GUARANTY
Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION VERSION
This GUARANTY (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time
to time, this “Guaranty”), dated as of May 17, 2010, is made by Sands China Ltd., a company
organized in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (the “Sponsor”) and each Subsidiary of the
Borrower (as defined below) required from time to time to become party hereto pursuant to the
Credit Agreement (as defined below) (the Sponsor and each such Subsidiary each individually, a
“Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”), in favor of and for the benefit of The Bank of
Nova Scotia, as administrative agent (together with its successor(s) thereto in such capacity, the
“Administrative Agent”).
RECITALS
A. Venetian Orient Limited, a Macau corporation (the “Borrower”), has entered into the Credit
Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2010, among the Borrower, The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative
agent, each of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Lending Partners LLC, BNP Paribas, Hong Kong Branch, Citigroup Global
Markets Asia Limited, Citicorp Financial Services Limited, Citibank, N.A., Hong Kong Branch, UBS AG
Hong Kong Branch, Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, Bank of
China Limited, Macau Branch and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Macau) Limited, as global
coordinators and bookrunners and, with the exception of Bank of China Limited, Macau Branch and
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Macau) Limited, as co-syndication agents for the Lenders,
each of Banco Nacional Ultramarino, S.A., DBS Bank Ltd. and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
Limited, as mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners, and each of the other agents and arrangers
from time to time party thereto and the financial institutions from time to time party thereto (the
“Lenders”) have entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as
amended, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”).
B. It is a condition precedent to the making of the Credit Extensions under the Credit
Agreement that the Borrower’s Obligations thereunder be guarantied by the Guarantors.
C. The Guarantors are willing irrevocably and unconditionally to guaranty such Obligations.
NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and in order to induce the Secured
Parties to make Credit Extensions and to enter into Rate/FX Protection Agreements, the Guarantors
hereby agree as follows.
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Guaranty, the following terms shall have
the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:
“Guarantied Obligations” is defined in subsection 2.1.
“Guaranty” is defined in the preamble.
“payment in full”, “paid in full” or any similar term means payment in full of the
Guarantied Obligations, including all principal, interest, costs, fees and expenses
(including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of Secured Parties as required under the Loan
Documents.
1.2 Interpretation.
(a) References to “Sections” and “subsections” shall be to Sections and subsections,
respectively, of this Guaranty unless otherwise specifically provided.
(b) In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms, conditions and
provisions of this Guaranty and the terms, conditions and provisions of the Credit
Agreement, the terms, conditions and provisions of this Guaranty shall prevail.
(c) Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used in
this Guaranty, including its preamble and recitals, have the meanings provided in the Credit
Agreement.
(d) The rules of construction set forth in subsection 1.3 of the Credit Agreement shall
be applicable to this Guaranty mutatis mutandis.
SECTION 2. THE GUARANTY
2.1 Guaranty of the Guarantied Obligations. Subject to the provisions of
subsection 2.2, the Guarantors jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
guaranty the due and punctual payment in full, without set-off, counterclaim, deduction or
withholding (including on account of any Tax), of all Guarantied Obligations when the same shall
become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand
or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay
under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)). The term “Guarantied
Obligations” is used herein in its most comprehensive sense and includes:
(a) any and all Obligations of the Borrower, now or hereafter made, incurred or
created, whether absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether due or not due,
and however arising under or in connection with any Loan Documents, including those arising
under successive borrowing transactions under the Credit Agreement which shall either
continue the Obligations of the Borrower or from time to time renew them after they have
been satisfied and including interest which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy
with respect to the Borrower, would have accrued on any Guarantied
Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against the Borrower for such interest
in the related bankruptcy proceeding; and
(b) those expenses set forth in subsection 2.8 hereof.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all
amounts that constitute part of the Guarantied Obligations and would be owed by the Borrower to any
Secured Party under or in respect of the Loan Documents but for the fact that they are
unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership, reorganization, liquidation, arrangement or similar proceeding involving the
Borrower.
