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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2004

 

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from                      to                     

 

Commission file number 033-80655

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Connecticut   06-1436334
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

One Mohegan Sun Boulevard, Uncasville, CT   06382
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(860) 862-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days:    Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934):    Yes  ¨    No  x

 



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MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

INDEX TO FORM 10-Q

 

          Page
Number


PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

    

Item 1.

  

Financial Statements.

    
    

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2004 (unaudited)

   1
    

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the Quarters Ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 (unaudited)

   2
    

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Capital for the Quarters Ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 (unaudited)

   3
    

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Quarters Ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 (unaudited)

   4
    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

   5
    

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   20

Item 2.

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   22

Item 3.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

   42

Item 4.

  

Controls and Procedures

   43

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

    

Item 1.

  

Legal Proceedings

   44

Item 3.

  

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

   44

Item 5.

  

Other Information

   44

Item 6.

  

Exhibits

   44

Signatures.

  

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority

   45


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements.

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     December 31,
2004


    September 30,
2004


 
ASSETS                 

Current assets:

                

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 82,820     $ 60,794  

Receivables, net

     13,791       13,178  

Due from Tribe

     —         52  

Inventories

     15,501       15,181  

Other current assets

     12,531       9,185  
    


 


Total current assets

     124,643       98,390  

Non-current assets:

                

Property and equipment, net

     1,313,916       1,328,132  

Trademark and other intangible assets, net

     127,379       127,550  

Notes receivable from affiliate, net

     3,969       2,760  

Other assets, net

     37,340       22,873  
    


 


Total assets

   $ 1,607,247     $ 1,579,705  
    


 


LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL                 

Current liabilities:

                

Current portion of long-term debt

   $ 17,645     $ 23,272  

Current portion of relinquishment liability

     97,376       88,530  

Trade payables

     25,006       25,710  

Due to Tribe

     149       —    

Accrued interest payable

     23,521       18,504  

Other current liabilities

     103,901       96,142  
    


 


Total current liabilities

     267,598       252,158  

Non-current liabilities:

                

Long-term debt, net of current portion

     1,008,603       1,003,051  

Relinquishment liability, net of current portion

     372,348       383,493  

Other long-term liabilities

     194       197  
    


 


Total liabilities

     1,648,743       1,638,899  
    


 


Minority interest

     1,744       1,845  
    


 


Commitments and contingencies (Notes 5 and 8)

                

Capital:

                

Retained deficit

     (43,240 )     (61,039 )
    


 


Total capital

     (43,240 )     (61,039 )
    


 


Total liabilities and capital

   $ 1,607,247     $ 1,579,705  
    


 


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     For the
Quarters
Ended
December 31,
2004


    For the
Quarters
Ended
December 31,
2003


 

Revenues:

                

Gaming

   $ 288,197     $ 274,066  

Food and beverage

     22,429       22,574  

Hotel

     11,937       12,906  

Retail, entertainment and other

     26,696       24,974  
    


 


Gross revenues

     349,259       334,520  

Less - Promotional allowances

     (29,926 )     (27,470 )
    


 


Net revenues

     319,333       307,050  
    


 


Operating costs and expenses:

                

Gaming

     167,546       160,021  

Food and beverage

     11,359       10,733  

Hotel

     3,931       3,707  

Retail, entertainment and other

     7,692       12,486  

Advertising, general and administrative

     46,820       43,953  

Corporate development

     289       183  

Depreciation and amortization

     21,256       23,427  
    


 


Total operating costs and expenses

     258,893       254,510  
    


 


Income from operations

     60,440       52,540  
    


 


Other income (expense):

                

Accretion of relinquishment liability discount

     (6,867 )     (7,485 )

Interest income

     103       34  

Interest expense

     (19,170 )     (19,001 )

Other income (expense), net

     (374 )     21  
    


 


Total other expense

     (26,308 )     (26,431 )
    


 


Income before minority interest

     34,132       26,109  

Minority interest

     101       —    
    


 


Net income

   $ 34,233     $ 26,109  
    


 


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN CAPITAL

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     Retained
Deficit


    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss


    Total
Capital


 

Balances, September 30, 2004

   $ (61,039 )   $ —       $ (61,039 )

Net income

     34,233               34,233  

Distributions to Tribe

     (16,434 )             (16,434 )
    


 


 


Balances, December 31, 2004

   $ (43,240 )   $ —       $ (43,240 )
    


 


 


Balances, September 30, 2003

   $ (98,592 )   $ (303 )   $ (98,895 )

Net income

     26,109               26,109  

Reclassification of derivative instrument losses to earnings

             184       184  
                    


Total comprehensive income

                     26,293  
                    


Distributions to Tribe

     (16,080 )             (16,080 )
    


 


 


Balances, December 31, 2003

   $ (88,563 )   $ (119 )   $ (88,682 )
    


 


 


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

    For the Quarters Ended

 
    December 31,
2004


    December 31,
2003


 

Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:

               

Net income

  $ 34,233     $ 26,109  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows provided by operating activities:

               

Depreciation and amortization

    21,256       23,427  

Accretion of discount to the relinquishment liability

    6,867       7,485  

Cash paid for accretion of discount to the relinquishment liability

    (3,742 )     (4,199 )

Net loss on disposition of assets

    378       30  

Provision for losses on notes and accounts receivable

    593       348  

Amortization of debt issuance costs

    784       1,742  

Amortization of net deferred (gain) loss on settlement of derivative instruments

    219       (199 )

Reclassification of derivative instrument losses to earnings

    —         184  

Minority interest

    (101 )     —    

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

               

Increase in receivables

    (870 )     (1,247 )

Increase in inventories

    (320 )     (956 )

Increase in other assets

    (3,572 )     (3,857 )

Increase (decrease) in trade payables

    (704 )     3,877  

Increase in other current liabilities

    12,596       13,207  
   


 


Net cash flows provided by operating activities

    67,617       65,951  
   


 


Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities:

               

Purchases of property and equipment, net of change in construction payables of $(329) and $(1,341), respectively

    (7,037 )     (13,268 )

Proceeds from asset sales

    138       —    

Deposit for purchase of Pocono Downs and acquisition costs (see Note 5)

    (14,346 )     —    

Issuance of third-party loans

    —         (254 )

Payments received on third-party loans

    160       24  

Increase in notes receivable from affiliate

    (1,512 )     —    
   


 


Net cash flows used in investing activities

    (22,597 )     (13,498 )
   


 


Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities:

               

Bank Credit Facility borrowings - revolving loan

    83,000       7,000  

Bank Credit Facility repayments - revolving loan

    (136,000 )     (16,000 )

Bank Credit Facility borrowings - term loan

    58,333       —    

Bank Credit Facility repayments - term loan

    (13,636 )     —    

Line of credit borrowings

    109,923       34,000  

Line of credit repayments

    (100,913 )     (34,000 )

Payment on promissory note

    (1,000 )     —    

Principal portion of relinquishment liability payments

    (5,424 )     (4,493 )

Distributions to Tribe

    (16,434 )     (16,080 )

Capitalized debt issuance costs

    (840 )     (33 )

Decrease in other long-term liabilities

    (3 )     (11 )
   


 


Net cash flows used in financing activities

    (22,994 )     (29,617 )
   


 


Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

    22,026       22,836  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    60,794       73,264  
   


 


Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $ 82,820     $ 96,100  
   


 


Supplemental disclosures:

               

Cash paid during the period for interest

  $ 13,438     $ 11,805  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

NOTE 1—ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION:

 

The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (the “Tribe”) established the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (the “Authority”) in July 1995 with the exclusive power to conduct and regulate gaming activities for the Tribe on Tribal lands and the non-exclusive authority to conduct such activities elsewhere. The Tribe is a federally recognized Indian tribe with an approximately 405-acre reservation located in southeastern Connecticut. Under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, federally recognized Indian tribes are permitted to conduct full-scale casino gaming operations on tribal land, subject to, among other things, the negotiation of a compact with the affected state. The Tribe and the State of Connecticut have entered into such a compact (the “Mohegan Compact”), which has been approved by the United States Secretary of the Interior. The Authority is primarily engaged in the ownership, operation and development of gaming facilities. On October 12, 1996, the Authority opened a casino known as the Mohegan Sun Casino (“Mohegan Sun”). The Authority is governed by a nine-member Management Board, consisting of the same nine members as those of the Mohegan Tribal Council (the governing body of the Tribe). Any change in the composition of the Tribal Council results in a corresponding change in the Authority’s Management Board.

 

As of December 31, 2004, the Authority has the following two wholly owned subsidiaries: Mohegan Basketball Club LLC (“MBC”) and Mohegan Ventures-Northwest, LLC (“Mohegan Ventures-NW”). MBC owns and operates a professional basketball team in the Women’s National Basketball Association (“WNBA”), the Connecticut Sun, and owns approximately 3.9% of the membership interests in WNBA, LLC. Mohegan Ventures-NW holds a 54.15% membership interest in Salishan-Mohegan LLC (“Salishan-Mohegan”), formed with an unrelated third party to participate in the development and management of a casino to be owned by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and located in Clark County, Washington (the “Cowlitz Project”). Refer to Note 8 for a discussion of subsidiaries formed or acquired after December 31, 2004.

 

NOTE 2—SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. In accordance with Rule 10-01, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete consolidated financial statements. The year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals and adjustments) considered necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim period have been included. Operating results for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005.

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Authority’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2004. In addition, certain amounts in the 2004 condensed consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the 2005 presentation.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Authority and its wholly owned subsidiaries MBC and Mohegan Ventures-NW. In accordance with the Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities—an interpretation of ARB No. 51”

 

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MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

(“FIN 46”), the accounts of Salishan-Mohegan are consolidated into the accounts of Mohegan Ventures-NW as it is deemed to be the primary beneficiary. In consolidation, all intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 153, “Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets - an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29” (“FAS 153”). FAS 153 amends Opinion 29 to eliminate the exception for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets and replaces it with a general exception for exchanges of nonmonetary assets that do not have commercial substance. FAS 153 is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. The Authority does not believe the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on the Authority’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

 

NOTE 3—FINANCING FACILITIES:

 

Financing facilities, as described below, consist of the following (in thousands):

 

     December 31,
2004


    September 30,
2004


 

Bank Credit Facility

   $ 171,363     $ 179,667  

1999 8 1/8% Senior Notes

     13,970       13,970  

2001 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes

     16,345       16,345  

2002 8% Senior Subordinated Notes

     250,000       250,000  

2003 6 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes

     330,000       330,000  

2004 7 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes

     225,000       225,000  

WNBA Promissory Note

     7,000       7,000  

Line of Credit

     14,096       5,086  

Mortgage – Salishan-Mohegan

     2,550       2,550  

Note Payable – Salishan Mohegan

     —         1,000  
    


 


Subtotal

     1,030,324       1,030,618  

Net deferred loss on derivative instruments sold

     (4,076 )     (4,295 )
    


 


Total debt

   $ 1,026,248     $ 1,026,323  
    


 


 

Bank Credit Facility

 

As of December 31, 2004, the Authority has a loan agreement for up to $600.0 million from a syndicate of financial institutions and commercial banks, with Bank of America, N.A. serving as administrative agent (the “Bank Credit Facility”). The Bank Credit Facility is comprised of a revolving loan of up to $450.0 million and a $150.0 million term loan, both of which mature on March 31, 2008. The maximum aggregate principal amount available for borrowing includes amounts available under letters of credit. As of December 31, 2004, the amount available under letters of credit totaled $250,000, of which no amount was drawn (refer to “Letters of Credit” below). Pursuant to the terms of the Bank Credit Facility, the term loan shall reduce by one-eleventh of the initial principal balance, or $13.6 million, beginning on September 30, 2005 and continuing each quarter thereafter. The revolving loan has no mandatory amortization provisions and is payable in full on March 31, 2008. Also, pursuant to the terms of the Bank Credit Facility, the term loan shall reduce automatically and permanently on the date and by the amount of any voluntary prepayment of the term loan. In December 2004, the Authority made a prepayment of $13.6 million on the term loan, which effectively reduced the term loan commitment from $150.0 million to $136.4 million. The Authority had $414.7 million available for borrowing under the Bank Credit Facility as of December 31, 2004 (without taking into account covenants under the Line of Credit).

 

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MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

In October 2004 the Authority received the requisite consent of its lenders to Amendment No. 3 to its Bank Credit Facility. Amendment No. 3, among other things, provided for an increase in the total loan commitment from $382.7 million to $600.0 million and permitted the Authority to make the Pocono Downs acquisition and certain other investments planned for Pocono Downs. Amendment No. 3 also modified certain provisions of the loan agreement, including the Authority’s covenants relating to total leverage ratio requirements and the reduction of the term loan commitment, in eleven quarterly installments, beginning September 30, 2005. Upon funding under Amendment No. 3 in October 2004, the Authority received proceeds of $58.3 million from the increase in the term loan commitment from $91.7 million to $150.0 million. The proceeds were used to pay down existing principal amounts outstanding on the revolving loan.

 

The Bank Credit Facility is collateralized by a lien on substantially all of the Authority’s assets and a leasehold mortgage on the land and improvements which comprise Mohegan Sun. In addition, the Authority’s obligations under the Bank Credit Facility are guaranteed by MBC. Refer to Note 8 for a list of guarantors executing guarantees after December 31, 2004. Refer to Note 7 for condensed consolidating financial information of the Authority, MBC and the non-guarantor subsidiaries. The Bank Credit Facility subjects the Authority to a number of restrictive covenants, including financial covenants. These financial covenants relate to, among other things, its permitted total debt and senior debt leverage ratios, its minimum fixed charge coverage ratio and the Authority’s maximum capital expenditures. The Bank Credit Facility includes non-financial covenants by the Authority and the Tribe of the type customarily found in loan agreements for similar transactions including requirements that:

 

    the Tribe preserve its existence as a federally recognized Indian tribe;

 

    the Tribe causes the Authority to continually operate Mohegan Sun in compliance with all applicable laws; and

 

    except under specific conditions, limit the Authority from selling or disposing of its assets, limit the transfer of the Authority’s assets to non-guarantor subsidiaries, limit the incurrence by the Authority of other debt or contingent obligations and limit the Authority’s ability to extend credit, make investments or commingle its assets with assets of the Tribe.

 

As of December 31, 2004, the Authority and the Tribe were in compliance with all of their respective covenant requirements in the Bank Credit Facility.

 

At the Authority’s option, each advance of loan proceeds accrues interest on the basis of a base rate or on the basis of a one-month, two-month, three-month, six-month or twelve-month London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), plus in either case, the applicable spread at the time each loan is made. The Authority also pays commitment fees for the unused portion of the revolving loan on a quarterly basis equal to the applicable spread for commitment fees times the average daily unused commitment for that calendar quarter. Applicable spreads are based on the Authority’s Total Leverage Ratio, as defined in the Bank Credit Facility. The applicable spread for base rate advances is between 0.50% and 1.25%, and the applicable spread for LIBOR rate advances is between 1.75% and 2.50%. The applicable spread for commitment fees is between 0.375% and 0.50%. The base rate is the higher of Bank of America’s announced prime rate or the federal funds rate plus 0.50%. Interest on LIBOR loans is payable at the end of each applicable interest period or quarterly in arrears, if earlier. Interest on base rate advances is payable quarterly in arrears. As of December 31, 2004, the Authority had $18.0 million in base rate loans and $153.4 million in LIBOR rate loans outstanding. The LIBOR rate loans outstanding as of December 31, 2004 were based on a one-month LIBOR rate of 2.41% plus an applicable spread of 2.0%. The base rate loans outstanding at December 31, 2004 were based on the bank’s prime rate of 5.25% plus an applicable spread of 0.75%. The applicable spread for commitment fees was 0.50% as of December 31, 2004. Accrued interest, including commitment fees, on the Bank Credit Facility was $169,000 and $186,000 as of December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2004, respectively.

 

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MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

1999 8 1/8% Senior Notes

 

In March 1999, the Authority issued $200.0 million Senior Notes with fixed interest payable at a rate of 8.125% per annum (the “1999 Senior Notes”). The proceeds from this financing were used to extinguish or defease existing debt, pay transaction costs and fund initial costs related to the major expansion of Mohegan Sun known as Project Sunburst. Interest on the 1999 Senior Notes is payable semi-annually on January 1 and July 1. The 1999 Senior Notes mature on January 1, 2006. The 1999 Senior Notes are uncollateralized general obligations of the Authority and rank pari passu in right of payment with all current and future uncollateralized senior indebtedness of the Authority. Borrowings under the Bank Credit Facility and any capital lease obligations are collateralized by first priority liens on substantially all of the assets of the Authority. As a result, upon any distribution to creditors in a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization or similar proceeding relating to the Authority or the Tribe, the holders of collateralized debt may be paid in full in cash before any payment may be made with respect to the 1999 Senior Notes. The 1999 Senior Notes rank equally in right of payment with the 2005 Senior Notes (refer to Note 8) and 50% of the Authority’s payment obligations under the Relinquishment Agreement that are then due and owing, and rank senior to the remaining 50% of the Authority’s payment obligations under the Relinquishment Agreement that are then due and owing, the 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2002 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2003 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2004 Senior Subordinated Notes and the 2005 Senior Subordinated Notes (refer to Note 8). MBC is a guarantor of the 1999 Senior Notes. Refer to Note 8 for a list of guarantors executing guarantees after December 31, 2004. Refer to Note 7 for condensed consolidating financial information of the Authority, MBC and the non-guarantor subsidiaries.

 

In August 2004, the Authority completed a cash tender offer and consent solicitation to repurchase any or all of its outstanding 1999 Senior Notes. As part of the tender offer, the Authority solicited and received requisite consents to certain proposed amendments to the indentures governing the 1999 Senior Notes which eliminated substantially all of the restrictive covenants thereunder. The aggregate principal amount of 1999 Senior Notes tendered was $186.0 million. An aggregate principal amount of $14.0 million of the 1999 Senior Notes remain outstanding as of December 31, 2004. As of December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2004, accrued interest on the 1999 Senior Notes was $484,000 and $200,000, respectively.

 

2001 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes

 

In July 2001, the Authority issued $150.0 million Senior Subordinated Notes with fixed interest payable at a rate of 8.375% per annum (the “2001 Senior Subordinated Notes”). The proceeds from this financing were used to pay transaction costs, pay down $90.0 million on the prior bank credit facility and fund costs related to Project Sunburst. Interest on the 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes is payable semi-annually on January 1 and July 1. The 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes mature on July 1, 2011. The first call date for the 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes is July 1, 2006. The 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes are uncollateralized general obligations of the Authority and are subordinated to the Bank Credit Facility, the 1999 Senior Notes, the 2005 Senior Notes (refer to Note 8) and in a liquidation, bankruptcy or similar proceeding 50% of the Authority’s payment obligations under the Relinquishment Agreement that are then due and owing. The 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes rank equally with the 2002 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2003 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2004 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2005 Senior Subordinated Notes (refer to Note 8) and the remaining 50% of the Authority’s payment obligations under the Relinquishment Agreement that are then due and owing. MBC is a guarantor of the 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes. Refer to Note 8 for a list of guarantors executing guarantees after December 31, 2004. Refer to Note 7 for condensed consolidating financial information of the Authority, MBC and the non-guarantor subsidiaries.

 

In August 2004, the Authority completed a cash tender offer and consent solicitation to repurchase any or all of its outstanding 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes. As part of the tender offer, the Authority solicited and received requisite consents to certain proposed amendments to the indentures governing the 2001 Senior

 

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Subordinated Notes which eliminated substantially all of the restrictive covenants thereunder. The aggregate principal amount of 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes tendered was $133.7 million. An aggregate principal amount of $16.3 million of the 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes remain outstanding as of December 31, 2004. Accrued interest on the 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes was $622,000 and $280,000, as of December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2004, respectively.

 

2002 8% Senior Subordinated Notes

 

In February 2002, the Authority issued $250.0 million Senior Subordinated Notes with fixed interest payable at a rate of 8.0% per annum (the “2002 Senior Subordinated Notes”). The proceeds from this financing were used to pay transaction costs and pay down $243.0 million on the prior bank credit facility. Interest on the 2002 Senior Subordinated Notes is payable semi-annually on April 1 and October 1. The 2002 Senior Subordinated Notes mature on April 1, 2012. The first call date for the 2002 Senior Subordinated Notes is April 1, 2007. The 2002 Senior Subordinated Notes are uncollateralized general obligations of the Authority and are subordinated to the Bank Credit Facility, the 1999 Senior Notes, the 2005 Senior Notes (refer to Note 8) and, in a liquidation, bankruptcy or similar proceeding, 50% of the Authority’s payment obligations under the Relinquishment Agreement that are then due and owing. The 2002 Senior Subordinated Notes rank equally with the 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2003 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2004 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2005 Senior Subordinated Notes (refer to Note 8) and the remaining 50% of the Authority’s payment obligations under the Relinquishment Agreement that are then due and owing. MBC is a guarantor of the 2002 Senior Subordinated Notes. Refer to Note 8 for a list of guarantors executing guarantees after December 31, 2004. Refer to Note 7 for condensed consolidating financial information of the Authority, MBC and the non-guarantor subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2004, accrued interest on the 2002 Senior Subordinated Notes was $5.0 million and $10.0 million, respectively.

 

2003 6 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes

 

In July 2003, the Authority issued $330.0 million Senior Subordinated Notes with fixed interest payable at a rate of 6.375% per annum (the “2003 Senior Subordinated Notes”). The proceeds from this financing were used to repurchase substantially all of the outstanding $300.0 million 8 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes issued in March 1999 and to pay fees and expenses associated with the issuance. Interest on the 2003 Senior Subordinated Notes is payable semi-annually on January 15 and July 15. The 2003 Senior Subordinated Notes mature on July 15, 2009. The 2003 Senior Subordinated Notes are uncollateralized general obligations of the Authority and are subordinated to the Bank Credit Facility, the 1999 Senior Notes, the 2005 Senior Notes (refer to Note 8) and, in a liquidation, bankruptcy or similar proceeding, 50% of the Authority’s payment obligations under the Relinquishment Agreement that are then due and owing. The 2003 Senior Subordinated Notes rank equally with the 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2002 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2004 Senior Subordinated Notes (refer to Note 8), the 2005 Senior Subordinated Notes and the remaining 50% of the Authority’s payment obligations under the Relinquishment Agreement that are then due and owing. MBC is a guarantor of the 2003 Senior Subordinated Notes. Refer to Note 8 for a list of guarantors executing guarantees after December 31, 2004. Refer to Note 7 for condensed consolidating financial information of the Authority, MBC and the non-guarantor subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2004, accrued interest on the 2003 Senior Subordinated Notes was $9.7 million and $4.4 million, respectively.

 

2004 7 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes

 

In August 2004, the Authority issued $225.0 million Senior Subordinated Notes with fixed interest payable at a rate of 7.125% per annum (the “2004 Senior Subordinated Notes”). The net proceeds from this financing, together with $130.0 million of availability under the Bank Credit Facility, were used to repurchase the outstanding 2001

 

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Senior Subordinated Notes and the outstanding 1999 Senior Notes tendered in the tender offers described above and to pay fees and expenses associated with the issuance. The 2004 Senior Subordinated Notes mature on August 15, 2014. The first call date for the 2004 Senior Subordinated Notes is August 15, 2009. Interest on the 2004 Senior Subordinated Notes is payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15, with the first interest payment scheduled for February 15, 2005. The 2004 Senior Subordinated Notes are uncollateralized general obligations of the Authority and are subordinated to the Bank Credit Facility, the 1999 Senior Notes, the 2005 Senior Notes (refer to Note 8) and, in a liquidation, bankruptcy or similar proceeding, 50% of the Authority’s payment obligations under the Relinquishment Agreement that are then due and owing. The 2004 Senior Subordinated Notes rank equally with the 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2002 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2003 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2005 Senior Subordinated Notes (refer to Note 8) and the remaining 50% of the Authority’s payment obligations under the Relinquishment Agreement that are then due and owing. MBC is a guarantor of the 2004 Senior Subordinated Notes. Refer to Note 8 for a list of guarantors executing guarantees after December 31, 2004. Refer to Note 7 for condensed consolidating financial information of the Authority, MBC and the non-guarantor subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2004, accrued interest on the 2004 Senior Subordinated Notes was $6.6 million and $2.6 million, respectively.

 

The senior and senior subordinated note indentures contain certain financial and non-financial covenants with which the Authority and the Tribe must comply. The financial covenants include, among other things, limitations on restricted payments and the incurrence of indebtedness, while the non-financial covenants include, among other things, reporting obligations, compliance with laws and regulations and the Authority’s continued existence. As of December 31, 2004, both the Authority and the Tribe were in compliance with all of their respective covenant requirements in the senior and senior subordinated note indentures.

 

WNBA Promissory Note

 

The Authority and MBC are parties to a Membership Agreement with WNBA, LLC (the “Membership Agreement”). The Membership Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which MBC acquired a membership in the WNBA and the right to own and operate a professional basketball team in the WNBA. The Authority guaranteed the obligations of MBC under the Membership Agreement.

 

In consideration for this acquisition, MBC paid $2.0 million (with funds advanced from the Authority) and issued a promissory note to the WNBA (the “WNBA Note”) for $8.0 million that accrues interest at an annual rate equal to three-month LIBOR plus 1.5%. The Authority guaranteed the obligations of MBC under the WNBA Note. Pursuant to the WNBA Note, principal payments of $1.0 million, subject to adjustment for certain revenue thresholds, and interest payments are required to be paid to the WNBA on each anniversary of the WNBA Note. As of December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2004, accrued interest on the WNBA Note was $196,000 and $134,000, respectively.

 

Line of Credit

 

The Authority has a $25.0 million revolving loan agreement with Bank of America (formerly Fleet National Bank) (the “Line of Credit”). At the Authority’s option, each advance accrues interest on the basis of the bank’s variable prime rate or on the basis of seven or thirty day LIBOR, plus the applicable spread at the time the advance is made pursuant to the terms of the Line of Credit. Borrowings under the Line of Credit are uncollateralized obligations of the Authority. The Line of Credit expires in March 2006. The Line of Credit subjects the Authority to certain covenants, including a covenant to maintain at least $25.0 million available for borrowing under the Bank Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2004, the Authority was in compliance with all covenant requirements in the Line of Credit. The interest rate in effect at December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2004 was 3.91% and 3.33%, respectively, on the outstanding balance on the Line of Credit, which consisted of LIBOR loans for both periods.

 

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Note and Mortgage Payables

 

In July 2004, the Authority’s wholly owned subsidiary, Mohegan Ventures-NW, formed a limited liability company, Salishan-Mohegan, with Salishan Company, LLC (“Salishan Company”), an unrelated third party. Upon formation of Salishan-Mohegan, Salishan Company contributed, among other things, land with a mortgage payable of $2.6 million and land purchase options with a note payable of $1.0 million to Salishan-Mohegan. The mortgage payable bears interest due on a monthly basis at an annual rate of 9.5%, with the principal balance payable in full on March 28, 2005. The note payable, including accrued interest of $150,000, was repaid at maturity on December 31, 2004. There was no accrued interest on the mortgage payable as of December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2004. Any and all amounts paid by Salishan-Mohegan, including interest payments, pursuant to these agreements are reimbursable by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe provided certain events occur, as prescribed in the development agreement between Salishan-Mohegan and the Cowlitz Indian Tribe.

 

Derivative Instruments

 

The Authority is considered an “end user” of derivative instruments and engages in derivative transactions from time to time for risk management purposes only. There were no derivative instruments held by the Authority as of December 31, 2004.

 

In July 2003, the Authority entered into four interest rate swap agreements, each based on six-month LIBOR plus spreads of 297 to 298 basis points and each hedging $82.5 million of the 2003 Senior Subordinated Notes. Also in July, 2003, the Authority entered into two other interest rate swap agreements, each based on six month LIBOR plus spreads of 363 to 364 basis points and each hedging $35.0 million of the 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes. Under these agreements, the Authority made payments on the variable interest rate provided by the derivative instrument and received payments equal to the fixed interest rate on the debt being hedged. These interest rate swap agreements qualified for hedge accounting in accordance with SFAS 133, as amended, and were designated as fair value hedges. In the quarter ended March 31, 2004, the Authority sold these instruments for an aggregate loss of $5.1 million. The $5.1 million loss was deferred and added to the carrying value of the respective notes being hedged and is being amortized and recorded in interest expense over the remaining term of the respective notes, as adjusted for the tender of substantially all of the 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes in August 2004. For the quarter ended December 31, 2004, the Authority recorded amortization of $233, 000 on the deferred loss to interest expense and expects to record approximately $933, 000 to interest expense over the next twelve months.

 

In February 2003, the Authority entered into two interest rate swap agreements, each based on six-month LIBOR plus spreads of 388 basis points and 387.5 basis points, respectively, and each hedging $75.0 million of the 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes. These interest rate swap agreements qualified for hedge accounting and were designated as fair value hedges. In March, 2003, the Authority sold these instruments for a gain of $1.1 million. The $1.1 million gain was deferred and added to the carrying value of the 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes and is being amortized and recorded as a reduction in interest expense over the remaining term of the 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes, as adjusted for the tender of substantially all of the 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes in August 2004. For the quarter ended December 31, 2004, the Authority recorded amortization of $3, 000 as an offset to interest expense and expects to record approximately $12, 000 as an offset to interest expense over the next twelve months.

 

In August 2002, the Authority entered into three interest rate swap agreements, each based on six-month LIBOR plus a spread of 437 basis points with one instrument hedging $100.0 million of the 1999 Senior Notes and two instruments each hedging $50.0 million of the 1999 Senior Notes. These interest rate swap agreements qualified for hedge accounting and were designated as fair value hedges. During September 2002, the Authority sold these agreements for a gain of $2.2 million. The $2.2 million gain was deferred and added to the carrying value of the

 

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1999 Senior Notes and is being amortized and recorded as a reduction to interest expense over the remaining term of the 1999 Senior Notes, as adjusted for the tender of substantially all of the 1999 Senior Notes in August 2004. For the quarter ended December 31, 2004, the Authority recorded amortization of $12,000 as an offset to interest expense and expects to record approximately $47,000 as an offset to interest expense over the next twelve months.

 

The Authority recorded a reduction to interest expense of $2.2 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2003 related to actual and estimated accrued interest settlements on the Authority’s derivative instruments. No amount was recorded as a reduction of interest expense for the quarters ended December 31, 2004 related to actual and estimated accrued interest settlements on the Authority’s derivative instruments.

 

Letters of Credit

 

The Authority maintains a $250,000 uncollateralized letter of credit to satisfy potential workers’ compensation liabilities that may arise. The letter of credit expires on August 31, 2005. As of December 31, 2004, no amounts were drawn on the letter of credit.

 

NOTE 4—RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:

 

The Tribe provides governmental and administrative services to the Authority in conjunction with the operation of Mohegan Sun. During the quarters ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, the Authority incurred $4.3 million and $3.4 million, respectively, of expenses for such services. The Tribe, either through itself or one of its limited liability companies, has entered into various land lease agreements with the Authority for access, parking and related purposes for Mohegan Sun. The Authority expensed $65,000 and $53,000 for the quarters ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively, relating to these land lease agreements.

 

The Authority purchases the majority of its utilities from an entity owned by the Tribe, the Mohegan Tribal Utility Authority, including electricity, gas, water and sewer. The Authority incurred costs of $4.1 million and $4.5 million for such utilities during the quarters ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

NOTE 5—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:

 

The Mohegan Compact

 

In May 1994, the Tribe and the State of Connecticut entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) which sets forth certain matters regarding implementation of the Mohegan Compact. The MOU stipulates that a portion of the revenues earned on slot machines must be paid to the State of Connecticut (“Slot Win Contribution”). The Slot Win Contribution payments will not be required if the State of Connecticut legalizes any other gaming operations with slot machines or other commercial casino table games within Connecticut, except those consented to by the Tribe and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe. For each 12-month period commencing July 1, 1995, the Slot Win Contribution shall be the lesser of (a) 30% of gross revenues from slot machines, or (b) the greater of (i) 25% of gross revenues from slot machines or (ii) $80.0 million.

 

The Authority reflected expenses associated with the Slot Win Contribution totaling $52.1 million and $50.3 million for the quarters ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. As of December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2004, outstanding Slot Win Contribution payments to the State of Connecticut totaled $18.0 million and $17.8 million, respectively.

 

Priority Distribution Agreement

 

In August 2001, the Authority and the Tribe entered into an agreement (the “Priority Distribution Agreement”), which obligates the Authority to make monthly payments to the Tribe to the extent of the Authority’s net cash flow, as

 

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defined in the Priority Distribution Agreement. The Priority Distribution Agreement, which has a perpetual term, also clarifies and records the terms pursuant to which the Authority made such payments to the Tribe prior to the effective date of the Priority Distribution Agreement. The Priority Distribution Agreement limits the maximum aggregate payments by the Authority to the Tribe in each calendar year to $14.0 million, as adjusted annually in accordance with the formula specified in the Priority Distribution Agreement to reflect the effects of inflation. However, payments pursuant to the Priority Distribution Agreement do not reduce the Authority’s obligations to make payments to reimburse the Tribe for governmental services provided by the Tribe or any payments under any other agreements with the Tribe. The monthly payments under the Priority Distribution Agreement are limited obligations of the Authority and are not secured by a lien or encumbrance on any assets or property of the Authority. The Authority’s condensed consolidated financial statements reflect payments associated with the Priority Distribution Agreement of $3.9 million and $3.8 million for the quarters ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

ACLS of New England, Inc.

 

The Authority has a 10-year laundry services agreement with ACLS of New England, Inc. (“ACLS”). The Authority has an option to renew the agreement for one additional 10-year term after its expiration in October 2012. Under the laundry services agreement, the Authority will pay an agreed upon rate for laundry services, adjusted annually for the Consumer Price Index and unusual increases in energy costs. Additionally, the Authority has made a $500,000 loan to ACLS to develop the laundry service facility. Pursuant to the terms of the loan, interest may accrue based on the exercise of the renewal options or other certain circumstances. In the event that circumstances occur where interest will be accrued, interest shall accrue commencing from the date of the advance at an annual rate of five percent.

 

The Authority also entered into a co-investment and escrow agreement with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation (“MPTN”) and ACLS. Under the terms of those agreements, the Authority and MPTN may, under certain circumstances, become the joint owners of the laundry facility and be jointly and severally obligated to repay a term loan which is secured by a mortgage on the laundry facility. The term of the agreements is for ten years and, if the Authority and MPTN become obligated to repay the term loan, the maximum potential future payments (undiscounted) the Authority and MPTN could be required to make is approximately $6.4 million.

 

Land Purchase Options

 

Upon formation of Salishan-Mohegan, Salishan Company contributed land purchase options related to property to be assigned to the Cowlitz Indian Tribe for purposes of the Cowlitz Project, upon (1) receipt of necessary financing for the development of the proposed casino and (2) the underlying property being taken into trust by the United States Department of the Interior. The land purchase options permit Salishan-Mohegan to purchase land at specified closing dates no later than April 2005 and April 2006 for $7.8 million and $3.9 million, respectively, which are net of deposits paid prior to formation of Salishan-Mohegan by Salishan Company. Under the option agreements, Salishan-Mohegan is also required to make extension payments on the aggregate agreed-upon net purchase price of $11.7 million at an annual rate of 6.5%, with applicable portions payable on the respective closing dates or termination of the options agreements.

 

Pocono Downs Purchase Agreement

 

In October 2004, the Authority entered into an agreement to purchase all of the partnership interests in the entities owning Pocono Downs from subsidiaries of Penn National Gaming, Inc (the “Purchase Agreement”). Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Authority would acquire Pocono Downs, a standardbred harness racing facility located on approximately 400 acres of land in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and five Pennsylvania off-track wagering operations located in Carbondale, East Stroudsburg, Erie, Hazleton and Lehigh Valley

 

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(Allentown). As part of the Purchase Agreement, the Authority agreed to a $280 million purchase price before pre- and post-closing adjustments and other costs, with $14.0 million paid as a deposit at the execution of the agreement. The transaction closed on January 25, 2005, with the remaining $266.0 million purchase price paid at closing. Refer to Note 8 for further discussion regarding the Pocono Downs acquisition. The Purchase Agreement also provides the Authority with post-closing termination rights in the event of certain materially adverse legislative or regulatory events.

 

Litigation

 

The Authority is a defendant in certain litigation incurred in the normal course of business. In the opinion of management, based on the advice of counsel, the aggregate liability, if any, arising from such litigation will not have a material adverse effect on the Authority’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

NOTE 6—TCA AGREEMENTS:

 

Relinquishment Agreement

 

In February 1998, the Authority and Trading Cove Associates (“TCA”) entered into an agreement (the “Relinquishment Agreement”). Effective January 1, 2000 (the “Relinquishment Date”), the Relinquishment Agreement superseded a then existing management agreement with TCA. The Relinquishment Agreement provides, among other things, that the Authority will make certain payments to TCA out of, and determined as a percentage of, Revenues (as defined in the Relinquishment Agreement) generated by Mohegan Sun over a 15-year period commencing on the Relinquishment Date. The payments (“Senior Relinquishment Payments” and “Junior Relinquishment Payments”) have separate schedules and priority. Senior Relinquishment Payments commenced on April 25, 2000, twenty-five days following the end of the first three-month period after the Relinquishment Date and continue at the end of each three-month period thereafter until January 25, 2015. Junior Relinquishment Payments commenced on July 25, 2000, twenty-five days following the end of the first six-month period after the Relinquishment Date and continue at the end of each six-month period thereafter until January 25, 2015. Each Senior Relinquishment Payment and Junior Relinquishment Payment is an amount equal to 2.5% of the Revenues generated by Mohegan Sun over the immediately preceding three-month or six-month payment period, as the case may be. “Revenues” are defined in the Relinquishment Agreement as gross gaming revenues (other than Class II gaming revenue) and all other facility revenues (including, without limitation, hotel revenues, room service, food and beverage sales, ticket revenues, fees or receipts from convention/events center and all rental or other receipts from lessees and concessionaires, but not the gross receipts of such lessees, licenses and concessionaires).

 

In the event of any bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization or similar proceeding relating to the Authority, the Relinquishment Agreement provides that each of the Senior and Junior Relinquishment Payments then due and owing are subordinated in right to payment of senior secured obligations, which include the Bank Credit Facility and capital lease obligations, and that the Junior Relinquishment Payments then due and owing are further subordinated to payment of all other senior obligations, including the Authority’s 1999 Senior Notes and 2005 Senior Notes. The Relinquishment Agreement also provides that all relinquishment payments are subordinated in right of payment to the minimum priority distribution payments, which are monthly payments required to be made by the Authority to the Tribe, to the extent then due. The Authority, in accordance with SFAS 5, “Accounting for Contingencies,” has recorded a relinquishment liability of the estimated present value of its obligations under the Relinquishment Agreement.

 

A relinquishment liability of $549.1 million was established at September 30, 1998 based on the present value of the estimated future Mohegan Sun revenues utilizing the Authority’s risk-free investment rate. At December 31, 2004, the carrying amount of the relinquishment liability was $469.7 million as compared to $472.0 million at September 30, 2004. The decrease during the quarter ended December 31, 2004 is due to

 

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$9.1 million in relinquishment payments, offset by $6.8 million for the accretion of discount to the relinquishment liability. Of the $9.1 million in relinquishment payments, $5.4 million represents payment of principal and $3.7 million represents payment of the accretion of discount to the relinquishment liability. During the quarter ended December 31, 2003, the Authority paid $8.7 million in relinquishment payments, consisting of $4.5 million in principal amounts and $4.2 million for the payment of the accretion of discount to the relinquishment liability. The accretion of discount to the relinquishment liability resulted from the impact of the discount for the time value of money. At December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2004, relinquishment payments earned but unpaid were $26.6 million and $18.3 million, respectively.

 

NOTE 7—CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL STATEMENT INFORMATION:

 

The Authority’s outstanding public debt, comprised of substantially all of its senior and senior subordinated notes, is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by MBC. Separate financial statements and other disclosures concerning MBC are not presented below because the Authority believes that they are not material to investors. Condensed consolidating financial statement information for the Authority, MBC and the non-guarantor subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2004 and for the three months ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, is as follows (in thousands):

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS

 

     As of December 31, 2004

 
     Authority

    MBC

    Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries


    Consolidating
Adjustments


   

Consolidated

Total


 
ASSETS                                         

Property and equipment, net

   $ 1,309,908     $ 158     $ 3,850     $ —       $ 1,313,916  

Other assets, net

     290,843       8,062       5,850       (11,424 )     293,331  
    


 


 


 


 


Total assets

   $ 1,600,751     $ 8,220     $ 9,700     $ (11,424 )   $ 1,607,247  
    


 


 


 


 


LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL                                         

Total current liabilities

   $ 262,067     $ 8,464       8,491     $ (11,424 )   $ 267,598  

Long-term debt, net of current portion

     1,002,603       6,000       —         —         1,008,603  

Relinquishment liability, net of current portion

     372,348       —         —         —         372,348  

Other long-term liabilities

     194       —         —         —         194  

Investment in subsidiaries

     6,462       —         —         (6,462 )     —    
    


 


 


 


 


Total liabilities

     1,643,674       14,464       8,491       (17,886 )     1,648,743  

Minority interest

     —         —         1,744       —         1,744  

Total capital

     (42,923 )     (6,244 )     (535 )     6,462       (43,240 )
    


 


 


 


 


Total liabilities and capital

   $ 1,600,751     $ 8,220     $ 9,700     $ (11,424 )   $ 1,607,247  
    


 


 


 


 


 

     As of September 30, 2004

 
     Authority

    MBC

    Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries


    Consolidating
Adjustments


    Consolidated
Total


 
ASSETS                                         

Property and equipment, net

   $ 1,324,106     $ 176     $ 3,850     $ —       $ 1,328,132  

Other assets, net

     247,313       8,550       4,640       (8,930 )     251,573  
    


 


 


 


 


Total assets

   $ 1,571,419     $ 8,726     $ 8,490     $ (8,930 )   $ 1,579,705  
    


 


 


 


 


LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL                                         

Total current liabilities

   $ 245,848     $ 8,227     $ 7,013     $ (8,930 )   $ 252,158  

Long-term debt, net of current portion

     997,051       6,000       —         —         1,003,051  

Relinquishment liability, net of current portion

     383,493       —         —         —         383,493  

Other long-term liabilities

     197       —         —         —         197  

Investment in subsidiaries

     5,553       —         —         (5,553 )     —    
    


 


 


 


 


Total liabilities

     1,632,142       14,227       7,013       (14,483 )     1,638,899  

Minority interest

     —         —         1,845       —         1,845  

Total capital

     (60,723 )     (5,501 )     (368 )     5,553       (61,039 )
    


 


 


 


 


Total liabilities and capital

   $ 1,571,419     $ 8,726     $ 8,490     $ (8,930 )   $ 1,579,705  
    


 


 


 


 


 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF INCOME

 

     For the Quarters Ended December 31, 2004

 
     Authority

    MBC

    Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries


    Consolidating
Adjustments


    Consolidated
Total


 

Net revenues

   $ 319,049     $ 383     $ —       $ (99 )   $ 319,333  

Operating costs and expenses:

                                        

Gaming and other operations

     190,102       525       —         (99 )     190,528  

Advertising, general and administrative

     46,396       350       363       —         47,109  

Depreciation and amortization

     21,067       189       —         —         21,256  
    


 


 


 


 


Total operating costs and expenses

     257,565       1,064       363       (99 )     258,893  
    


 


 


 


 


Income (loss) from operations

     61,484       (681 )     (363 )     —         60,440  

Accretion of discount to the relinquishment liability

     (6,867 )     —         —         —         (6,867 )

Interest expense

     (19,107 )     (63 )     —         —         (19,170 )

Loss on interests in subsidiaries

     (909 )     —         —         909       —    

Other income (expense), net

     (368 )     1       96       —         (271 )
    


 


 


 


 


Income (loss) before minority interest

     34,233       (743 )     (267 )     909       34,132  

Minority interest

     —         —         101       —         101  
    


 


 


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ 34,233     $ (743 )   $ (166 )   $ 909     $ 34,233  
    


 


 


 


 


 

     For the Quarters Ended December 31, 2003

 
     Authority

    MBC

    Consolidating
Adjustments


   Consolidated
Total


 

Net revenues

   $ 307,048     $ 2     $ —      $ 307,050  

Operating costs and expenses:

                               

Gaming and other operations

     186,760       187       —        186,947  

Advertising, general and administrative

     43,940       196       —        44,136  

Depreciation and amortization

     23,195       232       —        23,427  
    


 


 

  


Total operating costs and expenses

     253,895       615       —        254,510  
    


 


 

  


Income (loss) from operations

     53,153       (613 )     —        52,540  

Accretion of discount to the relinquishment liability

     (7,485 )     —         —        (7,485 )

Interest expense

     (18,948 )     (53 )     —        (19,001 )

Loss on interest in subsidiary

     (666 )     —         666      —    

Other income, net

     55       —         —        55  
    


 


 

  


Net income (loss)

   $ 26,109     $ (666 )   $ 666    $ 26,109  
    


 


 

  


 

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

     For the Quarters Ended December 31, 2004

 
     Authority

    MBC

    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries


    Consolidating
Adjustments


   Consolidated
Total


 

Net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities

   $ 67,009     $ (904 )   $ 1,512     $ —      $ 67,617  
    


 


 


 

  


Net cash flows used in investing activities

     (21,085 )     —         (1,512 )     —        (22,597 )
    


 


 


 

  


Bank Credit Facility borrowings - revolving loan

     83,000       —         —         —        83,000  

Bank Credit Facility repayments - revolving loan

     (136,000 )     —         —         —        (136,000 )

Bank Credit Facility borrowings - term loan

     58,333       —         —         —        58,333  

Line of credit borrowings

     109,923       —         —         —        109,923  

Line of credit repayments

     (100,913 )     —         —         —        (100,913 )

Other cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

     (37,987 )     650       —         —        (37,337 )
    


 


 


 

  


Net cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

     (23,644 )     650       —         —        (22,994 )
    


 


 


 

  


Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     22,280       (254 )     —         —        22,026  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     60,406       388       —         —        60,794  
    


 


 


 

  


Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 82,686     $ 134     $ —       $ —      $ 82,820  
    


 


 


 

  


 

     For the Quarters Ended December 31, 2003

 
     Authority

    MBC

    Consolidating
Adjustments


   Consolidated
Total


 

Net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities

   $ 66,253     $ (302 )   $ —      $ 65,951  
    


 


 

  


Net cash flows used in investing activities

     (13,478 )     (20 )     —        (13,498 )
    


 


 

  


Line of credit borrowings

     34,000       —         —        34,000  

Line of credit repayments

     (34,000 )     —         —        (34,000 )

Other cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

     (30,117 )     500       —        (29,617 )
    


 


 

  


Net cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

     (30,117 )     500       —        (29,617 )
    


 


 

  


Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     22,658       178       —        22,836  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     72,690       574       —        73,264  
    


 


 

  


Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 95,348     $ 752     $ —      $ 96,100  
    


 


 

  


 

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MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

NOTE 8—SUBSEQUENT EVENTS:

 

Pocono Downs

 

On January 25, 2005, the Authority and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, completed their acquisition of all the partnership interests in Downs Racing, L.P., Backside, L.P. Mill Creek Land, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P., (the “Pocono Downs Entities”). The Pocono Downs Entities own Pocono Downs, a standardbred harness racing facility located on approximately 400 acres in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania as well as five Pennsylvania off-track wagering (OTW) operations located in Carbondale, East Stroudsburg, Erie, Hazleton and Lehigh Valley (Allentown). With the closing of the transaction, the Authority has the right to apply for a Category One slot machine license under Pennsylvania’s Race Horse Development and Gaming Act of 2004. If the license is approved, the Act initially permits the installation and operation of up to 3,000 slot machines at the Pocono Downs property.

 

The Authority paid $280 million for the Pocono Downs Entities before closing adjustments and other costs. The purchase price was funded through draws on the Bank Credit Facility. In accordance with the terms of the acquisition agreement, the Authority has retained certain post-closing termination rights in the event of certain materially adverse legislative or regulatory events. Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC and the Pocono Downs Entities are restricted subsidiaries of the Authority, which requires them to be guarantors of the Authority’s bank credit facility and all senior and senior subordinated notes.

 

February 2005 Financing Transaction

 

On February 8, 2005, the Authority issued $250.0 million Senior Notes with fixed interest payable at a rate of 6.125% per annum (the “2005 Senior Notes”). The net proceeds from this financing were used to repay amounts outstanding under the Bank Credit Facility and to pay fees and expenses associated with the issuance. The 2005 Senior Notes mature on February 15, 2013. The first call date for the 2005 Senior Notes is February 15, 2009. Interest on the 2005 Senior Notes is payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15, with the first interest payment scheduled for August 15, 2005. The 2005 Senior Notes are uncollateralized general obligations of the Authority, which are effectively subordinated to all of the existing and future senior secured indebtedness of the Authority, including the Bank Credit Facility. The 2005 Senior Notes rank equally in right of payment with the 1999 Senior Notes and 50% of the Authority’s payment obligations under the Relinquishment Agreement that are then due and owing, and rank senior to the remaining 50% of the Authority’s payment obligations under the Relinquishment Agreement that are then due and owing, the 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2002 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2003 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2004 Senior Subordinated Notes and the 2005 Senior Subordinated Notes (as referred to below). MBC, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC and the Pocono Downs Entities are guarantors of the 2005 Senior Notes. The Authority has agreed to offer to exchange the 2005 Senior Notes within 120 days of issuance for a new issue of substantially identical debt securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

On February 8, 2005, the Authority issued $150.0 million Senior Subordinated Notes with fixed interest payable at a rate of 6.875% per annum (the “2005 Senior Subordinated Notes”). The net proceeds from this financing were used to repay amounts outstanding under the Bank Credit Facility and to pay fees and expenses associated with the issuance. The 2005 Senior Subordinated Notes mature on February 15, 2015. The first call date for the 2005 Senior Subordinated Notes is February 15, 2010. Interest on the 2005 Senior Subordinated Notes is payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15, with the first interest payment scheduled for August 15, 2005. The 2005 Senior Subordinated Notes are uncollateralized general obligations of the Authority and are subordinated to the Bank Credit Facility, the 1999 Senior Notes, the 2005 Senior Notes and in a liquidation, bankruptcy or similar proceeding, 50% of the Authority’s payment obligations under the

 

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MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

Relinquishment Agreement that are then due and owing. The 2005 Senior Subordinated Notes rank equally with the 2001 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2002 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2003 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2004 Senior Subordinated Notes and the remaining 50% of the Authority’s payment obligations under the Relinquishment Agreement that are then due and owing. MBC, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC and the Pocono Downs Entities are guarantors of the 2005 Senior Subordinated Notes. The Authority has agreed to offer to exchange the 2005 Senior Subordinated Notes within 120 days of issuance for a new issue of substantially identical debt securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

On February 8, 2005, the Authority used the net proceeds from the issuance of the 2005 Senior Notes and the 2005 Senior Subordinated Notes, as well as cash provided by operating activities, to repay $399.4 million of amounts outstanding under the Bank Credit Facility, which included a $136.4 million payment to extinguish the remaining balance on the term loan and a $263.0 million payment to reduce amounts outstanding on the revolving loan. As a result of these payments, the total commitment under the Bank Credit Facility was reduced from $600.0 million to $450.0 million, and the Authority had $393.7 million available for borrowing thereunder (without taking into account covenants under the Line of Credit).

 

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Management Board of

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority:

 

We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (“the Authority”) and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004, and the related condensed consolidated statements of income and of changes in capital for each of the three-month periods ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2004 and 2003. These interim financial statements are the responsibility of the Authority’s management.

 

We conducted our review in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

 

Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

We previously audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of income, of changes in capital and of cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein), and in our report dated November 10, 2004 we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2004, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

 

/s/    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Hartford, Connecticut

February 11, 2005

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

Some information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other materials filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, contain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements include information relating to business development activities, as well as capital spending, financing sources and the effects of regulation (including gaming and tax regulation) and increased competition. These statements can sometimes be identified by our use of forward-looking words such as “may,” “will,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” or “intend” and similar expressions. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect anticipated results in the future and, accordingly, such results may differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of us. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those relating to increased competition (including the legalization or expansion of gaming in New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania), the financial performance of Mohegan Sun and the Pocono Downs facilities, dependence on existing management, local, regional, national or global economic climate, our leverage and ability to meet our debt service obligations, an act of terrorism in the United States of America, changes in federal or state tax laws or the administration of such laws, changes in gaming laws or regulations (including the limitation, denial or suspension of licenses required under gaming laws and regulations), and the continued availability of financing. Additional information concerning potential factors that could affect our financial results is included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004, as well as our other reports and filings with the SEC. The forward-looking statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are made only as of the date of this report. We do not undertake any obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. We can not assure you that projected results or events will be achieved.

 

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes beginning on page 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Overview

 

The Tribe and the Authority

 

The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, or the Tribe, is a federally recognized Indian tribe with an approximately 405-acre reservation situated in southeastern Connecticut, adjacent to Uncasville, Connecticut. Under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, federally recognized Indian tribes are permitted to conduct full-scale casino gaming operations on tribal lands, subject to, among other things, the negotiation of a gaming compact with the state in which they operate. The Tribe and the State of Connecticut have entered into such a compact, the Mohegan Compact, which has been approved by the United States Secretary of the Interior. We were established as an instrumentality of the Tribe, with the exclusive power to conduct and regulate gaming activities on tribal lands and the nonexclusive authority to conduct such activities elsewhere. Our gaming operation at Mohegan Sun is one of only two legally authorized gaming operations in New England offering traditional slot machines and table games. We also own Pocono Downs, one of only two standardbred harness racing facilities in Pennsylvania, located in Wilkes-Barre, as well as five Pennsylvania off-track wagering (OTW) operations located in Carbondale, East Stroudsburg, Erie, Hazleton and Lehigh Valley (Allentown). We are governed by a nine-member Management Board, whose members also comprise the Mohegan Tribal Council (the governing body of the Tribe). Any change in the composition of the Mohegan Tribal Council results in a corresponding change in our Management Board.

