition of “Applicable Rates”.
“Yen” and “¥” mean the lawful currency of Japan.
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SECTION 1.2 Use of Defined Terms. Any defined term used in the plural shall refer to
all members of the relevant class, and any defined term used in the singular shall refer to any one
or more of the members of the relevant class.
SECTION 1.3 Accounting Terms — Fiscal Periods. All accounting terms not specifically
defined in this Agreement shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data required to
be submitted by this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent
basis, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. In the event that GAAP or
Borrower’s Fiscal Year or Fiscal Quarters change during the term of this Agreement such that the
covenants contained in Sections 6.5 and 6.6 or the limitations on Capital Lease
Obligations as set forth in Section 6.4(e) and Section 6.7(f) would then be
calculated for different periods, in a different manner or with different components, (a) Borrower,
the Co-Borrowers and the Lenders agree to amend this Agreement in such respects as are necessary to
conform those covenants for purposes of determining compliance with such covenants or limitation to
substantially the same criteria as were effective prior to such change in Fiscal Year, Fiscal
Quarters or in GAAP and (b) Borrower and the Co-Borrowers shall be deemed to be in compliance with
the covenants contained in the aforesaid Sections if and to the extent that Borrower and the
Co-Borrowers would have been in compliance therewith for the pre-existing fiscal periods and under
GAAP as in effect immediately prior to such change, but shall have the obligation to deliver each
of the materials described in Article 7 to the Creditors, on the dates therein specified, with
financial data presented for its pre-existing fiscal periods and in a manner which conforms with
GAAP as in effect immediately prior to such change. Without limitation of the foregoing, if any
joint venture, partnership or limited liability company in which Borrower holds a 50% or smaller
interest shall be consolidated with Borrower under GAAP, it shall not be treated as a Subsidiary
hereunder unless such venture, partnership or company otherwise meets the definition of
“Subsidiary” hereunder.
SECTION 1.4 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by Borrower and
the Co-Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate
component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places
by which such ratio is expressed in this Agreement and rounding the result up or down to the
nearest number (with a round-up if there is no nearest number) to the number of places by which
such ratio is expressed in this Agreement.
SECTION 1.5 Exhibits and Schedules. All Exhibits and Schedules to
this Agreement, either as originally existing or as the same may from time to time be supplemented,
modified or amended, are incorporated herein by this reference. A matter disclosed on any Schedule
shall be deemed disclosed on all Schedules.
SECTION 1.6 Miscellaneous Terms. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan
Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural
forms of the defined terms.
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(b) The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import
when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any
particular provision thereof.
(c) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which
such reference appears.
(d) The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.
(e) The term “or” is not exclusive.
(f) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements,
certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced,
whether in physical or electronic form.
(g) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified
date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to
but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”
SECTION 1.7 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount
of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the stated amount
of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with
respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related
thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of
such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum stated amount of
such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated
amount is in effect at such time.
SECTION 1.8 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.
(a) The Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as applicable, shall determine the Spot
Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Letters
of Credit and L/C Obligations denominated in Alternative Currencies. Such Spot Rates shall become
effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any
amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for
purposes of financial statements delivered by Parties hereunder or calculating financial covenants
hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than
Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined
by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as applicable.
(b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with the issuance, amendment or extension of a
Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or maximum amount, is expressed in Dollars,
but such Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the
relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such
Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative
Agent or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be.
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SECTION 1.9 Additional Alternative Currencies.
(a) Borrower or any Co-Borrower may from time to time request that Letters of Credit be issued
in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currency;”
provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is
readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. In the case of any such
request, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the Issuing
Lender.
(b) Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender not
later than 11:00 a.m. Las Vegas time 20 Business Days prior to the date of the desired issuance of
the Letter of Credit (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and
the Issuing Lender in their sole discretion). The Issuing Lender shall notify the Administrative
Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m. Las Vegas time 10 Business Days after receipt of such request
whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the issuance of Letters of Credit, as the case may
be, in such requested currency.
(c) Any failure by the Issuing Lender to respond to such request within the time period
specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Issuing Lender to
permit Letters of Credit to be issued in such requested currency. If the Administrative Agent and
the Issuing Lender consent to the issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the
Administrative Agent shall so notify Borrower or relevant Co-Borrower and such currency shall
thereupon be deemed to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Letter of Credit
issuances by such Issuing Lender. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any
request for an additional currency under this Section 1.9, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly so notify Borrower or relevant Co-Borrower.
SECTION 1.10 Change of Currency.
(a) Each obligation of Borrower or any Co-Borrower to make a payment denominated in the
national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful
currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of such adoption (in
accordance with the EMU Legislation). If, in relation to the currency of any such member state,
the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be
inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London interbank market for the basis of
accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such
convention or practice with effect from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its
lawful currency.
(b) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of
construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect
the adoption of the Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant market
conventions or practices relating to the Euro.
(c) Each provision of this Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of
construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to
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reflect a change in currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions or
practices relating to the change in currency.
ARTICLE 2
LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
SECTION 2.1 Loan Retranching-General. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 12.1 and concurrently with the effectiveness of this
Agreement on the Restatement Effective Date, (i) the Obligations under the Existing Loan Agreement
shall be retranched in the manner set forth in Section 6 of the Amendment No. 9 and Restatement
Agreement and (ii) the Extending Lenders shall become entitled to the immediate prepayment of the
portion of the obligations held by them in the amount of the Required Prepayments. As of the
Restatement Effective Date, Schedule 2.1 hereto sets forth:
(a) The outstanding principal amount of the outstanding Class A-1 and Class A-2 Loans
of each Lender as of the Restatement Effective Date, the amount of the Class A Funding
Requirement of each Lender, and whether the Class A Revolving Obligations of that Lender
outstanding on the Restatement Effective Date will be treated as Class A-1 Obligations or
Class A-2 Obligations;
(b) The outstanding principal amount of the Class B Loans, Class C Loans, Class D Loans
and Class E Loans held by each Lender.
SECTION 2.2 The Class A Funding Requirements; Required Prepayments.
(a) Class A.
(i) Prior to the Extension Date. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, each Class A Lender shall have a several obligation to make Advances to Borrower or to any
Co-Borrower pursuant to its Class A Funding Requirement, as set forth on Schedule 2.1, in
Dollars from time to time, on any Business Day prior to the Maturity Date, in an amount such that
the aggregate outstanding amount of Class A Loans of any such Class A Lender shall not exceed at
any time the amount of such Lender’s Class A Funding Requirement; provided, that:
(A) each Class A Loan shall consist of Advances by the Class A Lenders, ratably in
accordance with their respective Class A Percentages;
(B) after giving effect to each Class A Loan, the Class A Revolving Obligations (and
after giving effect to any concurrent payment thereof with the proceeds of such
Advances) shall not exceed the Aggregate Class A Funding Requirements;
(C) in the case of Advances made to a Co-Borrower, such Advances are directly used to
finance the development, construction or operation of hotel/casino properties owned by that
Co-Borrower; and
(D) subject to the limitations set forth herein, the Advances by each Class A Lender
under its Class A Funding Requirement may be prepaid without premium or penalty.
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(ii) On and After the Extension Date. On the Extension Date (which may occur on or at
any time before the Maturity Date), subject only to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent
set forth in Section 12.2, each of the Class A-2 Lenders hereby severally and irrevocably
agrees, for itself and for each assignee of its Class A-2 Loans, and of its related funding
commitments hereunder, that:
(A) the Class A Funding Requirements of the Class A-1 Lenders shall be terminated,
without the requirement of termination of the Class A Funding Requirements of the Class A-2
Lenders;
(B) the Class A-2 Lenders shall renew and extend the term of their respective Class A
Funding Requirements to the Extended Maturity Date; and
(C) each such Class A-2 Lender shall have a several obligation to make Advances to
Borrower or to any Co-Borrower pursuant to its Class A Funding Requirement, in Dollars from
time to time, on any Business Day prior to the Extended Maturity Date, in an amount such
that the aggregate outstanding amount of Class A-2 Loans of any such Class A-2 Lender shall
not exceed at any time the amount of such Lender’s Class A Funding Requirement;
provided, that:
(w) each Class A Loan made on or after the Extension Date shall consist of
Advances by the Class A-2 Lenders, ratably in accordance with their respective Class
A Percentages;
(x) after giving effect to each Class A Loan, the Class A Revolving Obligations
(and after giving effect to any concurrent payment thereof with the proceeds of such
Advances) shall not exceed the Aggregate Class A Funding Requirements; and
(y) in the case of Advances made to a Co-Borrower, such Advances are directly
used to finance the development, construction or operation of hotel/casino
properties owned by that Co-Borrower;
(z) Subject to the limitations set forth herein, the Advances by each Class A
Lender under its Class A Funding Requirement may be prepaid without premium or
penalty.
(iii) It is further understood and agreed that from and after the Amendment Effective Date and
until Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiary Disposes of the Detroit Collateral pursuant to
Sections 3.1(h) and 6.9(g), any unutilized portion of the Aggregate Class A Funding
Requirements resulting from Loans repaid by Detroit may be utilized only by Detroit (and not
Borrower) for Borrowings or Letters of Credit, unless the Requisite Lenders otherwise agree.
(b) Class B. On the Restatement Effective Date, each Lender holds Class B Loans in
the amount set forth in column G of Schedule 2.1. Each of Borrower and Detroit acknowledges that,
pursuant to the Amendment No. 9 and Restatement Agreement, it has irrevocably surrendered its right
to re-borrow any portion of the Class B Loans which is repaid or prepaid.
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Subject to the limitations set forth herein, the Class B Loans may be prepaid without premium
or penalty.
(c) Class C.
(i) Restatement Effective Date. On the Restatement Effective Date, each Lender holds
Class C Loans in the amount set forth in column H of Schedule 2.1, provided that, on the
Restatement Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall remit to each Class C Lender, as a
prepayment of its Class C Loans, the portion of the Required Prepayment owed to that Lender which
that Lender has elected to apply to its Class C Loans pursuant to its Lender Consent. Each of
Borrower and Detroit acknowledges that, pursuant to the Amendment No. 9 and Restatement Agreement,
it has irrevocably surrendered its right to re-borrow any portion of the Class C Loans which is
repaid or prepaid.
(ii) Extension Date. On the Extension Date (which may occur on or at any time before
the Maturity Date), subject only to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 12.2, each of the Class C Lenders hereby severally and irrevocably agrees that they
shall extend the maturity of the Class C Loans to the Extended Maturity Date.
(iii) Subject to the limitations set forth herein, the Class C Loans may be prepaid without
premium or penalty.
(d) Class D. On the Restatement Effective Date, each Lender holds Class D Loans in
the amount set forth in column I of Schedule 2.1. Subject to the limitations set forth
herein, the Class D Loans may be prepaid without premium or penalty.
(e) Class E.
(i) Restatement Effective Date. On the Restatement Effective Date, each Lender holds
Class E Loans in the amount set forth in column J of Schedule 2.1, provided that,
on the Restatement Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall remit to each Class E Lender, as
a prepayment of its Class E Loans, the portion of the Required Prepayment owed to that Lender which
that Lender has elected to apply to its Class E Loans pursuant to its Lender Consent.
(ii) Extension Date. On the Extension Date (which may occur on or at any time before
the Maturity Date), subject only to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 12.2, each of the Class E Lenders hereby severally and irrevocably agrees that they
shall extend the maturity of the Class E Loans to the Extended Maturity Date.
(iii) Subject to the limitations set forth herein, the Class E Loans may be prepaid without
premium or penalty.
SECTION 2.3 Generally Applicable Lending Procedures.
(a) Subject to the next sentence, all Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) shall be made
pursuant to a Request for Loan which shall specify the requested (i) date of such Loans, (ii) Type
of Loans, (iii) aggregate amount of such Loans, (iv) Class of Loans and (v) in the case
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of a LIBOR Loan, the Interest Period for such Loans. Unless the Administrative Agent, in its
sole and absolute discretion, has notified Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower to the contrary,
all Loans may be requested by telephone by a Responsible Official of Borrower or the relevant
Co-Borrower, in which case Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower shall confirm such request by
promptly delivering a Request for Loan in person or by telecopier conforming to the preceding
sentence to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall incur no liability whatsoever
hereunder in acting upon any telephonic request purportedly made by a Responsible Official of
Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower, and Borrower and the Co-Borrowers hereby agree to indemnify
each Creditor from any loss, cost, expense or liability as a result of so acting.
(b) Promptly following receipt of each Request for Loan, the Administrative Agent shall notify
each relevant Lender by telephone, electronic mail or telecopier (and if by telephone, promptly
confirmed by electronic mail or telecopier) of the date and type of the Loans, any applicable
Interest Period, and, in the case of Class A Loans, that Class A Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
Class A Loans.
(c) Not later than 11:00 a.m., Las Vegas time, on the date specified for any Class A Loan,
which date must be a Business Day, each Lender having a Class A Funding Requirement shall make an
Advance ratably in accordance with its respective Class A Percentage available to the
Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office in immediately available funds. Upon
satisfaction or waiver of the applicable conditions set forth in Article 8, all such Advances shall
be credited on that date in immediately available funds to the Deposit Account for Borrower or that
Co-Borrower.
(d) Unless the Requisite Lenders otherwise consent, each Class A Loan shall be in an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 which is not less than $5,000,000 (or any residual portion of the Class A
Funding Requirements).
(e) Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, Borrower and
Co-Borrowers shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note or
Notes evidencing the amount of that Lender’s commitment to make Class A-1 Loans or Class A-2 Loans,
and/or the outstanding principal amount of its Class B, Class C, Class D or Class E Loans.
(f) A Request for Loan shall be irrevocable upon the Administrative Agent’s first notification
thereof.
(g) If no Request for Loan (or telephonic request for Loan referred to in the second sentence
of Section 2.3(a), if applicable) has been made within the requisite notice periods set
forth in Section 2.2 or 2.3 prior to the end of the Interest Period for any LIBOR
Loan, then on the last day of such Interest Period, such LIBOR Loan shall be automatically
converted into a Base Rate Loan in the same amount.
(h) If a Class A Loan is to be made on the same date that another Class A Loan is due and
payable:
(i) the Lenders shall make available to the Administrative Agent (or the
Administrative Agent shall make available to the Lenders) the net amount of
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funds giving effect to both such Loans and the effect for purposes of this
Agreement shall be the same as if separate transfers of funds had been made with
respect to each such Loan; and
(ii) in the case where the same Party is the primary borrower of both such
Loans, Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower shall make available to the
Administrative Agent (or the Administrative Agent shall make available to such
Party) the net amount of funds giving effect to both such Loans and the effect for
purposes of this Agreement shall be the same as if separate transfers of funds had
been made with respect to each such Loan.
SECTION 2.4 Base Rate Loans. Each request by Borrower or any Co-Borrower for a Base
Rate Loan shall be made pursuant to a Request for Loan (or telephonic request for Loan referred to
in the second sentence of Section 2.3(a), if applicable) received by the Administrative
Agent, at the Administrative Agent’s Office, not later than 10:00 a.m., Las Vegas time, on the date
(which must be a Business Day) of the requested Base Rate Loan. All Loans shall constitute Base
Rate Loans unless properly designated as LIBOR Loans pursuant to Section 2.3.
SECTION 2.5 LIBOR Loans.
(a) Each request by Borrower or any Co-Borrower for a LIBOR Loan (including any conversion or
continuation thereof) shall be made pursuant to a Request for Loan (or telephonic request for Loan
referred to in the second sentence of Section 2.3(a), if applicable) received by the
Administrative Agent, at the Administrative Agent’s Office, not later than 10:00 a.m., Las Vegas
time, at least three Business Days before the first day of the applicable Interest Period.
(b) On the date which is two Business Days before the first day of the applicable Interest
Period, the Administrative Agent shall confirm its determination of the applicable LIBOR (which
determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error) and promptly shall give notice
of the same to Borrower and any relevant Co-Borrowers and the Lenders by telephone or telecopier
(and if by telephone, promptly confirmed by telecopier).
(c) Unless the Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders otherwise consent, no more than
twenty-five LIBOR Loans shall be outstanding at any one time.
(d) No LIBOR Loan may be requested during the continuation of a Default or Event of Default.
(e) Nothing contained herein shall require any Lender to fund any LIBOR Advance in the
Designated Market.
SECTION 2.6 Letters of Credit.
(a) Letter of Credit Subfacility. (i) Each of the Existing Letters of Credit shall
be deemed issued and outstanding hereunder and deemed to have been issued pursuant to the Class A
Funding Requirements of each Class A Lender. None of the Class B Lenders nor the Class C Lenders
shall, in their capacities as such, have any continuing liability in respect of the Existing
Letters of Credit, nor any obligation to participate in Letters of Credit which are hereafter
issued.
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Each Class A Lender shall, in its capacities as such, continue to be obligated in respect of
each Existing Letter of Credit, and shall be deemed to have purchased a ratable participation, in
accordance with its Class A Funding Requirement, in each Existing Letter of Credit.
(ii) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including Section 8.3),
Borrower or any Co-Borrower may request from time to time during the period from the Restatement
Effective Date through the day prior to the Letter of Credit Expiration Date that the Issuing
Lender, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.6,
issue Letters of Credit in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies for the account of
Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower, and each Issuing Lender agrees to issue for the account of
Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower one or more Letters of Credit in Dollars or in one or more
Alternative Currencies and to amend Letters of Credit previously issued by it in accordance with
clause (b) below; provided that
(A) Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower shall not request that any Issuing Lender
issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Class A Revolving Obligations exceeds the Aggregate
Class A Funding Requirements;
(B) in no event shall any Issuing Lender issue any Letter of Credit having an
expiration date after the Maturity Date unless and until the Extension Date has occurred;
(C) Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower shall not request any Letter of Credit if,
after giving effect to such issuance, the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the lesser of
(A) any limit established by Law after the Restatement Effective Date on the Issuing
Lender’s ability to issue the requested Letter of Credit or (B) $250,000,000; and
(D) prior to the issuance of any Letter of Credit the Issuing Lender shall request
confirmation by telephone from the Administrative Agent that such Letter of Credit may be
issued and shall have received electronic confirmation from the Administrative Agent to that
effect. Letters of Credit may be denominated in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency as
requested by Borrower (the currency shall be deemed to be Dollars unless specifically
requested by Borrower); provided that in respect of any Letter of Credit issued in
an Alternative Currency, (A) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to xxxx to market
the exposure associated with such Letters of Credit at such time intervals, and using such
methods, as the Administrative Agent may determine in its discretion, and (B) all fees
payable in respect of such Letters of Credit shall continue to be payable in Dollars.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuing Lender shall not be obligated to issue any Letter of
Credit if:
(A) on or prior to the Business Day immediately preceding the issuance thereof any
Class A Lender has notified the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender in writing that
the conditions set forth in Section 8.3 have not been satisfied with respect to the
issuance of such Letter of Credit;
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(B) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Agency or arbitrator shall by its
terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Issuing Lender from issuing such Letter of Credit,
or any Law applicable to the Issuing Lender or any request or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) from any Governmental Agency with jurisdiction over the Issuing
Lender shall prohibit, or request that the Issuing Lender refrain from, the issuance of
letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the
Issuing Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital
requirement (for which the Issuing Lender are not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in
effect on the Restatement Effective Date, or shall impose upon the Issuing Lender any
unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Restatement Effective
Date and which the Issuing Lender in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it;
(C) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the
Issuing Lender;
(D) the Issuing Lender does not as of the issuance date of such requested Letter of
Credit issue Letters of Credit in the requested currency;
(E) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of
Credit Expiration Date, unless all of the Lenders have approved such expiry date; or
(F) a default of any Lender’s obligations to fund under Section 2.6(c) or any
other provision of this Agreement exists or any Lender is at such time an Impacted Lender,
unless the applicable Issuing Lender has entered into arrangements satisfactory to such
Issuing Lender with Borrower or such Lender to eliminate such Issuing Lender’s risk with
respect to such Lender.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of
Borrower or any Co-Borrower delivered to the Issuing Lender (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a
Responsible Official of Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower. Each Letter of Credit Application
submitted by Borrower (or any Co-Borrower) shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that
the conditions specified in Section 8.3 have been satisfied on and as of the date of the
issuance of the Letter of Credit requested thereby. Such Letter of Credit Application must be
received by the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m., Las Vegas
time, at least three Business Days (or such later date and time as the Issuing Lender may agree in
a particular instance in its sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of
amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of
Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the
Issuing Lender: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a
Business Day); (B) the amount and currency thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and
address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case
of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be
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presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as
the Issuing Lender may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding
Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory
to the Issuing Lender (W) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (X) the proposed date of amendment
thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (Y) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (Z) such
other matters as the Issuing Lender may require. Additionally, Borrower (or the applicable
Co-Borrower) shall furnish to the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent such other documents
and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any
Issuer Documents, as the Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the Issuing Lender will
confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent
has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower
and, if not, the Issuing Lender will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Upon
receipt by the Issuing Lender of confirmation from the Administrative Agent that the requested
issuance or amendment is permitted in accordance with the terms hereof, then, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, the Issuing Lender shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit
for the account of Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower or enter into the applicable amendment, as
the case may be, in each case in accordance with the Issuing Lender’s usual and customary business
practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Class A Lender shall be
deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Issuing Lender a
risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to (a) the amount of such Letter of
Credit times (b) that Lender’s Class A Percentage.