2.2 Limitation on Amount Guarantied.
Anything contained in this Guaranty to the contrary notwithstanding, if any Fraudulent
Transfer Law (as hereinafter defined) is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
applicable to the obligations of any Guarantor under this Guaranty, such obligations of such
Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to a maximum aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that
would not render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any applicable provisions of
comparable state law (collectively, the “Fraudulent Transfer Laws”), in each case after giving
effect to all other liabilities of such Guarantor, contingent or otherwise, that are relevant under
the Fraudulent Transfer Laws (specifically excluding, however, any liabilities of such Guarantor
(a) in respect of intercompany indebtedness to the Borrower or other affiliates of the Borrower to
the extent that such indebtedness would be discharged in an amount equal to the amount paid by such
Guarantor hereunder and (b) under any guaranty of Other Indebtedness which guaranty contains a
limitation as to maximum amount similar to that set forth in this subsection 2.2, pursuant to which
the liability of such Guarantor hereunder is included in the liabilities taken into account in
determining such maximum amount) and after giving effect as assets to the value (as determined
under the applicable provisions of the Fraudulent Transfer Laws) of any rights to subrogation,
reimbursement, indemnification or contribution of such Guarantor pursuant to applicable law or
pursuant to the terms of any agreement.
2.3 Payment by Guarantors; Application of Payments. Subject to the provisions of
subsection 2.2, the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree, in furtherance of the foregoing
and not in limitation of any other right which any Secured Party may have at law or in equity
against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, that upon the failure of the Borrower to pay any of the
Guarantied Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by
required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would
become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code,
11 U.S.C. § 362(a)), the Guarantors will upon demand pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the
Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of Secured Parties, an amount equal to the sum of the
unpaid principal amount of all Guarantied Obligations then due as aforesaid, accrued and unpaid
interest on such Guarantied Obligations (including interest which, but for the filing of a petition
in bankruptcy with respect to the Borrower, would have accrued on such Guarantied Obligations,
whether or not a claim is allowed against the Borrower for such interest in the related bankruptcy
proceeding) and all other Guarantied Obligations then owed to
Secured Parties as aforesaid. All such payments shall be applied promptly from time to time
by the Administrative Agent in the following order of priority:
(a) to the payment of the costs and expenses of any collection or other realization
under this Guaranty, including the reasonable costs, fees and expenses of (i) the
Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and all expenses, liabilities and advances
made or incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith, all in accordance with
the terms of this Guaranty and (ii) the Administrative Agent, in accordance with term of the
Credit Agreement;
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(b) thereafter, to the extent of any excess such payments, to the payment of all other
Guarantied Obligations for the ratable benefit of the holders thereof; and
(c) thereafter, to the extent of any excess such payments, to the payment to the
applicable Guarantor or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a
court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
2.4 Liability of Guarantors Absolute. Each Guarantor agrees that its obligations
hereunder are irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a guarantor or surety other than
payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing and without
limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows:
(a) This Guaranty is a guaranty of payment when due and not of collectibility.
(b) The Administrative Agent may enforce this Guaranty upon the occurrence and
continuance of an Event of Default notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between the
Borrower, the Sponsor or any Loan Party and any Secured Party with respect to the existence
of such Event of Default.
(c) The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of
the Borrower and the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents and the obligations of any other
guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the obligations of the Borrower and the Loan
Parties under the Loan Documents, and a separate action or actions may be brought and
prosecuted against such Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against the Borrower
or any of such other guarantors and whether or not the Borrower is joined in any such action
or actions.
(d) Payment by any Guarantor of a portion, but not all, of the Guarantied Obligations
shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge any Guarantor’s liability for any portion
of the Guarantied Obligations which has not been paid. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent is awarded a judgment in any suit brought to
enforce any Guarantor’s covenant to pay a portion of the Guarantied Obligations, such
judgment shall not be deemed to release such Guarantor from its covenant to pay the portion
of the Guarantied Obligations that is not the subject of such suit, and such judgment shall
not, except to the extent satisfied by such Guarantor, limit, affect, modify or abridge any
other Guarantor’s liability hereunder in respect of the Guarantied Obligations.