 

Mohegan Sun

 

In October 1996, we opened a gaming and entertainment complex known as Mohegan Sun. Mohegan Sun is located on a 240-acre site on the Tribe’s reservation overlooking the Thames River with direct access from Interstate 395 and Connecticut Route 2A via a four-lane access road constructed by us. Mohegan Sun is approximately 125 miles from New York City and approximately 100 miles from Boston, Massachusetts. In

 

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fiscal year 2002, we completed a major expansion of Mohegan Sun known as Project Sunburst. The first phase of Project Sunburst, the Casino of the Sky, which included increased gaming, restaurant and retail space and an entertainment arena, opened in September 2001. The remaining components, including an approximately 1,200-room luxury hotel and approximately 100,000 square feet of convention space, were fully opened in June 2002.

 

Mohegan Sun operates in an approximately 3.0 million square foot facility, which includes the following two casinos:

 

Casino of the Earth

 

The Casino of the Earth has approximately 179,500 square feet of gaming space and offers:

 

    approximately 3,875 slot machines and 180 table games (including blackjack, roulette, craps and baccarat);

 

    food and beverage amenities, including three full-service themed fine dining restaurants, with a fourth area featuring cuisine from all three themes, a 610-seat buffet, a ten-station food court featuring international and domestic cuisine and multiple service bars, all operated by us, for a current total of approximately 1,400 restaurant seats (which will increase to 1,700 restaurant seats upon completion of the new Uncas American Indian Grill, a 300-seat full-service restaurant and bar concept anticipated to open in July 2005);

 

    an approximately 10,000 square foot, 410-seat lounge featuring live entertainment seven days a week;

 

    an approximately 11,000 square foot simulcasting race book facility; and

 

    five retail shops providing shopping opportunities ranging from Mohegan Sun logo souvenirs to cigars.

 

Casino of the Sky

 

The Casino of the Sky has approximately 119,000 square feet of gaming space and offers:

 

    approximately 2,400 slot machines and 105 table games (including blackjack, roulette, craps and baccarat);

 

    food and beverage amenities, including two full-service restaurants, two quick-service restaurants, a 24-hour coffee shop, a 320-seat buffet, a six station food court featuring international and domestic cuisine and five lounges and bars operated by us, as well as four full-service and three quick-service restaurants operated by third parties, for a total of approximately 2,600 restaurant seats;

 

    Mohegan After Dark, consisting of a nightclub, a lounge and a pub, which are all operated by a third party;

 

    the Mohegan Sun Arena with seating for up to 10,000;

 

    a 350-seat Cabaret;

 

    the Shops at Mohegan Sun containing 29 different retail shops, six of which we own;

 

    an approximately 1,200-room luxury hotel with room service;

 

    an approximately 20,000 square foot spa operated by a third party;

 

    approximately 100,000 square feet of convention space; and

 

    a child care facility and an arcade style recreation area operated by a third party.

 

Mohegan Sun has parking spaces for approximately 13,000 guests and 3,100 employees. In addition, we operate the Mohegan Sun gasoline and convenience center, an approximately 4,000 square foot, 20-pump facility located adjacent to Mohegan Sun.

 

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Connecticut Sun

 

In January 2003, we formed a wholly owned subsidiary, the Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, or MBC, for the purpose of holding a membership in the Women’s National Basketball Association, or WNBA, and owning and operating a professional basketball team in the WNBA. MBC entered into a membership agreement with the WNBA permitting it to operate the Connecticut Sun basketball team. The team plays its home games in the Mohegan Sun Arena.

 

Diversification Projects

 

The Tribe has determined that it is in its long-term best interest to pursue diversification of its business interests, both directly and through us. As a result, from time to time, we and the Tribe receive and evaluate various business opportunities. These opportunities primarily include the management or ownership of, or investment in, other gaming enterprises through direct investments, acquisitions, joint venture arrangements and loan transactions. In addition to the developments described below, we and the Tribe are currently exploring other opportunities, although there is no assurance that we or the Tribe will continue to pursue any of these other opportunities or that any of them will be consummated.

 

Pocono Downs

 

On January 25, 2005, we and our wholly owned subsidiary, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, acquired from subsidiaries of Penn National Gaming, Inc. all of the partnership interests in Downs Racing, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P., Backside, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P., or the Pocono Downs entities. The Pocono Downs entities own Pocono Downs, a standardbred harness racing facility located on approximately 400 acres in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania as well as five Pennsylvania OTW’s located in Carbondale, East Stroudsburg, Erie, Hazleton and Lehigh Valley (Allentown). The harness racing facility is currently one of only two harness racetracks in Pennsylvania and one of only four thoroughbred and harness racing facilities in the state. It has a 5/8 mile all-weather, lighted track with seating for approximately 3,500 and parking capacity for approximately 6,500. Harness racing has been conducted at Pocono Downs since 1965, and in 2004, the track held 120 live racing days. The Lehigh Valley (Allentown) OTW is a 28,000 square-foot facility and is the largest OTW in the state of Pennsylvania. The $280 million purchase price before closing adjustments and other costs was funded through draws on our bank credit facility.

 

We plan to continue the harness racing activities at Pocono Downs, commencing with the 2005 racing season, and to continue operating the OTW facilities. In addition, as a result of our acquisition of Pocono Downs, we have the right to apply for a Pennsylvania Category One slot machine license, which, if approved, would initially permit the installation and operation of up to 3,000 slot machines at Pocono Downs. Upon receipt of a Category One license, we will pay a one-time $50 million fee to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

 

A minimum of 1,500 slot machines are required, and a maximum of 3,000 slot machines are permitted, to be in operation within 18 months of the issuance of a Category One slot machine license. Under certain circumstances, we may be permitted to install up to a total of 5,000 slot machines. We plan to expand Pocono Downs to include a new slot machine facility, which we anticipate will open in the fall of 2006. The new facility also is expected to include restaurants, lounges and a small entertainment venue. We expect to spend up to $175 million on the construction, furnishing and equipping of the new facility. We may commence our slot machine operations prior to completion of the new facility if the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board issues us a conditional license to operate slot machines prior to the issuance of a permanent license.

 

We expect to draw the bulk of our customers at the slot machine facility from the 60-mile radius surrounding Pocono Downs. As a result, as more fully described below under “Competition from Other Gaming Operations,” we anticipate our primary competition for customers will come from other potential slot machine operations in Pennsylvania and potential Indian Gaming operations in southeastern New York, primarily in the Catskill Mountain region.

 

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Cowlitz Project

 

In July 2004, we formed Mohegan Ventures-Northwest, LLC, or Mohegan Ventures-NW, one of two members in Salishan-Mohegan LLC, or Salishan-Mohegan. Salishan-Mohegan was formed to participate in the development and management of a casino to be located in Clark County, Washington, or the Cowlitz Project. The proposed casino will be owned by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. Both Mohegan Ventures-NW and Salishan-Mohegan were designated as our unrestricted subsidiaries, which are not required to be guarantors of our debt obligations.

 

In September 2004, Salishan-Mohegan entered into development and management agreements with the Cowlitz Indian Tribe regarding the Cowlitz Project. Under the terms of the development agreement, Salishan-Mohegan administers and oversees the planning, designing, development, construction, and furnishing, as well as provide assistance with the financing, of the Cowlitz Project and the agreement provides for certain development fees of 3% of total Project Costs, as defined in the development agreement. The management agreement is for a period of seven years during which Salishan-Mohegan will manage, operate and maintain the planned casino. The management agreement provides for a management fee of 24% of Net Revenues, as defined in the management agreement, which approximates income from operations earned from the Cowlitz Project. Development of the Cowlitz Project is subject to certain governmental and regulatory approvals, including, but not limited to, negotiating a gaming compact with the State of Washington and the United States Department of the Interior accepting land into trust on behalf of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. The management agreement is subject to approval by the National Indian Gaming Commission, or the NIGC.

 

Menominee Project

 

In October 2004, we entered into a management agreement with the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, or the Menominee Tribe, and the Menominee Kenosha Gaming Authority. According to the management agreement, we were granted the exclusive right and obligation to manage, operate and maintain a planned casino and destination resort to be located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, or the Menominee Project, for a period of seven years in consideration of a management fee of 13.4% of Net Revenues, as defined in the management agreement, which approximates income from operations earned from the Menominee Project. The management agreement is subject to approval by the NIGC.

 

Competition from Other Gaming Operations

 

Our gaming operation at Mohegan Sun is one of only two legally authorized gaming operations in New England offering traditional slot machines and table games, with the other operation being our sole gaming competitor in Connecticut, Foxwoods Resort Casino, or Foxwoods. We also currently face competition from several casinos and gaming facilities located on Indian tribal lands in the state of New York and racinos in the state of Rhode Island, as well as potential competition from planned casino projects announced by other Indian tribes and non-Indians in the northeastern United States. Following our acquisition of Pocono Downs in January 2005, we now also face existing and potential competition in the Pennsylvania gaming market. Please refer to “Part I. Item 1. Business—Market and Competition from Other Gaming Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004 for further detail regarding our current and projected competition from other gaming operations.

 

Recent Competitive Developments

 

The following discussion highlights changes in our competitive landscape that have occurred since September 30, 2004. Based on our internal preliminary estimates, we do not anticipate that any of the following developments will have a material impact on our revenues for the near future.

 

Connecticut

 

On February 1, 2005, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe announced it plans to undertake a three-year, $700.0 million expansion at Foxwoods, which will add over two million square feet to the facility and will include

 

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an 825-room hotel tower, a 21,000 square foot spa, a 5,000-seat theater, a 50,000 square foot ballroom, a 2,900 car parking garage, 145,000 square feet of meeting and convention space, four retail stores, two nightclubs, three lounges, four restaurants and additional business meeting and reception space. In addition, the expansion will include 50,000 square feet of gaming space and will accommodate an additional 1,500 slot machines and 45 table games. The project is expected to begin in the summer of 2005 and the facility is scheduled to open in the summer of 2008.

 

Rhode Island

 

On February 8, 2005, Wembley plc announced an agreement on the terms of a cash acquisition by BLB Investors, LLC, or BLB, of its United States division, Wembley Inc. Wembley Inc. owns and operates a pari-mutuel facility, Lincoln Park, in Rhode Island. BLB has announced intentions to spend approximately $125 million on renovations to Lincoln Park if the State of Rhode Island approves an increase in the number of authorized video slot machines at Lincoln Park from approximately 3,000 to approximately 4,750. The acquisition is subject to requisite court and shareholder approval and receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, as well as an agreement between BLB and the State of Rhode Island on revenue sharing at Lincoln Park.

 

New York

 

The New York state legislature passed a law in October 2001 authorizing as many as six gaming operations by Indian tribes in New York. Three of these operations may be located in the Catskill Mountains in Ulster County and/or Sullivan County. In early February 2005, New York Governor George Pataki submitted legislation to authorize the operation of up to five casinos in Ulster County and/or Sullivan County by Indian tribes.

 

Pennsylvania

 

In July 2004, Pennsylvania Governor Rendell signed legislation permitting up to 61,000 slot machines at 14 locations throughout the state. The legislation authorized slot machines at seven harness and thoroughbred racetracks, and five stand-alone slot facilities. Each of the facilities may initially install up to 3,000 slot machines and can be expanded to up to 5,000 slot machines after six months of operation and upon gaining the approval of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, or the PGCB. In addition, the legislation authorized two resort facilities with up to 500 slot machines. The legislation also includes prohibitions against locating facilities in close proximity to other operations, including, among other things, a prohibition against locating another harness or thoroughbred facility with slots or a standalone slot facility within 20 linear miles of Pocono Downs, and a prohibition against locating a resort facility within 15 linear miles of Pocono Downs.

 

In addition to Pocono Downs there are two thoroughbred racetracks, Philadelphia Park located in Bensalem (approximately 115 miles southeast of Pocono Downs) and Penn National Race Course in Grantville (located approximately 85 miles southwest of Pocono Downs), and one harness racetrack, the Meadows located in Meadow Lands, near Pittsburgh (approximately 325 miles from Pocono Downs), currently operating. In addition, the Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission has approved a racing license for MTR Gaming to build a thoroughbred racetrack in Summit Township, near Erie (approximately 325 miles from Pocono Downs) and the Pennsylvania State Harness Racing Commission has approved a harness racing license for Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc, which has partnered with Chester Downs and Marina, LLC, to build a harness racetrack in Chester, approximately 115 miles from Pocono Downs. The Harness Racing Commission also has conducted hearings on competing proposals for a license for a new harness racetrack in Mahoning Township and South Beaver Township (approximately 280 and 300 miles from Pocono Downs, respectively). It has been reported that the Horse Racing Commission has received as many as five applications from proposed developers/property owners for the fourth and final new racing license permitted in Pennsylvania. However, under the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act, or the Pennsylvania Gaming Act, unless the developer of a proposed horse racetrack had received approval for a racing license within the 18 months immediately preceding the passage of the Pennsylvania Gaming Act, the licensee would not be permitted to obtain a slot license.

 

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Under the Pennsylvania Gaming Act, the PGCB will select the location of the five stand-alone slot facilities, so long as at least two of the stand-alone slot parlors are located in Philadelphia and one is located in Pittsburgh. The remaining two facilities will be selected by the PGCB from the list of applicants who submit applications for a slot license. There have been several reports of proposed locations for the two remaining stand-alone slot facilities, outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. We cannot predict which owners of any of these proposed sites will receive gaming licenses or, accordingly, where any of the licensed facilities will be located or what impact, if any, they will have on our future Pocono Downs operations.

 

The reports include the following proposed locations:

 

    Businessman Louis DeNaples recently purchased Mount Airy Lodge in Mount Pocono for approximately $25 million. The property consists of approximately 600 acres of land and is the location of a former resort facility. Although we are not aware of any official announcement from Mr. DeNaples regarding the proposed use or development of the property, newspaper reports have indicated that the site could be a potential location for a stand-alone slot facility. Mount Pocono is an approximately 40 mile drive from Pocono Downs.

 

    BethWorks Now, a Pittsburgh-based group, has partnered with Las Vegas Sands, Inc, owners of the Venetian Resort and Casino in Las Vegas to acquire 135 acres of property in Bethlehem. The group has indicated that the plans for the property include a casino, 400,000-600,000 square feet of retail space and between 1,000-2,000 homes. The property is located approximately 70 miles from Pocono Downs.

 

    Dr. Joseph Mattioli, owner of Pocono Raceway, a NASCAR racetrack located approximately 35 miles from Pocono Downs in Long Pond, has announced his intentions to seek one of the available licenses to operate a stand-alone slot facility. Dr. Mattioli has reportedly proposed a $300 million casino complex on the Pocono Raceway property that reportedly would include a slot parlor, convention hall, shops and restaurants adjacent to the racetrack. It also has been reported that if Dr. Mattioli is unable to obtain a stand-alone slot license, he will seek a resort license and will scale back the development plans for the Long Pond property.

 

    Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. of Biloxi Miss., operators of, among other things, casinos and riverboats in Mississippi, Iowa, Nevada, Missouri, Colorado and Louisiana, has reportedly been looking at sites in Lehigh Valley to locate a stand-alone slot facility. These sites are located approximately 60 miles from Pocono Downs.

 

    The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe is reportedly working with a local developer on a proposal for its own Pennsylvania slot facility to be located near the interchange of Interstate 78 and Pennsylvania Route 412 in Bethlehem. Bethlehem is located approximately 70 miles from Pocono Downs.

 

    Caesars Pocono Resorts, owned by Starwood Hotels, which operates four resorts in the Pocono Mountains, also has reportedly expressed an interest in one of the two slot licenses available for resort facilities. The closest of the four Caesars resorts to Pocono Downs is 40 miles away.

 

In addition to the other slot facilities in Pennsylvania, Pocono Downs may face competition from full scale casino gaming operations by Indian Tribes in the Catskill Mountains of New York where New York Governor Pataki has recently indicated he would be interested in locating as many as five full scale Indian gaming facilities. The Catskills are approximately 90 miles from Pocono Downs.

 

Explanation of Key Financial Statement Captions

 

Gross revenues

 

Our gross revenues are derived primarily from the following four sources:

 

    gaming revenues, which include revenues from slot machines, table games, keno and racebook;

 

    food and beverage revenues;

 

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    hotel revenues; and

 

    retail, entertainment and other revenues, which include revenues from the Mohegan Sun managed retail shops and the Mohegan Sun Arena.

 

Our largest component of revenues is gaming revenues, which is recognized as gaming wins less gaming losses and is comprised primarily of revenues from our slot machines and table games. Revenues from slot machines are the largest component of our gaming revenues. Gross slot revenues, also referred to as gross slot win, represent all amounts played in the slot machines reduced by both (1) the winnings paid out and (2) all amounts we deposit into the slot machines to ensure sufficient coins in each machine to pay out the winnings. Pursuant to the Mohegan Compact, we report gross slot revenues and other statistical information related to slot machine operations to the State of Connecticut. On a monthly basis, we also post this information on our website at www.mohegansun.com.

 

Other commonly used terms in the discussion of revenues from slot machines include progressive slot machines, progressive jackpots, net slot revenues, slot handle, gross slot hold percentage and net slot hold percentage. Progressive slot machines retain a portion of each amount wagered and aggregate these amounts with similar amounts from other slot machines in order to create one-time winnings that are substantially larger than those paid in the ordinary course of play. We refer to such aggregated amounts as progressive jackpots. Wide-area progressive jackpot amounts are paid by a third party vendor and we remit a weekly payment to the vendor based on a percentage of the slot handle for each wide-area progressive slot machine. We accrue in-house progressive jackpot amounts until paid, and such accrued amounts are deducted from gross slot revenues, along with wide-area progressive jackpot amounts, to arrive at net slot revenues, also referred to as net slot win. Net slot revenues are included in gaming revenues in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income. Slot handle is the total amount wagered by patrons on slot machines during the period. Gross slot hold percentage is the gross slot win as a percentage of slot handle. Net slot hold percentage is the net slot win as a percentage of slot handle.

 

Commonly used terms in the discussion of revenues from table games include table games revenues, table games drop and table games hold percentage. Table games revenue represents the closing table games inventory plus table games drop and credit slips for coins, chips or tokens returned to the casino cage, less opening table games inventory, discounts provided on patron losses, free bet coupons and chip fills to the tables. Table games drop is the total amount of cash, free bet coupons, cash advance drafts, customer deposit withdrawals, safekeeping withdrawals and credit issued at the table contained in the locked container at each gaming table. Table games hold percentage is the table games revenues as a percentage of table games drop.

 

Revenues from food and beverages, hotel, retail, entertainment events and other services are recognized at the time the service is performed. Minimum rental revenues that we receive pursuant to our rental lease agreements for the Shops at Mohegan Sun are recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases. Percentage rents are recognized in the period in which the tenants exceed their respective percentage rent thresholds.

 

Promotional allowances

 

We operate a voluntary program for our guests, without membership fees, called the Mohegan Sun Player’s Club. This program provides complimentary food, beverages, hotel, retail, entertainment and other services to guests based on points that are awarded for guests’ gaming activities. These points may be used to purchase, among other things, items at the retail stores and restaurants located within Mohegan Sun, including the Shops at Mohegan Sun and the Mohegan Sun gasoline and convenience center. Points also may be used to purchase hotel services and tickets to entertainment events held at Mohegan Sun facilities. The retail value of points are included in gross revenues when redeemed at Mohegan Sun operated facilities and then deducted as promotional allowances to arrive at net revenues.

 

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We also have ongoing promotional programs which offer coupons to our guests for the purchase of food, beverage, hotel and retail amenities offered within Mohegan Sun. The retail value of items or services purchased with coupons at Mohegan Sun operated facilities is included in gross revenues and the respective coupon value is deducted as promotional allowances to arrive at net revenues.

 

Gaming expenses

 

The largest component of gaming expenses is the portion of gross slot revenues which must be paid to the State of Connecticut. We refer to this payment as the slot win contribution. For each 12-month period commencing July 1, 1995, the slot win contribution is the lesser of (a) 30% of gross slot revenues, or (b) the greater of (i) 25% of gross slot revenues or (ii) $80.0 million. Gaming expenses also include, among other things, expenses associated with operation of slot machines, table games, keno and racebook, certain marketing expenses, and promotional expenses for the Mohegan Sun Player’s Club points and coupons redeemed at the hotel, restaurants and retail outlets owned by Mohegan Sun, as well as third party tenant restaurants and the Shops at Mohegan Sun.

 

Income from operations

 

We calculate income from operations as net revenues less total operating costs and expenses. Income from operations represents only those amounts that relate to our consolidated operations and excludes minority interest, accretion of discount to the relinquishment liability, interest income, interest expense and other non-operating income and expenses.

 

Accretion of discount to the relinquishment liability and reassessment of relinquishment liability

 

In February 1998, we entered into a relinquishment agreement with TCA. The relinquishment agreement provides that we will make certain payments to TCA out of, and determined as a percentage of, revenues (as defined in the relinquishment agreement) generated by Mohegan Sun over a 15-year period. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, or SFAS, No. 5 “Accounting for Contingencies,” or SFAS 5, we have recorded a relinquishment liability of the estimated present value of our obligations under the relinquishment agreement. We reassess projected revenues (and consequently the relinquishment liability) (i) annually in conjunction with our budgeting process and (ii) when necessary to account for material increases or decreases in projected revenues over the relinquishment period. Further, we record a quarterly accretion to the relinquishment liability to reflect the impact of the time value of money. Since there is a high level of estimates and judgments used with respect to calculating the relinquishment liability, future events that affect such estimates and judgments may cause the actual relinquishment liability to differ significantly from the estimate. In addition, we have capitalized $130.0 million of this relinquishment liability in connection with the trademark value of the Mohegan Sun brand name. Under SFAS No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” or SFAS 142, the Mohegan Sun trademark is no longer subject to amortization because it has been deemed to have an indefinite useful life. SFAS 142, however, requires the trademark to be evaluated at least annually for impairment by applying a fair-value test and, if impairment occurs, the amount of impaired trademark must be written off immediately. Refer to Note 6 to our condensed consolidated financial statements for a further discussion of how we account for the relinquishment liability.

 

Results of Operations

 

Summary Operating Results

 

The following table summarizes our results of operations (in thousands):

 

     For the Quarters Ended December 31,

 
     2004

   2003

   Dollar
Variance


   Percentage
Variance


 

Net revenues

   $ 319,333    $ 307,050    $ 12,283    4.0 %

Income from operations

     60,440      52,540      7,900    15.0 %

Net income

     34,233      26,109      8,124    31.1 %

 

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The most important factors and trends contributing to our operating performance for the quarters ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 have been:

 

    The strengthening of our brand awareness in the Northeast gaming market, which is reflected in our table games and slot revenue growth rate;

 

    Successful marketing programs and promotional events designed to increase targeted patron visitation;

 

    Efficiencies achieved through the optimization of our labor force; and

 

    The continuation of a cost reduction program initiated in fiscal year 2004 which targets expenditures that grow at substantially faster rates than net revenues, such as employee medical insurance costs.

 

Net revenues for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 compared to the same period in the prior year increased primarily as a result of continued growth in gaming revenues due primarily to continued expansion in public awareness of Mohegan Sun’s offerings and amenities, evidenced by an increase in patronage to the casino. Additionally, the increased patronage resulted in an increase in the redemption of Mohegan Sun Player’s Club points in the outlets owned by Mohegan Sun, resulting in increased promotional allowances for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 compared to the same period in the prior year, which partially offsets the increase in the gross revenues.

 

Income from operations for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 compared to the same period in the prior year increased primarily as a result of the growth in net revenues offset by the increase in operating costs and expenses of 1.7%. Due partially to the increases in productivity and implementation of cost reduction programs mentioned above, our operating margin, or income from operations as a percentage of net revenues, increased to 18.9% for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 from 17.1% for the same period in the prior year.

 

Net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 compared to the same period in the prior year increased primarily as a result of the increase in income from operations.

 

Gross Revenues

 

Gross revenues consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

     For the Quarters Ended December 31,

 
     2004

   2003

   Dollar
Variance


    Percentage
Variance


 

Gaming

   $ 288,197    $ 274,066    $ 14,131     5.2 %

Food and beverage

     22,429      22,574      (145 )   -0.6 %

Hotel

     11,937      12,906      (969 )   -7.5 %

Retail, entertainment and other

     26,696      24,974      1,722     6.9 %
    

  

  


 

Total

   $ 349,259    $ 334,520    $ 14,739     4.4 %
    

  

  


 

 

The table below summarizes the percentage of gross revenues from each of our four revenue sources:

 

     For the
Quarters Ended
December 31,


 
     2004

    2003

 

Gaming

   82.5 %   81.9 %

Food and beverage

   6.4 %   6.7 %

Hotel

   3.4 %   3.9 %

Retail, entertainment and other

   7.7 %   7.5 %
    

 

Total

   100.0 %   100.0 %
    

 

 

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The following table presents data related to our gaming revenues (in millions, except where noted):

 

     For the Quarters Ended December 31,

 
     2004

    2003

    Variance

    Percentage
Variance


 

Slot handle

   $ 2,564     $ 2,462     $ 102     4.1 %

Gross slot revenues

   $ 208     $ 201     $ 7     3.5 %

Net slot revenues

   $ 201     $ 196     $ 5     2.6 %

Weighted average number of slot machines (in units)

     6,242       6,147       95     1.5 %

Gross slot hold percentage

     8.1 %     8.2 %     -0.1 %   -1.2 %

Gross slot win per unit per day (in dollars)

   $ 363     $ 356     $ 7     2.0 %

Table games drop

   $ 513     $ 486     $ 27     5.6 %

Table games revenues

   $ 84     $ 76     $ 8     10.5 %

Weighted average number of table games (in units)

     290       272       18     6.6 %

Table games hold percentage (1)

     16.4 %     15.7 %     0.7 %   4.5 %

Table games revenue per unit per day

   $ 3,153     $ 3,038     $ 115     3.8 %

(1) Table games hold percentage is relatively predictable over long periods of time, but can fluctuate significantly over shorter periods.

 

Gaming revenues for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 compared to the same period in the prior year increased primarily due to continued growth in table games revenues and net slot revenues. The increase in table games revenues and net slot revenues resulted primarily from the continued awareness of the Mohegan Sun brand in the Northeast United States gaming market, evidenced by the increased slot handle and table games drop. Table games hold percentage also increased significantly for the quarter ended December 31, 2004. Our growth in gross slot revenues was consistent with the Connecticut slot revenue market growth rate for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 of 3.6%. The State of Connecticut reported slot revenues of $401.2 million and $387.1 million for the quarters ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

Food and beverage revenues for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 compared to the same period in the prior year decreased slightly as a result of a 1.4% decrease in the number of meals served, or food covers due partially to a shift in patron visitation to our tenant outlets from outlets owned by Mohegan Sun. The average price per meal was $13.40 and $13.38 for the quarters ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

The following table presents data related to our hotel revenues:

 

     For the Quarters Ended December 31,

 
     2004

    2003

    Variance

    Percentage
Variance


 

Rooms occupied

     94,200       93,400       800     0.9 %

Average daily room rate (ADR)

   $ 120     $ 133     $ (13 )   -9.8 %

Occupancy rate

     87 %     86 %     1 %   1.2 %

Revenue per available room (REVPAR)

   $ 105     $ 114     $ (9 )   -7.9 %

 

Hotel revenues decreased for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 compared to the same period in the prior year as a result of decreases in ADR and REVPAR partially offset by an increase in rooms occupied. The increase in rooms occupied and occupancy rate for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 was due primarily to an increase in promotional hotel rate programs directed to our casino patrons as a result of increased competition from hotels at Foxwoods and in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Management believes these patrons yield a greater gaming revenue contribution than group and transient hotel patrons. The promotional hotel rate programs extended to casino patrons provide lower room rates, which is reflected in the decrease in REVPAR and a 12.4% decrease in ADR for rooms provided to these patrons in the quarter ended December 31, 2004. The increased hotel occupancy tends to contribute to growth in gaming, food and beverage and retail, entertainment and other revenues that more than offsets the declines in ADR and REVPAR.

 

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Retail, entertainment and other revenues increased for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 compared to the same period in the prior year primarily as a result of increased retail and other revenues of 17.1%, or $2.8 million, partially offset by a decrease in entertainment revenues of 12.8%, or $1.1 million. Retail and other revenues increased due to increases in the price per gallon of gasoline and number of gallons of gasoline sold at the Mohegan Sun gasoline and convenience center, as well as increases in retail revenues from our stores and rental revenues associated with third party tenant outlets at Mohegan Sun. Entertainment revenues decreased due to a fewer number of events held at the Mohegan Sun Arena during the quarter ended December 31, 2004 which led to a 16.3% decrease in the number of tickets sold. Arena events decreased from 28 events in the quarter ended December 31, 2003 to 22 events in the quarter ended December 31, 2004 partially due to the postponement of certain events which will be held in the second quarter of fiscal 2005.

 

Promotional Allowances

 

The retail value of providing promotional allowances is included in revenues as follows (in thousands):

 

     For the Quarters Ended December 31,

 
     2004

   2003

   Dollar
Variance


    Percentage
Variance


 

Food and beverage

   $ 10,504    $ 10,940    $ (436 )   -4.0 %

Hotel

     3,636      3,597      39     1.1 %

Retail, entertainment and other

     15,786      12,933      2,853     22.1 %
    

  

  


 

Total

   $ 29,926    $ 27,470    $ 2,456     8.9 %
    

  

  


 

 

The estimated cost of providing promotional allowances is included in operating costs and expenses, primarily gaming, as follows (in thousands):

 

     For the Quarters Ended December 31,

 
     2004

   2003

   Dollar
Variance


   Percentage
Variance


 

Food and beverage

   $ 10,825    $ 10,746    $ 79    0.7 %

Hotel

     1,740      1,491      249    16.7 %

Retail, entertainment and other

     11,724      9,826      1,898    19.3 %
    

  

  

  

Total

   $ 24,289    $ 22,063    $ 2,226    10.1 %
    

  

  

  

 

Promotional allowances for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 increased due to higher retail, entertainment and other complimentaries partially offset by lower food and beverage complimentaries. The increase in retail, entertainment and other promotional allowances was due primarily to increases in Player’s Club points and coupons redeemed at Mohegan Sun managed retail outlets, including the Mohegan Sun gasoline and convenience center.

 

Operating Costs and Expenses

 

Operating costs and expenses consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

     For the Quarters Ended December 31,

 
     2004

   2003

   Dollar
Variance


    Percentage
Variance


 

Gaming

   $ 167,546    $ 160,021    $ 7,525     4.7 %

Food and beverage

     11,359      10,733      626     5.8 %

Hotel

     3,931      3,707      224     6.0 %

Retail, entertainment and other

     7,692      12,486      (4,794 )   -38.4 %

Advertising, general and administrative

     46,820      43,953      2,867     6.5 %

Corporate development

     289      183      106     57.9 %

Depreciation and amortization

     21,256      23,427      (2,171 )   -9.3 %
    

  

  


 

Total

   $ 258,893    $ 254,510    $ 4,383     1.7 %
    

  

  


 

 

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Gaming costs and expenses increased for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 compared to the same period in the prior year primarily as a result of increased costs related to a higher amount of complimentaries provided to casino patrons, the redemption of coupons and promotional gift cards at tenant retail outlets, patron marketing expenses and an increase in the slot win contribution payments to the State of Connecticut. We recorded expenses associated with the slot win contribution of $52.1 million and $50.3 million for the quarters ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

Food and beverage costs and expenses increased for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 compared to the same period in the prior year due to higher operating costs associated with continuous improvements of our food and beverage services, partially offset by a decrease in medical group insurance costs.

 

Hotel costs and expenses increased for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 compared to the same period in the prior year primarily as a result of higher operating costs related to the increase in rooms occupied and hotel beautification projects.

 

Retail, entertainment and other costs and expenses decreased for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 compared to the same period in the prior year primarily due to a substantial decrease in entertainment expenses associated with the decrease in arena events for the quarter ended December 31, 2004, as well as a change in the mix of arena events. Entertainment complimentaries were also higher for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 resulting in a higher amount of entertainment costs and expenses being recorded in gaming costs and expenses than in the quarter ended December 31, 2003.

 

Advertising, general and administrative costs and expenses increased for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 compared to the same period in the prior year primarily as a result of increased labor and professional costs related to the expansion of the organizational structure and compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, partially offset by a decrease in advertising costs.

 

Depreciation and amortization for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 decreased primarily due to an increase in fully depreciated assets and a decrease in the placement of new capital assets into service.

 

Other Income (Expense)

 

Other income (expense) consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

     For the Quarters Ended December 31,

 
     2004

    2003

    Dollar
Variance


    Percentage
Variance


 

Accretion of relinquishment liability discount (1)

   $ (6,867 )   $ (7,485 )   $ 618     -8.3 %

Interest income

     103       34       69     202.9 %

Interest expense

     (19,170 )     (19,001 )     (169 )   0.9 %

Other income (expense)

     (374 )     21       (395 )   -1880.0 %
    


 


 


 

Total

   $ (26,308 )   $ (26,431 )   $ 123     -0.5 %
    


 


 


 


(1) Our accretion of the discount to the relinquishment liability reflects the impact of the time value of money, discounted to present value.

 

Interest expense increased for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 compared to the same period in the prior year as the result of an increase in weighted average interest rate partially offset by a decrease in weighted average outstanding debt. The weighted average interest rate for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 was 7.3% compared to 6.8% for the quarter ended December 31, 2003. The increase in our weighted average interest rate for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 was primarily the result of favorable interest settlements on our derivative instruments for the quarter ended December 31, 2003. The Authority did not hold any derivative instruments during the quarter

 

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ended December 31, 2004. Weighted average outstanding debt decreased to $1.05 billion from $1.12 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2003, due to lower amounts of senior and senior subordinated notes outstanding partially offset by higher principal amounts borrowed and outstanding on our bank credit facility.

 

Seasonality

 

The gaming industry in Connecticut is seasonal in nature, with the heaviest gaming activity often occurring at Mohegan Sun between May and August. Accordingly, the results of operations for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for other interim periods or a full fiscal year.

 

Liquidity, Capital Resources and Capital Spending

 

Our cash flows consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

     For the Quarters Ended December 31,

 
     2004

    2003

    Dollar
Variance


    Percentage
Variance


 

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ 67,617     $ 65,951     $ 1,666     2.5 %

Net cash used in investing activities

     (22,597 )     (13,498 )     (9,099 )   67.4 %

Net cash used in financing activities

     (22,994 )     (29,617 )     6,623     -22.4 %
    


 


 


 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

   $ 22,026     $ 22,836     $ (810 )   -3.5 %
    


 


 


 

 

As of December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2004, we held cash and cash equivalents of $82.8 million and $60.8 million, respectively. Due to the cash-based nature of our business, operating cash flow levels tend to follow trends in our operating income excluding the effects of non-cash charges, such as depreciation and amortization. The increase in cash provided by operating activities for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 is attributable primarily to the increase in operating income after adjustments for non-cash items partially offset by higher working capital requirements.

 

Operating activities are a significant source of our cash flows. We use our cash flows provided by operating activities primarily to meet our working capital requirements, reduce our debt and provide distributions to the Tribe. While we do not believe that there is any trend or a likely event that would adversely impact the level of our cash flows provided by operating activities, there are numerous potential factors which may cause a substantial reduction in the amount of such cash flows, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

    increased competition in the gaming industry, including the legalization or expansion of gaming in New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, which may result in a substantial decrease in revenue;

 

    downturn in the economy and lack of consumer confidence, which would result in reduced spending on discretionary items such as gaming activities;

 

    an infrastructure or transportation disruption, such as the closure of Interstate 95 through Connecticut, for an extended period of time; and

 

    an act of terrorism in the United States of America.

 

In addition to cash generated by operating activities, we have relied on external sources of liquidity to meet our investing requirements. The decrease in cash used in financing activities for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 is attributable primarily to a $9.0 million increase in cash flows provided by net borrowings on the line of credit. The increase in cash used in investing activities for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 is attributable primarily to the $14.0 million payment made at execution of the Pocono Downs purchase agreement in October 2004, partially offset by a decrease in purchases of property and equipment in the quarter ended December 31, 2004. Please refer to “Capital Expenditures” below for further detail regarding our capital expenditures for the quarters ended December 31, 2004 and 2003.

 

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External Sources of Liquidity

 

Notes. We previously financed much of the costs of construction of Mohegan Sun with the net proceeds raised from the issuance of notes and borrowings under our bank credit facilities. As of December 31, 2004, we had $14.0 million outstanding in 8 1/8% senior notes due January 1, 2006, or the 1999 senior notes; $16.3 million outstanding in 8 3/8% senior subordinated notes due January 1, 2011 and first callable July 1, 2006, or the 2001 senior subordinated notes; $250.0 million outstanding in 8% senior subordinated notes due April 1, 2012 and first callable April 1, 2007, or the 2002 senior subordinated notes; $330.0 million outstanding in 6 3/8% senior subordinated notes due July 15, 2009 and callable at any time, or the 2003 senior subordinated notes; and $225.0 million outstanding in 7 1/8% senior subordinated notes due 2014 and first callable on August 15, 2009, or the 2004 senior subordinated notes. MBC is, and since January 2005, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, Downs Racing, L.P., Backside, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P. have become guarantors of each of these notes. Refer to Note 3 to our condensed consolidated financial statements in this Form 10-Q for a further discussion of these notes.

 

On February 8, 2005, the Authority issued $250.0 million senior notes with fixed interest payable at a rate of 6 1/8% per annum, or the 2005 senior notes. The net proceeds from this financing were used to repay amounts outstanding under the bank credit facility and to pay fees and expenses associated with the issuance. The 2005 senior notes mature on February 15, 2013. The first call date for the 2005 senior notes is February 15, 2009. Interest on the 2005 senior notes is payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15, with the first interest payment scheduled for August 15, 2005. The 2005 senior notes are our uncollateralized general obligations, which are effectively subordinated to all of our existing and future senior secured indebtedness, including the bank credit facility. The 2005 senior notes rank equally in right of payment with the 1999 senior notes and 50% of our payment obligations under the relinquishment agreement that are then due and owing, and rank senior to the remaining 50% of our payment obligations under the relinquishment agreement that are then due and owing, the 2001 senior subordinated notes, the 2002 senior subordinated notes, the 2003 senior subordinated notes, the 2004 senior subordinated notes and the 2005 senior subordinated notes (as referred to below). MBC January 2005, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, Downs Racing, L.P., Backside, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P. guarantors of the 2005 senior notes.

 

On February 8, 2005, we issued $150.0 million senior subordinated notes with fixed interest payable at a rate of 6 7/8% per annum, or the 2005 senior subordinated notes. The net proceeds from this financing were used to repay amounts outstanding under the bank credit facility and to pay fees and expenses associated with the issuance. The 2005 senior subordinated notes mature on February 15, 2015. The first call date for the 2005 senior subordinated notes is February 15, 2010. Interest on the 2005 senior subordinated notes is payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15, with the first interest payment scheduled for August 15, 2005. The 2005 senior subordinated notes are our uncollateralized general obligations and are subordinated to the bank credit facility, the 1999 senior notes, the 2005 senior notes and in a liquidation, bankruptcy or similar proceeding, 50% of our payment obligations under the relinquishment agreement that are then due and owing. The 2005 senior subordinated notes rank equally with the 2001 senior subordinated notes, the 2002 senior subordinated notes, the 2003 senior subordinated notes, the 2004 senior subordinated notes and the remaining 50% of our payment obligations under the relinquishment agreement that are then due and owing. MBC Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, Downs Racing, L.P., Backside, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P. guarantors of the 2005 senior subordinated notes.

 

Following the announcement of our agreement to acquire Pocono Downs, Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services downgraded the credit rating on our senior subordinated debt from BB- to B+, primarily to reflect an anticipated increase in our ratio of debt to earnings related to the additional financings needed to fund the Pocono Downs acquisition and subsequent development plans. Moody’s Investors Services maintained its rating of Ba3 on our senior subordinated debt. Both agencies maintained their ratings on our debt upon issuance of our 2005 senior notes and 2005 senior subordinated notes.

 

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Bank Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2004, we had a loan agreement for up to $600.0 million from a syndicate of financial institutions and commercial banks, with Bank of America, N.A. serving as administrative agent, or the bank credit facility. The bank credit facility was comprised of a revolving loan of up to $450.0 million and a $150.0 million term loan, both of which mature on March 31, 2008. The maximum aggregate principal amount available for borrowing includes amounts available under letters of credit. As of December 31, 2004, the amount available under letters of credit totaled $250,000, of which no amount was drawn. Pursuant to the terms of the bank credit facility, the term loan shall reduce by one-eleventh of the initial principal balance, or $13.6 million, beginning on September 30, 2005 and continuing each quarter thereafter. The revolving loan has no mandatory amortization provisions and is payable in full on March 31, 2008. Also, pursuant to the terms of the bank credit facility, the term loan shall reduce automatically and permanently on the date and by the amount of any voluntary prepayment of the term loan. In December 2004, we made a prepayment of $13.6 million on the term loan, which effectively reduced the term loan commitment from $150.0 million to $136.4 million. Excluding limitations under the line of credit described below, we had $414.7 million available for borrowing under the bank credit facility as of December 31, 2004.

 

On February 8, 2005, we used the net proceeds from the issuance of the 2005 senior notes and the 2005 senior subordinated notes, as well as cash provided by operating activities, to repay $399.4 million of amounts outstanding under the bank credit facility, which included a $136.4 million payment to extinguish the remaining balance on the term loan and a $263.0 million payment to reduce amounts outstanding on the revolving loan. As a result of these payments, the total commitment under the bank credit facility was reduced from $600.0 million to $450.0 million, and we had $393.7 million available for borrowing thereunder (without taking into account covenants under the Line of Credit).

 

The bank credit facility is collateralized by a lien on substantially all of our assets; including the assets of Pocono Downs, and a leasehold mortgage on the land and improvements which comprise Mohegan Sun. We will also be required to pledge additional assets as we or our restricted subsidiaries acquire them. In addition, our obligations under the bank credit facility are guaranteed by MBC, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, Downs Racing, L.P., Backside, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P. The bank credit facility subjects us to a number of restrictive covenants, including financial covenants. These financial covenants relate to, among other things, our permitted total debt and senior debt leverage ratios, our minimum fixed charge coverage ratio and our maximum capital expenditures. The bank credit facility includes non-financial covenants by us and the Tribe of the type customarily found in loan agreements for similar transactions including requirements that:

 

    the Tribe preserve its existence as a federally recognized Indian tribe;

 

    the Tribe causes us to continually operate Mohegan Sun in compliance with all applicable laws; and

 

    except under specific conditions, limit us from selling or disposing of our assets, limit the transfer of the Authority’s assets to non-guarantor subsidiaries, limit the incurrence by us of other debt or contingent obligations and limit our ability to extend credit, make investments or commingle our assets with assets of the Tribe.

 

As of December 31, 2004, we and the Tribe were in compliance with all of our and their respective covenant requirements in the bank credit facility.

 

At our option, each advance of loan proceeds accrues interest on the basis of a base rate or on the basis of a one-month, two-month, three-month, six-month or twelve-month London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), plus in either case, the applicable spread at the time each loan is made. We also pay commitment fees for the unused portion of the revolving loan on a quarterly basis equal to the applicable spread for commitment fees times the average daily unused commitment for that calendar quarter. Applicable spreads are based on our total leverage ratio, as defined in the bank credit facility. The applicable spread for base rate advances is between 0.50% and 1.25%, and the applicable spread for LIBOR rate advances is between 1.75% and 2.50%. The

 

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applicable spread for commitment fees is between 0.375% and 0.50%. The base rate is the higher of Bank of America’s announced prime rate or the federal funds rate plus 0.50%. Interest on LIBOR loans is payable at the end of each applicable interest period or quarterly in arrears, if earlier. Interest on base rate advances is payable quarterly in arrears. As of December 31, 2004, we had $18.0 million in base rate loans and $153.4 million in LIBOR rate loans outstanding. The LIBOR rate loans outstanding as of December 31, 2004 were based on a one-month LIBOR rate of 2.41% plus an applicable spread of 2.0%. The base rate loans outstanding at December 31, 2004 were based on the bank’s prime rate of 5.25% plus an applicable spread of 0.75%. The applicable spread for commitment fees was 0.5% as of December 31, 2004.

 

Line of Credit. We have a $25.0 million revolving loan agreement with Bank of America (formerly Fleet National Bank), or the line of credit. At our option, each advance accrues interest on the basis of the bank’s variable prime rate or on the basis of seven or thirty day LIBOR, plus the applicable spread at the time the advance is made pursuant to the terms of the line of credit. Borrowings under the line of credit are our uncollateralized obligations. The line of credit expires in March 2006. The line of credit subjects us to certain covenants, including a covenant to maintain at least $25.0 million available for borrowing under the bank credit facility. As of December 31, 2004, we were in compliance with all covenant requirements in the line of credit. The interest rate in effect at December 31, 2004 was 3.91% on the outstanding balance on the line of credit, which consisted of LIBOR loans.

 

Capital Expenditures

 

Capital Expenditures Incurred

 

Capital expenditures totaled $7.4 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2004, compared to $11.9 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2003. These capital expenditures were an aggregate of the following:

 

    Property maintenance capital expenditures for furniture, fixtures and equipment totaled $7.4 million and $11.3 million for the quarters ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. For the quarter ended December 31, 2004, these expenditures were for the general maintenance of the Mohegan Sun facility. For the quarter ended December 31, 2003, these expenditures included $5.0 million in renovations and the purchase of equipment to add slot machines to gaming space formerly used for poker operations and $1.6 million in renovations and the purchase of equipment to add slot machines to our keno gaming area.

 

    Cumulative Project Sunburst capital expenditures totaled $1.06 billion, including $63.5 million in capitalized interest. During the quarter ended December 31, 2003 capital expenditures totaled $610,000, with no amounts recorded as capitalized interest. There were no capital expenditures relating to Project Sunburst in the quarter ended December 31, 2004.

 

Expected Future Capital Expenditures

 

We anticipate capital expenditures at Mohegan Sun to be between $45.0 million and $55.0 million for the 2005 fiscal year, comprised of approximately $6.0 million for the construction of the Uncas American Indian Grill which began in January 2005 and maintenance capital expenditures. We also anticipate that we will spend up to $175.0 million on the construction, furnishing and equipping of a new slot machine facility at Pocono Downs, in addition to paying a one-time $50.0 million fee to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania upon receipt of a slot machine license.

 

Sources of Funding for Capital Expenditures

 

We will rely primarily on cash generated from operations to finance capital expenditures at Mohegan Sun. Capital expenditures for Pocono Downs, as described above, are expected to be funded through draws on our bank credit facility.

 

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Interest Expense

 

For the quarters ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, we incurred the following in interest expense (in thousands):

 

     For the Quarters Ended December 31,

 
     2004

   2003

    Dollar
Variance


    Percentage
Variance


 

Bank credit facility

   $ 3,129    $ 1,766     $ 1,363     77.2 %

1999 8 1/8% senior notes

     284      4,062       (3,778 )   -93.0 %

1999 8 3/4% senior subordinated notes

     —        115       (115 )   -100.0 %

2001 8 3/8% senior subordinated notes

     342      3,141       (2,799 )   -89.1 %

2002 8% senior subordinated notes

     5,000      5,000       —       0.0 %

2003 6 3/8% senior subordinated notes

     5,260      5,260       —       0.0 %

2004 7 1/8% senior subordinated notes

     4,008      —         4,008     —    

WNBA note

     62      53       9     17.0 %

Line of credit

     82      62       20     32.3 %

Interest settlement - derivative instruments

     —        (2,185 )     2,185     100.0 %

Reclassification of derivative instrument losses to earnings

     —        184       (184 )   -100.0 %

Amortization of net deferred (gain) loss on sale of derivative instruments

     219      (199 )     418     210.1 %

Amortization of debt issuance costs

     784      1,742       (958 )   -55.0 %
    

  


 


 

Total interest expense

   $ 19,170    $ 19,001     $ 169     0.9 %
    

  


 


 

 

Sufficiency of Resources

 

We believe that existing cash balances, financing arrangements and operating cash flows will provide us with sufficient resources to meet our existing debt obligations, relinquishment payments, foreseeable capital expenditure requirements with respect to current operations and distributions to the Tribe for at least the next twelve months. Distributions to the Tribe are anticipated to total $67.5 million and $70.0 million for fiscal year 2005 and 2006, respectively. We expect future investments in Pocono Downs related to the payment of a one-time slot machine license fee and the development of a slot machine facility at Pocono Downs will be funded through our bank credit facility. Immediately following the financing transaction on February 8, 2005, we had $393.7 million available for borrowing under the bank credit facility (without taking into account covenants under the Line of Credit).

 

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

 

Our future payment obligations as of December 31, 2004 related to our material debt and certain other contractual obligations and the timing of those payments are set forth below.

 

          Payments due by period

Contractual Obligations
(in thousands)


   Total

   Less than
1 year (1)


   1-3 years

   3-5 years

   More than
5 years


Long-term debt (2)

   $ 1,030,324    $ 17,645    $ 15,970    $ 503,364    $ 493,345

Pocono Downs purchase obligation (3)

     266,000      266,000      —        —        —  

Cowlitz Project obligations (4)

     13,010      9,126      3,884      —        —  
    

  

  

  

  

Total

   $ 1,309,334    $ 292,771    $ 19,854    $ 503,364    $ 493,345
    

  

  

  

  


(1) Amounts represent obligations expected to be incurred from January 1, 2005 to September 30, 2005.

 

(2)

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effect the refinancing of the term loan on February 8, 2005, and our other debt agreements, but excludes interest payments. Refer to Note 3 and Note 8 to our condensed consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

 

(3) Pocono Downs purchase obligation relates to the $280.0 million purchase price agreed upon with Penn National Gaming, Inc. for the acquisition of Pocono Downs, less the $14.0 million paid at execution of the purchase agreement. Refer to Note 5 and Note 8 to our condensed consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

(4) Cowlitz Project obligations include land purchase option payments of $7.8 million and $3.9 million for the remaining 2005 and 2006 fiscal years, respectively, excluding interest payments. Refer to Note 5 to our condensed consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Salishan-Mohegan also has a remaining obligation to incur up to $1.3 million for the development of the Cowlitz Project, which is expected to occur in the remaining 2005 fiscal year. Refer to Note 14 of the consolidated financial statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004.

 

In addition to the contractual obligations described above, we have certain other contractual commitments as of December 31, 2004 that require payments during the periods described below. The calculation of the estimated payments in the table below are based, in large part, on projections of future revenues over an extended period of time, as well as other factors which are indicated more fully in the footnotes to the following table. Since there are estimates and judgments used with respect to calculating these liabilities, future events that affect such estimates and judgments may cause the actual payments to differ from the estimates set forth below. The amounts included in the table are estimates and, while some agreements are perpetual in term, for the purposes of calculating these amounts, we have assumed that the table contains information for only ten years.

 

     Payments due by period

Contractual Commitments
(in thousands)


   Less than 1
year (1)


   1-3 years

   3-5 years

   5-10 years

Slot Win Contribution (2)

   $ 220,818    $ 435,573    $ 337,684    $ 884,492

Relinquishment commitments (3)

     72,543      137,548      106,636      279,310

Priority distributions (4)

     15,726      32,825      34,824      96,624

Town of Montville commitment (5)

     500      1,000      1,000      2,500
    

  

  

  

Total

   $ 309,587    $ 606,946    $ 480,144    $ 1,262,926
    

  

  

  


(1) Amounts represent payment commitments from October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005.

 

(2) Slot win contributions are a portion of the gross slot revenues that must be paid by us to the State of Connecticut pursuant to the Mohegan Compact. The slot win contribution is the lesser of (a) 30% of gross slot revenues, or (b) the greater of (i) 25% of gross slot revenues or (ii) $80.0 million. The amounts shown in this table are estimates of the required payments for the next ten years, although the agreement is perpetual in term.

 

(3) Relinquishment payments are made by us to TCA under a relinquishment agreement. Relinquishment payments are five percent of revenues, as defined in the relinquishment agreement. The amounts shown in this table are estimates of the required payments for the next ten years and have been calculated in accordance with the relinquishment agreement. Refer to Note 6 to our condensed consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a further discussion of how the relinquishment payments are calculated.

 

(4)

Priority distributions are monthly payments required to be made by us to the Tribe pursuant to the priority distribution agreement. Refer to Note 5 to our condensed consolidated financial statements for a further discussion of the priority distribution agreement. The payments are calculated based on net cash flows and are limited to a maximum amount of $14.0 million pursuant to the priority distribution agreement, as adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index, or CPI. The amounts included in the table are

 

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estimates of the required payments for the next ten years and, while this agreement is perpetual in term, for the purposes of calculating these amounts, we have assumed that we will pay the maximum amount in each of the years covered by the table, as adjusted by an annual CPI adjustment of 2.30%.

 

(5) We have an agreement with the town of Montville to pay the town an annual payment of $500,000 to minimize the impact on the town resulting from the decreased tax revenues on reservation land held in trust.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Management has identified the following critical accounting policies that affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements. The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, management evaluates those estimates, including those related to asset impairment, relinquishment liability, accruals for unredeemed Player’s Club points, self-insurance, compensation and related benefits, revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, contingencies and litigation. These estimates are based on the information that is currently available to us and on various other assumptions that management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could vary from those estimates.

 

We believe that the following critical accounting policies affect significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements:

 

Revenue Recognition

 

We recognize gaming revenues as gaming wins less gaming losses. Revenues from food and beverage, hotel, retail, entertainment and other services are recognized at the time the service is performed. Minimum rental revenues are recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the related leases. Percentage rents are recognized in the period in which the tenants exceed their respective percentage rent thresholds.

 

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our patrons to make required payments, which results in bad debt expense. Management determines the adequacy of this allowance by continually evaluating individual patron receivables, considering the patron’s financial condition, credit history and current economic conditions. If the financial condition of patrons were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required.

 

Unredeemed Player’s Club Points

 

We maintain an accrual for unredeemed Player’s Club points, as more fully described under “—Explanation of Key Financial Statement Captions—Promotional Allowances.” The accrual is based on the estimated cost of the points expected to be redeemed at each balance sheet date. Management determines the adequacy of this accrual by periodically evaluating the historical redemption experience and projected trends related to this accrual. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

 

Self-insurance Accruals

 

We are self-insured up to certain limits for costs associated with workers’ compensation and employee medical coverage. Insurance claims and reserves include accruals of estimated settlements for known claims, as well as accruals of estimates of incurred but not reported claims. In estimating these costs, we consider historical loss experience and make judgments about the expected levels of costs per claim. We also use information provided by independent consultants to assist in the determination of estimated accruals. These claims are

 

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accounted for based on estimates of the undiscounted claims, including those claims incurred but not reported. We believe the use of these estimates to account for these liabilities provides a consistent and effective way to measure these accruals; however, changes in health care costs, accident frequency and severity and other factors can materially affect the estimate for these liabilities. We continually monitor the potential changes in future estimates, evaluate insurance accruals and make adjustments when necessary.