(iii) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of
Credit to an advising Lender with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the Issuing Lender
will also deliver to Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and
complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under
such Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall notify Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower and the
Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative
Currency, Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower shall reimburse the Issuing Lender in such
Alternative Currency, unless (A) the Issuing Lender (at its option) shall have specified in such
notice that it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or (B) in the absence of any such requirement
for reimbursement in Dollars, Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower shall have notified the Issuing
Lender promptly following receipt of the notice of drawing that Borrower or the relevant Co
—Borrower will reimburse the Issuing Lender in Dollars. In the case of any such reimbursement in
Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Issuing
Lender shall notify Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of
the drawing promptly following the determination thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m., Las Vegas
time, on the date of any payment by the Issuing Lender under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in
Dollars, or the Applicable Time
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on the date of any payment by the Issuing Lender under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in
an Alternative Currency (each such date, an “Honor Date”), Borrower or the relevant
Co-Borrower shall reimburse the Issuing Lender through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal
to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency. If Borrower or the relevant
Co-Borrower fails to so reimburse that Issuing Lender by such time, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Class A Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing
(expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of
Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency) (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount
of such Lender’s Class A Percentage in respect thereof. In such event, Borrower shall be deemed to
have requested a Base Rate Loan under the Class A Funding Requirements to be disbursed on the Honor
Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples
specified in Section 2.1(i) for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the
amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Class A Funding Requirements and the conditions
set forth in Section 8.2 (other than the delivery of a Request for Loan). Any notice given
by an Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.6(c)(i) may be
given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an
immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Class A Lender (including any Class A Lender acting as Issuing Lender) shall upon
any notice pursuant to Section 2.6(c)(i) make funds available, in Dollars, to the
Administrative Agent for the account of that Issuing Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office in
an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m., Las
Vegas time, on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon,
subject to the provisions of Section 2.6(c)(iii), each Class A Lender that so makes funds
available shall be deemed to have made a Advance to Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower in such
amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to that Issuing Lender in
Dollars.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Base Rate Loan
because the conditions set forth in Section 8.2 cannot be satisfied or for any other
reason, Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the Issuing
Lender an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which
L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest
at the Default Rate. In such event, each Class A Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2.6(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in
respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such
Class A Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.6.
(iv) Until each Class A Lender funds its Advance or L/C Advance pursuant to this
Section 2.6(c) to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any amount drawn under any Letter of
Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely for the
account of the Issuing Lender.
(v) Each Class A Lender’s obligation to make Advances or L/C Advances to reimburse the Issuing
Lender for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this
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Section 2.6(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which
such Lender may have against the Issuing Lender, Borrower, any Co-Borrower or any other Person for
any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence,
event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided,
however, that each Class A Lender’s obligation to make Advances pursuant to this
Section 2.6(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 8.2 (other than
delivery by Borrower or any Co-Borrower of a Request for Loan). No such making of an L/C Advance
shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower to
reimburse the Issuing Lender for the amount of any payment made by that Issuing Lender under any
Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Class A Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account
of an Issuing Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this Section 2.6(c) by the time specified in Section 2.6(c)(ii), that
Issuing Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative
Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is
required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to that Issuing Lender at a
rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. A certificate of the
Issuing Lender submitted to any Class A Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to
any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after any Issuing Lender has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has
received from any Class A Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance
with Section 2.6(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of that Issuing
Lender any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether
directly from Borrower, or the relevant Co-Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash
Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute
to such Lender its Class A Percentage thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest
payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in
Dollars and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender
pursuant to Section 2.6(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances
described in Section 11.27 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by that
Issuing Lender in its discretion), each Class A Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the Issuing Lender its Class A Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative
Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by
such Class A Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in
effect. The obligations of the Class A Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full
of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of Borrower and the Co-Borrowers to
reimburse the Issuing Lender for each drawing under Letters of Credit and to repay each L/C
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Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this
Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, set-off, defense or other right
that Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower may have at any time against any
beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any
such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the Issuing Lender or any
other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions
contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument
relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such
Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any
respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any
loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to
make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by the Issuing Lender under such Letter of Credit against
presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms
of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the Issuing Lender under such
Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy,
debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or
other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such
Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any
Debtor Relief Law;
(v) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of
the relevant Alternative Currency to Borrower or the relevant Co Borrower or in the
relevant currency markets generally; or
(vi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to
any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, Borrower or the relevant Co
Borrower.
Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and
each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with
Borrower’s or the relevant Co-Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, Borrower or the
relevant Co-Borrower will immediately notify the Issuing Lender. Borrower or the relevant
Co-Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the Issuing Lender
and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role of the Issuing Lender. Each Lender, Borrower and each of the Co-Borrowers
agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall not have any
responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and
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documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the
validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering
any such document. None of the Issuing Lender, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective
correspondents, participants or assignees of the Issuing Lender shall be liable to any Lender for
(i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the
Lenders or the Requisite Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of
gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or
enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit
Application. Borrower and the relevant Co-Borrower hereby assume all risks of the acts or
omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit;
provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude
Borrower’s or the relevant Co-Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against
the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Issuing Lender, any
Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the
Issuing Lender, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses
(i) through (v) of Section 2.6(e); provided, however, that
anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower may
have a claim against the Issuing Lender, and that Issuing Lender may be liable to Borrower or the
relevant Co-Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to
consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower which such
Borrower or such Co-Borrower proves were caused by that Issuing Lender’s willful misconduct or
gross negligence or that Issuing Lender’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after
the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying
with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the
foregoing, the Issuing Lender may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order,
without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the
contrary, and the Issuing Lender shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any
instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the
rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be
invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(g) Cash Collateral. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (i) if the Issuing
Lender has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing
has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C
Obligation remains outstanding, or (iii) if, at any time, any Class A Lender is an Impacted Lender
(but only to the extent of the unfunded portion of such Impacted Lender’s share of such L/C
Obligation), Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize the then
outstanding amount of the Letter of Credit Usage (in an amount equal to such outstanding amount
determined as of the date of such L/C Borrowing or the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, as the
case may be). In addition, the Administrative Agent may, at any time and from time to time after
the initial deposit of Cash Collateral, request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in
order to protect against the results of exchange rate fluctuations. For purposes hereof, “Cash
Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Issuing Lender and the Class A Lenders, as collateral for the then outstanding
amount of the Letter of Credit Usage, Cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender (which documents
are hereby consented to by the Class A Lenders). Derivatives of such
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term have corresponding meanings. Borrower and Co-Borrowers hereby grant to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Lender and the Lenders, a security interest in
all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Any
Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of
America.
(h) Applicability of ISP98 and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by an Issuing
Lender and Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the Rules of
the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law
& Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance) shall apply
to each Standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the Rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for
Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the
time of issuance shall apply to each Commercial Letter of Credit.
(i) Conflict with Letter of Credit Application. In the event of any conflict between
the terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit Application, the terms hereof shall control.
(j) Fees for Modifications. The issuance of any supplement, modification, amendment,
renewal, or extension to or of any Letter of Credit shall be treated in all respects the same as
the issuance of a new Letter of Credit, except that the issuance fees payable to Bank of America as
an Issuing Lender shall be payable as set forth in the letter agreement referred to in Section
3.4.
SECTION 2.7 Swing Line. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
from the Restatement Effective Date through the day prior to the Maturity Date (and, after the
occurrence of the Extension Date, the day prior to the Extended Maturity Date) any Lenders
hereafter designated as Swing Line Lenders pursuant to the terms of this Agreement may, in their
sole discretion, elect to make Swing Line Loans to Borrower and each of the Co-Borrowers in such
amounts as they may request which do not result in the Class A Revolving Obligations being in
excess of the Aggregate Class A Funding Requirements, provided that:
(i) after giving effect to each Swing Line Loan, the aggregate principal amount of the
Swing Line Outstandings shall not exceed $150,000,000;
(ii) no Swing Line Lender shall be obligated to permit the aggregate principal amount
of the Swing Line Outstanding owed to that Swing Line Lender to exceed any limit set forth
in the Swing Line Documents executed in favor of that Swing Line Lender;
(iii) without the consent of all of the Lenders, no Swing Line Loan may be made during
the continuation of an Event of Default;
(iv) prior to the making of the initial Swing Line Loan by the relevant Swing Line
Lender, Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower shall have provided the relevant Swing Line
Lender with a note or other Swing Line Documents in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to that Swing Line Lender; and
(v) the relevant Swing Line Lender has not given at least twenty-four hours prior
notice to Borrower that availability under the Swing Line is suspended or
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terminated. Borrower and the Co-Borrowers may borrow, repay and reborrow under this
Section.
Unless notified to the contrary by the Administrative Agent, borrowings under the Swing Line may be
made in amounts which are integral multiples of $100,000 upon telephonic request by a Responsible
Official of Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower made to the Administrative Agent (and to the
relevant Swing Line Lender, if the Swing Line Lender is not Bank of America) not later than 1:00
p.m., Las Vegas time, on the Business Day of the requested borrowing (which telephonic request
shall be promptly confirmed in writing by telecopier), provided that if the requested Swing
Line Loan is to be credited to an account which is not with the Swing Line Lender, the request must
be submitted by 11:30 a.m., Las Vegas time. Promptly after receipt of such a request for
borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall provide telephonic verification to the relevant Swing
Line Lender that, after giving effect to such request, the Class A Revolving Obligations will not
exceed the then effective Aggregate Class A Funding Requirements (and such verification shall be
promptly confirmed in writing by telecopier or by email). Unless notified to the contrary by the
relevant Swing Line Lender, each repayment of a Swing Line Loan shall be in an amount which is an
integral multiple of $100,000. If Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower instructs a Swing Line
Lender to debit its demand deposit account at that Swing Line Lender in the amount of any payment
with respect to a Swing Line Loan, or that Swing Line Lender otherwise receives repayment, after
3:00 p.m., Las Vegas time, on a Business Day, such payment shall be deemed received on the next
Business Day. Each Swing Line Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the Swing
Line Outstandings each time there is a change therein or if it suspends or terminates availability
under its Swing Line
(b) Swing Line Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum agreed to from time to time by
Borrower and the relevant Swing Line Lender. Interest shall be payable on such dates, as may be
specified by the relevant Swing Line Lender and in any event on the Maturity Date (and if the
Extension Date occurs on the Extended Maturity Date). Each Swing Line Lender shall be responsible
for invoicing Borrower or the relevant Co Borrower for such interest on Swing Line Loans made by
it. Interest payable on each Swing Line Loan is solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender
making that Swing Line Loan (subject to clause (d) below).
(c) A Swing Line Loan shall be payable within five Business Days after demand made by the
relevant Swing Line Lender and in any event on the date when all other Obligations are due.
(d) Upon the making of a Swing Line Loan in accordance with Section 2.7(a), each Class
A Lender shall be deemed to have purchased from the relevant Swing Line Lender a participation
therein in an amount equal to that Lender’s Class A Percentage of the Aggregate Class A Funding
Requirements times the amount of the Swing Line Loan. Upon demand made by the relevant
Swing Line Lender through the Administrative Agent, each Class A Lender shall, according to its
Class A Percentage, promptly provide to such Swing Line Lender its purchase price therefor in an
amount equal to its participation therein. The obligation of each Class A Lender to so provide its
purchase price to a Swing Line Lender shall be absolute and unconditional (subject only to the
making of a demand upon that Class A Lender by such Swing Line Lender) and shall not be affected by
the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default; provided that no Class A Lender shall be
obligated to purchase (i) Swing Line Loans to the
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extent that the aggregate Swing Line Outstandings are in excess of $150,000,000 or to the
extent that the Class A Revolving Obligations exceed the Aggregate Class A Funding Requirements and
(ii) any Swing Line Loan made (absent the consent of all of the Class A Lenders at any time when
the applicable conditions set forth in Section 8.2 have not been satisfied). Each Class A
Lender that has provided to a Swing Line Lender the purchase price due for its participation in
Swing Line Loans shall thereupon acquire a pro rata participation, to the extent of
payment, in the claim of such Swing Line Lender against Borrower and the Co-Borrowers for principal
and interest and shall share, in accordance with that pro rata participation, in
any principal payment made by Borrower or the Co-Borrowers with respect to such claim and in any
interest payment made by Borrower or the Co-Borrowers (but only with respect to periods subsequent
to the date such Class A Lender paid the Swing Line Lender its purchase price) with respect to such
claim.
(e) Upon any demand for payment of the Swing Line Outstandings by a Swing Line Lender (unless
Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower has made other arrangements acceptable to such Swing Line
Lender to reduce the Swing Line Outstandings to $0), Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower, as
applicable, shall request a Class A Loan pursuant to Section 2.3 sufficient to repay all
Swing Line Outstandings to that Swing Line Lender. In each case, the Administrative Agent shall
automatically provide the respective Advances made by each Class A Lender to the relevant Swing
Line Lender (which such Swing Line Lender shall then apply to the Swing Line Outstandings). In the
event that Borrower and the Co-Borrowers fail to request a Loan within the time specified by
Section 2.3 on any such date, the Administrative Agent may, but is not required to, without
notice to or the consent of Borrower or the Co-Borrowers, cause Advances to be made by the Class A
Lenders under their respective Class A Funding Requirements in amounts which are sufficient to
reduce the Swing Line Outstandings as required above. The conditions precedent set forth in
Article 8 shall not apply to Advances to be made by the Class A Lenders pursuant to the three
preceding sentences but the Class A Lenders shall not be obligated to make such Advances to the
extent that the conditions set forth in Section 2.7(a)(i), (ii) and (iii)
were not satisfied as to any Swing Line Loan which is part of such Swing Line Outstandings. The
proceeds of such Advances shall be paid directly to the Swing Line Lender for application to the
Swing Line Outstandings.
SECTION 2.8 Reserved.
SECTION 2.9 Co-Borrowers. Detroit shall continue to have the right to request Loans,
Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit through the Administrative Agent directly from the Lenders,
the Swing Line Lenders and the Issuing Lender, subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein. From time to time following the Restatement Effective Date and upon such prior notice as
reasonably requested by Administrative Agent, Borrower may designate one or more Guarantors which
are United States domestic Persons to be additional joint and several direct Co-Borrowers hereunder
by written request to the Administrative Agent accompanied by (a) an executed Assumption Agreement
and appropriate Notes (to the extent requested by any Lender) executed by the designated Guarantor,
(b) a certificate of good standing of the designated Guarantor in the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization, (c) a certified resolution authorizing the execution and delivery of
the Assumption Agreement and such Notes, (d) a written consent to the Assumption Agreement executed
by each other Guarantor, (e) appropriate written legal opinions with respect to the Co-Borrower and
the Assumption Agreement and (f) such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested
by the
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Administrative Agent
or any Lender in order for the Administrative Agent or such Lender to carry out and be
satisfied it has complied with the results of all necessary “know your customer” or other similar
checks under the Act and under similar regulations. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
the Lenders of such request, together with copies of such of the foregoing as any Lender may
request and the designated Guarantor shall become a Co-Borrower hereunder. Notwithstanding the
other provisions of this Section 2.9, (i) each Loan and Letter of Credit made hereunder to
Detroit or any other Co-Borrower shall be used solely and directly to finance and/or refinance the
development, construction or operation of hotel/casino properties owned by that Co-Borrower, and
(ii) the liability of Detroit is limited to that portion of the Obligations which are actually
borrowed or received by Detroit and shall reduce from time to time in the manner set forth in the
Detroit Orders.
SECTION 2.10 Reduction of the Aggregate Class A Funding Requirements.
(a) Borrower and the Co-Borrowers shall have the right, at any time and from time to time,
without penalty or charge, upon at least three Business Days’ prior written notice by a Responsible
Official of Borrower and the Co-Borrowers to the Administrative Agent, voluntarily to reduce,
permanently and irrevocably, in aggregate principal amounts in an integral multiple of $1,000,000
(but in the case of reductions, not less than $5,000,000), or to terminate, all or a portion of the
then undisbursed portion of the Aggregate Class A Funding Requirements (ratably as to each Class A
Lender); provided that the Aggregate Class A Funding Requirements may not be so reduced to
an amount which is less than the then outstanding Class A Revolving Obligations.
(b) Each reduction in the amount of the Aggregate Class A Funding Requirements shall result in
a corresponding reduction in the amount of the Revolving Commitment.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of any reduction or termination
of the Commitments under this Section.
SECTION 2.11 Optional Termination of Commitments. Following the occurrence of a
Change in Control, the Requisite Lenders may in their sole and absolute discretion elect to
terminate the Commitments during the sixty day period immediately subsequent to the later
of (a) such occurrence or (b) the earlier of (i) receipt of written notice to the
Administrative Agent of the Change in Control from Borrower and the Co-Borrowers, or (ii) if no
such notice has been received by the Administrative Agent, the date upon which the Administrative
Agent has actual knowledge thereof. In the event that the Lenders elect to so terminate the
Commitments, the Commitments shall be terminated effective on the date which is sixty days
subsequent to written notice from the Administrative Agent to Borrower and the Co-Borrowers
thereof.
SECTION 2.12 Administrative Agent’s Right to Assume Funds Available for Advances.
Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender no later than 10:00 a.m.,
Las Vegas time, on the Business Day of the proposed funding by the Administrative Agent of any Loan
that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s
portion of the total amount of such Loan, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has
made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on the date of the Loan and the
Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to
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Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower a corresponding amount. If the Administrative Agent has
made funds available to Borrower or a Co-Borrower based on such assumption and such corresponding
amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender, the Administrative
Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender. If such
Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand
therefor, the Administrative Agent promptly shall notify Borrower or that Co-Borrower who shall pay
such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent also shall be
entitled to recover from such Lender interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day
from the date such corresponding amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to Borrower
or the Co-Borrowers to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent,
at a rate per annum equal to the daily Federal Funds Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to
relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its share of the Commitments or to prejudice any
rights which the Administrative Agent, Borrower or any Co-Borrower may have against any Lender as a
result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
SECTION 2.13 Senior Indebtedness. The Obligations shall be and hereby are designated
as “Senior Indebtedness” and “Senior Obligations” of Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries with respect to all Subordinated Obligations, and Borrower shall promptly provide to
the trustee or other representative of the holders of each class of Subordinated Obligations any
certificate, designation or other writing which is required by the terms of the indenture or other
instrument evidencing any Subordinated Obligations to so designate the Obligations.
ARTICLE 3
PAYMENTS AND FEES
PAYMENTS AND FEES
SECTION 3.1 Principal and Interest.
(a) Interest shall be payable on the outstanding daily unpaid principal amount of each Advance
from the date thereof until payment in full is made and shall accrue and be payable at the rates
set forth or provided for herein before and after Default, before and after maturity, before and
after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Law, with interest on overdue principal and interest at the Default Rate to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable Laws.
(b) Interest accrued on each Base Rate Loan on each Quarterly Payment Date shall be due and
payable on that day. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.8, the unpaid
principal amount of any Base Rate Loan shall bear interest at a fluctuating rate per annum equal to
the Base Rate plus the applicable Base Rate Margin. Each change in the interest rate under this
Section 3.1(b) due to a change in the Base Rate shall take effect simultaneously with the
corresponding change in the Base Rate.
(c) Interest accrued on each LIBOR Loan shall be due and payable on the date which is one
month after the date such LIBOR Loan was made (and, every month thereafter through the last day of
the Interest Period) and on the last day of the related Interest Period. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 3.8, the unpaid principal amount of any LIBOR Loan shall bear
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interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR for that LIBOR Loan plus the applicable
LIBOR Margin.
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, the Class A-2 Lenders, Class C Lenders and Class E Lenders
shall receive the different interest rate margins and Letter of Credit Fees from the A-1 Lenders,
the Class B Lenders and the Class D Lenders, as specified in the definition of “Applicable Rates.”