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(e) Any Secured Party, upon such terms as it deems appropriate, without notice or
demand and without affecting the validity or enforceability of this Guaranty or giving rise
to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination of any Guarantor’s
liability hereunder, from time to time may (i) renew, extend, accelerate, increase the rate
of interest on, or otherwise change the time, place, manner or terms of payment of the
Guarantied Obligations, (ii) settle, compromise, release or discharge, or accept or refuse
any offer of performance with respect to, or substitutions for, the Guarantied Obligations
or any agreement relating thereto and/or subordinate the payment of the same to the payment
of any other obligations; (iii) request and accept other guaranties of the Guarantied
Obligations and take and hold security for the payment of this Guaranty or the Guarantied
Obligations; (iv) release, surrender, exchange, substitute, compromise, settle, rescind,
waive, alter, subordinate or modify, with or without consideration, any security for payment
of the Guarantied Obligations, any other guaranties of the Guarantied Obligations, or any
other obligation of any Person (including any other Guarantor) with respect to the
Guarantied Obligations; (v) enforce and apply any security now or hereafter held by or for
the benefit of such Secured Party in respect of this Guaranty or the Guarantied Obligations
and direct the order or manner of sale thereof, or exercise any other right or remedy that
such Secured Party may have against any such security, in each case as such Secured Party in
its discretion may determine consistent with the Credit Agreement or the applicable Rate/FX
Protection Agreement and any applicable security agreement, including foreclosure on any
such security pursuant to one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, whether or not every
aspect of any such sale is commercially reasonable, and even though such action operates to
impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of
any Guarantor against the Borrower or any security for the Guarantied Obligations; and
(vi) exercise any other rights available to it under the Loan Documents or the Rate/FX
Protection Agreements.
(f) This Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall be valid and
enforceable and shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or
termination for any reason (other than payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations),
including the occurrence of any of the following, whether or not any Guarantor shall have
had notice or knowledge of any of them: (i) any failure or omission to assert or enforce or
agreement or election not to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court,
by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or
any right, power or remedy (whether arising under the Loan Documents, at law, in equity or
otherwise) with respect to the Guarantied Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or
with respect to any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the Guarantied
Obligations; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent to
departure from, any of the terms or provisions (including provisions relating to events of
default) of any of the Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument executed pursuant
thereto, or of any other guaranty or security for the Guarantied Obligations, in each case
whether or not in accordance with the terms of such Loan Document or any agreement relating
to such other guaranty or security; (iii) the Guarantied Obligations, or any agreement
relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any
respect; (iv) the application of payments received from any source (other than payments
received pursuant to the other Loan Documents or from the proceeds of any security for the
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Guarantied Obligations, except to the extent such security also serves as collateral for indebtedness other than the Guarantied
Obligations) to the payment of indebtedness other than the Guarantied Obligations, even
though any Secured Party might have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the
Guarantied Obligations; (v) any Secured Party’s consent to the change, reorganization or
termination of the corporate structure or existence of the Borrower, any Loan Party or any
of their respective Subsidiaries and to any corresponding restructuring of the Guarantied
Obligations; (vi) any failure to perfect or continue perfection of a security interest in
any collateral which secures any of the Guarantied Obligations; (vii) any defenses, set-offs
or counterclaims which the Borrower may allege or assert against any Secured Party in
respect of the Guarantied Obligations, including failure of consideration, breach of
warranty, payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and
usury; and (viii) any other act or thing or omission, or delay to do any other act or thing,
which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor as an
obligor in respect of the Guarantied Obligations.