 

Derivative Instruments

 

We use derivative instruments, including interest rate caps, collars and swaps in our strategy to manage interest rate risk associated with the variable interest rate on our bank credit facility and the fixed interest rates on our senior notes and senior subordinated notes. Our objective in managing interest rate risk is to achieve the lowest possible cost of debt and manage volatility in the effective cost of debt. We continually monitor risk exposures from derivative instruments held and make the appropriate adjustments to manage these risks within management’s established limits. We account for our derivative instruments in accordance with SFAS No. 133 “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” or SFAS 133, which requires that all derivative instruments be recorded on the consolidated balance sheet at fair value. In order to qualify for hedge accounting in accordance with SFAS 133, the underlying hedged item must expose us to risks associated with market fluctuations and the financial instrument used must be designated as a hedge and must reduce our exposure to market fluctuation throughout the hedge period. If these criteria are not met, a change in the market value of the financial instrument is recognized as a gain or loss and is recorded as a component to interest expense in the period of change. We exclude the change in the time value of money when assessing the effectiveness of the hedging relationship. All derivatives are evaluated quarterly.

 

Relinquishment Liability

 

In accordance with SFAS 5, we have recorded a relinquishment liability of the estimated present value of our obligations under the relinquishment agreement. We reassess the relinquishment liability (i) annually in conjunction with our budgeting process or (ii) when necessary to account for material increases or decreases in projected revenues over the relinquishment period. If the reassessment causes an overall increase to the projected revenues over the relinquishment period, the relinquishment liability will be increased by five percent of such increase in revenues, discounted at our risk-free rate of investment (an incremental layer). If the reassessment causes an overall decrease to the projected revenues over the relinquishment period, the relinquishment liability will be decreased by five percent of such decrease in revenues, discounted based upon a weighted-average discount rate (a decremental layer). The weighted-average discount rate is defined as the average discount rate used to discount all the previous incremental layers weighted by the amount of each such incremental layer. Further, we record a quarterly accretion to the relinquishment liability to reflect the impact of the time value of money. Since there is a high level of estimates and judgments used with respect to calculating this liability, future events that affect such estimates and judgments may cause the actual liability to differ significantly from the estimate.

 

Intangible Assets

 

Our trademark is no longer subject to amortization as it has been deemed to have an indefinite useful life. The trademark is evaluated periodically for impairment by applying a fair-value based test and, if impairment occurs, the amount of impaired trademark will be written off immediately. The intangible assets associated with the acquisition of the WNBA franchise are assessed periodically for impairment pursuant to appropriate accounting standards.

 

Litigation

 

We are subject to various claims and legal actions in the ordinary course of business. Some of these matters relate to personal injuries to customers and damage to customers’ personal assets. Management estimates guest claims expense and accrues for such liabilities based upon historical experience in other current liabilities in our accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

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Impact of Inflation

 

Absent changes in competitive and economic conditions or in specific prices affecting the hotel and casino industry, we do not expect that inflation will have a significant impact on our operations. Changes in specific prices, such as fuel and transportation prices, relative to the general rate of inflation may have a material adverse effect on the hotel and casino industry in general.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 153, “Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets—an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29” or FAS 153. FAS 153 amends Opinion 29 to eliminate the exception for on monetary exchanges of similar productive assets and replaces it with a general exception for exchanges of nonmonetary assets that do not have commercial substance. FAS 153 is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. We do not believe the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

Market risk is the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices, such as interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and commodity prices. Our primary exposure to market risk is interest rate risk associated with our bank credit facility in which interest will accrue on the basis of a base rate formula or a LIBOR-based formula, plus applicable spreads. As of December 31, 2004, we had $171.4 million outstanding under the bank credit facility, of which $136.4 million was payable under a term loan. See “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity, Capital Resources and Capital Spending-External Sources of Liquidity” for further information relating to the terms and conditions of the bank credit facility.

 

We attempt to manage our interest rate risk through a controlled mix of our long-term fixed rate borrowings and variable rate borrowings and the use of derivative instruments, including interest rate swaps, in accordance with established policies and procedures. We do not hold or issue financial instruments, including derivative instruments, for speculative or trading purposes. No derivative instruments were held, issued or terminated during the quarter ended December 31, 2004.

 

The following table provides information as of December 31, 2004 about our current financial instruments (debt obligations) that are sensitive to changes in interest rates. The table presents principal payments and related weighted-average interest rates by expected maturity dates, taking into effect the refinancing of the term loan under the bank credit facility in February 2005. Weighted-average variable rates are based on implied forward rates in respective yield curves, which should not be considered to be precise indicators of actual future interest rates. Fair values for variable-rate debt instruments are considered to approximate their carrying amounts and fair values for publicly traded fixed-rate debt instruments are based on quoted market prices as of December 31, 2004.

 

     Expected Maturity Date

     Remaining
2005


    2006

    2007

    2008

    2009

    Thereafter

    Total

    Fair
Value


     (in thousands)

Liabilities

                                                              

Long-Term Debt (including current portion):

                                                              

Fixed Rate

   $ 2,550     $ 13,970     $ —       $ —       $ 330,000     $ 491,345     $ 837,865     $ 883,263

Average interest rate

     9.5 %     8.1 %     —         —         6.4 %     7.6 %     7.1 %      

Variable Rate

   $ 15,095     $ 1,000     $ 1,000     $ 172,364     $ 1,000     $ 2,000     $ 192,459     $ 192,459

Average interest rate

     4.0 %     5.0 %     5.5 %     5.7 %     5.8 %     6.0 %     5.6 %      

 

 

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Item 4. Control and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed with, or furnished to, the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure based on the definition of “disclosure controls and procedures” in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act.

 

As of December 31, 2004, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of disclosure controls and procedures. Based on the foregoing evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting during our first fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

 

We are a defendant in litigation incurred in our normal course of business. We believe that, based on the advice of counsel, the aggregate liability, if any, arising from such litigation will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

 

None.

 

Item 5. Other Information.

 

None.

 

Item 6. Exhibits.

 

The exhibits to this Form 10-Q are listed on the exhibit index, which appears elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

        MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

Date: February 14, 2005

     

By:

  /s/    MARK F. BROWN        
                Mark F. Brown
Chairman and Member, Management Board

 

Date: February 14, 2005

     

By:

  /s/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        
                William J. Velardo
                Chief Executive Officer,
Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
(Principal Executive Officer)

 

Date: February 14, 2005

     

By:

  /s/    LEO M. CHUPASKA        
                Leo M. Chupaska
                Chief Financial Officer,
Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description


3.1    Constitution of the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Authority’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed with the SEC on November 1, 2004 (the “2004 Form S-4”), and incorporated by reference herein).
3.2    Ordinance No. 95-2 of the Tribe for Gaming on Tribal Lands, enacted on July 15, 1995 (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Authority’s Amendment No. 1 to the Authority’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the SEC on February 29, 1996 (the “1996 Forms S-1”), and incorporated by reference herein).
3.3    Articles of Organization of Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, dated as of January 27, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Authority’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed with the SEC on September 23, 2003 (the “2003 Form S-4”), and incorporated by reference herein).
3.4    Operating Agreement of Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, a Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut limited liability company, dated as of January 24, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 3.4 to the 2003 Form S-4, and incorporated by reference herein).
4.1    Relinquishment Agreement, dated February 7, 1998, by and among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut and Trading Cove Associates (filed as Exhibit 10.14 to the Authority’s Form 10-K405 for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1998, filed with the SEC on December 29, 1998, and incorporated by reference herein).
4.2    Indenture, dated March 3, 1999, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut and First Union National Bank, as Trustee, relating to the 8 1/8% Senior Notes Due 2006 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Authority’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed with the SEC on April 21, 1999 (the “1999 Form S-4”), and incorporated by reference herein).
4.3    Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 27, 2003, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, the Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, the other Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture) and Wachovia Bank, National Association (formerly known as First Union National Bank), as Trustee, relating to the 8 1/8% Senior Notes Due 2006 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Authority’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003, filed with the SEC on August 8, 2003 (the “June 2003 10-Q”), and incorporated by reference herein).
4.4    Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 28, 2004, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, the Mohegan Basketball Club LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association (formerly known as First Union National Bank), as Trustee, relating to the 8 1/8% Senior Notes Due 2006 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Authority’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, filed with the SEC on August 16, 2004 (the “June 2004 10-Q”), and incorporated by reference herein).
4.5    Form of Global 8 1/8% Senior Note Due 2006 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (contained in the Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the 1999 Form S-4, and incorporated by reference herein).
4.6    Senior Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 3, 1999, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., NationsBanc Montgomery Securities, LLC, SG Cowen Securities Corporation, Bear, Sterns & Co. Inc., BankBoston Robertson Stephens Inc. and Fleet Securities, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the 1999 Form S-4, and incorporated by reference herein).
4.7    Indenture, dated as of July 26, 2001, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee, relating to the 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2011 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed as Exhibit 4.9 to the Authority’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-69472, filed with the SEC on September 14, 2001 (the “2001 Form S-4”), and incorporated by reference herein).


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Description


  4.8      Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 27, 2003, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, the Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, the other Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture) and the State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee, relating to the 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2011 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed as Exhibit 4.12 to the June 2003 10-Q, and incorporated by reference herein).
  4.9      Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 28, 2004, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, the Mohegan Basketball Club LLC and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to State Street Bank and Trust Company), as Trustee, relating to the 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2011 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed as exhibit 4.9 to the June 2004 10-Q and incorporated by reference herein).
  4.10    Form of Global 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2011 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (contained in the Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.9 to the 2001 Form S-4, and incorporated by reference herein).
  4.11    Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 26, 2001, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, Fleet Securities, Inc., SG Cowen Securities Corporation, Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp., McDonald Investments Inc. and Wells Fargo Brokerage Services, LLC (filed as Exhibit 4.11 to the 2001 Form S-4, and incorporated by reference herein).
  4.12    Indenture, dated as of February 20, 2002, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee, relating to the 8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2012 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed as Exhibit 4.12 to the Authority’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed with the SEC on March 27, 2002 (the “2002 Form S-4”), and incorporated by reference herein).
  4.13    Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 27, 2003, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, the Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, the other Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture) and the State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee, relating to the 8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2012 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed as Exhibit 4.16 to the June 2003 10-Q, and incorporated by reference herein).
  4.14    Amended and Restated Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 25, 2005, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Mohegan Basketball Club LLC and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to State Street Bank and Trust Company), as Trustee, relating to the 8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2012 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed herewith).
  4.15    Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of January 25, 2005, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Mohegan Basketball Club LLC and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to State Street Bank and Trust Company), as Trustee, relating to the 8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2012 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed herewith).
  4.16    Supplemental Indenture No. 3, dated as of January 25, 2005, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture), and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to State Street Bank and Trust Company), as Trustee, relating to the 8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2012 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed herewith).
  4.17    Form of Global 8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2012 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (contained in the Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.12 to the 2002 Form S-4, and incorporated by reference herein).
  4.18    Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 20, 2002, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Banc of America Securities LLC, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Fleet Securities, Inc., SG Cowen Securities Corporation, Commerzbank Securities, McDonald Investments Inc., Wells Fargo Brokerage Services, LLC and Credit Lyonnais Securities (filed as Exhibit 4.14 to the 2002 Form S-4, and incorporated by reference herein).
  4.19    Indenture, dated as of July 9, 2003, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, Mohegan Basketball Club LLC and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 6 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2009 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed as Exhibit 4.19 to the June 2003 10-Q, and incorporated by reference herein).


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Description


  4.20    Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated as of January 25, 2005, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Mohegan Basketball Club LLC and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 6 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2009 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed herewith).
  4.21    Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of January 25, 2005, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture), and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 6 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2009 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed herewith).
  4.22    Form of Global 6 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2009 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed as Exhibit 4.20 to the June 2003 10-Q, and incorporated by reference herein).
  4.23    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 9, 2003, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Fleet Securities, Inc., SG Cowen Securities Corporation, Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc., The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, McDonald Investments Inc. and Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp. (filed as Exhibit 4.21 to the June 2003 10-Q, and incorporated by reference herein).
  4.24    Indenture, dated as of August 3, 2004, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, Mohegan Basketball Club LLC and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 7 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2014 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed as Exhibit 4.19 to the June 2004 10-Q, and incorporated by reference herein).
  4.25    Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated as of January 25, 2005, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture), and U. S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 7 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2014 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed herewith).
  4.26    Form of Global 7 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2014 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed as Exhibit 4.20 to the June 2004 10-Q, and incorporated by reference herein).
  4.27    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2004, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, SG Americas Securities, LLC, Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., McDonald Investments Inc., Caylon Securities (USA) Inc., Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp. and Wells Fargo Securities LLC (filed as Exhibit 4.21 to the June 2004 10-Q, and incorporated by reference herein).
  4.28    Indenture, dated as of February 8, 2005, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture) and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 6 7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2015 (filed herewith).
  4.29    Form of Global 6 7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2015 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed herewith).
  4.30    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2005, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, the Guarantors (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, SG Americas Securities, LLC, Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., Caylon Securities (USA) Inc., McDonald Investments Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp. (filed herewith).
  4.31    Indenture, dated as of February 8, 2005, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture) and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 6 1/8% Senior Notes Due 2013 (filed herewith).
  4.32    Form of Global 6 1/8% Senior Notes Due 2013 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (filed herewith).


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  4.33    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2005, among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, the Guarantors (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), Banc of America Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., SG Americas Securities, LLC, Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., Caylon Securities (USA) Inc., McDonald Investments Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp. (filed herewith).
10.1    Amendment No. 3 to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated October 14, 2004, by and among the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority and Bank of America, N.A. (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 18, 2004, and incorporated by reference herein).
10.2    Purchase Agreement by and among PNGI Pocono Corp., PNGI, LLC, and Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority as of October 14, 2004 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 18, 2004, and incorporated by reference herein).
10.3    Management Agreement by and among the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, the Menominee Kenosha Gaming Authority and the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, dated October 21, 2004 (filed as Exhibit 10.35 to the 2004 Form S-4, and incorporated by reference herein).
31.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).
31.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).
32.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).
32.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).
EX-4.14 2 dex414.htm EXHIBIT 4.14 Exhibit 4.14

Exhibit 4.14

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of January 25, 2005, amending and restating the Supplemental Indenture (the “Original Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of January 27, 2003, among the Mohegan Basketball Club, LLC (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), a subsidiary of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (or its permitted successor), (the “Authority”), the Authority, and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to State Street Bank and Trust Company), as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Authority has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of February 20, 2002 providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $250,000,000 of 8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Authority’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”);

 

WHEREAS, the Original Supplemental Indenture contained a defect in that it did not appropriately refer to the Subsidiary Guarantee as a senior subordinated guarantee as set forth in the Offering Memorandum relating to the Notes;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture which restates the Original Supplemental Indenture and corrects the defect by adding the language contained in Section 4(k) hereof.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

2. INDENTURE PROVISION PURSUANT TO WHICH GUARANTEE IS GIVEN. This Supplemental Indenture is being executed and delivered pursuant to Sections 4.20 and 9.01 of the Indenture.

 


3. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:

 

(a) The Subsidiary Guarantor, jointly and severally with all other Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, the Notes or the obligations of the Authority hereunder or thereunder, that:

 

(i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Authority to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

 

(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that this Subsidiary Guarantee would constitute or result in a violation of any applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar law of any relevant jurisdiction, the liability of the Subsidiary Guarantor under this Supplemental Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be limited to such amount as will not, after giving effect thereto, and to all other liabilities of the Subsidiary Guarantor, result in such amount constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

 

4. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.

 

(a) To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee shall be endorsed by an officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee after the date hereof.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

(c) If an officer whose signature is on this Supplemental Indenture or on the Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

 

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(d) The delivery of the Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof under the Indenture, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(e) The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, regardless of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Authority, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor.

 

(f) The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Authority, any right to require a proceeding first against the Authority, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that its Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture or pursuant to Section 5(b) of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

(g) If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Supplemental Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then, and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

(h) The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor as a result of any payment by such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand:

 

(i) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby; and

 

(ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantor for the purpose of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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(i) The Subsidiary Guarantor shall have the right to seek contribution from any other nonpaying Subsidiary Guarantor, if any, so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

(j) The Subsidiary Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of the Indenture or this Subsidiary Guarantee; and the Subsidiary Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

(k) The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall be junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantor on the same basis as the Notes are junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Authority. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Trustee and the Holders shall have the right to receive and/or retain payments by the Subsidiary Guarantor (or any Persons acting on its behalf) only at such times as they may receive and/or retain payments in respect of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, including Article 11 of the Indenture and the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall have the same rights and remedies provided for in Article 11 of the Indenture.

 

5. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS.

 

(a) Nothing contained in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Subsidiary Guarantor with or into the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or shall prevent any transfer, sale or conveyance of the property of the Subsidiary Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Article 5 of the Indenture, upon the sale or disposition of all of the Capital Stock of the Subsidiary Guarantor by the Authority or a Subsidiary of the Authority, or upon the consolidation or merger of the Subsidiary Guarantor with or into any Person, or if a Subsidiary Guarantor is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Subsidiary Guarantor (in each case, other than with or to an Affiliate of the Authority), or upon a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of the Notes, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this Subsidiary Guarantee without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder if no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; provided that in the event of an Asset Sale, the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are treated in accordance with Section 4.10 of the Indenture and provided further that in the event of

 

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a redesignation of a Subsidiary, the transaction is in compliance with Section 4.07 of the Indenture. Except with respect to transactions set forth in the preceding sentence, the Authority and the Subsidiary Guarantor covenant and agree that upon any such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, the performance of all covenants and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture to be performed by such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be expressly assumed by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, by the corporation formed by such consolidation, or into which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall have merged, or by the corporation which shall have acquired such property. Upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate of the Authority or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, to the effect that the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor has complied with the first sentence of this Section 5(b), the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Authority or the Subsidiary Guarantor, at the cost of the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, in order to evidence the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed on the Notes and under the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture.

 

6. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. The internal law of the State of New York shall govern and be used to construe this Supplemental Indenture.

 

7. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

8. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

Dated: January 25, 2005

 

MOHEGAN BASKETBALL CLUB, LLC
By:   /s/    ROBERT J. SOPER        

Name:

  Robert J. Soper

Title:

  Manager and Secretary
MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY
By:   /s/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

  William J. Velardo

Title:

  Chief Executive Officer
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:   /s/    CAUNA M. SILVA        
   

Authorized Signatory

 

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EX-4.15 3 dex415.htm EXHIBIT 4.15 Exhibit 4.15

Exhibit 4.15

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 2

8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of January 25, 2005, among the Mohegan Basketball Club, LLC (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), a subsidiary of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (or its permitted successor), (the “Authority”), the Authority, and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to State Street Bank and Trust Company), as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Authority has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of February 20, 2002 providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $250,000,000 of 8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that the Authority, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture without the consent of any holder of a Note to cure any defect or inconsistency;

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture contained a defect in that Exhibit E attached thereto did not appropriately refer to the Subsidiary Guarantee as a senior subordinated guarantee as set forth in the Offering Memorandum relating to the Notes; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture which corrects the defect by substituting a new Exhibit E to the Indenture which adds Section 4(k) relating to subordination.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

2. AMENDMENT TO THE INDENTURE. Exhibit E to the Indenture, the Form of Supplemental Indenture to be Delivered by Subsequent Subsidiary Guarantors, is hereby amended and restated as attached to this Supplemental Indenture as Exhibit E.

 

3. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. The internal law of the State of New York shall govern and be used to construe this Supplemental Indenture.

 


4. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

5. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

Dated: January 25, 2005

 

MOHEGAN BASKETBALL CLUB, LLC
By:   /s/    ROBERT J. SOPER        

Name:

  Robert J. Soper

Title:

  Manager and Secretary
MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY
By:   /s/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

  William J. Velardo

Title:

  Chief Executive Officer
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:   /s/    CAUNA M. SILVA        
   

Authorized Signatory

 

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Exhibit E

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of                         , among                         , a subsidiary of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (or its permitted successor), (the “Authority”), the Authority, the other Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Authority has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of February 20, 2002 providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $250,000,000 of 8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Authority’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

2. INDENTURE PROVISION PURSUANT TO WHICH GUARANTEE IS GIVEN. This Supplemental Indenture is being executed and delivered pursuant to Section 4.20 of the Indenture.

 

3. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:

 

(a) The Subsidiary Guarantor, jointly and severally with all other Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and

 

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delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, the Notes or the obligations of the Authority hereunder or thereunder, that:

 

(i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Authority to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

 

(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately, in each case to the extent lawful.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that this Subsidiary Guarantee would constitute or result in a violation of any applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar law of any relevant jurisdiction, the liability of the Subsidiary Guarantor under this Supplemental Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be limited to such amount as will not, after giving effect thereto, and to all other liabilities of the Subsidiary Guarantor, result in such amount constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

 

4. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.

 

(a) To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee shall be endorsed by an officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee after the date hereof.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

(c) If an officer whose signature is on this Supplemental Indenture or on the Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

 

(d) The delivery of the Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof under the Indenture, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(e) The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, regardless of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture,

 

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the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Authority, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor in each case to the extent lawful.

 

(f) The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives, to the extent lawful, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Authority, any right to require a proceeding first against the Authority, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that its Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture or pursuant to Section 5(b) of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

(g) If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Supplemental Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then, and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

(h) The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor as a result of any payment by such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand:

 

(i) in each case, to the extent lawful, the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby; and

 

(ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantor for the purpose of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, in each case to the extent lawful.

 

(i) The Subsidiary Guarantor shall have the right to seek contribution from any other nonpaying Subsidiary Guarantor, if any, so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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(j) The Subsidiary Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of the Indenture or this Subsidiary Guarantee; and the Subsidiary Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

(k) The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall be junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantor on the same basis as the Notes are junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Authority. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Trustee and the Holders shall have the right to receive and/or retain payments by the Subsidiary Guarantor (or any Persons acting on its behalf) only at such times as they may receive and/or retain payments in respect of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, including Article 11 of the Indenture and the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall have the same rights and remedies provided for in Article 11 of the Indenture.

 

5. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS.

 

(a) Nothing contained in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Subsidiary Guarantor with or into the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or shall prevent any transfer, sale or conveyance of the property of the Subsidiary Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Article 5 of the Indenture, upon the sale or disposition of all of the Capital Stock of the Subsidiary Guarantor by the Authority or a Subsidiary of the Authority, or upon the consolidation or merger of the Subsidiary Guarantor with or into any Person, or if a Subsidiary Guarantor is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Subsidiary Guarantor (in each case, other than with or to an Affiliate of the Authority), or upon a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of the Notes, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this Subsidiary Guarantee without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder if no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; provided that in the event of an Asset Sale, the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are treated in accordance with Section 4.10 of the Indenture and provided further that in the event of a redesignation of a Subsidiary, the transaction is in compliance with Section 4.07 of the Indenture. Except with respect to transactions set forth in the preceding sentence, the Authority and the Subsidiary Guarantor covenant and agree that upon any such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, the performance of all covenants and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture to be performed by such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be expressly assumed by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, by the corporation formed by such consolidation, or into which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall have merged, or by the corporation

 

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which shall have acquired such property. Upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate of the Authority or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, to the effect that the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor has complied with the first sentence of this Section 5(b), the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Authority or the Subsidiary Guarantor, at the cost of the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, in order to evidence the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed on the Notes and under the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture.

 

6. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. The internal law of the State of New York shall govern and be used to construe this Supplemental Indenture.

 

7. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

8. EFFECT OF READINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

Dated:                     

 

[SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR]

By:        

Name:

       

Title:

       
MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY
By:        

Name:

       

Title:

       
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:        
   

Authorized Signatory

 

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EX-4.16 4 dex416.htm EXHIBIT 4.16 Exhibit 4.16

Exhibit 4.16

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 3

8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 3 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of January 25, 2005, among Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC (the “MTGA Sub”), Downs Racing, L.P. (“Downs Racing”), Backside, L.P. (“Backside”), Mill Creek Land, L.P. (“Mill Creek”), Northeast Concessions, L.P. (“NE Concessions” and, together with the MTGA Sub, Downs Racing, Backside and Mill Creek, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), subsidiaries of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (or its permitted successor) (the “Authority”), the Authority, the other Subsidiary Guarantor (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Authority has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of February 20, 2002 providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $250,000,000 of 8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantors shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Authority’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”); and

 

WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

2. INDENTURE PROVISION PURSUANT TO WHICH GUARANTEE IS GIVEN. This Supplemental Indenture is being executed and delivered pursuant to Section 4.20 of the Indenture.

 

3. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:

 

(a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor, jointly and severally with all other Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and

 

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delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, the Notes or the obligations of the Authority hereunder or thereunder, that:

 

(i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Authority to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

 

(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that this Subsidiary Guarantee would constitute or result in a violation of any applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar law of any relevant jurisdiction, the liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Supplemental Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be limited to such amount as will not, after giving effect thereto, and to all other liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor, result in such amount constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

 

4. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.

 

(a) To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee shall be endorsed by an officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee after the date hereof.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

(c) If an officer whose signature is on this Supplemental Indenture or on the Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

 

(d) The delivery of the Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof under the Indenture, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture on behalf of each Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(e) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, regardless of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes

 

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with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Authority, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor.

 

(f) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Authority, any right to require a proceeding first against the Authority, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that its Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture or pursuant to Section 5(b) of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

(g) If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Supplemental Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then, and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, each Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of each Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

(h) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor as a result of any payment by such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand:

 

(i) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantees made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby; and

 

(ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by each Subsidiary Guarantor for the purpose of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

(i) Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall have the right to seek contribution from any other nonpaying Subsidiary Guarantor, if any, so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

(j) Each Subsidiary Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of the Indenture or this Subsidiary Guarantee; and each Subsidiary Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)

 

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hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

(k) The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall be junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor on the same basis as the Notes are junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Authority. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Trustee and the Holders shall have the right to receive and/or retain payments by a Subsidiary Guarantor (or any Persons acting on its behalf) only at such times as they may receive and/or retain payments in respect of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, including Article 11 of the Indenture and the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall have the same rights and remedies provided for in Article 11 of the Indenture.

 

5. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS.

 

(a) Nothing contained in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Subsidiary Guarantor with or into the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or shall prevent any transfer, sale or conveyance of the property of a Subsidiary Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Article 5 of the Indenture, upon the sale or disposition of all of the Capital Stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor by the Authority or a Subsidiary of the Authority, or upon the consolidation or merger of a Subsidiary Guarantor with or into any Person, or if a Subsidiary Guarantor is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of a Subsidiary Guarantor (in each case, other than with or to an Affiliate of the Authority), or upon a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of the Notes, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this Subsidiary Guarantee without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder if no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; provided that in the event of an Asset Sale, the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are treated in accordance with Section 4.10 of the Indenture and provided further that in the event of a redesignation of a Subsidiary, the transaction is in compliance with Section 4.07 of the Indenture. Except with respect to transactions set forth in the preceding sentence, the Authority and each Subsidiary Guarantor covenant and agree that upon any such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, the performance of all covenants and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture to be performed by such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be expressly assumed by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, by the corporation formed by such consolidation, or into which such Subsidiary Guarantor shall have merged, or by the corporation which shall have acquired such property. Upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate of the Authority or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, to the effect that the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor has complied with the first sentence of this Section 5(b), the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor, at the cost of the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, in order to evidence the release of such Subsidiary

 

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Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed on the Notes and under the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture.

 

6. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. The internal law of the State of New York shall govern and be used to construe this Supplemental Indenture.

 

7. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

8. EFFECT OF READINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

Dated: January 25, 2005.

 

MOHEGAN COMMERCIAL VENTURES PA, LLC

By:

      /s/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

      William J. Velardo

Title:

      Manager and President
DOWNS RACING, L.P.
By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:

      /s/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

      William J. Velardo

Title:

      Manager and President
BACKSIDE, L.P.
By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:

      /s/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

      William J. Velardo

Title:

      Manager and President

 

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MILL CREEK LAND, L.P.
By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:

      /s/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

      William J. Velardo

Title:

      Manager and President
NORTHEAST CONCESSIONS, L.P.
By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:

      /s/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

      William J. Velardo

Title:

      Manager and President
MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

By:

      /s/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

      William J. Velardo

Title:

      Chief Executive Officer
MOHEGAN BASKETBALL CLUB LLC

By:

      /s/    ROBERT J. SOPER         

Name:

      Robert J. Soper

Title:

      Manager and Secretary
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:       /s/    CAUNA M. SILVA         
   

Authorized Signatory

 

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EX-4.20 5 dex420.htm EXHIBIT 4.20 Exhibit 4.20

 

Exhibit 4.20

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1

6 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of January 25, 2005, among the Mohegan Basketball Club, LLC (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), a subsidiary of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (or its permitted successor), (the “Authority”), the Authority, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Authority has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of July 9, 2003 providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $330,000,000 of 6 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that the Authority, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture without the consent of any holder of a Note to cure any defect or inconsistency;

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture contained a defect in that Exhibit E attached thereto did not appropriately refer to the Subsidiary Guarantee as a senior subordinated guarantee as set forth in the Offering Memorandum relating to the Notes and the Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture which corrects the defect by substituting a new Exhibit E to the Indenture which adds Section 4(k) relating to subordination.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

2. AMENDMENT TO THE INDENTURE. Exhibit E to the Indenture, the Form of Supplemental Indenture to be Delivered by Subsequent Subsidiary Guarantors, is hereby amended and restated as attached to this Supplemental Indenture as Exhibit E.

 

3. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. The internal law of the State of New York shall govern and be used to construe this Supplemental Indenture.

 


4. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

5. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

Dated: January 25, 2005

 

MOHEGAN BASKETBALL CLUB, LLC
By:   /s/    ROBERT J. SOPER        

Name:

  Robert J. Soper

Title:

  Manager and Secretary
MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY
By:   /s/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

  William J. Velardo

Title:

  Chief Executive Officer
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:   /s/    CAUNA M. SILVA        
   

Authorized Signatory

 

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Exhibit E

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of                         , among                         , a subsidiary of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (or its permitted successor), (the “Authority”), the Authority, the other Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Authority has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of July 9, 2003 providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $330,000,000 of 6 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Authority’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

2. INDENTURE PROVISION PURSUANT TO WHICH GUARANTEE IS GIVEN. This Supplemental Indenture is being executed and delivered pursuant to Section 4.20 of the Indenture.

 

3. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:

 

(a) The Subsidiary Guarantor, jointly and severally with all other Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and

 

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delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, the Notes or the obligations of the Authority hereunder or thereunder, that:

 

(i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Authority to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

 

(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately, in each case to the extent lawful.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that this Subsidiary Guarantee would constitute or result in a violation of any applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar law of any relevant jurisdiction, the liability of the Subsidiary Guarantor under this Supplemental Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be limited to such amount as will not, after giving effect thereto, and to all other liabilities of the Subsidiary Guarantor, result in such amount constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

 

4. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.

 

(a) To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee shall be endorsed by an officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee after the date hereof.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

(c) If an officer whose signature is on this Supplemental Indenture or on the Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

 

(d) The delivery of the Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof under the Indenture, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(e) The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, regardless of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture,

 

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the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Authority, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor in each case to the extent lawful.

 

(f) The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives, to the extent lawful, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Authority, any right to require a proceeding first against the Authority, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that its Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture or pursuant to Section 5(b) of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

(g) If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Supplemental Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then, and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

(h) The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor as a result of any payment by such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand:

 

(i) in each case, to the extent lawful, the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby; and

 

(ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantor for the purpose of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, in each case to the extent lawful.

 

(i) The Subsidiary Guarantor shall have the right to seek contribution from any other nonpaying Subsidiary Guarantor, if any, so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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(j) The Subsidiary Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of the Indenture or this Subsidiary Guarantee; and the Subsidiary Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

(k) The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall be junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantor on the same basis as the Notes are junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Authority. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Trustee and the Holders shall have the right to receive and/or retain payments by the Subsidiary Guarantor (or any Persons acting on its behalf) only at such times as they may receive and/or retain payments in respect of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, including Article 11 of the Indenture and the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall have the same rights and remedies provided for in Article 11 of the Indenture.

 

5. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS.

 

(a) Nothing contained in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Subsidiary Guarantor with or into the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or shall prevent any transfer, sale or conveyance of the property of the Subsidiary Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Article 5 of the Indenture, upon the sale or disposition of all of the Capital Stock of the Subsidiary Guarantor by the Authority or a Subsidiary of the Authority, or upon the consolidation or merger of the Subsidiary Guarantor with or into any Person, or if a Subsidiary Guarantor is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Subsidiary Guarantor (in each case, other than with or to an Affiliate of the Authority), or upon a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of the Notes, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this Subsidiary Guarantee without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder if no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; provided that in the event of an Asset Sale, the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are treated in accordance with Section 4.10 of the Indenture and provided further that in the event of a redesignation of a Subsidiary, the transaction is in compliance with Section 4.07 of the Indenture. Except with respect to transactions set forth in the preceding sentence, the Authority and the Subsidiary Guarantor covenant and agree that upon any such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, the performance of all covenants and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture to be performed by such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be expressly assumed by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, by the corporation formed by such consolidation, or into which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall have merged, or by the corporation

 

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which shall have acquired such property. Upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate of the Authority or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, to the effect that the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor has complied with the first sentence of this Section 5(b), the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Authority or the Subsidiary Guarantor, at the cost of the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, in order to evidence the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed on the Notes and under the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture.

 

6. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. The internal law of the State of New York shall govern and be used to construe this Supplemental Indenture.

 

7. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

8. EFFECT OF READINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

Dated:                                 

 

[SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR]
By:    

Name:

   

Title:

   
MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY
By:    

Name:

   

Title:

   
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:    
   

Authorized Signatory

 

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EX-4.21 6 dex421.htm EXHIBIT 4.21 Exhibit 4.21

 

Exhibit 4.21

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 2

6 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 2 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of January 25, 2005, among Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC (the “MTGA Sub”), Downs Racing, L.P. (“Downs Racing”), Backside, L.P. (“Backside”), Mill Creek Land, L.P. (“Mill Creek”), Northeast Concessions, L.P. (“NE Concessions” and, together with the MTGA Sub, Downs Racing, Backside and Mill Creek, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), subsidiaries of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (or its permitted successor) (the “Authority”), the Authority, the other Subsidiary Guarantor (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Authority has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of July 9, 2003 providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $330,000,000 of 6 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantors shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Authority’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”); and

 

WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

2. INDENTURE PROVISION PURSUANT TO WHICH GUARANTEE IS GIVEN. This Supplemental Indenture is being executed and delivered pursuant to Section 4.20 of the Indenture.

 

3. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:

 

(a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor, jointly and severally with all other Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and

 

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delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, the Notes or the obligations of the Authority hereunder or thereunder, that:

 

(i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Authority to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

 

(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately, in each case to the extent lawful.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that this Subsidiary Guarantee would constitute or result in a violation of any applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar law of any relevant jurisdiction, the liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Supplemental Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be limited to such amount as will not, after giving effect thereto, and to all other liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor, result in such amount constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

 

4. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.

 

(a) To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee shall be endorsed by an officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee after the date hereof.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

(c) If an officer whose signature is on this Supplemental Indenture or on the Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

 

(d) The delivery of the Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof under the Indenture, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture on behalf of each Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(e) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, regardless of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture,

 

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the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Authority, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor in each case to the extent lawful.

 

(f) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives, to the extent lawful, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Authority, any right to require a proceeding first against the Authority, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that its Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture or pursuant to Section 5(b) of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

(g) If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Supplemental Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then, and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, each Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of each Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

(h) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor as a result of any payment by such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand:

 

(i) in each case, to the extent lawful, the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantees made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby; and

 

(ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by each Subsidiary Guarantor for the purpose of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, in each case to the extent lawful.

 

(i) Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall have the right to seek contribution from any other nonpaying Subsidiary Guarantor, if any, so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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(j) Each Subsidiary Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of the Indenture or this Subsidiary Guarantee; and each Subsidiary Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

(k) The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall be junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor on the same basis as the Notes are junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Authority. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Trustee and the Holders shall have the right to receive and/or retain payments by a Subsidiary Guarantor (or any Persons acting on its behalf) only at such times as they may receive and/or retain payments in respect of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, including Article 11 of the Indenture and the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall have the same rights and remedies provided for in Article 11 of the Indenture.

 

5. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS.

 

(a) Nothing contained in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Subsidiary Guarantor with or into the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or shall prevent any transfer, sale or conveyance of the property of a Subsidiary Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Article 5 of the Indenture, upon the sale or disposition of all of the Capital Stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor by the Authority or a Subsidiary of the Authority, or upon the consolidation or merger of a Subsidiary Guarantor with or into any Person, or if a Subsidiary Guarantor is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of a Subsidiary Guarantor (in each case, other than with or to an Affiliate of the Authority), or upon a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of the Notes, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this Subsidiary Guarantee without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder if no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; provided that in the event of an Asset Sale, the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are treated in accordance with Section 4.10 of the Indenture and provided further that in the event of a redesignation of a Subsidiary, the transaction is in compliance with Section 4.07 of the Indenture. Except with respect to transactions set forth in the preceding sentence, the Authority and each Subsidiary Guarantor covenant and agree that upon any such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, the performance of all covenants and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture to be performed by such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be expressly assumed by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, by the corporation formed by such consolidation, or into which such Subsidiary Guarantor shall have merged, or by the corporation which shall have acquired such

 

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property. Upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate of the Authority or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, to the effect that the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor has complied with the first sentence of this Section 5(b), the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor, at the cost of the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, in order to evidence the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed on the Notes and under the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture.

 

6. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. The internal law of the State of New York shall govern and be used to construe this Supplemental Indenture.

 

7. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

8. EFFECT OF READINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

Dated: January 25, 2005.

 

MOHEGAN COMMERCIAL VENTURES PA, LLC

By:   /S/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

  William J. Velardo

Title:

  Manager and President

DOWNS RACING, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner
By:   /S/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

  William J. Velardo

Title:

  Manager and President

BACKSIDE, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner
By:   /S/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

  William J. Velardo

Title:

  Manager and President

 

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MILL CREEK LAND, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner
By:   /S/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

  William J. Velardo

Title:

  Manager and President

NORTHEAST CONCESSIONS, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner
By:   /S/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

  William J. Velardo

Title:

  Manager and President

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

By:   /S/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

  William J. Velardo

Title:

  Chief Executive Officer

MOHEGAN BASKETBALL CLUB LLC

By:   /S/    ROBERT J. SOPER        

Name:

  Robert J. Soper

Title:

  Manager and Secretary
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:   /S/    CAUNA M. SILVA        
    Authorized Signatory

 

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EX-4.25 7 dex425.htm EXHIBIT 4.25 Exhibit 4.25

 

Exhibit 4.25

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 1

7 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 1 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of January 25, 2005, among Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC (the “MTGA Sub”), Downs Racing, L.P. (“Downs Racing”), Backside, L.P. (“Backside”), Mill Creek Land, L.P. (“Mill Creek”), Northeast Concessions, L.P. (“NE Concessions” and, together with the MTGA Sub, Downs Racing, Backside and Mill Creek, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), subsidiaries of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (or its permitted successor), (the “Authority”), the Authority, the other Subsidiary Guarantor (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Authority has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of August 3, 2004 providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $225,000,000 of 7 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantors shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Authority’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”); and

 

WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

2. INDENTURE PROVISION PURSUANT TO WHICH GUARANTEE IS GIVEN. This Supplemental Indenture is being executed and delivered pursuant to Section 4.20 of the Indenture.

 

3. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:

 

(a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor, jointly and severally with all other Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and

 

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delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, the Notes or the obligations of the Authority hereunder or thereunder, that:

 

(i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Authority to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

 

(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately, in each case to the extent lawful.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that this Subsidiary Guarantee would constitute or result in a violation of any applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar law of any relevant jurisdiction, the liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Supplemental Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be limited to such amount as will not, after giving effect thereto, and to all other liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor, result in such amount constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

 

4. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.

 

(a) To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee shall be endorsed by an officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee after the date hereof.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

(c) If an officer whose signature is on this Supplemental Indenture or on the Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

 

(d) The delivery of the Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof under the Indenture, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture on behalf of each Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(e) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, regardless of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture,

 

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the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Authority, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor in each case to the extent lawful.

 

(f) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives, to the extent lawful, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Authority, any right to require a proceeding first against the Authority, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that its Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture or pursuant to Section 5(b) of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

(g) If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Supplemental Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then, and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, each Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of each Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

(h) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor as a result of any payment by such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand:

 

(i) in each case, to the extent lawful, the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantees made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby; and

 

(ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by each Subsidiary Guarantor for the purpose of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, in each case to the extent lawful.

 

(i) Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall have the right to seek contribution from any other nonpaying Subsidiary Guarantor, if any, so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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(j) Each Subsidiary Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of the Indenture or this Subsidiary Guarantee; and each Subsidiary Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

(k) The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall be junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor on the same basis as the Notes are junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Authority. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Trustee and the Holders shall have the right to receive and/or retain payments by a Subsidiary Guarantor (or any Persons acting on its behalf) only at such times as they may receive and/or retain payments in respect of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, including Article 11 of the Indenture and the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall have the same rights and remedies provided for in Article 11 of the Indenture.

 

5. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS.

 

(a) Nothing contained in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Subsidiary Guarantor with or into the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or shall prevent any transfer, sale or conveyance of the property of a Subsidiary Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Article 5 of the Indenture, upon the sale or disposition of all of the Capital Stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor by the Authority or a Subsidiary of the Authority, or upon the consolidation or merger of a Subsidiary Guarantor with or into any Person, or if a Subsidiary Guarantor is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of a Subsidiary Guarantor (in each case, other than with or to an Affiliate of the Authority), or upon a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of the Notes, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this Subsidiary Guarantee without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder if no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; provided that in the event of an Asset Sale, the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are treated in accordance with Section 4.10 of the Indenture and provided further that in the event of a redesignation of a Subsidiary, the transaction is in compliance with Section 4.07 of the Indenture. Except with respect to transactions set forth in the preceding sentence, the Authority and each Subsidiary Guarantor covenant and agree that upon any such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, the performance of all covenants and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture to be performed by such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be expressly assumed by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, by the corporation formed by such consolidation, or into which such Subsidiary Guarantor shall have merged, or by the corporation which shall have acquired such

 

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property. Upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate of the Authority or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, to the effect that the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor has complied with the first sentence of this Section 5(b), the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor, at the cost of the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, in order to evidence the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed on the Notes and under the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture.

 

6. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. The internal law of the State of New York shall govern and be used to construe this Supplemental Indenture.

 

7. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

8. EFFECT OF READINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

Dated: January 25, 2005.

 

MOHEGAN COMMERCIAL VENTURES PA, LLC
By:   /S/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

  William J. Velardo

Title:

  Manager and President

DOWNS RACING, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner
By:   /S/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

  William J. Velardo

Title:

  Manager and President

BACKSIDE, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner
By:   /S/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

  William J. Velardo

Title:

  Manager and President

 

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MILL CREEK LAND, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner
By:   /S/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

  William J. Velardo

Title:

  Manager and President

NORTHEAST CONCESSIONS, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner
By:   /S/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

  William J. Velardo

Title:

  Manager and President

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

By:   /S/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

  William J. Velardo

Title:

  Chief Executive Officer

MOHEGAN BASKETBALL CLUB LLC

By:   /S/    ROBERT J. SOPER        

Name:

  Robert J. Soper

Title:

  Manager and Secretary
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:   /S/    CAUNA M. SILVA        
    Authorized Signatory

 

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EX-4.28 8 dex428.htm EXHIBIT 4.28 Exhibit 4.28

 

Exhibit 4.28

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

ISSUER

 

6 7/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2015

 


 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of February 8, 2005

 


 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority of The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut

 

The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut

 

the Subsidiary Guarantors

 


 

U.S. Bank National Association

 

Trustee

 


 



 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

 

Trust Indenture

Act Section


   Indenture Section

    
310  

(a)(1)

        7.10     
   

(a)(2)

        7.10     
   

(a)(3)

        N.A.     
   

(a)(4)

        N.A.     
   

(a)(5)

        7.10     
   

(b)

        7.10     
   

(c)

        N.A.     
311  

(a)

        7.11     
   

(b)

        7.11     
   

(c)

        N.A.     
312  

(a)

        2.05     
   

(b)

        13.03     
   

(c)

        13.03     
313  

(a)

        7.06     
   

(b)(2)

        7.06     
   

(c)

        7.06; 13.02     
   

(d)

        7.06     
314  

(a)

        4.03; 13.05     
   

(c)(1)

        13.04     
   

(c)(2)

        13.04     
   

(c)(3)

        N.A.     
   

(e)

        13.05     
   

(f)

        N.A.     
315  

(a)

        7.01     
   

(b)

        7.05; 13.02     
   

(c)

        7.01     
   

(d)

        7.01     
   

(e)

        6.11     
316  

(a)(last sentence)

        2.09     
   

(a)(1)(A)

        6.05     
   

(a)(1)(B)

        6.04     
   

(a)(2)

        N.A.     
   

(b)

        N.A.     
   

(c)

        2.12     
317  

(a)(1)

        6.08     
   

(a)(2)

        6.09     
   

(b)

        2.04     
318  

(a)

        13.01     
   

(b)

        N.A.     
   

(c)

        13.01     

N.A. means not applicable.

 

This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01.   Definitions    1
Section 1.02.   Other Definitions    23
Section 1.03.   Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act    23
Section 1.04.   Rules of Construction    24
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01.   Form and Dating    24
Section 2.02.   Execution and Authentication    25
Section 2.03.   Registrar and Paying Agent    26
Section 2.04.   Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust    26
Section 2.05.   Holder Lists    26
Section 2.06.   Transfer and Exchange    27
Section 2.07.   Replacement Notes    39
Section 2.08.   Outstanding Notes    39
Section 2.09.   Treasury Notes    40
Section 2.10.   Temporary Notes    40
Section 2.11.   Cancellation    40
Section 2.12.   Defaulted Interest    40
Section 2.13.   CUSIP Numbers    41
Section 2.14.   Ranking    41
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01.   Notices to Trustee    41
Section 3.02.   Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed    41
Section 3.03.   Notice of Redemption    42
Section 3.04.   Effect of Notice of Redemption    43
Section 3.05.   Deposit of Redemption Price    43
Section 3.06.   Notes Redeemed in Part    43
Section 3.07.   Optional Redemption    43
Section 3.08.   Redemption Pursuant to Gaming Law    44
Section 3.09.   Mandatory Redemption    44

 

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Section 3.10.

  Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds    45
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01.   Payment of Notes    46

Section 4.02.

  Maintenance of Office or Agency    47

Section 4.03.

  Reports    47

Section 4.04.

  Compliance Certificate    48

Section 4.05.

  Taxes    49

Section 4.06.

  Stay, Extension and Usury Laws    49

Section 4.07.

  Restricted Payments    49

Section 4.08.

  Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries    51

Section 4.09.

  Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock    53

Section 4.10.

  Asset Sales    55

Section 4.11.

  Transactions with Affiliates    56

Section 4.12.

  Liens    57

Section 4.13.

  Line of Business    57

Section 4.14.

  Existence of the Authority and Maintenance of the Lease    57

Section 4.15.

  Offer to Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control    58

Section 4.16.

  No Senior Subordinated Indebtedness    59

Section 4.17.

  Sale and Leaseback Transactions    59

Section 4.18.

  Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Equity Interests in Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries    59

Section 4.19.

  Payments for Consent    59

Section 4.20.

  Subsidiary Guarantees    60

Section 4.21.

  Ownership Interests in the Authority    60

Section 4.22.

  Ranking of Payments Under the Relinquishment Agreement    60

Section 4.23.

  [Intentionally Omitted]    60

Section 4.24.

  Restrictions on Leasing and Dedication of Property    60

Section 4.25.

  Maintenance of Insurance    61

Section 4.26.

  Gaming Licenses    62

Section 4.27.

  Additional Interest    62
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01.   Liquidation or Dissolution    62

 

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ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01.   Events of Default    63

Section 6.02.

  Acceleration    65

Section 6.03.

  Other Remedies    65

Section 6.04.

  Waiver of Past Defaults    66

Section 6.05.

  Control by Majority    66

Section 6.06.

  Limitation on Suits    66

Section 6.07.

  Rights of Holders of Notes To Receive Payment    67

Section 6.08.

  Collection Suit by Trustee    67

Section 6.09.

  Trustee May File Proofs of Claim    67

Section 6.10.

  Priorities    68

Section 6.11.

  Undertaking for Costs    68
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01.   Duties of Trustee    68

Section 7.02.

  Rights of Trustee    70

Section 7.03.

  Individual Rights of Trustee    71

Section 7.04.

  Trustee’s Disclaimer    71

Section 7.05.

  Notice of Defaults    71

Section 7.06.

  Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes    71

Section 7.07.

  Compensation and Indemnity    72

Section 7.08.

  Replacement of Trustee    73

Section 7.09.

  Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.    74

Section 7.10.

  Eligibility; Disqualification    74

Section 7.11.

  Preferential Collection of Claims Against Authority    75
ARTICLE 8

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; LEGAL DEFEASANCE

AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01.   Satisfaction and Discharge    75

Section 8.02.

  Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance    76

Section 8.03.

  Legal Defeasance and Discharge    76

Section 8.04.

  Covenant Defeasance    77

Section 8.05.

  Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance    77

Section 8.06.

  Deposited Money and Government Securities To Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions    78

 

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Section 8.07.

  Repayment to Authority    79

Section 8.08.

  Reinstatement    79
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01.   Without Consent of Holders of Notes    80

Section 9.02.

  With Consent of Holders of Notes    81

Section 9.03.

  Compliance with Trust Indenture Act    83

Section 9.04.

  Revocation and Effect of Consents    83

Section 9.05.

  Notation on or Exchange of Notes    83

Section 9.06.

  Trustee To Sign Amendments, etc.    83
ARTICLE 10
GUARANTEES
Section 10.01.   Unconditional Guarantee    84

Section 10.02.

  Severability    85

Section 10.03.

  Release of Subsidiary Guarantor    85

Section 10.04.

  Limitation on Amount Guaranteed    85

Section 10.05.

  Waiver of Subrogation    86

Section 10.06.

  Execution of Guarantee    86

Section 10.07.

  Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws    87

Section 10.08.

  Subordination of Subsidiary Guarantee    87
ARTICLE 11
SUBORDINATION
Section 11.01.   Agreement to Subordinate    87

Section 11.02.

  Certain Definitions    88

Section 11.03.

  Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy    88

Section 11.04.

  Default on Designated Senior Indebtedness    88

Section 11.05.

  Acceleration of Notes    89

Section 11.06.

  When Distribution Must Be Paid Over    89

Section 11.07.

  Notice by Authority    90

Section 11.08.

  Subrogation    90

Section 11.09.

  Relative Rights    90

Section 11.10.

  Subordination May Not Be Impaired    91

Section 11.11.

  Distribution or Notice to Representative    91

Section 11.12.

  Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent    91

Section 11.13.

  Authorization to Effect Subordination    92

 

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Section 11.14.

  Amendments    92
ARTICLE 12
COVENANTS OF THE TRIBE
Section 12.01.   Covenants of the Tribe    92

Section 12.02.

  Additional Covenants of the Tribe    93
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01.   Trust Indenture Act Controls    94

Section 13.02.

  Notices    95

Section 13.03.

  Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes    96

Section 13.04.

  Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent    96

Section 13.05.

  Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion    97

Section 13.06.

  Rules by Trustee and Agents    97

Section 13.07.

  Dispute Resolution and Consent to Suit    97

Section 13.08.

  No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders    98

Section 13.09.

  Governing Law    98

Section 13.10.

  No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements    99

Section 13.11.

  Successors    99

Section 13.12.

  Severability    99

Section 13.13.

  Counterpart Originals    99

Section 13.14.

  Table of Contents, Headings, etc.    99

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A    FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit B    FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Exhibit C    FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Exhibit D    FORM OF NOTATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE ON NOTE
Exhibit E    FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

 

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INDENTURE dated as of February 8, 2005 by and among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority of The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (the “Authority”), The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (the “Tribe”), the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined below) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

The Authority, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Tribe and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the 6 7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015:

 

ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01. Definitions.

 

144A Global Note” means a global note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

 

Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person: (i) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, including, without limitation, Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or becoming a Subsidiary of such specified Person; and (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

 

Additional Interest” has the meaning set forth in the Notes.

 

Additional Notes” means the Authority’s 6 7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 issued under this Indenture other than Initial Notes or Exchange Notes.

 

Adjusted Net Assets” of a Subsidiary Guarantor at any date shall mean the lesser of the amount by which (x) the fair value of the property of such Subsidiary Guarantor exceeds the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities), but excluding liabilities under the Subsidiary Guarantee, of such Subsidiary Guarantor at such date and (y) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor such date exceeds the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor on its debts (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities and after giving effect to any collection from any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such Subsidiary under the Subsidiary Guarantee), excluding Indebtedness in respect of the Subsidiary Guarantee, as they become absolute and matured.

 


Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” shall have correlative meanings.

 

Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.

 

Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Cedel that apply to such transfer or exchange.

 

Asset Sale” means: (i) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights (including, without limitation, by way of a sale and leaseback) other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Authority and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by Section 4.15 and not by Section 4.10; and (ii) the issuance by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests of any of the Authority’s or its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale by the Authority or any of its Subsidiaries of any Equity Interests in any of their respective Subsidiaries.

 

Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall not be deemed to be Asset Sales: (i) any single transaction or series of related transactions that: (a) involves assets having a fair market value of less than $1.0 million; or (b) results in net proceeds to the Authority and its Restricted Subsidiaries of less than $1.0 million; (ii) a transfer of assets between or among the Authority and its Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries; (iii) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary to the Authority or to another Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary; (iv) a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted by Section 4.07; (v) any Event of Loss; and (vi) any lease or sublease permitted by Section 4.24. The Authority is prohibited from making an Asset Sale of Key Project Assets.

 

Attributable Debt” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction including any period for which such lease has been extended (or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended). Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Authority” means the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority together with any subdivision, agency or subunit that has no separate legal existence from the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, and any successor and assignee thereto.