(e) If not sooner paid, the principal Indebtedness under the Commitments shall be payable as
follows:
(i) the amount, if any, by which the Class A Revolving Obligations at any time
exceed the Aggregate Class A Funding Requirements shall be payable immediately;
(ii) the Obligations shall be payable in their entirety on the Maturity Date,
provided that, subject to the fulfillment of the conditions set forth in
Section 12.2, the Class A-2 Lenders, Class C Lenders and Class E Lenders
agree that this subsection (ii) is subject to the provisions of Section 2.2
(but that the Obligations owed to the Class A-2 Lenders, the Class C Lenders and the
Class E Lenders shall in any event be due and payable in full on the Extended
Maturity Date).
(f) The Loans and Advances made hereunder may, at any time and from time to time, voluntarily
be paid or prepaid in whole or in part without premium or penalty, except that with respect
to any voluntary prepayment under this Section 3.1(f), (i) any partial prepayment shall be
not less than $5,000,000, or in integral multiples of $1,000,000 which are in excess of $5,000,000,
(ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice of any prepayment by 9:00 a.m.,
Las Vegas time, on the Business Day prior to the date of prepayment (which must be a Business Day)
in the case of a Base Rate Loan, and, in the case of a LIBOR Loan, three Business Days before the
date of prepayment, which notice shall identify the date and amount of the prepayment and the
Loan(s) being prepaid, (iii) each prepayment of principal on any LIBOR Loan shall be accompanied by
payment of interest accrued to the date of payment on the amount of principal paid and (iv) any
payment or prepayment of all or any part of any LIBOR Loan on a day other than the last day of the
applicable Interest Period shall be subject to Section 3.7(e). Notwithstanding the
foregoing sentence, the making of the Required Prepayments shall not result in any payments being
due under Section 3.7(e). Promptly following receipt of a notice of prepayment under clause (ii)
above, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender by telephone or telecopier (and if by
telephone, promptly confirmed by telecopier) of the date and amount thereof.
(g) [Reserved].
(h) If Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Disposes of the Detroit Collateral
(other than such Dispositions of personal or obsolete property in the ordinary course of business
and consistent with historical practice) pursuant to Section 6.9(g), Borrower and Detroit
shall, within five days of the receipt of the proceeds of such Disposition, prepay the Loans and
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permanently reduce the Commitments hereunder in an amount of not less than the Detroit
Disposition Prepayment Amount (with such prepayments of the Loans and reduction of the
Commitments to be applied first to the Detroit Loans and thereafter to the Loans of Borrower). Any
amounts so repaid may be reborrowed only with the prior written consent of Requisite Lenders.
(i) Except as otherwise provided in clause (h) above, Borrower shall, within ten days of the
receipt thereof, use 50% of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition pursuant to Section
6.9(h) and any other Disposition not otherwise permitted under Section 6.9 to prepay
the Loans and permanently reduce the Aggregate Class A Funding Requirements hereunder,
provided that, Net Cash Proceeds shall exclude all sums paid to retire Indebtedness
attributable to the asset which is the subject of the Disposition. The application of the
prepayments required by this clause (i) shall be made in the manner contemplated by Section 3.1(i)
of the Existing Loan Agreement (i.e., on a pro rata basis to the Term Loans and to the Revolving
Commitments), it being understood that (A) the portion of such prepayments allocable to the Term
Loans shall be applied ratably to the then outstanding Class D Loans and Class E Loans, and (B)
that the portion of such prepayments allocable to the Revolving Commitments shall be applied
ratably to reduce the Class A Funding Requirements, the Class B Loans and the Class C Loans.
(j) Within ten days following the issuance of any Indebtedness pursuant to Section
6.7(i), unless otherwise waived by the Requisite Lenders, Borrower shall use 50% of the Net
Cash Proceeds in excess of the first $250,000,000 in aggregate Net Cash Proceeds following the
Restatement Effective Date to permanently prepay the Loans, applied ratably to the then outstanding
Loans by Class (for this purpose, treating the Class A Funding Requirement as being fully
outstanding as Class A Loans) and, to the extent applied to the Class A Loans, shall permanently
reduce the Aggregate Class A Funding Requirement.
(k) Upon the incurrence of any Indebtedness pursuant to Section 6.7 (j) that results
in Net Cash Proceeds that are not utilized concurrently (or in any event, that are not utilized
within the ten day period set forth in this Section 3.1(k)) to repay, prepay or refinance
Interim Maturities, Borrower shall, unless waived by the Requisite Lenders, within ten days of the
receipt thereof, use 100% of such unutilized Net Cash Proceeds to prepay the Class A Loans (but
without any reduction of the Class A Funding Requirements); provided that, any
amounts so prepaid may thereafter be reborrowed by Borrower only to either:
(i) repay or prepay outstanding Interim Maturities pursuant to a Request for
Loan which further shall identify the Interim Maturities to be repaid or prepaid, or
(ii) to prepay the Loans and permanently reduce the Aggregate Class A Funding
Requirements hereunder, applied on a pro rata basis to the Term Loans and to the
Revolving Commitments, it being understood that (A) the portion of such prepayments
allocable to the Term Loans shall be applied ratably to the then outstanding Class D
Loans and Class E Loans, and (B) that the portion of such prepayments allocable to
the Revolving Commitments shall be applied ratably to
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reduce the Class A Funding
Requirements, the Class B Loans and the Class C Loans.
(l) Upon the issuance of any Equity Interests pursuant to Section 6.10(f), Borrower
shall, within ten days of the receipt thereof, use 50% of the Net Cash Proceeds realized in excess
of the first $500,000,000 in aggregate Net Cash Proceeds of any such issuances realized following
the Amendment Effective Date to prepay the Loans and permanently reduce the Aggregate Class A
Funding Requirements hereunder, applied on a pro rata basis to the Term Loans and to the Revolving
Commitments, it being understood that (A) the portion of such prepayments allocable to the Term
Loans shall be applied ratably to the then outstanding Class D Loans and Class E Loans, and (B)
that the portion of such prepayments allocable to the Revolving Commitments shall be applied
ratably to reduce the Class A Funding Requirements, the Class B Loans and the Class C Loans.
SECTION 3.2 [Reserved]
SECTION 3.3 Unused Fees. From the Restatement Effective Date, Borrower and the
Co-Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable accounts of the Class A Lenders
according to their respective Class A Funding Requirements, an unused fee equal to the Unused Fee
Rate in effect from time to time times the difference between (i) the principal amount of
the Aggregate Class A Funding Requirements, and (ii) the aggregate principal amount Class A
Revolving Obligations (including the Letters of Credit), other than the Swing Line
Outstandings (the “Unused Fee”). The Unused Fees shall be payable quarterly in arrears on
each Quarterly Payment Date, on the Maturity Date, on the Extension Date, on the Extended Maturity
Date and upon the date of any partial reduction or termination of the Class A Funding Requirements
pursuant to Sections 2.10, 2.11 or 11.24.
SECTION 3.4 Letter of Credit Fees. With respect to each Letter of Credit, Borrower
and the Co-Borrowers shall pay the following fees:
(a) concurrently with the issuance of each Standby Letter of Credit, any letter of
credit issuance fee agreed to between Borrower, the relevant Co-Borrower and the Issuing
Lender, which fee shall be for the sole account of that Issuing Lender (in the case of Bank
of America, as an Issuing Lender, in the amount set forth in a letter agreement between
Borrower and Bank of America);
(b) to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Class A Lenders in accordance
with their respective Class A Funding Requirements, in Dollars, a standby letter of credit
fee in an amount equal to the applicable Standby Letter of Credit Fee per annum
times the Dollar Equivalent of the daily amount available to be drawn under such
Standby Letter of Credit (the amount available to be drawn on such Letter of Credit shall be
determined in accordance with Section 1.7), which standby letter of credit fee shall
be (i) due and payable on each Quarterly Payment Date, commencing with the first such date
to occur after the issuance of such Standby Letter of Credit, on the Maturity Date, on the
Extension Date and on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (ii)
computed on a quarterly basis in arrears provided that if there is any change in the
Standby Letter of Credit Fee during any quarter, the daily amount available to be
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drawn under each Standby Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Standby Letter
of Credit Fee separately for each period during such quarter that such Standby Letter of
Credit Fee was in effect; and
(c) concurrently with each issuance, negotiation, drawing or amendment of each
Commercial Letter of Credit, to the Issuing Lender for the sole account of that Issuing
Lender, issuance, negotiation, drawing and amendment fees in the amounts set forth from time
to time as that Issuing Lender’s published scheduled fees for such services.
SECTION 3.5 Agency Fees. On March 16, 2010, and annually thereafter on each March
16, Borrower and the Co-Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent an agency fee in such
amounts as heretofore agreed upon by letter agreement between Borrower and Bank of America and Banc
of America Securities LLC. The agency fee is for the services to be performed by the
Administrative Agent in acting as Administrative Agent and is fully earned on the date paid. The
agency fee paid to the Administrative Agent is solely for its own account and is nonrefundable.
SECTION 3.6 Increased Commitment Costs. If any Lender shall determine in good faith
that the introduction after the Restatement Effective Date of any applicable law, rule, regulation
or guideline regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein or any change in the interpretation
or administration thereof by any central bank or other Governmental Agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by such Lender (or its LIBOR Lending
Office) or any corporation controlling the Lender, with any request, guideline or directive
regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of Law) of any such central bank or
other authority, affects or would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be
maintained by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender and (taking into consideration
such Lender’s or such corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy and such Lender’s
desired return on capital) determines in good faith that the amount of such capital is increased,
or the rate of return on capital is reduced, as a consequence of its obligations under this
Agreement, then, within ten Business Days after demand of such Lender, Borrower and the
Co-Borrowers shall pay to such Lender, from time to time as specified in good faith by such Lender,
additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender in light of such circumstances, to the
extent reasonably allocable to such obligations under this Agreement, provided that
Borrower and the Co-Borrowers shall not be obligated to pay any such amount which arose prior to
the date which is ninety days preceding the date of such demand or is attributable to periods prior
to the date which is ninety days preceding the date of such demand. Each Lender’s determination of
such amounts shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. Any request for compensation by
a Lender under this Section shall set forth the basis upon which it has been determined that such
an amount is due from Borrower and the Co-Borrowers, a calculation of the amount due, and a
certification that the corresponding costs or diminished rate of return on capital have been
incurred or sustained by the Lender. If Borrower and the Co-Borrowers become obligated to pay a
material amount under this Section to any Lender, that Lender will be subject to removal in
accordance with Section 11.24; provided that Borrower and the Co-Borrowers shall
have paid such amount to that Lender and that Borrower and the Co-Borrowers, within the thirty day
period following the date of such payment, shall have notified that Lender in writing of their
intent to so remove the Lender.
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SECTION 3.7 LIBOR Costs and Related Matters. (a) In the event that any Governmental
Agency imposes on any Lender any reserve or comparable requirement (including any
emergency, supplemental or other reserve) with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of
or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as “eurocurrency
liabilities”) of that Lender, Borrower or the relevant Co-Borrower shall pay that Lender within
five Business Days after demand all amounts necessary to compensate such Lender (determined as
though such Lender’s LIBOR Lending Office had funded 100% of its LIBOR Advance in the Designated
Market) in respect of the imposition of such reserve requirements. The Lender’s determination of
such amount shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
(b) If, after the Restatement Effective Date, the existence or occurrence of any Special
Eurodollar Circumstance:
(i) shall subject any Lender or its LIBOR Lending Office to any tax, duty or
other charge or cost with respect to any LIBOR Advance, any of its Notes evidencing
LIBOR Advances or its obligation to make LIBOR Advances, or shall change the basis
of taxation of payments to any Lender attributable to the principal of or interest
on any LIBOR Advance or any other amounts due under this Agreement in respect of any
LIBOR Advance, any of its Notes evidencing LIBOR Advances or its obligation to make
LIBOR Advances, excluding (i) taxes imposed on or measured in whole or in
part by its overall net income, gross income or gross receipts, (ii) franchise taxes
imposed by (A) any jurisdiction (or political subdivision thereof) in which it is
organized or maintains its principal office or LIBOR Lending Office or (B) any
jurisdiction (or political subdivision thereof) in which it is “doing business,” and
(iii) any withholding taxes or other taxes based on gross income imposed by the
United States of America for any period with respect to which it has failed to
provide Borrower or the relevant Co- Borrower with the appropriate form or forms
required by Section 11.21, to the extent such forms are then available under
applicable Laws;
(ii) shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve not applicable or
deemed applicable on the Restatement Effective Date (including any reserve
imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, special deposit,
capital or similar requirements against assets of, deposits with or for the account
of, or credit extended by, any Lender or its LIBOR Lending Office); or
(iii) shall impose on any Lender or its LIBOR Lending Office or the Designated
Market any other condition affecting any LIBOR Advance, any of its Notes evidencing
LIBOR Advances, its obligation to make LIBOR Advances or this Agreement, or shall
otherwise affect any of the same;
(iv) and the result of any of the foregoing, as determined in good faith by
such Lender, increases the cost to such Lender or its LIBOR Lending Office of making
or maintaining any LIBOR Advance or in respect of any LIBOR Advance, any of its
Notes evidencing LIBOR Advances or its obligation to make LIBOR Advances or reduces
the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or its LIBOR Lending
Office with respect to any LIBOR Advance,
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any of its Notes evidencing LIBOR Advances
or its obligation to make LIBOR Advances (assuming such Lender’s LIBOR Lending
Office had funded 100% of its LIBOR Advance in the Designated Market), then, within
five Business Days
after demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), Borrower
and the Co-Borrowers shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as
will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction (determined as
though such Lender’s LIBOR Lending Office had funded 100% of its LIBOR Advance in
the Designated Market). A statement of any Lender claiming compensation under this
clause (b) and setting forth in reasonable detail the additional amount or amounts
to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
(c) If, after the Restatement Effective Date, the existence or occurrence of any Special
Eurodollar Circumstance shall, in the good faith opinion of any Lender, make it unlawful or
impossible for such Lender or its LIBOR Lending Office to make, maintain or fund its portion of any
LIBOR Advance or materially restrict the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take
deposits of, Dollars in the Designated Market, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon
LIBOR, and such Lender shall so notify the Administrative Agent, then such Lender’s obligation to
make LIBOR Advances shall be suspended for the duration of such illegality or impossibility and the
Administrative Agent forthwith shall give notice thereof to the other Lenders, Borrower and the
Co-Borrowers. Upon receipt of such notice, the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s LIBOR
Advances, together with accrued interest thereon, automatically shall be converted to Base Rate
Advances on either (1) the last day of the Interest Period(s) applicable to such LIBOR Advances if
such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain and fund such LIBOR Advances to such day(s) or (2)
immediately if such Lender may not lawfully continue to fund and maintain such LIBOR Advances to
such day(s), provided that in such event the conversion shall not be subject to payment of
a prepayment fee under clause (e) of this Section. Each Lender agrees to endeavor promptly to
notify Borrower and the Co-Borrowers of any event occurring after the Restatement Effective Date of
which it has actual knowledge, which will cause that Lender to notify the Administrative Agent
under this Section, and agrees to designate a different LIBOR Lending Office if such designation
will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender,
otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender. In the event that any Lender is unable,
for the reasons set forth above, to make, maintain or fund its portion of any LIBOR Loan or
Advance, such Lender shall fund such amount as a Base Rate Advance for the same period of time, and
such amount shall be treated in all respects as a Base Rate Advance. Any Lender whose obligation
to make LIBOR Advances has been suspended under this Section shall promptly notify the
Administrative Agent and Borrower of the cessation of the Special Eurodollar Circumstance which
gave rise to such suspension.
(d) If, with respect to any proposed LIBOR Loan:
(i) the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that, by reason of
circumstances affecting the Designated Market generally that are beyond the
reasonable control of the Lenders, deposits in Dollars (in the applicable amounts)
are not being offered to any Lender in the Designated Market for the applicable
Interest Period; or
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(ii) the Requisite Lenders advise the Administrative Agent that LIBOR as
determined by the Administrative Agent (i) does not represent the effective
pricing to such Lenders for deposits in Dollars in the Designated Market in the
relevant amount for the applicable Interest Period, or (ii) will not adequately and
fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making the applicable LIBOR Advances;
then the Administrative Agent forthwith shall give notice thereof to Borrower or the relevant Co-
Borrower and the Lenders, whereupon until the Administrative Agent notifies Borrower or the
relevant Co-Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, the
obligation of the Lenders to make any future LIBOR Advances shall be suspended unless (but
only if clause (2) above is the basis for such suspension) Borrower and each Co-Borrower notify the
Administrative Agent in writing that they elect to pay the Enhanced LIBOR Margin with respect to
all LIBOR Loans made during such period.
(e) Upon payment or prepayment of any LIBOR Advance (other than as the result
of a conversion required under clause (c) of this Section) on a day other than the last day in the
applicable Interest Period (whether voluntarily, involuntarily, by reason of acceleration, or
otherwise), or upon the failure of Borrower or any Co-Borrower (for a reason other than the failure
of a Lender to make an Advance) to borrow on the date or in the amount specified for a LIBOR
Advance in any Request for Loan, or upon the failure of Borrower or any Co-Borrower to prepay a
LIBOR Loan or Advance on the date specified in a notice of prepayment delivered to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.1(f), Borrower and the Co-Borrowers shall pay to
the appropriate Lender within 10 Business Days after demand a prepayment fee, failure to borrow fee
or failure to prepay fee, as the case may be (determined as though 100% of that Lender’s LIBOR
Advance had been funded in the Designated Market), equal to the sum of:
(i) the principal amount of the LIBOR Advance prepaid or not borrowed or prepaid, as the case
may be, times (the number of days from and including the date of prepayment or failure to
borrow or prepay, as applicable, to but excluding the last day in the applicable Interest Period
divided by 360) times the applicable Interest Differential (provided that
the product of the foregoing formula must be a positive number); plus
(ii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Lender reasonably attributable to such
payment, prepayment or failure to borrow.
Each Lender’s determination of the amount of any prepayment fee, failure to borrow fee or failure
to prepay fee payable under this Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
(f) Each Lender agrees to endeavor promptly to notify Borrower and the Co-Borrowers of any
event of which it has actual knowledge, occurring after the Restatement Effective Date, which will
entitle such Lender to compensation pursuant to clause (a) or clause (b) of this Section, and
agrees to designate a different LIBOR Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for or
reduce the amount of such compensation and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender,
otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender. Any request for compensation by a Lender
under this Section shall set forth the basis upon which it has been
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determined that such an amount
is due from Borrower and the Co-Borrowers, a calculation of the amount due, and a certification
that the corresponding costs have been incurred by the Lender.
(g) If any Lender claims compensation or is excused from making or continuing LIBOR Loans or
Advances under this Section:
(i) Borrower and the Co-Borrowers may at any time, upon at least four Business Days’ prior
notice to the Administrative Agent and such Lender and upon payment in full of the amounts provided
for in this Section through the date of such payment plus any prepayment fee (subject to clause (c)
of this Section) required by clause (e) of this Section, pay in full the affected LIBOR Advances of
such Lender or request that such LIBOR Advances be converted to Base Rate Advances; and
(ii) In the case where Borrower and the Co-Borrowers become obligated to pay a material amount
under this Section to any Lender, that Lender will be subject to removal in accordance with
Section 11.24; provided that Borrower and the Co-Borrowers shall have paid such
amount to that Lender and that Borrower and the Co-Borrowers, within the thirty day period
following the date of such payment, shall have notified that Lender in writing of their intent to
so remove the Lender.
SECTION 3.8 Late Payments. If any installment of principal or interest or any fee or
cost or other amount payable under any Loan Document to the Administrative Agent or any Lender is
not paid when due, it shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at
all times equal to the rate otherwise payable with respect thereto plus 2% per annum (or,
in the case of any Obligations which do not bear stated interest, at the rate then otherwise
applicable to Base Rate Loans plus 2% per annum), to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Laws. Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on
past due interest) shall be compounded monthly, on the last day of each calendar month, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
SECTION 3.9 Computation of Interest and Fees. Computation of interest on Base Rate
Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and the
actual number of days elapsed; computation of interest on LIBOR Loans and all fees under this
Agreement shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days
elapsed. Borrower and the Co-Borrowers acknowledge that such latter calculation method will result
in a higher yield to the Lenders than a method based on a year of 365 or 366 days. Interest shall
accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made; interest shall not accrue on a Loan, or
any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid. Any Loan that is
repaid on the same day on which it is made shall bear interest for one day. Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, interest in excess of the maximum amount permitted by
applicable Laws shall not accrue or be payable hereunder or under the, Notes, and any amount paid
as interest hereunder or under the Notes which would otherwise be in excess of such maximum
permitted amount shall instead be treated as a payment of principal.