2.5 Waivers by Guarantors. Each Guarantor hereby waives, for the benefit of Secured
Parties:
(a) any right to require any Secured Party, as a condition of payment or performance by
such Guarantor, to (i) proceed against the Borrower, any other guarantor (including any
other Guarantor) of the Guarantied Obligations or any other Person, (ii) proceed against or
exhaust any security held from the Borrower, any such other guarantor or any other Person,
(iii) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the
books of any Secured Party in favor of the Borrower or any other Person, or (iv) pursue any
other remedy in the power of any Secured Party whatsoever;
(b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any
disability or other defense of the Borrower including any defense based on or arising out of
the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Guarantied Obligations or any agreement
or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of the
Borrower from any cause other than payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations;
(c) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the
obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more
burdensome than that of the principal;
(d) any defense based upon any Secured Party’s errors or omissions in the
administration of the Guarantied Obligations, except behavior which amounts to bad faith;
(e) (i) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might
be in conflict with the terms of this Guaranty and any legal or equitable discharge of such
Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, (ii) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting
such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (iii) any rights to
set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (iv) promptness, diligence and any
requirement that any Secured Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any security
interest or lien or any property subject thereto;
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(f) notices, demands, presentments, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor
and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance of this Guaranty, notices of
default under the Credit Agreement, the Rate/FX Protection Agreements or any agreement or
instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the
Guarantied Obligations or any agreement related thereto, notices of any extension of credit
to the Borrower and notices of any of the matters referred to in subsection 2.4 and any
right to consent to any thereof; and
(g) any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit
the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms
of this Guaranty.
2.6 Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc. Each Guarantor hereby
waives until the Termination Date, any claim, right or remedy, direct or indirect, that such
Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against the Borrower or any of its assets in connection
with this Guaranty or the performance by such Guarantor of its obligations hereunder, in each case
whether such claim, right or remedy arises in equity, under contract, by statute, under common law
or otherwise and including (a) any right of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that such
Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against the Borrower, (b) any right to enforce, or to
participate in, any claim, right or remedy that any Secured Party now has or may hereafter have
against the Borrower, and (c) any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any collateral or
security now or hereafter held by any Secured Party. In addition, until the Termination Date, each
Guarantor shall withhold exercise of any right of contribution such Guarantor may have against any
other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guarantied Obligations (including any such
right of contribution under subsection 2.2(b)). Each Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent
the waiver or agreement to withhold the exercise of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement,
indemnification and contribution as set forth herein is found by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification
such Guarantor may have against the Borrower or against any collateral or security, and any rights
of contribution such Guarantor may have against any such other guarantor, shall be junior and
subordinate to any rights any Secured Party may have against the Borrower, to all right, title and
interest any Secured Party may have in any such collateral or security, and to any right any
Secured Party may have against such other guarantor. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor
on account of any such subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution rights at any
time when all Guarantied Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held in
trust for the Administrative Agent on behalf of Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid over to
the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties to be credited and applied against the
Guarantied Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms hereof.
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2.7 Subordination of Other Obligations. Any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any
Guarantor now or hereafter held by any Guarantor (the “Obligee Guarantor”) is hereby subordinated
in right of payment to the Guarantied Obligations, and any such Indebtedness
collected or received by the Obligee Guarantor after an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing shall be held in trust for the Administrative Agent on behalf of Secured Parties and
shall forthwith be paid over to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties to be
credited and applied against the Guarantied Obligations but without affecting, impairing or
limiting in any manner the liability of the Obligee Guarantor under any other provision of this
Guaranty.
2.8 Expenses. The Guarantors jointly and severally agree to pay, or cause to be paid,
on demand, and to hold the Secured Parties harmless against liability for, any and all reasonable
costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and reasonable allocated
costs of internal counsel) incurred or expended by any Secured Party in connection with the
enforcement of or preservation of any rights under this Guaranty.
2.9 Continuing Guaranty. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall remain in
effect until the Termination Date. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any right to revoke
this Guaranty as to future transactions giving rise to any Guarantied Obligations.
2.10 Authority of Guarantors or the Borrower. It is not necessary for any Secured
Party to inquire into the capacity or powers of any Guarantor or the Borrower or the officers,
directors or any agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any of them.