 

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Bank Credit Facility” means that certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2003, by and among the Authority, the Tribe, the lenders thereunder and Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent and the Documentation Agent and Syndication Agent referred to therein, including any related notes, guarantees, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time.

 

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

 

BIA” means the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

 

Broker-Dealer” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Business Day” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.

 

Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.

 

Capital Stock” means: (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding any interest under the Relinquishment Agreement.

 

Cash Equivalents” means: (i) United States dollars; (ii) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than six months from the date of acquisition; (iii) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any lender party to the Credit Facilities or with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better; (iv) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iii) above; (v) commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group and in each case maturing within six months after the date of acquisition; and (vi) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (i)-(v) of this definition.

 

Cedel” means Cedel Bank, SA.

 

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Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the Authority ceases to be a wholly-owned unit, instrumentality or subdivision of the government of the Tribe; (ii) the Authority ceases to have the exclusive legal right to operate the Resort; (iii) the Authority fails to retain in full force and effect at all times all material governmental consents, permits or legal rights necessary for the operation of the Resort and such failure continues for a period of 90 consecutive days; or (iv) the Authority sells, assigns, transfers, leases, conveys or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidates or merges with or into, any other Person.

 

Compact” means the tribal-state Compact entered into between the Tribe and the State of Connecticut pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, PL 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. as the same may, from time to time, be amended, or such other Compact as may be substituted therefor.

 

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the fixed rate United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity most comparable to the remaining term of the Notes (and which is not callable prior to maturity) to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practices, in pricing a new issue of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed.

 

Comparable Treasury Price” means:

 

(i) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated “Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities”; or

 

(ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on such business day, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest or lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

 

Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreement” means (i) the guarantee by the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary of the completion of the development, construction and opening of a new gaming facility by an Affiliate of the Authority, (ii) the agreement by the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary to advance funds, property or services on behalf of an Affiliate of the Authority in order to maintain the financial condition of such Affiliate in connection with the development, construction and opening of a new gaming facility by such Affiliate and (iii) performance bonds incurred in the ordinary course of business; provided that, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, such guarantee or agreement is entered into in connection with obtaining financing for such gaming facility or is required by a Gaming Regulatory Authority.

 

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Consolidated Cash Flow” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus:

 

(i) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss (including, without limitation, any non-cash charges or losses arising from adjustments relating to the Relinquishment Agreement) plus any net loss realized in connection with an Asset Sale, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(ii) provision for taxes based on the income or profits of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was included in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(iii) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued (including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net payments, if any, pursuant to Hedging and Swap Obligations); plus

 

(iv) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of goodwill and other intangibles, but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period), non-cash charges associated with equity option plans and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus

 

(v) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period (including, without limitation, any non-cash items arising from adjustments relating to the Relinquishment Agreement); minus

 

(vi) to the extent not included in computing such Consolidated Net Income, any revenues received or accrued by the Authority or any of its Subsidiaries from any Person (other than the Authority or any of its Subsidiaries) in respect of any Investment for such period,

 

all determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.

 

Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash charges of, a Subsidiary of a Person shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow only to the extent (and in the same proportion) that the Net Income of such Subsidiary was included in calculating the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and only if a corresponding amount

 

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would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to such Person by such Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders.

 

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP, provided that:

 

(i) the Net Income of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary thereof;

 

(ii) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders;

 

(iii) the Net Income of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition shall be excluded;

 

(iv) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall be excluded; and

 

(v) the Net Income shall be reduced by the amount of payments pursuant to the Relinquishment Agreement, paid or payable, for such period based on 5% of the revenues (as defined in the Relinquishment Agreement) generated in such period.

 

Consumer Price Index” means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the U.S. City Average for All Items, 1982-1984=100 as compiled and released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 13.02 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Authority.

 

Credit Facilities” means, with respect to the Authority or any Restricted Subsidiary, one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Bank Credit Facility) or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded,

 

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replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time. Indebtedness under Credit Facilities outstanding on the date on which Notes are first issued and authenticated under this Indenture shall be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by Section 4.09(b)(i).

 

Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

 

Default” means any event that is or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be an Event of Default.

 

Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

 

Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

 

Designated Senior Indebtedness” means Indebtedness under the Bank Credit Facility and any other Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture the principal amount of which is $20.0 million or more and that has been designated by the Authority as “Designated Senior Indebtedness”.

 

Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is after the date on which the Notes mature; provided, however, that any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require the Authority to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or an Asset Sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Authority may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.07.

 

Distribution Compliance Period” has the same meaning as defined in Regulation S.

 

Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

 

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Euroclear” means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels office, as operator of the Euroclear system.

 

Event of Loss” means, with respect to any property or asset (tangible or intangible, real or personal), any of the following: (i) any loss, destruction or damage of such property or asset; (ii) any institution of any proceedings for the condemnation or seizure of such property or asset or for the exercise of any right of eminent domain; (iii) any actual condemnation, seizure or taking by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise of such property or asset, or confiscation of such property or asset or the requisition of the use of such property or asset; or (iv) any settlement in lieu of clause (ii) or (iii) above.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Exchange Notes” means the Authority’s 6 7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 to be issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Exchange Offer” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Exchange Offer Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Authority and the Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the date of this Indenture, until such amounts are repaid.

 

Existing Senior Subordinated Notes” means, collectively, the Authority’s 6 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009, the 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011, the 8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 and the 7 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014.

 

Financing Lease” means any lease of property, real or personal, the obligations of the lessee in respect of which are required in accordance with GAAP to be capitalized on a balance sheet of the lessee.

 

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays or redeems any Indebtedness (other than revolving credit borrowings) or issues or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repayment or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of preferred stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.

 

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In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:

 

(i) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing transactions, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date shall be deemed to have occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period shall be calculated without giving effect to clause (iii) of the proviso set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income;

 

(ii) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, shall be excluded; and

 

(iii) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, shall be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date.

 

Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(i) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net payments, if any, pursuant to Hedging and Swap Obligations; plus

 

(ii) the consolidated interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus

 

(iii) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus

 

(iv) the product of (a) all cash dividend payments or other distributions (and non-cash dividend payments in the case of a Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary) on any series of preferred equity of such Person, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.

 

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GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the date of this Indenture.

 

Gaming” means any and all activities defined as Class II or Class III Gaming under IGRA or authorized under the Compact.

 

Gaming License” means every license, franchise or other authorization required to own, lease, operate or otherwise conduct gaming activities of the Tribe or the Authority including, without limitation, all such licenses granted under the Tribal Gaming Ordinance, and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and other applicable federal, state, foreign or local laws.

 

Gaming Regulatory Authority” means any agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, department, office or instrumentality of any nature whatsoever of the United States or foreign government, any state, province or any city or other political subdivision, whether now or hereafter existing, or any officer or official thereof, including, without limitation, any division of the Authority or any other agency with authority to regulate any gaming operation (or proposed gaming operation) owned, managed or operated by the Tribe or the Authority.

 

Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(ii), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

 

Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(iv), 2.06(d)(ii) or 2.06(f) hereof.

 

Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and for the payment of which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.

 

Government Service Payments” means: (i) monthly payments to the Tribe by the Authority pursuant to the terms of that certain Priority Distribution Agreement between the Authority and the Tribe dated August 31, 2001 in an annual amount of $14.0 million (as of March 1999), which amount has been and shall be adjusted annually on the last day of each calendar year commencing with the year 2000 by the Consumer Price Index as published for the applicable year; and (ii) amounts equal to those reflected on each annual audited income statement of the Authority as prepared in accordance with GAAP relating to payment for governmental services (including charges for utilities, police and fire department services, health and emergency medical services, the pro rata portion of Tribal Council costs and salaries attributable to the operations of the Authority, and similar pro rata costs of other tribal departments, in each case, to the extent that the costs of such departments are attributable to the operations of the Authority)

 

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by the Authority to the Tribe or any of its representatives, political subunits, councils, agencies or instrumentalities.

 

Guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness.

 

Hedging and Swap Obligations” means, with respect to any Person: (i) the obligations of such Person under interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; and (ii) the obligations of such Person under other agreements or arrangements relating to, or the value or which is dependent upon, interest rates, or currency exchange rates or indices.

 

Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.

 

IGRA” means the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, PL 100-497, U.S.C. 2701 et seq., as the same may, from time to time, be amended.

 

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, in respect of: (i) borrowed money; (ii) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof); (iii) banker’s acceptances; (iv) Capital Lease Obligations; (v) the balance, deferred and unpaid, of the purchase price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or (vi) any Hedging and Swap Obligations, if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and Hedging and Swap Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the guarantee by such Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.

 

The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be: (i) the accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and (ii) the principal amount thereof, together with any interest thereon that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.

 

Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Authority.

 

Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

 

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Initial Notes” means the $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on the date hereof.

 

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of direct or indirect loans (including guarantees of Indebtedness or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Authority or any Subsidiary of the Authority sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Authority such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Authority, the Authority shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.07(d).

 

Key Project Assets” means: (i) the Lease and any real property or interest in real property comprising the Resort held in trust for the Tribe by the United States; (ii) any improvements (including, without limitation, the Resort) to the leasehold estate under the Lease or such real property comprising the Resort (but excluding any obsolete personal property or real property improvements determined by the Authority to be no longer useful to the operations of the Resort); and (iii) any business records of the Authority or the Tribe relating to the operation of the Resort.

 

Lease” means the Land Lease between the Tribe and the Authority dated September 29, 1995, as the same may be amended in accordance with the terms thereof and of this Indenture.

 

Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.

 

Letter of Transmittal” means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Authority and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.

 

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction).

 

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Management Board” means the Management Board of the Authority or any authorized committee of the Management Board of the Authority, as applicable.

 

Maximum Foreseeable Loss” means the maximum foreseeable loss associated with the Resort determined from time to time by AON Risk Services or another professional insurance consultant retained by the Authority; provided that the amount thereof shall be not less than $750,000,000. As of January 21, 2005, the Maximum Foreseeable Loss was determined to be $950,000,000.

 

Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the net income (loss) of such Person for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of dividends on preferred interests, excluding, however:

 

(i) any gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such gain or loss, realized in connection with (A) any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, dispositions pursuant to sale leaseback transactions) or (B) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

 

(ii) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary or nonrecurring gain or loss, less

 

(iii) in the case of any Person that is a partnership or a limited liability company, the amount of withholding for tax purposes of such Person for such period.

 

Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions and any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, in each case after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.

 

NIGC” means the National Indian Gaming Commission.

 

Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

 

Notes” means, collectively, the Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes and any Additional Notes, treated as a single class of securities as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, in each case as issued pursuant to this Indenture.

 

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Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

 

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person and, in the case of the Authority, shall include members of the Management Board.

 

Officers Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Authority by two Officers of the Authority, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Authority, that meets the requirements of Section 13.05 hereof.

 

Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee that meets the requirements of Section 13.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Authority, the Tribe, any Subsidiary of the Authority or the Trustee.

 

Ownership Interest” means, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of such Person or any interest which carries the right to elect or appoint any members of the Management Board or the Board of Directors or other executive office of such Person.

 

Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Cedel, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Cedel, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Cedel).

 

Permitted Asset Swap” means the exchange by the Authority or any Restricted Subsidiary of any assets for other assets from a Person; provided that the assets received in such exchange are believed by the Authority in good faith to be of substantially equivalent value and substantially all of which are either (i) long term assets that are used or useful in the Principal Business, (ii) cash or (iii) any combination of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii).

 

“Permitted Investments” means:

 

(i) any Investment in the Authority or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority that is engaged in a Principal Business or a Related Business;

 

(ii) any Investment in cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

(iii) any Investment by the Authority or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority in a Person, if as a result of such Investment (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority and a Subsidiary Guarantor and is engaged in a Principal Business or a Related Business or (b) is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority;

 

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(iv) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 3.10;

 

(v) any Investment in any Persons having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Management Board and measured as of the date of such Investment, without giving effect to any subsequent increases or decreases in value) not to exceed the sum of (i) $125.0 million, plus (ii) twenty-five percent (25%) of Consolidated Cash Flow for the twelve (12) calendar months preceding the date of any such Investment, at any one time outstanding;

 

(vi) Government Service Payments;

 

(vii) payroll advances to employees of the Authority or its Restricted Subsidiaries for travel, entertainment and relocation expenses in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000 at any one time outstanding;

 

(viii) accounts and notes receivable if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and which are payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; and

 

(ix) Investments related to Hedging and Swap Obligations, so long as such Hedging and Swap Obligations are not used for speculative purposes.

 

Permitted Junior Securities” means Equity Interests in the Authority or any Subsidiary Guarantor debt securities that are subordinated to all Senior Indebtedness (and any debt securities issued in exchange for Senior Indebtedness) to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Notes are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness pursuant to this Indenture.

 

“Permitted Liens” means:

 

(i) Liens securing the Credit Facilities and Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred under clauses (v), (vi) (to the extent of the Liens securing such Indebtedness being refinanced), (vii), (x) or (xi) of Section 4.09(b);

 

(ii) Liens in favor of the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(iii) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature (including, without limitation, pledges or deposits made in connection with obligatory workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance or similar laws) incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(iv) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture;

 

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(v) Liens arising as a result of survey exceptions, title defects, encumbrances, easements, reservations of, or rights of others for, rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property not interfering with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(vi) Liens arising by operation of law in favor of carriers, warehousemen, landlords, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, employees or suppliers, incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums which are not yet delinquent or are being contested in good faith by negotiations or by appropriate proceedings which suspend the collection thereof;

 

(vii) Liens incurred as a result of any interest or title of a lessor or lessee under any lease of property (including any Lien granted by such lessor or lessee but excluding any Lien arising in respect of a Financing Lease);

 

(viii) Liens in favor of the Tribe representing the ground lessor’s interest under the Lease;

 

(ix) Liens on property existing at the time or acquisition thereof by the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition;

 

(x) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges, claims or rights that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided, however, that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor;

 

(xi) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary with respect to obligations that do not exceed $500,000 at any one time outstanding and that (a) are not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit (other than trade credit in the ordinary course of business) and (b) do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the property and materially impair the use thereof in the operation of business by the Authority; provided, however, it is acknowledged that Permitted Liens will not include any Lien on the land held in trust for the Tribe by the United States or any real property interest therein, including the buildings, improvements and fixtures, other than the leasehold interest pursuant to the Lease, or which will give the holder thereof a proprietary interest in any gaming activity as prohibited by Section 11(b)(2)(A) of IGRA; and

 

(xii) Liens created by or resulting from any legal proceeding with respect to which the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary is prosecuting an appeal proceeding for review and the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary is maintaining adequate reserves in connection with GAAP.

 

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Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that:

 

(i) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus accrued interest on, the Indebtedness so extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus the amount of prepayment premiums, consent fees and reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith);

 

(ii) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; provided that if the original maturity date of such Indebtedness is after the Stated Maturity of the Notes, then such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have a maturity at least 180 days after the Notes;

 

(iii) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and

 

(iv) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Authority or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.

 

Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or agency or political subdivision thereof (including any subdivision or ongoing business of any such entity or substantially all of the assets of any such entity, subdivision or business).

 

Principal Business” means the (i)(a) Gaming and (b)hotel and resort businesses and any activity or business incidental, directly or indirectly related, or similar thereto, or any business or activity that is a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto, including, without limitation, any golf, entertainment, transportation, recreation or other activity or business designed to promote, market, support, develop, construct or enhance the Gaming and other businesses, in either case operated by the Authority at the Resort and (ii) casino gaming and related businesses (including, without limitation, those described in clause (i)(b) above) located outside the State of Connecticut.

 

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Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(i) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.

 

QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

 

Redemption Date” means, when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, in whole or in part, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of Banc of America Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and their respective successors. If any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Authority will appoint in its place another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date.

 

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2005, by and among the Authority and the other parties named on the signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Regulation S Global Note” means a global Note in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee, that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.

 

Related Business” means any business related to the Principal Business.

 

Relinquishment Agreement” means the Relinquishment Agreement dated February 7, 1998 between the Authority and TCA.

 

Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed, the remaining payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after the related Redemption Date if such Note were not redeemed. However, if such Redemption Date is not an interest payment date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.

 

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Representative” means the indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or representative for any Senior Indebtedness.

 

Resort” means the multi-amenity gaming and entertainment resort on the existing reservation of the Tribe located adjacent to Uncasville, Connecticut and the convention center, retail facilities, arena, hotel and improvements constructed adjacent thereto, as described in the Offering Memorandum dated July 29, 2004 and the documents incorporated by reference therein, but excluding (i) any obsolete personal property or real property improvement determined by the Authority to be no longer useful or necessary to the operations or support of the Resort and (ii) any equipment leased from a third party in the ordinary course of business.

 

Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Services department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

Restricted Investment” means any Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

 

Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Senior Indebtedness” means: (i) all Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Facilities and all Hedging and Swap Obligations with respect thereto, including, without limitation, all principal, interest, fees and other amounts payable with respect thereto, including any interest which accrues following any bankruptcy or insolvency of the Authority, the Tribe or any Subsidiary Guarantor; (ii) the Senior Notes; (iii) the Authority’s 8 1/8% Senior Notes due 2006;

 

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(iv) any other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the Authority or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is on parity with or subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees; (v) all Obligations with respect to the foregoing; and (vi) at anytime the Senior Relinquishment Payments (as defined in the Relinquishment Agreement) to the extent then due and owing pursuant to the terms of the Relinquishment Agreement at such time.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Senior Indebtedness will not include: (i) any Indebtedness of the Authority to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates; or (ii) any Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of this Indenture.

 

Senior Notes” means the Authority’s Senior Notes due 2013 to be issued concurrently with the Notes.

 

Shelf Registration Statement” means the Shelf Registration Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date of this Indenture.

 

Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid including as a result of any mandatory sinking fund payment or mandatory redemption in the documentation governing such Indebtedness in effect on the date hereof or, if such Indebtedness is incurred after the date of this Indenture, in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

 

Subordinated Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness that by its terms is expressly subordinated in right of payment in any respect to the payment of any obligation on the Notes.

 

Subsidiary” means: (i) any instrumentality or subdivision or subunit of the Authority that has a separate legal existence or status or whose property and assets would not otherwise be bound to the terms of this Indenture; or (ii) with respect to any Person, any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of the shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof. The Tribe and any other instrumentality of the Tribe that is not also an instrumentality of the Authority shall not be a Subsidiary of the Authority.

 

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Subsidiary Guarantee” means the joint and several guarantee by the Authority’s Subsidiaries of the Authority’s obligations under the Notes, in substantially the form of such Subsidiary Guarantee attached as Exhibit D to this Indenture.

 

Subsidiary Guarantors” means Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, Downs Racing, L.P., Backside, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P., Northeast Concessions, L.P. and any Subsidiary of the Authority that executes a Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

 

TCA” means Trading Cove Associates.

 

TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.

 

Treasury Rate” means an annual rate equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The semiannual equivalent yield to maturity will be computed as of the second business day immediately preceding such Redemption Date.

 

Tribal Council” means the Tribe’s nine member elected council which exercises all the legislative and executive powers of the Tribe.

 

Tribal Gaming Ordinance” means the ordinance and any amendments thereto, and all related or implementing ordinances, including, without limitation, the Gaming Authority Ordinance, enacted on July 15, 1995 which are enacted by the Tribe or authorize and regulate gaming on the existing reservation of the Tribe located adjacent to Uncasville, Connecticut pursuant to IGRA.

 

Tribal Tax Code” means any sales, use, room occupancy and related excise taxes, including admissions and cabaret taxes and any other tax (other than income tax) that may be imposed by the State of Connecticut that the Tribe may impose on the Authority, its patrons or operations; provided, however, that the rate and scope of such taxes shall not be more onerous than those imposed by the State of Connecticut.

 

Tribe” means The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, a sovereign tribe recognized by the United States of America pursuant to 25 C.F.R. § 83.

 

Trustee” means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

 

Unrestricted Definitive Note” means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

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Unrestricted Global Note” means a permanent global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing a series of Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) any Subsidiary of the Authority that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Management Board in the manner provided below and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Management Board may designate any Restricted Subsidiary (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Authority) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Authority or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that either (A) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total assets of $1,000 or less or (B) if such Subsidiary has assets greater than $1,000, such designation would be permitted under Section 4.07.

 

Any such designation by the Management Board shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions and was permitted by Section 4.07. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the foregoing requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority as of such date (and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.09, the Authority shall be in default of such Section). The Authority may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation shall only be permitted if (a) such Indebtedness is permitted by Section 4.09, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period, and (b) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

 

U.S. Person” means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.

 

Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Management Board or Board of Directors, as the case may be, of such Person.

 

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment, by (ii) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

 

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Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

Section 1.02. Other Definitions.

 

Term


   Defined in Section

“Affiliate Transaction”

   4.11

“Asset Sale Offer”

   3.10

“Authentication Order”

   2.02

“Change of Control Offer”

   4.15

“Change of Control Payment”

   4.15

“Change of Control Payment Date”

   4.15

“Covenant Defeasance”

   8.04

“DTC”

   2.03

“Event of Default”

   6.01

“Excess Proceeds”

   4.10

“incur”

   4.09

“Lease Transaction”

   4.24

“Legal Defeasance”

   8.03

“Offer Amount”

   3.10

“Offer Period”

   3.10

“Paying Agent”

   2.03

“Payment Default”

   6.01

“Permitted Junior Securities”

   11.02

“Purchase Date”

   3.10

“Registrar”

   2.03

“Representative”

   11.02

“Restricted Payments”

   4.07

 

Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

 

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

 

The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

 

indenture securities” means the Notes;

 

indenture security Holder” means a Holder of a Note;

 

indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

 

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indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and

 

obligor” on the Notes and any Note Guarantees means the Authority and any successor obligor upon the Notes and any Note Guarantees, respectively.

 

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.

 

Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.

 

Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

 

(c) “or” is not exclusive;

 

(d) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

 

(e) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and

 

(f) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

THE NOTES

 

Section 2.01. Form and Dating.

 

(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.

 

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Authority, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts

 

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with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.

 

(c) Euroclear and Cedel Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Cedel Bank” and “Customer Handbook” of Cedel Bank shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Cedel Bank.

 

Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication.

 

Two Officers of the Authority shall sign the Notes for the Authority by manual or facsimile signature.

 

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.

 

A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

 

The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Authority signed by two Officers of the Authority (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate Notes for original issue in one or more series, which order shall specify whether such notes are Initial Notes, Exchange Notes or Additional Notes. Initial Notes may be issued up to an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $150,000,000 (other than as provided in Section 2.07 hereof). Additional Notes may be issued in an unlimited principal amount.

 

The Notes shall be issued only in fully registered form, without coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. All Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class and no series of Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.

 

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The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Authority to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Authority.

 

Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.

 

The Authority shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Authority may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Authority may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Authority shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Authority fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

The Authority initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

 

The Authority initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

 

Section 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust.

 

The Authority shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium or Additional Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Authority in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Authority at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary or an Affiliate) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Authority, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

 

Section 2.05. Holder Lists.

 

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Authority shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as

 

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the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes and the Authority shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).

 

Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Authority for Definitive Notes if (i) the Authority delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Authority within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary or (ii) the Authority in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee. Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (i) or (ii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (f) hereof.

 

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

 

(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).

 

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(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above. Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Authority in accordance with Section 2.06(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof.

 

(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and

 

(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

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(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in the Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any Holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and:

 

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Authority;

 

(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

 

(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or

 

(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Authority shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above.

 

Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.

 

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(c) Transferor Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.

 

(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

 

(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

 

(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Authority or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

 

(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

 

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Authority shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

 

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(ii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:

 

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Authority;

 

(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

 

(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or

 

(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(iii) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Authority shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any

 

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Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.

 

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

 

(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

 

(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Authority or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

 

(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

 

the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global

 

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Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note.

 

(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:

 

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Authority;

 

(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

 

(1) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

 

(2) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

 

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial

 

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interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

 

If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (ii)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Authority shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

 

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).

 

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and

 

(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

 

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(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:

 

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Authority;

 

(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C) any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

 

(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

 

(2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

(E) and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Authority to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

 

(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of an Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Authority shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (x) they are not broker-dealers, (y) they are

 

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not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (z) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Authority, and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer and (ii) Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Authority shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount.

 

(g) Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

 

(i) Private Placement Legend.

 

(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (SUBJECT TO THE DELIVERY OF SUCH EVIDENCE, IF ANY, REQUIRED UNDER THE INDENTURE PURSUANT TO WHICH THIS NOTE IS ISSUED) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER OR ANOTHER EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUTHORITY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (1)(a) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS

 

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OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE AUTHORITY SO REQUESTS), SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT BY THE REGISTRAR OF A CERTIFICATION OF THE TRANSFEROR AND AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) TO THE AUTHORITY OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTION SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.”

 

(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) to this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE AUTHORITY.”

 

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(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

 

(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

 

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Authority shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Authority’s order or at the Registrar’s request.

 

(ii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Authority may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.10, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 hereof).

 

(iii) The Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

 

(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Authority, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

(v) The Authority shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date under such Note.

 

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(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Authority may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Authority shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

(vii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.

 

(viii) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.

 

Section 2.07. Replacement Notes.

 

If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Authority and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Authority shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note in accordance with this Indenture. If required by the Trustee or the Authority, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Authority to protect the Authority, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Authority may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.

 

Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Authority and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

 

Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes.

 

The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Authority or an Affiliate of the Authority holds the Note.

 

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.

 

If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

 

If the Paying Agent (other than the Authority, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a Redemption Date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on

 

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that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.

 

Section 2.09. Treasury Notes.

 

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Authority, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Authority, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.

 

Section 2.10. Temporary Notes.

 

Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Authority may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Authority considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Authority shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.

 

Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

 

Section 2.11. Cancellation.

 

The Authority at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction of all canceled Notes shall be delivered to the Authority. The Authority may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest.

 

If the Authority defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Authority shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Authority shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date, provided that no such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date,

 

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the Authority (or, upon the written request of the Authority, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Authority) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

 

Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers.

 

The Authority in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or the omission of such numbers. The Authority will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

 

Section 2.14. Ranking.

 

The Notes rank pari passu in right of payment to, without limitation, the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes and at anytime the Junior Relinquishment Payment (as defined in the Relinquishment Agreement) to the extent then due and owing pursuant to the terms of the Relinquishment Agreement at such time.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

 

Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee.

 

If the Authority elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth (i) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the Redemption Date, (iii) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, (iv) the redemption price and (v) if applicable, any redemption requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are listed.

 

Section 3.02. Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed.

 

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes for redemption in compliance with any requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed as set forth in the Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.01 or, if the Notes are not so listed or if the requirements are not set forth in such Officers’ Certificate, on a pro rata basis, by lot or in accordance with any other method the Trustee considers fair and appropriate. In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor

 

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more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption.

 

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Authority in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000, except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.

 

Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 3.10 hereof, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Authority shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.

 

The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

 

(a) the Redemption Date;

 

(b) the redemption price;

 

(c) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;

 

(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(e) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

 

(f) that, unless the Authority defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes or portions of them called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;

 

(g) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and

 

(h) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

 

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to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.

 

Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.

 

Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the Redemption Date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional.

 

Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.

 

One Business Day prior to the Redemption Date, the Authority shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Authority any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Authority in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed.

 

If the Authority complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Authority to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the Redemption Date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.

 

Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part.

 

Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Authority shall issue and, upon the Authority’s written request, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Authority a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

 

Section 3.07. Optional Redemption.

 

(a) At any time prior to February 15, 2010, the Notes will be redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the option of the Authority, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and

 

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(ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments discounted to the Redemption Date, on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points;

 

plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date.

 

(b) At any time or from time to time on or after February 15, 2010, the Notes will be redeemable, at the option of the Authority, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth in the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the applicable redemption date.

 

Section 3.08. Redemption Pursuant to Gaming Law.

 

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article 3, if any Gaming Regulatory Authority requires that a Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable gaming laws in order to maintain any gaming license or franchise of the Authority under any applicable gaming laws, and the Holder or beneficial owner fails to apply for a license, qualification or finding of suitability within 30 days after being requested to do so by such Gaming Regulatory Authority (or such lesser period that may be required by such Gaming Regulatory Authority) or if such Holder or beneficial owner is not so licensed, qualified or found suitable, the Authority has the right, at its option, (i) to require such Holder or beneficial owner to dispose of such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s Notes within 30 days of receipt of such finding by the applicable Gaming Regulatory Authority (or such earlier date as may be required by the applicable Gaming Regulatory Authority); or (ii) to call for redemption of the Notes of such Holder or beneficial owner at a redemption price equal to the least of (1) the principal amount thereof, (2) the price at which such Holder or beneficial owner acquired the Notes and (3) the current market price of the Notes, together with, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the earlier of the date of redemption or the date of the finding of unsuitability by such Gaming Regulatory Authority, which may be less than 30 days following the notice of redemption if so ordered by such Gaming Regulatory Authority.

 

(b) In connection with any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.08, and except as may be required by a Gaming Regulatory Authority, the Authority shall comply with Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

 

(c) The Authority shall not be required to pay or reimburse any Holder or beneficial owner of Notes who is required to apply for such license, qualification or finding of suitability for the costs of the licensure or investigation for such qualification or finding of suitability. Such expenses shall be the obligation of such Holder or beneficial owner.

 

Section 3.09. Mandatory Redemption.

 

The Authority shall not be required to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.

 

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Section 3.10. Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.

 

In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Authority shall be required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes (an “Asset Sale Offer”), it shall follow the procedures specified below.

 

The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No later than five Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Authority shall purchase the principal amount of Notes required to be purchased pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof (the “Offer Amount”) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.

 

If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.

 

Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Authority shall send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:

 

(a) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.10 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer shall remain open;

 

(b) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

 

(c) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest;

 

(d) that, unless the Authority defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;

 

(e) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in integral multiples of $1,000 only;

 

(f) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased Pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Authority, a depositary, if appointed by the Authority, or a paying agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;

 

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(g) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Authority, the depositary or the paying agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;

 

(h) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Authority shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Authority so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased); and

 

(i) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).

 

On or before the Purchase Date, the Authority shall, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Authority in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.10. The Authority, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any case not later than five Business Days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Authority for purchase, and the Authority shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Authority shall authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Authority to the Holder thereof. The Authority shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date.

 

Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.10, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.10 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.01. Payment of Notes.

 

(a) The Authority shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, shall be considered paid on the date

 

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due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Authority or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Authority in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, then due. The Authority shall pay all Additional Interest, if any, in the same manner, on the same dates and in the amounts set forth in the first paragraph of the Notes.

 

(b) The Authority shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

 

(a) The Authority shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or coregistrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Authority in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Authority shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Authority shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

 

(b) The Authority may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Authority of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Authority shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

(c) The Authority hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Authority in accordance with Section 2.03.

 

Section 4.03. Reports.

 

(a) Whether or not required by the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Authority will furnish to the Holders of Notes (which, with the consent of such Holders, may be by electronic transmission) and the Trustee within 15 days after the end of the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations for filings of current, quarterly and annual reports:

 

(i) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Authority were

 

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required to file such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” that describes the financial condition and results of operations of the Authority and its consolidated Subsidiaries (showing in reasonable detail, either on the face of the consolidated financial statements or in the footnotes thereto and in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, the financial condition and results of operations of the Authority and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Authority, to the extent that would be required by the rules, regulations or interpretive positions of the SEC) and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by the Authority’s registered public accounting firm; and

 

(ii) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Authority were required to file such reports.

 

(b) In the event that the Authority consummates an Exchange Offer, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Authority will file a copy of all such information and reports with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request.

 

(c) The Authority has agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, it will furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

 

(d) The Authority shall file with the Trustee and provide to Holders of Notes, within 15 days after it files them with the NIGC, copies of all reports which the Authority is required to file with the NIGC pursuant to 25 C.F.R. Part 514.

 

(e) The Authority shall at all times comply with TIA § 314(a).

 

Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate.

 

(a) The Authority shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Authority and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Authority has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Authority has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Authority is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or

 

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interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Authority is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

(b) So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the year-end financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(a) above shall be accompanied by a written statement of the Authority’s independent public accountants (who shall be a firm of established national reputation) that in making the examination necessary for certification of such financial statements, nothing has come to their attention that would lead them to believe that the Authority has violated any provisions of Article 4 or Article 5 hereof or, if any such violation has occurred, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it being understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly or indirectly to any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such violation.

 

(c) The Authority shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Authority is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 4.05. Taxes.

 

The Authority shall pay, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.

 

Section 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

 

The Authority covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Authority (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

 

Section 4.07. Restricted Payments.

 

(a) The Authority will not, and the Authority will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to: (i) make any payment on or with respect to any of the Authority’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests; (ii) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interest in the Authority held by the Tribe or any Affiliate of the Tribe; (iii) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Subordinated Indebtedness, except a payment of interest or principal at Stated Maturity thereof; (iv) make any payment or distribution to the Tribe (or any other agency, instrumentality or political subunit thereof) or make any

 

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general distribution to the members of the Tribe (other than Government Service Payments); or (v) make any Restricted Investment; (all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (v) are collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”) unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

 

(A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;

 

(B) the Authority would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a); and

 

(C) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Authority and its Restricted Subsidiaries since March 3, 1999 (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) of Section 4.07(b)), is less than the sum, without duplication, of (1) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Authority for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of the first fiscal quarter commencing after March 3, 1999 to the end of the Authority’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal consolidated financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit), plus (2) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds or fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Management Board and evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee) of assets or property (other than cash) received by the Authority from capital contributions from the Tribe that bear no mandatory obligation to repay the Tribe, plus (3) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after March 3, 1999 is sold, liquidated or otherwise disposed of for cash or an amount equal to the fair market value thereof (as determined in good faith by the Management Board and evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee), the lesser of (I) the cash return of capital or fair market value amount, as the case may be, with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (II) the initial amount of such Restricted Investment, plus (4) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after March 3, 1999, the lesser of (I) the fair market value of the Authority’s Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation and (II) such fair market value as of the date on which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

(b) So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, the preceding provisions will not prohibit: (i) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; (ii) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority to the holders of its common Equity Interests on a pro rata basis; (iii) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of any

 

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Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority held by any member of the Authority’s (or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’) management pursuant to any management equity subscription agreement or stock option agreement in effect as of the date of this Indenture; provided that (a) the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests shall not exceed $1.0 million in any 12-month period and (b) the aggregate amount of all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests shall not in the aggregate exceed $3.0 million; (iv) the redemption or purchase of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Authority in the event that the holder of such Subordinated Indebtedness has failed to qualify or be found suitable or otherwise be eligible by any Gaming Regulatory Authority to remain a holder of such Subordinated Indebtedness; (v) the redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent capital contribution from the Tribe (provided that such capital contribution is not counted for purposes of Section 4.07(a)(C)(2)); and (vi) any other Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed $75.0 million at any one time outstanding.

 

(c) The Authority may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such designation would not cause a Default; provided that in no event shall any Key Project Assets or Gaming Licenses be transferred to an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided further that Gaming Licenses unrelated to the Resort may be transferred to an Unrestricted Subsidiary, so long as at the time and after giving effect to such transfer (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; and (ii) the Authority would, at the time of such transfer and after giving pro forma effect thereto, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(a). In the event of such designation, all outstanding Investments owned by the Authority and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of such designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under this Section 4.07(a) unless the Investment constitutes a Permitted Investment. All such outstanding Investments will be deemed to constitute Restricted Payments in an amount equal to the fair market value of such Investments at the time of such designation. Such designation will only be permitted if such Restricted Payment would be permitted at such time and if such Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Authority may redesignate an Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if such redesignation would not otherwise cause a Default.

 

(d) The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The fair market value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this Section 4.07 shall be determined by the Management Board whose resolution with respect thereto shall be delivered to the Trustee.

 

Section 4.08. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.

 

(a) Except as set forth in Section 4.08(b), the Authority will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or

 

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become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to: (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Authority or any of the Authority’s Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to the Authority or any of the Authority’s Restricted Subsidiaries; (ii) make loans or advances to the Authority or any of the Authority’s Restricted Subsidiaries; or (iii) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Authority or any of the Authority’s Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

(b) The provisions of Section 4.08(a) will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

(i) Existing Indebtedness as in effect on the date of this Indenture and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof, provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in such Existing Indebtedness, as in effect on the date of this Indenture;

 

(ii) the indenture governing the Senior Notes and the Senior Notes;

 

(iii) this Indenture and the Notes;

 

(iv) the Credit Facilities;

 

(v) applicable law;

 

(vi) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired, provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;

 

(vii) customary non-assignment provisions in leases or other contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;

 

(viii) purchase money obligations (including, without limitation, Capital Lease Obligations) for property acquired in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on the property so acquired of the nature described in Section 4.08(a)(iii);

 

(ix) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition;

 

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(x) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;

 

(xi) Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.12 that limit the right of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to dispose of the assets subject to such Lien;

 

(xii) provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(xiii) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business.

 

Section 4.09. Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.

 

(a) The Authority will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Authority will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that the Authority may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock and the Authority’s Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness or issue preferred stock if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Authority’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal consolidated financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0 determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Authority will not issue any Disqualified Stock or any type of Capital Stock that would violate IGRA.

 

(b) So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or would be caused thereby, Section 4.09(a) will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness:

 

(i) the incurrence by the Authority or its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness and letters of credit pursuant to Credit Facilities; provided that the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness and letters of credit outstanding under all Credit Facilities, after giving effect to such incurrence (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Authority thereunder), does not exceed $600.0 million less the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since March 3, 1999 to repay Indebtedness under Credit Facilities permitted under Section 4.10;

 

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(ii) the incurrence by the Authority and its Restricted Subsidiaries of Existing Indebtedness;

 

(iii) the incurrence by the Authority of Indebtedness represented by the Senior Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $250.0 million and the exchange notes to be issued in exchange therefore pursuant to the applicable registration rights agreement;

 

(iv) the incurrence by the Authority of Indebtedness represented by the Initial Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $150.0 million and the Exchange Notes;

 

(v) the incurrence by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of furniture, fixtures, equipment or similar assets used or useful in the business of the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary not to exceed 100% of the lesser of cost and fair market value of the assets financed and, in an aggregate principal amount under this clause (iv) not to exceed $50.0 million at any time outstanding;

 

(vi) the incurrence by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance, renew, extend, defease or replace Indebtedness that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred under Section 4.09(a) or clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this Section 4.09(b);

 

(vii) the incurrence by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging and Swap Obligations with respect to any Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding;

 

(viii) the guarantee by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.09;

 

(ix) the incurrence by a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness owed to another Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary or to the Authority; provided that if at any time any such Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary ceases to be a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, any such Indebtedness shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for the purposes of this Section 4.09;

 

(x) the incurrence by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (x), not to exceed $25.0 million; or

 

(xi) to the extent that such incurrence does not result in the incurrence by the Authority or any Restricted Subsidiary of any obligation for the payment of borrowed

 

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money of others, Indebtedness incurred solely as a result of the execution by the Authority or its Restricted Subsidiaries of a Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreement.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09 in the event that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (xi) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a), the Authority shall, in its sole discretion, classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09.

 

Section 4.10. Asset Sales.

 

(a) The Authority will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless: (i) the Authority (or its Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Management Board and evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and (ii) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash. For purposes of this provision, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash: (A) any liabilities that would appear on the Authority’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any guarantee thereof) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary novation agreement that releases the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability; and (B) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Authority or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 30 days of the receipt thereof, provided, however, that the Authority will not be permitted to make any Asset Sale of Key Project Assets.

 

(b) Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Authority may apply such Net Proceeds, at its option, to: (i) repay permanently term Indebtedness under Credit Facilities of the Authority or any Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) repay revolving credit Indebtedness under Credit Facilities and correspondingly permanently reduce commitments with respect thereto; (iii) acquire a majority of the assets of, or a majority of the Voting Stock of, an entity engaged in the Principal Business or a Related Business; (iv) make capital expenditures or acquire other long-term assets that are used or useful in the Principal Business or a Related Business; (v) make an investment in the Principal Business or a Related Business or in tangible long-term assets used or useful in the Principal Business or a Related Business; or (vi) reduce permanently Indebtedness (including the Senior Notes) that is not Subordinated Indebtedness (including pursuant to an asset sale offer for such Senior Notes).

 

Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Authority may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.

 

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(c) Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in Section 4.10(b) will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, the Authority will make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase and will be payable in cash, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture and such other Indebtedness. To the extent that any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Authority may use such Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such other Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other Indebtedness (to the extent that such other Indebtedness permits such selection) to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of such offer to purchase, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

 

Section 4.11. Transactions with Affiliates.

 

(a) The Authority will not, and the Authority will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless: (i) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Authority or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and (ii) the Authority delivers to the Trustee: (A) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5.0 million, a resolution of the Management Board set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 4.11 and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Management Board; and (B) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.

 

(b) The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.1l(a): (i) any employment agreement or arrangement entered into by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the past practice of the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) transactions between or among the Authority and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries; (iii) payment of reasonable Management Board fees to members of the Management Board; (iv) transactions with Persons in whom the Authority owns any Equity Interests, so long as the

 

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remaining equity holders of such Person are not Affiliates of the Authority or any of its Subsidiaries; (v) Government Service Payments; (vi) transactions pursuant to the Relinquishment Agreement; (vii) Restricted Payments or Permitted Investments that are made in compliance with the provisions of Section 4.07; (viii) contractual arrangements existing on the date of this Indenture and renewals, extensions and any modifications thereof that are not materially adverse to Holders; and (ix) provision by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of development or management services to an Unrestricted Subsidiary engaged in a Principal Business or Related Business, provided that the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is reimbursed by the Unrestricted Subsidiary for all costs and expenses (including without limitation payroll) it incurs in providing such services.

 

Section 4.12. Liens.

 

The Authority will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of its property or assets or any proceeds therefrom, which secures either (i) Subordinated Indebtedness, unless the Notes are secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds, which Lien is senior in priority to the Liens securing such Subordinated Indebtedness or (ii) pari passu Indebtedness, unless the Notes are equally and ratably secured with the Liens securing such pari passu Indebtedness.

 

Section 4.13. Line of Business.

 

The Authority shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than the Principal Business or a Related Business.

 

Section 4.14. Existence of the Authority and Maintenance of the Lease.

 

(a) The Authority shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect their respective existence, in accordance with their respective organizational documents and their respective rights (contractual, charter and statutory), licenses and franchises; provided, however, that neither the Authority nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to preserve, with respect to itself, any license, right or franchise and, with respect to its Restricted Subsidiaries, any such existence, license, right or franchise, if its Management Board or Board of Directors, or other governing body or officers authorized to make such determination, as the case may be, shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Authority or any Restricted Subsidiary, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

 

(b) The Authority shall do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to perform any material covenants set forth in the Lease in order to keep the Lease in full force and effect.

 

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Section 4.15. Offer to Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control.

 

(a) If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder of the Notes will have the right to require the Authority to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of that Holder’s Notes pursuant to a change of control offer (a “Change of Control Offer”). In the Change of Control Offer, the Authority will offer a payment (the “Change of Control Payment”) in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon, to the date of purchase.

 

(b) Within 20 Business Days following any Change of Control, the Authority will mail a notice to each Holder (and, unless the Trustee makes the mailing on behalf of the Authority, to the Trustee) describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the date specified in such notice (the “Change of Control Payment Date”), pursuant to the procedures required by this Indenture and described in such notice. If the Authority wishes the Trustee to do the mailing, it will give the Trustee adequate prior notice so that the Trustee may do so. The Authority will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control.

 

(c) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Authority will, to the extent lawful: (i) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered; and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Authority.

 

(d) The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes so tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Note will be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. The Authority will notify the Trustee and will instruct the Trustee to notify the Holders of the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.

 

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the Authority shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.15 and Section 3.10 hereof and all other provisions of this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Authority and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.

 

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Section 4.16. No Senior Subordinated Indebtedness.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.09 hereof, (i) the Authority shall not incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Senior Indebtedness of the Authority and senior in any respect in right of payment to the Notes, and (ii) no Subsidiary Guarantor shall incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinated or junior in right of payment to any Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor and senior in any respect in right of payment to such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

Section 4.17. Sale and Leaseback Transactions.

 

The Authority will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction involving the Resort; provided that the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into such sale and leaseback transaction if: (i) the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, could have (a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such sale and leaseback transaction pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) and (b) incurred a Lien to secure such Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.12; (ii) the gross cash proceeds of such sale and leaseback transaction are at least equal to the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Management Board and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the property that is subject of such sale and leaseback transaction; and (iii) the transfer of assets in such sale and leaseback transaction is permitted by, and the Authority applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with Section 4.10.

 

Section 4.18. Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Equity Interests in Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

The Authority (i) will not, and will not permit any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority to, transfer, convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests in any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority to any Person (other than the Authority or another Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority), unless (a) such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition is of all the Equity Interests in such Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary and (b) the cash Net Proceeds from such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition are applied in accordance with Section 4.10, and (ii) will not permit any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority to issue any of its Equity Interests (other than, if necessary, shares of its Capital Stock constituting directors’ qualifying shares) to any Person other than to the Authority or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority unless upon such issuance, the Authority’s investment in any such formerly Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary would otherwise qualify as a Permitted Investment.

 

Section 4.19. Payments for Consent.

 

Neither the Authority nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to

 

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any Holder of any Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid or is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

 

Section 4.20. Subsidiary Guarantees.

 

Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, Downs Racing, L.P., Backside, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P. will be Subsidiary Guarantors. If the Authority acquires or creates any Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture that guarantees other debt of the Authority or which is obligated on other debt in excess of $25.0 million (as measured with respect to each Restricted Subsidiary) then that newly acquired or created Restricted Subsidiary must become a Subsidiary Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee and deliver an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee within 20 Business Days of the date on which it is acquired or created.

 

Section 4.21. Ownership Interests in the Authority.

 

Neither the Tribe nor the Authority shall permit any Person other than the Tribe to acquire any Ownership Interest whatsoever in the Authority.

 

Section 4.22. Ranking of Payments Under the Relinquishment Agreement.

 

The Authority will not designate the Senior Relinquishment Payments (as defined in the Relinquishment Agreement) as Designated Senior Indebtedness and the Authority will not amend Section 6.2 of the Relinquishment Agreement in a manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes. The Authority will not designate any indebtedness as “Designated Senior Indebtedness” under the Relinquishment Agreement that is not also designated as Designated Senior Indebtedness under this Indenture.

 

Section 4.23. [Intentionally Omitted].

 

Section 4.24. Restrictions on Leasing and Dedication of Property.

 

(a) Except as provided in Section 4.24(b), the Authority will not lease, sublease, or grant a license, concession or other agreement to occupy, manage or use any material portion of the Authority’s property and assets owned or leased by the Authority and located on the Resort (each, a “Lease Transaction”).

 

(b) Section 4.24(a) will not prohibit any of the following Lease Transactions:

 

(i) the Authority may enter into a Lease Transaction with respect to any space with any Person (including, without limitation, a lease for the purpose of developing, constructing, operating and managing retail establishments within the Resort), provided that: (A) such Lease Transaction will not materially interfere with, impair or detract from the operations of the Resort; (B) such Lease Transaction contains rent and such

 

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other terms such that the Lease Transaction, taken as a whole is commercially reasonable in light of prevailing or comparable transactions in other casinos, hotels, attractions or shopping venues; and (C) such Lease Transaction complies with all applicable law, including obtaining any consent of the BIA, if required;

 

(ii) the Lease and any amendments, extensions, modifications or renewals thereof which are not materially adverse to the Holders;

 

(iii) the Authority may enter into a management or operating agreement with respect to any of the Authority’s property and assets with any Person, provided that (A) the manager or operator has experience in managing or operating similar operations; and (B) such management or operating agreement is on commercially reasonable and fair terms to the Authority; and

 

(iv) the Relinquishment Agreement and any amendments, extensions, modifications or renewals thereof which are not materially adverse to the Holders.

 

(c) No Lease Transaction may provide that the Authority may subordinate its leasehold or fee interest to any lessee or any financing party of any lessee, and no person other than the Authority may conduct gaming or casino operations on any property that is the subject of a Lease Transaction.

 

Section 4.25. Maintenance of Insurance.

 

Until the Notes have been paid in full, the Authority shall maintain insurance with responsible carriers against such risks and in such amounts as is customarily carried by similar businesses with such deductibles, retentions, set insured amounts and coinsurance provisions as are customarily carried by similar businesses of similar size, including, without limitation, property and casualty.

 

Customary insurance coverage shall be deemed to include the following:

 

(a) workers’ compensation insurance to the extent required to comply with all applicable state, territorial, or United States laws and regulations, or the laws and regulations of any other applicable jurisdiction;

 

(b) comprehensive general liability insurance with minimum limits of $2.0 million;

 

(c) umbrella or bumbershoot liability insurance providing excess liability coverages over and above the foregoing underlying insurance policies up to a minimum limit of $100.0 million; and

 

(d) property insurance protecting the property against loss or damage by fire, lightning, wind-storm, tornado, water damage, vandalism, riot, earthquake, civil commotion, malicious mischief, hurricane, and such other risks and hazards as are from time to

 

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time covered by an “all-risk” policy or a property policy covering “special” causes of loss (such insurance shall provide coverage of not less than the Maximum Foreseeable Loss (as determined from time to time) of any improvements and with a deductible no greater than $500,000 (other than earthquake insurance, for which the deductible may be up to 10% of the Maximum Foreseeable Loss).

 

Section 4.26. Gaming Licenses.

 

The Authority will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain and retain in full force and effect at all times all Gaming Licenses necessary for the operation of the Resort, provided that, if in the course of the exercise of its governmental or regulatory functions the Authority is required to suspend or revoke any consent, permit or license or close or suspend any operation or any part of the Resort as a result of any noncompliance with the law, the Authority will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to promptly and diligently correct such noncompliance or replace any personnel causing such noncompliance so that the Resort will be opened and fully operating.

 

The Authority shall file with the Trustee and provide Holders of Notes any Notice of Violation, Order of Temporary Closure, or Assessment of Civil Fines from the NIGC pursuant to 25 C.F.R. Part 573 or 575 or any successor provision, and any notice of Non-Compliance issued by, or cause of action commenced by, the State of Connecticut under Section 13 of the Compact, or any successor provision.

 

Section 4.27. Additional Interest.

 

If Additional Interest is payable by the Authority pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Authority shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate to that effect stating (i) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable and (ii) the date on which such interest is payable. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives such a certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no Additional Interest is payable. If the Authority has paid Additional Interest directly to the persons entitled to it, the Authority shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment.

 

ARTICLE 5

 

SUCCESSORS

 

Section 5.01. Liquidation or Dissolution.

 

The Authority shall not sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more transactions. The Authority shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person.

 

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ARTICLE 6

 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 6.01. Events of Default.

 

An Event of Default occurs if:

 

(a) the Authority defaults for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, or Additional Interest with respect to, the Notes (whether or not prohibited by Article 11);

 

(b) the Authority defaults in payment when due of the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes (whether or not prohibited by Article 11);

 

(c) the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries fails to comply with any of the provisions of Section 4.10 or 5.01 hereof;

 

(d) the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries fails to observe or perform (i) any covenant described in Section 4.07 or 4.09 for 30 days after notice to the Authority by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class or (ii) any other covenant, representation, warranty or other agreement in this Indenture or the Notes for 60 days after notice to the Authority by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class;

 

(e) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture, if that default (i) is caused by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “Payment Default”); or (ii) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity; and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more;

 

(f) failure by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final judgments in amounts not covered by insurance or not adequately reserved for in accordance with GAAP aggregating in excess of $25.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed (by reason of pending appeal or otherwise) for a period of 60 days;

 

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(g) the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Law:

 

(i) commences a voluntary case,

 

(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,

 

(iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,

 

(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or

 

(v) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or

 

(h) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

 

(i) is for relief against the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;

 

(ii) appoints a custodian of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or

 

(iii) orders the liquidation of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;

 

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;

 

(i) revocation, termination, suspension or other cessation of effectiveness of any Gaming License which results in the cessation or suspension of gaming operations for a period of more than 90 consecutive days at the Resort;

 

(j) cessation of gaming operations for a period of more than 90 consecutive days at the Resort (other than as a result of a casualty loss);

 

(k) the Lease ceases to be in full force and effect;

 

(l) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in

 

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full force and effect or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee; or

 

(m) failure by the Tribe to comply with the provisions of Article 12 for 30 days after notice to the Authority and the Tribe by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class.

 

Section 6.02. Acceleration.

 

If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (g) or (h) of Section 6.01 hereof with respect to the Authority, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Upon any such declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in clause (g) or (h) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs with respect to the Authority, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes shall be due and payable immediately without further action or notice. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of all of the Holders rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest or premium that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived.

 

If an Event of Default occurs by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the Authority with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Authority would have to pay if the Authority had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, then, upon acceleration of the Notes, an equivalent premium shall also become and be immediately due and payable, to the extent permitted by law, anything in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding.

 

Section 6.03. Other Remedies.

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

 

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

 

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Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium and Additional Interest            , if any, or interest on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase) (provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Control by Majority.

 

Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits.

 

A Holder of a Note may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes only if:

 

(a) the Holder of a Note gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

 

(b) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

 

(c) such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

 

(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of indemnity; and

 

(e) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

 

A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note.

 

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Section 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes To Receive Payment.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.

 

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Authority for the whole amount of principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Authority (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

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Section 6.10. Priorities.

 

If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

 

First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

 

Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest, respectively; and

 

Third: to the Authority or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.

 

Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.

 

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

 

ARTICLE 7

 

TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.

 

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

 

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(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

 

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

 

(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.

 

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.

 

(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

 

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Authority. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

(g) Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Section 4.03 is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Authority’s compliance with any of their covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

 

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Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee.

 

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

 

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

 

(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

 

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

 

(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Authority shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Authority.

 

(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

(g) Except with respect to Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance of the Authority’s covenants in Article 4 or Article 12 hereof. In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except (i) any Event of Default occurring pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) or (b) or Section 4.01 hereof or (ii) any Default or Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notification or obtained actual knowledge.

 

(h) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee may, in its discretion, make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Authority personally or by agent or attorney during regular business hours.

 

(i) In the absence of a written direction to do so received by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.05 from Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding

 

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Notes and indemnification from such Holders for any costs incurred by the Trustee in acting pursuant to such direction, the Trustee shall be under no duty to inquire into or to determine whether the Authority has taken any “willful action” under Section 6.02.