SECTION 3.10 Non-Business Days. If any payment to be made by Borrower, any of the
Co-Borrowers or any other Party under any Loan Document shall come due on a day other than a
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Business Day, payment shall instead be considered due on the next succeeding Business Day and the
extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest and fees.
SECTION 3.11 Manner and Treatment of Payments. (a) Each payment hereunder (except
payments pursuant to Sections 3.6, 3.7, 11.3 and 11.11) or on the
Notes or under any other Loan Document shall be made to the Administrative Agent, at the
Administrative Agent’s Office, for the account of each of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent,
as the case may be, in immediately available funds not later than 12:00 noon, Las Vegas time
(other than payments with respect to Swing Line Loans, which must be paid directly to the
relevant Swing Line Lender and received by 3:00 p.m., Las Vegas time), on the day of payment (which
must be a Business Day). All payments received after such time, on any Business Day, shall be
deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day. The amount of all payments received by the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender shall be immediately paid by the Administrative
Agent to the applicable Lender in immediately available funds and, if such payment was received by
the Administrative Agent by 12:00 noon, Las Vegas time, on a Business Day and not so made available
to the account of a Lender on that Business Day, the Administrative Agent shall reimburse that
Lender for the cost to such Lender of funding the amount of such payment at the Federal Funds Rate.
All payments shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America.
(b) Other than the Required Prepayments and fees payable in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Amendment No. 9 and Restatement Agreement, each payment or prepayment on
account of any Loan shall be applied pro rata according to the outstanding Advances
made by the applicable Lender comprising such Loan.
(c) Each Lender shall use its best efforts to keep a record (which may be in tangible or
electronic or other intangible form) of Advances made by it and payments received by it with
respect to each such Advances and such record shall, as against Borrower and the Co- Borrowers, be
presumptive evidence of the amounts owing. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the failure by
any Lender to keep such a record shall not affect Borrower’s and the Co Borrowers’ joint and
several obligations to pay the Obligations.
(d) Each payment of any amount payable by Borrower or any other Party under this Agreement or
any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without reduction by reason of, any
taxes, assessments or other charges imposed by any Governmental Agency, central bank or comparable
authority, excluding (i) taxes imposed on or measured in whole or in part by overall net
income, gross income or gross receipts, (ii) franchise taxes imposed on any Lender by (A) any
jurisdiction (or political subdivision thereof) in which it is organized or maintains its principal
office or LIBOR Lending Office or (B) any jurisdiction (or political subdivision thereof) in which
it is “doing business,” (iii) any withholding taxes or other taxes based on gross income imposed by
the United States of America that are not attributable to any change in any Law or the
interpretation or administration of any Law by any Governmental Agency and (iv) any withholding tax
or other taxes based on gross income imposed by the United States of America for any period with
respect to which it has failed to provide Borrower with the appropriate form or forms required by
Section 11.21, to the extent such forms are then available under applicable Laws (all such
non-excluded taxes, assessments or other charges being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”).
To the extent that Borrower or any other Party is
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obligated by applicable Laws to make any
deduction or withholding on account of Taxes from any amount payable to any Lender under this
Agreement, they shall (i) make such deduction or withholding and pay the same to the relevant
Governmental Agency and (ii) pay such additional
amount to that Lender as is necessary to result in that Lender’s receiving a net after-Tax
amount equal to the amount to which that Lender would have been entitled under this Agreement
absent such deduction or withholding. If and when receipt of such payment results in an excess
payment or credit to that Lender on account of such Taxes, that Lender shall promptly refund such
excess to Borrower or the relevant Party. If Borrower or any such Party becomes obligated to pay a
material amount under this Section to any Lender, that Lender will be subject to removal in
accordance with Section 11.24; provided that Borrower or the relevant Party shall
have paid such amount to that Lender and that Borrower and the Co-Borrowers, within the thirty day
period following the date of such payment, shall have notified that Lender in writing of their
intent to so remove the Lender.
(e) All payments to be made by Borrower or any Co-Borrower shall be made without conditions or
deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.
SECTION 3.12 Funding Sources. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to obligate
any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan or Advance in any particular place or manner or to
constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any
Loan or Advance in any particular place or manner, provided that each Lender which is not a
bank under the laws of the United States or any state thereof severally represents and warrants
that it has obtained the funds for its Advances in compliance with applicable Laws and that the
making of its Advances will not constitute “prohibited transactions” as such term is defined in
ERISA.
SECTION 3.13 Failure to Charge Not Subsequent Waiver. Any decision by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender not to require payment of any interest (including
interest at the Default Rate), fee, cost or other amount payable under any Loan Document, or to
calculate any amount payable by a particular method, on any occasion shall in no way limit or be
deemed a waiver of the Administrative Agent’s or such Lender’s right to require full payment of any
interest (including interest at the Default Rate), fee, cost or other amount payable under
any Loan Document, or to calculate an amount payable by another method that is not inconsistent
with this Agreement, on any other or subsequent occasion.
SECTION 3.14 Administrative Agent’s Right to Assume Payments Will be Made. Unless
Borrower, any Co-Borrower or any Lender has notified the Administrative Agent, prior to the date
any payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent hereunder, that Borrower, such
Co- Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, will not make such payment, the Administrative
Agent may assume that Borrower, such Co-Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely
made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a
corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto. If and to the extent that such payment was
not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds, then:
(a) if Borrower or any Co-Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender shall
forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such
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assumed payment
that was made available to such Lender in immediately available funds, together with
interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made
available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date
such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the
Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect; and
(b) if any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand
pay to the Administrative Agent the amount thereof in immediately available funds, together
with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount was made available by the
Administrative Agent to Borrower or any Co-Borrower to the date such amount is recovered by
the Administrative Agent (the “Compensation Period”) at a rate per annum equal to
the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. If such Lender pays such amount to the
Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Advance included in
the applicable Loan. If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the
Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor
upon Borrower or the Co- Borrowers, if applicable, and Borrower or the Co-Borrowers, if
applicable, shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent, together with interest
thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest
applicable to the applicable Advance. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender
from its obligation to fulfill its Pro Rata Share of the Commitments or to prejudice any
rights which the Administrative Agent, Borrower or any Co- Borrower may have against any
Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder. A notice of the Administrative
Agent to any Lender, any Co-Borrower or Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this
Section 3.14 shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
SECTION 3.15 Fee Determination Detail. The Administrative Agent and any Lender shall
provide reasonable detail to Borrower and the Co-Borrowers regarding the manner in which the amount
of any payment to the Creditors, or that Lender, under Article 3 has been determined, concurrently
with demand for such payment.
SECTION 3.16 Survivability. All of Borrower’s and the Co-Borrowers’ obligations
under Sections 3.6 and 3.7 shall survive for ninety days following the date on
which the Commitments are terminated, all Obligations hereunder are fully paid and all Letters of
Credit have expired.
ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Borrower and each Co-Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders on the Restatement
Effective Date, that except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule:
SECTION 4.1 Existence and Qualification; Power; Compliance With Laws. Borrower is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of Delaware.
Detroit is a limited liability company duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the
Laws of Delaware. Borrower and each Co-Borrower are each duly qualified or registered to transact
business and are in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which the
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conduct of their business
or the ownership or leasing of their Properties makes such qualification or registration necessary,
except where the failure so to qualify or register and to be in good standing would not
constitute a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower and each Co-Borrower have
all requisite corporate or other organizational power and authority to conduct their business,
to own and lease their Properties and to execute and deliver each Loan Document to which each is a
Party and to perform the Obligations, except where the failure to have such power and authority
would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect. All outstanding shares of the capital stock of
Borrower are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and no holder thereof
has any enforceable right of rescission under any applicable state or federal securities Laws. All
the Equity Interests in each Co-Borrower are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non
assessable, and no holder thereof has any enforceable right of rescission under any applicable
state or federal securities Laws. Borrower and each Co-Borrower are in compliance with all
Requirements of Law applicable to its business as at present conducted, has obtained all
authorizations, consents, approvals, orders, licenses and permits from, and has accomplished all
filings, registrations and qualifications with, or obtained exemptions from any of the foregoing
from, any Governmental Agency that are necessary for the transaction of its business as at present
conducted, except where the failure so to comply, file, register, qualify or obtain exemptions
would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.2 Authority; Compliance With Other Agreements and Instruments and Government
Regulations. The execution, delivery and performance by Borrower, each Co-Borrower and each
Guarantor of the Loan Documents to which it is a Party have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not:
(a) Require any consent or approval not heretofore obtained of any member, partner,
director, stockholder, security holder or creditor of such party;
(b) Violate or conflict with any provision of such party’s charter, articles of
incorporation, operating agreement or bylaws, as applicable, any provision of the Indentures
governing the public Indebtedness of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(c) Result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to
any Property of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than Liens permitted by
Section 6.4; or
(d) Violate any Requirement of Law applicable to such Party, subject to obtaining the
authorizations from, or filings with, the Governmental Agencies described in the Disclosure
Schedule;
and neither Borrower, the Co-Borrowers nor any Guarantor is in violation of, or default under, any
Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation, or any indenture, loan or credit agreement, in any
respect that constitutes a Material Adverse Effect. The execution and delivery of the Amendment
No. 9 and Restatement Agreement does not violate or conflict with any provision of the Existing
Loan Agreement.
SECTION 4.3 No Governmental Approvals Required. Except as obtained or made
on or prior to the Amendment Effective Date, no authorization, consent, approval, order, license or
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permit from, or filing, registration or qualification with, any Governmental Agency is or will be
required to authorize or permit under applicable Laws the execution, delivery and performance by
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Loan Documents to which it is a Party.
SECTION 4.4 Subsidiaries. (a) As of the Amendment Effective Date, the Disclosure
Schedule correctly sets forth the names, form of legal entity, ownership and jurisdictions of
organization of all Subsidiaries of Borrower. Except as described in the Disclosure Schedule,
Borrower does not own any capital stock, equity interest or debt security which is convertible, or
exchangeable, for capital stock or equity interests in any Person as of the Amendment Effective
Date.
(b) As of the Amendment Effective Date, each Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of
organization, is duly qualified or registered to transact business and is in good standing as such
in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership or leasing of its
Properties makes such qualification or registration necessary, and has all requisite corporate or
other organizational power and authority to conduct its business and to own and lease its
Properties, except where the failure to qualify or register, to be in good standing or to
have such power and authority would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) As of the Amendment Effective Date, each Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower is in
compliance with all Requirements of Law applicable to its business as at present conducted, has
obtained all authorizations, consents, approvals, orders, licenses, and permits from, and has
accomplished all filings, registrations, and qualifications with, or obtained exemptions from any
of the foregoing from, any Governmental Agency that are necessary for the transaction of its
business as at present conducted, except where the failure to so comply, file, register,
qualify or obtain exemptions would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.5 Financial Statements. Each of the most recently quarterly, and audited
annual, financial statements filed by Borrower with the Commission fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and changes in financial position of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of their respective dates and for the covered periods in
conformity with GAAP, consistently applied (except, in the case of quarterly financial statements,
for the absence of certain footnotes and other informational disclosures customarily omitted from
interim financial statements).
SECTION 4.6 No Other Liabilities; No Material Adverse Changes. Borrower and its
Subsidiaries do not have any material liability or material contingent liability required under
GAAP to be reflected or disclosed and not reflected or disclosed in the most recent financial
statements filed by Borrower with the Commission, other than liabilities and contingent liabilities
arising in the ordinary course of business since the date of such financial statements.
SECTION 4.7 [Reserved].
SECTION 4.8 Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations
pending as to which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries have been served or have received notice
or, to the best knowledge of Borrower and the Co-Borrowers, threatened against or affecting
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Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Property of any of them before any
Governmental Agency which (a) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or
(b) could reasonably be expected to impair the validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents in
a manner which is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.
SECTION 4.9 Binding Obligations. Each of the Loan Documents to which Borrower or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a Party will, when executed and delivered by such Party,
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Party, enforceable against such Party in
accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws,
Gaming Laws or equitable principles relating to the granting of specific performance and other
equitable remedies as a matter of judicial discretion.
SECTION 4.10 No Default. No event has occurred and is continuing that is a Default
or Event of Default.
SECTION 4.11 ERISA. (a) With respect to each Pension Plan:
(i) such Pension Plan complies in all material respects with ERISA and any other applicable
Laws to the extent that noncompliance could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(ii) such Pension Plan has not incurred any “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in
Section 302 of ERISA) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iii) no “reportable event” (as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) has occurred that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(iv) neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any non-exempt “prohibited
transaction” (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code) that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred or expects to incur any
withdrawal liability to any Multiemployer Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.12 Regulations T, U and X; Investment Company Act. Borrower is not engaged
and will not engage in, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of
purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock in violation of Regulations T, U and X. Neither Borrower
nor any of its Subsidiaries is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the
Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECTION 4.13 Disclosure. All written statements made by a Senior Officer of
Borrower, any Co-Borrower or any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection
with this Agreement, or in connection with any Loan, as of the date thereof, taken as a whole, do
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit a material fact necessary to make the
statements made not misleading in light of all the circumstances existing at the date
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any statement
was made; provided that, with respect to the Projections, Borrower only makes the
representations set forth in Section 4.15.
SECTION 4.14 Tax Liability. Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all material
tax returns which are required to be filed, and have paid, or made provision for the payment of,
all material taxes with respect to the periods, Property or transactions covered by said returns,
or
pursuant to any assessment received by Borrower or its Subsidiaries, except such
taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which
adequate reserves have been established and maintained, and so long as no material Property of
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is in jeopardy of being seized, levied upon or forfeited.
SECTION 4.15 Projections. As of the date of the preparation of the Projections, to
the best knowledge of Borrower and the Co-Borrowers, the assumptions set forth in the Projections
were reasonable and consistent with each other and with all facts known to Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of that date, and the Projections were reasonably based on such assumptions. As of
the Amendment Effective Date, no fact or circumstance has come to the attention of Borrower since
the preparation of the Projections which is in material conflict with the assumptions set forth in
the Projections. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as a representation or covenant that
the Projections in fact will be achieved. The Creditors acknowledge that the Projections are
forward-looking statements and that actual financial results for Borrower and its Subsidiaries
could differ materially from those set forth in the Projections.
SECTION 4.16 Hazardous Materials. To the best knowledge of Borrower and the
Co-Borrowers, no condition exists that violates any Hazardous Material Law affecting any Real
Property except for such violations that would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.17 Solvency. Giving effect to the incurrence of the Obligations and the
Guaranty, on the Restatement Effective Date, Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, considered
as a single integrated financial enterprise, are Solvent.
ARTICLE 5
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS (OTHER THAN INFORMATION AND
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS)
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS (OTHER THAN INFORMATION AND
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS)
So long as any Advance remains unpaid, or any Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any
other Obligation remains unpaid, or any portion of either Commitment remains in force, Borrower
shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, and each Co-Borrower shall, unless
the Administrative Agent (with the written approval of the Requisite Lenders) otherwise consents:
SECTION 5.1 Preservation of Existence. Preserve and maintain their respective
existences in the jurisdiction of their formation and all material authorizations, rights,
franchises, privileges, consents, approvals, orders, licenses, permits, or registrations from any
Governmental Agency that are necessary for the transaction of their respective business
except (a) where the failure to so preserve and maintain the existence of any Restricted
Subsidiary of Borrower and such authorizations, rights, franchises, privileges, consents,
approvals, orders, licenses, permits,
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or registrations would not constitute a Material Adverse
Effect, and (b) that a merger permitted by Section 6.1 or a Disposition shall not
constitute a violation of this covenant; and qualify and remain qualified to transact business in
each jurisdiction in which such qualification is necessary in view of their respective business or
the ownership or leasing of their respective Properties except where the failure to so qualify or
remain qualified would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.2 Maintenance of Properties. Maintain, preserve and protect all of their
respective material Properties in good order and condition, subject to wear and tear in the
ordinary course of business, and not permit any waste of their respective Properties,
except that the failure to maintain, preserve and protect a particular item of Property
that is not of significant value, either intrinsically or to the operations of Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall not constitute a violation of this covenant.
SECTION 5.3 Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain liability, casualty and other
insurance (subject to customary deductibles and retentions) with responsible insurance companies in
such amounts and against such risks as is carried by responsible companies engaged in similar
businesses and owning similar assets in the general areas in which Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries operate.
SECTION 5.4 Compliance With Laws. Comply, within the time period, if any, given for
such compliance by the relevant Governmental Agency with enforcement authority, with all
Requirements of Law (including Hazardous Materials Laws, ERISA, federal tax laws and Gaming Laws)
to the extent non-compliance with such Requirements of Law constitutes a Material Adverse Effect,
except that Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries need not comply with a Requirement of
Law then being contested by any of them in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 5.5 Inspection Rights. Upon reasonable notice, at any time during regular
business hours and as often as reasonably requested (but not so as to materially interfere with the
business of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) permit the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or
any authorized employee, agent or representative thereof, to examine, audit and make copies and
abstracts from the records and books of account of, and to visit and inspect the Properties of,
Borrower and its Subsidiaries and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries with any of their officers, managers, key employees or accountants and, upon request,
furnish promptly to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any advisor of the Administrative Agent
or any Lender true copies of all financial information made available to the board of directors or
audit committee of the board of directors of Borrower.
SECTION 5.6 Keeping of Records and Books of Account. Keep adequate records and books
of account reflecting all financial transactions in conformity with GAAP, consistently applied, and
in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Agency having
regulatory jurisdiction over Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 5.7 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of Loans (a) to finance capital
expenditures, (b) to finance design, development and construction expenses associated with
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Acquisitions and Investments not prohibited under Article 6 hereof, and (c) for other general
corporate purposes.
SECTION 5.8 Guarantors. Cause each Person which hereafter becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of Borrower to promptly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Guaranty.
ARTICLE 6
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Advance remains unpaid, or any Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any
other Obligation remains unpaid, or any portion of either Commitment remains in force, Borrower
shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, and each Co-Borrower shall
not, in each case unless the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Requisite Lenders
or, if required by Section 11.2, of all of the Lenders) otherwise consents:
SECTION 6.1 Mergers and Other Fundamental Changes. Merge, dissolve, liquidate, or
consolidate with or into another Person, except that, subject to Section 6.2 and so long as
no Default exists or would result therefrom:
(a) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge with (i) Borrower, provided that Borrower
shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any one or more other Restricted Subsidiaries;
(b) mergers and consolidations between Restricted Subsidiaries solely to effect a mere change
in the state or form of organization of Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(c) dissolutions and liquidations of Restricted Subsidiaries so long as (i) the aggregate fair
market value of assets held by such Restricted Subsidiaries that are not retained by Borrower or
another Restricted Subsidiary does not exceed $50,000,000 and (ii) such dissolution or liquidation
is determined by Borrower to be in the best interests of Borrower, as evidenced by a certificate of
a Responsible Official of Borrower; and
(d) Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may merge with any Person, provided that (i)
Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary is the surviving Person, (ii) such merger is otherwise
permitted as an Investment under Section 6.8 hereof, (iii) no Default shall have occurred
and be continuing or result therefrom, (iv) the financial condition of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries is determined by Borrower to not be adversely affected thereby, as evidenced by a
certificate of a Responsible Official of Borrower and (v) Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
execute such amendments to the Loan Documents as may be requested by the Administrative Agent to
assure the continued effectiveness of any guarantees issued by the relevant Persons and the
continued priority and perfection of any Liens granted in favor of the Administrative Agent by such
Persons.
SECTION 6.2 Hostile Acquisitions. Use the proceeds of any Loan in connection with
the acquisition of part or all of a voting interest of five percent or more in any corporation or
other business entity if such acquisition is opposed by the board of directors or other equivalent
governing body of such corporation or business entity.