2.11 Financial Condition of the Borrower. Any Loans or other extensions of credit may
be granted to the Borrower or continued from time to time, and any Rate/FX Protection Agreements
may be entered into from time to time, in each case without notice to or authorization from any
Guarantor regardless of the financial or other condition of the Borrower at the time of any such
grant or continuation or at the time such Rate/FX Protection Agreement is entered into, as the case
may be. No Secured Party shall have any obligation to disclose or discuss with any Guarantor its
assessment, or any Guarantor’s assessment, of the financial condition of the Borrower. Each
Guarantor has adequate means to obtain information from the Borrower on a continuing basis
concerning the financial condition of the Borrower and its ability to perform its obligations under
the Loan Documents, and each Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping informed of
the financial condition of the Borrower and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk of
nonpayment of the Guarantied Obligations. Each Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes any duty
on the part of any Secured Party to disclose any matter, fact or thing relating to the business,
operations or conditions of the Borrower now known or hereafter known by any Secured Party.
2.12 Rights Cumulative. The rights, powers and remedies given to Secured Parties by
this Guaranty are cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent of all rights, powers and
remedies given to Secured Parties by virtue of any statute or rule of law or in any of the other
Loan Documents, or any agreement between any Guarantor and any Secured Party or Secured Parties or
between the Borrower and any Secured Party or Secured Parties. Any forbearance or failure to
exercise, and any delay by any Secured Party in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder
shall not impair any such right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall
it preclude the further exercise of any such right, power or remedy.
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2.13 Bankruptcy; Post-Petition Interest; Reinstatement of Guaranty. (a) So long as
any Guarantied Obligations remain outstanding, no Guarantor shall, without the prior written
consent of the Administrative Agent acting pursuant to the instructions of Requisite Lenders,
commence or join with any other Person in commencing any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency
proceedings of or against the Borrower. The obligations of Guarantors under this Guaranty shall
not be reduced, limited, impaired, discharged, deferred, suspended or terminated by any proceeding,
voluntary or involuntary, involving the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization,
liquidation or arrangement of the Borrower or by any defense which the Borrower may have by reason
of the order, decree or decision of any court or administrative body resulting from any such
proceeding.
(b) Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that any interest on any portion of the Guarantied
Obligations which accrues after the commencement of any proceeding referred to in clause (a) above
(or, if interest on any portion of the Guarantied Obligations ceases to accrue by operation of law
by reason of the commencement of said proceeding, such interest as would have accrued on such
portion of the Guarantied Obligations if said proceedings had not been commenced) shall be included
in the Guarantied Obligations because it is the intention of Guarantors and Secured Parties that
the Guarantied Obligations which are guarantied by Guarantors pursuant to this Guaranty should be
determined without regard to any rule of law or order which may relieve the Borrower of any portion
of such Guarantied Obligations. Guarantors will permit any trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, debtor
in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar person to pay the Administrative
Agent, or allow the claim of the Administrative Agent in respect of, any such interest accruing
after the date on which such proceeding is commenced.
(c) In the event that all or any portion of the Guarantied Obligations are paid by the
Borrower, the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall continue and remain in full force and
effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all or any part of such payment(s)
are rescinded or recovered directly or indirectly from any Secured Party as a preference,
fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and any such payments which are so rescinded or recovered shall
constitute Guarantied Obligations for all purposes under this Guaranty.
2.14 Notice of Events. Promptly upon any Guarantor obtaining knowledge thereof, such
Guarantor shall give the Administrative Agent written notice of any condition or event which has
resulted in (a) a material adverse change in the financial condition of any Guarantor or the
Borrower or (b) a breach of or noncompliance with any term, condition or covenant contained herein
or in the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Rate/FX Protection Agreement or any other
document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.