 

Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Authority or any Affiliate of the Authority with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.

 

Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Authority’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Authority or upon the Authority’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

 

Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults.

 

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.

 

Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.

 

Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c).

 

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes shall be mailed to the Authority and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Authority shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.

 

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At the expense of the Authority, the Trustee or, if the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Registrar, shall report the names of record Holders of the Notes to any Gaming Regulatory Authority when requested to do so by the Authority.

 

At the express direction of the Authority and at the Authority’s expense, the Trustee will provide any Gaming Regulatory Authority with:

 

(i) copies of all notices, reports and other written communications which the Trustee gives to Holders;

 

(ii) a list of all of the Holders promptly after the original issuance of the Notes and periodically thereafter if the Authority so directs;

 

(iii) notice of any Default under this Indenture, any acceleration of the Indebtedness evidenced hereby, the institution of any legal actions or proceedings before any court or governmental authority in respect of a Default or Event of Default hereunder;

 

(iv) notice of the removal or resignation of the Trustee within five Business Days of the effectiveness thereof;

 

(v) notice of any transfer or assignment of rights under this Indenture known to the Trustee within five Business Days thereof; and

 

(vi) a copy of any amendment to the Notes or this Indenture within five Business Days of the effectiveness thereof.

 

To the extent requested by the Authority and at the Authority’s expense, the Trustee shall cooperate with any Gaming Regulatory Authority in order to provide such Gaming Regulatory Authority with the information and documentation requested and as otherwise required by applicable law.

 

Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.

 

The Authority shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Authority shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

The Authority shall indemnify the Trustee and its directors, officers, employees and agents against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Authority (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Authority or any Holder or any

 

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other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith. The Trustee shall notify the Authority promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Authority shall not relieve the Authority of its obligations hereunder. The Authority shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Authority shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Authority need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

The obligations of the Authority under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

To secure the Authority’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or (h) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.

 

A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section.

 

The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Authority. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Authority in writing. The Authority may remove the Trustee if:

 

(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;

 

(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

 

(c) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Authority shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then

 

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out-standing Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Authority.

 

If any Gaming Regulatory Authority requires a Trustee to be approved, licensed or qualified and the Trustee fails or declines to do so, such approval, license or qualification shall be obtained upon the request of, and at the expense of, the Authority unless the Trustee declines to do so, or, if the Trustee’s relationship with either the Authority may, in the Authority’s discretion, jeopardize any material gaming license or franchise or right or approval granted thereto, the Trustee shall resign, and, in addition, the Trustee may at its option resign if the Trustee in its sole discretion determines not to be so approved, licensed or qualified.

 

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Authority, or the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

If the Trustee, after written request by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Authority. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Authority’s obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

 

If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business (including the trust created by this Indenture) to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

 

Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has, or together with all of its Subsidiaries and parent entities has, a combined capital and surplus of at least $100 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

 

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This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA § 310(b).

 

Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Authority.

 

The Trustee is subject to TIA § 31l(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

 

ARTICLE 8

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; LEGAL DEFEASANCE

AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

Section 8.01. Satisfaction and Discharge.

 

This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes when:

 

(1) either:

 

(a) all Notes that have been authenticated (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Authority) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

(b) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Authority has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in amounts sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

 

(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of any such deposit or shall occur as a result of any such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Authority is a party or by which it is bound;

 

(3) the Authority has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under the Indenture; and

 

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(4) the Authority has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under the Indenture to apply any deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be.

 

In addition, the Authority must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraphs, the Authority’s Obligations in Article 2 and in Sections 4.01, 4.02, 7.07, 7.08, 8.07 and 8.08 shall survive until the Notes are no longer outstanding. After the Notes are no longer outstanding, the Authority’s Obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.07 and 8.08 shall survive.

 

After such delivery or irrevocable deposit, the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Authority’s Obligations under the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantors’ obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees and this Indenture except for those surviving Obligations specified above.

 

Section 8.02. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

The Authority may, at the option of its Management Board evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, at any time, elect to have either Section 8.03 or 8.04 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.

 

Section 8.03. Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

 

Upon the Authority’s exercise under Section 8.02 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Authority shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.05 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Authority shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.06 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Authority, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.05 hereof, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due, (b) the Authority’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Authority’s obligations in connection therewith and (d) this Article 8. Subject to compliance with this Article 8,

 

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the Authority may exercise its option under this Section 8.03 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.04 hereof.

 

Section 8.04. Covenant Defeasance.

 

Upon the Authority’s exercise under Section 8.02 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.04, the Authority shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.05 hereof, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14(b), 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.20, 4.21, 4.22, 4.23, 4.24 and 4.25 hereof and Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Authority may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Authority’s exercise under Section 8.02 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(c) through 6.01(f) and Sections 6.01 (i) through 6.01 (m) hereof shall not constitute Events of Default.

 

Section 8.05. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

 

The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.03 or 8.04 hereof to the outstanding Notes:

 

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:

 

(a) the Authority must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in United States dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest on the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be;

 

(b) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Authority shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (A) the Authority has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this

 

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Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(c) in the case of an election under Section 8.04 hereof, the Authority shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness all or a portion of the proceeds of which will be used to defease the Notes pursuant to this Article 8 concurrently with such incurrence) or insofar as Sections 6.01(g) or 6.01(h) hereof is concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;

 

(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is bound;

 

(f) the Authority must have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (which may be subject to customary exceptions) to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;

 

(g) the Authority shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Authority with the intent of preferring the Holders over any other creditors of the Authority or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Authority or others; and

 

(h) the Authority shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

 

Section 8.06. Deposited Money and Government Securities To Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

Subject to Section 8.07 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee,

 

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collectively for purposes of this Section 8.06, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.05 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Authority acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

The Authority shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.05 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

 

Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Authority from time to time upon the request of the Authority any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.05 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.05(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

Section 8.07. Repayment to Authority.

 

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Authority, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Authority on its request or (if then held by the Authority) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Authority for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Authority as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Authority cause to be published once, in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Authority.

 

Section 8.08. Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.03 or 8.04 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Authority’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred

 

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pursuant to Section 8.03 or 8.04 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.03 or 8.04 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Authority makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Authority shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

ARTICLE 9

 

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

 

Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of Notes.

 

Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Authority, the Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, the Tribe and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees, if any, or the Notes without the consent of any Holder of a Note to:

 

(a) cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

 

(b) provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes or to alter the provisions of Article 2 hereof (including the related definitions) in a manner that does not materially adversely affect any Holder;

 

(c) provide for the assumption of the Authority’s obligations to the Holders of the Notes in the case of a merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Authority’s assets;

 

(d) make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of such Holder;

 

(e) comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA; or

 

(f) allow any Subsidiary to execute a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of such supplemental indenture attached as Exhibit E to this Indenture and a Subsidiary Guarantee substantially in the form of such Subsidiary Guarantee attached as Exhibit D to this Indenture.

 

Upon the request of the Authority accompanied by a resolution of its Management Board authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Authority and the Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, in the execution of any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any

 

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further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes.

 

(a) Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Authority, the Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, the Tribe and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including Sections 3.10 and 4.10 hereof), the Subsidiary Guarantees, if any, and the Notes:

 

(i) with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes);

 

(ii) with the consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, such Notes) in order to make a change in the provisions of Section 4.15 hereof that adversely affects the rights of any Holder of Notes and

 

(iii) with the consent of at least 75% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, such Notes) in order to make a change in the provisions of Article 11 hereof that adversely affects the rights of any Holder of Notes.

 

(b) Section 2.08 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for purposes of this Section 9.02.

 

(c) Upon the request of the Authority accompanied by a resolution of its Management Board authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Authority in the execution of such amended or supplemental Indenture unless such amended or supplemental Indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.

 

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(d) It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

 

(e) After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section becomes effective, the Authority shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Authority to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental Indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Authority with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a nonconsenting Holder):

 

(i) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

(ii) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter or waive any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes except as provided above with respect to Sections 3.10, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof;

 

(iii) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Note;

 

(iv) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

(v) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;

 

(vi) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights Holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of or interest on the Notes;

 

(vii) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note (other than a payment required by 3.10, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof);

 

(viii) make any change in the foregoing amendment and waiver provisions; or

 

(ix) release any Subsidiary Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of its Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

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Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

 

Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in an amended or supplemental Indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

 

Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.

 

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective (as determined by the Authority and which may be prior to any such amendment, supplement or waiver becoming operative), a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same Indebtedness as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date of the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective (as determined by the Authority and which may be prior to any such amendment, supplement or waiver becoming operative). After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder.

 

The Authority may, and shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver, which record date shall be the date so fixed by the Authority notwithstanding the provisions of the TIA. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date, and only those Persons (or their duly designated proxies), shall be entitled to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date.

 

Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

 

The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Authority in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Section 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments, etc.

 

The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized pursuant to this Article Nine if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Authority may not sign an amendment or supplemental Indenture until the Management Board approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 13.04 hereof, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE 10

 

GUARANTEES

 

Section 10.01. Unconditional Guarantee.

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall unconditionally, jointly and severally guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns that: (i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, subject to any applicable grace period, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise and interest on the over-due principal, if any, and interest on any interest, to the extent lawful, of the Notes and all other Obligations of the Authority to the Holders or the Trustee under this Indenture or the Notes will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or of any such other Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, subject to any applicable grace period, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that, as between such Subsidiary Guarantor on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Obligations Guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six for the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations Guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any acceleration of such Obligations as provided in Article 6, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantee in each case to the extent lawful.

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Authority, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance (other than payment in full) which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Subsidiary Guarantor in each case to the extent lawful. Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives, to the extent lawful, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Authority, any right to require a proceeding first against the Authority, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that the Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes, this Indenture and in the Subsidiary Guarantee. If any Noteholder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Authority, any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any Custodian acting in relation to the Authority or any Subsidiary Guarantor, any amount paid by the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee or such Noteholder, the Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that, in the event of Default in the payment of principal (or premium, if any) or

 

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interest on such Notes, whether at their Stated Maturity, by acceleration, upon redemption, purchase or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Notes, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly against each of the Subsidiary Guarantors to enforce the Subsidiary Guarantee without first proceeding against the Authority. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that if, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee or any Holders are prevented by applicable law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the maturity of the Notes, to collect interest on the Notes, or to enforce any other right or remedy with respect to the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantors, to the extent lawful, will pay to the Trustee for the account of the Holders, upon demand therefor, the amount that would otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of the Holders. The Subsidiary Guarantors will agree to pay, in addition to the amount stated above, any and all out of pocket reasonable expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee and the Holders in enforcing any rights under the Subsidiary Guarantees with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Section 10.02. Severability.

 

In case any provision of the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 10.03. Release of Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

A Subsidiary Guarantor may, by execution and delivery to the Trustee of a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee, be automatically and unconditionally released from its Subsidiary Guarantee upon either of the following:

 

(x) any sale, exchange or transfer by the Authority or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor to any Person that is not required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor of all of the Capital Stock of, or all or substantially all the assets of, such Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor, which sale, exchange or transfer is made in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; or

 

(y) the designation of such Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

provided, in each such case, the Authority has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transactions have been complied with and that such release is authorized and permitted under this Indenture.

 

Section 10.04. Limitation on Amount Guaranteed.

 

The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor are limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary

 

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Guarantor (including, but not limited to, all Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor) and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution Obligations under this Indenture, result in the Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law. Each Subsidiary Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under a Subsidiary Guarantee shall be entitled to a contribution from each other Subsidiary Guarantor in a pro rata amount based on the Adjusted Net Assets of each Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Section 10.05. Waiver of Subrogation.

 

Until payment in full is made on the Notes and all other Obligations of the Authority to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder and under the Notes, each Subsidiary Guarantor irrevocably waives any claim or other rights it acquires against the Authority that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee and this Indenture, including without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification, and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any Holder of Notes against the Authority, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Authority, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other rights. If any amount shall be paid to any Subsidiary Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and the Notes shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall have been deemed to have been paid to such Subsidiary Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of, the Holders of the Notes, and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of such Holders to be credited and applied upon the Notes, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Each Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the waiver set forth in this Section 10.05 is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

 

Section 10.06. Execution of Guarantee.

 

To evidence its Guarantee to the Noteholders set forth in this Article 10, each Subsidiary Guarantor will execute the Subsidiary Guarantee in substantially the form attached to this Indenture as Exhibit D, which shall be endorsed on each Note ordered to be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Article 10 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of the Subsidiary Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantee shall be signed on behalf of each Subsidiary Guarantor by one Officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor (each of whom shall, in each case, have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate actions), and the delivery of such Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee on behalf of such Subsidiary Guarantor. Such signatures upon the Subsidiary Guarantee may be by manual or facsimile signature of such officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Subsidiary Guarantee, and in case

 

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any such Officer who shall have signed the Subsidiary Guarantee shall cease to be such officer before the Note on which the Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by the Authority, such Note nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed the Subsidiary Guarantee had not ceased to be such Officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Section 10.07. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive such Subsidiary Guarantor from performing the Subsidiary Guarantee as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) each Subsidiary Guarantor expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

Section 10.08. Subordination of Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

The Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to this Article 10 shall be junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor on the same basis as the Notes are junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Authority. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Trustee and the Holders shall have the right to receive and/or retain payments by any of the Subsidiary Guarantors (or any Persons acting on their behalf) only at such times as they may receive and/or retain payments in respect of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, including Article 11 and the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall have the same rights and remedies provided for in Article 11.

 

ARTICLE 11

 

SUBORDINATION

 

Section 11.01. Agreement to Subordinate.

 

The Authority agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article 11, to the prior payment of all existing and future Senior Indebtedness. The provisions of this Article 11 are made for the benefit of the holders of any Senior Indebtedness, each of which is made an obligee hereunder and any one or more of which may enforce such provisions. The provisions of this Article 11 shall be reinstated if at any time any payment made on account of any Senior Indebtedness is rescinded or must otherwise be returned

 

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by the holder receiving payment thereof or any representative of such holder upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Authority or otherwise.

 

Section 11.02. Certain Definitions.

 

Permitted Junior Securities” means Equity Interests in the Authority or any Subsidiary Guarantor or debt securities that are subordinated to all Senior Indebtedness (and any debt securities issued in exchange for Senior Indebtedness) to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Notes are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness pursuant to this Indenture.

 

Representative” means the indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or representative for any Senior Indebtedness.

 

Section 11.03. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.

 

Upon any distribution to creditors in a liquidation or dissolution of the Authority or the Tribe, in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Authority, the Tribe or their respective property, in an assignment for the benefit of creditors or in any marshaling of the Authority’s or the Tribe’s assets and liabilities:

 

(i) holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all Obligations due in respect of such Senior Indebtedness (including interest after the commencement of any such proceeding at the rate specified in the applicable Senior Indebtedness) before Holders of the Notes shall be entitled to receive any payment with respect to the Notes (except that Holders of Notes may receive and retain (A) Permitted Junior Securities and (B) payments and other distributions made from any defeasance trust created pursuant to Section 8.02 hereof); and

 

(ii) until all Obligations with respect to Senior Indebtedness (as provided in clause (i) above) are paid in full, any distribution to which Holders would be entitled but for this Article 11 shall be made to holders of Senior Indebtedness (except that Holders of Notes may receive and retain (A) Permitted Junior Securities and (B) payments and other distributions made from any defeasance trust created pursuant to Section 8.02 hereof), as their interests may appear.

 

Section 11.04. Default on Designated Senior Indebtedness.

 

(a) The Authority may not make any payment or distribution to the Trustee or any Holder in respect of Obligations with respect to the Notes and may not acquire from the Trustee or any Holder any Notes for cash or property (other than (A) Permitted Junior Securities and (B) payments and other distributions made from any defeasance trust created pursuant to Section 8.02 hereof) until all principal and other Obligations with respect to the Senior Indebtedness have been paid in full if:

 

(i) a default in the payment of any principal or other Obligations with respect to Designated Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing beyond any applicable grace period in the agreement, indenture or other document governing such Designated Senior Indebtedness; or

 

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(ii) a default, other than a payment default, on Designated Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that then permits holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives a notice of the default (a “Payment Blockage Notice”) from a Person who may give it pursuant to Section 11.12 hereof. If the Trustee receives any such Payment Blockage Notice, no subsequent Payment Blockage Notice shall be effective for purposes of this Section unless and until (A) at least 360 days shall have elapsed since the effectiveness of the immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice and (B) all scheduled payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes that have come due have been paid in full in cash. No nonpayment default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage Notice unless such default shall have been waived for a period of not less than 180 days.

 

(b) The Authority may and shall resume payments on and distributions in respect of the Notes and may acquire them upon the earlier of:

 

(i) the date upon which all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full and in cash or the default is cured or waived in writing, or

 

(ii) in the case of a default referred to in clause (ii) of Section 11.04(a) hereof, 179 days pass after notice is received if the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness has not been accelerated,

 

if this Article 11 otherwise permits the payment, distribution or acquisition at the time of such payment or acquisition.

 

Section 11.05. Acceleration of Notes.

 

If payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Authority shall promptly notify holders of Senior Indebtedness of the acceleration.

 

Section 11.06. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.

 

In the event that the Trustee or any Holder receives any payment of any Obligations with respect to the Notes at a time when a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or such Holder, as applicable, has actual knowledge that such payment is prohibited by Section 11.04 hereof, such payment shall be held by the Trustee or such Holder, in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid forthwith over and delivered, upon written request, to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness as their interests may appear or their Representative under the indenture or other agreement (if any) pursuant to which Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application to the payment of all Obligations with respect to Senior

 

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Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Obligations in full and in cash in accordance with their terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness.

 

With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform only such obligations on the part of the Trustee as are specifically set forth in this Article 11, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and shall not be liable to any such holders if the Trustee shall pay over or distribute to or on behalf of Holders or the Authority or any other Person money or assets to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article 11, except if such payment is made as a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Trustee.

 

Section 11.07. Notice by Authority.

 

The Authority shall promptly notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent of any facts known to the Authority that would cause a payment of any Obligations with respect to the Notes to violate this Article 11, but failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the Notes to Senior Indebtedness as provided in this Article 11.

 

Section 11.08. Subrogation.

 

After all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full and until the Notes are paid in full, Holders of Notes shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with all other Indebtedness pari passu with the Notes) to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive distributions applicable to Senior Indebtedness to the extent that distributions otherwise payable to the Holders of Notes have been applied to the payment of Senior Indebtedness. A distribution made under this Article 11 to holders of Senior Indebtedness that otherwise would have been made to Holders of Notes is not, as between the Authority and Holders, a payment by the Authority on the Notes.

 

Section 11.09. Relative Rights.

 

This Article 11 defines the relative rights of Holders of Notes and holders of Senior Indebtedness. Nothing in this Indenture shall:

 

(i) impair, as between the Authority and Holders of Notes, the obligation of the Authority, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with their terms;

 

(ii) affect the relative rights of Holders of Notes and creditors of the Authority other than their rights in relation to holders of Senior Indebtedness; or

 

(iii) prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Notes from exercising its available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default, subject to the rights of holders and owners

 

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of Senior Indebtedness to receive distributions and payments otherwise payable to Holders of Notes.

 

If the Authority fails because of this Article 11 to pay principal of or interest on a Note on the due date, the failure is still a Default or Event of Default.

 

Section 11.10. Subordination May Not Be Impaired.

 

No right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by the Authority or any Holder or by the failure of the Authority or any Holder to comply with this Indenture. No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination provided in this Article 11 shall at any time or in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act by such holder, or any non-compliance by the Tribe, the Authority or any Subsidiary Guarantor with the terms of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with. The holders of Senior Indebtedness may, without notice to or consent of any Holders, (i) extend, renew, modify or amend the terms of the Senior Indebtedness (including changing the terms of payment) or any security therefor and release, sell or exchange such security or release any person in any manner liable for such Senior Indebtedness, (ii) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Tribe, the Authority, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other person (including the holders), and (iii) apply any sums by whomsoever paid, or howsoever realized to any Senior Indebtedness in such manner as the holder of the Senior Indebtedness may determine.

 

Section 11.11. Distribution or Notice to Representative.

 

Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Indebtedness, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative.

 

Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Authority referred to in this Article 11, the Trustee and the Holders of Notes shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction or upon any certificate of such Representative or of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders of Notes for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Authority, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 11.

 

Section 11.12. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 11 or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment or distribution by the Trustee, and the Trustee and the Paying Agent may continue to make payments on the Notes, unless the Trustee shall have received at its Corporate Trust Office at least five Business Days prior to the date of such payment written notice of facts that would cause the payment of any Obligations with respect to the Notes

 

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to violate this Article 11. Only the Authority or a Representative may give the notice. Nothing in this Article 11 shall impair the claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof.

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Indebtedness with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights.

 

Section 11.13. Authorization to Effect Subordination.

 

Each Holder of Notes, by the Holder’s acceptance thereof, authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article 11, and appoints the Trustee to act as such Holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. If the Trustee does not file a proper proof of claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding referred to in Section 6.09 hereof at least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim, the Representatives are hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of the Notes. No holder of any Senior Indebtedness and no Representative of such holder shall have (i) any duty to file any such proof of claim or proof of debt or (ii) any liability to any Holder if any such proof of claim or proof of debt is for any reason defective.

 

Section 11.14. Amendments.

 

The provisions of this Article 11 shall not be amended or modified without the written consent of the holders of all Senior Indebtedness.

 

ARTICLE 12

 

COVENANTS OF THE TRIBE

 

Section 12.01. Covenants of the Tribe.

 

The Tribe shall not, and shall not permit any of its representatives, political subunits or councils, agencies, instrumentalities, directly or indirectly, except as required by federal or state law, to do any of the following:

 

(a) increase or impose any tax or other payment obligation on the Authority or on any patrons of, or any activity at, the Resort other than:

 

(i) payments that are due under any agreement in effect on the date of this Indenture or payments that are not materially adverse to the economic interests of Holders of the Notes;

 

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(ii) payments that the Authority has agreed to reimburse each Holder for the economic effect thereof, if any;

 

(iii) payments that correspondingly reduce the Restricted Payments otherwise payable to the Tribe;

 

(iv) pursuant to the Tribal Tax Code; or

 

(v) Government Service Payments;

 

(b) amend the terms of the Lease in any material manner that would be materially adverse to the economic interests of Holders;

 

(c) amend the Tribal Gaming Ordinance in effect on the date of this Indenture (unless any such amendment is a legitimate effort to ensure that the Authority and the Resort conduct gaming operations in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws, rules and regulations or that protects the environment, the public health and safety, or the integrity of the Authority or the Resort) to restrict or eliminate the exclusive right of the Authority to conduct gaming operations on the existing reservation of the Tribe located adjacent to Uncasville, Connecticut in a manner that would be materially adverse to the economic interests of Holders; or

 

(d) take any other action, enter into any agreement, amend its constitution or enact any ordinance, law, rule or regulation that would have a material adverse effect on the economic interests of Holders, provided that, except as set forth in Section 12.01(c), nothing herein shall restrict the ability of the Tribe, directly or indirectly, to engage in any business, including a Gaming enterprise, outside of the Authority.

 

Moreover, except with the consent of a majority in interest of Holders or as required by federal or state law, the Tribe shall not, and shall not permit any of its representatives, political subunits or councils, agencies, instrumentalities, to, directly or indirectly impose, tax or otherwise make a charge on the Notes, this Indenture or any payments or deposits to be made thereunder.

 

Section 12.02. Additional Covenants of the Tribe.

 

(a) Any action taken by the Tribe to comply with federal or state law that would otherwise violate Section 12.01 shall be taken only after prior written notice to the Trustee, accompanied with an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel that such action is required by federal or state law. To the extent possible under the federal or state law, the Tribe shall give the Trustee at least 30 days prior written notice of any such action.

 

(b) The Tribe will not permit or incur any consensual liability of the Tribe (or of any other instrumentality or subunit of the Tribe) that is a legal obligation of the Authority, or for which the Authority’s assets may be bound, other than a liability that the Authority is permitted or not prohibited from incurring on its own behalf under this Indenture.

 

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(c) In the event that the Tribe receives any payment from the Authority at a time when such payment is prohibited by the terms of this Indenture, such payment shall be held by the Tribe in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid forthwith over and delivered, upon the written request of the Trustee or the Authority, to the Authority.

 

(d) The Tribe will not, pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law, appoint or consent to the appointment of a custodian of the Authority or for all or substantially all of the property of the Authority.

 

(e) The Tribe agrees that it will not enact any Bankruptcy Law or similar law for the relief of debtors that would impair, limit, restrict, delay or otherwise adversely affect any of the rights and remedies of the Trustee or the Holders provided for in this Indenture or the Notes.

 

(f) The Tribe agrees that it will not, and will not permit the Authority or any of the Tribe’s representatives, political subunits, agencies, instrumentalities or councils to, exercise any power of eminent domain over the property that is the subject of the Lease (other than any such exercise that would not materially adversely affect the economic rights and benefits of the Trustee or the Holders thereunder). Except as required by federal or state law, the Tribe will not enact any statute, law, ordinance or rule that would have a material adverse affect on the rights of the Trustee or the Holders under this Indenture or the Notes.

 

(g) The Tribe hereby agrees that upon any payment or distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution, winding up, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors, marshalling of assets or any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings of the Authority or the Resort, the Holders of the Notes shall be entitled to receive payment in full in respect to all principal, premium, interest and other amounts owing in respect of the Notes before any payment or any distribution to the Tribe.

 

(h) The Tribe agrees that the Authority shall have sole and exclusive right to operate the Resort.

 

(i) Any action taken in violation of this Article 12 shall be deemed in contravention of Article XIV (“Non-Impairment of Contracts”) of the Constitution of the Tribe.

 

ARTICLE 13

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 13.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.

 

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA §318(c), the imposed duties shall control.

 

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Section 13.02. Notices.

 

Any notice or communication by the Authority, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:

 

If to the Authority or any Subsidiary Guarantor:

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority

One Mohegan Sun Boulevard

Uncasville, CT 06382

Telecopier No.: (860) 204-6153

Attention: Mark F. Brown

 

With a copy to:

 

Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

555 Thirteenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Telecopier No.: (202) 637-5910

Attention: Carol Weld King, Esq.

 

If to the Tribe:

 

The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut

One Mohegan Sun Boulevard

Uncasville, CT 06382

Telecopier No.: (860) 204-6153

Attention: Mark F. Brown

 

With a copy to:

 

Rome McGuigan Sabanosh, P.C.

One State Street

Hartford, CT 06103-3103

Telecopier No.: (203) 724-3921

Attention: Lewis B. Rome, Esq.

 

If to the Trustee:

 

U.S. Bank National Association

Goodwin Square, 23rd Floor

225 Asylum Street

Hartford, CT 06103

Telecopier No.: (860) 241-6881

 

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Attention: Corporate Trust Services (Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority 6 7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015)

 

With a copy to:

 

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

One Constitution Plaza

Hartford, CT 06103-1919

Telecopier No.: (860) 251-5212

Attention: Daniel P. Brown, Jr., Esq.

 

The Authority or the Trustee, by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

 

Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA § 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

 

If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

 

If the Authority mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

 

Section 13.03. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.

 

Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Authority, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

 

Section 13.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

 

Upon any request or application by the Authority or any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Authority shall furnish to the Trustee:

 

(a) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 13.05 hereof) stating

 

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that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and

 

(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.

 

Section 13.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

 

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA § 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and shall include:

 

(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and

 

(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.

 

Section 13.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents.

 

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

 

Section 13.07. Dispute Resolution and Consent to Suit.

 

The Tribe does not consent to the enforcement, levy, or other execution of any judgment for money or other damages against any assets, real or personal, of the Tribe, except that the Tribe and the Authority consent to the enforcement and execution of any judgment, whether obtained as a result of judicial, administrative, or arbitrational proceedings, against any assets of the Authority or to compel the Tribe to return any prohibited payment made to the Tribe as described in Section 12.02(c). Subject to the foregoing, the Tribe and the Authority waive their respective sovereign immunity from unconsented suit, whether such suit be brought in law or in equity, or in administrative proceedings or proceedings in arbitration, to permit the commencement, maintenance, and enforcement of any action, by any person with standing to maintain an action, to interpret or enforce the terms of this Indenture or the Notes, and to enforce and

 

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execute any judgment resulting therefrom against the Authority or the assets of the Authority. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or canon of construction, the Tribe and the Authority each intends this waiver to be interpreted liberally to permit the full litigation of disputes arising under or out of this Indenture or the Notes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Tribe and the Authority waive their immunity from unconsented suit to permit the maintenance of the following actions:

 

(a) Courts. The Tribe and the Authority each waive their immunity from unconsented suit to permit any court of competent jurisdiction to (i) enforce and interpret the terms of this Indenture and the Notes, and award and enforce the award of damages owing as a consequence of a breach thereof, whether such award is the product of litigation, administrative proceedings, or arbitration; (ii) determine whether any consent or approval of the Tribe or the Authority has been improperly granted or unreasonably withheld; (iii) enforce any judgment prohibiting the Tribe or the Authority from taking any action, or mandating or obligating the Tribe or the Authority to take any action, including a judgment compelling the Tribe or Authority to submit to binding arbitration; and (iv) adjudicate any claim under the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968, 25 U.S.C. § 1302 (or any successor statute).

 

(b) Arbitration. The Tribe and the Authority each waive their immunity from unconsented suit to permit arbitrators, appointed and acting under the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association, whenever and to the extent any agreement to submit a matter to arbitration is made by the Tribe or by the Authority, to (i) enforce and interpret the terms of this Indenture and the Notes, and to award and enforce the award of any damages owing as a consequence thereof; (ii) determine whether any consent or approval of the Tribe or the Authority has been unreasonably withheld; and (iii) enforce any judgment prohibiting the Tribe or the Authority from taking any action, or mandating or obligating the Tribe or the Authority to take any action, including a judgment compelling the Tribe or the Authority to submit to binding arbitration.

 

Section 13.08. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

 

Neither the Tribe nor any director, officer, office holder, employee, agent, representative or member of the Authority or the Tribe or holder of an Ownership Interest of the Authority, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Tribe, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, if any, this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

 

Section 13.09. Governing Law.

 

THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES

 

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THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).

 

Section 13.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Authority or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

Section 13.11. Successors.

 

All agreements of the Authority in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of each Subsidiary Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

 

Section 13.12. Severability.

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 13.13. Counterpart Originals.

 

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

Section 13.14. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

 

The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

[Signatures on following page]

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Accepted and Agreed to as of the date above written

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

By:   /s/    LEO M. CHUPASKA        

Name:

  Leo M. Chupaska

Title:

  Chief Financial Officer

MOHEGAN BASKETBALL CLUB LLC

By:   /s/    MITCHELL ETESS        

Name:

  Mitchell Etess

Title:

  Manager
MOHEGAN COMMERCIAL VENTURES PA, LLC
By:   /s/    LEO M. CHUPASKA        

Name:

  Leo M. Chupaska

Title:

  Chief Financial Officer

DOWNS RACING, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner
By:   /s/    LEO M. CHUPASKA        

Name:

  Leo M. Chupaska

Title:

  Chief Financial Officer

 

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BACKSIDE, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner
By:   /s/    LEO M. CHUPASKA        

Name:

  Leo M. Chupaska

Title:

  Chief Financial Officer

MILL CREEK LAND, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner
By:   /s/    LEO M. CHUPASKA        

Name:

  Leo M. Chupaska

Title:

  Chief Financial Officer

NORTHEAST CONCESSIONS, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner
By:   /s/    LEO M. CHUPASKA        

Name:

  Leo M. Chupaska

Title:

  Chief Financial Officer

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By:   /s/    CAUNA M. SILVA        

Name:

  Cauna M. Silva

Title:

  Vice President

THE MOHEGAN TRIBE OF INDIANS OF CONNECTICUT

(solely with respect to its obligations under Article 12 and Sections 4.21 and 13.07)

By:   /s/    PHILIP M. CAHILL        

Name:

  Philip M. Cahill

Title:

  Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

[Face of Note]

 

CUSIP/CINS [            ]

 

6 7/8% Senior Subordinated Note due 2015

 

No.            

   $                    

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

 

promises to pay to

_____________________________________________________________________________________

 

or registered assigns,

 

the principal sum of

_____________________________________________________________________________________

 

Dollars on February 15, 2015

 

Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15

 

Record Dates: February 1 and August 1

 

Dated:

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

By:    

Name:

       

Title:

       
By:    

Name:

       

Title:

       

 

This is one of the Notes referred

to in the within-mentioned Indenture:

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:    
   

Authorized Signatory

 

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[Back of Note]

6 7/8% Senior Subordinated Note due 2015

 

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE AUTHORITY.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE AUTHORITY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (SUBJECT TO THE DELIVERY OF SUCH EVIDENCE, IF ANY, REQUIRED UNDER THE INDENTURE PURSUANT TO WHICH THIS NOTE IS ISSUED) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF

 

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SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER OR ANOTHER EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUTHORITY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (1)(a) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE AUTHORITY SO REQUESTS), SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT BY THE REGISTRAR OF A CERTIFICATION OF THE TRANSFEROR AND AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) TO THE AUTHORITY OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTION SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.

 

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

1. INTEREST.

 

(a) The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (the “Authority”) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 6 7/8% per annum from February 8, 2005 until maturity. The Authority will pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an “Interest Payment Date”) to the holders of record on the preceding February 1 and August 1, respectively. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of original issuance; provided that, if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be August 15, 2005. The Authority shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and Additional Interest, if any, (without regard to any applicable

 

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grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

(b) The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among the Authority, Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, Downs Racing, L.P., Backside, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P. ( the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and the Initial Purchasers named therein ( the “Registration Rights Agreement”). If (i) the Authority fails to file any of the Registration Statements required by the Registration Rights Agreements on or before the date specified for such filing, (ii) any of such Registration Statements is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness (the “Effectiveness Target Date”), (iii) the Authority fails to consummate the Exchange Offer within 30 Business Days of the Effectiveness Target Date with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, or (iv) the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective but thereafter ceases to be effective or usable in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods specified in the Registration Rights Agreement (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above a “Registration Default”), then the Authority will pay additional interest (“Additional Interest”) to each Holder of Notes, with respect to the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of the first Registration Default in an amount equal to 25 basis points per 90-day period of the principal amount of Notes held by such Holder. The amount of the Additional Interest will increase by an additional 25 basis points with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of Additional Interest of 1% per annum of the principal amount of Notes.

 

(A) Except as expressly provided in this paragraph 1(b), Additional Interest shall be treated as interest and any date on which Additional Interest is due and payable shall be treated as an Interest Payment Date for all purposes under this Note and the Indenture.

 

(B) In the event that the Authority is required to pay Additional Interest pursuant to this paragraph 1(b), the Authority shall notify the Trustee in writing at least 15 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date upon which such Additional Interest is due; provided that, in the event that the obligation to pay such Additional Interest occurs less than 15 days prior to such Additional Interest Date, such notice shall be provided by the Authority to the Trustee as soon as reasonably practicable prior to such Interest Payment Date.

 

2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Authority will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) and Additional Interest, if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the February 1 or August 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and Additional Interest,

 

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if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Authority maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Authority, payment of interest and Additional Interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium and Additional Interest on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall hold at least $1.0 million in principal amount of Notes and have provided wire transfer instructions to the Authority or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be made in accordance with those instructions.

 

3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Authority may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Authority may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

4. INDENTURE. The Authority issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of February 8, 2005 (“Indenture”) among the Authority, The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (the “Tribe”) the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

 

(a) At any time prior to February 15, 2010, the Authority shall have the option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

(1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and

 

(2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments discounted to the Redemption Date, on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points;

 

plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date.

 

(b) At any time or from time to time on or after February 15, 2010, the Authority shall have the option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on February 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Year


   Percentage

 

2010

   103.438 %

2011

   102.292 %

2012

   101.146 %

2013 and thereafter

   100.000 %

 

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(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of Article 3 of the Indenture, if any Gaming Regulatory Authority requires that a Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable gaming laws in order to maintain any gaming license or franchise of the Authority under any applicable gaming laws, and the Holder or beneficial owner fails to apply for a license, qualification or finding of suitability within 30 days after being requested to do so by such Gaming Regulatory Authority (or such lesser period that may be required by such Gaming Regulatory Authority) or if such Holder or beneficial owner is not so licensed, qualified or found suitable, the Authority has the right, at its option, (i) to require such Holder or beneficial owner to dispose of such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s Notes within 30 days of receipt of such notice of such finding by the applicable Gaming Regulatory Authority (or such earlier date as may be required by the applicable Gaming Regulatory Authority); or (ii) to call for redemption of the Notes of such Holder or beneficial owner at a redemption price equal to the least of (1) the principal amount thereof, (2) the price at which such Holder or beneficial owner acquired the Notes and (3) the current market price of the Notes, together with, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the earlier of the date of redemption or the date of the finding of unsuitability by such Gaming Regulatory Authority, which may be less than 30 days following the notice of redemption if so ordered by such Gaming Regulatory Authority. The Authority shall not be required to pay or reimburse any Holder or beneficial owner of Notes who is required to apply for any such license, qualification or finding of suitability for the costs of the licensure or investigation for such qualification or finding of suitability. Such expenses shall be the obligation of such Holder or beneficial owner.

 

6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION.

 

Except as set forth in paragraph 7 below, the Authority shall not be required to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.

 

7. REPURCHASE AT OPTION HOLDER.

 

(a) If there is a Change of Control, the Authority shall be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 20 Business Days following any Change of Control, the Authority shall mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.

 

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(b) If the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary consummates any Asset Sales, within five Business Days of each date on which the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, the Authority shall commence an offer to all Holders of Notes (as “Asset Sale Offer”) pursuant to Section 3.10 of the Indenture to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest thereon, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Authority (or such Restricted Subsidiary) may use such remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Authority prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Notes.

 

8. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the Redemption Date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

 

9. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Authority may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Authority need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Authority need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

 

10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

 

11. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, voting as a single class, and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the

 

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Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Authority’s or a Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor in the case of a merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Authority’s assets, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act or to allow any Subsidiary to execute a supplemental indenture relating to a Subsidiary Guarantee and to execute a Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

12. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest or Additional Interest on the Notes (whether or not prohibited by Article 11 of the Indenture); (ii) default in payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes (whether or not prohibited by Article 11 of the Indenture); (iii) failure by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with Section 4.10 or 5.01 of the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to observe or perform (A) any covenant described in Section 4.07 or 4.09 of the Indenture for 30 days after notice to the Authority by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class or (B) any other covenant, representation, warranty or other agreement in the Indenture or the Notes for 60 days after notice to the Authority by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class; (v) default under certain other agreements relating to Indebtedness of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which default (A) is caused by a Payment Default or (B) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity; and in each case, the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more; (vi) certain final judgments for the payment of money that remain undischarged for a period of 60 days; (vii) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (viii) revocation, termination, suspension or other cessation of effectiveness of any Gaming License which results in the cessation or suspension of gaming operations for a period of more than 90 consecutive days at the Resort; (ix) cessation of gaming operations for a period of more than 90 consecutive days at the Resort (other than as a result of a casualty loss); (x) the Lease ceases to be in full force and effect; (xi) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Person acting on its behalf shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee; and (xii) failure by the Tribe to comply with the provisions of Article 12 for 30 days after notice to the Authority and the Tribe by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal

 

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amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes. The Authority is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Authority is required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.

 

13. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH AUTHORITY. Subject to Section 7.03 of the Indenture, the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Authority or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Authority or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

 

14. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A controlling person, director, officer, employee or holder of an Ownership Interest of the Authority, as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Authority under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

 

15. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

 

16. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

 

17. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES AND RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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18. CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Authority has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

The Authority will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to:

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority

One Mohegan Sun Boulevard

Uncasville, CT 06382

Attention: Mark F. Brown

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:        
           
       

(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint

_______________________________________________________________________

to transfer this Note on the books of the Authority. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:

 
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee*:____________________________

 

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Authority pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

 

¨   Section 4.10                                          ¨   Section 4.15

 

If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Authority pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

$                    

 

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:

 
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:_________________________

 

 

Signature Guarantee*:______________________

 

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

 

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange


 

Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of this
Global Note


 

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of
this Global Note


   Principal Amount of this
Global Note
following such decrease
(or increase)


   Signature of
authorized officer of
Trustee or Note
Custodian


 

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EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority

One Mohegan Sun Boulevard

Uncasville, CT 06382

 

U.S. Bank National Association

Goodwin Square

225 Asylum Street

Hartford, CT 06103

 

  Re: 6 7/8% Notes due 2015

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of February 8, 2005 (the “Indenture”), among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, as issuer (the “Authority”), The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (the “Tribe”), Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, Downs Racing, L.P., Backside, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P., as guarantors (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

                     (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $ in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to                      (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

 

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

 

1.    ¨  Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Definitive Note Pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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2.    ¨  Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act; (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

3.    ¨  Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

 

(a)    ¨  such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;

 

or

 

(b)    ¨  such Transfer is being effected to the Authority or a subsidiary thereof;

 

or

 

(c)    ¨  such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act;

 

or

 

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4.     ¨  Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.

 

(a)    ¨  Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

(b)    ¨  Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

(c)    ¨  Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Authority.

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]

By:    

Name:

   

Title:

   

 

Dated:                    

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:

 

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

 

  (a) ¨       a beneficial interest in the:

 

  (i) ¨  144A Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or

 

  (ii) ¨  Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or

 

  (b) ¨       a Restricted Definitive Note.

 

2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

 

[CHECK ONE]

 

  (a) ¨       a beneficial interest in the:

 

  (i) ¨  144A Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or

 

  (ii) ¨  Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or

 

  (iii) ¨  Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP                     ); or

 

  (b) ¨       a Restricted Definitive Note; or

 

  (c) ¨       an Unrestricted Definitive Note,

 

in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority

One Mohegan Sun Boulevard

Uncasville, CT 06382

 

U.S. Bank National Association

Goodwin Square

225 Asylum Street

Hartford, CT 06103

 

  Re: 6 7/8% Notes due 2015

 

(CUSIP                     )

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of February 8, 2005 (the “Indenture”) among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, as issuer (the “Authority”), The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (the “Tribe”), Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, Downs Racing, L.P., Backside, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P., as guarantors (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

                     (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $              in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

 

1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note.

 

(a)    ¨  Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being

 

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acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

(b)    ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

(c)    ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

(d)    ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes.

 

(a)    ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal

 

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principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

(b)    ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] ¨ 144A Global Note, ¨ Regulation S Global Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Authority.

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:    

Name:

       

Title:

       

 

Dated:                     

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF NOTATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE ON NOTE

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor (as defined in the Indenture) has jointly and severally unconditionally guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, whether at maturity or an Interest Payment Date, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, (b) the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and premium of, and interest, to the extent lawful, on the Notes and (c) that in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due in accordance with the terms of the extension of renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee would constitute or result in a violation of any applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar law of any relevant jurisdiction, the liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be limited to such amount as will not, after giving effect thereto, and to all other liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor, result in such amount constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

 

The Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Note upon which the Subsidiary Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual or facsimile signature of one of its authorized officers.

 

Dated:                     

 

MOHEGAN BASKETBALL CLUB LLC
By:    

Name:

       

Title:

       
MOHEGAN COMMERCIAL VENTURES PA, LLC
By:    

Name:

       

Title:

       

 

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DOWNS RACING, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner
By:    

Name:

       

Title:

       

BACKSIDE, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner
By:    

Name:

       

Title:

       

MILL CREEK LAND, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner
By:    

Name:

       

Title:

       

NORTHEAST CONCESSIONS, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner
By:    

Name:

       

Title:

       

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of                 , among                  (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), a subsidiary of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (or its permitted successor), (the “Authority”), the Authority, the other Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS the Authority has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of February 8, 2005 providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $150,000,000 of 6 7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Authority’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”); and

 

WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

2. INDENTURE PROVISION PURSUANT TO WHICH GUARANTEE IS GIVEN. This Supplemental Indenture is being executed and delivered pursuant to Section 4.20 of the Indenture.

 

3. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:

 

(a) The Subsidiary Guarantor, jointly and severally with all other Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, unconditionally guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, the Notes or the obligations of the Authority hereunder or thereunder, that:

 

(i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Authority to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

 

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(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately, in each case to the extent lawful.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that this Subsidiary Guarantee would constitute or result in a violation of any applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar law of any relevant jurisdiction, the liability of the Subsidiary Guarantor under this Supplemental Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be limited to such amount as will not, after giving effect thereto, and to all other liabilities of the Subsidiary Guarantor, result in such amount constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

 

4. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.

 

(a) To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee shall be endorsed by an officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee after the date hereof.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

(c) If an officer whose signature is on this Supplemental Indenture or on the Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

 

(d) The delivery of the Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof under the Indenture, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(e) The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, regardless of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any

 

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Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Authority, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor in each case to the extent lawful.

 

(f) The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives, to the extent lawful, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Authority, any right to require a proceeding first against the Authority, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that its Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture or pursuant to Section 5(b) of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

(g) If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Supplemental Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then, and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

(h) The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor as a result of any payment by such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand:

 

(i) in each case, to the extent lawful, the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby; and

 

(ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantor for the purpose of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, in each case to the extent lawful.

 

(i) The Subsidiary Guarantor shall have the right to seek contribution from any other nonpaying Subsidiary Guarantor, if any, so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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(j) The Subsidiary Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of the Indenture or this Subsidiary Guarantee; and the Subsidiary Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

(k) The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall be junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantor on the same basis as the Notes are junior and subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness of the Authority. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Trustee and the Holders shall have the right to receive and/or retain payments by the Subsidiary Guarantor (or any Persons acting on its behalf) only at such times as they may receive and/or retain payments in respect of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, including Article 11 of the Indenture and the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall have the same rights and remedies provided for in Article 11 of the Indenture.

 

5. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS.

 

(a) Nothing contained in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Subsidiary Guarantor with or into the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or shall prevent any transfer, sale or conveyance of the property of the Subsidiary Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Article 5 of the Indenture, upon the sale or disposition of all of the Capital Stock of the Subsidiary Guarantor by the Authority or a Subsidiary of the Authority, or upon the consolidation or merger of the Subsidiary Guarantor with or into any Person, or if a Subsidiary Guarantor is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Subsidiary Guarantor (in each case, other than with or to an Affiliate of the Authority), or upon a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of the Notes, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this Subsidiary Guarantee without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder if no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; provided that in the event of an Asset Sale, the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are treated in accordance with Section 4.10 of the Indenture and provided further that in the event of a redesignation of a Subsidiary, the transaction is in compliance with Section 4.07 of the Indenture. Except with respect to transactions set forth in the preceding sentence, the Authority and the Subsidiary Guarantor covenant and agree that upon any such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, the performance of all covenants and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture to be performed by such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be expressly

 

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assumed by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, by the corporation formed by such consolidation, or into which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall have merged, or by the corporation which shall have acquired such property. Upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate of the Authority or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, to the effect that the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor has complied with the first sentence of this Section 5(b), the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Authority or the Subsidiary Guarantor, at the cost of the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, in order to evidence the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its Senior Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed on the Notes and under the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture.

 

6. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. The internal law of the State of New York shall govern and be used to construe this Supplemental Indenture.

 

7. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

8. EFFECT OF READINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

Dated:                     ,         

 

[SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR]

By:    

Name:

       

Title:

       

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

By:    

Name:

       

Title:

       

MOHEGAN BASKETBALL CLUB LLC

By:    

Name:

       

Title:

       
[SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS]

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:    
   

Authorized Signatory

 

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EX-4.29 9 dex429.htm EXHIBIT 4.29 EXHIBIT 4.29

EXHIBIT 4.29

 

[Face of Note]

 

CUSIP/CINS [                    ]

 

6 7/8% Senior Subordinated Note due 2015

 

No.            

 

$                    

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

 

promises to pay to

______________________________________________________________________

 

or registered assigns,

 

the principal sum of             

_______________________________________________________________________

 

Dollars on February 15, 2015

 

Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15

 

Record Dates: February 1 and August 1

 

Dated:

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY
By:    

Name:

   

Title:

   
By:    

Name:

   

Title:

   

 

This is one of the Notes referred to

in the within-mentioned Indenture:

 

U.S.BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:    
   

Authorized Signatory

 


 

[Back of Note]

6 7/8% Senior Subordinated Note due 2015

 

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE AUTHORITY.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE AUTHORITY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (SUBJECT TO THE DELIVERY OF SUCH EVIDENCE, IF ANY, REQUIRED UNDER THE INDENTURE PURSUANT TO WHICH THIS NOTE IS ISSUED) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION

 


5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER OR ANOTHER EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUTHORITY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (1)(a) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE AUTHORITY SO REQUESTS), SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT BY THE REGISTRAR OF A CERTIFICATION OF THE TRANSFEROR AND AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) TO THE AUTHORITY OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTION SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.

 

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

1. INTEREST.

 

(a) The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (the “Authority”) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 6 7/8 % per annum from February 8, 2005 until maturity. The Authority will pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an “Interest Payment Date”) to the holders of record on the preceding February 1 and August 1, respectively. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of original issuance; provided that, if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be August 15, 2005. The Authority shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and Additional Interest, if any, (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time

 


to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

(b) The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among the Authority, Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, Downs Racing, L.P., Backside, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P. ( the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and the Initial Purchasers named therein ( the “Registration Rights Agreement”). If (i) the Authority fails to file any of the Registration Statements required by the Registration Rights Agreements on or before the date specified for such filing, (ii) any of such Registration Statements is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness (the “Effectiveness Target Date”), (iii) the Authority fails to consummate the Exchange Offer within 30 Business Days of the Effectiveness Target Date with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, or (iv) the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective but thereafter ceases to be effective or usable in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods specified in the Registration Rights Agreement (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above a “Registration Default”), then the Authority will pay additional interest (“Additional Interest”) to each Holder of Notes, with respect to the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of the first Registration Default in an amount equal to 25 basis points per 90-day period of the principal amount of Notes held by such Holder. The amount of the Additional Interest will increase by an additional 25 basis points with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of Additional Interest of 1% per annum of the principal amount of Notes.

 

(A) Except as expressly provided in this paragraph 1(b), Additional Interest shall be treated as interest and any date on which Additional Interest is due and payable shall be treated as an Interest Payment Date for all purposes under this Note and the Indenture.

 

(B) In the event that the Authority is required to pay Additional Interest pursuant to this paragraph 1(b), the Authority shall notify the Trustee in writing at least 15 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date upon which such Additional Interest is due; provided that, in the event that the obligation to pay such Additional Interest occurs less than 15 days prior to such Additional Interest Date, such notice shall be provided by the Authority to the Trustee as soon as reasonably practicable prior to such Interest Payment Date.

 

2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Authority will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) and Additional Interest, if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the February 1 or August 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to

 


principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Authority maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Authority, payment of interest and Additional Interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium and Additional Interest on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall hold at least $1.0 million in principal amount of Notes and have provided wire transfer instructions to the Authority or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be made in accordance with those instructions.

 

3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Authority may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Authority may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

4. INDENTURE. The Authority issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of February 8, 2005 (“Indenture”) among the Authority, The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (the “Tribe”) the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

 

(a) At any time prior to February 15, 2010, the Authority shall have the option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

(1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and

 

(2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments discounted to the Redemption Date, on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points;

 

plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date.

 

(b) At any time or from time to time on or after February 15, 2010, the Authority shall have the option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on February 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Year


   Percentage

 

2010

   103.438 %

2011

   102.292 %

2012

   101.146 %

2013 and thereafter

   100.000 %

 


(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of Article 3 of the Indenture, if any Gaming Regulatory Authority requires that a Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable gaming laws in order to maintain any gaming license or franchise of the Authority under any applicable gaming laws, and the Holder or beneficial owner fails to apply for a license, qualification or finding of suitability within 30 days after being requested to do so by such Gaming Regulatory Authority (or such lesser period that may be required by such Gaming Regulatory Authority) or if such Holder or beneficial owner is not so licensed, qualified or found suitable, the Authority has the right, at its option, (i) to require such Holder or beneficial owner to dispose of such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s Notes within 30 days of receipt of such notice of such finding by the applicable Gaming Regulatory Authority (or such earlier date as may be required by the applicable Gaming Regulatory Authority); or (ii) to call for redemption of the Notes of such Holder or beneficial owner at a redemption price equal to the least of (1) the principal amount thereof, (2) the price at which such Holder or beneficial owner acquired the Notes and (3) the current market price of the Notes, together with, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the earlier of the date of redemption or the date of the finding of unsuitability by such Gaming Regulatory Authority, which may be less than 30 days following the notice of redemption if so ordered by such Gaming Regulatory Authority. The Authority shall not be required to pay or reimburse any Holder or beneficial owner of Notes who is required to apply for any such license, qualification or finding of suitability for the costs of the licensure or investigation for such qualification or finding of suitability. Such expenses shall be the obligation of such Holder or beneficial owner.

 

6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION.

 

Except as set forth in paragraph 7 below, the Authority shall not be required to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.

 

7. REPURCHASE AT OPTION HOLDER.

 

(a) If there is a Change of Control, the Authority shall be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 20 Business Days following any Change of Control, the Authority shall mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.

 


(b) If the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary consummates any Asset Sales, within five Business Days of each date on which the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, the Authority shall commence an offer to all Holders of Notes (as “Asset Sale Offer”) pursuant to Section 3.10 of the Indenture to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest thereon, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Authority (or such Restricted Subsidiary) may use such remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Authority prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Notes.

 

8. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the Redemption Date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

 

9. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Authority may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Authority need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Authority need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

 

10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

 

11. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, voting as a single class, and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of a

 


Note, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Authority’s or a Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor in the case of a merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Authority’s assets, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act or to allow any Subsidiary to execute a supplemental indenture relating to a Subsidiary Guarantee and to execute a Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

12. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest or Additional Interest on the Notes (whether or not prohibited by Article 11 of the Indenture); (ii) default in payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes (whether or not prohibited by Article 11 of the Indenture); (iii) failure by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with Section 4.10 or 5.01 of the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to observe or perform (A) any covenant described in Section 4.07 or 4.09 of the Indenture for 30 days after notice to the Authority by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class or (B) any other covenant, representation, warranty or other agreement in the Indenture or the Notes for 60 days after notice to the Authority by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class; (v) default under certain other agreements relating to Indebtedness of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which default (A) is caused by a Payment Default or (B) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity; and in each case, the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more; (vi) certain final judgments for the payment of money that remain undischarged for a period of 60 days; (vii) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (viii) revocation, termination, suspension or other cessation of effectiveness of any Gaming License which results in the cessation or suspension of gaming operations for a period of more than 90 consecutive days at the Resort; (ix) cessation of gaming operations for a period of more than 90 consecutive days at the Resort (other than as a result of a casualty loss); (x) the Lease ceases to be in full force and effect; (xi) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Person acting on its behalf shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee; and (xii) failure by the Tribe to comply with the provisions of Article 12 for 30 days after notice to the Authority and the Tribe by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in

 


principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes. The Authority is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Authority is required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.