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SECTION 6.3 Change in Nature of Business. Make any material change in the nature of
the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 6.4 Liens and Negative Pledges. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
Lien or Negative Pledge of any nature upon or with respect to any of its Properties, or engage in
any sale and leaseback transaction with respect to any of its Properties, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, except:
(a) Permitted Encumbrances;
(b) Liens and Negative Pledges in favor of the Administrative Agent securing the
Obligations under the Loan Documents;
(c) Liens and Negative Pledges existing on the Amendment Effective Date and disclosed
in the Disclosure Schedule and, in each case, any renewals/extensions or amendments thereof,
provided that the obligations secured or benefited thereby are not increased;
(d) Liens on Property acquired by Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after
the Amendment Effective Date that are in existence at the time of such acquisition and are
not created in contemplation of such acquisition, and Negative Pledges relating to the
Property so acquired;
(e) purchase money Liens securing Indebtedness and Capital Lease Obligations permitted
under Section 6.7(f);
(f) any Lien or Negative Pledge created by an agreement or instrument entered into by
Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower in the ordinary course of its business which
consists of a restriction on the assignability, transfer or hypothecation of such agreement
or instrument;
(g) Liens granted on the stock, partnership or other equity interests in a Person which
is not a Restricted Subsidiary owned by Borrower or any if its Restricted Subsidiaries,
which are granted solely to secure Indebtedness of that Person;
(h) Liens securing any Senior Indebtedness provided that the Obligations are secured
equally, ratably and on a pari passu basis with such Senior Indebtedness, and Negative
Pledges in favor of any Senior Indebtedness provided such Negative Pledges do not
prohibit the granting of Liens to secure the Obligations (but which may require the granting
of concurrent equal, ratable and pari passu Liens in favor of such Senior Indebtedness);
(i) Liens on certain assets and properties of Restricted Subsidiaries of Borrower
located in Las Vegas, Nevada and more particularly described on Schedule 6.4(i),
securing Guaranty Obligations permitted by Section 6.7(g)(i);
(j) Liens and Negative Pledges securing the Existing Secured Notes and any Secured
Refinancing Indebtedness, and Guaranty Obligations issued with respect thereto,
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provided that the Liens securing any Secured Refinancing Indebtedness shall
cover no more collateral than the collateral covered by the Liens existing on the
Restatement Effective Date to secure the Indebtedness which is being refinanced;
(k) Liens and Negative Pledges granted to secure Indebtedness for Related Swap
Agreements (which may be secured by cash collateral in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000);
and
(l) Liens on cash collateral deposited by Borrower to secure Indebtedness permitted
under Section 6.7(k) in an aggregate amount not to exceed 105% of the aggregate
amount of Indebtedness outstanding under such Section 6.7(k) at any time;
provided that this Section shall not be effective to prohibit the Liens or Negative Pledges
with respect to securities issued by any gaming licensee to the extent that appropriate approvals
of this covenant have not been obtained under applicable Gaming Laws.
SECTION 6.5 Minimum EBITDA. Borrower shall not permit Borrower Group EBITDA as of the
last day of any Fiscal Quarter and for the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending on
such date, to be less than the amount set forth below opposite such date:
Minimum EBITDA | ||||
Fiscal Quarter End | (in millions) | |||
December 31, 2009
|
$ | 900 | ||
March 31, 2010
|
$ | 1,000 | ||
June 30, 2010
|
$ | 1,000 | ||
September 30, 2010
|
$ | 1,000 | ||
December 31, 2010
|
$ | 1,000 | ||
March 31, 2011
|
$ | 1,100 | ||
June 30, 2011
|
$ | 1,100 | ||
September 30, 2011
|
$ | 1,150 | ||
December 31, 2011
|
$ | 1,200 | ||
March 31, 2012
|
$ | 1,250 | ||
June 30, 2012
|
$ | 1,250 | ||
September 30, 2012
|
$ | 1,300 | ||
December 31, 2012
|
$ | 1,350 | ||
March 31, 2013
|
$ | 1,350 | ||
June 30, 2013
|
$ | 1,400 | ||
September 30, 2013
|
$ | 1,450 | ||
December 31, 2013
|
$ | 1,500 |
SECTION 6.6 Capital Expenditures. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, make or become legally obligated to make any Capital Expenditure,
except for Capital Expenditures in the ordinary course of business not exceeding, in the aggregate
for Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during each Fiscal Year set forth below, the amount
set forth opposite such Fiscal Year:
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Amount | ||||
Fiscal Year | (in millions) | |||
2010
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$ | 400 | ||
2011
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$ | 500 | ||
2012
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$ | 500 | ||
2013
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$ | 600 |
SECTION 6.7 Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness,
except:
(a) obligations (contingent or otherwise) existing or arising under any Swap Agreement,
provided that (i) such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the
ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with
fluctuations in interest rates or foreign exchange rates and (ii) such Swap Agreement does
not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make
payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party;
(b) Indebtedness of Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary owed to Borrower or a
Restricted Subsidiary, which Indebtedness shall be on subordination terms substantially in
the form of Exhibit I and be otherwise permitted under the provisions of Section
6.7;
(c) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
(d) Indebtedness outstanding on the Amendment Effective Date and:
(i) to the extent any such item of Indebtedness is in excess of $25,000,000,
listed on Schedule 6.7; and
(ii) to the extent any such item of Indebtedness is in an amount less than
$25,000,000, including renewals, extensions, refinancing and refunding thereof in a
principal amount not to exceed the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness
being renewed, extended, refinanced or refunded plus any accrued interest and
associated fees and transaction expenses;
(e) Guaranty Obligations of Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of Indebtedness
otherwise permitted hereunder of Borrower or such Subsidiary;
(f) Capital Lease Obligations and Indebtedness secured by purchase money Liens in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000 at any time;
(g) Guaranty Obligations of Borrower pursuant to (i) the Amended and Restated Sponsor
Completion Guarantee and (ii) the Xxxxxx Guarantee;
(h) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of the
incurrence thereof, or would result therefrom, Indebtedness (which may be Convertible
Debt) issued or incurred in exchange for or to otherwise refinance all or a portion of the
Existing Secured Notes (“Secured Refinancing Indebtedness”); provided that
any such Secured Refinancing Indebtedness shall be Permitted Public Indebtedness (i) in a
principal amount not to exceed the outstanding principal amount of the
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Indebtedness being refinanced plus any accrued interest and associated fees, premiums
and transaction expenses, (ii) having a maturity date not earlier than February 21, 2015 and
(iii) having no scheduled amortization payments prior to February 21, 2015;
(i) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of the
incurrence thereof, or would result therefrom, unsecured Permitted Public Indebtedness
(which may be Convertible Debt) in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000 in the aggregate
from and after the Amendment Effective Date;
(j) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of the
incurrence thereof, or would result therefrom, unsecured Indebtedness (which may be
Convertible Debt) incurred or issued in exchange for or to otherwise refinance all or a
portion of any outstanding unsecured Indebtedness or Indebtedness under this Agreement
(“Refinancing Indebtedness”); provided that such Refinancing Indebtedness
shall: (i) be Permitted Public Indebtedness, (ii) except in the case of Indebtedness
refinancing the Existing Subordinated Obligations (in which case the Refinancing
Indebtedness may be senior to the Indebtedness being refinanced), be pari passu with, or
junior to, the Indebtedness being refinanced and (iii) be in a principal amount not to
exceed the sum of (x) one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the outstanding principal
amount of the Indebtedness being refinanced plus (y) all accrued interest on such
Indebtedness and the amount of all expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith;
(k) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result
therefrom, letters of credit for the account of Borrower (i) issued not prior to September
26, 2010 and not later than the Extension Date, (ii) in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$50,000,000 at any time, (iii) having an expiration date not later than one year after the
issuance date and (iv) which would not be permitted to be issued as Letters of Credit under
this Agreement; and
provided that Borrower shall, within 10 days of any incurrence or issuance of any
Indebtedness pursuant to Sections 6.7(h), (i) or (j), provide a certificate
of a Responsible Officer of Borrower to the Administrative Agent, identifying under which such
Section the Indebtedness was incurred and (except in the case of Section 6.7(i)) the
specific Indebtedness being refinanced).
SECTION 6.8 Investments. Make or hold any Investments, except:
(a) Investments held by Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the form of Cash Equivalents;
(b) advances to officers, directors and employees of Borrower and Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary
business purposes;
(c) (i) Investments by Borrower and its Subsidiaries in their respective Subsidiaries
outstanding the Amendment Effective Date; (ii) additional Investments by Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in Loan Parties; and (iii) Investments in Indebtedness permitted by
Section 6.7(b); provided, that Investments in the Insurance Subsidiaries
shall not exceed $150,000,000 in the aggregate;
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(d) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable
or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of
business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from
financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent
or limit loss;
(e) Guaranty Obligations permitted by Section 6.7;
(f) Investments existing on the Amendment Effective Date (other than those referred to
in Section 6.8(c)(i)) and set forth on Schedule 6.8;
(g) Investments by Borrower in Swap Agreements permitted under Section 6.7(a);
(h) Investments required pursuant to the Amended and Restated Completion Guarantee and
the Xxxxxx Guarantee;
(i) so long as the Amended and Restated Sponsor Completion Guaranty is outstanding and
any obligations of Borrower exist thereunder (other than contingent indemnification or
expense reimbursement obligations), indemnification obligations of Borrower with respect to
construction Liens in favor of title insurance companies issuing title insurance policies to
purchasers of Condo Units (as defined in the CityCenter Credit Agreement) in connection with
the purchase of such Condo Units;
(j) Investments in CityCenter Holdings (in addition to those permitted by
Section 6.8(i)) in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000;
(k) other Investments by Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise
permitted under this Section 6.8 (including investments in CityCenter not otherwise
permitted by subsections (h), (i) or (j) hereof) in an aggregate amount not to exceed after
the Amendment Effective Date and (x) prior to January 1, 2012, $100,000,000, (y) prior to
January 1, 2013, $150,000,000 and (z) prior to the Extended Maturity Date, $200,000,000;
provided that, with respect to each Investment made pursuant to this
Section 6.8(k): (i) such Investment shall not include or result in any contingent
liabilities that could reasonably be expected to be material to the business, financial
condition, operations or prospects of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole (as determined in good faith by the board of directors (or persons performing similar
functions) of Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary if the board of directors is otherwise
approving such transactions and, in each other case, by a Responsible Official); and
(ii) such Investment shall be in property that is part of, or in lines of business that are,
substantially the same lines of business as one or more of the principal businesses of
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course; and
(l) Investments made substantially contemporaneously with the issuance by Borrower of
any Convertible Debt permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Agreement in any derivative
securities or similar products purchased by Borrower in connection therewith linked to
Equity Interests underlying such Convertible Debt.
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SECTION 6.9 Dispositions. Make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make
any Disposition, except:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions of equipment to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for
credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of
such Disposition are applied to the purchase price of such replacement property, in each
case within 180 days of receiving the proceeds of such Disposition;
(d) Dispositions of property by any Restricted Subsidiary to Borrower or to a
Restricted Subsidiary;
(e) Dispositions permitted pursuant to Section 6.1;
(f) Dispositions in the ordinary course of business by Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries of airplanes and various other non-core assets (which are not comprised of
Collateral) so long as the aggregate proceeds therefrom following the Amendment Effective
Date do not exceed $128,221,875; provided, however, that any Disposition
pursuant to clauses (c), (e) and (f) of this Section 6.9 for which the aggregate
proceeds therefrom shall be in an amount in excess of $10,000,000 shall be, in the good
faith view of the board of directors of Borrower or the governing body of the Restricted
Subsidiary effectuating such Disposition, for fair market value;
(g) Borrower may Dispose of the Detroit Collateral so long as (i) concurrently
therewith, the Loans are prepaid as provided in Section 3.1(h) or (ii) such
Disposition is of personal or obsolete property in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with historical practice; and
(h) the following:
(i) the transfer by MAC Corp., a Restricted Subsidiary, of its 50% membership
interest in Marina District Development Holding Co., LLC (“MDDHC”) along
with the real property owned by MAC Corp. which underlies the Borgata Resort and
Casino or is leased by MAC Corp to MDDHC for use as surface parking and cash for
operations in an initial amount of $1,000,000 (and additional amounts not in excess
of $4,000,000 from time to time as required to finance the operations of the Trust
and the expenses of the trustee thereunder) (collectively, the “Borgata
Property”) to an independent trustee approved by the New Jersey Division of
Gaming Enforcement (the “Trustee”); provided, that MAC Corp. shall
at all times after such transfer and until the Disposition described in clause
(ii) below has been consummated be the sole economic beneficiary of the trust that
holds the Borgata Property (the “Trust”);
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(ii) the subsequent Disposition by the Trustee of the Borgata Property to a
purchaser which is not an Affiliate of Borrower; provided, for this purpose,
any Disposition by the Trustee of the Borgata Property or any portion thereof shall
be deemed to be a Disposition by Borrower of the Borgata Property and (upon the
making of any distributions by the Trustee to Borrower and its Subsidiaries) shall
require the resulting prepayments under Section 3.1(i) (as if such
distributions were the Net Cash Proceeds of a Disposition by Borrower);
provided further, however, that funds received from the
liquidation of the Trust which represent income derived from the Borgata Property
that is distributed to the Trust and retained thereby in the ordinary course of
business shall not be construed as Net Cash Proceeds; and
(iii) Dispositions of any of Borrower’s direct or indirect ownership interests
in any undeveloped land in Atlantic City, New Jersey; provided,
however, that not less than 75% of the aggregate consideration received
therefrom shall be paid in cash and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied
as set forth in Section 3.1(i).
SECTION 6.10 Restricted Payments; Equity Issuances. Declare or make, directly or
indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, or
issue Equity Interests to any Person which is not Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary, except
that, so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of any action
described below or would result therefrom:
(a) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to Borrower, any of Borrower’s
Subsidiaries that are Guarantors and any other Person that owns a direct Equity Interest in
such Subsidiary, ratably according to their respective holdings of the type of Equity
Interest in respect of which such Restricted Payment is being made;
(b) Borrower and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other
distributions payable solely in the common stock or other common Equity Interests of such
Person;
(c) the Subsidiaries of Borrower may declare and pay cash dividends to Borrower;
(d) Borrower may issue Equity Interests in Borrower in connection with unsecured
Permitted Public Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Sections 6.7(i) and (j)
and may honor its conversion obligations with respect to any Convertible Debt issued
pursuant to such Sections;
(e) Borrower may issue Equity Interests in Borrower in connection with the exchange of
Equity Interests for Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.11(e);
(f) Borrower may issue Equity Interests in Borrower so long as, after giving effect to
such issuance, no Change in Control shall have occurred;
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(g) a Restricted Subsidiary may issue Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary which
is otherwise a Disposition permitted by Section 6.9(f); and
(h) a Restricted Subsidiary may issue Equity Interests in additional, newly formed
Restricted Subsidiaries so long as such newly formed Restricted Subsidiary abides by the
provisions of this Agreement respecting its becoming a Guarantor hereunder.
SECTION 6.11 Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness. Prepay, redeem, purchase (including
at a discount), defease, refinance, exchange or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity
thereof in any manner, or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of, any
Indebtedness, except:
(a) the prepayment of the Loans and Advances in accordance with the terms of this
agreement;
(b) regularly scheduled or required repayments or redemptions of Indebtedness;
(c) refinancings and refundings of Indebtedness otherwise permitted under Sections
6.7(d)(ii), (f), (h) or (j);
(d) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or result therefrom,
Borrower may (i) prepay, repurchase or redeem and retire any Interim Maturities and
(ii) utilize up to an aggregate of $300,000,000 in cash to prepay, repurchase or redeem (in
each case, at a discount to the face value thereof) and retire any public Indebtedness of
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary scheduled to mature on or after the Extended Maturity
Date; and
(e) Borrower may exchange its Indebtedness for Equity Interests so long as, after
giving effect thereto, no Change in Control shall have occurred.
SECTION 6.12 Creation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Create or designate any new
Unrestricted Subsidiaries, other than Subsidiaries of existing Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
SECTION 6.13 Loans to Detroit. In no case may any Obligation of Detroit under the
Detroit Loans be permitted to be transferred to any other Loan Party; provided, that
Detroit shall be permitted to prepay the Detroit Loans pursuant to Section 3.1(h) at any
time.
ARTICLE 7
INFORMATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
INFORMATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
SECTION 7.1 Financial and Business Information. So long as any Advance remains
unpaid, or any Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any other Obligation remains unpaid, or any
portion of either Commitment remains in force, Borrower and each Co-Borrower shall, unless the
Administrative Agent (with the written approval of the Requisite Lenders) otherwise consents, at
Borrower’s and the Co- Borrowers’ sole expense, deliver to the Administrative Agent for
distribution by it to the Lenders:
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(a) As soon as practicable, and in any event within 60 days after the end of each
Fiscal Quarter (other than the fourth Fiscal Quarter in any Fiscal Year),
the consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal
Quarter and the consolidated statement of operations for such Fiscal Quarter, and its
statement of cash flows for the portion of the Fiscal Year ended with such Fiscal Quarter,
all in reasonable detail;
(b) As soon as practicable, and in any event within 105 days after the end of each
Fiscal Year, (i) the consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the
end of such Fiscal Year and the consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity
and cash flows, in each case of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, in each
case as at the end of and for the Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail. Such financial
statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, and such
consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statements shall be accompanied by a report of
one of the four largest public accounting firms in the United States of America or other
independent public accountants of recognized standing selected by Borrower and reasonably
satisfactory to the Requisite Lenders, which report shall be prepared in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards as at such date, and shall not be subject to any
qualifications or exceptions as to the scope of the audit nor to any other qualification or
exception determined by the Requisite Lenders in their good faith business judgment to be
adverse to the interests of the Lenders. Such accountants’ report shall be accompanied by a
certificate stating that, in making the examination pursuant to generally accepted auditing
standards necessary for the certification of such financial statements and such report, such
accountants have obtained no knowledge of any Default or, if, in the opinion of such
accountants, any such Default shall exist, stating the nature and status of such Default,
and stating that such accountants have reviewed Borrower’s financial calculations as at the
end of such Fiscal Year (which shall accompany such certificate) under Sections 6.5
and 6.6, have read such Sections (including the definitions of all defined terms
used therein) and that nothing has come to the attention of such accountants in the course
of such examination that would cause them to believe that the same were not calculated by
Borrower in the manner prescribed by this Agreement;
(c) As soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days after the commencement of
each Fiscal Year, a budget and projection by Fiscal Quarter for that Fiscal Year and by
Fiscal Year for the next two succeeding Fiscal Years, including for the first such
Fiscal Year, projected consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations and statements
of cash flow and, for the second and third such Fiscal Years, projected consolidated
condensed balance sheets and statements of operations and cash flows, of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, all in reasonable detail;
(d) Promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or
financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of Borrower,
and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements
which Borrower may file or be required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
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as amended, and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Lenders pursuant to other
provisions of this Section;
(e) Promptly after request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of the
Nevada “Regulation 6.090 Report”;
(f) Promptly after request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of any
other report or other document that was filed by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with
any Governmental Agency (other than any report regarding Tracinda Corporation or
individuals associated with Tracinda Corporation, Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their
confidential business or financial information);
(g) As soon as practicable, and in any event within five Business Days after a Senior
Officer of Borrower becomes aware of the existence of any condition or event which
constitutes a Default or Event of Default, telephonic notice specifying the nature and
period of existence thereof, and, no more than three Business Days after such telephonic
notice, written notice again specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and
specifying what action Borrower or its Subsidiaries are taking or propose to take with
respect thereto;
(h) Promptly upon a Senior Officer of Borrower or any Co-Borrower becoming aware of any
litigation, governmental investigation or proceeding (including any litigation, governmental
investigation or proceeding by or subject to decision by any Gaming Board) that is pending
(i) against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (ii) in respect of any material Indebtedness of Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, or (iii) with respect to the Loan Documents, notice of the same;
(i) As soon as practicable, and in any event within 30 days after the end of each
calendar month that is not a Fiscal Quarter ending month and 45 days after the end of each
calendar month that is a Fiscal Quarter ending month, the consolidated and consolidating
balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such month and the
consolidated and consolidating statement of operations for such month and its consolidated
statement of cash flows for the portion of the Fiscal Year ended with such month, all in a
form and substance consistent with past practices; and
(j) Such other data and information as from time to time may be reasonably requested by
the Administrative Agent, any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) or the Requisite
Lenders.
Each of Borrower and each Co-Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent will
make available to the Lenders and the Issuing Lender materials and/or information provided by or on
behalf of Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting Borrower
Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and
(b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive
material non-public information with respect to Borrower or its securities) (each, a “Public
Lender”). Borrower hereby agrees that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available
to Public
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Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the
word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials
“PUBLIC,” Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender
and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as either publicly available information or not
material information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to Borrower or its
securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws; (y) all Borrower
Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform
designated “Public Investor;” and (z) the Administrative Agent shall treat any Borrower Materials
that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not
designated “Public Investor.”
SECTION 7.2 Compliance Certificates. So long as any Advance remains unpaid, or any
Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any other Obligation remains unpaid or unperformed, or any
portion of either Commitment remains outstanding, Borrower and the Co-Borrowers shall, at their
sole expense, deliver to the Administrative Agent for distribution by it to the Lenders
concurrently with the financial statements required pursuant to Sections 7.1(a) and
7.1(b), Compliance Certificates signed by a Senior Officer of Borrower and each
Co-Borrower.