2.15 Set Off. In addition to any other rights any Secured Party may have under law or
in equity, if any amount shall at any time be due and owing by any Guarantor to any Secured Party
under this Guaranty, such Secured Party is authorized at any time or from time to time, without
notice (any such notice being hereby expressly waived), to set off and to appropriate and to apply
any and all deposits (general or special, including indebtedness evidenced by certificates of
deposit, whether matured or unmatured) and any other indebtedness of such Secured Party owing to
such Guarantor and any other property of such Guarantor held by any Secured Party to
or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor against and on account of the Guarantied
Obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor to any Secured Party under this Guaranty.
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2.16 Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor. If (i) all of the stock of any
Guarantor (other than the Sponsor) or any of its successors in interest under this Guaranty shall
be sold or otherwise disposed of (including by merger or consolidation) in accordance with the
Credit Agreement or in an Asset Sale consented to by the Requisite Lenders, or (ii) any Guarantor
shall otherwise be released from this Guaranty in accordance with the Loan Documents or with the
consent of the Requisite Lenders, the Guaranty of such Guarantor or such successor in interest, as
the case may be, hereunder shall automatically be discharged and released without any further
action by any Secured Party or any other Person effective as of the time of such Asset Sale,
disposition, release or consent.
2.17 General Subordination of Obligations. No Guarantor (other than the Sponsor)
shall create any Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent except as may be permitted or contemplated pursuant to this Guaranty and the
Credit Agreement.
2.18 Representations and Warranties of Guarantors other than the Sponsor. The
representations and warranties contained in Section 5 of the Credit Agreement, insofar as the
representations and warranties contained therein are applicable to any Guarantor (other than the
Sponsor) and its properties, are true and correct in all material respects, each such
representation and warranty set forth in such Article (insofar as applicable as aforesaid) and all
other terms of the Credit Agreement to which reference is made therein, together with all related
definitions and ancillary provisions, being hereby incorporated into this Guaranty by this
reference as though specifically set forth in this Section.
2.19 Covenants of Guarantors other than the Sponsor. Each Guarantor (other than the
Sponsor) covenants and agrees that, at all times prior to the Termination Date, it will perform,
comply with and be bound by all of the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in
Sections 6 and 7 of the Credit Agreement which are applicable to such Guarantor, each such
agreement, covenant and obligation contained in Sections 6 and 7 of the Credit Agreement, together
with all related definitions and ancillary provisions, being hereby incorporated into this Guaranty
by this reference as though specifically set forth in this Section.
SECTION 3. MISCELLANEOUS
3.1 Survival of Warranties. All agreements, representations and warranties made
herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents and
any increase in the Commitments under the Credit Agreement.
3.2 Notices. Any communications between the Administrative Agent and any Guarantor
and any notices or requests provided herein to be given may be given by mailing the same, postage
prepaid, or by telex, facsimile transmission or cable to each such party at its address set forth
in the Credit Agreement, on the signature pages hereof or to such other addresses as each such
party may in writing hereafter indicate. Any notice, request or demand to or upon the
Administrative Agent or any Guarantor shall not be effective until received.
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3.3 Severability. In case any provision in or obligation under this Guaranty shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other
jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
3.4 Amendments and Waivers. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any
provision of this Guaranty, and no consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom, shall in
any event be effective without the written concurrence of the Administrative Agent and, in the case
of any such amendment or modification, each Guarantor against whom enforcement of such amendment or
modification is sought. Any such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given.
3.5 Headings. Section and subsection headings in this Guaranty are included herein
for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Guaranty for any other
purpose or be given any substantive effect.
3.6 Applicable Law; Rules of Construction. THIS GUARANTY AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF GUARANTORS AND SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING
SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), WITHOUT REGARD TO
CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.
3.7 Successors and Assigns. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall be
binding upon each Guarantor and its respective successors and assigns. This Guaranty shall inure
to the benefit of Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns. No Guarantor shall
assign this Guaranty or any of the rights or obligations of such Guarantor hereunder without the
prior written consent of all Lenders. Any Secured Party may, without notice or consent, assign its
interest in this Guaranty in whole or in part, provided that any assignee shall be a
Secured Party under this Guaranty. The terms and provisions of this Guaranty shall inure to the
benefit of any transferee or assignee of any Commitments or Loan, and in the event of such transfer
or assignment the rights and privileges herein conferred upon such Secured Party shall
automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and
conditions hereof.
3.8 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process. ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT
AGAINST ANY GUARANTOR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY, OR ANY OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER,
MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN XXX XXXXX, XXXXXX XXX
XXXX XX XXX XXXX. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH GUARANTOR, FOR ITSELF AND IN
CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY
(I) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF
SUCH COURTS;
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(II) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS;
(III) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY
BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE BORROWER AT THEIR
RESPECTIVE ADDRESSES PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION 10.9 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT OR
TO SUCH PERSON’S AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION 4.1A(x) OF THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT;
(IV) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (III) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER
PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER SUCH GUARANTOR IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND
OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT;
(V) AGREES THAT SECURED PARTIES RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SUCH GUARANTOR IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION; AND
(VI) AGREES THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION 3.8 RELATING TO JURISDICTION AND
VENUE SHALL BE BINDING AND ENFORCEABLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER NEW YORK
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SECTION 5-1402 OR OTHERWISE.
3.9 Waiver of Trial by Jury. EACH GUARANTOR AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS
HEREOF, EACH SECURED PARTY EACH HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY
CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS GUARANTY. The scope of this waiver is
intended to be all encompassing of any and all disputes that may be filed in any court and that
relate to the subject matter of this transaction, including contract claims, tort claims, breach of
duty claims and all other common law and statutory claims. Each Guarantor and, by its acceptance
of the benefits hereof, each Secured Party, each (i) acknowledges that this waiver is a material
inducement for such Guarantor and Secured Parties to enter into a business relationship, that such
Guarantor and Secured Parties have already relied on this waiver in entering into this Guaranty or
accepting the benefits thereof, as the case may be, and that each will continue to rely on this
waiver in their related future dealings and (ii) further warrants and represents that each has
reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel, and that each knowingly and voluntarily waives its
jury trial rights following consultation with legal counsel. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING
THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER
SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SUBSECTION 3.9 AND EXECUTED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH
GUARANTOR), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR
MODIFICATIONS TO THIS
GUARANTY. In the event of litigation, this Guaranty may be filed as a written consent to a
trial by the court.
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3.10 Language. All documents to be furnished or communications to be given or made
under this Guaranty shall be in the English language, or if in another language, shall be
accompanied by a translation into English, certified by the Sponsor, which translation shall be the
governing version between the Lenders and the Sponsor.
3.11 No Other Writing. This writing is intended by Guarantors and Secured Parties as
the final expression of this Guaranty and is also intended as a complete and exclusive statement of
the terms of their agreement with respect to the matters covered hereby. No course of dealing,
course of performance or trade usage, and no parol evidence of any nature, shall be used to
supplement or modify any terms of this Guaranty. There are no conditions to the full effectiveness
of this Guaranty.
3.12 Further Assurances. At any time or from time to time, upon the request of the
Administrative Agent, Guarantors shall execute and deliver such further documents and do such other
acts and things as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to effect fully the
purposes of this Guaranty.
3.13 Additional Guarantors. The initial Guarantor hereunder shall be the Sponsor.
From time to time subsequent to the date hereof, Subsidiaries of the Borrower may become parties
hereto, as additional Guarantors (each an “Additional Guarantor”), by executing a counterpart of
this Guaranty. Upon delivery of any such counterpart to the Administrative Agent, notice of which
is hereby waived by Guarantors, each such Additional Guarantor shall be a Guarantor and shall be as
fully a party hereto as if such Additional Guarantor were an original signatory hereof. Each
Guarantor expressly agrees that its obligations arising hereunder shall not be affected or
diminished by the addition or release of any other Guarantor hereunder, nor by any election of the
Administrative Agent not to cause any Subsidiary of the Borrower to become an Additional Guarantor
hereunder. This Guaranty shall be fully effective as to any Guarantor that is or becomes a party
hereto regardless of whether any other Person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a
Guarantor hereunder.
