EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT/SHARING AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.1
THIS
EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT/SHARING AGREEMENT (“Agreement”)
is
executed as of this 6th day of November, 2007, by and between The Majestic
Star
Casino, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company (“Majestic
Star”),
and
PITG Gaming, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“PITG
Gaming”).
W
I T N E
S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
Majestic Star employs certain executives and other employees, and desires to
provide Employee/Project Expenses (as defined below) on the terms and conditions
set forth herein;
WHEREAS,
Majestic Star has incurred certain Employee/Project Expenses prior to the
execution date of this Agreement and Majestic Star seeks reimbursement for
those
Employee/Project Expenses (“Past Employee/Project Expenses”);
WHEREAS,
Majestic Star is entering into a promissory note contemporaneously with this
Agreement to evidence the obligations of PITG Gaming hereunder (the
“Note”);
and
WHEREAS,
Majestic Star and PITG Gaming desire to memorialize their agreement with respect
to the payment and reimbursement of Employee/Project Expenses;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and
agreements herein set forth, the parties do hereby agree as
follows:
1. Majestic
Star agrees to pay (i) all costs and expenses of executives and certain other
employees agreed to by the parties, including, but not limited to, salaries,
bonuses, benefit payments, insurance, and such other employee-related costs
and
expenses listed on Exhibit A (collectively, “Employee
Expenses”),
and
(ii) other costs and expenses (including costs and expenses of professionals,
travel and entertainment, and supplies) related to the proposed slot facility
in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (collectively, “Project
Expenses,”
and
with the Employee Expenses, the “Employee/Project
Expenses”).
All
Employee Expenses shall be itemized on Exhibit A and shall set forth the actual
or estimated costs of each item. The parties may amend Exhibit A in accordance
with the following procedures on a monthly basis. Majestic Star shall send
to
PITG Gaming the proposed amendment, which shall also set forth a proposed
effective date. PITG Gaming shall have three (3) days to object to such proposed
amendment, and in the event that there is no objection, the proposed amendment
shall be effective on the effective date set forth therein. In the event that
PITG Gaming shall object, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to reach
an
agreement with respect to such amendment. In the event that no agreement is
reached, (i) the parties may continue this Agreement without the proposed
amendment or (ii) either party may terminate this Agreement upon fifteen (15)
days prior written notice.
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2. PITG
Gaming agrees to reimburse Majestic Star for all Employee Expenses (the
“Employee
Reimbursement Payment”),
and
100% of the Project Expenses and Past Employee/Project Expenses (collectively,
the Employee Reimbursement Payment, Project Expenses and Past Employee/Project
Expenses are the “Reimbursement
Payment”).
Majestic Star shall, by the 10th
of each
month, issue to PITG an invoice evidencing all Employee/Project Expenses
incurred during the prior month. Past Employee/Project Expenses will be invoiced
upon execution of this Agreement. Such Reimbursement Payment shall be paid
to
Majestic Star on or prior to the first day of each month following receipt
of
the invoice. In the event such Reimbursement Payment is not paid to Majestic
Star by such date, interest thereon shall accrue and be payable as specified
in
the Note. The parties may modify the Employee Reimbursement Payment from time
to
time in accordance with the following procedures: (i) a party may request
modification to the Employee Reimbursement Payment upon at least three (3)
days
prior written notice to the other party; (ii) during such three-day period,
(A)
the other party may agree to such modification (whereby the modification shall
become effective as of the date set forth in the notice) or (B) the other party
may refuse to agree to such modification (whereby the modification shall not
be
effective and the parties shall negotiate in good faith as to a different
modification, which shall become effective if and when an agreement is reached);
and (iii) in the event there is no response from the other party within the
three day period described above, the proposed modification shall become
effective as of the date set forth in the notice.
3. Upon
request, Majestic Star shall provide PITG Gaming access to any and all records
reasonably related to Employee/Project Expenses paid by Majestic Star and
reimbursed by PITG Gaming pursuant to this Agreement.
4. Subject
to Section 1, this Agreement may be terminated (i) by mutual consent of the
parties or (ii) by either party upon thirty (30) days prior written notice.
This
Agreement shall also terminate upon the cancellation of the Note.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, PITG shall pay all amounts
due
hereunder upon such termination.
5. (a) This
Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to
the
subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not be modified, waived, terminated
or
amended, except expressly by an instrument in writing signed by the parties
hereto.
(b) This
Agreement may be assigned or pledged in whole or in part by a party with the
consent of the other party.
(c) In
the
event that any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be void or
unenforceable in whole or in part, the remaining provisions of this Agreement
and the remaining portion of any provision held void or unenforceable in part
shall continue in full force and effect.
(d) Except
as
otherwise specifically provided herein, notice given hereunder shall be deemed
sufficient if delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail
to
the address of the party for whom intended at the principal executive offices
of
such party, or at such other address as such party may hereinafter specify
by
written notice to the other party.
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(e) No
waiver
by any party of any breach of any provision of this Agreement shall be deemed
a
continuing waiver or a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach of such
provision or of any other provision herein contained.
(f) This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the
State of Nevada, without giving effect to principles of conflict of laws of
that
jurisdiction.
6. Gaming
Compliance. Majestic Star and PITG Gaming each understand and acknowledge that
this Agreement, at either party’s discretion, may be subject to the other party
and its principals completing and submitting to the requesting party and/or
the
Indiana Gaming Commission (“IGC”) and/or the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
(“PGCB”) a due diligence compliance questionnaire (including an Authorization
for the Release of Information) and being found suitable by the requesting
party’s Gaming Compliance Committee, the IGC, and/or the PGCB. Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, Majestic Star, PITG
Gaming, the IGC, or the PGCB may terminate this Agreement without further
obligation or liability, except that liability incurred prior to such
termination, if, in the judgment of either Majestic Star’s or PITG Gaming’s
Gaming Compliance Committee, the IGC, or the PGCB, the relationship with the
other party could subject Majestic Star or PITG Gaming to disciplinary action
by
gaming regulatory authorities or cause Majestic Star or PITG Gaming to lose
or
become unable to obtain or reinstate any federal, state and/or foreign
registration, license or approval material to that party’s business. Majestic
Star and PITG Gaming further each acknowledge and understand that the other
may
be subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of the IGC and/or PGCB and that said
entity may disapprove any contract that it believes violates the laws and
regulations of the State of Indiana or the State of Pennsylvania,
respectively.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
day
and year first above written.
THE
MAJESTIC STAR CASINO, LLC
By: /s/
Xxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
PITG
GAMING, LLC
By: /s/
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT
A
PITG
Gaming will reimburse Majestic Star at the percentage shown for each employee’s
gross wages, increased 35% for benefits. In total, the Employee Expenses will
be
$206,000.
Percentage
of
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Wages
to be
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Employee
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Title
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Reimbursed
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Xxx
Xxxxxx
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Chairman
and CEO
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50%
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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VP
of Human Resources
|
100%
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Xxx
Xxxxxxx
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VP
and CFO
|
30%
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Vice
President of Human Resources
|
50%
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
Director
of Compliance
|
25%
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
VP
and GM Pittsburgh Casino
|
100%
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
Director
of Information Technology
|
15%
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxx
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Project
Manager
|
100%
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Xxxxx
Xxxx
|
Project
Manager Information Technology
|
5%
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Xxx
Xxxxx
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Vice
President of Risk Management
|
10%
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
Administrative
Assistant
|
100%
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Xxx
Xxx
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Vice
President of Marketing
|
10%
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Xxxxx
XxXxxxxx
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VP
of Design and Development
|
5%
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Xxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
Vice
President of Construction
|
100%
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Xxx
Xxxxxxx
|
Director
of Financial Operations
|
50%
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Xxxx
Xxxxxx
|
Executive
VP and COO
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Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Xx.
Project Mgr Information Technology
|
5%
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Vice
President and General Counsel
|
30%
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