ARTICLE 8
CONDITIONS
CONDITIONS
SECTION 8.1 Initial Advances on the Closing Date. Section 8.1 of the Existing Loan
Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference.
SECTION 8.2 Any Increasing Advance. The obligation of each Lender to make any
Advance, and the obligation of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit, which would result in
an increase in the outstanding principal amount of the Outstanding Obligations owed to that Lender,
is subject to the following conditions precedent (unless the Requisite Lenders, in their sole and
absolute discretion, shall agree otherwise):
(a) except (i) for representations and warranties which expressly speak as of a
particular date or are no longer true and correct as a result of a change which is permitted
by this Agreement or (ii) as disclosed by Borrower and the Co-Borrowers and approved in
writing by the Requisite Lenders, the representations and warranties contained in
Article 4 (other than Sections 4.4(a), 4.6 and
4.16) shall be true and correct on and as of the date of the Advance as though made
on that date;
(b) the Administrative Agent shall have timely received a Request for Loan in
compliance with Article 2 (or telephonic or other request for Loan referred to in the second
sentence of Section 2.1(c) of the Existing Loan Agreement, if applicable) or the
Issuing Lender shall have received a Letter of Credit Application, as the case may be, in
compliance with Article 2;
(c) the Administrative Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent, such other assurances, certificates, documents or consents related
to the foregoing as the Administrative Agent or Requisite Lenders reasonably may require;
and
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(d) the amounts paid pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.1(h) hereof shall
not result in the reduction of any Lender’s Commitment, but nonetheless shall not be
available for re-borrowing through subsequent Advances or otherwise, absent the written
consent of Requisite Lenders.
SECTION 8.3 Any Letter of Credit. The obligation of the Issuing Lender to issue any
Letter of Credit, and the obligation of the other Lenders to participate therein, are subject to
the conditions precedent that (a) the conditions set forth in Section 8.2 have been
satisfied, (b) Borrower shall have certified that, giving effect to the issuance of the requested
Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Usage shall not exceed any limitations set forth in this
Agreement and (c) solely in the case of the CityCenter Letter of Credit, Borrower shall have repaid
the Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 3.1(f) in an amount of not less than $224,000,000.
ARTICLE 9
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 9.1 Events of Default. The existence or occurrence of any one or more of the
following events, whatever the reason therefor and under any circumstances whatsoever, shall
constitute an “Event of Default” so long as such event is continuous and has not been
waived in accordance with Section 11.2:
(a) Borrower or the Co-Borrowers fail to pay any principal on any of the Advances made
hereunder or any L/C Borrowing or any portion thereof, on the date when due; or
(b) Borrower or the Co-Borrowers fail to pay any interest on any of the Advances made
hereunder, or any fees under Sections 3.3, 3.4 or 3.5, or any
portion thereof, within five Business Days after the date when due; or fail to pay any other
fee or amount payable to the Lenders under any Loan Document, or any portion thereof, within
five Business Days after demand therefor; or
(c) Borrower or the Co-Borrowers fail to comply with any of the covenants contained in
Section 5.9 or in Article 6, other than the covenant
contained in Section 6.3; or
(d) Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any other Party fails to perform or
observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in clause (a), (b) or
(c) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed within
(i) ten Business Days after the giving of notice by the Administrative Agent on behalf of
the Requisite Lenders of such Default or (ii) if the nature of the covenant or agreement is
such that the violation can be cured, thirty Business Days after the giving of such notice
so long as Borrower and the Co-Borrowers diligently pursue in good faith the cure or
correction of such violation continuously during such period; or
(e) Any representation or warranty of Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
any other Party made in any Loan Document, or in any certificate or other writing delivered
by Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or Party pursuant to any
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Loan Document, proves to have been incorrect when made or reaffirmed in any respect
that is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders; or
(f) Borrower or any of its Supported Subsidiaries (i) fails to pay the principal, or
any principal installment, of any present or future Indebtedness of $250,000,000 or more, or
any guaranty of present or future Indebtedness of $250,000,000 or more, on its part to be
paid, when due (or within any stated grace period), whether at the stated maturity, upon
acceleration, by reason of required prepayment or otherwise or (ii) fails to perform or
observe any other term, covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed, or
suffers any event of default to occur, in connection with any present or future Indebtedness
of $250,000,000 or more, or of any guaranty of present or future Indebtedness of
$250,000,000 or more, if as a result of such failure or sufferance any holder or holders
thereof (or an agent or trustee on its or their behalf) has the right to declare such
Indebtedness due before the date on which it otherwise would become due or the right to
require Borrower or any of its Supported Subsidiaries to redeem or purchase, or offer to
redeem or purchase, all or any portion of such Indebtedness; or
(g) Any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason
other than (i) as expressly permitted hereunder, (ii) the agreement or action (or omission
to act) of the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders, or (iii) satisfaction in full of
all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect and, in the reasonable judgment
of the Requisite Lenders, such circumstance is materially adverse to the interests of the
Lenders; or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be null and void, invalid or
unenforceable in any respect which, in any such event in the reasonable opinion of the
Requisite Lenders, is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders; or Borrower or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries denies in writing that it has any or further liability or
obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan
Document; or
(h) A final judgment against Borrower or any of its Supported Subsidiaries is entered
for the payment of money in excess of $100,000,000 and, absent procurement of a stay of
execution, such judgment remains unsatisfied for thirty calendar days after the date of
entry of judgment, or in any event later than five days prior to the date of any proposed
sale thereunder; or any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is
issued or levied against all or any material part of the Property of any such Person and is
not released, vacated or fully bonded within thirty calendar days after its issue or levy;
or
(i) Borrower or any of its Supported Subsidiaries institutes or consents to the
institution of any proceeding under a Debtor Relief Law relating to it or to all or any
material part of its Property, or is unable or admits in writing its inability to pay its
debts as they mature, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or
consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator,
rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its Property; or
any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer
is appointed without the application or consent of that Person and the appointment continues
undischarged or unstayed for ninety calendar days; or any proceeding under a
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Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any part of its Property is
instituted without the consent of that Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for
ninety calendar days; or
(j) The occurrence of an Event of Default (as such term is or may hereafter be
specifically defined in any other Loan Document) under any other Loan Document; or
(k) Any Pension Plan maintained by Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is
determined to have a material “accumulated funding deficiency” as that term is defined in
Section 302 of ERISA and the result is a Material Adverse Effect; or
(l) The occurrence of a License Revocation that continues for fifteen consecutive
calendar days with respect to gaming operations at any gaming facility accounting for ten
percent or more of the consolidated total assets or consolidated gross revenues of Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(m) Any Collateral Document after delivery thereof shall for any reason (other than
pursuant to the terms thereof ) cease to create a valid and perfected first priority Lien
(subject to Liens permitted by Section 6.4 or any other Liens reasonably acceptable
to the Administrative Agent, or pursuant to the terms of such Collateral Document) on the
Collateral purported to be covered thereby.
SECTION 9.2 Remedies Upon Event of Default. Without limiting any other rights or
remedies of the Creditors provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, or the other Loan Documents, or
by applicable Law, or in equity, or otherwise:
(a) Upon the occurrence, and during the continuance, of any Event of Default other than
an Event of Default described in Section 9.1(i):
(i) the Commitments to make Advances, the obligation of the Issuing Lender to
issue Letters of Credit, the obligation of any Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line
Loans and all other obligations of the Creditors and all rights of Borrower, the
Co-Borrowers and any other Parties under the Loan Documents shall be suspended
without notice to or demand upon Borrower or any Co-Borrower, which are expressly
waived by Borrower and the Co-Borrowers, except that all of the Lenders or
the Requisite Lenders (as the case may be, in accordance with Section 11.2)
may waive an Event of Default or, without waiving, determine, upon terms and
conditions satisfactory to the Lenders or Requisite Lenders, as the case may be, to
reinstate the Commitments and such other obligations and rights and make further
Advances, and cause the Issuing Lender to issue further Letters of Credit which
waiver or determination shall apply equally to, and shall be binding upon, all the
Lenders;
(ii) the Issuing Lender may, with the approval of the Administrative Agent on
behalf of the Requisite Lenders, demand immediate payment by Borrower and the
Co-Borrowers of an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all outstanding Letters
of Credit to be held by the Issuing Lender in an interest-bearing cash collateral
account as collateral for the Letters of Credit; and
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(iii) the Requisite Lenders may request the Administrative Agent to, and the
Administrative Agent thereupon shall, terminate the Commitments and/or declare all
or any part of the unpaid principal of all Advances made hereunder, all interest
accrued and unpaid thereon and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents to
be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the same shall become and be forthwith due
and payable, without protest, presentment, notice of dishonor, demand or further
notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by Borrower and each
Co-Borrower.
(b) Upon the occurrence, and during the continuance, of any Event of Default described
in Section 9.1(i):
(i) the Commitments to make Advances, the obligation of the Issuing Lender to
issue Letters of Credit, the obligation of any Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line
Loans and all other obligations of the Creditors and all rights of Borrower, the
Co-Borrowers and any other Parties under the Loan Documents shall terminate without
notice to or demand upon Borrower or any Co-Borrower, which are expressly waived by
Borrower and the Co-Borrowers, except that all of the Lenders may waive the
Event of Default or, without waiving, determine, upon terms and conditions
satisfactory to all the Lenders, to reinstate the Commitments and such other
obligations and rights and make further Advances and to cause the Issuing Lender to
issue further Letters of Credit, which determination shall apply equally to, and
shall be binding upon, all the Lenders;
(ii) an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all outstanding Letters of
Credit shall be immediately due and payable to the Issuing Lender without notice to
or demand upon Borrower or any Co-Borrower, which are expressly waived by Borrower
and the Co-Borrowers, to be held by the Issuing Lender in an interest-bearing
account as collateral for the Letters of Credit; and
(iii) the unpaid principal of all Advances made hereunder, all interest accrued
and unpaid thereon and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents shall be
forthwith due and payable, without protest, presentment, notice of dishonor, demand
or further notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by Borrower and the
Co-Borrowers.
(c) Upon the occurrence, and during the continuance, of any Event of Default, the
Creditors, or any of them, without notice to (except as expressly provided for in
any Loan Document) or demand upon Borrower or any Co-Borrower, which are expressly waived by
Borrower and the Co-Borrowers (except as to notices expressly provided for in any
Loan Document), may proceed (but only with the consent of the Requisite Lenders) to protect,
exercise and enforce their rights and remedies under the Loan Documents against Borrower,
the Co- Borrowers and any other Party and such other rights and remedies as are provided by
Law or equity.
(d) The order and manner in which the Creditors’ rights and remedies are to be
exercised shall be determined by the Requisite Lenders in their sole discretion, and all
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payments received by the Creditors, or any of them, shall be applied first to the costs
and expenses (including Attorney Costs) of the Creditors, and thereafter paid pro
rata to the Lenders in the same proportions that the aggregate Obligations owed to
each Lender under the Loan Documents bear to the aggregate Obligations owed under the Loan
Documents to all the Lenders, without priority or preference among the Lenders. Regardless
of how each Lender may treat payments for the purpose of its own accounting, for the purpose
of computing the Obligations hereunder and under the Notes, payments shall be applied
first, to the costs and expenses of the Creditors, as set forth above,
second, to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest due under any Loan Documents
to and including the date of such application (ratably, and without duplication, according
to the accrued and unpaid interest due under each of the Loan Documents), third, to
the payment of all other amounts (including principal and fees) then owing to the Creditors
under the Loan Documents, and fourth to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C
Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit. Amounts due to
a Lender under a Related Swap Agreement shall be considered a principal amount for purposes
of the preceding sentence. Amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount
of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause fourth above shall be applied to satisfy
drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as
Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such
remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth
above. No application of payments will cure any Event of Default, or prevent acceleration,
or continued acceleration, of amounts payable under the Loan Documents, or prevent the
exercise, or continued exercise, of rights or remedies of the Lenders hereunder or
thereunder or at Law or in equity.
ARTICLE 10
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
SECTION 10.1 Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent. (a) Each Lender
hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action
on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise
such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Loan
Document, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those
expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any
fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions,
responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other
Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Loan Documents with
reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or
express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead, such term is
used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an
administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
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(b) Each of the Issuing Lender shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters
of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each Issuing Lender shall have
all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to the Administrative Agent in this Article 10 with
respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by that Issuing Lender in connection with Letters
of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the applications and agreements for
letters of credit pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative
Agent” as used in this Article 10 and in the definition of “Agent-Related Person” includes
the Issuing Lender with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) as additionally provided herein
with respect to the Issuing Lender.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan
Documents, and each of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and
authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and Issuing Lender for
purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the
Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are
reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent”
and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant
to Section 10.2 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any
portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies
thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all
provisions of this Article 10 and Article 11 (including Section 10.7, as
though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan
Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
SECTION 10.2 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its
duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents, employees or
attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel and other consultants or experts
concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be
responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects.
SECTION 10.3 Liability of Administrative Agent. No Agent-Related Person shall (a) be
liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own
gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein),
or (b) be responsible in any manner to any Lender or participant for any recital, statement,
representation or warranty made by any Party or any officer thereof, contained herein or in any
other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or
provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability
or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for any failure of any Party or any
other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No
Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender or participant to ascertain or to
inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions
of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of
any Party or any Affiliate thereof.
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SECTION 10.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, communication,
signature, resolution, representation, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram,
facsimile, telex or telephone message, electronic mail message, statement or other document or
conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the
proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to any
Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any
Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Requisite Lenders as
it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by
the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of
taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully
protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document
in accordance with a request or consent of the Requisite Lenders (or such greater number of Lenders
as may be expressly required hereby in any instance) and such request and any action taken or
failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders.
(b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in
Article 12, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Requisite
Lenders prior to the proposed Restatement Effective Date (or Extension Date, as applicable)
specifying its objection to the manner in which any condition precedent is proposed to be
satisfied, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to,
approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required under
Article 12.
SECTION 10.5 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have
knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default, except with respect to defaults in the
payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Lenders, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a
Lender or Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default and stating that such
notice is a “notice of default.” The Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders of its receipt
of any such notice. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default
as may be directed by the Requisite Lenders in accordance with Article 9; provided,
however, that unless and until the Administrative Agent has received any such direction,
the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from
taking such action, with respect to such Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interest
of the Lenders.
SECTION 10.6 Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent. Each
Lender acknowledges that no Agent-Related Person has made any representation or warranty to it,
and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any consent to and
acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Party or any Affiliate thereof, shall
be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender as
to any matter, including whether Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their
possession. Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and
without reliance upon any Agent- Related Person and based on such documents and information as it
has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects,
operations, property, financial and other condition and
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creditworthiness of the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank or
other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision
to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to Borrower, Co-Borrower and the other Parties
hereunder. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any
Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at
the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not
taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as
it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial
and other condition and creditworthiness of Borrower and the other Parties. Except for notices,
reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative
Agent herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any
Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations,
property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Parties or any of their
respective Affiliates which may come into the possession of any Agent-Related Person.
SECTION 10.7 Indemnification of Administrative Agent. Whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lenders shall indemnify upon demand each Agent-Related
Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of any Party and without limiting the
obligation of any Party to do so), pro rata, and hold harmless each Agent-Related
Person from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it; provided,
however, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any
portion of such Indemnified Liabilities to the extent determined in a final, nonappealable judgment
by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent-Related Person’s own gross
negligence or willful misconduct; provided, however, that no action taken in
accordance with the directions of the Requisite Lenders (or, if required by Section 11.2, all of
the Lenders) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of
this Section. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse the Administrative
Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney
Costs) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution,
delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations,
legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under,
this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to
the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of
Borrower. The undertaking in this Section shall survive termination of the Commitments, the
payment of all other Obligations and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 10.8 Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity. Bank of America and its
Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from,
acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory,
underwriting or other business with each of the Parties and their respective Affiliates as though
Bank of America were not the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender hereunder and without
notice to or consent of the Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities,
Bank of America or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Party or its Affiliates
(including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Party or
such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no
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obligation to provide such information to them. With respect to its Loans, Bank of America
shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise
such rights and powers as though it were not the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, and
the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” include Bank of America in its individual capacity.
SECTION 10.9 Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as
Administrative Agent upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders; provided that any such
resignation by Bank of America shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Lender and, if
applicable, as a Swing Line Lender. The Administrative Agent shall, in connection with any such
resignation, make appropriate arrangements to ensure that, to the extent that it then holds any
capital stock or other equity securities of any Person which is a gaming licensee as collateral for
the Obligations, that any transfer of possession of such pledged securities to any successor is in
full compliance with the requirements of all relevant Gaming Boards. If the Administrative Agent
resigns under this Agreement, the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a
successor administrative agent for the Lenders, which successor administrative agent shall be
consented to by Borrower at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default (which
consent of Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor administrative
agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the
Administrative Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders and Borrower, a successor
administrative agent from among the Lenders. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor
administrative agent hereunder, the Person acting as such successor administrative agent shall
succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender
and, if applicable, Swing Line Lender and the respective terms “Administrative Agent” and “Issuing
Lender” (and, if applicable, “Swing Line Lender”) shall mean or include such successor
administrative agent, Letter of Credit issuer or Swing Line Lender, and the retiring Administrative
Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated and the retiring
Issuing Lender’s (and, if applicable, Swing Line Lender’s) rights, powers and duties as such shall
be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such retiring Issuing Lender
or Swing Line Lender or any other Lender, other than the obligation of the successor Issuing Lender
to issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the
time of such succession or to make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring Issuing Lender
to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring Issuing Lender with respect to such Letters
of Credit. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative
Agent, the provisions of this Article 10 and Sections 11.3 and 11.11 shall
inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was
Administrative Agent under this Agreement. If no successor administrative agent has accepted
appointment as Administrative Agent by the date which is 30 days following a retiring
Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall
nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the
Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Requisite Lenders appoint a
successor agent as provided for above.
SECTION 10.10 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency
of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Party, the Administrative Agent
(irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable
as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the
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Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered,
by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise.
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and
unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid
and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their
respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent
under Article 3 and Section 11.3) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official
in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the
Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its
agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Article 3 and
Section 11.3. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative
Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of
any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender
in any such proceeding.
SECTION 10.11 Other Agents, Arrangers and Managers. None of the Lenders or other
Persons identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as a “syndication
agent,” “documentation agent,” “co-agent,” “book manager,” “lead manager,” “arranger,” “lead
arranger”, “co-arranger”, “senior managing agent” or “managing agent” shall have any right, power,
obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than, in the case of such
Lenders, those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the
Lenders or other Persons so identified shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship
with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the
Lenders or other Persons so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not
taking action hereunder.
SECTION 10.12 No Obligations of Borrower and the Co-Borrowers. Nothing contained in
this Article 10 shall be deemed to impose upon Borrower or any Co-Borrower any obligation in
respect of the due and punctual performance by the Administrative Agent of its obligations to the
Lenders under any provision of this Agreement, and Borrower and the Co-Borrowers shall have no
liability to the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders in respect of any failure by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to perform any of its obligations to the Creditors under this
Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, where any provision of this Agreement
relating to the payment of any amounts due and owing under the Loan Documents provides that such
payments shall be made by Borrower or the Co-Borrowers to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Lenders, Borrower’s and the Co-Borrowers’
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obligations to the Lenders in respect of such payments shall be deemed to be satisfied upon
the making of such payments to the Administrative Agent in the manner provided by this Agreement.
SECTION 10.13 Collateral Matters. The Lenders and the Issuing Lender irrevocably
authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion,
(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent
under any Loan Document (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in
full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the
expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (or the cash collateralization thereof or
other arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Lender), (ii) that is sold or to
be sold as part of or in connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any other
Loan Document, (iii) with respect to the Detroit Collateral, in connection with any
Disposition of the Detroit Collateral made pursuant to Section 6.9(g) or (iv) with
the authorization of the Requisite Lenders; and
(b) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative
Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted
by Section 6.4(e).
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Requisite Lenders will confirm in writing
the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or
items of property pursuant to this Section 10.13. In each case as specified in this
Section 10.13, the Administrative Agent will, at Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to
the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the
release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the
Collateral Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, in each case in accordance with
the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 10.13.