 

13. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH AUTHORITY. Subject to Section 7.03 of the Indenture, the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Authority or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Authority or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

 

14. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A controlling person, director, officer, employee or holder of an Ownership Interest of the Authority, as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Authority under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

 

15. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

 

16. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

 

17. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES AND RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

18. CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Authority has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in

 


notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

The Authority will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to:

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority

One Mohegan Sun Boulevard

Uncasville, CT 06382

Attention: Mark F. Brown

 


ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:        
           
       

(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint

_______________________________________________________________________

to transfer this Note on the books of the Authority. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:

 
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee*:____________________________

 

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 


OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Authority pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

 

¨   Section 4.10                                          ¨   Section 4.15

 

If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Authority pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

$                    

 

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:    
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Tax Identification No.:    

 

Signature Guarantee*:    
     

 

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

 

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange


 

Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of this
Global Note


 

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of this
Global Note


   Principal Amount of this
Global Note
following such decrease
(or increase)


   Signature of
authorized officer of
Trustee or Note
Custodian


 

EX-4.30 10 dex430.htm EXHIBIT 4.30 Exhibit 4.30

 

Exhibit 4.30

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of February 8, 2005

 

among

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

 

and

 

THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN

 

as Issuers

 

and

 

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

SG AMERICAS SECURITIES, LLC

GREENWICH CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.

CALYON SECURITIES (USA) INC.

MCDONALD INVESTMENTS INC.

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC

and

COMMERZBANK CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.

 

as the Initial Purchasers

 

$150,000,000 6 7/8 Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2015

 


This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as February 8, 2005, by and among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (the “Authority”), an instrumentality of The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (the “Tribe”), Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, Backside, L.P., Downs Racing, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P., Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC and Northeast Concessions, L.P., as guarantors, (the “Guarantors” and together with the Authority, the “Issuers”) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, SG Americas Securities, LLC, Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., Calyon Securities (USA) Inc., McDonald Investments Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp. (each an “Initial Purchaser” and, collectively the “Initial Purchasers”), each of whom has agreed to purchase the Authority’s 6 7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”), pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below). The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture dated February 8, 2005, by and among the Issuers, the Tribe and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), relating to the Securities (as defined below) and the Exchange Securities (the “Indenture”). The Notes will have the benefit of a guarantee (the “Guarantee” and together with the Notes, the “Securities”) provided for in the Indenture.

 

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated February 3, 2005 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Issuers, the Tribe and the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Securities, the Issuers have agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 6 of the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

The parties hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

 

As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings.

 

Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Affiliate: As defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D.

 

Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

 

Business Day: Any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day in the City of New York, or in the city of the corporate trust office of the Trustee, on which banks are authorized to not open for business.

 

Closing Date: The date hereof.

 

Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Consummate: An Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (a) the filing and effectiveness under the Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (b) the maintenance of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, and (c) the delivery by the Issuers to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Securities in the

 


same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Securities tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

 

Consummation Deadline: As defined in Section 3(b) hereof.

 

Effectiveness Deadline: As defined in Section 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.

 

Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Exchange Offer: The exchange and issuance by the Issuers of a principal amount of Exchange Securities (which shall be registered pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) equal to the outstanding principal amount of Securities that are tendered by such Holders in connection with such exchange and issuance.

 

Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.

 

Exchange Securities: The debt securities of the Issuers and to be issued pursuant to the Indenture: (i) in the Exchange Offer, or (ii) as contemplated by Section 4 hereof.

 

Exempt Resales: The transactions in which the Initial Purchasers propose to sell the Securities to certain “qualified institutional buyers,” as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Act, and pursuant to Regulation S.

 

Filing Deadline: As defined in Sections 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.

 

Holders: As defined in Section 2 hereof.

 

Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the time such Registration Statement is declared effective, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.

 

Recommencement Date: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.

 

Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.

 

Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Issuers relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer, or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, (i) that is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, and (ii) including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.

 

Regulation D: Regulation D promulgated under the Act.

 

Regulation S: Regulation S promulgated under the Act.

 

Rule 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Act.

 

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Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4 hereof.

 

Suspension Notice: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.

 

TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

 

Transfer Restricted Securities: Each (A) of the Securities, until the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which each of such Securities is exchanged in the Exchange Offer for the Exchange Securities that are entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Act, (ii) the date on which each of such Securities has been disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement (and the purchasers thereof have been issued Exchange Securities), and (iii) the date on which each of such Securities is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act and each (B) of the Exchange Securities held by a Broker-Dealer until the date on which such Exchange Securities are disposed of by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including the delivery of the Prospectus contained therein).

 

Tribe: The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, a sovereign tribe recognized by the United States of America pursuant to 25 C.F.R. Section 83.

 

SECTION 2. HOLDERS

 

A person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.

 

SECTION 3. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER

 

(a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permitted by applicable federal law (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below have been complied with), the Issuers shall (i) cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission as soon as practicable after the Closing Date, but in no event later than 120 days after the Closing Date (such 120th day being the “Filing Deadline”), (ii) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective at the earliest possible time, but in no event later than 180 days after the Closing Date (such 180th day being the “Effectiveness Deadline”), (iii) in connection with the foregoing, (A) file all pre-effective amendments to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause it to become effective, (B) file, if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act and (C) cause all necessary filings, if any, in connection with the registration and qualification of the Exchange Securities to be made under the blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iv) upon the effectiveness of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, commence and Consummate the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting (i) registration of the Exchange Securities to be offered in exchange for the Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) resales of Exchange Securities by Broker-Dealers that tendered into the Exchange Offer Securities that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Securities acquired directly from the Issuers or any of their respective Affiliates) as contemplated by Section 3(c) below.

 

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(b) The Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously, and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period be less than 20 Business Days. The Issuers shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the Exchange Securities shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, but in no event later than 30 Business Days thereafter (such 30th day being the “Consummation Deadline”).

 

(c) The Issuers shall include a “Plan of Distribution” section in the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and indicate therein that any Broker-Dealer who holds Transfer Restricted Securities that were acquired for the account of such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Securities acquired directly from the Issuers or any of their respective Affiliates) may exchange such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also contain all other information with respect to such sales by such Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such sales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer, except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy, rules or regulations after the date of this Agreement.

 

Because such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Act in connection with its initial sale of any Exchange Securities received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, the Issuers shall permit the use of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement by such Broker-Dealer to satisfy such prospectus delivery requirement. To the extent necessary to ensure that the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is available for sales of Exchange Securities by Broker-Dealers, the Issuers agree to use their commercially reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the provisions of Section 6(a) and (c) hereof and in conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of one year from the Consummation Deadline or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto. The Issuers shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to such Broker-Dealers, promptly upon request, and in no event later than one day after such request, at any time during such period.

 

SECTION 4. SHELF REGISTRATION

 

(a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law (after the Issuers have complied with the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below) or (ii) if any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall notify the Issuers within 20 Business Days following the Consummation Deadline that (A) such Holder was prohibited by law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder

 

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or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Securities acquired directly from the Issuers or any of their respective Affiliates, then the Issuers shall:

 

(x) cause to be filed, on or prior to 30 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which the Issuers determine that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement cannot be filed as a result of clause (a)(i) above and (ii) the date on which the Issuers receive the notice specified in clause (a)(ii) above (such earlier date, the “Filing Deadline”), a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act (which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (the “Shelf Registration Statement”)), relating to all Transfer Restricted Securities, and

 

(y) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective on or prior to 90 days after the Filing Deadline for the Shelf Registration Statement (such 90th day the “Effectiveness Deadline”).

 

If, after the Issuers have filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement that satisfies the requirements of Section 3(a) above, the Issuers are required to file and make effective a Shelf Registration Statement solely because the Exchange Offer is not permitted under applicable federal law (i.e., clause (a)(i) above), then the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (x) above; provided that, in such event, the Issuers shall remain obligated to meet the Effectiveness Deadline set forth in clause (y).

 

To the extent necessary to ensure that the Shelf Registration Statement is available for sales of Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a) and the other securities required to be registered therein pursuant to Section 6(b)(ii) hereof, the Issuers shall use their best efforts to keep any Shelf Registration Statement required by this Section 4(a) continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof and in conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of at least two years (as extended pursuant to Section 6(c)(i)) following the Closing Date or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto.

 

(b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Authority in writing, within 20 days after receipt of a request therefor, the information specified in Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, of the Act for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall be entitled to additional interest pursuant to Section 5 hereof unless and until such Holder shall have provided all such information. Each selling Holder agrees to furnish promptly additional information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Authority by such Holder not materially misleading.

 

SECTION 5. ADDITIONAL INTEREST

 

If (i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the applicable Filing Deadline, (ii) any such Registration Statement has not been

 

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declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the applicable Effectiveness Deadline, (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated on or prior to the Consummation Deadline or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose without being succeeded within 2 Business Days by a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself declared effective within 5 Business Days of filing such post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a “Registration Default”), then the Issuers hereby agree to pay to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities affected thereby additional interest in an amount equal to 25 basis points per 90-day period of the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder for the 90-day period or portion thereof that the Registration Default continues for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default. The amount of the additional interest shall increase by an additional 25 basis points with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of additional interest of 1% per annum of the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided that the Issuers shall in no event be required to pay additional interest for more than one Registration Default at any given time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, (1) upon filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of (i) above, (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of (ii) above, (3) upon Consummation of the Exchange Offer, in the case of (iii) above, or (4) upon the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or an additional Registration Statement that causes the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement) to again be declared effective or made usable in the case of (iv) above, the additional interest payable with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities as a result of such clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, shall cease. For purposes of calculating the Issuers’ timely compliance with clause (iv) above, the period in which Issuer shall file with the Commission such amendment in clause (4) above, shall not commence until the later of (x) the date such Registration Statement ceases to be effective, and (y) such date on which a Holder shall have completed its review pursuant to Section 6(c)(v) hereof and provided any comments to such Registration Statement.

 

All accrued additional interest shall be paid to the Holders entitled thereto, in the manner provided for the payment of interest in the Indenture and the Securities, on each Interest Payment Date, as more fully set forth in the Indenture and the Securities. Notwithstanding the fact that any securities for which additional interest is due cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities, all obligations of the Issuers to pay additional interest with respect to securities shall survive until such time as such obligations with respect to such securities shall have been satisfied in full.

 

SECTION 6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

 

(a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Issuers shall (x) comply with all applicable provisions of Section 6(c) below, (y) use their commercially reasonable best efforts to effect such exchange and to permit the resale of Exchange Securities by Broker-Dealers that tendered in the Exchange Offer the Securities that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of its market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Securities acquired directly from the Issuers or any of their respective Affiliates) being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and (z) comply with all of the following provisions:

 

(i) If, following the date hereof, there has been announced a change in Commission policy with respect to exchange offers such as the Exchange Offer that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Issuers raises a substantial question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable federal law, the Issuers hereby agree to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission staff allowing the Issuers to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Transfer Restricted Securities. In connection with the foregoing, the Issuers hereby agree to take all actions as may be required in connection with the issuance of such decision, including without limitation (A) participating in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) delivering to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Issuers setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursuing a resolution (which need not be favorable) by the Commission staff.

 

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(ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any Holder who is a Broker-Dealer) shall furnish, upon the request of the Authority, prior to the Consummation of the Exchange Offer, a written representation to the Authority (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an Affiliate of the Issuers, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Securities in its ordinary course of business. As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer, each Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the Exchange Securities shall acknowledge and agree that, if the resales are of Exchange Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Securities acquired directly from the Issuers or an Affiliate thereof, it (1) could not, under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement, rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (including, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K.

 

(iii) Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Issuers shall provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Issuers are registering the Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, (B) including a representation that the Issuers have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the Exchange Securities to be received in the Exchange Offer and that, to the best of the Issuers’ information and belief, each Holder participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the Exchange Securities in its ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Securities received in the Exchange Offer and (C) any other undertaking

 

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or representation required by the Commission as set forth in any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, if applicable.

 

(b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Issuers shall:

 

(i) comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) below and use their commercially reasonable best efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof (as indicated in the information furnished to the Issuers pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof), and pursuant thereto the Issuers will prepare and file with the Commission a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof within the time periods and otherwise in accordance with the provisions hereof, and

 

(ii) issue, upon the request of any Holder or purchaser of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, Exchange Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Securities sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and surrendered to the Issuers for cancellation. The Issuers shall register Exchange Securities on the Shelf Registration Statement for this purpose and issue the Exchange Securities to the purchaser(s) of securities subject to the Shelf Registration Statement in the names as such purchaser(s) shall designate.

 

(c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and any related Prospectus required by this Agreement, the Issuers shall:

 

(i) use their commercially reasonable best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement, as applicable. Upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Issuers shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement curing such defect, and, if Commission review is required, use their commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable;

 

(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as the case may be, cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, and to comply fully with Rules 424, 430A and 462, as applicable, under the Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;

 

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(iii) advise each Holder promptly and, if requested by such Holder, confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any applicable Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or blue sky laws, the Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;

 

(iv) subject to Section 6(c)(i), if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) above shall exist or have occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(v) (A) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, upon request of any Holder, furnish to each Holder in connection with such exchange or sale, if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and comment of such Holders in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least five Business Days, and the Issuers will not file any such Registration statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by reference) to which such Holders shall reasonably object within five Business Days after the receipt thereof. A Holder shall be deemed to have reasonably objected to such filing if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or fails to comply with the applicable requirements of the Act; or (B) in the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement, upon request of any Initial Purchaser, furnish to each such Initial Purchaser in connection with such exchange or sale, if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any

 

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Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and comment of such Initial Purchaser in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least five Business Days, and the Issuers will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by reference) to which such Initial Purchaser shall reasonably object within five Business Days after the receipt thereof. An Initial Purchaser shall be deemed to have reasonably objected to such filing if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or fails to comply with the applicable requirements of the Act;

 

(vi) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provide copies of such document to each Holder who requests such copies in connection with such exchange or sale, if any, make the Issuers’ representatives available for discussion of such document and other customary due diligence matters, and include such information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such Holders may reasonably request;

 

(vii) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, upon request from any Holder, make available, at reasonable times, for inspection by such Holder and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents of the Issuers and cause the Issuers’ officers, board members and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness;

 

(viii) if requested by any Holders in connection with such exchange or sale, promptly include in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such Holders may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer Restricted Securities, and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Issuers are notified of the matters to be included in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;

 

(ix) if requested by a Holder, furnish to such Holder in connection with such exchange or sale, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by reference);

 

(x) deliver to each Holder without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request; the Issuers hereby consent to the use (in accordance with law) of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each selling Holder in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;

 

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(xi) upon the request of any Holder holding a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Securities, enter into such agreements (including underwriting agreements) and make such representations and warranties and take all such other actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any applicable Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement as may be reasonably requested by any Holder in connection with any sale or resale pursuant to any applicable Registration Statement. In such connection, the Issuers shall:

 

(A) upon request of any Holder, furnish (or in the case of paragraphs (2) and (3), use its best efforts to cause to be furnished) to each Holder, upon Consummation of the Exchange Offer or upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be:

 

(1) a certificate, dated such date, signed on behalf of the Authority by the Chairman of the Management Board confirming, as of the date thereof, the matters set forth in Section 6(c) of the Purchase Agreement and such other similar matters as such Holders may reasonably request;

 

(2) an opinion, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, of counsel for the Issuers covering such matters as such Holder may reasonably request and are customarily given in similar offerings; and

 

(3) a customary comfort letter, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, or as of the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, from the Issuers’ independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters to underwriters in connection with underwritten offerings, and affirming the matters set forth in the comfort letters delivered pursuant to Section 6(e) of the Purchase Agreement; and

 

(B) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the selling Holders to evidence compliance with the matters covered in clause (A) above and with any customary conditions contained in any agreement entered into by the Issuers pursuant to this clause (xi);

 

(xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders and their counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders may request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Issuers shall not be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject;

 

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(xiii) in connection with any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities that will result in such securities no longer being Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and to register such Transfer Restricted Securities in such denominations and such names as the selling Holders may request at least two Business Days prior to such sale of Transfer Restricted Securities;

 

(xiv) use their commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in clause (xii) above;

 

(xv) provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer Restricted Securities not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement covering such Transfer Restricted Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for the Transfer Restricted Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company;

 

(xvi) otherwise use their commercially reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security holders with regard to any applicable Registration Statement, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earning statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as such term is defined in paragraph (c) of Rule 158 under the Act);

 

(xvii) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by this Agreement and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute and use their best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner; and

 

(xviii) provide promptly to each Holder, upon request, each document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

(d) Restrictions on Holders. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of Transfer Restricted Securities that, upon receipt of the notice referred to in Section 6(c)(iii)(C) or any notice from the Issuers of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof (in each case, a “Suspension Notice”), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until (i) such Holder has received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(iv) hereof, or (ii) such Holder is advised in writing by the Issuers that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (in each case, the “Recommencement Date”). Each Holder receiving a Suspension Notice hereby agrees that it will either (i) destroy any Prospectuses, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder’s possession which have been replaced by the Issuers with more recently dated Prospectuses or (ii) deliver to the Issuers (at the Issuers’ expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such

 

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Holder’s possession of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of the Suspension Notice. The time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days in the period from and including the date of delivery of the Suspension Notice to the date of delivery of the Recommencement Date.

 

(e) Underwritten Offerings. No Holder may participate in any underwritten Shelf Registration Statement hereunder unless such Holder (i) agrees to sell such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements entered into in connection therewith and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

SECTION 7. REGISTRATION EXPENSES

 

(a) All expenses incident to the Issuers’ performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Issuers, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses; (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state blue sky or securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Securities on a national securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Issuers (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).

 

The Issuers will, in any event, bear their internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any person, including special experts, retained by the Issuers.

 

(b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Issuers will reimburse the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who are tendering Securities into the Exchange Offer and/or selling or reselling Securities or Exchange Securities pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, as may be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared.

 

The Holders of any Securities or Exchange Securities being registered on the Shelf Registration Statement shall pay all agency or brokerage fees and commissions and underwriting discounts and commissions attributable to the sale of such Securities or Exchange Securities and the fees and disbursements of any counsel retained by such Holders.

 

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SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION

 

(a) The Issuers agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, its directors, officers and each person, if any, who controls such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments (including without limitation, any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action that could give rise to any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus provided by the Issuers to any Holder or any prospective purchaser of Exchange Securities or Securities, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments are caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is based upon information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Issuers by or on behalf of any of the Holders. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Issuers may otherwise have.

 

(b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers and its directors and officers, and each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Issuers to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Issuers set forth in section (a) above, but only with reference to information relating to such Holder furnished in writing to the Issuers by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement. In no event shall any Holder, its directors, officers or any person who controls such Holder be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the amount by which the total amount received by such Holder with respect to its sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) the amount of any damages that such Holder, its directors, officers or any person who controls such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Issuers may otherwise have.

 

(c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b) (the “indemnified party”), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying person”) in writing and the indemnifying party shall assume the defense of such action, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as incurred (except that in the case of any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to both Sections 8(a) and 8(b), a Holder shall not be required to assume the defense of such action pursuant to this Section 8(c), but may employ separate counsel and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel, except as provided below, shall be at the expense of the Holder). The failure to so notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraphs (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses; and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) above. Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been specifically

 

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authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such action or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, and the indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party). In any such case, the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties and all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by a majority of the Holders, in the case of the parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the Issuers, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments by reason of any settlement of any action (i) effected with its written consent or (ii) effected without its written consent if the settlement is entered into more than 20 Business Days after the indemnifying party shall have received a request from the indemnified party for reimbursement for the fees and expenses of counsel (in any case where such fees and expenses are at the expense of the indemnifying party) and, prior to the date of such settlement, the indemnifying party shall have failed to comply with such reimbursement request. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action in respect of which the indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought hereunder by the indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability on claims that are or could have been the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, capability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party.

 

(d) To the extent that the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to therein, then each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Issuers, on the one hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Issuers, on the one hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuers, on the one hand, or by the Holder, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in the second paragraph of Section 8(a), any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.

 

The Issuers and each Holder agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as

 

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one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action that could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Holder, its directors, its officers or any person, if any, who controls such Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the total received by such Holder with respect to the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) the amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(d) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by each Holder hereunder and not joint.

 

SECTION 9. RULE 144A AND RULE 144

 

The Issuers agree with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding and during any period in which the Issuers (i) are not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to make available, upon request of any Holder, to such Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities designated by such Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A, and (ii) is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to make all filings required thereby in a timely manner in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144.

 

SECTION 10. CONSENT TO SUIT

 

The Authority waives its sovereign immunity from unconsented suit, whether such suit be brought in law or in equity, or in administrative proceedings or proceedings in arbitration, to permit the commencement, maintenance, and enforcement of any action, by any person with standing to maintain an action, to interpret or enforce the terms of this Agreement, and to enforce and execute any judgment resulting therefrom against the Authority or the assets of the Authority. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or canon of construction, the Authority intends this waiver to be interpreted liberally to permit the full litigation of disputes arising under or out of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Authority waives its immunity from unconsented suit to permit the maintenance of the following actions:

 

(i) Courts. The Authority waives its immunity from unconsented suit to permit any court of competent jurisdiction to: (i) enforce and interpret the terms of this Agreement, and award and enforce the award of damages owing as a consequence of a breach thereof, whether such award is the product of litigation, administrative proceedings or arbitration; (ii) determine whether any consent or approval of the Authority has been improperly granted or unreasonably withheld; (iii) enforce any judgment prohibiting the Authority from taking

 

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any action, or mandating or obligating the Authority to take any action, including a judgment compelling the Authority to submit to binding arbitration; and (iv) adjudicate any claim under the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968, 25 U.S.C. § 1302 (or any successor statute).

 

(ii) Arbitration. The Authority waives its immunity from unconsented suit to permit arbitrators, appointed and acting under the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association, whenever and to the extent any agreement to submit a matter to arbitration is made by the Authority, to: (i) enforce and interpret the terms of this Agreement and to award and enforce the award of any damages owing as a consequence thereof, (ii) determine whether any consent or approval of the Authority has been unreasonably withheld; and (iii) enforce any judgment prohibiting the Authority from taking any action, or mandating or obligating the Authority to take any action, including a judgment compelling the Authority to submit to binding arbitration.

 

SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS

 

(a) Remedies. The Issuers acknowledge and agree that any failure by the Issuers to comply with its obligations under Sections 3 and 4 hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Issuers’ obligations under Sections 3 and 4 hereof. The Issuers further agree to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuers will not, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Issuers’ securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

 

(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless (i) in the case of Section 5 hereof and this Section 11(c)(i), the Issuers have obtained the written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, the Issuers have obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding Transfer Restricted Securities held by the Authority or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer, may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities subject to such Exchange Offer.

 

(d) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Issuers, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of Holders hereunder.

 

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(e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

 

(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the Indenture; and

 

(ii) if to the Authority and Guarantor:

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority

One Mohegan Sun Boulevard

Uncasville, CT 06382

Telecopier No.: (860) 204-6153

Attention: Mark F. Brown

 

With a copy to:

 

Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

555 Thirteenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Telecopier No.: (202) 637-5910

Attention: Carol Weld King, Esq.

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

 

Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture.

 

(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided, that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities in violation of the terms hereof or of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Transfer Restricted Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Transfer Restricted Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Transfer Restricted Securities such person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including the restrictions on resale set forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.

 

(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

(i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).

 

(j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

 

(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY
By:   /s/    MARK F. BROWN        

Name:

  Mark F. Brown

Title:

  Chairman Management Board
MOHEGAN BASKETBALL CLUB LLC
By:   /s/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

  William J. Velardo

Title:

  Chief Executive Officer
MOHEGAN COMMERCIAL VENTURES PA, LLC
By:   /s/    MARK F. BROWN        

Name:

  Mark F. Brown

Title:

  Chairman Management Board

DOWNS RACING, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:   /s/    MARK F. BROWN        

Name:

  Mark F. Brown

Title:

  Chairman Management Board

 

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BACKSIDE, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:   /s/    MARK F. BROWN        

Name:

  Mark F. Brown

Title:

  Chairman Management Board

MILL CREEK LAND, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:   /s/    MARK F. BROWN        

Name:

  Mark F. Brown

Title:

  Chairman Management Board

NORTHEAST CONCESSIONS, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:   /s/    MARK F. BROWN        

Name:

  Mark F. Brown

Title:

  Chairman Management Board

 

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BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC on behalf of itself and the other several Initial Purchasers listed on Schedule II to the Purchase Agreement
By:   /s/    BRUCE R. THOMPSON        

Name:

  Bruce R. Thompson

Title:

  Managing Director

 

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EX-4.31 11 dex431.htm EXHIBIT 4.31 Exhibit 4.31

Exhibit 4.31

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

ISSUER

 

6 1/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2013

 


 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of February 8, 2005

 


 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority of The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut

 

The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut

 

the Subsidiary Guarantors

 


 

Wachovia Bank, National Association

 

Trustee

 


 



 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

 

Trust Indenture Act Section


   Indenture Section

310 (a)(1)

        7.10     

       (a)(2)

        7.10     

       (a)(3)

        N.A.     

       (a)(4)

        N.A.     

       (a)(5)

        7.10     

       (b)

        7.10     

       (c)

        N.A.     

311 (a)

        7.11     

       (b)

        7.11     

       (c)

        N.A.     

312 (a)

        2.05     

       (b)

        12.03     

       (c)

        12.03     

313 (a)

        7.06     

       (b)(2)

        7.06     

       (c)

        7.06; 12.02     

       (d)

        7.06     

314 (a)

        4.03; 12.05     

       (c)(1)

        12.04     

       (c)(2)

        12.04     

       (c)(3)

        N.A.     

       (e)

        12.05     

       (f)

        N.A.     

315 (a)

        7.01     

       (b)

        7.05; 12.02     

       (c)

        7.01     

       (d)

        7.01     

       (e)

        6.11     

316 (a)(last sentence)

        2.09     

       (a)(1)(A)

        6.05     

       (a)(1)(B)

        6.04     

       (a)(2)

        N.A.     

       (b)

        N.A.     

       (c)

        2.12     

317 (a)(1)

        6.08     

       (a)(2)

        6.09     

       (b)

        2.04     

318 (a)

        12.01     

       (b)

        N.A.     

       (c)

        12.01     

N.A. means not applicable.

 

  This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page

ARTICLE 1     
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE     

Section 1.01.

  

Definitions

   1

Section 1.02.

  

Other Definitions

   24

Section 1.03.

  

Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

   25

Section 1.04.

   Rules of Construction    25
ARTICLE 2     
THE NOTES     

Section 2.01.

  

Form and Dating

   26

Section 2.02.

  

Execution and Authentication

   27

Section 2.03.

  

Registrar and Paying Agent

   27

Section 2.04.

  

Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust

   28

Section 2.05.

  

Holder Lists

   28

Section 2.06.

  

Transfer and Exchange

   28

Section 2.07.

  

Replacement Notes

   42

Section 2.08.

  

Outstanding Notes

   42

Section 2.09.

  

Treasury Notes

   43

Section 2.10.

  

Temporary Notes

   43

Section 2.11.

  

Cancellation

   43

Section 2.12.

  

Defaulted Interest

   43

Section 2.13.

  

CUSIP Numbers

   44

Section 2.14.

  

Ranking

   44
ARTICLE 3     
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT     

Section 3.01.

  

Notices to Trustee

   44

Section 3.02.

  

Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed

   44

Section 3.03.

  

Notice of Redemption

   45

Section 3.04.

  

Effect of Notice of Redemption

   46

Section 3.05.

  

Deposit of Redemption Price

   46

Section 3.06.

  

Notes Redeemed in Part

   46

Section 3.07.

  

Optional Redemption

   47

Section 3.08.

  

Redemption Pursuant to Gaming Law

   47

Section 3.09.

  

Mandatory Redemption

   48

 

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          Page

Section 3.10.

   Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.    48
ARTICLE 4     
COVENANTS     

Section 4.01.

  

Payment of Notes

   50

Section 4.02.

  

Maintenance of Office or Agency

   50

Section 4.03.

  

Reports

   51

Section 4.04.

  

Compliance Certificate

   52

Section 4.05.

  

Taxes

   53

Section 4.06.

  

Stay, Extension and Usury Laws

   53

Section 4.07.

  

Restricted Payments

   53

Section 4.08.

  

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries

   56

Section 4.09.

  

Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock

   57

Section 4.10.

  

Asset Sales

   59

Section 4.11.

  

Transactions with Affiliates

   61

Section 4.12.

  

Liens

   62

Section 4.13.

  

Line of Business

   62

Section 4.14.

  

Existence of the Authority and Maintenance of the Lease

   62

Section 4.15.

  

Offer to Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control

   62

Section 4.16.

  

[Intentionally Omitted]

   64

Section 4.17.

  

Sale and Leaseback Transactions

   64

Section 4.18.

  

Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Equity Interests in Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries

   64

Section 4.19.

  

Payments for Consent

   64

Section 4.20.

  

Subsidiary Guarantees

   65

Section 4.21.

  

Ownership Interests in the Authority

   65

Section 4.22.

  

Subordination of Junior Payments Under the Relinquishment Agreement

   65

Section 4.23.

  

[Intentionally Omitted]

   65

Section 4.24.

  

Restrictions on Leasing and Dedication of Property

   65

Section 4.25.

  

Maintenance of Insurance

   66

Section 4.26.

  

Gaming Licenses

   67

Section 4.27.

  

Additional Interest

   67

Section 4.28.

  

Suspension of Covenants

   67
ARTICLE 5     
SUCCESSORS     

Section 5.01.

   Liquidation or Dissolution.    68

 

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          Page

ARTICLE 6     
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES     

Section 6.01.

  

Events of Default

   68

Section 6.02.

  

Acceleration

   71

Section 6.03.

  

Other Remedies

   71

Section 6.04.

  

Waiver of Past Defaults

   72

Section 6.05.

  

Control by Majority

   72

Section 6.06.

  

Limitation on Suits

   72

Section 6.07.

  

Rights of Holders of Notes To Receive Payment

   73

Section 6.08.

  

Collection Suit by Trustee

   73

Section 6.09.

  

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

   73

Section 6.10.

  

Priorities

   74

Section 6.11.

  

Undertaking for Costs

   74
ARTICLE 7     
TRUSTEE     

Section 7.01.

  

Duties of Trustee

   75

Section 7.02.

  

Rights of Trustee

   76

Section 7.03.

  

Individual Rights of Trustee

   77

Section 7.04.

  

Trustee’s Disclaimer

   77

Section 7.05.

  

Notice of Defaults

   78

Section 7.06.

  

Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes

   78

Section 7.07.

  

Compensation and Indemnity

   79

Section 7.08.

  

Replacement of Trustee

   80

Section 7.09.

  

Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

   81

Section 7.10.

  

Eligibility; Disqualification

   81

Section 7.11.

  

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Authority

   82
ARTICLE 8     

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; LEGAL DEFEASANCE

AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

    

Section 8.01.

  

Satisfaction and Discharge

   82

Section 8.02.

  

Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

   83

Section 8.03.

  

Legal Defeasance and Discharge

   83

Section 8.04.

  

Covenant Defeasance

   84

Section 8.05.

  

Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance

   84

Section 8.06.

  

Deposited Money and Government Securities To Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions

   86

 

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          Page

Section 8.07.

  

Repayment to Authority

   86

Section 8.08.

  

Reinstatement

   87
ARTICLE 9     
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER     

Section 9.01.

  

Without Consent of Holders of Notes

   87

Section 9.02.

  

With Consent of Holders of Notes

   88

Section 9.03.

  

Compliance with Trust Indenture Act

   90

Section 9.04.

  

Revocation and Effect of Consents

   90

Section 9.05.

  

Notation on or Exchange of Notes

   91

Section 9.06.

  

Trustee To Sign Amendments, etc.

   91
ARTICLE 10     
GUARANTEES     

Section 10.01.

  

Unconditional Guarantee

   91

Section 10.02.

  

Severability

   93

Section 10.03.

  

Release of Subsidiary Guarantor

   93

Section 10.04.

  

Limitation on Amount Guaranteed

   93

Section 10.05.

  

Waiver of Subrogation

   94

Section 10.06.

  

Execution of Guarantee

   94

Section 10.07.

  

Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws

   95
ARTICLE 11     
COVENANTS OF THE TRIBE     

Section 11.01.

  

Covenants of the Tribe

   95

Section 11.02.

  

Additional Covenants of the Tribe

   96
ARTICLE 12     
MISCELLANEOUS     

Section 12.01.

  

Trust Indenture Act Controls

   97

Section 12.02.

  

Notices

   98

Section 12.03.

  

Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes

   99

Section 12.04.

  

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

   100

Section 12.05.

  

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

   100

Section 12.06.

  

Rules by Trustee and Agents

   100

Section 12.07.

  

Dispute Resolution and Consent to Suit

   101

 

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          Page

Section 12.08.

  

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders

   102

Section 12.09.

  

Governing Law

   102

Section 12.10.

  

No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

   102

Section 12.11.

  

Successors

   102

Section 12.12.

  

Severability

   102

Section 12.13.

  

Counterpart Originals

   102

Section 12.14.

  

Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

   103

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A

   FORM OF NOTE

Exhibit B

   FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

Exhibit C

   FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

Exhibit D

   FORM OF NOTATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE ON NOTE

Exhibit E

   FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

 

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INDENTURE dated as of February 8, 2005 by and among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority of The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (the “Authority”), The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (the “Tribe”), the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined below) and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

The Authority, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Tribe and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the 6 1/8% Senior Notes due 2013:

 

ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01. Definitions.

 

144A Global Note” means a global note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

 

Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person: (i) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, including, without limitation, Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or becoming a Subsidiary of such specified Person; and (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

 

Additional Interest” has the meaning set forth in the Notes.

 

Additional Notes” means the Authority’s 6 1/8% Senior Notes due 2013 issued under this Indenture other than Initial Notes or Exchange Notes.

 

Adjusted Net Assets” of a Subsidiary Guarantor at any date shall mean the lesser of the amount by which (x) the fair value of the property of such Subsidiary Guarantor exceeds the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities), but excluding liabilities under the Subsidiary Guarantee, of such Subsidiary Guarantor at such date and (y) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor such date exceeds the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor on its debts (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities and after giving effect to any collection

 


from any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such Subsidiary under the Subsidiary Guarantee), excluding Indebtedness in respect of the Subsidiary Guarantee, as they become absolute and matured.

 

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” shall have correlative meanings.

 

Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.

 

Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Cedel that apply to such transfer or exchange.

 

Asset Sale” means: (i) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights (including, without limitation, by way of a sale and leaseback) other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Authority and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by Section 4.15 and not by Section 4.10; and (ii) the issuance by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests of any of the Authority’s or its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale by the Authority or any of its Subsidiaries of any Equity Interests in any of their respective Subsidiaries.

 

Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall not be deemed to be Asset Sales: (i) any single transaction or series of related transactions that: (a) involves assets having a fair market value of less than $1.0 million; or (b) results in net proceeds to the Authority and its Restricted Subsidiaries of less than $1.0 million; (ii) a transfer of assets between or among the Authority and its Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries; (iii) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary to the Authority or to another Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary; (iv) a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted by Section 4.07; (v) any Event of Loss; and (vi) any lease or sublease permitted by Section 4.24. The Authority is prohibited from making an Asset Sale of Key Project Assets.

 

Attributable Debt” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction including any period for which such lease has been extended (or may, at the option of the lessor, be

 

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extended). Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Authority” means the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority together with any subdivision, agency or subunit that has no separate legal existence from the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, and any successor and assignee thereto.

 

Bank Credit Facility” means that certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2003, by and among the Authority, the Tribe, the lenders thereunder and Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent and the Documentation Agent and Syndication Agent referred to therein, including any related notes, guarantees, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time.

 

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

 

BIA” means the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

 

Broker-Dealer” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Business Day” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.

 

Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.

 

Capital Stock” means: (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding any interest under the Relinquishment Agreement.

 

Cash Equivalents” means: (i) United States dollars; (ii) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than six months from the date of acquisition; (iii) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any lender party to the Credit Facilities or with

 

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any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better; (iv) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iii) above; (v) commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group and in each case maturing within six months after the date of acquisition; and (vi) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (i)-(v) of this definition.

 

Cedel” means Cedel Bank, SA.

 

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the Authority ceases to be a wholly-owned unit, instrumentality or subdivision of the government of the Tribe; (ii) the Authority ceases to have the exclusive legal right to operate the Resort; (iii) the Authority fails to retain in full force and effect at all times all material governmental consents, permits or legal rights necessary for the operation of the Resort and such failure continues for a period of 90 consecutive days; or (iv) the Authority sells, assigns, transfers, leases, conveys or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidates or merges with or into, any other Person.

 

Compact” means the tribal-state Compact entered into between the Tribe and the State of Connecticut pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, PL 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. as the same may, from time to time, be amended, or such other Compact as may be substituted therefor.

 

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the fixed rate United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity most comparable to the remaining term of the Notes (and which is not callable prior to maturity) to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practices, in pricing a new issue of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed.

 

Comparable Treasury Price” means:

 

(i) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated “Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities”; or

 

(ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on such business day, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury

 

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Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest or lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

 

Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreement” means (i) the guarantee by the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary of the completion of the development, construction and opening of a new gaming facility by an Affiliate of the Authority, (ii) the agreement by the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary to advance funds, property or services on behalf of an Affiliate of the Authority in order to maintain the financial condition of such Affiliate in connection with the development, construction and opening of a new gaming facility by such Affiliate and (iii) performance bonds incurred in the ordinary course of business; provided that, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, such guarantee or agreement is entered into in connection with obtaining financing for such gaming facility or is required by a Gaming Regulatory Authority.

 

Consolidated Cash Flow” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus:

 

(i) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss (including, without limitation, any non-cash charges or losses arising from adjustments relating to the Relinquishment Agreement) plus any net loss realized in connection with an Asset Sale, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(ii) provision for taxes based on the income or profits of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was included in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(iii) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued (including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net payments, if any, pursuant to Hedging and Swap Obligations); plus

 

(iv) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of goodwill and other intangibles, but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period), non-cash charges associated with equity option plans and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Subsidiaries

 

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for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus

 

(v) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period (including, without limitation, any non-cash items arising from adjustments relating to the Relinquishment Agreement); minus

 

(vi) to the extent not included in computing such Consolidated Net Income, any revenues received or accrued by the Authority or any of its Subsidiaries from any Person (other than the Authority or any of its Subsidiaries) in respect of any Investment for such period,

 

all determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.

 

Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash charges of, a Subsidiary of a Person shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow only to the extent (and in the same proportion) that the Net Income of such Subsidiary was included in calculating the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and only if a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to such Person by such Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders.

 

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP, provided that:

 

(i) the Net Income of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary thereof;

 

(ii) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders;

 

(iii) the Net Income of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition shall be excluded;

 

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(iv) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall be excluded; and

 

(v) the Net Income shall be reduced by the amount of payments pursuant to the Relinquishment Agreement, paid or payable, for such period based on 5% of the revenues (as defined in the Relinquishment Agreement) generated in such period.

 

Consumer Price Index” means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the U.S. City Average for All Items, 1982-1984=100 as compiled and released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.02 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Authority.

 

Credit Facilities” means, with respect to the Authority or any Restricted Subsidiary, one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Bank Credit Facility) or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time. Indebtedness under Credit Facilities outstanding on the date on which Notes are first issued and authenticated under this Indenture shall be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by Section 4.09(b)(i).

 

Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

 

Default” means any event that is or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be an Event of Default.

 

Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

 

Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

 

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Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is after the date on which the Notes mature; provided, however, that any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require the Authority to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or an Asset Sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Authority may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.07.

 

Distribution Compliance Period” has the same meaning as defined in Regulation S.

 

Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

 

Euroclear “ means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels office, as operator of the Euroclear system.

 

Event of Loss” means, with respect to any property or asset (tangible or intangible, real or personal), any of the following: (i) any loss, destruction or damage of such property or asset; (ii) any institution of any proceedings for the condemnation or seizure of such property or asset or for the exercise of any right of eminent domain; (iii) any actual condemnation, seizure or taking by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise of such property or asset, or confiscation of such property or asset or the requisition of the use of such property or asset; or (iv) any settlement in lieu of clause (ii) or (iii) above.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Exchange Notes” means the Authority’s 6 1/8% Senior Notes due 2013 to be issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Exchange Offer” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Exchange Offer Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Authority and the Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the date of this Indenture, until such amounts are repaid.

 

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Existing Senior Subordinated Notes” means, collectively, the Authority’s 6 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009, the 8 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011, the 8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 and the 7 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014.

 

Financing Lease” means any lease of property, real or personal, the obligations of the lessee in respect of which are required in accordance with GAAP to be capitalized on a balance sheet of the lessee.

 

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays or redeems any Indebtedness (other than revolving credit borrowings) or issues or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repayment or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of preferred stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.

 

In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:

 

(i) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing transactions, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date shall be deemed to have occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period shall be calculated without giving effect to clause (iii) of the proviso set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income;

 

(ii) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, shall be excluded; and

 

(iii) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, shall be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date.

 

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Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(i) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net payments, if any, pursuant to Hedging and Swap Obligations; plus

 

(ii) the consolidated interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus

 

(iii) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus

 

(iv) the product of (a) all cash dividend payments or other distributions (and non-cash dividend payments in the case of a Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary) on any series of preferred equity of such Person, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal,

 

in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.

 

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the date of this Indenture.

 

Gaming” means any and all activities defined as Class II or Class III Gaming under IGRA or authorized under the Compact.

 

Gaming License” means every license, franchise or other authorization required to own, lease, operate or otherwise conduct gaming activities of the Tribe or the Authority including, without limitation, all such licenses granted under the Tribal Gaming Ordinance, and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and other applicable federal, state, foreign or local laws.

 

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Gaming Regulatory Authority” means any agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, department, office or instrumentality of any nature whatsoever of the United States or foreign government, any state, province or any city or other political subdivision, whether now or hereafter existing, or any officer or official thereof, including, without limitation, any division of the Authority or any other agency with authority to regulate any gaming operation (or proposed gaming operation) owned, managed or operated by the Tribe or the Authority.

 

Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(ii), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

 

Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(iv), 2.06(d)(ii) or 2.06(f) hereof.

 

Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and for the payment of which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.

 

Government Service Payments” means: (i) monthly payments to the Tribe by the Authority pursuant to the terms of that certain Priority Distribution Agreement between the Authority and the Tribe dated August 31, 2001 in an annual amount of $14.0 million (as of March 1999), which amount has been and shall be adjusted annually on the last day of each calendar year commencing with the year 2000 by the Consumer Price Index as published for the applicable year; and (ii) amounts equal to those reflected on each annual audited income statement of the Authority as prepared in accordance with GAAP relating to payment for governmental services (including charges for utilities, police and fire department services, health and emergency medical services, the pro rata portion of Tribal Council costs and salaries attributable to the operations of the Authority, and similar pro rata costs of other tribal departments, in each case, to the extent that the costs of such departments are attributable to the operations of the Authority) by the Authority to the Tribe or any of its representatives, political subunits, councils, agencies or instrumentalities.

 

Guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness.

 

Hedging and Swap Obligations” means, with respect to any Person: (i) the obligations of such Person under interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; and (ii) the obligations of such Person under other agreements or arrangements relating to, or the value or which is dependent upon, interest rates, or currency exchange rates or indices.

 

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Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.

 

IGRA” means the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, PL 100-497, U.S.C. 2701 et seq., as the same may, from time to time, be amended.

 

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, in respect of: (i) borrowed money; (ii) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof); (iii) banker’s acceptances; (iv) Capital Lease Obligations; (v) the balance, deferred and unpaid, of the purchase price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or (vi) any Hedging and Swap Obligations, if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and Hedging and Swap Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the guarantee by such Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.

 

The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be: (i) the accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and (ii) the principal amount thereof, together with any interest thereon that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.

 

Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Authority.

 

Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

 

Initial Notes” means the $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on the date hereof.

 

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of direct or indirect loans (including guarantees of Indebtedness or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Authority or any Subsidiary of the Authority sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or

 

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indirect Subsidiary of the Authority such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Authority, the Authority shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.07(d).

 

Key Project Assets” means: (i) the Lease and any real property or interest in real property comprising the Resort held in trust for the Tribe by the United States; (ii) any improvements (including, without limitation, the Resort) to the leasehold estate under the Lease or such real property comprising the Resort (but excluding any obsolete personal property or real property improvements determined by the Authority to be no longer useful to the operations of the Resort); and (iii) any business records of the Authority or the Tribe relating to the operation of the Resort.

 

Lease” means the Land Lease between the Tribe and the Authority dated September 29, 1995, as the same may be amended in accordance with the terms thereof and of this Indenture.

 

Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.

 

Letter of Transmittal” means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Authority and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.

 

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction).

 

Management Board” means the Management Board of the Authority or any authorized committee of the Management Board of the Authority, as applicable.

 

Maximum Foreseeable Loss” means the maximum foreseeable loss associated with the Resort determined from time to time by AON Risk Services or another professional insurance consultant retained by the Authority; provided that the amount thereof shall be not less than $750,000,000. As of January 21, 2005, the Maximum Foreseeable Loss was determined to be $950,000,000.

 

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Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the net income (loss) of such Person for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of dividends on preferred interests, excluding, however:

 

(i) any gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such gain or loss, realized in connection with (A) any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, dispositions pursuant to sale leaseback transactions) or (B) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

 

(ii) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary or nonrecurring gain or loss, less

 

(iii) in the case of any Person that is a partnership or a limited liability company, the amount of withholding for tax purposes of such Person for such period.

 

Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions and any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, in each case after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness (other than the repayment of Senior Indebtedness) secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.

 

NIGC” means the National Indian Gaming Commission.

 

Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

 

Notes” means, collectively, the Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes and any Additional Notes, treated as a single class of securities as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, in each case as issued pursuant to this Indenture.

 

Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

 

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer,

 

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the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person and, in the case of the Authority, shall include members of the Management Board.

 

Officers Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Authority by two Officers of the Authority, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Authority, that meets the requirements of Section 12.05 hereof.

 

Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee that meets the requirements of Section 12.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Authority, the Tribe, any Subsidiary of the Authority or the Trustee.

 

Ownership Interest” means, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of such Person or any interest which carries the right to elect or appoint any members of the Management Board or the Board of Directors or other executive office of such Person.

 

Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Cedel, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Cedel, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Cedel).

 

Permitted Asset Swap” means the exchange by the Authority or any Restricted Subsidiary of any assets for other assets from a Person; provided that the assets received in such exchange are believed by the Authority in good faith to be of substantially equivalent value and substantially all of which are either (i) long term assets that are used or useful in the Principal Business, (ii) cash or (iii) any combination of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii).

 

“Permitted Investments” means:

 

(i) any Investment in the Authority or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority that is engaged in a Principal Business or a Related Business;

 

(ii) any Investment in cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

(iii) any Investment by the Authority or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority in a Person, if as a result of such Investment (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority and a Subsidiary Guarantor and is engaged in a Principal Business or a Related Business or (b) is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority;

 

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(iv) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 3.10;

 

(v) any Investment in any Persons having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Management Board and measured as of the date of such Investment, without giving effect to any subsequent increases or decreases in value) not to exceed the sum of (i) $125.0 million, plus (ii) twenty-five percent (25%) of Consolidated Cash Flow for the twelve (12) calendar months preceding the date of any such Investment, at any one time outstanding;

 

(vi) Government Service Payments;

 

(vii) payroll advances to employees of the Authority or its Restricted Subsidiaries for travel, entertainment and relocation expenses in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000 at any one time outstanding;

 

(viii) accounts and notes receivable if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and which are payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; and

 

(ix) Investments related to Hedging and Swap Obligations, so long as such Hedging and Swap Obligations are not used for speculative purposes.

 

“Permitted Liens” means:

 

(i) Liens securing the Credit Facilities and Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred under clauses (v), (vi) (to the extent of the Liens securing such Indebtedness being refinanced), (vii), (x) or (xi) of Section 4.09(b);

 

(ii) Liens in favor of the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(iii) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature (including, without limitation, pledges or deposits made in connection with obligatory workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance or similar laws) incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(iv) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture;

 

(v) Liens arising as a result of survey exceptions, title defects, encumbrances, easements, reservations of, or rights of others for, rights of way, sewers,

 

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electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property not interfering with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(vi) Liens arising by operation of law in favor of carriers, warehousemen, landlords, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, employees or suppliers, incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums which are not yet delinquent or are being contested in good faith by negotiations or by appropriate proceedings which suspend the collection thereof;

 

(vii) Liens incurred as a result of any interest or title of a lessor or lessee under any lease of property (including any Lien granted by such lessor or lessee but excluding any Lien arising in respect of a Financing Lease);

 

(viii) Liens in favor of the Tribe representing the ground lessor’s interest under the Lease;

 

(ix) Liens on property existing at the time or acquisition thereof by the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition;

 

(x) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges, claims or rights that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided, however, that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor;

 

(xi) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary with respect to obligations that do not exceed $500,000 at any one time outstanding and that (a) are not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit (other than trade credit in the ordinary course of business) and (b) do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the property and materially impair the use thereof in the operation of business by the Authority; provided, however, it is acknowledged that Permitted Liens will not include any Lien on the land held in trust for the Tribe by the United States or any real property interest therein, including the buildings, improvements and fixtures, other than the leasehold interest pursuant to the Lease, or which will give the holder thereof a proprietary interest in any gaming activity as prohibited by Section 11(b)(2)(A) of IGRA; and

 

(xii) Liens created by or resulting from any legal proceeding with respect to which the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary is prosecuting an appeal proceeding for

 

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review and the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary is maintaining adequate reserves in connection with GAAP.

 

Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that:

 

(i) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus accrued interest on, the Indebtedness so extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus the amount of prepayment premiums, consent fees and reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith);

 

(ii) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; provided that if the original maturity date of such Indebtedness is after the Stated Maturity of the Notes, then such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have a maturity at least 180 days after the Notes;

 

(iii) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and

 

(iv) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Authority or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.

 

Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or agency or political subdivision thereof (including any subdivision or ongoing business of any such entity or substantially all of the assets of any such entity, subdivision or business).

 

Principal Business” means the (i)(a) Gaming and (b)hotel and resort businesses and any activity or business incidental, directly or indirectly related, or similar thereto, or any business or activity that is a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto, including, without limitation, any golf, entertainment, transportation,

 

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recreation or other activity or business designed to promote, market, support, develop, construct or enhance the Gaming and other businesses, in either case operated by the Authority at the Resort and (ii) casino gaming and related businesses (including, without limitation, those described in clause (i)(b) above) located outside the State of Connecticut.

 

Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(i) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.

 

QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

 

Redemption Date” means, when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, in whole or in part, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of Banc of America Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and their respective successors. If any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Authority will appoint in its place another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date.

 

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2005, by and among the Authority and the other parties named on the signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Regulation S Global Note” means a global Note in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee, that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.

 

Related Business” means any business related to the Principal Business.

 

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Relinquishment Agreement” means the Relinquishment Agreement dated February 7, 1998 between the Authority and TCA.

 

Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed, the remaining payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after the related Redemption Date if such Note were not redeemed. However, if such Redemption Date is not an interest payment date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.

 

Resort” means the multi-amenity gaming and entertainment resort on the existing reservation of the Tribe located adjacent to Uncasville, Connecticut and the convention center, retail facilities, arena, hotel and improvements constructed adjacent thereto, as described in the Offering Memorandum dated July 29, 2004 and the documents incorporated by reference therein, but excluding (i) any obsolete personal property or real property improvement determined by the Authority to be no longer useful or necessary to the operations or support of the Resort and (ii) any equipment leased from a third party in the ordinary course of business.

 

Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Services department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

Restricted Investment” means any Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

 

Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

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Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Senior Subordinated Notes” means the Authority’s Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 to be issued concurrently with the Initial Notes.

 

Shelf Registration Statement” means the Shelf Registration Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date of this Indenture.

 

Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid including as a result of any mandatory sinking fund payment or mandatory redemption in the documentation governing such Indebtedness in effect on the date hereof or, if such Indebtedness is incurred after the date of this Indenture, in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

 

Subordinated Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness that by its terms is expressly subordinated in right of payment in any respect to the payment of any obligation on the Notes.

 

Subsidiary” means: (i) any instrumentality or subdivision or subunit of the Authority that has a separate legal existence or status or whose property and assets would not otherwise be bound to the terms of this Indenture; or (ii) with respect to any Person, any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of the shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof. The Tribe and any other instrumentality of the Tribe that is not also an instrumentality of the Authority shall not be a Subsidiary of the Authority.

 

Subsidiary Guarantee” means the joint and several guarantee by the Authority’s Subsidiaries of the Authority’s obligations under the Notes, in substantially the form of such Subsidiary Guarantee attached as Exhibit D to this Indenture.

 

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Subsidiary Guarantors” means Mohegan Basketball Club LLC Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, Downs Racing, L.P., Backside, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P. and any Subsidiary of the Authority that executes a Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

 

TCA” means Trading Cove Associates.

 

TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.

 

Treasury Rate” means an annual rate equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The semiannual equivalent yield to maturity will be computed as of the second business day immediately preceding such Redemption Date.

 

Tribal Council” means the Tribe’s nine member elected council which exercises all the legislative and executive powers of the Tribe.

 

Tribal Gaming Ordinance” means the ordinance and any amendments thereto, and all related or implementing ordinances, including, without limitation, the Gaming Authority Ordinance, enacted on July 15, 1995 which are enacted by the Tribe or authorize and regulate gaming on the existing reservation of the Tribe located adjacent to Uncasville, Connecticut pursuant to IGRA.

 

Tribal Tax Code” means any sales, use, room occupancy and related excise taxes, including admissions and cabaret taxes and any other tax (other than income tax) that may be imposed by the State of Connecticut that the Tribe may impose on the Authority, its patrons or operations; provided, however, that the rate and scope of such taxes shall not be more onerous than those imposed by the State of Connecticut.

 

Tribe” means The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, a sovereign tribe recognized by the United States of America pursuant to 25 C.F.R. § 83.

 

Trustee” means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

 

Unrestricted Definitive Note” means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

Unrestricted Global Note” means a permanent global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the

 

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“Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing a series of Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) any Subsidiary of the Authority that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Management Board in the manner provided below and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Management Board may designate any Restricted Subsidiary (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Authority) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Authority or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that either (A) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total assets of $1,000 or less or (B) if such Subsidiary has assets greater than $1,000, such designation would be permitted under Section 4.07.

 

Any such designation by the Management Board shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions and was permitted by Section 4.07. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the foregoing requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority as of such date (and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.09, the Authority shall be in default of such Section). The Authority may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation shall only be permitted if (a) such Indebtedness is permitted by Section 4.09, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period, and (b) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

 

U.S. Person” means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.

 

Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Management Board or Board of Directors, as the case may be, of such Person.

 

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between

 

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such date and the making of such payment, by (ii) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

 

Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

Section 1.02. Other Definitions.

 

Term


   Defined in Section

“Affiliate Transaction”

   4.11

“Asset Sale Offer”

   3.10

“Authentication Order”

   2.02

“Change of Control Offer”

   4.15

“Change of Control Payment”

   4.15

“Change of Control Payment Date”

   4.15

“Covenant Defeasance”

   8.04

“DTC”

   2.03

“Event of Default”

   6.01

“Excess Proceeds”

   4.10

“incur”

   4.09

“Lease Transaction”

   4.24

“Legal Defeasance”

   8.03

“Moody’s”

   4.28

“Offer Amount”

   3.10

“Offer Period”

   3.10

“Paying Agent”

   2.03

“Payment Default”

   6.01

“Purchase Date”

   3.10

“Rating Event Date”

   4.28

“Reinstated Covenants”

   4.28

“Registrar”

   2.03

“Restricted Payments”

   4.07

“Suspended Covenants”

   4.28

“S&P”

   4.28

 

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Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

 

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

 

The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

 

indenture securities” means the Notes;

 

indenture security Holder” means a Holder of a Note;

 

indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

 

indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and

 

obligor” on the Notes and any Note Guarantees means the Authority and any successor obligor upon the Notes and any Note Guarantees, respectively.

 

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.

 

Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.

 

Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

 

(c) “or” is not exclusive;

 

(d) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

 

(e) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and

 

(f) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.

 

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ARTICLE 2

 

THE NOTES

 

Section 2.01. Form and Dating.

 

(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.

 

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Authority, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.

 

(c) Euroclear and Cedel Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Cedel Bank” and “Customer Handbook” of Cedel Bank shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Cedel Bank.

 

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Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication.

 

Two Officers of the Authority shall sign the Notes for the Authority by manual or facsimile signature.

 

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.

 

A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

 

The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Authority signed by two Officers of the Authority (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate Notes for original issue in one or more series, which order shall specify whether such notes are Initial Notes, Exchange Notes or Additional Notes. Initial Notes may be issued up to an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $250,000,000 (other than as provided in Section 2.07 hereof). Additional Notes may be issued in an unlimited principal amount.

 

The Notes shall be issued only in fully registered form, without coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. All Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class and no series of Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.

 

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Authority to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Authority.

 

Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.

 

The Authority shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Authority may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Authority may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Authority shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Authority fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

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The Authority initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

 

The Authority initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

 

Section 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust.

 

The Authority shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium or Additional Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Authority in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Authority at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary or an Affiliate) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Authority, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

 

Section 2.05. Holder Lists.

 

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Authority shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes and the Authority shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).

 

Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Authority for Definitive Notes if (i) the Authority delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Authority within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary or (ii) the Authority in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be

 

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exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee. Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (i) or (ii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (f) hereof.

 

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

 

(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).

 

(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar

 

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containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above. Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Authority in accordance with Section 2.06(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof.

 

(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and

 

(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in the Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any Holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and:

 

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Authority;

 

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(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

 

(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or

 

(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Authority shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above.

 

Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.

 

(c) Transferor Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.

 

(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange

 

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such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

 

(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

 

(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Authority or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

 

(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

 

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Authority shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

 

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(ii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:

 

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Authority;

 

(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

 

(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or

 

(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(iii) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to

 

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a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Authority shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.

 

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

 

(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

 

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(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Authority or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

 

(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

 

the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note.

 

(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:

 

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Authority;

 

(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

 

(1) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

 

(2) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial

 

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interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

 

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

 

If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (ii)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Authority shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

 

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).

 

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

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(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and

 

(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

 

(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:

 

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Authority;

 

(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C) any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

 

(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

 

(2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such

 

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Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

(E) and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Authority to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

 

(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of an Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Authority shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (x) they are not broker-dealers, (y) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (z) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Authority, and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer and (ii) Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Authority shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount.

 

(g) Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

 

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(i) Private Placement Legend.

 

(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (SUBJECT TO THE DELIVERY OF SUCH EVIDENCE, IF ANY, REQUIRED UNDER THE INDENTURE PURSUANT TO WHICH THIS NOTE IS ISSUED) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER OR ANOTHER EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUTHORITY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (1)(a) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE AUTHORITY SO REQUESTS), SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT BY THE REGISTRAR OF A CERTIFICATION OF THE TRANSFEROR AND AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) TO THE AUTHORITY OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION

 

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STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTION SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.”

 

(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) to this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE AUTHORITY.”

 

(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the

 

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direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

 

(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

 

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Authority shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Authority’s order or at the Registrar’s request.

 

(ii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Authority may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.10, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 hereof).

 

(iii) The Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

 

(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Authority, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

(v) The Authority shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date under such Note.

 

(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Authority may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Authority shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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(vii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.

 

(viii) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.

 

Section 2.07. Replacement Notes.

 

If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Authority and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Authority shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note in accordance with this Indenture. If required by the Trustee or the Authority, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Authority to protect the Authority, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Authority may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.

 

Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Authority and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

 

Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes.

 

The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Authority or an Affiliate of the Authority holds the Note.

 

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.

 

If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

 

If the Paying Agent (other than the Authority, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a Redemption Date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.

 

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Section 2.09. Treasury Notes.

 

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Authority, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Authority, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.

 

Section 2.10. Temporary Notes.

 

Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Authority may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Authority considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Authority shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.

 

Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

 

Section 2.11. Cancellation.

 

The Authority at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction of all canceled Notes shall be delivered to the Authority. The Authority may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest.

 

If the Authority defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Authority shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Authority shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date, provided that no such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days

 

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before the special record date, the Authority (or, upon the written request of the Authority, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Authority) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

 

Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers.

 

The Authority in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or the omission of such numbers. The Authority will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

 

Section 2.14. Ranking.

 

The Notes rank senior in right of payment to, without limitation, the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes and at anytime the Junior Relinquishment Payment (as defined in the Relinquishment Agreement) to the extent then due and owing pursuant to the terms of the Relinquishment Agreement at such time.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

 

Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee.

 

If the Authority elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth (i) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the Redemption Date, (iii) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, (iv) the redemption price and (v) if applicable, any redemption requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are listed.

 

Section 3.02. Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed.

 

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes for redemption in compliance with any requirements of the principal national

 

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securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed as set forth in the Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.01 or, if the Notes are not so listed or if the requirements are not set forth in such Officers’ Certificate, on a pro rata basis, by lot or in accordance with any other method the Trustee considers fair and appropriate. In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption.

 

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Authority in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000, except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.

 

Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 3.10 hereof, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Authority shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.

 

The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

 

(a) the Redemption Date;

 

(b) the redemption price;

 

(c) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;

 

(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(e) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

 

(f) that, unless the Authority defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes or portions of them called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;

 

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(g) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and

 

(h) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

 

At the Authority’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Authority’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Authority shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.

 

Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.

 

Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the Redemption Date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional.

 

Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.

 

One Business Day prior to the Redemption Date, the Authority shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Authority any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Authority in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed.

 

If the Authority complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Authority to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the Redemption Date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.

 

Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part.

 

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expense of the Authority a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

 

Section 3.07. Optional Redemption.

 

(a) At any time prior to February 15, 2009, the Notes will be redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the option of the Authority, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and

 

(ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments discounted to the Redemption Date, on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points;

 

plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date.

 

(b) At any time or from time to time on or after February 15, 2009, the Notes will be redeemable, at the option of the Authority, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth in the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the applicable redemption date.

 

Section 3.08. Redemption Pursuant to Gaming Law.

 

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article 3, if any Gaming Regulatory Authority requires that a Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable gaming laws in order to maintain any gaming license or franchise of the Authority under any applicable gaming laws, and the Holder or beneficial owner fails to apply for a license, qualification or finding of suitability within 30 days after being requested to do so by such Gaming Regulatory Authority (or such lesser period that may be required by such Gaming Regulatory Authority) or if such Holder or beneficial owner is not so licensed, qualified or found suitable, the Authority has the right, at its option, (i) to require such Holder or beneficial owner to dispose of such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s Notes within 30 days of receipt of such finding by the applicable Gaming Regulatory Authority (or such earlier date as may be required by the applicable Gaming Regulatory Authority); or (ii) to call for redemption of the Notes of such Holder or beneficial owner at a redemption price equal to the least of (1) the principal amount thereof, (2) the price at which such Holder or beneficial owner acquired the Notes and (3) the current market price of the Notes, together with, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the earlier of the date of redemption or the date of the finding of unsuitability by such Gaming Regulatory Authority, which may be less than 30 days following the notice of redemption if so ordered by such Gaming Regulatory Authority.

 

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(b) In connection with any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.08, and except as may be required by a Gaming Regulatory Authority, the Authority shall comply with Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

 

(c) The Authority shall not be required to pay or reimburse any Holder or beneficial owner of Notes who is required to apply for such license, qualification or finding of suitability for the costs of the licensure or investigation for such qualification or finding of suitability. Such expenses shall be the obligation of such Holder or beneficial owner.

 

Section 3.09. Mandatory Redemption.

 

The Authority shall not be required to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.

 

Section 3.10. Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.

 

In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Authority shall be required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes (an “Asset Sale Offer”), it shall follow the procedures specified below.

 

The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No later than five Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Authority shall purchase the principal amount of Notes required to be purchased pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof (the “Offer Amount”) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.

 

If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.

 

Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Authority shall send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:

 

(a) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.10 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer shall remain open;

 

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(b) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

 

(c) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest;

 

(d) that, unless the Authority defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;

 

(e) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in integral multiples of $1,000 only;

 

(f) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased Pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Authority, a depositary, if appointed by the Authority, or a paying agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;

 

(g) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Authority, the depositary or the paying agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;

 

(h) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Authority shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Authority so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased); and

 

(i) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).

 

On or before the Purchase Date, the Authority shall, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Authority in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.10. The Authority, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any case not later than five Business Days

 

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after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Authority for purchase, and the Authority shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Authority shall authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Authority to the Holder thereof. The Authority shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date.

 

Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.10, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.10 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.01. Payment of Notes.

 

(a) The Authority shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Authority or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Authority in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, then due. The Authority shall pay all Additional Interest, if any, in the same manner, on the same dates and in the amounts set forth in the first paragraph of the Notes.

 

(b) The Authority shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

 

(a) The Authority shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or coregistrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Authority in respect of the

 

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Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Authority shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Authority shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

 

(b) The Authority may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Authority of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Authority shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

(c) The Authority hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Authority in accordance with Section 2.03.

 

Section 4.03. Reports.

 

(a) Whether or not required by the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Authority will furnish to the Holders of Notes (which, with the consent of such Holders, may be by electronic transmission) and the Trustee within 15 days after the end of the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations for filings of current, quarterly and annual reports:

 

(i) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Authority were required to file such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” that describes the financial condition and results of operations of the Authority and its consolidated Subsidiaries (showing in reasonable detail, either on the face of the consolidated financial statements or in the footnotes thereto and in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, the financial condition and results of operations of the Authority and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Authority, to the extent that would be required by the rules, regulations or interpretive positions of the SEC) and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by the Authority’s registered public accounting firm; and

 

(ii) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Authority were required to file such reports.

 

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(b) In the event that the Authority consummates an Exchange Offer, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Authority will file a copy of all such information and reports with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request.

 

(c) The Authority has agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, it will furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

 

(d) The Authority shall file with the Trustee and provide to Holders of Notes, within 15 days after it files them with the NIGC, copies of all reports which the Authority is required to file with the NIGC pursuant to 25 C.F.R. Part 514.

 

(e) The Authority shall at all times comply with TIA § 314(a).

 

Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate.

 

(a) The Authority shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Authority and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Authority has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Authority has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Authority is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Authority is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

(b) So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the year-end financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(a) above shall be accompanied by a written statement of the Authority’s independent public accountants (who shall be a firm of established national reputation) that in making the examination necessary for certification of such financial statements, nothing has come to their attention that would lead them to believe that the Authority has violated any provisions of Article 4 or Article 5 hereof or, if any such violation has occurred,

 

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specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it being understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly or indirectly to any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such violation.

 

(c) The Authority shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Authority is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 4.05. Taxes.

 

The Authority shall pay, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.

 

Section 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

 

The Authority covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Authority (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

 

Section 4.07. Restricted Payments.

 

(a) The Authority will not, and the Authority will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to: (i) make any payment on or with respect to any of the Authority’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests; (ii) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interest in the Authority held by the Tribe or any Affiliate of the Tribe; (iii) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Subordinated Indebtedness, except a payment of interest or principal at Stated Maturity thereof; (iv) make any payment or distribution to the Tribe (or any other agency, instrumentality or political subunit thereof) or make any general distribution to the members of the Tribe (other than Government Service Payments); or (v) make any Restricted Investment; (all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (v) are collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”) unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

 

(A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;

 

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(B) the Authority would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a); and

 

(C) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Authority and its Restricted Subsidiaries since March 3, 1999 (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii) of Section 4.07(b)), is less than the sum, without duplication, of (1) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Authority for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of the first fiscal quarter commencing after March 3, 1999 to the end of the Authority’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal consolidated financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit), plus (2) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds or fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Management Board and evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee) of assets or property (other than cash) received by the Authority from capital contributions from the Tribe that bear no mandatory obligation to repay the Tribe, plus (3) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after March 3, 1999 is sold, liquidated or otherwise disposed of for cash or an amount equal to the fair market value thereof (as determined in good faith by the Management Board and evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee), the lesser of (I) the cash return of capital or fair market value amount, as the case may be, with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (II) the initial amount of such Restricted Investment, plus (4) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after March 3, 1999, the lesser of (I) the fair market value of the Authority’s Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation and (II) such fair market value as of the date on which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

(b) So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, the preceding provisions will not prohibit: (i) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; (ii) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority to the holders of its common Equity Interests on a pro rata basis; (iii) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority held by any member of the

 

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Authority’s (or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’) management pursuant to any management equity subscription agreement or stock option agreement in effect as of the date of this Indenture; provided that (a) the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests shall not exceed $1.0 million in any 12-month period and (b) the aggregate amount of all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests shall not in the aggregate exceed $3.0 million; (iv) the redemption or purchase of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Authority in the event that the holder of such Subordinated Indebtedness has failed to qualify or be found suitable or otherwise be eligible by any Gaming Regulatory Authority to remain a holder of such Subordinated Indebtedness; (v) the redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent capital contribution from the Tribe (provided that such capital contribution is not counted for purposes of Section 4.07(a)(C)(2)); (vi) the redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes (other than the 7 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014); (vii) the redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of the Senior Subordinated Notes or the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes in connection with any repurchase offer related to an Asset Sale but only if the Authority shall have complied with Section 4.10 and purchased all Notes validly tendered in such offer prior to the redemption of such other notes; and (viii) any other Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed $75.0 million at any one time outstanding.

 

(c) The Authority may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such designation would not cause a Default; provided that in no event shall any Key Project Assets or Gaming Licenses be transferred to an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided further that Gaming Licenses unrelated to the Resort may be transferred to an Unrestricted Subsidiary, so long as at the time and after giving effect to such transfer (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; and (ii) the Authority would, at the time of such transfer and after giving pro forma effect thereto, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(a). In the event of such designation, all outstanding Investments owned by the Authority and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of such designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under this Section 4.07(a) unless the Investment constitutes a Permitted Investment. All such outstanding Investments will be deemed to constitute Restricted Payments in an amount equal to the fair market value of such Investments at the time of such designation. Such designation will only be permitted if such Restricted Payment would be permitted at such time and if such Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Authority may redesignate an Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if such redesignation would not otherwise cause a Default.

 

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to be transferred or issued by the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The fair market value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this Section 4.07 shall be determined by the Management Board whose resolution with respect thereto shall be delivered to the Trustee.

 

Section 4.08. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.

 

(a) Except as set forth in Section 4.08(b), the Authority will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to: (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Authority or any of the Authority’s Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to the Authority or any of the Authority’s Restricted Subsidiaries; (ii) make loans or advances to the Authority or any of the Authority’s Restricted Subsidiaries; or (iii) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Authority or any of the Authority’s Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

(b) The provisions of Section 4.08(a) will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

(i) Existing Indebtedness as in effect on the date of this Indenture and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof, provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in such Existing Indebtedness, as in effect on the date of this Indenture;

 

(ii) this Indenture and the Notes;

 

(iii) the indenture governing the Senior Subordinated Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes;

 

(iv) the Credit Facilities;

 

(v) applicable law;

 

(vi) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired, provided that, in the case of

 

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Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;

 

(vii) customary non-assignment provisions in leases or other contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;

 

(viii) purchase money obligations (including, without limitation, Capital Lease Obligations) for property acquired in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on the property so acquired of the nature described in Section 4.08(a)(iii);

 

(ix) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition;

 

(x) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;

 

(xi) Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.12 that limit the right of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to dispose of the assets subject to such Lien;

 

(xii) provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(xiii) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business.

 

Section 4.09. Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.

 

(a) The Authority will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Authority will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that the Authority may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock and the Authority’s Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness or issue preferred stock if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Authority’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal consolidated financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such

 

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additional Indebtedness is incurred would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0 determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Authority will not issue any Disqualified Stock or any type of Capital Stock that would violate IGRA.

 

(b) So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or would be caused thereby, Section 4.09(a) will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness:

 

(i) the incurrence by the Authority or its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness and letters of credit pursuant to Credit Facilities; provided that the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness and letters of credit outstanding under all Credit Facilities, after giving effect to such incurrence (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Authority thereunder), does not exceed $600.0 million less the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since March 3, 1999 to repay Indebtedness under Credit Facilities permitted under Section 4.10;

 

(ii) the incurrence by the Authority and its Restricted Subsidiaries of Existing Indebtedness;

 

(iii) the incurrence by the Authority of Indebtedness represented by the Initial Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $250.0 million and the Exchange Notes;

 

(iv) the incurrence by the Authority of Indebtedness represented by the Senior Subordinated Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $150.0 million and the exchange notes to be issued in exchange therefore pursuant to the applicable registration rights agreement;

 

(v) the incurrence by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of furniture, fixtures, equipment or similar assets used or useful in the business of the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary not to exceed 100% of the lesser of cost and fair market value of the assets financed and, in an aggregate principal amount under this clause (iv) not to exceed $50.0 million at any time outstanding;

 

(vi) the incurrence by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance, renew, extend, defease or replace Indebtedness that was

 

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permitted by this Indenture to be incurred under Section 4.09(a) or clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this Section 4.09(b);

 

(vii) the incurrence by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging and Swap Obligations with respect to any Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding;

 

(viii) the guarantee by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.09;

 

(ix) the incurrence by a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness owed to another Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary or to the Authority; provided that if at any time any such Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary ceases to be a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, any such Indebtedness shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for the purposes of this Section 4.09;

 

(x) the incurrence by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (x), not to exceed $25.0 million; or

 

(xi) to the extent that such incurrence does not result in the incurrence by the Authority or any Restricted Subsidiary of any obligation for the payment of borrowed money of others, Indebtedness incurred solely as a result of the execution by the Authority or its Restricted Subsidiaries of a Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreement.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09 in the event that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (xi) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a), the Authority shall, in its sole discretion, classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09.

 

Section 4.10. Asset Sales.

 

(a) The Authority will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless: (i) the Authority (or its Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Management Board and evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and (ii) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of

 

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the consideration therefor received by the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash. For purposes of this provision, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash: (A) any liabilities that would appear on the Authority’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any guarantee thereof) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary novation agreement that releases the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability; and (B) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Authority or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 30 days of the receipt thereof, provided, however, that the Authority will not be permitted to make any Asset Sale of Key Project Assets.

 

(b) Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Authority may apply such Net Proceeds, at its option, to: (i) repay permanently term Indebtedness under Credit Facilities of the Authority or any Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) repay revolving credit Indebtedness under Credit Facilities and correspondingly permanently reduce commitments with respect thereto; (iii) acquire a majority of the assets of, or a majority of the Voting Stock of, an entity engaged in the Principal Business or a Related Business; (iv) make capital expenditures or acquire other long-term assets that are used or useful in the Principal Business or a Related Business; (v) make an investment in the Principal Business or a Related Business or in tangible long-term assets used or useful in the Principal Business or a Related Business; or (vi) reduce permanently Indebtedness that is not Subordinated Indebtedness.

 

Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Authority may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture. At any time during such 360-day period, the Authority may elect to treat all or any portion of such Net Proceeds as “Excess Proceeds” and make an Asset Sale Offer to the Holders of the Notes as set forth in Section 4.10(c) below in satisfaction of the obligation to make such offer as set forth in Section 4.10(c).

 

(c) Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in Section 4.10(b) will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, the Authority will make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase and will be payable in cash, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture and such other Indebtedness. To the extent that any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Authority may use such Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this

 

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Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such other Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other Indebtedness (to the extent that such other Indebtedness permits such selection) to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of such offer to purchase, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

 

Section 4.11. Transactions with Affiliates.

 

(a) The Authority will not, and the Authority will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless: (i) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Authority or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and (ii) the Authority delivers to the Trustee: (A) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5.0 million, a resolution of the Management Board set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 4.11 and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Management Board; and (B) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.

 

(b) The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.1l(a): (i) any employment agreement or arrangement entered into by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the past practice of the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) transactions between or among the Authority and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries; (iii) payment of reasonable Management Board fees to members of the Management Board; (iv) transactions with Persons in whom the Authority owns any Equity Interests, so long as the remaining equity holders of such Person are not Affiliates of the Authority or any of its Subsidiaries; (v) Government Service Payments; (vi) transactions pursuant to the Relinquishment Agreement; (vii) Restricted Payments or Permitted Investments that are made in compliance with the provisions of Section 4.07; (viii) contractual arrangements existing on the date of this Indenture and renewals, extensions and any modifications thereof that are not materially adverse to Holders; and (ix) provision by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of development or management services to an Unrestricted Subsidiary engaged in a Principal Business or Related Business, provided that the Authority or such

 

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Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is reimbursed by the Unrestricted Subsidiary for all costs and expenses (including without limitation payroll) it incurs in providing such services.

 

Section 4.12. Liens.

 

The Authority will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of its property or assets or any proceeds therefrom, which secures either (i) Subordinated Indebtedness, unless the Notes are secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds, which Lien is senior in priority to the Liens securing such Subordinated Indebtedness or (ii) pari passu Indebtedness, unless the Notes are equally and ratably secured with the Liens securing such pari passu Indebtedness.

 

Section 4.13. Line of Business.

 

The Authority shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than the Principal Business or a Related Business.

 

Section 4.14. Existence of the Authority and Maintenance of the Lease.

 

(a) The Authority shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect their respective existence, in accordance with their respective organizational documents and their respective rights (contractual, charter and statutory), licenses and franchises; provided, however, that neither the Authority nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to preserve, with respect to itself, any license, right or franchise and, with respect to its Restricted Subsidiaries, any such existence, license, right or franchise, if its Management Board or Board of Directors, or other governing body or officers authorized to make such determination, as the case may be, shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Authority or any Restricted Subsidiary, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

 

(b) The Authority shall do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to perform any material covenants set forth in the Lease in order to keep the Lease in full force and effect.

 

Section 4.15. Offer to Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control.

 

(a) If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder of the Notes will have the right to require the Authority to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of that Holder’s Notes pursuant to a change of control offer (a “Change of Control Offer”). In the Change of Control Offer, the Authority will offer a payment (the “Change

 

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of Control Payment”) in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon, to the date of purchase.

 

(b) Within 20 Business Days following any Change of Control, the Authority will mail a notice to each Holder (and, unless the Trustee makes the mailing on behalf of the Authority, to the Trustee) describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the date specified in such notice (the “Change of Control Payment Date”), pursuant to the procedures required by this Indenture and described in such notice. If the Authority wishes the Trustee to do the mailing, it will give the Trustee adequate prior notice so that the Trustee may do so. The Authority will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control.

 

(c) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Authority will, to the extent lawful: (i) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered; and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Authority.

 

(d) The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes so tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Note will be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. The Authority will notify the Trustee and will instruct the Trustee to notify the Holders of the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.

 

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the Authority shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.15 and Section 3.10 hereof and all other provisions of this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Authority and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.

 

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Section 4.16. [Intentionally Omitted]

 

Section 4.17. Sale and Leaseback Transactions.

 

The Authority will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction involving the Resort; provided that the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into such sale and leaseback transaction if: (i) the Authority or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, could have (a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such sale and leaseback transaction pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) and (b) incurred a Lien to secure such Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.12; (ii) the gross cash proceeds of such sale and leaseback transaction are at least equal to the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Management Board and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the property that is subject of such sale and leaseback transaction; and (iii) the transfer of assets in such sale and leaseback transaction is permitted by, and the Authority applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with Section 4.10.

 

Section 4.18. Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Equity Interests in Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

The Authority (i) will not, and will not permit any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority to, transfer, convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests in any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority to any Person (other than the Authority or another Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority), unless (a) such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition is of all the Equity Interests in such Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary and (b) the cash Net Proceeds from such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition are applied in accordance with Section 4.10, and (ii) will not permit any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority to issue any of its Equity Interests (other than, if necessary, shares of its Capital Stock constituting directors’ qualifying shares) to any Person other than to the Authority or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Authority unless upon such issuance, the Authority’s investment in any such formerly Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary would otherwise qualify as a Permitted Investment.

 

Section 4.19. Payments for Consent.

 

Neither the Authority nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder of any Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid or is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

 

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Section 4.20. Subsidiary Guarantees.

 

Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, Downs Racing, L.P., Backside, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P. will be Subsidiary Guarantors. If the Authority acquires or creates any Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture that guarantees other debt of the Authority or which is obligated on other debt in excess of $25.0 million (as measured with respect to each Restricted Subsidiary) then that newly acquired or created Restricted Subsidiary must become a Subsidiary Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee and deliver an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee within 20 Business Days of the date on which it is acquired or created.

 

Section 4.21. Ownership Interests in the Authority.

 

Neither the Tribe nor the Authority shall permit any Person other than the Tribe to acquire any Ownership Interest whatsoever in the Authority.

 

Section 4.22. Subordination of Junior Payments Under the Relinquishment Agreement.

 

All Obligations under the Notes shall be “Senior Obligations” as defined in the Relinquishment Agreement and will not be on parity with, or subordinated in right of payment to, the Junior Relinquishment Payments (as defined in the Relinquishment Agreement) and the Authority will not amend Section 6.2 of the Relinquishment Agreement in a manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes.

 

Section 4.23. [Intentionally Omitted].

 

Section 4.24. Restrictions on Leasing and Dedication of Property.

 

(a) Except as provided in Section 4.24(b), the Authority will not lease, sublease, or grant a license, concession or other agreement to occupy, manage or use any material portion of the Authority’s property and assets owned or leased by the Authority and located on the Resort (each, a “Lease Transaction”).

 

(b) Section 4.24(a) will not prohibit any of the following Lease Transactions:

 

(i) the Authority may enter into a Lease Transaction with respect to any space with any Person (including, without limitation, a lease for the purpose of developing, constructing, operating and managing retail establishments within the Resort), provided that: (A) such Lease Transaction will not materially interfere with, impair or detract from the operations of the Resort; (B) such Lease Transaction contains rent and such other terms such that the Lease Transaction, taken as a whole is commercially

 

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reasonable in light of prevailing or comparable transactions in other casinos, hotels, attractions or shopping venues; and (C) such Lease Transaction complies with all applicable law, including obtaining any consent of the BIA, if required;

 

(ii) the Lease and any amendments, extensions, modifications or renewals thereof which are not materially adverse to the Holders;

 

(iii) the Authority may enter into a management or operating agreement with respect to any of the Authority’s property and assets with any Person, provided that (A) the manager or operator has experience in managing or operating similar operations; and (B) such management or operating agreement is on commercially reasonable and fair terms to the Authority; and

 

(iv) the Relinquishment Agreement and any amendments, extensions, modifications or renewals thereof which are not materially adverse to the Holders.

 

(c) No Lease Transaction may provide that the Authority may subordinate its leasehold or fee interest to any lessee or any financing party of any lessee, and no person other than the Authority may conduct gaming or casino operations on any property that is the subject of a Lease Transaction.

 

Section 4.25. Maintenance of Insurance.

 

Until the Notes have been paid in full, the Authority shall maintain insurance with responsible carriers against such risks and in such amounts as is customarily carried by similar businesses with such deductibles, retentions, set insured amounts and coinsurance provisions as are customarily carried by similar businesses of similar size, including, without limitation, property and casualty.

 

Customary insurance coverage shall be deemed to include the following:

 

(a) workers’ compensation insurance to the extent required to comply with all applicable state, territorial, or United States laws and regulations, or the laws and regulations of any other applicable jurisdiction;

 

(b) comprehensive general liability insurance with minimum limits of $2.0 million;

 

(c) umbrella or bumbershoot liability insurance providing excess liability coverages over and above the foregoing underlying insurance policies up to a minimum limit of $100.0 million; and

 

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(d) property insurance protecting the property against loss or damage by fire, lightning, wind-storm, tornado, water damage, vandalism, riot, earthquake, civil commotion, malicious mischief, hurricane, and such other risks and hazards as are from time to time covered by an “all-risk” policy or a property policy covering “special” causes of loss (such insurance shall provide coverage of not less than the Maximum Foreseeable Loss (as determined from time to time) of any improvements and with a deductible no greater than $500,000 (other than earthquake insurance, for which the deductible may be up to 10% of the Maximum Foreseeable Loss).

 

Section 4.26. Gaming Licenses.

 

The Authority will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain and retain in full force and effect at all times all Gaming Licenses necessary for the operation of the Resort, provided that, if in the course of the exercise of its governmental or regulatory functions the Authority is required to suspend or revoke any consent, permit or license or close or suspend any operation or any part of the Resort as a result of any noncompliance with the law, the Authority will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to promptly and diligently correct such noncompliance or replace any personnel causing such noncompliance so that the Resort will be opened and fully operating.

 

The Authority shall file with the Trustee and provide Holders of Notes any Notice of Violation, Order of Temporary Closure, or Assessment of Civil Fines from the NIGC pursuant to 25 C.F.R. Part 573 or 575 or any successor provision, and any notice of Non-Compliance issued by, or cause of action commenced by, the State of Connecticut under Section 13 of the Compact, or any successor provision.

 

Section 4.27. Additional Interest.

 

If Additional Interest is payable by the Authority pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Authority shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate to that effect stating (i) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable and (ii) the date on which such interest is payable. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives such a certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no Additional Interest is payable. If the Authority has paid Additional Interest directly to the persons entitled to it, the Authority shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment.

 

Section 4.28. Suspension of Covenants.

 

Following the first date upon which the Notes are rated Baa3 or better by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) and BBB- or better by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group (“S&P”) (or, in either case, if such person ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the control of the Authority, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any other “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under

 

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the Exchange Act) selected by the Authority as a replacement agency) (the “Rating Event Date”) and provided no Event of Default or event that with notice or the passage of time would constitute an Event of Default shall exist on the Rating Event Date, the covenants specifically listed under Section 4.07, Section 4.08, Section 4.09, Section 4.10, Section 4.11, Section 4.18, Section 4.24 and Section 4.25 of this Indenture (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”) will no longer be applicable to the Notes; provided, however that in the event that at any time after a Rating Event Date, the Notes shall be rated lower than Baa3 by Moody’s or lower than BBB- by S&P, or any equivalent rating by a successor agency to Moody’s or S&P, the Suspended Covenants shall be automatically reinstated (the “Reinstated Covenants”) and all transactions by the Authority that occurred during the time that such covenants were suspended and that would have violated such covenants had such covenants been in effect at the time shall be deemed not to constitute a Default or Event of Default, as the case may be, and shall be deemed to have been in compliance with such covenants for all purposes; provided further that thereafter all transactions by the Authority occurring on or after the date on which the Suspended Covenants have been reinstated shall be required to be in compliance with the Reinstated Covenants. For purposes of interpreting the definition of “Permitted Liens” during the time any Suspended Covenants are suspended, the definition should be read as if the Suspended Covenants were not so suspended.

 

ARTICLE 5

 

SUCCESSORS

 

Section 5.01. Liquidation or Dissolution.

 

The Authority shall not sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more transactions. The Authority shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person.

 

ARTICLE 6

 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 6.01. Events of Default.

 

An Event of Default occurs if:

 

(a) the Authority defaults for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, or Additional Interest with respect to, the Notes;

 

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(b) the Authority defaults in payment when due of the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes;

 

(c) the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries fails to comply with any of the provisions of Section 4.10 or 5.01 hereof;

 

(d) the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries fails to observe or perform (i) any covenant described in Section 4.07 or 4.09 for 30 days after notice to the Authority by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class or (ii) any other covenant, representation, warranty or other agreement in this Indenture or the Notes for 60 days after notice to the Authority by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class;

 

(e) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture, if that default (i) is caused by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “Payment Default”); or (ii) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity; and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more;

 

(f) failure by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final judgments in amounts not covered by insurance or not adequately reserved for in accordance with GAAP aggregating in excess of $25.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed (by reason of pending appeal or otherwise) for a period of 60 days;

 

(g) the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Law:

 

(i) commences a voluntary case,

 

(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,

 

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(iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,

 

(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or

 

(v) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or

 

(h) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

 

(i) is for relief against the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;

 

(ii) appoints a custodian of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or

 

(iii) orders the liquidation of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;

 

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;

 

(i) revocation, termination, suspension or other cessation of effectiveness of any Gaming License which results in the cessation or suspension of gaming operations for a period of more than 90 consecutive days at the Resort;

 

(j) cessation of gaming operations for a period of more than 90 consecutive days at the Resort (other than as a result of a casualty loss);

 

(k) the Lease ceases to be in full force and effect;

 

(l) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee; or

 

(m) failure by the Tribe to comply with the provisions of Article 11 for 30 days after notice to the Authority and the Tribe by the Trustee or the Holders of at

 

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least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class.

 

Section 6.02. Acceleration.

 

If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (g) or (h) of Section 6.01 hereof with respect to the Authority, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Upon any such declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in clause (g) or (h) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs with respect to the Authority, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes shall be due and payable immediately without further action or notice. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of all of the Holders rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest or premium that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived.

 

If an Event of Default occurs by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the Authority with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Authority would have to pay if the Authority had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, then, upon acceleration of the Notes, an equivalent premium shall also become and be immediately due and payable, to the extent permitted by law, anything in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding.

 

Section 6.03. Other Remedies.

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

 

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

 

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Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, or interest on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase) (provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Control by Majority.

 

Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits.

 

A Holder of a Note may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes only if:

 

(a) the Holder of a Note gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

 

(b) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

 

(c) such Holder of a Note or Holders of Notes offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

 

(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of indemnity; and

 

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(e) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

 

A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note.

 

Section 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes To Receive Payment.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.

 

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Authority for the whole amount of principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Authority (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by

 

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a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

Section 6.10. Priorities.

 

If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

 

First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

 

Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest, respectively; and

 

Third: to the Authority or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.

 

Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.

 

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

 

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ARTICLE 7

 

TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.

 

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

 

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

 

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

 

(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.

 

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.

 

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(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

 

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Authority. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

(g) Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Section 4.03 is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Authority’s compliance with any of their covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

 

Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee.

 

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

 

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

 

(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

 

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

 

(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Authority shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Authority.

 

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(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

(g) Except with respect to Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance of the Authority’s covenants in Article 4 or Article 11 hereof. In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except (i) any Event of Default occurring pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) or (b) or Section 4.01 hereof or (ii) any Default or Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notification or obtained actual knowledge.

 

(h) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee may, in its discretion, make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Authority personally or by agent or attorney during regular business hours.

 

(i) In the absence of a written direction to do so received by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.05 from Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and indemnification from such Holders for any costs incurred by the Trustee in acting pursuant to such direction, the Trustee shall be under no duty to inquire into or to determine whether the Authority has taken any “willful action” under Section 6.02.

 

Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Authority or any Affiliate of the Authority with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.

 

Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Authority’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Authority or upon the Authority’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use

 

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or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

 

Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults.

 

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.

 

Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.

 

Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c).

 

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes shall be mailed to the Authority and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Authority shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.

 

At the expense of the Authority, the Trustee or, if the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Registrar, shall report the names of record Holders of the Notes to any Gaming Regulatory Authority when requested to do so by the Authority.

 

At the express direction of the Authority and at the Authority’s expense, the Trustee will provide any Gaming Regulatory Authority with:

 

(i) copies of all notices, reports and other written communications which the Trustee gives to Holders;

 

(ii) a list of all of the Holders promptly after the original issuance of the Notes and periodically thereafter if the Authority so directs;

 

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(iii) notice of any Default under this Indenture, any acceleration of the Indebtedness evidenced hereby, the institution of any legal actions or proceedings before any court or governmental authority in respect of a Default or Event of Default hereunder;

 

(iv) notice of the removal or resignation of the Trustee within five Business Days of the effectiveness thereof;

 

(v) notice of any transfer or assignment of rights under this Indenture known to the Trustee within five Business Days thereof; and

 

(vi) a copy of any amendment to the Notes or this Indenture within five Business Days of the effectiveness thereof.

 

To the extent requested by the Authority and at the Authority’s expense, the Trustee shall cooperate with any Gaming Regulatory Authority in order to provide such Gaming Regulatory Authority with the information and documentation requested and as otherwise required by applicable law.

 

Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.

 

The Authority shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Authority shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

The Authority shall indemnify the Trustee and its directors, officers, employees and agents against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Authority (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Authority or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith. The Trustee shall notify the Authority promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Authority shall not relieve the Authority of its obligations hereunder. The Authority shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Authority shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Authority need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

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The obligations of the Authority under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

To secure the Authority’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or (h) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.

 

A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section.

 

The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Authority. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Authority in writing. The Authority may remove the Trustee if:

 

(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;

 

(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

 

(c) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Authority shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Authority.

 

If any Gaming Regulatory Authority requires a Trustee to be approved, licensed or qualified and the Trustee fails or declines to do so, such approval, license or qualification shall be obtained upon the request of, and at the expense of, the Authority unless the

 

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Trustee declines to do so, or, if the Trustee’s relationship with either the Authority may, in the Authority’s discretion, jeopardize any material gaming license or franchise or right or approval granted thereto, the Trustee shall resign, and, in addition, the Trustee may at its option resign if the Trustee in its sole discretion determines not to be so approved, licensed or qualified.

 

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Authority, or the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

If the Trustee, after written request by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Authority. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Authority’s obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

 

If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business (including the trust created by this Indenture) to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

 

Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has, or together with all of its Subsidiaries and parent entities has, a combined capital and surplus of at least $100 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

 

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This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA § 310(b).

 

Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Authority.

 

The Trustee is subject to TIA § 31l(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

 

ARTICLE 8

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; LEGAL DEFEASANCE

AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

Section 8.01. Satisfaction and Discharge.

 

This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes when:

 

(1) either:

 

(a) all Notes that have been authenticated (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Authority) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

(b) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Authority has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in amounts sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

 

(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of any such deposit or shall occur as a result of any such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Authority is a party or by which it is bound;

 

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(3) the Authority has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under the Indenture; and

 

(4) the Authority has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under the Indenture to apply any deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be.

 

In addition, the Authority must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraphs, the Authority’s Obligations in Article 2 and in Sections 4.01, 4.02, 7.07, 7.08, 8.07 and 8.08 shall survive until the Notes are no longer outstanding. After the Notes are no longer outstanding, the Authority’s Obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.07 and 8.08 shall survive.

 

After such delivery or irrevocable deposit, the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Authority’s Obligations under the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantors’ obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees and this Indenture except for those surviving Obligations specified above.

 

Section 8.02. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

The Authority may, at the option of its Management Board evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, at any time, elect to have either Section 8.03 or 8.04 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.

 

Section 8.03. Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

 

Upon the Authority’s exercise under Section 8.02 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Authority shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.05 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Authority shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.06 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Authority, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.05 hereof, and as more fully set forth

 

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in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due, (b) the Authority’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Authority’s obligations in connection therewith and (d) this Article 8. Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Authority may exercise its option under this Section 8.03 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.04 hereof.

 

Section 8.04. Covenant Defeasance.

 

Upon the Authority’s exercise under Section 8.02 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.04, the Authority shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.05 hereof, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14(b), 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.20, 4.21, 4.22, 4.23, 4.24 and 4.25 hereof and Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Authority may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Authority’s exercise under Section 8.02 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(c) through 6.01(f) and Sections 6.01 (i) through 6.01 (m) hereof shall not constitute Events of Default.

 

Section 8.05. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

 

The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.03 or 8.04 hereof to the outstanding Notes:

 

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:

 

(a) the Authority must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in United States dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of,

 

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premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest on the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be;

 

(b) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Authority shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (A) the Authority has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(c) in the case of an election under Section 8.04 hereof, the Authority shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness all or a portion of the proceeds of which will be used to defease the Notes pursuant to this Article 8 concurrently with such incurrence) or insofar as Sections 6.01(g) or 6.01(h) hereof is concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;

 

(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is bound;

 

(f) the Authority must have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (which may be subject to customary exceptions) to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;

 

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(g) the Authority shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Authority with the intent of preferring the Holders over any other creditors of the Authority or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Authority or others; and

 

(h) the Authority shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

 

Section 8.06. Deposited Money and Government Securities To Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

Subject to Section 8.07 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.06, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.05 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Authority acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

The Authority shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.05 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

 

Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Authority from time to time upon the request of the Authority any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.05 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.05(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

Section 8.07. Repayment to Authority.

 

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Authority, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Authority on its request or (if then held

 

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by the Authority) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Authority for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Authority as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Authority cause to be published once, in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Authority.

 

Section 8.08. Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.03 or 8.04 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Authority’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.03 or 8.04 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.03 or 8.04 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Authority makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Authority shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

ARTICLE 9

 

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

 

Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of Notes.

 

Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Authority, the Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, the Tribe and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees, if any, or the Notes without the consent of any Holder of a Note to:

 

(a) cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

 

(b) provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes or to alter the provisions of Article 2 hereof (including the related definitions) in a manner that does not materially adversely affect any Holder;

 

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(c) provide for the assumption of the Authority’s obligations to the Holders of the Notes in the case of a merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Authority’s assets;

 

(d) make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of such Holder;

 

(e) comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA; or

 

(f) allow any Subsidiary to execute a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of such supplemental indenture attached as Exhibit E to this Indenture and a Subsidiary Guarantee substantially in the form of such Subsidiary Guarantee attached as Exhibit D to this Indenture.

 

Upon the request of the Authority accompanied by a resolution of its Management Board authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Authority and the Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, in the execution of any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes.

 

(a) Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Authority, the Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, the Tribe and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including Sections 3.10 and 4.10 hereof), the Subsidiary Guarantees, if any, and the Notes:

 

(i) with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes) and

 

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(ii) with the consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, such Notes) in order to make a change in the provisions of Section 4.15 hereof that adversely affects the rights of any Holder of Notes.

 

(b) Section 2.08 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for purposes of this Section 9.02.

 

(c) Upon the request of the Authority accompanied by a resolution of its Management Board authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Authority in the execution of such amended or supplemental Indenture unless such amended or supplemental Indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.

 

(d) It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

 

(e) After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section becomes effective, the Authority shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Authority to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental Indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Authority with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a nonconsenting Holder):

 

(i) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

(ii) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter or waive any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes except as provided above with respect to Sections 3.10, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof;

 

(iii) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Note;

 

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(iv) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

(v) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;

 

(vi) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights Holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of or interest on the Notes;

 

(vii) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note (other than a payment required by 3.10, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof);

 

(viii) make any change in the foregoing amendment and waiver provisions; or

 

(ix) release any Subsidiary Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of its Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

 

Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in an amended or supplemental Indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

 

Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.

 

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective (as determined by the Authority and which may be prior to any such amendment, supplement or waiver becoming operative), a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same Indebtedness as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date of the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective (as determined by the Authority and which may be prior to any such amendment, supplement or waiver becoming operative). After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder.

 

The Authority may, and shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver, which record date shall be the date so fixed by the Authority notwithstanding the provisions

 

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of the TIA. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date, and only those Persons (or their duly designated proxies), shall be entitled to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date.

 

Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

 

The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Authority in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Section 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments, etc.

 

The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized pursuant to this Article Nine if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Authority may not sign an amendment or supplemental Indenture until the Management Board approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.04 hereof, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE 10

 

GUARANTEES

 

Section 10.01. Unconditional Guarantee.

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall unconditionally, jointly and severally guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns that: (i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, subject to any applicable grace period, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise and interest on the over-due principal, if any, and interest on any interest, to the ex-tent lawful, of the Notes and all other Obligations of the Authority to the Holders or the Trustee under this Indenture or the Notes will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or of any such other Obligations, the same will be

 

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promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, subject to any applicable grace period, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that, as between such Subsidiary Guarantor on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Obligations Guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six for the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations Guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any acceleration of such Obligations as provided in Article 6, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantee in each case to the extent lawful.

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Authority, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance (other than payment in full) which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Subsidiary Guarantor in each case to the extent lawful. Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives, to the extent lawful, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Authority, any right to require a proceeding first against the Authority, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that the Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes, this Indenture and in the Subsidiary Guarantee. If any Noteholder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Authority, any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any Custodian acting in relation to the Authority or any Subsidiary Guarantor, any amount paid by the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee or such Noteholder, the Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that, in the event of Default in the payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest on such Notes, whether at their Stated Maturity, by acceleration, upon redemption, purchase or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Notes, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly against each of the Subsidiary Guarantors to enforce the Subsidiary Guarantee without first proceeding against the Authority. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that if, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee or any Holders are prevented by applicable law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the maturity of the Notes, to collect interest on the Notes, or to enforce any other right or remedy with respect to the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantors, to the extent lawful, will pay to the Trustee for the account of the Holders, upon demand therefor, the amount that would otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of the Holders. The Subsidiary

 

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Guarantors will agree to pay, in addition to the amount stated above, any and all out of pocket reasonable expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee and the Holders in enforcing any rights under the Subsidiary Guarantees with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Section 10.02. Severability.

 

In case any provision of the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 10.03. Release of Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

A Subsidiary Guarantor may, by execution and delivery to the Trustee of a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee, be automatically and unconditionally released from its Subsidiary Guarantee upon either of the following:

 

(x) any sale, exchange or transfer by the Authority or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor to any Person that is not required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor of all of the Capital Stock of, or all or substantially all the assets of, such Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor, which sale, exchange or transfer is made in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; or

 

(y) the designation of such Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

provided, in each such case, the Authority has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transactions have been complied with and that such release is authorized and permitted under this Indenture.

 

Section 10.04. Limitation on Amount Guaranteed.

 

The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor are limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor (including, but not limited to, all Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor) and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution Obligations under this Indenture, result in the Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law. Each Subsidiary Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under a Subsidiary Guarantee shall be entitled

 

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to a contribution from each other Subsidiary Guarantor in a pro rata amount based on the Adjusted Net Assets of each Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Section 10.05. Waiver of Subrogation.

 

Until payment in full is made on the Notes and all other Obligations of the Authority to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder and under the Notes, each Subsidiary Guarantor irrevocably waives any claim or other rights it acquires against the Authority that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee and this Indenture, including without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification, and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any Holder of Notes against the Authority, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Authority, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other rights. If any amount shall be paid to any Subsidiary Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and the Notes shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall have been deemed to have been paid to such Subsidiary Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of, the Holders of the Notes, and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of such Holders to be credited and applied upon the Notes, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Each Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the waiver set forth in this Section 10.05 is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

 

Section 10.06. Execution of Guarantee.

 

To evidence its Guarantee to the Noteholders set forth in this Article 10, each Subsidiary Guarantor will execute the Subsidiary Guarantee in substantially the form attached to this Indenture as Exhibit D, which shall be endorsed on each Note ordered to be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Article 10 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of the Subsidiary Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantee shall be signed on behalf of each Subsidiary Guarantor by one Officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor (each of whom shall, in each case, have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate actions), and the delivery of such Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee on behalf of such Subsidiary Guarantor. Such signatures upon the Subsidiary Guarantee may be by manual or facsimile signature of such officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Subsidiary Guarantee, and in case any such Officer who shall have signed the Subsidiary Guarantee shall cease to be such officer before the Note on which the Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by the Authority,

 

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such Note nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed the Subsidiary Guarantee had not ceased to be such Officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Section 10.07. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive such Subsidiary Guarantor from performing the Subsidiary Guarantee as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) each Subsidiary Guarantor expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

ARTICLE 11

 

COVENANTS OF THE TRIBE

 

Section 11.01. Covenants of the Tribe.

 

The Tribe shall not, and shall not permit any of its representatives, political subunits or councils, agencies, instrumentalities, directly or indirectly, except as required by federal or state law, to do any of the following:

 

(a) increase or impose any tax or other payment obligation on the Authority or on any patrons of, or any activity at, the Resort other than:

 

(i) payments that are due under any agreement in effect on the date of this Indenture or payments that are not materially adverse to the economic interests of Holders of the Notes;

 

(ii) payments that the Authority has agreed to reimburse each Holder for the economic effect thereof, if any;

 

(iii) payments that correspondingly reduce the Restricted Payments otherwise payable to the Tribe;

 

(iv) pursuant to the Tribal Tax Code; or

 

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(v) Government Service Payments;

 

(b) amend the terms of the Lease in any material manner that would be materially adverse to the economic interests of Holders;

 

(c) amend the Tribal Gaming Ordinance in effect on the date of this Indenture (unless any such amendment is a legitimate effort to ensure that the Authority and the Resort conduct gaming operations in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws, rules and regulations or that protects the environment, the public health and safety, or the integrity of the Authority or the Resort) to restrict or eliminate the exclusive right of the Authority to conduct gaming operations on the existing reservation of the Tribe located adjacent to Uncasville, Connecticut in a manner that would be materially adverse to the economic interests of Holders; or

 

(d) take any other action, enter into any agreement, amend its constitution or enact any ordinance, law, rule or regulation that would have a material adverse effect on the economic interests of Holders, provided that, except as set forth in Section 11.01(c), nothing herein shall restrict the ability of the Tribe, directly or indirectly, to engage in any business, including a Gaming enterprise, outside of the Authority.

 

Moreover, except with the consent of a majority in interest of Holders or as required by federal or state law, the Tribe shall not, and shall not permit any of its representatives, political subunits or councils, agencies, instrumentalities, to, directly or indirectly impose, tax or otherwise make a charge on the Notes, this Indenture or any payments or deposits to be made thereunder.

 

Section 11.02. Additional Covenants of the Tribe.

 

(a) Any action taken by the Tribe to comply with federal or state law that would otherwise violate Section 11.01 shall be taken only after prior written notice to the Trustee, accompanied with an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel that such action is required by federal or state law. To the extent possible under the federal or state law, the Tribe shall give the Trustee at least 30 days prior written notice of any such action.

 

(b) The Tribe will not permit or incur any consensual liability of the Tribe (or of any other instrumentality or subunit of the Tribe) that is a legal obligation of the Authority, or for which the Authority’s assets may be bound, other than a liability that the Authority is permitted or not prohibited from incurring on its own behalf under this Indenture.

 

(c) In the event that the Tribe receives any payment from the Authority at a time when such payment is prohibited by the terms of this Indenture, such payment shall be

 

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held by the Tribe in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid forthwith over and delivered, upon the written request of the Trustee or the Authority, to the Authority.

 

(d) The Tribe will not, pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law, appoint or consent to the appointment of a custodian of the Authority or for all or substantially all of the property of the Authority.

 

(e) The Tribe agrees that it will not enact any Bankruptcy Law or similar law for the relief of debtors that would impair, limit, restrict, delay or otherwise adversely affect any of the rights and remedies of the Trustee or the Holders provided for in this Indenture or the Notes.

 

(f) The Tribe agrees that it will not, and will not permit the Authority or any of the Tribe’s representatives, political subunits, agencies, instrumentalities or councils to, exercise any power of eminent domain over the property that is the subject of the Lease (other than any such exercise that would not materially adversely affect the economic rights and benefits of the Trustee or the Holders thereunder). Except as required by federal or state law, the Tribe will not enact any statute, law, ordinance or rule that would have a material adverse affect on the rights of the Trustee or the Holders under this Indenture or the Notes.

 

(g) The Tribe hereby agrees that upon any payment or distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution, winding up, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors, marshalling of assets or any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings of the Authority or the Resort, the Holders of the Notes shall be entitled to receive payment in full in respect to all principal, premium, interest and other amounts owing in respect of the Notes before any payment or any distribution to the Tribe.

 

(h) The Tribe agrees that the Authority shall have sole and exclusive right to operate the Resort.

 

(i) Any action taken in violation of this Article 11 shall be deemed in contravention of Article XIV (“Non-Impairment of Contracts”) of the Constitution of the Tribe.

 

ARTICLE 12

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.

 

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA §318(c), the imposed duties shall control.

 

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Section 12.02. Notices.

 

Any notice or communication by the Authority, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:

 

If to the Authority or any Subsidiary Guarantors:

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority

One Mohegan Sun Boulevard

Uncasville, CT 06382

Telecopier No.: (860) 204-6153

Attention: Mark F. Brown

 

With a copy to:

 

Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

555 Thirteenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Telecopier No.: (202) 637-5910

Attention: Carol Weld King, Esq.