3.14 Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Guaranty may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original for all purposes; but all such
counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. This Guaranty shall become
effective as to each Guarantor upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by such Guarantor
(whether or not a counterpart hereof shall have been executed by any other Guarantor) and receipt
by the Administrative Agent of written or telephonic notification of such execution and
authorization of delivery thereof.
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3.15 Administrative Agent as Agent.
(a) The Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as Administrative Agent hereunder by
the Secured Parties. The Administrative Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right
hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any
rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action, solely in accordance with this Guaranty
and the Credit Agreement; provided that the Administrative Agent shall exercise, or refrain
from exercising, any remedies hereunder in accordance with the instructions of (i) the Requisite
Lenders or (ii) after payment in full of all Obligations then due and payable under the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the holders of a majority of the aggregate notional amount
(or, with respect to any Rate/FX Protection Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with
its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but
including any early termination payments then due) under such Rate/FX Protection Agreement) under
all Rate/FX Protection Agreements (the Requisite Lenders or, if applicable, such holders being
referred to herein as the “Requisite Obligees”). In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of
this subsection 3.15, each counterparty to a Rate/FX Protection Agreement, by its acceptance of the
benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to enforce this Guaranty, it being
understood and agreed by such that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this
subsection 3.15.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall at all times be the same Person that is the Administrative
Agent under the Credit Agreement. Written notice of resignation by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to subsection 9.5 of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute notice of resignation as
the Administrative Agent under this Guaranty; removal of the Administrative Agent pursuant to
subsection 9.5 of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute removal as the Administrative Agent
under this Guaranty; and appointment of a successor Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection 9.5
of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute appointment of a successor Administrative Agent under
this Guaranty. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent under
subsection 9.5 of the Credit Agreement by a successor Agent, that successor Administrative Agent
shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of
the retiring or removed Administrative Agent under this Guaranty, and the retiring or removed
Administrative Agent under this Guaranty shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor
Administrative Agent all sums held hereunder, together with all records and other documents
necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor
Administrative Agent under this Guaranty, and (ii) take such other actions as may be necessary or
appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Administrative Agent of the rights
created hereunder, whereupon such retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from
its duties and obligations under this Guaranty. After any retiring or removed Administrative
Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as the Administrative Agent, the provisions of this
Guaranty shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this
Guaranty while it was the Administrative Agent hereunder.
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3.16 Waiver of Consequential Damages.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Guarantor shall assert, and each Guarantor
hereby waives, any claim against each Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special,
indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) (whether or
not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty imposed by any applicable legal
requirement) arising out of, in connection with, as a result of, or in any way related to, this
Guaranty or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or referred to herein, the
transactions contemplated, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission
or event occurring in connection therewith, and each Guarantor hereby waives, releases and agrees
not to xxx upon any such claim or any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known
or suspected to exist in its favor.
3.17 Judgment Currency.
The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder to make payments in any Obligation Currency shall
not be discharged or satisfied by any tender or recovery pursuant to any judgment expressed in or
converted into any currency other than the Obligation Currency, except to the extent that such
tender or recovery results in the effective receipt by the Administrative Agent or a Lender of the
full amount of the Obligation Currency expressed to be payable to the Administrative Agent or
Lender under this Guaranty. If, for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against any
Guarantor in any court or in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into or from any
Judgment Currency an amount due in the Obligation Currency, the conversion shall be made, at the
equivalent in such Obligation Currency of such amount (determined by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to subsection 1.4 of the Credit Agreement using the applicable Exchange Rate with respect
to such Obligation Currency), in each case, as of the Judgment Currency Conversion Date.
[Signature pages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned Guarantors has caused this Guaranty to be duly
executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.
| SANDS CHINA LTD. |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Title: | President & Chief Executive Officer | |||
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[IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Additional Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly
executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of [DATE].
| (Name of Additional Guarantor) | ||||
| By: | ||||
| Name: | ||||
| Title: | ||||
| Address: | ||||
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