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.1 Cumulative Remedies; No Waiver. The rights, powers, privileges and
remedies of the Creditors provided herein or in any Note or other Loan Document are cumulative and
not exclusive of any right, power, privilege or remedy provided by Law or equity. No failure or
delay on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right, power,
privilege or remedy may be, or may be deemed to be, a waiver thereof; nor may any single or partial
exercise of any right, power, privilege or remedy preclude any other or further exercise of the
same or any other right, power, privilege or remedy. The terms and conditions of Article 8 hereof
are inserted for the sole benefit of the Creditors; the same may be waived in whole or in part,
with or without terms or conditions, in respect of any Loan or Letter of Credit without prejudicing
the Administrative Agent’s or the Lenders’ rights to assert them in whole or in part in respect of
any other Loan.
SECTION 11.2 Amendments; Consents. Each amendment, modification, supplement,
extension, termination, waiver, approval and consent under this Agreement and the other Loan
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Documents shall be subject to the terms of all applicable Laws, including Gaming Laws. No
amendment, modification, supplement, extension, termination or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, no approval or consent thereunder, and no consent to any
departure by Borrower, the Co- Borrowers or any other Party therefrom, may in any event be
effective unless in writing signed by the Administrative Agent with the approval of Requisite
Lenders (and, in the case of any amendment, modification or supplement of or to any Loan Document
to which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a Party, signed by each such Party, and, in the
case of any amendment, modification or supplement to Article 10, signed by the Administrative
Agent), and then only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose given; and, without the
approval in writing of all the Lenders (or such of the Lenders as are required pursuant to the
following clauses of this Section), no amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver or
consent may be effective:
(a) Without the consent of each affected Lender, (i) to reduce the principal of, or the
amount of principal, principal prepayments or the rate of interest payable on, any Advance,
or (ii) to increase the amount of the Commitments or the Pro Rata Share of any Lender or
(iii) to reduce the amount of any Unused Fee payable to any Revolving Lender, or any other
fee or amount payable to any Lender under the Loan Documents or (iv) to waive an Event of
Default consisting of the failure of Borrower or the Co-Borrowers to pay when due principal,
interest or any Unused Fee or other fee;
(b) To postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, prepayment of principal
of or any installment of interest on, any Advance or any installment of any Unused Fee, or
to extend the term of either of the Commitments;
(c) To permit the term of any Letter of Credit to exceed one year (provided that this
shall not be construed to prohibit the provision of automatic renewal clauses in Letters of
Credit issued hereunder) or extend beyond the Maturity Date;
(d) To release any Subsidiary from its obligations in respect of its Guaranty, provided
that if no Default or Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent may without the
consent of any Lender (and shall at the request of Borrower) release any Subsidiary from its
guaranty of the Obligations concurrently with the Disposition of such Subsidiary or the
liquidation of such Subsidiary;
(e) To amend the provisions of the definitions of “Requisite Lenders” or
“Maturity Date”;
(f) To amend or waive Article 8, Section 6.2 or this Section; or
(g) To amend any provision of this Agreement that expressly requires the consent or
approval of all the Lenders.
Any amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver or consent pursuant to this
Section shall apply equally to, and shall be binding upon, all of the Creditors. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove
any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Pro Rata
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Share of the Commitments of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent
of such Lender.
SECTION 11.3 Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes. (a) Borrower and the Co-Borrowers
agree (i) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions
hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby are
consummated), and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, including all Attorney Costs, and (ii) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and
each Lender for all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement, attempted
enforcement, or preservation of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any “workout” or restructuring in
respect of the Obligations and during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any
Debtor Relief Law), including all Attorney Costs and the reasonable costs of any advisor (including
financial advisor) or consultant to the Administrative Agent. The foregoing costs and expenses
shall include all search, filing, recording, title insurance and appraisal charges and fees and
taxes related thereto, and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and
the cost of independent public accountants and other outside experts retained by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 11.3 shall be payable within five
Business Days after demand therefor. The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination
of the Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations.
(b) Borrower and the Co-Borrowers shall pay any and all documentary and other taxes,
excluding (1) taxes imposed on or measured in whole or in part by overall net income, gross
income or gross receipts and franchise taxes imposed on any Lender by (A) any jurisdiction (or
political subdivision thereof) in which it is organized or maintains its principal office or LIBOR
Lending Office or (B) any jurisdiction (or political subdivision thereof) in which it is “doing
business,” (2) any withholding taxes or other taxes based on gross income imposed by the United
States of America that are not attributable to any change in any Law or the interpretation or
administration of any Law by any Governmental Agency and (3) any withholding tax or other taxes
based on gross income imposed by the United States of America for any period with respect to which
it has failed to provide Borrower with the appropriate form or forms required by
Section 11.21, to the extent such forms are then required by applicable Laws, and all
costs, expenses, fees and charges payable or determined to be payable in connection with the filing
or recording of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or writing to be
delivered hereunder or thereunder, or in connection with any transaction pursuant hereto or
thereto, and shall reimburse, hold harmless and indemnify on the terms set forth in
Section 11.11 the Creditors from and against any and all loss, liability or legal or other
expense with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or failure to pay any such tax, cost,
expense, fee or charge or that any of them may suffer or incur by reason of the failure of any
Party to perform any of its Obligations. Any amount payable to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender under this Section shall bear interest from the second Business Day following the date of
demand for payment at the Default Rate.
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SECTION 11.4 Nature of Lenders’ Obligations. The obligations of the Lenders
hereunder to make Loans and to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans are
several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan or to fund any such
participation on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its
corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure
of any other Lender to so make its Loan or purchase its participation. Nothing contained in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document and no action taken by the Creditors or any of them pursuant
hereto or thereto may, or may be deemed to, make the Lenders a partnership, an association, a joint
venture or other entity, either among themselves or with Borrower, the Co-Borrowers or any
Subsidiary of Borrower. Each Lender’s obligation to make any Advance pursuant hereto is several
and not joint or joint and several, and in the case of the initial Advance only is conditioned upon
the performance by all other Lenders of their obligations to make initial Advances. A default by
any Lender will not increase the Pro Rata Share of any other Lender. Any Lender not in default
may, if it desires, assume in such proportion as the non-Defaulting Lenders agree the obligations
of any Lender in default, but is not obligated to do so. The Administrative Agent agrees that it
will use its best efforts either to induce the other Lenders to assume the obligations of a Lender
in default or to obtain another Lender, reasonably satisfactory to Borrower and the Co-Borrowers,
to replace such a Lender in default.
SECTION 11.5 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and
warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant
hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery
hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the
Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any
Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Letter of Credit, and
shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall
remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.
SECTION 11.6 Notices. (a) General. Unless otherwise expressly provided
herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including
by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or delivered to the
applicable address, facsimile number or (subject to clause (c) below) electronic mail address, and
all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall
be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i) if to Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, to the
address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for
such Person on Schedule 11.6 or to such other address, facsimile number,
electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in
a notice to the other parties; and
(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail
address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such
other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone
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number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and any Swing Line Lenders.
All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to
occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by
courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail,
four Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when
sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail (which
form of delivery is subject to the provisions of clause (c) below), when delivered;
provided, however, that notices and other communications to the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Lender and any Swing Line Lender pursuant to Article 2 shall not be effective
until actually received by such Person. In no event shall a voicemail message be effective as a
notice, communication or confirmation hereunder.
(b) Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures. Loan Documents may be
transmitted or signed by facsimile. The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall,
subject to applicable Law, have the same force and effect as manually-signed originals and shall be
binding on all Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. The Administrative Agent may
also require that any such documents and signatures be confirmed by a manually-signed original
thereof; provided, however, that the failure to request or deliver the same shall
not limit the effectiveness of any facsimile document or signature.
(c) Limited Use of Electronic Mail. Electronic mail and Internet and intranet
websites may be used only to distribute routine communications, such as financial statements and
other information as provided in Section 7.1, and to distribute Loan Documents for
execution by the parties thereto, and may not be used for any other notices hereunder unless
otherwise provided.
(d) Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the
Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic requests for
Loans) that, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, are
purportedly given by or on behalf of Borrower or any Co-Borrower even if (i) such notices were not
made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other
form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied
from any confirmation thereof. Borrower and the Co-Borrowers shall jointly and severally indemnify
each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities
resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice that, in the reasonable judgment of such
Agent-Related Person, is purportedly given by or on behalf of Borrower or any Co-Borrower. All
telephonic notices to and other communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the
Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
(e) Notice to Borrower is Notice to Co-Borrowers. Borrower and the Co-Borrower
expressly agree that the credit facilities provided hereunder are being provided for the joint
convenience of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Co-Borrowers, and that it is
expected that Borrower shall administer the Advances and Letters of Credit on behalf of itself and
the Co-Borrowers. Accordingly, Borrower and the Co-Borrowers agree that any notice
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provided to Borrower hereunder shall be deemed to constitute the same notice to the Co-
Borrowers, without the requirement that separate notices be provided to the Co-Borrowers.
SECTION 11.7 Execution of Loan Documents. Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise
specifies with respect to any Loan Document, (a) this Agreement and any other Loan Document may be
executed in any number of counterparts and any party hereto or thereto may execute any counterpart,
each of which when executed and delivered will be deemed to be an original and all of which
counterparts of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, as the case may be, when taken together
will be deemed to be but one and the same instrument and (b) execution of any such counterpart may
be evidenced by a telecopier transmission of the signature of such party followed by prompt
transmission of an original signature. The execution of this Agreement or any other Loan Document
by any party hereto or thereto will not become effective until counterparts hereof or thereof, as
the case may be, have been executed by all the parties hereto or thereto.
SECTION 11.8 Binding Effect; Assignment. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby, except that neither Borrower nor any other Party may assign or otherwise
transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its
rights or obligations hereunder except for the following (any other attempted assignment or
transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void):
(i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of clause (b) of
this Section;
(ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of clause (d) of
this Section;
(iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the
restrictions of clause (f) of this Section; or
(iv) to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of clause (h) of this Section.
Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person
(other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,
Participants to the extent provided in clause (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly
contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender
and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this
Agreement. Each Lender represents that it is not acquiring its Notes with a view to the
distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (subject to any
requirement that disposition of its Notes must be within the control of such Lender).
(b) Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of
its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Pro Rata Share
of the Revolving Commitment (and, to the extent it assigns its Class A Loans, a corresponding
portion of its Class A Funding Requirement) and the Loans (including for
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purposes of this clause (b), participations in L/C Obligations) at the time owing to it);
provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the
assigning Lender’s Class A Funding Requirement and Class A Revolving Obligations or
all of the assigning Lender’s other Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of
an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum
amount need be assigned;
(ii) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i) of this Section, the amount
of the Class A Funding Requirement (which for this purpose includes any Class A
Loans outstanding thereunder) or other Loans or, if the Commitments are not then in
effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender
subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and
Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent
or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade
Date, shall not be less than, with respect to (A) the Class A Funding Requirements
or Class A Loans, $5,000,000 and (B) the other Loans, $1,000,000, unless each of the
Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed); provided, however, that concurrent assignments
to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an
Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members
of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of
determining whether such minimum amount has been met;
(iii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate
part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with
respect to the Loans (and, in the case of the Class A Loans, the allocable residual
revolving portion of the Revolving Commitment represented by that Lender’s Class A
Funding Requirement) assigned, except that this clause (iii) shall not (A) apply to
the Swing Line Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans or (B)
prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations
among separate Commitments on a non-pro rata basis;
(iv) the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and any Swing
Line Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) shall be required for
assignments of any portion of the Revolving Commitment if such assignment is to a
Person that is not a Revolving Lender with a Pro Rata Share of the Revolving
Commitment, an Affiliate of such Revolving Lender or an Approved Fund with respect
to such Revolving Lender;
(v) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and
recordation fee of $3,500, provided, however, that the
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may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee
in the case of any assignment, and the Eligible Assignee, if it is not a Lender,
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and
(vi) Each assignment of Class A-1 Loans by a Class A-1 Lender must be
accompanied by a proportionate assignment to, and assumption by the assignee Lender
of, its Class A Funding Requirement, and each assignment of Class A-2 Loans and
related Class A Revolving Obligations by a Class A-2 Lender must be accompanied by a
proportionate assignment to, and assumption by the assignee Lender of, its Class A
Funding Requirement, and the corresponding Class A Loans and Class A Revolving
Obligations thereafter made by the assignee Lender shall be treated as under the
same sub-Class (i.e., Class A-1 or Class A-2).
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (c) of
this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the
Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest
assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this
Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by
such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the
case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be
entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.6,3.7 and 11.11 with respect to
facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Upon request,
Borrower and each Co-Borrower (at their sole expense) shall execute and deliver a Note under the
relevant Commitment to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or
obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this clause shall be treated for
purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and
obligations in accordance with clause (d) of this Section.
(c) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of Borrower and the
Co-Borrowers, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and
Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the
Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to,
each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries
in the Register shall be conclusive, and Borrower, the Co-Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms
hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the
contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by each of Borrower, each Co-Borrower and
the Issuing Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. In
addition, at any time that a request for a consent for a material or substantive change to the Loan
Documents is pending, any Lender wishing to consult with other Lenders in connection therewith may
request and receive from the Administrative Agent a copy of the Register.
(d) Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, Borrower, any
Co-Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural
person or Borrower or any of Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a
“Participant”) in all
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or a portion of that Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or
a portion of any of its Pro Rata Shares of the Commitments and/or the Loans (including that
Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided
that (i) that Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) that Lender
shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations
and (iii) Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender shall continue to
deal solely and directly with that Lender in connection with that Lender’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement.
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall
provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any
amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such
agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the
Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in Section 11.2
requiring the consent of that Lender and which also affects such Participant. Subject to clause
(e) of this Section, Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 3.6 and 3.7 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its
interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section.
(e) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under
Section 3.6 or 3.7 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive
with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to
such Participant is made with Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a
Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.11(d)
unless Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant
agrees, for the benefit of Borrower, to comply with Section 11.21 as though it were a
Lender.
(f) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of
its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such
Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank;
provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its
obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(g) The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment
and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in
electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a
manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be,
to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic
Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and
Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting
Lender”) may grant to an SPC the option to provide all or any part of any Loan that such
Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided
that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan, and
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(ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part
of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof
or, if it fails to do so, to make such payment to the Administrative Agent as is required under
Section 2.10. Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) neither the grant to any SPC nor
the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase
or change the obligations of Borrower under this Agreement (including its obligations under
Sections 3.6 and 3.7), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar
payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, and (iii) the Granting
Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other
modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder. The
making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Pro Rata Share of the relevant Commitment of
the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. In
furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the
termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the
payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior debt of any SPC, it will not
institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under the laws of the United
States or any State thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC
may (i) with notice to, but without prior consent of Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with
the payment of a processing fee of $3,500 (which processing fee may be waived by the Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion), assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with
respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public
information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or
provider of any surety or contingent obligation or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.
(i) Resignation as Issuing Lender or Swing Line Lender after Assignment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank of America (or any
Swing Line Lender) assigns all of its Pro Rata Shares of the Commitments and Loans pursuant to
clause (b) above, Bank of America (or such Swing Line Lender) may, upon 30 days’ notice to Borrower
and the Lenders, concurrently resign as an Issuing Lender or as Swing Line Lender, as applicable.
In the event of any such resignation as Issuing Lender or Swing Line Lender, Borrower shall be
entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a replacement Issuing Lender or Swing Line Lender
hereunder, as applicable; provided, however, that no failure by Borrower to appoint
any such successor shall affect the resignation of Bank of America as Issuing Lender or such Swing
Line Lender as Swing Line Lender. If Bank of America resigns as an Issuing Lender, it shall retain
all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Lender hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit
issued by it and outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as Issuing Lender and all
L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate
Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.6(c)). If
any Swing Line Lender resigns from such capacity as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the
rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it
and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the
Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans
pursuant to Section 2.7(e).
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(j) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, the rights of the Lenders to
make assignments of, and grant participations in, their Pro Rata Shares of the Commitments shall be
subject to the approval of any Gaming Board, to the extent required by applicable Gaming Laws, and
to compliance with applicable securities laws, if any.
SECTION 11.9 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Administrative Agent or any Lender (but in each case only with the consent of the Requisite
Lenders) may exercise its rights under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and other
applicable Laws and, to the extent permitted by applicable Laws, apply any funds in any deposit
account maintained with it by Borrower, the Co-Borrowers and/or any of their Property in its
possession against the Obligations.
SECTION 11.10 Sharing of Setoffs. Each Lender severally agrees that if it, through
the exercise of any right of setoff, banker’s lien or counterclaim against Borrower, any
Co-Borrower, or otherwise, receives payment of the Obligations held by it that is ratably more than
any other Lender, through any means, receives in payment of the Obligations held by that Lender,
then, subject to applicable Laws:
(a) the Lender exercising the right of setoff, banker’s lien or counterclaim or
otherwise receiving such payment shall purchase, and shall be deemed to have simultaneously
purchased, from the other Lender a participation in the Obligations held by the other Lender
and shall pay to the other Lender a purchase price in an amount so that the share of the
Obligations held by each Lender after the exercise of the right of setoff, banker’s lien or
counterclaim or receipt of payment shall be in the same proportion that existed prior to the
exercise of the right of setoff, banker’s lien or counterclaim or receipt of payment; and
(b) such other adjustments and purchases of participations shall be made from time to
time as shall be equitable to ensure that all of the Lenders share any payment obtained in
respect of the Obligations ratably in accordance with each Lender’s share of the Obligations
immediately prior to, and without taking into account, the payment; provided that,
if all or any portion of a disproportionate payment obtained as a result of the exercise of
the right of setoff, banker’s lien, counterclaim or otherwise is thereafter recovered from
the purchasing Lender by Borrower, any Co-Borrower or any Person claiming through or
succeeding to the rights of Borrower or a Co-Borrower, the purchase of a participation shall
be rescinded and the purchase price thereof shall be restored to the extent of the recovery,
but without interest. Each Lender that purchases a participation in the Obligations
pursuant to this Section shall from and after the purchase have the right to give all
notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with
respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the
purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased. Borrower and each
Co-Borrower expressly consents to the foregoing arrangements and agrees that any Lender
holding a participation in an Obligation so purchased may exercise any and all rights of
setoff, banker’s lien or counterclaim with respect to the participation as fully as if the
Lender were the original owner of the Obligation purchased.
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SECTION 11.11 Indemnification by Borrower and the Co-Borrowers. Whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, Borrower and each Co-Borrower jointly and
severally shall indemnify and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person, each Lender and their
respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents and attorneys-in-fact
(collectively the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, settlements, costs,
expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at
any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any way relating to
or arising out of or in connection with (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or
administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in
connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby, (b) any Commitment, Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of
the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any Issuing Lender to honor a demand for payment
under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly
comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit) or (c) any actual or prospective claim, litigation,
investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or
any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or
threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) and regardless of whether any Indemnitee
is a party thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”),
provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent
that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions,
judgments, suits cost, expenses or disbursements are determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from
the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other
similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, nor shall any
Indemnitee have any liability for any indirect, consequential, special or punitive damages relating
to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection
herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Restatement Effective Date). All amounts due
under this Section 11.11 shall be payable within 10 Business Days after demand therefor.
The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the
replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or
discharge of all the other Obligations.
SECTION 11.12 Nonliability of the Lenders; No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.