 

If to the Tribe:

 

The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut

One Mohegan Sun Boulevard

Uncasville, CT 06382

Telecopier No.: (860) 204-6153

Attention: Mark F. Brown

 

With a copy to:

 

Rome McGuigan Sabanosh, P.C.

One State Street

Hartford, CT 06103-3103

Telecopier No.: (203) 724-3921

Attention: Lewis B. Rome, Esq.

 

If to the Trustee:

 

Wachovia Bank, National Association

Corporate Trust Department

 

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200 Berkeley Street, 17th Floor

Boston, MA 02116

Telecopier 617-210-3775

Attention: Van Ntavos

 

With a copy to:

 

Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP

World Trade Center West

155 Seaport Boulevard

Boston, MA 02210-2604

Telecopier: 617-310-9311

Attention: Diane Hobbs, Esq.

 

The Authority or the Trustee, by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

 

Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA § 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

 

If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

 

If the Authority mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

 

Section 12.03. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.

 

Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Authority, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

 

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Section 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

 

Upon any request or application by the Authority or any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Authority shall furnish to the Trustee:

 

(a) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and

 

(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.

 

Section 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

 

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA § 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and shall include:

 

(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and

 

(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.

 

Section 12.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents.

 

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

 

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Section 12.07. Dispute Resolution and Consent to Suit.

 

The Tribe does not consent to the enforcement, levy, or other execution of any judgment for money or other damages against any assets, real or personal, of the Tribe, except that the Tribe and the Authority consent to the enforcement and execution of any judgment, whether obtained as a result of judicial, administrative, or arbitrational proceedings, against any assets of the Authority or to compel the Tribe to return any prohibited payment made to the Tribe as described in Section 11.02(c). Subject to the foregoing, the Tribe and the Authority waive their respective sovereign immunity from unconsented suit, whether such suit be brought in law or in equity, or in administrative proceedings or proceedings in arbitration, to permit the commencement, maintenance, and enforcement of any action, by any person with standing to maintain an action, to interpret or enforce the terms of this Indenture or the Notes, and to enforce and execute any judgment resulting therefrom against the Authority or the assets of the Authority. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or canon of construction, the Tribe and the Authority each intends this waiver to be interpreted liberally to permit the full litigation of disputes arising under or out of this Indenture or the Notes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Tribe and the Authority waive their immunity from unconsented suit to permit the maintenance of the following actions:

 

(a) Courts. The Tribe and the Authority each waive their immunity from unconsented suit to permit any court of competent jurisdiction to (i) enforce and interpret the terms of this Indenture and the Notes, and award and enforce the award of damages owing as a consequence of a breach thereof, whether such award is the product of litigation, administrative proceedings, or arbitration; (ii) determine whether any consent or approval of the Tribe or the Authority has been improperly granted or unreasonably withheld; (iii) enforce any judgment prohibiting the Tribe or the Authority from taking any action, or mandating or obligating the Tribe or the Authority to take any action, including a judgment compelling the Tribe or Authority to submit to binding arbitration; and (iv) adjudicate any claim under the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968, 25 U.S.C. § 1302 (or any successor statute).

 

(b) Arbitration. The Tribe and the Authority each waive their immunity from unconsented suit to permit arbitrators, appointed and acting under the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association, whenever and to the extent any agreement to submit a matter to arbitration is made by the Tribe or by the Authority, to (i) enforce and interpret the terms of this Indenture and the Notes, and to award and enforce the award of any damages owing as a consequence thereof; (ii) determine whether any consent or approval of the Tribe or the Authority has been unreasonably withheld; and (iii) enforce any judgment prohibiting the Tribe or the Authority from taking any action, or mandating or obligating the Tribe or the Authority to take any action, including a judgment compelling the Tribe or the Authority to submit to binding arbitration.

 

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Section 12.08. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

 

Neither the Tribe nor any director, officer, office holder, employee, agent, representative or member of the Authority or the Tribe or holder of an Ownership Interest of the Authority, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Tribe, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, if any, this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

 

Section 12.09. Governing Law.

 

THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).

 

Section 12.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Authority or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

Section 12.11. Successors.

 

All agreements of the Authority in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of each Subsidiary Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

 

Section 12.12. Severability.

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 12.13. Counterpart Originals.

 

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

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Section 12.14. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

 

The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

[Signatures on following page]

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Accepted and Agreed to

as of the date above written

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

By:   /s/    LEO M CHUPASKA        

Name:

  Leo M. Chupaska

Title:

  Chief Financial Officer

MOHEGAN BASKETBALL CLUB LLC

By:   /s/    MITCHELL GROSSINGER ETESS        

Name:

  Mitchell Grossinger Etess

Title:

  Manager
MOHEGAN COMMERCIAL VENTURES PA, LLC
By:   /s/    LEO M CHUPASKA        

Name:

  Leo M. Chupaska

Title:

  Chief Financial Officer

DOWNS RACING, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:   /s/    LEO M CHUPASKA        

Name:

  Leo M. Chupaska

Title:

  Chief Financial Officer

 

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BACKSIDE, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:   /s/    LEO M CHUPASKA        

Name:

  Leo M. Chupaska

Title:

  Chief Financial Officer

MILL CREEK LAND, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:   /s/    LEO M CHUPASKA         

Name:

  Leo M. Chupaska

Title:

  Chief Financial Officer

NORTHEAST CONCESSIONS, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:   /s/    LEO M CHUPASKA         

Name:

  Leo M. Chupaska

Title:

  Chief Financial Officer

 

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WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By:   /s/    EVANGELOS NTAVOS, CCTS         

Name:

  Evangelos Ntavos

Title:

  Assistant Vice President

THE MOHEGAN TRIBE OF INDIANS OF CONNECTICUT

(solely with respect to its obligations under Article 11 and Sections 4.21 and 12.07)

By:   /s/    PHILIP M. CAHILL         

Name:

  Philip M. Cahill

Title:

  Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

[Face of Note]

 

CUSIP/CINS [                    ]

 

6 1/8% Senior Note due 2013

 

No.               $                    

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

 

promises to pay to                                                                                                                                                    

 

or registered assigns,

 

the principal sum of                                                                                                                                                    

 

Dollars on February 15, 2013

 

Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15

 

Record Dates: February 1 and August 1

 

Dated:

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

By:

   

Name:

   

Title:

   

By:

   

Name:

   

Title:

   

 

This is one of the Notes referred to

in the within-mentioned Indenture:

 

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:    
   

Authorized Signatory

 

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[Back of Note]

6 1/8% Senior Note due 2013

 

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE AUTHORITY.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE AUTHORITY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (SUBJECT TO THE DELIVERY OF SUCH EVIDENCE, IF ANY, REQUIRED UNDER THE INDENTURE PURSUANT TO WHICH THIS NOTE IS ISSUED) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF

 

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SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER OR ANOTHER EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUTHORITY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (1)(a) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE AUTHORITY SO REQUESTS), SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT BY THE REGISTRAR OF A CERTIFICATION OF THE TRANSFEROR AND AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) TO THE AUTHORITY OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTION SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.

 

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

1. INTEREST.

 

(a) The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (the “Authority”) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 6 1/8% per annum from February 8, 2005 until maturity. The Authority will pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an “Interest Payment Date”) to the holders of record on the preceding February 1 and August 1, respectively. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of original issuance; provided that, if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be August 15, 2005. The Authority shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and Additional Interest, if any, (without regard to any

 

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applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

(b) The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among the Authority, Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, Downs Racing, L.P., Backside, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P. ( the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and the Initial Purchasers named therein ( the “Registration Rights Agreement”). If (i) the Authority fails to file any of the Registration Statements required by the Registration Rights Agreements on or before the date specified for such filing, (ii) any of such Registration Statements is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness (the “Effectiveness Target Date”), (iii) the Authority fails to consummate the Exchange Offer within 30 Business Days of the Effectiveness Target Date with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, or (iv) the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective but thereafter ceases to be effective or usable in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods specified in the Registration Rights Agreement (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above a “Registration Default”), then the Authority will pay additional interest (“Additional Interest”) to each Holder of Notes, with respect to the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of the first Registration Default in an amount equal to 25 basis points per 90-day period of the principal amount of Notes held by such Holder. The amount of the Additional Interest will increase by an additional 25 basis points with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of Additional Interest of 1% per annum of the principal amount of Notes.

 

(A) Except as expressly provided in this paragraph 1(b), Additional Interest shall be treated as interest and any date on which Additional Interest is due and payable shall be treated as an Interest Payment Date for all purposes under this Note and the Indenture.

 

(B) In the event that the Authority is required to pay Additional Interest pursuant to this paragraph 1(b), the Authority shall notify the Trustee in writing at least 15 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date upon which such Additional Interest is due; provided that, in the event that the obligation to pay such Additional Interest occurs less than 15 days prior to such Additional Interest Date, such notice shall be provided by the Authority to the Trustee as soon as reasonably practicable prior to such Interest Payment Date.

 

2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Authority will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) and Additional Interest, if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the February 1 or August 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and Additional Interest,

 

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if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Authority maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Authority, payment of interest and Additional Interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium and Additional Interest on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall hold at least $1.0 million in principal amount of Notes and have provided wire transfer instructions to the Authority or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be made in accordance with those instructions.

 

3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Authority may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Authority may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

4. INDENTURE. The Authority issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of February 8, 2005 (“Indenture”) among the Authority, The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (the “Tribe”) the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

 

(a) At any time prior to February 15, 2009, the Authority shall have the option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

(1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and

 

(2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments discounted to the Redemption Date, on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points;

 

plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date.

 

(b) At any time or from time to time on or after February 15, 2009, the Authority shall have the option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on February 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Year


   Percentage

 

2009

   103.063 %

2010

   101.531 %

2011 and thereafter

   100.000 %

 

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(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of Article 3 of the Indenture, if any Gaming Regulatory Authority requires that a Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable gaming laws in order to maintain any gaming license or franchise of the Authority under any applicable gaming laws, and the Holder or beneficial owner fails to apply for a license, qualification or finding of suitability within 30 days after being requested to do so by such Gaming Regulatory Authority (or such lesser period that may be required by such Gaming Regulatory Authority) or if such Holder or beneficial owner is not so licensed, qualified or found suitable, the Authority has the right, at its option, (i) to require such Holder or beneficial owner to dispose of such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s Notes within 30 days of receipt of such notice of such finding by the applicable Gaming Regulatory Authority (or such earlier date as may be required by the applicable Gaming Regulatory Authority); or (ii) to call for redemption of the Notes of such Holder or beneficial owner at a redemption price equal to the least of (1) the principal amount thereof, (2) the price at which such Holder or beneficial owner acquired the Notes and (3) the current market price of the Notes, together with, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the earlier of the date of redemption or the date of the finding of unsuitability by such Gaming Regulatory Authority, which may be less than 30 days following the notice of redemption if so ordered by such Gaming Regulatory Authority. The Authority shall not be required to pay or reimburse any Holder or beneficial owner of Notes who is required to apply for any such license, qualification or finding of suitability for the costs of the licensure or investigation for such qualification or finding of suitability. Such expenses shall be the obligation of such Holder or beneficial owner.

 

6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION.

 

Except as set forth in paragraph 7 below, the Authority shall not be required to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.

 

7. REPURCHASE AT OPTION HOLDER.

 

(a) If there is a Change of Control, the Authority shall be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 20 Business Days following any Change of Control, the Authority shall mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.

 

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(b) If the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary consummates any Asset Sales, within five Business Days of each date on which the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, the Authority shall commence an offer to all Holders of Notes (as “Asset Sale Offer”) pursuant to Section 3.10 of the Indenture to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest thereon, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Authority (or such Restricted Subsidiary) may use such remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Authority prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Notes.

 

8. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the Redemption Date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

 

9. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Authority may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Authority need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Authority need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

 

10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

 

11. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, voting as a single class, and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the

 

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Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Authority’s or Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor in the case of a merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Authority’s assets, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act or to allow any Subsidiary to execute a supplemental indenture relating to a Subsidiary Guarantee and to execute a Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

12. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest or Additional Interest on the Notes; (ii) default in payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes; (iii) failure by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with Section 4.10 or 5.01 of the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to observe or perform (A) any covenant described in Section 4.07 or 4.09 of the Indenture for 30 days after notice to the Authority by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class or (B) any other covenant, representation, warranty or other agreement in the Indenture or the Notes for 60 days after notice to the Authority by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class; (v) default under certain other agreements relating to Indebtedness of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which default (A) is caused by a Payment Default or (B) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity; and in each case, the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more; (vi) certain final judgments for the payment of money that remain undischarged for a period of 60 days; (vii) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (viii) revocation, termination, suspension or other cessation of effectiveness of any Gaming License which results in the cessation or suspension of gaming operations for a period of more than 90 consecutive days at the Resort; (ix) cessation of gaming operations for a period of more than 90 consecutive days at the Resort (other than as a result of a casualty loss); (x) the Lease ceases to be in full force and effect; (xi) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Person acting on its behalf shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee; and (xii) failure by the Tribe to comply with the provisions of Article 11 for 30 days after notice to the Authority and the Tribe by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing,

 

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the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes. The Authority is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Authority is required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.

 

13. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH AUTHORITY. Subject to Section 7.03 of the Indenture, the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Authority or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Authority or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

 

14. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A controlling person, director, officer, employee or holder of an Ownership Interest of the Authority, as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Authority under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

 

15. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

 

16. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

 

17. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES AND RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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18. CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Authority has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

The Authority will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to:

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority

One Mohegan Sun Boulevard

Uncasville, CT 06382

Attention: Mark F. Brown

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I)       or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:

       
           
       

(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint

_________________________________________________________

to transfer this Note on the books of the Authority. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:                                         

 

Your Signature:

     
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee*:                            

 

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Authority pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

 

¨        Section 4.10

  

¨        Section 4.15

 

If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Authority pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

$                                

 

Date:                             

 

Your Signature:

 
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:_________________________

 

Signature Guarantee*:                            

 

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

 

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange


 

Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of this
Global Note


 

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of this
Global Note


   Principal Amount of this
Global Note following
such decrease (or
increase)


   Signature of authorized
officer of Trustee or Note
Custodian


 

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EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority

One Mohegan Sun Boulevard

Uncasville, CT 06382

 

Wachovia Bank, National Association

[                    ]

[                    ]

[                    ]

 

  Re: 6 1/8% Notes due 2013

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of February 8, 2005 (the “Indenture”), among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, as issuer (the “Authority”), The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (the “Tribe”), Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, Downs Racing, L.P., Backside, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P., as guarantors (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

                     (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $           in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to              (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

 

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

 

1.    ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Definitive Note Pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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2.    ¨Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act; (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

3.    ¨ Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

 

(a)    ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;

 

or

 

(b)    ¨ such Transfer is being effected to the Authority or a subsidiary thereof;

 

or

 

(c)    ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act;

 

or

 

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4.    ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.

 

(a)    ¨Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

(b)    ¨Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

(c)    ¨Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Authority.

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]

By:

   

Name:

   

Title:

   

 

Dated:                     

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:

 

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

 

(a)

   ¨   

a beneficial interest in the:

     (i)   

¨144A Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or

     (ii)   

¨Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or

(b)

   ¨   

a Restricted Definitive Note.

[CHECK ONE]

 

2.      After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

 

(a)

   ¨   

a beneficial interest in the:

     (i)   

¨144A Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or

     (ii)   

¨Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or

     (iii)   

¨Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP             ); or

(b)

   ¨   

a Restricted Definitive Note; or

(c)

   ¨   

an Unrestricted Definitive Note,

 

in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority

One Mohegan Sun Boulevard

Uncasville, CT 06382

 

Wachovia Bank, National Association

 

[                        ]

[                        ]

[                        ]

 

Re: 6 1/8% Notes due 2013

 

(CUSIP                         )

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of February 8, 2005 (the “Indenture”) among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, as issuer (the “Authority”), The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (the “Tribe”), Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, Downs Racing, L.P., Backside, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P., as guarantors (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

                     (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $             in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

 

1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note.

 

(a)    ¨Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being

 

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acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

(b)    ¨Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

(c)    ¨Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

(d)    ¨Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes.

 

(a)    ¨Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal

 

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principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

(b)    ¨Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] 144A Global Note, ¨ Regulation S Global Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Authority.

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]

By:

   

Name:

   

Title:

   

 

Dated:                     

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF NOTATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE ON NOTE

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor (as defined in the Indenture) has jointly and severally unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, whether at maturity or an Interest Payment Date, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, (b) the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and premium of, and interest, to the extent lawful, on the Notes and (c) that in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due in accordance with the terms of the extension of renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee would constitute or result in a violation of any applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar law of any relevant jurisdiction, the liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be limited to such amount as will not, after giving effect thereto, and to all other liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor, result in such amount constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

 

The Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Note upon which the Subsidiary Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual or facsimile signature of one of its authorized officers.

 

Dated:                     

 

MOHEGAN BASKETBALL CLUB LLC

By:

   

Name:

   

Title:

   

 

MOHEGAN COMMERCIAL VENTURES PA, LLC

By:

   

Name:

   

Title:

   

 

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DOWNS RACING, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:

   

Name:

   

Title:

   

 

BACKSIDE, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:

   

Name:

   

Title:

   

 

MILL CREEK LAND, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:

   

Name:

   

Title:

   

 

NORTHEAST CONCESSIONS, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:

   

Name:

   

Title:

   

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of             , among              (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), a subsidiary of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (or its permitted successor), (the “Authority”), the Authority, the other Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS the Authority has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of February 8, 2005 providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $250,000,000 of 6 1/8% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Authority’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”); and

 

WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

2. INDENTURE PROVISION PURSUANT TO WHICH GUARANTEE IS GIVEN. This Supplemental Indenture is being executed and delivered pursuant to Section 4.20 of the Indenture.

 

3. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:

 

(a) The Subsidiary Guarantor, jointly and severally with all other Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, unconditionally guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, the Notes or the obligations of the Authority hereunder or thereunder, that:

 

(i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Authority to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

 

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(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately, in each case to the extent lawful.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that this Subsidiary Guarantee would constitute or result in a violation of any applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar law of any relevant jurisdiction, the liability of the Subsidiary Guarantor under this Supplemental Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be limited to such amount as will not, after giving effect thereto, and to all other liabilities of the Subsidiary Guarantor, result in such amount constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

 

4. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.

 

(a) To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee shall be endorsed by an officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee after the date hereof.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

(c) If an officer whose signature is on this Supplemental Indenture or on the Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

 

(d) The delivery of the Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof under the Indenture, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(e) The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, regardless of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any

 

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Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Authority, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor in each case to the extent lawful.

 

(f) The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives, to the extent lawful, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Authority, any right to require a proceeding first against the Authority, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that its Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture or pursuant to Section 5(b) of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

(g) If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Supplemental Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then, and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

(h) The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor as a result of any payment by such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand:

 

(i) in each case, to the extent lawful, the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby; and

 

(ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantor for the purpose of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, in each case to the extent lawful.

 

(i) The Subsidiary Guarantor shall have the right to seek contribution from any other nonpaying Subsidiary Guarantor, if any, so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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(j) The Subsidiary Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of the Indenture or this Subsidiary Guarantee; and the Subsidiary Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

5. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS.

 

(a) Nothing contained in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Subsidiary Guarantor with or into the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or shall prevent any transfer, sale or conveyance of the property of the Subsidiary Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to the Authority or any other Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Article 5 of the Indenture, upon the sale or disposition of all of the Capital Stock of the Subsidiary Guarantor by the Authority or a Subsidiary of the Authority, or upon the consolidation or merger of the Subsidiary Guarantor with or into any Person, or if a Subsidiary Guarantor is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Subsidiary Guarantor (in each case, other than with or to an Affiliate of the Authority), or upon a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of the Notes, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this Subsidiary Guarantee without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder if no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; provided that in the event of an Asset Sale, the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are treated in accordance with Section 4.10 of the Indenture and provided further that in the event of a redesignation of a Subsidiary, the transaction is in compliance with Section 4.07 of the Indenture. Except with respect to transactions set forth in the preceding sentence, the Authority and the Subsidiary Guarantor covenant and agree that upon any such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, the performance of all covenants and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture to be performed by such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be expressly assumed by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, by the corporation formed by such consolidation, or into which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall have merged, or by the corporation which shall have acquired such property. Upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate of the Authority or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, to the effect that the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor has complied with the first sentence of this Section 5(b), the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Authority or the Subsidiary Guarantor, at the cost of the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, in order to evidence the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its Senior Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed on the Notes and under the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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6. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. The internal law of the State of New York shall govern and be used to construe this Supplemental Indenture.

 

7. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

8. EFFECT OF READINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

Dated:                     ,     

 

[SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR]

By:    

Name:

   

Title:

   

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

By:    

Name:

   

Title:

   

MOHEGAN BASKETBALL CLUB LLC

By:    

Name:

   
Title:    

[SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS]

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:    
   

Authorized Signatory

 

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EX-4.32 12 dex432.htm EXHIBIT 4.32 Exhibit 4.32

EXHIBIT 4.32

 

[Face of Note]

 

CUSIP/CINS [            ]

 

6 1/8% Senior Note due 2013

 

No.            

   
    $                    

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

 

promises to pay to

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

or registered assigns,

 

the principal sum of

_____________________________________________________________________________________

 

Dollars on February 15, 2013

 

Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15

 

Record Dates: February 1 and August 1

 

Dated:

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

By:    

Name:

   

Title:

   

 

By:    

Name:

   

Title:

   

 

This is one of the Notes referred

to in the within-mentioned Indenture:

 

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:    
   

Authorized Signatory

 

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[Back of Note]

6 1/8% Senior Note due 2013

 

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE AUTHORITY.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE AUTHORITY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (SUBJECT TO THE DELIVERY OF SUCH EVIDENCE, IF ANY, REQUIRED UNDER THE INDENTURE PURSUANT TO WHICH THIS NOTE IS ISSUED) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5

 

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OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER OR ANOTHER EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUTHORITY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (1)(a) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE AUTHORITY SO REQUESTS), SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT BY THE REGISTRAR OF A CERTIFICATION OF THE TRANSFEROR AND AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) TO THE AUTHORITY OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTION SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.

 

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

1. INTEREST.

 

(a) The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (the “Authority”) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 6 1/8% per annum from February 8, 2005 until maturity. The Authority will pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an “Interest Payment Date”) to the holders of record on the preceding February 1 and August 1, respectively. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of original issuance; provided that, if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be August 15, 2005. The Authority shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and Additional Interest, if any, (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time

 

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to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

(b) The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among the Authority, Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, Downs Racing, L.P., Backside, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P. ( the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and the Initial Purchasers named therein ( the “Registration Rights Agreement”). If (i) the Authority fails to file any of the Registration Statements required by the Registration Rights Agreements on or before the date specified for such filing, (ii) any of such Registration Statements is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness (the “Effectiveness Target Date”), (iii) the Authority fails to consummate the Exchange Offer within 30 Business Days of the Effectiveness Target Date with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, or (iv) the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective but thereafter ceases to be effective or usable in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods specified in the Registration Rights Agreement (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above a “Registration Default”), then the Authority will pay additional interest (“Additional Interest”) to each Holder of Notes, with respect to the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of the first Registration Default in an amount equal to 25 basis points per 90-day period of the principal amount of Notes held by such Holder. The amount of the Additional Interest will increase by an additional 25 basis points with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of Additional Interest of 1% per annum of the principal amount of Notes.

 

(A) Except as expressly provided in this paragraph 1(b), Additional Interest shall be treated as interest and any date on which Additional Interest is due and payable shall be treated as an Interest Payment Date for all purposes under this Note and the Indenture.

 

(B) In the event that the Authority is required to pay Additional Interest pursuant to this paragraph 1(b), the Authority shall notify the Trustee in writing at least 15 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date upon which such Additional Interest is due; provided that, in the event that the obligation to pay such Additional Interest occurs less than 15 days prior to such Additional Interest Date, such notice shall be provided by the Authority to the Trustee as soon as reasonably practicable prior to such Interest Payment Date.

 

2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Authority will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) and Additional Interest, if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the February 1 or August 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to

 

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principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Authority maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Authority, payment of interest and Additional Interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium and Additional Interest on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall hold at least $1.0 million in principal amount of Notes and have provided wire transfer instructions to the Authority or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be made in accordance with those instructions.

 

3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Authority may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Authority may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

4. INDENTURE. The Authority issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of February 8, 2005 (“Indenture”) among the Authority, The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (the “Tribe”) the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

 

(a) At any time prior to February 15, 2009, the Authority shall have the option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

(1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and

 

(2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments discounted to the Redemption Date, on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points;

 

plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date.

 

(b) At any time or from time to time on or after February 15, 2009, the Authority shall have the option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on February 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Year


   Percentage

 

2009

   103.063 %

2010

   101.531 %

2011 and thereafter

   100.000 %

 

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(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of Article 3 of the Indenture, if any Gaming Regulatory Authority requires that a Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable gaming laws in order to maintain any gaming license or franchise of the Authority under any applicable gaming laws, and the Holder or beneficial owner fails to apply for a license, qualification or finding of suitability within 30 days after being requested to do so by such Gaming Regulatory Authority (or such lesser period that may be required by such Gaming Regulatory Authority) or if such Holder or beneficial owner is not so licensed, qualified or found suitable, the Authority has the right, at its option, (i) to require such Holder or beneficial owner to dispose of such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s Notes within 30 days of receipt of such notice of such finding by the applicable Gaming Regulatory Authority (or such earlier date as may be required by the applicable Gaming Regulatory Authority); or (ii) to call for redemption of the Notes of such Holder or beneficial owner at a redemption price equal to the least of (1) the principal amount thereof, (2) the price at which such Holder or beneficial owner acquired the Notes and (3) the current market price of the Notes, together with, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the earlier of the date of redemption or the date of the finding of unsuitability by such Gaming Regulatory Authority, which may be less than 30 days following the notice of redemption if so ordered by such Gaming Regulatory Authority. The Authority shall not be required to pay or reimburse any Holder or beneficial owner of Notes who is required to apply for any such license, qualification or finding of suitability for the costs of the licensure or investigation for such qualification or finding of suitability. Such expenses shall be the obligation of such Holder or beneficial owner.

 

6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION.

 

Except as set forth in paragraph 7 below, the Authority shall not be required to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.

 

7. REPURCHASE AT OPTION HOLDER.

 

(a) If there is a Change of Control, the Authority shall be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 20 Business Days following any Change of Control, the Authority shall mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.

 

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(b) If the Authority or a Restricted Subsidiary consummates any Asset Sales, within five Business Days of each date on which the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, the Authority shall commence an offer to all Holders of Notes (as “Asset Sale Offer”) pursuant to Section 3.10 of the Indenture to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest thereon, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Authority (or such Restricted Subsidiary) may use such remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Authority prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Notes.

 

8. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the Redemption Date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

 

9. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Authority may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Authority need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Authority need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

 

10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

 

11. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, voting as a single class, and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of a

 

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Note, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Authority’s or Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Authority or such Subsidiary Guarantor in the case of a merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Authority’s assets, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act or to allow any Subsidiary to execute a supplemental indenture relating to a Subsidiary Guarantee and to execute a Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

12. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest or Additional Interest on the Notes; (ii) default in payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes; (iii) failure by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with Section 4.10 or 5.01 of the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to observe or perform (A) any covenant described in Section 4.07 or 4.09 of the Indenture for 30 days after notice to the Authority by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class or (B) any other covenant, representation, warranty or other agreement in the Indenture or the Notes for 60 days after notice to the Authority by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class; (v) default under certain other agreements relating to Indebtedness of the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which default (A) is caused by a Payment Default or (B) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity; and in each case, the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more; (vi) certain final judgments for the payment of money that remain undischarged for a period of 60 days; (vii) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Authority or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (viii) revocation, termination, suspension or other cessation of effectiveness of any Gaming License which results in the cessation or suspension of gaming operations for a period of more than 90 consecutive days at the Resort; (ix) cessation of gaming operations for a period of more than 90 consecutive days at the Resort (other than as a result of a casualty loss); (x) the Lease ceases to be in full force and effect; (xi) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Person acting on its behalf shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee; and (xii) failure by the Tribe to comply with the provisions of Article 11 for 30 days after notice to the Authority and the Tribe by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable. Notwithstanding the

 

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foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes. The Authority is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Authority is required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.

 

13. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH AUTHORITY. Subject to Section 7.03 of the Indenture, the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Authority or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Authority or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

 

14. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A controlling person, director, officer, employee or holder of an Ownership Interest of the Authority, as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Authority under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

 

15. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

 

16. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

 

17. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES AND RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

18. CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Authority has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the

 

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accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

The Authority will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to:

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority

One Mohegan Sun Boulevard

Uncasville, CT 06382

Attention: Mark F. Brown

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I)       or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:

       
           
       

(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint

_________________________________________________________

to transfer this Note on the books of the Authority. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:                                         

 

Your Signature:

     
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee*:                                         

 

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Authority pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

 

¨ Section 4.10

 

¨ Section 4.15

   

 

If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Authority pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

$                                

 

Date:                                                  

 

Your Signature:

       
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Tax Identification No.:

   

 

Signature Guarantee*:                                         

 

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

 

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange


 

Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of

this Global Note


 

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of

this Global Note


  

Principal Amount of

this Global Note
following such decrease
(or increase)


  

Signature of

authorized officer of
Trustee or Note
Custodian


 

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EX-4.33 13 dex433.htm EXHIBIT 4.33 Exhibit 4.33

Exhibit 4.33

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of February 8, 2005

 

among

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

 

and

 

THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN

 

as Issuers

 

and

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

SG AMERICAS SECURITIES, LLC

GREENWICH CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.

CALYON SECURITIES (USA) INC.

MCDONALD INVESTMENTS INC.

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC

and

COMMERZBANK CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.

 

as the Initial Purchasers

 

$250,000,000 6 1/8 Senior Notes Due 2013

 


This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as February 8, 2005, by and among the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (the “Authority”), an instrumentality of The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (the “Tribe”), Mohegan Basketball Club LLC, Backside, L.P., Downs Racing, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P., Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC and Northeast Concessions, L.P., as guarantors, (the “Guarantors” and together with the Authority, the “Issuers”) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, SG Americas Securities, LLC, Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., Calyon Securities (USA) Inc., McDonald Investments Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp. (each an “Initial Purchaser” and, collectively the “Initial Purchasers”), each of whom has agreed to purchase the Authority’s 6 1/8% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Notes”), pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below). The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture dated February 8, 2005, by and among the Issuers, the Tribe and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), relating to the Securities (as defined below) and the Exchange Securities (the “Indenture”). The Notes will have the benefit of a guarantee (the “Guarantee” and together with the Notes, the “Securities”) provided for in the Indenture.

 

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated February 3, 2005 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Issuers, the Tribe and the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Securities, the Issuers have agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 6 of the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

The parties hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

 

As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings.

 

Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Affiliate: As defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D.

 

Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

 

Business Day: Any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day in the City of New York, or in the city of the corporate trust office of the Trustee, on which banks are authorized to not open for business.

 

Closing Date: The date hereof.

 

Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Consummate: An Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (a) the filing and effectiveness under the Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (b) the maintenance of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, and (c) the delivery by the Issuers to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Securities in the

 


same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Securities tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

 

Consummation Deadline: As defined in Section 3(b) hereof.

 

Effectiveness Deadline: As defined in Section 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.

 

Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Exchange Offer: The exchange and issuance by the Issuers of a principal amount of Exchange Securities (which shall be registered pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) equal to the outstanding principal amount of Securities that are tendered by such Holders in connection with such exchange and issuance.

 

Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.

 

Exchange Securities: The debt securities of the Issuers and to be issued pursuant to the Indenture: (i) in the Exchange Offer, or (ii) as contemplated by Section 4 hereof.

 

Exempt Resales: The transactions in which the Initial Purchasers propose to sell the Securities to certain “qualified institutional buyers,” as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Act, and pursuant to Regulation S.

 

Filing Deadline: As defined in Sections 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.

 

Holders: As defined in Section 2 hereof.

 

Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the time such Registration Statement is declared effective, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.

 

Recommencement Date: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.

 

Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.

 

Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Issuers relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer, or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, (i) that is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, and (ii) including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.

 

Regulation D: Regulation D promulgated under the Act.

 

Regulation S: Regulation S promulgated under the Act.

 

Rule 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Act.

 

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Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4 hereof.

 

Suspension Notice: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.

 

TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

 

Transfer Restricted Securities: Each (A) of the Securities, until the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which each of such Securities is exchanged in the Exchange Offer for the Exchange Securities that are entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Act, (ii) the date on which each of such Securities has been disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement (and the purchasers thereof have been issued Exchange Securities), and (iii) the date on which each of such Securities is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act and each (B) of the Exchange Securities held by a Broker-Dealer until the date on which such Exchange Securities are disposed of by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including the delivery of the Prospectus contained therein).

 

Tribe: The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, a sovereign tribe recognized by the United States of America pursuant to 25 C.F.R. Section 83.

 

SECTION 2. HOLDERS

 

A person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.

 

SECTION 3. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER

 

(a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permitted by applicable federal law (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below have been complied with), the Issuers shall (i) cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission as soon as practicable after the Closing Date, but in no event later than 120 days after the Closing Date (such 120th day being the “Filing Deadline”), (ii) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective at the earliest possible time, but in no event later than 180 days after the Closing Date (such 180th day being the “Effectiveness Deadline”), (iii) in connection with the foregoing, (A) file all pre-effective amendments to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause it to become effective, (B) file, if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act and (C) cause all necessary filings, if any, in connection with the registration and qualification of the Exchange Securities to be made under the blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iv) upon the effectiveness of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, commence and Consummate the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting (i) registration of the Exchange Securities to be offered in exchange for the Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) resales of Exchange Securities by Broker-Dealers that tendered into the Exchange Offer Securities that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Securities acquired directly from the Issuers or any of their respective Affiliates) as contemplated by Section 3(c) below.

 

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(b) The Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously, and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period be less than 20 Business Days. The Issuers shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the Exchange Securities shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, but in no event later than 30 Business Days thereafter (such 30th day being the “Consummation Deadline”).

 

(c) The Issuers shall include a “Plan of Distribution” section in the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and indicate therein that any Broker-Dealer who holds Transfer Restricted Securities that were acquired for the account of such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Securities acquired directly from the Issuers or any of their respective Affiliates) may exchange such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also contain all other information with respect to such sales by such Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such sales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer, except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy, rules or regulations after the date of this Agreement.

 

Because such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Act in connection with its initial sale of any Exchange Securities received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, the Issuers shall permit the use of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement by such Broker-Dealer to satisfy such prospectus delivery requirement. To the extent necessary to ensure that the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is available for sales of Exchange Securities by Broker-Dealers, the Issuers agree to use their commercially reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the provisions of Section 6(a) and (c) hereof and in conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of one year from the Consummation Deadline or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto. The Issuers shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to such Broker-Dealers, promptly upon request, and in no event later than one day after such request, at any time during such period.

 

SECTION 4. SHELF REGISTRATION

 

(a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law (after the Issuers have complied with the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below) or (ii) if any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall notify the Issuers within 20 Business Days following the Consummation Deadline that (A) such Holder was prohibited by law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder

 

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or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Securities acquired directly from the Issuers or any of their respective Affiliates, then the Issuers shall:

 

(x) cause to be filed, on or prior to 30 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which the Issuers determine that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement cannot be filed as a result of clause (a)(i) above and (ii) the date on which the Issuers receive the notice specified in clause (a)(ii) above (such earlier date, the “Filing Deadline”), a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act (which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (the “Shelf Registration Statement”)), relating to all Transfer Restricted Securities, and

 

(y) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective on or prior to 90 days after the Filing Deadline for the Shelf Registration Statement (such 90th day the “Effectiveness Deadline”).

 

If, after the Issuers have filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement that satisfies the requirements of Section 3(a) above, the Issuers are required to file and make effective a Shelf Registration Statement solely because the Exchange Offer is not permitted under applicable federal law (i.e., clause (a)(i) above), then the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (x) above; provided that, in such event, the Issuers shall remain obligated to meet the Effectiveness Deadline set forth in clause (y).

 

To the extent necessary to ensure that the Shelf Registration Statement is available for sales of Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a) and the other securities required to be registered therein pursuant to Section 6(b)(ii) hereof, the Issuers shall use their best efforts to keep any Shelf Registration Statement required by this Section 4(a) continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof and in conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of at least two years (as extended pursuant to Section 6(c)(i)) following the Closing Date or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto.

 

(b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Authority in writing, within 20 days after receipt of a request therefor, the information specified in Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, of the Act for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall be entitled to additional interest pursuant to Section 5 hereof unless and until such Holder shall have provided all such information. Each selling Holder agrees to furnish promptly additional information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Authority by such Holder not materially misleading.

 

SECTION 5. ADDITIONAL INTEREST

 

If (i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the applicable Filing Deadline, (ii) any such Registration Statement has not been declared

 

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effective by the Commission on or prior to the applicable Effectiveness Deadline, (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated on or prior to the Consummation Deadline or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose without being succeeded within 2 Business Days by a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself declared effective within 5 Business Days of filing such post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a “Registration Default”), then the Issuers hereby agree to pay to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities affected thereby additional interest in an amount equal to 25 basis points per 90-day period of the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder for the 90-day period or portion thereof that the Registration Default continues for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default. The amount of the additional interest shall increase by an additional 25 basis points with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of additional interest of 1% per annum of the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided that the Issuers shall in no event be required to pay additional interest for more than one Registration Default at any given time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, (1) upon filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of (i) above, (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of (ii) above, (3) upon Consummation of the Exchange Offer, in the case of (iii) above, or (4) upon the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or an additional Registration Statement that causes the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement) to again be declared effective or made usable in the case of (iv) above, the additional interest payable with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities as a result of such clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, shall cease. For purposes of calculating the Issuers’ timely compliance with clause (iv) above, the period in which Issuer shall file with the Commission such amendment in clause (4) above, shall not commence until the later of (x) the date such Registration Statement ceases to be effective, and (y) such date on which a Holder shall have completed its review pursuant to Section 6(c)(v) hereof and provided any comments to such Registration Statement.

 

All accrued additional interest shall be paid to the Holders entitled thereto, in the manner provided for the payment of interest in the Indenture and the Securities, on each Interest Payment Date, as more fully set forth in the Indenture and the Securities. Notwithstanding the fact that any securities for which additional interest is due cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities, all obligations of the Issuers to pay additional interest with respect to securities shall survive until such time as such obligations with respect to such securities shall have been satisfied in full.

 

SECTION 6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

 

(a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Issuers shall (x) comply with all applicable provisions of Section 6(c) below, (y) use their commercially reasonable best efforts to effect such exchange and to permit the resale of Exchange Securities by Broker-Dealers that tendered in the Exchange Offer the Securities that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of its market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Securities acquired directly from the Issuers or any of their respective Affiliates) being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and (z) comply with all of the following provisions:

 

(i) If, following the date hereof, there has been announced a change in Commission policy with respect to exchange offers such as the Exchange Offer that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Issuers raises a substantial question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable federal law, the Issuers hereby agree to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission staff allowing the Issuers to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Transfer Restricted Securities. In connection with the foregoing, the Issuers hereby agree to take all actions as may be required in connection with the issuance of such decision, including without limitation (A) participating in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) delivering to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Issuers setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursuing a resolution (which need not be favorable) by the Commission staff.

 

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(ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any Holder who is a Broker-Dealer) shall furnish, upon the request of the Authority, prior to the Consummation of the Exchange Offer, a written representation to the Authority (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an Affiliate of the Issuers, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Securities in its ordinary course of business. As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer, each Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the Exchange Securities shall acknowledge and agree that, if the resales are of Exchange Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Securities acquired directly from the Issuers or an Affiliate thereof, it (1) could not, under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement, rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (including, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K.

 

(iii) Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Issuers shall provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Issuers are registering the Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, (B) including a representation that the Issuers have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the Exchange Securities to be received in the Exchange Offer and that, to the best of the Issuers’ information and belief, each Holder participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the Exchange Securities in its ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Securities received in the Exchange Offer and (C) any other undertaking

 

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or representation required by the Commission as set forth in any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, if applicable.

 

(b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Issuers shall:

 

(i) comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) below and use their commercially reasonable best efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof (as indicated in the information furnished to the Issuers pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof), and pursuant thereto the Issuers will prepare and file with the Commission a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof within the time periods and otherwise in accordance with the provisions hereof, and

 

(ii) issue, upon the request of any Holder or purchaser of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, Exchange Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Securities sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and surrendered to the Issuers for cancellation. The Issuers shall register Exchange Securities on the Shelf Registration Statement for this purpose and issue the Exchange Securities to the purchaser(s) of securities subject to the Shelf Registration Statement in the names as such purchaser(s) shall designate.

 

(c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and any related Prospectus required by this Agreement, the Issuers shall:

 

(i) use their commercially reasonable best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement, as applicable. Upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Issuers shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement curing such defect, and, if Commission review is required, use their commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable;

 

(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as the case may be, cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, and to comply fully with Rules 424, 430A and 462, as applicable, under the Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;

 

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(iii) advise each Holder promptly and, if requested by such Holder, confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any applicable Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or blue sky laws, the Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;

 

(iv) subject to Section 6(c)(i), if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) above shall exist or have occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(v) (A) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, upon request of any Holder, furnish to each Holder in connection with such exchange or sale, if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and comment of such Holders in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least five Business Days, and the Issuers will not file any such Registration statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by reference) to which such Holders shall reasonably object within five Business Days after the receipt thereof. A Holder shall be deemed to have reasonably objected to such filing if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or fails to comply with the applicable requirements of the Act; or (B) in the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement, upon request of any Initial Purchaser, furnish to each such Initial Purchaser in connection with such exchange or sale, if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any

 

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Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and comment of such Initial Purchaser in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least five Business Days, and the Issuers will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by reference) to which such Initial Purchaser shall reasonably object within five Business Days after the receipt thereof. An Initial Purchaser shall be deemed to have reasonably objected to such filing if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or fails to comply with the applicable requirements of the Act;

 

(vi) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provide copies of such document to each Holder who requests such copies in connection with such exchange or sale, if any, make the Issuers’ representatives available for discussion of such document and other customary due diligence matters, and include such information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such Holders may reasonably request;

 

(vii) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, upon request from any Holder, make available, at reasonable times, for inspection by such Holder and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents of the Issuers and cause the Issuers’ officers, board members and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness;

 

(viii) if requested by any Holders in connection with such exchange or sale, promptly include in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such Holders may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer Restricted Securities, and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Issuers are notified of the matters to be included in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;

 

(ix) if requested by a Holder, furnish to such Holder in connection with such exchange or sale, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by reference);

 

(x) deliver to each Holder without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request; the Issuers hereby consent to the use (in accordance with law) of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each selling Holder in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;

 

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(xi) upon the request of any Holder holding a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Securities, enter into such agreements (including underwriting agreements) and make such representations and warranties and take all such other actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any applicable Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement as may be reasonably requested by any Holder in connection with any sale or resale pursuant to any applicable Registration Statement. In such connection, the Issuers shall:

 

(A) upon request of any Holder, furnish (or in the case of paragraphs (2) and (3), use its best efforts to cause to be furnished) to each Holder, upon Consummation of the Exchange Offer or upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be:

 

(1) a certificate, dated such date, signed on behalf of the Authority by the Chairman of the Management Board confirming, as of the date thereof, the matters set forth in Section 6(c) of the Purchase Agreement and such other similar matters as such Holders may reasonably request;

 

(2) an opinion, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, of counsel for the Issuers covering such matters as such Holder may reasonably request and are customarily given in similar offerings; and

 

(3) a customary comfort letter, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, or as of the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, from the Issuers’ independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters to underwriters in connection with underwritten offerings, and affirming the matters set forth in the comfort letters delivered pursuant to Section 6(e) of the Purchase Agreement; and

 

(B) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the selling Holders to evidence compliance with the matters covered in clause (A) above and with any customary conditions contained in any agreement entered into by the Issuers pursuant to this clause (xi);

 

(xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders and their counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders may request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Issuers shall not be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject;

 

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(xiii) in connection with any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities that will result in such securities no longer being Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and to register such Transfer Restricted Securities in such denominations and such names as the selling Holders may request at least two Business Days prior to such sale of Transfer Restricted Securities;

 

(xiv) use their commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in clause (xii) above;

 

(xv) provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer Restricted Securities not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement covering such Transfer Restricted Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for the Transfer Restricted Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company;

 

(xvi) otherwise use their commercially reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security holders with regard to any applicable Registration Statement, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earning statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as such term is defined in paragraph (c) of Rule 158 under the Act);

 

(xvii) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by this Agreement and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute and use their best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner; and

 

(xviii) provide promptly to each Holder, upon request, each document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

(d) Restrictions on Holders. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of Transfer Restricted Securities that, upon receipt of the notice referred to in Section 6(c)(iii)(C) or any notice from the Issuers of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof (in each case, a “Suspension Notice”), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until (i) such Holder has received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(iv) hereof, or (ii) such Holder is advised in writing by the Issuers that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (in each case, the “Recommencement Date”). Each Holder receiving a Suspension Notice hereby agrees that it will either (i) destroy any Prospectuses, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder’s possession which have been replaced by the Issuers with more recently dated Prospectuses or (ii) deliver to the Issuers (at the Issuers’ expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such

 

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Holder’s possession of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of the Suspension Notice. The time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days in the period from and including the date of delivery of the Suspension Notice to the date of delivery of the Recommencement Date.

 

(e) Underwritten Offerings. No Holder may participate in any underwritten Shelf Registration Statement hereunder unless such Holder (i) agrees to sell such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements entered into in connection therewith and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

SECTION 7. REGISTRATION EXPENSES

 

(a) All expenses incident to the Issuers’ performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Issuers, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses; (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state blue sky or securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Securities on a national securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Issuers (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).

 

The Issuers will, in any event, bear their internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any person, including special experts, retained by the Issuers.

 

(b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Issuers will reimburse the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who are tendering Securities into the Exchange Offer and/or selling or reselling Securities or Exchange Securities pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, as may be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared.

 

The Holders of any Securities or Exchange Securities being registered on the Shelf Registration Statement shall pay all agency or brokerage fees and commissions and underwriting discounts and commissions attributable to the sale of such Securities or Exchange Securities and the fees and disbursements of any counsel retained by such Holders.

 

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SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION

 

(a) The Issuers agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, its directors, officers and each person, if any, who controls such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments (including without limitation, any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action that could give rise to any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus provided by the Issuers to any Holder or any prospective purchaser of Exchange Securities or Securities, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments are caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is based upon information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Issuers by or on behalf of any of the Holders. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Issuers may otherwise have.

 

(b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers and its directors and officers, and each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Issuers to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Issuers set forth in section (a) above, but only with reference to information relating to such Holder furnished in writing to the Issuers by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement. In no event shall any Holder, its directors, officers or any person who controls such Holder be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the amount by which the total amount received by such Holder with respect to its sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) the amount of any damages that such Holder, its directors, officers or any person who controls such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Issuers may otherwise have.

 

(c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b) (the “indemnified party”), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying person”) in writing and the indemnifying party shall assume the defense of such action, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as incurred (except that in the case of any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to both Sections 8(a) and 8(b), a Holder shall not be required to assume the defense of such action pursuant to this Section 8(c), but may employ separate counsel and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel, except as provided below, shall be at the expense of the Holder). The failure to so notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraphs (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses; and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) above. Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been specifically

 

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authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such action or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, and the indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party). In any such case, the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties and all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by a majority of the Holders, in the case of the parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the Issuers, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments by reason of any settlement of any action (i) effected with its written consent or (ii) effected without its written consent if the settlement is entered into more than 20 Business Days after the indemnifying party shall have received a request from the indemnified party for reimbursement for the fees and expenses of counsel (in any case where such fees and expenses are at the expense of the indemnifying party) and, prior to the date of such settlement, the indemnifying party shall have failed to comply with such reimbursement request. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action in respect of which the indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought hereunder by the indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability on claims that are or could have been the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, capability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party.

 

(d) To the extent that the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to therein, then each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Issuers, on the one hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Issuers, on the one hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuers, on the one hand, or by the Holder, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in the second paragraph of Section 8(a), any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.

 

The Issuers and each Holder agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as

 

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one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action that could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Holder, its directors, its officers or any person, if any, who controls such Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the total received by such Holder with respect to the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) the amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(d) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by each Holder hereunder and not joint.

 

SECTION 9. RULE 144A AND RULE 144

 

The Issuers agree with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding and during any period in which the Issuers (i) are not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to make available, upon request of any Holder, to such Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities designated by such Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A, and (ii) is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to make all filings required thereby in a timely manner in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144.

 

SECTION 10. CONSENT TO SUIT

 

The Authority waives its sovereign immunity from unconsented suit, whether such suit be brought in law or in equity, or in administrative proceedings or proceedings in arbitration, to permit the commencement, maintenance, and enforcement of any action, by any person with standing to maintain an action, to interpret or enforce the terms of this Agreement, and to enforce and execute any judgment resulting therefrom against the Authority or the assets of the Authority. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or canon of construction, the Authority intends this waiver to be interpreted liberally to permit the full litigation of disputes arising under or out of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Authority waives its immunity from unconsented suit to permit the maintenance of the following actions:

 

(i) Courts. The Authority waives its immunity from unconsented suit to permit any court of competent jurisdiction to: (i) enforce and interpret the terms of this Agreement, and award and enforce the award of damages owing as a consequence of a breach thereof, whether such award is the product of litigation, administrative proceedings or arbitration; (ii) determine whether any consent or approval of the Authority has been improperly granted or unreasonably withheld; (iii) enforce any judgment prohibiting the Authority from taking

 

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any action, or mandating or obligating the Authority to take any action, including a judgment compelling the Authority to submit to binding arbitration; and (iv) adjudicate any claim under the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968, 25 U.S.C. § 1302 (or any successor statute).

 

(ii) Arbitration. The Authority waives its immunity from unconsented suit to permit arbitrators, appointed and acting under the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association, whenever and to the extent any agreement to submit a matter to arbitration is made by the Authority, to: (i) enforce and interpret the terms of this Agreement and to award and enforce the award of any damages owing as a consequence thereof, (ii) determine whether any consent or approval of the Authority has been unreasonably withheld; and (iii) enforce any judgment prohibiting the Authority from taking any action, or mandating or obligating the Authority to take any action, including a judgment compelling the Authority to submit to binding arbitration.

 

SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS

 

(a) Remedies. The Issuers acknowledge and agree that any failure by the Issuers to comply with its obligations under Sections 3 and 4 hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Issuers’ obligations under Sections 3 and 4 hereof. The Issuers further agree to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuers will not, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Issuers’ securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

 

(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless (i) in the case of Section 5 hereof and this Section 11(c)(i), the Issuers have obtained the written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, the Issuers have obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding Transfer Restricted Securities held by the Authority or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer, may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities subject to such Exchange Offer.

 

(d) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Issuers, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of Holders hereunder.

 

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(e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

 

(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the Indenture; and

 

(ii) if to the Authority and Guarantor:

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority

One Mohegan Sun Boulevard

Uncasville, CT 06382

Telecopier No.: (860) 204-6153

Attention: Mark F. Brown

 

With a copy to:

 

Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

555 Thirteenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Telecopier No.: (202) 637-5910

Attention: Carol Weld King, Esq.

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

 

Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture.

 

(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided, that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities in violation of the terms hereof or of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Transfer Restricted Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Transfer Restricted Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Transfer Restricted Securities such person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including the restrictions on resale set forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.

 

(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

(i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).

 

(j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

 

(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY

By:   /s/    MARK F. BROWN        

Name:

      Mark F. Brown

Title:

      Chairman Management Board

MOHEGAN BASKETBALL CLUB LLC

By:   /s/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        

Name:

      William J. Velardo

Title:

      Chief Executive Officer
MOHEGAN COMMERCIAL VENTURES PA, LLC
By:   /s/    MARK F. BROWN        

Name:

      Mark F. Brown

Title:

      Chairman Management Board

DOWNS RACING, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:   /s/    MARK F. BROWN        

Name:

      Mark F. Brown

Title:

      Chairman Management Board

 

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BACKSIDE, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:   /s/    MARK F. BROWN        

Name:

      Mark F. Brown

Title:

      Chairman Management Board

MILL CREEK LAND, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:   /s/    MARK F. BROWN        

Name:

      Mark F. Brown

Title:

      Chairman Management Board

NORTHEAST CONCESSIONS, L.P.

By Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC, its general partner

By:   /s/    MARK F. BROWN        

Name:

      Mark F. Brown

Title:

      Chairman Management Board

 

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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

on behalf of itself and the other several Initial Purchasers listed on Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement

By:   /s/     EVAN LADOUCEUR        

Name:

      Evan Ladouceur

Title:

      Managing Director

 

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EX-31.1 14 dex311.htm EXHIBIT 31.1 Exhibit 31.1

Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, William J. Velardo, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority;

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the consolidated financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

  4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: February 14, 2005

      /s/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO        
        William J. Velardo
Chief Executive Officer, Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
EX-31.2 15 dex312.htm EXHIBIT 31.2 Exhibit 31.2

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, Leo M. Chupaska, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority;

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the consolidated financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

  4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: February 14, 2005

      /S/    LEO M. CHUPASKA        
        Leo M. Chupaska
        Chief Financial Officer, Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
EX-32.1 16 dex321.htm EXHIBIT 32.1 Exhibit 32.1

Exhibit 32.1

 

Written Statement of Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to Section 906 of the

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350)

 

The undersigned, the Chief Executive Officer of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (the “Authority”), hereby certifies that, to his knowledge, on the date hereof:

 

  (a) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Authority for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (b) information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Authority.

 

/s/    WILLIAM J. VELARDO
William J. Velardo
Chief Executive Officer
Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
February 14, 2005

 

 

EX-32.2 17 dex322.htm EXHIBIT 32.2 Exhibit 32.2

Exhibit 32.2

 

Written Statement of Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to Section 906

of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350)

 

The undersigned, the Chief Financial Officer of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (the “Authority”), hereby certifies that, to his knowledge, on the date hereof:

 

  (a) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Authority for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (b) information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Authority.

 

/s/    LEO M. CHUPASKA
Leo M. Chupaska
Chief Financial Officer
Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
February 14, 2005

 

 

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