Borrower and each Co-Borrower acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) Any inspections of any Property of Borrower and its Subsidiaries made by or through
the Creditors are for purposes of administration of the Loans and Letters of Credit only and
Borrower and its Affiliates are not entitled to rely upon the same (whether or not such
inspections are at the expense of Borrower or its Subsidiaries); neither the Administrative
Agent nor the Lenders undertake or assume any responsibility or duty to Borrower or its
Affiliates to select, review, inspect, supervise, pass judgment upon or inform Borrower or
its Affiliates of any matter in connection with their Property or the operations of Borrower
or its Affiliates; Borrower and its Affiliates shall rely entirely upon their own judgment
with respect to such matters; and any review, inspection, supervision, exercise of judgment
or supply of information undertaken or
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assumed by the Creditors in connection with such matters is solely for the protection
of the Creditors and neither Borrower, the Co-Borrowers nor any other Person is entitled to
rely thereon;
(b) By accepting or approving anything required to be observed, performed, fulfilled or
given to the Creditors pursuant to the Loan Documents, neither the Administrative Agent nor
the Lenders shall be deemed to have warranted or represented the sufficiency, legality,
effectiveness or legal effect of the same, or of any term, provision or condition thereof,
and such acceptance or approval thereof shall not constitute a warranty or representation to
anyone with respect thereto by the Creditors;
(c) (i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other
services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or
other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length commercial
transaction between Borrower, Co-Borrowers and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand,
and the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers, on the other hand, and each of Borrower
and Co-Borrowers is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the
terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan
Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in
connection with the process leading to such transaction, the Administrative Agent, the Lead
Arrangers and the Lenders each is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the
financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for Borrower, Co-Borrowers or any of their respective
Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person; (iii) none of the
Administrative Agent, any Lead Arranger or any Lender has assumed or will assume an
advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of Borrower or any Co-Borrower with
respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto,
including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other
Loan Document (irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lead Arranger or any
Lender has advised or is currently advising Borrower, Co-Borrowers or any of their
respective Affiliates on other matters) and none of the Administrative Agent, any Lead
Arranger or any Lender has any obligation to Borrower, Co-Borrowers or any of their
respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those
obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; (iv) the
relationship between Borrower and the Co-Borrowers and the Creditors is, and shall at all
times remain, solely that of borrowers and lenders; neither the Administrative Agent, the
Lead Arrangers nor the Lenders shall under any circumstance be construed to be partners or
joint venturers of Borrower or its Affiliates; neither the Administrative Agent, the Lead
Arrangers nor the Lenders shall under any circumstance be deemed to be in a relationship of
confidence or trust or a fiduciary or other “special” relationship with Borrower or its
Affiliates, or to owe any fiduciary duty to Borrower or its Affiliates; (v) the
Administrative Agent and its Affiliates and the Lead Arrangers and their Affiliates may be
engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of
Borrower, Co-Borrowers and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent
nor any Lead Arranger has no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any
advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (vi) the Administrative Agent has not (and
the Lead Arrangers have not provided and will not
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provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the
transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification
hereof or of any other Loan Document) and each of Borrower and Co-Borrowers has consulted
its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed
appropriate. Each of Borrower and Co-Borrowers hereby waives and releases, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent and
the Lead Arrangers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty;
and
(d) The Creditors shall not be responsible or liable to any Person for any loss,
damage, liability or claim of any kind relating to injury or death to Persons or damage to
Property caused by the actions, inaction or negligence of Borrower and/or its Affiliates and
Borrower and the Co-Borrowers hereby indemnify and hold the Creditors harmless on the terms
set forth in Section 11.11 from any such loss, damage, liability or claim.
SECTION 11.13 No Third Parties Benefited. This Agreement is made for the purpose of
defining and setting forth certain obligations, rights and duties of Borrower, the Co-Borrowers and
the Creditors in connection with the Loans, and is made for the sole benefit of Borrower, the
Co-Borrowers, the Creditors, and the Creditors’ successors and assigns. Except as provided
in Sections 11.8, 11.11, and 11.26 no other Person shall have any rights of
any nature hereunder or by reason hereof.
SECTION 11.14 Confidentiality. Each Lender agrees to hold any confidential
information that it may receive from Borrower and the Co-Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement in
confidence, except for disclosure: (a) to other Creditors (or, subject to appropriate
confidentiality restrictions, Affiliates of any Creditor); (b) to legal counsel and accountants for
Borrower and the Co-Borrowers or any Lender; (c) to other professional advisors to Borrower and the
Co-Borrowers or any Lender, provided that the recipient has accepted such information subject to a
confidentiality agreement substantially similar to this Section; (d) to regulatory officials having
jurisdiction over that Lender; (e) to any Gaming Board having regulatory jurisdiction over Borrower
or its Subsidiaries, provided that each Lender agrees to use its best efforts to notify Borrower
and the Co-Borrowers of any such disclosure unless prohibited by applicable Laws; (f) as required
by Law or legal process or in connection with any legal proceeding to which that Lender and
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are adverse parties; and (g) to another financial institution
in connection with a disposition or proposed disposition to that financial institution of all or
part of that Lender’s interests hereunder or a participation interest in its Notes, provided that
the recipient has accepted such information subject to a confidentiality agreement substantially
similar to this Section. For purposes of the foregoing, “confidential information” shall mean any
information respecting Borrower or its Subsidiaries reasonably considered by Borrower to be
confidential, other than (i) information previously filed with any Governmental
Agency and available to the public, (ii) information previously published in any public medium from
a source other than, directly or indirectly, that Lender, and (iii) information previously
disclosed by Borrower or its Subsidiaries to any Person not associated with Borrower without a
confidentiality agreement or obligation substantially similar to this Section. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, “confidential information” shall not include, and the
Administrative Agent and each Lender may disclose without limitation of any kind, any information
with respect to the “tax treatment” and “tax structure” (in each case, within the
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meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4) of the transactions contemplated hereby and
all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the
Administrative Agent or such Lender relating to such tax treatment and tax structure;
provided that with respect to any document or similar item that in either case contains
information concerning the tax treatment or tax structure of the transaction as well as other
information, this sentence shall only apply to such portions of the document or similar item that
relate to the tax treatment or tax structure of the Loans, Letters of Credit and transactions
contemplated hereby. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to create or give rise to any
fiduciary duty on the part of the Creditors to Borrower or any other Party.
SECTION 11.15 Further Assurances. Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall, at their
expense and without expense to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent, do, execute and deliver
such further acts and documents as the Requisite Lenders or the Administrative Agent from time to
time reasonably require for the assuring and confirming unto the Lenders or the Administrative
Agent of the rights hereby created or intended now or hereafter so to be, or for carrying out the
intention or facilitating the performance of the terms of any Loan Document.
SECTION 11.16 Integration. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the letter
agreements referred to in Sections 3.4 and 3.5, comprise the complete and
integrated agreements of the parties on the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
agreements, written or oral, on the subject matter hereof. In the event of any conflict between
the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this
Agreement shall control and govern; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies
in favor of the Creditors in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this
Agreement. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties
thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance
with the fair meaning thereof.
SECTION 11.17 Governing Law. Each Loan Document shall be governed by, and construed
and enforced in accordance with, the local Laws of Nevada.
SECTION 11.18 Severability of Provisions. Any provision in any Loan Document that is
held to be inoperative, unenforceable or invalid as to any party or in any jurisdiction shall, as
to that party or jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable or invalid without affecting the
remaining provisions or the operation, enforceability or validity of that provision as to any other
party or in any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of all Loan Documents are
declared to be severable.
SECTION 11.19 Headings. Article and Section headings in this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and are not part of this Agreement or
the other Loan Documents for any other purpose.
SECTION 11.20 Time of the Essence. Time is of the essence of the Loan Documents.
SECTION 11.21 Foreign Lenders and Participants.
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(a) Tax Forms.
(i) Each Lender that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Foreign Lender”) shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent, prior to receipt of any payment subject to withholding under
the Code (or upon accepting an assignment of an interest herein), two duly signed
completed copies of either IRS Form W-8BEN or any successor thereto (relating to
such Foreign Lender and entitling it to an exemption from, or reduction of,
withholding tax on all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by Borrower
pursuant to this Agreement) or IRS Form W-8ECI or any successor thereto (relating to
all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement) or such other evidence satisfactory to Borrower and the Administrative
Agent that such Foreign Lender is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of,
U.S. withholding tax, including any exemption pursuant to Section 881(c) of the
Code. Thereafter and from time to time, each such Foreign Lender shall (A) promptly
submit to the Administrative Agent such additional duly completed and signed copies
of one of such forms (or such successor forms as shall be adopted from time to time
by the relevant United States taxing authorities) as may then be available under
then current United States laws and regulations to avoid, or such evidence as is
satisfactory to Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any available exemption
from or reduction of, United States withholding taxes in respect of all payments to
be made to such Foreign Lender by Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, (B) promptly
notify the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or
render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (C) take such steps as shall
not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender,
and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending
Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws that Borrower make any deduction
or withholding for taxes from amounts payable to such Foreign Lender.
(ii) Each Foreign Lender, to the extent it does not act or ceases to act for
its own account with respect to any portion of any sums paid or payable to such
Lender under any of the Loan Documents (for example, in the case of a typical
participation by such Lender), shall deliver to the Administrative Agent on the date
when such Foreign Lender ceases to act for its own account with respect to any
portion of any such sums paid or payable, and at such other times as may be
necessary in the determination of the Administrative Agent (in the reasonable
exercise of its discretion), (A) two duly signed completed copies of the forms or
statements required to be provided by such Lender as set forth above, to establish
the portion of any such sums paid or payable with respect to which such Lender acts
for its own account that is not subject to U.S. withholding tax, and (B) two duly
signed completed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor thereto), together with
any information such Lender chooses to transmit with such form, and any other
certificate or statement of exemption required under the Code, to establish that
such Lender is not acting for its own account with respect to a portion of any such
sums payable to such Lender.
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(iii) Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amount to any
Foreign Lender under Section 3.11(d) (A) with respect to any taxes required
to be deducted or withheld on the basis of the information, certificates or
statements of exemption such Lender transmits with an IRS Form W-81MY pursuant to
this Section 11.21(a) or (B) if such Lender shall have failed to satisfy the
foregoing provisions of this Section 11.21(a); provided that if such
Lender shall have satisfied the requirement of this Section 11.21(a) on the
date such Lender became a Lender or ceased to act for its own account with respect
to any payment under any of the Loan Documents, nothing in this
Section 11.21(a) shall relieve Borrower of its obligation to pay any amounts
pursuant to Section 3.11(d) in the event that, as a result of any change in
any applicable law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change
in the interpretation, administration or application thereof, such Lender is no
longer properly entitled to deliver forms, certificates or other evidence at a
subsequent date establishing the fact that such Lender or other Person for the
account of which such Lender receives any sums payable under any of the Loan
Documents is not subject to withholding or is subject to withholding at a reduced
rate.
(iv) The Administrative Agent may, without reduction, withhold any Taxes
required to be deducted and withheld from any payment under any of the Loan
Documents with respect to which Borrower is not required to pay additional amounts
under this Section 11.21(a).
(b) Form W-9. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each Lender that is a
“United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent two duly signed completed copies of IRS Form W-9. If such Lender fails to
deliver such forms, then the Administrative Agent may withhold from any interest payment to such
Lender an amount equivalent to the applicable back-up withholding tax imposed by the Code, without
reduction.
(c) Withholding. If any Governmental Agency asserts that the Administrative Agent did
not properly withhold or backup withhold, as the case may be, any tax or other amount from payments
made to or for the account of any Lender, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent
therefor, including all penalties and interest, any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the
amounts payable to the Administrative Agent under this Section, and costs and expenses (including
Attorney Costs) of the Administrative Agent. The obligation of the Lenders under this
Section shall survive the termination of the Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations
hereunder and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 11.22 Gaming Boards. The Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders agree
to cooperate with all Gaming Boards in connection with the administration of their regulatory
jurisdiction over Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the provision of such documents
or other information as may be requested by any such Gaming Board relating to Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries or to the Loan Documents.
SECTION 11.23 Termination. Upon (a) the expiration or termination of the
Commitments, (b) the full and final payment in Cash of the Loans, all interest and fees with
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respect thereto, (c) the reimbursement of all draws under Letters of Credit and the payment of
all fees with respect thereto, (d) the expiration of all Letters of Credit or the deposit of Cash
collateral with the Issuing Lender in the effective face amount thereof, (e) the payment of all
amounts then demanded by any Lender or indemnitee under Sections 3.6, 3.7 and
11.11 and (f) the payment of all other amounts then due under the Loan Documents, the
Administrative Agent is hereby authorized by the Lenders to, and the Administrative Agent shall,
upon the request of Borrower and the Co-Borrowers, execute and deliver to Borrower and the
Co-Borrowers discharges from further compliance with the covenants contained in Articles
5, 6, and 7.
SECTION 11.24 Removal of a Lender. Borrower and the Co-Borrowers shall have the
right to remove a Lender as a party to this Agreement in accordance with this Section (a) under the
circumstances set forth in Sections 3.6, 3.7(g) and 3.11(d) and (b) if such
Lender is the subject of a Disqualification. If Borrower and the Co-Borrowers are entitled to
remove a Lender pursuant to this Section either:
(x) Upon notice from Borrower and the Co-Borrowers, the Lender being removed shall
execute and deliver a Assignment Agreement covering that Lender’s Pro Rata Share in favor of
one or more Eligible Assignees designated by Borrower and the Co-Borrowers (and acceptable
to the Administrative Agent, which acceptance shall not be unreasonably delayed or
withheld), subject to (i) payment of a purchase price by such Eligible Assignee equal to all
principal and accrued interest, fees and other amounts payable to such Lender under this
Agreement through the date of assignment and (ii) the written release of the Issuing Lender
of such Lender’s obligations under Sections 2.4(c) and 2.6(d) or delivery by
such Eligible Assignee of such appropriate assurances and indemnities (which may include
letters of credit) as such Lender may reasonably require with respect to its participation
interest in any Letters of Credit then outstanding or any Swing Line Outstandings; or
(y) Borrower and the Co-Borrowers may reduce the Commitments pursuant to
Section 2.9 (and, for this purpose, the numerical requirements of such Section shall
not apply) by an amount equal to that Lender’s Pro Rata Share, pay and provide to such
Lender the amounts, assurances and indemnities described in subclauses (i) and (ii) of
clause (x) above and release such Lender from its Pro Rata Share.
SECTION 11.25 Joint and Several. Borrower and each of the Co-Borrowers shall be
obligated for all of the Obligations on a joint and several basis, notwithstanding which of them
may have directly received the proceeds of any particular Loan or Advance or the benefit of a
particular Letter of Credit, provided that, anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding
(including Exhibit F), the liability of Detroit, including, without limitation, Detroit’s
liability with respect to Indemnified Liabilities pursuant to Section 11.11, shall be
limited to that portion of the Obligations which are actually borrowed or received by Detroit.
Borrower and each of the Co-Borrowers acknowledge and agree that, for purposes of the Loan
Documents, Borrower, the Co-Borrowers and the Guarantors constitute a single integrated financial
enterprise and that each receives a benefit from the availability of credit under this Agreement.
Borrower and the Co-Borrowers each waive all defenses arising under the Laws of suretyship, to the
extent such Laws are applicable, in connection with their joint and several obligations under this
Agreement.
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Without limiting the foregoing, Borrower and each of the Co-Borrowers agree to the Joint
Borrower Provisions set forth in Exhibit F, incorporated by this reference.
SECTION 11.26 Non-Involvement of Tracinda. The parties hereto acknowledge that
neither Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx nor Tracinda Corporation, individually or collectively, is a party to this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents executed on the Amendment Effective Date.
Accordingly, the parties hereto hereby agree that in the event (i) there is any alleged breach or
default by any Party under this Agreement or any such Loan Document, or (ii) any party hereto has
any claim arising from or relating to any such Loan Document, no party hereto, nor any party
claiming through it (to the extent permitted by applicable Law), shall commence any proceedings or
otherwise seek to impose any liability whatsoever against Xx. Xxxxxxxxx or Tracinda Corporation by
reason of such alleged breach, default or claim.
SECTION 11.27 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of
Borrower or any Co-Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the
Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds
of such set-off or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or
preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any
other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then
(a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be
satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been
made or such set-off had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by
the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such
payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.
SECTION 11.28 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY
IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT,
TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD
NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT
AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 11.29 Purported Oral Amendments. BORROWER AND EACH CO-BORROWER EXPRESSLY
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS MAY ONLY BE AMENDED OR MODIFIED, OR
THE PROVISIONS HEREOF OR THEREOF WAIVED OR SUPPLEMENTED, BY AN INSTRUMENT IN WRITING THAT COMPLIES
WITH SECTION 11.2. BORROWER AND
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EACH CO-BORROWER AGREE THAT THEY WILL NOT RELY ON ANY COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF
PERFORMANCE, OR ORAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENTS BY ANY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY
LENDER THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH SECTION 11.2 TO EFFECT AN AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION, WAIVER
OR SUPPLEMENT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.
SECTION 11.30 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as
hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any
Lender) hereby notifies Borrower and each Co-Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA
Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”),
it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrower and each
Co-Borrower, which information includes the name and address of Borrower and each Co-Borrower and
other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to
identify Borrower and each Co-Borrower in accordance with the Act.
ARTICLE 12
FURTHER CONDITIONS
FURTHER CONDITIONS
SECTION 12.1 Conditions to the Restatement Effective Date. The occurrence of the
Restatement Effective Date and the retranching of the Loans as set forth in the Amendment No. 9 and
Restatement Agreement is subject to the following conditions precedent (unless all of the Extending
Lenders, in their sole and absolute discretion, shall agree otherwise):
(a) Borrower shall have remitted to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the
Extending Lenders, sufficient funds to make the Required Prepayments and to pay the
Extension Fees, and shall have irrevocably directed the Administrative Agent to remit such
funds to the Extending Lenders (in accordance with their respective interests);
(b) Borrower shall have confirmed in a writing to the Administrative Agent that it is
in a position to and shall pay the Incentive Fees (as defined in the Amendment No. 9 and
Restatement Agreement) in accordance with its arrangements with each Extending Lender;
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received:
(i) a certificate from the Secretary of Borrower and Detroit confirming that
(x) except for representations and warranties which expressly speak as of a
particular date or are no longer true and correct as a result of a change which is
permitted by this Agreement, the representations and warranties contained in Article
4 are true and correct in all material respects on the Restatement Effective Date
and (y) before and after giving effect to this Restated Loan Agreement, no Default
or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii) opinions of counsel substantially in the form of Exhibit G;
(iii) amendments to the existing deeds of trust and title insurance
endorsements substantially in the form of Exhibit H with respect to those
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mortgaged properties which constitute Collateral, together with arrangements
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent for delivery on or after the
Restatement Effective Date of CLTA form 110.5 endorsements (or similar assurances
acceptable to the Administrative Agent) with respect to the lenders policies of
title insurance delivered to the Administrative Agent with respect thereto;
(iv) evidence that debt or equity offerings (or combinations thereof) shall
have occurred on or after the Amendment Effective Date in an aggregate amount
sufficient such that the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are not less than the aggregate
amount of the Required Prepayments; and
(v) a reaffirmation of the Guaranty by each of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(d) Borrower shall have reimbursed the Administrative Agent for the invoiced amount of
the reasonable fees and expenses of Xxxxx Xxxxx for the period through the Restatement
Effective Date; and
(e) All conditions set forth in Section 4 of the Amendment No. 9 and Restatement
Agreement shall have been satisfied.
When the conditions set for in this Section 12.1 have been satisfied, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and the Lenders that the Restatement Effective Date has
occurred, this Agreement shall become effective, and the Administrative Agent shall (on the same
Business Day as such notice) promptly remit to each Extending Lender the Required Prepayments and
Extension Fees to which it is entitled pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 12.1.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12.1, unless the Requisite Lenders
otherwise agree, the Restated Loan Agreement shall not become effective unless each of the
conditions set forth in this Section 12.1 is satisfied prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on June 30, 2010.
SECTION 12.2 Conditions to the Extension Date. The occurrence of the Extension Date
and the obligation of each Class A-2 Lender, Class C Lender and Class E Lender to extend the term
of its Class A Funding Requirement and the maturity of its Class A-2 Loans, Class C Loans and Class
E Loans on the Extension Date pursuant to Section 2.2 is subject to the following
conditions precedent (unless the majority in interest of the Extending Lenders shall agree
otherwise):
(a) Not later than three Business Days prior to the date upon which Borrower and
Detroit propose to terminate the Class A Funding Requirements of the Class A-1 Lenders, and
to prepay the outstanding Class A-1 Loans, Class B Loans and Class D Loans, Borrower shall
have delivered a written notice of its intention to do so to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders;
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(b) Borrower and/or Detroit shall have repaid or prepaid the outstanding principal
amount of all outstanding Class A-1 Loans (and permanently terminated the Class A Funding
Requirements of the Class A-1 Lenders), Class B Loans and Class D Loans together with all
interest and other Obligations payable in connection therewith;
(c) Borrower shall have provided the Administrative Agent with a Certificate of a
Responsible Official of Borrower stating that, as of the Extension Date, both before and
after giving pro forma effect to the fulfillment of the foregoing conditions precedent, no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and remains continuing; and
(d) After giving pro forma effect to the fulfillment of the foregoing conditions
precedent of this Section 12.2, on the Extension Date, the aggregate undrawn amount
of the Class A Funding Requirements of the Class A-2 Lenders shall not be less than
$350,000,000 unless the majority in interest of the Class A-2 Lenders, Class C Lenders and
Class E Lenders (acting as a single class, and for this purpose treating such Class A
Funding Requirements as fully outstanding) otherwise agree.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of
the date first above written.
MGM MIRAGE, a Delaware corporation and MGM GRAND DETROIT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. XxXxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx XxXxxxx | |||
Title: | Secretary | |||
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |