-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QQyCj9U1DJQxPvSA5fAEOXKv+2YgTs4nPwfJskhAAEmW7se21PmeDsIQA/zf2AZP ai4ikVSRR42KiREZ6RVG6A== 0001193125-06-002159.txt : 20060106 0001193125-06-002159.hdr.sgml : 20060106 20060106062328 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-06-002159 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3ASR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 9 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060106 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060106 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20060106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK DEVELOPMENT 3 INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001175352 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-14 FILM NUMBER: 06514968 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1800 AVE OF THE STARS STREET 2: STE 900 CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90067 BUSINESS PHONE: 8186675900 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK DEVELOPMENT 2 INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001175353 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-15 FILM NUMBER: 06514969 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1800 AVE OF THE STARS STREET 2: STE 900 CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90067 BUSINESS PHONE: 8186675900 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK DEVELOPMENT 1 INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001175355 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-16 FILM NUMBER: 06514970 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1800 AVE OF THE STARS STREET 2: STE 900 CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90067 BUSINESS PHONE: 8186675900 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000356213 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990] IRS NUMBER: 953667491 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880 FILM NUMBER: 06514955 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PRKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PRKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HOLLYWOOD PARK INC/NEW/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CASINO MAGIC CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000891105 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990] IRS NUMBER: 640817483 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-39 FILM NUMBER: 06514993 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702.784.7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BOOMTOWN LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000891552 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990] IRS NUMBER: 943044204 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-43 FILM NUMBER: 06514997 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702.784.7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BOOMTOWN INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930328 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK RENO LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000918870 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990] IRS NUMBER: 880101849 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-19 FILM NUMBER: 06514973 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702.784.7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BOOMTOWN HOTEL & CASINO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940209 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LOUISIANA I GAMING/LOUISIANA PARTNERSHIP IN COMMENDAM CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001044947 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990] IRS NUMBER: 721238179 STATE OF INCORPORATION: LA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-28 FILM NUMBER: 06514982 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702.784.7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CRYSTAL PARK HOTEL & CASINO DEVELOPMENT CO LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001044948 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990] IRS NUMBER: 954595453 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-31 FILM NUMBER: 06514985 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702.784.7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CRYSTAL PARK HOTEL & CASINO DEVELOPMENT CO LLP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970826 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HP COMPTON INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001044950 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990] IRS NUMBER: 954545471 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-30 FILM NUMBER: 06514984 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702.784.7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BILOXI CASINO CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001080855 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-RACING, INCLUDING TRACK OPERATION [7948] IRS NUMBER: 640814409 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MS FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-44 FILM NUMBER: 06514999 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702.784.7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CASINO ONE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001080858 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-RACING, INCLUDING TRACK OPERATION [7948] IRS NUMBER: 640814345 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MS FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-32 FILM NUMBER: 06514986 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702.784.7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK Development 13, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348966 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-08 FILM NUMBER: 06514962 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK Development 14, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348967 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-07 FILM NUMBER: 06514961 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK Development 15, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348968 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-06 FILM NUMBER: 06514960 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK Development 16, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348969 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-05 FILM NUMBER: 06514959 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK (PA), LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348970 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-20 FILM NUMBER: 06514974 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348971 IRS NUMBER: 510553585 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-18 FILM NUMBER: 06514972 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK (CHILE 1), LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348973 IRS NUMBER: 510553578 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-25 FILM NUMBER: 06514979 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK (ST. LOUIS 4S), LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348972 IRS NUMBER: 510553583 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-17 FILM NUMBER: 06514971 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK (CHILE 2), LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348974 IRS NUMBER: 510553581 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-24 FILM NUMBER: 06514978 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK (ES), LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348975 IRS NUMBER: 510534293 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-23 FILM NUMBER: 06514977 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK (EXUMA), LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348976 IRS NUMBER: 980448601 STATE OF INCORPORATION: C5 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-22 FILM NUMBER: 06514976 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Landing Condominium, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348977 IRS NUMBER: 651258668 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-29 FILM NUMBER: 06514983 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Casino Magic Management Services Corp. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348978 IRS NUMBER: 640904627 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-38 FILM NUMBER: 06514992 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Port St. Louis Condominium, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348979 IRS NUMBER: 542182426 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-04 FILM NUMBER: 06514958 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Realty Investment Group, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348980 IRS NUMBER: 522140895 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-03 FILM NUMBER: 06514957 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Casino Magic Antofagasta S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348981 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: F3 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-42 FILM NUMBER: 06514996 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Casino Magic Calama S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348982 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: F3 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-41 FILM NUMBER: 06514995 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Casino Magic Chile, S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348983 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: F3 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-40 FILM NUMBER: 06514994 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Casino Magic Rancagua S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348984 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: F3 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-34 FILM NUMBER: 06514988 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Casino Magic Talca S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348985 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: F3 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-33 FILM NUMBER: 06514987 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK LAKE CHARLES LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001175356 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: LA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-21 FILM NUMBER: 06514975 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702.784.7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PNK LAKE CHARLES LCC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020612 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BELTERRA RESORT INDIANA LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001175357 IRS NUMBER: 931199012 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-45 FILM NUMBER: 06515000 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702.784.7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK BOSSIER CITY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001175358 IRS NUMBER: 640878110 STATE OF INCORPORATION: LA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-26 FILM NUMBER: 06514980 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702.784.7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ST LOUIS CASINO CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001179008 IRS NUMBER: 640836600 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-02 FILM NUMBER: 06514956 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 330 NORTH BRAND BLVD STREET 2: STE 1100 CITY: GLENDALE STATE: CA ZIP: 91203-2305 BUSINESS PHONE: 8186685900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O IRELL & MANELLA LLP STREET 2: 1800 AVE IF TGE STARES STE 900 CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90067-4276 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OGLE HAUS LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001179009 IRS NUMBER: 352084979 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-27 FILM NUMBER: 06514981 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 330 NORTH BRAND BLVD STREET 2: STE 1100 CITY: GLENDALE STATE: CA ZIP: 91203-2305 BUSINESS PHONE: 8186685900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O IRELL & MANELLA LLP STREET 2: 1800 AVE IF TGE STARES STE 900 CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90067-4276 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK Development 4, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348953 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-01 FILM NUMBER: 06514954 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK Development 5, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348954 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-37 FILM NUMBER: 06514991 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK Development 6, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348955 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-36 FILM NUMBER: 06514990 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK Development 7, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348957 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-35 FILM NUMBER: 06514989 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK Development 8, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348958 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-13 FILM NUMBER: 06514967 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK Development 9, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348961 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-12 FILM NUMBER: 06514966 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK Development 10, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348962 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-11 FILM NUMBER: 06514965 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK Development 11, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348964 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-10 FILM NUMBER: 06514964 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK Development 12, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348965 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-130880-09 FILM NUMBER: 06514963 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-784-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. STREET 2: 3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 S-3ASR 1 ds3asr.htm FORM S-3ASR Form S-3ASR
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2006

Registration No.                

 


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

and Additional Subsidiary Guarantor Registrants

(See Table of Additional Registrants Below)

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware   95-3667491
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

(702) 784-7777

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 


 

John A. Godfrey, Esq.

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

(702) 784-7777

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 


 

COPY TO:

Alvin G. Segel, Esq.

Irell & Manella LLP

1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900

Los Angeles, California 90067

(310) 277-1010

 


 

APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.

 

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.    ¨

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.    x

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    ¨                        

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    ¨                        

 

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall have become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.    x

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.    ¨

 


 

 


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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

      

Title of Each

Class of Securities

to be Registered

  

Amount to be registered/

Proposed maximum offering price per unit/

Proposed maximum aggregate offering price/

Amount of registration fee

Senior Debt Securities

    

Senior Subordinated Debt Securities

    

Subordinated Debt Securities

    

Preferred Stock

    

Depositary Shares (2)

    

Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share (3)

   (1)

Warrants

    

Guarantees of the Senior Debt Securities, Senior Subordinated Debt Securities and Subordinated Debt Securities (4)

    

Purchase Contracts

    

Units (5)

    
      
(1)   An indeterminate aggregate initial offering price or number of the securities of each identified class is being registered as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable on exercise, conversion or exchange of other securities or that are issued in units or represented by depositary shares. In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), the Registrant is deferring payment of all of the registration fee.
(2)   Each depositary share will be issued under a deposit agreement, will represent an interest in a fractional share or multiple shares of preferred stock or other equity stock and will be evidenced by a depositary receipt.
(3)   Each share of common stock includes one associated stockholder protection right or similar right, if applicable, as described in “Description of Common Stock.”
(4)   No separate consideration will be received for the guarantees.
(5)   Each unit will be issued under a unit agreement or indenture and will represent an interest in two or more securities, which may be any of the securities registered under this Registrant Statement, as amended, which securities may or may not be separable from one another.

 



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TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS*

 

Exact Name of Registrant

as Specified in its Charter


  

State or Other

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or
Organization


  

I.R.S. Employer
Identification

Number


   Address, Including Zip
Code, and Telephone
Number, Including Area
Code, of Registrant’s
Principal Executive Offices


Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC

   Nevada    93-1199012    **

Biloxi Casino Corp.

   Mississippi    64-0814408    **

Boomtown, LLC

   Delaware    94-3044204    **

Casino Magic Antofagasta S.A.

   Chile       **

Casino Magic Calama S.A.

   Chile       **

Casino Magic Chile, S.A.

   Chile       **

Casino Magic Corp.

   Minnesota    64-0817483    **

Casino Magic Management Services Corp.

  

Minnesota

  

64-0904627

   **

Casino Magic Rancagua S.A.

   Chile       **

Casino Magic Talca S.A.

   Chile       **

Casino One Corporation

   Mississippi    64-0814345    **

Crystal Park Hotel and Casino Development Company, LLC

  

California

  

95-4595453

   **

HP/Compton, Inc.

   California    95-4545471    **

Landing Condominium, LLC

   Missouri    65-1258668    **

Louisiana-I Gaming, a Louisiana Partnership in Commendam

  

Louisiana

  

72-1238179

   **

Ogle Haus, LLC

   Indiana    35-2084979    **

PNK (Bossier City), Inc.

   Louisiana    64-0878110    **

PNK (CHILE 1), LLC

   Delaware    51-0553578    **

PNK (CHILE 2), LLC

   Delaware    51-0553581    **

PNK (ES), LLC

   Missouri    51-0534293    **

PNK (EXUMA), LIMITED

   Bahamas    98-0448601    **

PNK (LAKE CHARLES), L.L.C.

   Louisiana    02-0614452    **

PNK (PA), LLC

   Pennsylvania    Pending    **

PNK (Reno), LLC

   Nevada    88-0101849    **

PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC

   Delaware    51-0553585    **

PNK (ST. LOUIS 4S), LLC

   Delaware    51-0553583    **

PNK Development 1, Inc.

   Delaware    46-0486393    **

PNK Development 2, Inc.

   Delaware    46-0486395    **

PNK Development 3, Inc.

   Delaware    46-0486396    **

PNK Development 4, Inc.

   Delaware    Pending    **

PNK Development 5, Inc.

   Delaware    Pending    **

PNK Development 6, Inc.

   Delaware    Pending    **

PNK Development 7, LLC

   Delaware    Pending    **

PNK Development 8, LLC

   Delaware    Pending    **


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Exact Name of Registrant

as Specified in its Charter


  

State or Other

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or
Organization


  

I.R.S. Employer
Identification

Number


   Address, Including Zip
Code, and Telephone
Number, Including Area
Code, of Registrant’s
Principal Executive Offices


PNK Development 9, LLC

   Delaware    Pending    **

PNK Development 10, LLC

   Delaware    Pending    **

PNK Development 11, LLC

   Nevada    Pending    **

PNK Development 12, LLC

   Nevada    Pending    **

PNK Development 13, LLC

   New Jersey    Pending    **

PNK Development 14, LLC

   Missouri    Pending    **

PNK Development 15, LLC

   Pennsylvania    Pending    **

PNK Development 16, LLC

   Indiana    Pending    **

Port St. Louis Condominium, LLC

   Missouri    54-2182426    **

Realty Investment Group, Inc.

   Delaware    52-2140895    **

St. Louis Casino Corp.

   Missouri    64-0836600    **

*   This list does not purport to be a complete list of all of the subsidiaries of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.
**   c/o Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109, (702) 784-7777


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PROSPECTUS

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES

 

SENIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES

 

SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES

 

PREFERRED STOCK

 

DEPOSITARY SHARES

 

COMMON STOCK

 

WARRANTS

 

GUARANTEES OF DEBT SECURITIES

 

PURCHASE CONTRACTS UNITS

 

LOGO

 

We may, from time to time, offer to sell senior, senior subordinated or subordinated debt securities, preferred stock (either separately or represented by depositary shares), common stock, warrants and purchase contracts, as well as units that include any of these securities or securities of one or more other entities. The debt securities, preferred stock, warrants and purchase contracts may be convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common or preferred stock or other securities of our company or debt or equity securities of one or more other entities. This prospectus also covers guarantees, if any, of our obligations under any debt securities, which may be given by one or more of our subsidiaries.

 

We may offer the securities separately or together, in separate series or classes and in amounts, at prices and on terms described in one or more supplements to this prospectus and other offering material. In addition, this prospectus may be used to offer securities for the account of persons other than us.

 

We or any selling security holder may offer and sell these securities to or through one or more underwriters, dealers and agents, or directly to purchasers, on a continuous or delayed basis.

 

This prospectus describes some of the general terms that may apply to these securities. The specific terms of any securities to be offered, and any other information relating to a specific offering, will be set forth in a post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, in a supplement to this prospectus, in other offering material related to the securities or may be set forth in one or more documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

 

Our common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PNK”.

 


 

None of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, the Indiana Gaming Commission, the Mississippi Gaming Commission, the Missouri Gaming Commission, the Nevada Gaming Commission, the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, the City of Reno, Nevada gaming authorities, and the California Gambling Control Commission, or any state securities commission or other gaming authority, has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 


 

The date of this prospectus is January 6, 2006


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     Page

About This Prospectus

   i

Where You Can Find More Information

   ii

Incorporation of Certain Documents By Reference

   ii

Disclosure Regarding Forward-looking Statements

   iii

Market Data

   v

The Company

   1

Ratio of Earnings To Fixed Charges

   2

Use of Proceeds

   2

Description of Debt Securities and Guarantees of Debt Securities

   3

Description of Preferred Stock

   5

Depositary Shares

   7

Description of Common Stock

   8

Description of Warrants

   9

Description of Purchase Contracts

   10

Description of Units

   10

Certain Provisions of Our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and Statutes

   11

Certain Restrictions On Ownership and Transfer of Our Securities Under Gaming Regulations

   13

Legal Matters

   14

Experts

   14

 


 

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, using a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, we may sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings.

 

This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities offered by us. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement and any other offering material may also add to, update or change information contained in the prospectus or in documents we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus and, accordingly, to the extent inconsistent, information in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus is superseded by the information in the prospectus supplement and any other offering material related to such securities.

 

The prospectus supplement to be attached to the front of this prospectus may describe, as applicable: the terms of the securities offered, the initial public offering price, the price paid for the securities, net proceeds and the other specific terms related to the offering of these securities.

 

You should read carefully the entire prospectus, as well as the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and any other offering material, before making an investment decision.

 

When used in this prospectus, the terms “Pinnacle Entertainment,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise requires.

 

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You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and any other offering material. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer and sale is not permitted. You should not assume that the information appearing in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement, any other offering material or the documents incorporated by reference herein or therein is accurate as of any date other than their respective dates, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus, any prospectus supplement, any other offering material or any sale of a security. Our business, financial condition, results of operation and prospects may have changed since those dates.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the following location of the SEC:

 

Public Reference Room

100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

You may obtain information about the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains a web site that contains information we file electronically with the SEC, which you can access over the Internet at http://www.sec.gov. We maintain a website at http://www.pnkinc.com with information about our company. Information contained on our web site or any other web site is not incorporated into this prospectus and does not constitute a part of this prospectus. Our website address referenced above is intended to be an inactive textual reference only and not an active hyperlink to our website. You can also obtain information about us at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.

 

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

 

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus the information we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. Any information referenced this way is considered to be part of this prospectus, and any information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the following documents that we have filed with the SEC (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the SEC rules):

 

1.  Our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, as amended by Form 10-K/A filed May 9, 2005;

 

2.  Our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005, and September 30, 2005;

 

3.  Our current reports on Form 8-K (including amendments thereto) filed on January 12, 2005, January 14, 2005, February 17, 2005 (reporting Item 5.02), February 18, 2005, March 21, 2005, May 9, 2005, May 10, 2005 (as amended by Form 8-K/A filed on June 13, 2005), May 20, 2005, June 13, 2005, August 23, 2005, September 7, 2005, September 23, 2005 (as amended by Form 8-K/A filed on November 14, 2005), September 29, 2005, October 5, 2005, October 17, 2005, December 20, 2005, December 23, 2005, January 3, 2006, January 6, 2006 and January 6, 2006;

 

4.  Our proxy statement dated April 4, 2005; and

 

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5.  The description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A filed on August 10, 2001, as amended by our current reports on Form 8-K filed on January 26, 2004 and May 9, 2005.

 

We also incorporate by reference any future filings we make with the SEC (other than information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K or as otherwise permitted by the SEC’s rules) under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until we have sold all of the securities to which this prospectus relates or the offering is otherwise terminated.

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement we have filed with the SEC on Form S-3 relating to the securities. As permitted by SEC rules, this prospectus does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement and the accompanying exhibits and schedules we file with the SEC. We have filed certain legal documents that control the terms of the securities offered by this prospectus as exhibits to the registration statement. We will file certain other legal documents that control the terms of the securities offered by this prospectus as exhibits to reports we file with the SEC. You may refer to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules for more information about us and our securities. The registration statement and exhibits and schedules are also available at the SEC’s Public Reference Room or through its web site.

 

You may obtain a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:

 

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

Investor Relations

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

(702) 784-7777

 

Exhibits to the filings will not be sent, however, unless those exhibits have specifically been incorporated by reference.

 

DISCLOSURE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Some of the statements in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement, any other offering material and any documents we incorporate by reference may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides certain “safe harbor” provisions for forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements made in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement, any other offering material and any documents we incorporate by reference are made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Words such as, but not limited to, “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding our expansion and development plans, cash needs, cash reserves, liquidity, operating and capital expenses, financing options, expense reductions, operating results, insurance recoveries and pending regulatory matters. Although we believe our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or realize these plans, intentions or expectations, and actual results may differ materially from those that might be anticipated from forward-looking statements. This can occur as a result of inaccurate assumptions or as a consequence of known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Factors that may cause our actual performance to differ materially from that contemplated by such forward-looking statements include, among others:

 

    the gaming industry is very competitive, and increased competition, including by Native American gaming facilities, could adversely affect our profitability;

 

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    our substantial development obligations in connection with the St. Louis projects and other capital-intensive projects could strain our financial resources and might not provide for a sufficient return, if any;

 

    many factors could prevent us from completing our construction and development projects as planned, including the escalation of construction costs beyond increments anticipated in our construction budgets;

 

    our present indebtedness and projected future borrowings could have adverse consequences to us; future cash flows may not be sufficient to meet our obligations and we might have difficulty obtaining additional financing; we may experience adverse effects due to interest rate and exchange rate fluctuations;

 

    the terms of our credit facility and the indentures governing our subordinated indebtedness impose operating and financial restrictions on us;

 

    issues could arise with respect to our insurance policies that could affect our timely recovery of insurance proceeds associated with recent hurricane damage and related business interruption;

 

    because of the closure of Casino Magic Biloxi, we have suffered a loss of operating revenues from that facility; changes in the local gaming market could adversely affect our operations in Biloxi if we decide to build a replacement facility;

 

    damage and closures caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the New Orleans and Lake Charles areas make our future operating results at Boomtown New Orleans and L’Auberge du Lac less predictable;

 

    we operate in a highly taxed industry and may be subject to higher taxes in the future;

 

    we could lose the right to pursue the St. Louis City and St. Louis County projects if we fail to meet the conditions imposed by the Missouri Gaming Commission;

 

    our industry is highly regulated, which makes us dependent on obtaining and maintaining gaming licenses and subjects us to potentially significant fines and penalties;

 

    potential changes in the regulatory environment could harm our business;

 

    the concentration and evolution of the slot machine manufacturing industry could impose additional costs on us;

 

    adverse weather conditions, highway construction, gasoline shortages, and other factors affecting our facilities and the areas in which we operate could make it more difficult for potential customers to travel to our properties and deter customers from visiting our properties;

 

    our results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected by the occurrence of natural disasters, such as hurricanes, or other catastrophic events, including war and terrorism;

 

    the loss of management and other key personnel could significantly harm our business;

 

    we experience seasonal fluctuations that significantly impact our quarterly operating results;

 

    we are subject to litigation which, if adversely determined, could cause us to incur substantial losses;

 

    we face environmental and archaeological regulation of our real estate; and

 

    slowdowns in the economy and other factors affecting discretionary consumer spending may harm our operating results.

 

In addition, these statements could be affected by general domestic and international economic and political conditions, uncertainty as to the future direction of the economy and vulnerability of the economy to domestic or international incidents, as well as market conditions in our industry.

 

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We caution the reader that the factors described above may not be exhaustive. We operate in a continually changing business environment, and new risk factors emerge from time to time. Management cannot predict such new risk factors, nor can it assess the impact, if any, of such new risk factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

MARKET DATA

 

We use market and industry data throughout this prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement, other offering material and the documents incorporated by reference herein that we have obtained from market research, publicly available information and industry publications. These sources generally state that the information that they provide has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but that the accuracy and completeness of such information is not guaranteed. The market and industry data is often based on industry surveys and the preparers’ experience in the industry. Similarly, although we believe that the surveys and market research that others have performed are reliable, we have not independently verified this information.

 

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THE COMPANY

 

We are a rapidly growing, diversified, multi-jurisdictional owner and operator of gaming entertainment facilities. We own and operate casinos in Nevada, Louisiana, Indiana and Argentina, and own a hotel in Missouri. In May 2005, we opened L’Auberge du Lac, a casino resort which we believe is the premier casino in the Lake Charles, Louisiana area. Additionally, we have begun construction of a major casino hotel in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, just north of the famed Gateway Arch. We have also begun site preparation for a second casino in the St. Louis metropolitan area on 54 acres in the community of Lemay, approximately 10 miles south of downtown St. Louis. Internationally, we opened our replacement casino in Neuquen, Argentina in July 2005, which is significantly larger and of higher quality than its predecessor leased facility; have been licensed to operate a small casino in the Bahamas; and have filed two applications for licenses in Chile. In December 2005, we filed a gaming license application in Pennsylvania seeking one of two available gaming licenses to operate a slot-only casino in Philadelphia. We also receive lease income from two card clubs in southern California. In addition, we continue to own and lease land in Biloxi, Mississippi, where we previously operated a casino hotel known as Casino Magic. Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage at this facility, most of which we believe to be covered by insurance. We also have business interruption insurance related to Casino Magic Biloxi. We are not obligated to rebuild the Biloxi facility in order to obtain the insurance recovery. Management is actively examining whether to exploit the opportunities in Biloxi for building a replacement facility. Among the factors that management intends to take into consideration are the competitive and regulatory environment, the reconstruction progress of the region, and our available resources at the time.

 

We were incorporated in the State of Delaware in 1981 as the successor to a business that started in 1938. Our executive offices are located at 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 and our telephone number is (702) 784-7777.

 

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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

 

The following table sets forth the unaudited consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the periods shown:

 

     Year Ended December 31,

   Nine Months
Ended
September 30,


 
     2004

    2003

   2002

   2001

   2000

   2005

   2004

 

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (1)

   1.21x (2)            2.94x       1.60x (2)

(1)   In computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges: (i) earnings were calculated from income from continuing operations, before income taxes and fixed charges, and excluding capitalized interest; and (ii) fixed charges were computed from interest expense, amortization of debt issuance costs, capitalized interest, and the estimated interest included in rental expense. Earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $36.1 million, $19.9 million, $51.0 million and $24.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, respectively.
(2)   Includes a material gain on the sale of surplus real estate in 2004.

 

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

Unless indicated otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement or other offering material, we expect to use the net proceeds from the sale of our securities for our operations and for other general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, capital expenditures (including for new development projects), repayment or refinancing of borrowings, working capital, investments, acquisitions and the repurchase of our common stock. Additional information on the use of net proceeds from the sale of securities offered by this prospectus may be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement or other offering material relating to such offering. If net proceeds from a specific offering will be used to repay indebtedness, the applicable prospectus supplement or other offering material will describe the relevant terms of the debt to be repaid.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES AND GUARANTEES OF DEBT SECURITIES

 

The debt securities we may offer pursuant to this prospectus will be senior, senior subordinated or subordinated debt of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

 

The debt securities will be issued under one or more indentures, each dated as of a date on or before the issuance of the debt securities to which it relates and in one of the forms filed as an exhibit to the registration statement (including amendments to such registration statement) of which this prospectus is a part, subject to any amendments or supplements to such indentures as we may adopt from time to time. Each indenture will be entered into between us, as obligor, a trustee chosen by us and qualified to act as a trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, and any of our subsidiaries which guarantee our obligations under the indenture.

 

The forms of indentures filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part include a form of senior indenture under which one or more series of senior debt securities may be issued, a form of senior subordinated indenture under which one or more series of senior subordinated debt securities may be issued, and a form of subordinated indenture under which one or more series of subordinated debt securities may be issued, subject to any amendments or supplements to such indentures as we may adopt from time to time, which forms are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We use the term “indentures” to refer to the senior indenture, the senior subordinated indenture and the subordinated indenture and any other indentures we may file as exhibits to (or incorporate by reference in) the registration statement (including amendments to such registration statement) of which this prospectus is a part. You should read the indentures because they will control your rights as a holder of debt securities. The terms of the indenture will also be governed by the Trust Indenture Act. You should refer to the applicable indenture for more specific information.

 

In addition, we may issue additional unsecured 8.25% senior subordinated notes due 2012 and additional unsecured 8.75% senior subordinated notes due 2013, of which $300.0 million and $135.0 million in aggregate principal amount were outstanding as of September 30, 2005, respectively. The indentures governing the 8.25% notes and the 8.75% notes have been previously filed with the SEC and are incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

The forms of indentures are or will be filed as exhibits to the registration statement (including amendments to such registration statement) of which this prospectus forms a part. The statements and descriptions in this prospectus, in any prospectus supplement or in any other offering material regarding provisions of the indentures and debt securities are summaries thereof, do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the indentures (and any amendments or supplements we may enter into from time to time which are permitted under each indenture) and the debt securities, including the definitions therein of certain terms.

 

We use the term “trustee” to refer to the trustee or trustees under any of the indentures we may enter into.

 

General

 

Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, the debt securities will be our direct unsecured obligations. The senior debt securities will rank equally with each other and with all of our other senior and unsubordinated debt. Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, the senior debt securities will effectively be subordinated to our secured indebtedness, including amounts we have borrowed under any secured or revolving term credit facility, such as our credit facility. The senior subordinated debt securities will be subordinate and junior in right of payment, as more fully described in an indenture and in any applicable supplement to the indenture, to the senior indebtedness designated in such indenture or supplemental indenture, and will rank equally with our other senior subordinated indebtedness, including, as of September 30, 2005, $300.0 million principal amount of our unsecured 8.25% senior subordinated notes due 2012 and $135.0 million principal amount of our unsecured 8.75% senior subordinated notes due 2013. The subordinated debt securities will be subordinate and junior in right of payment, as more fully described in an indenture and in any applicable

 

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supplement to the indenture, to all of our senior and senior subordinated indebtedness designated in such indenture or supplemental indenture. All these debt securities will be effectively subordinate and junior to the liabilities of our subsidiaries, except to the extent of any guarantees (and the ranking thereof) of such debt securities given by our subsidiaries.

 

We will include in a supplement to this prospectus the specific terms of each series of the debt securities being offered, including whether the debt securities of the series are convertible or exchangeable into other debt or equity securities and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which such conversion or exchange will be effected, and whether the debt securities will be secured including any provisions relating to the security provided. When we refer to “Pinnacle Entertainment,” “we,” “us,” or “our” in this section or when we otherwise refer to ourselves in this section, we mean only Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. and not to any of our subsidiaries.

 

Guarantees

 

Debt securities may be guaranteed by one or more of our subsidiaries, if so provided in the applicable prospectus supplement or other offering material. The prospectus supplement or other offering material will describe the terms of any guarantees, including, among other things, the ranking of the guarantee, the method for determining the identity of the guarantors and the conditions under which guarantees will be added or released. Any guarantees will be joint and several obligations of the guarantors. The obligations of each guarantor under its guarantee will be limited as necessary to prevent the guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law.

 

Mandatory Disposition Pursuant to Gaming Laws

 

The indentures provide that each holder and beneficial owner, by accepting any of the debt securities subject thereto, shall be deemed to have agreed that if the gaming authority of any jurisdiction of which we or any of our subsidiaries conducts or proposes to conduct gaming, requires that a person who is a holder or the beneficial owner of the debt securities (or an affiliate thereof) be licensed, qualified or found suitable under applicable gaming laws, such holder or beneficial owner (or an affiliate thereof), as the case may be, shall apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within the required time period. If such person fails to apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within 30 days (or such shorter period as may be required by the applicable gaming authority) or is denied such license or qualification or is not found suitable, we shall have the right, at our option:

 

    to require such person to dispose of its debt securities or beneficial interest therein within 30 days (or such earlier date as may be required by the applicable gaming authority) of receipt of notice or finding by such gaming authority; or

 

    to redeem such debt securities at a redemption price equal to the least of (i) 100% of the principal amount thereof or the price at which such person acquired such debt securities, plus in either case accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the earlier of the date of redemption or the date of the denial of license or qualification or of finding of unsuitability, which may be less than 30 days following the notice of redemption if so requested or prescribed by the applicable gaming authority or (ii) such lesser amount as may be required by any gaming authority.

 

Immediately upon a determination by a gaming authority that a holder or beneficial owner of debt securities (or affiliate thereof) will not be licensed, qualified or found suitable or is denied a license, qualification or finding of suitability, the holder or beneficial owner will not have any further rights with respect to the debt securities: (i) to exercise, directly or indirectly, through any person, any right conferred by the debt securities or (ii) receive any interest or any other distribution or payment with respect to the debt securities, or any remuneration in any form from us for services rendered or otherwise, except the redemption price of the debt securities.

 

We shall notify the trustee in writing of any such redemption as soon as practicable. We shall not be responsible for any costs or expenses any such holder may incur in connection with its application for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK

 

Our certificate of incorporation permits us to issue, without prior permission from our stockholders, up to 250,000 shares of our $1.00 par value preferred stock. As of September 30, 2005, none of our preferred stock was issued and outstanding.

 

Our board of directors may, without further action of the stockholders, issue undesignated preferred stock in one or more classes or series, with the number of shares of each series and the rights, preferences and limitations of each series to be determined by it. Any undesignated preferred stock issued by us may:

 

    rank prior to our common stock as to dividend rights, liquidation preference or both;

 

    have full or limited voting rights; and

 

    be convertible into shares of common stock or other securities.

 

We will describe in a supplement to this prospectus the specific terms of a particular series of preferred stock being offered. These terms may include some or all of the following:

 

    the maximum number of shares in the series;

 

    the designation of the series;

 

    the number of shares we are offering;

 

    any liquidation preference per share;

 

    the initial offering price per share;

 

    any voting rights of the series;

 

    any dividend rights and the specific terms relating to these dividend rights, including the applicable dividend rate, if any, on the shares of such series, the conditions and dates upon which such dividends will be payable, the preference or relation which such dividends will bear to the dividends payable on any other class or classes or on any other series of capital stock, and whether such dividends will be cumulative or non-cumulative;

 

    our right, if any, to defer payment of dividends and the maximum length of any such deferral period;

 

    whether the shares of such series will be redeemable and, if so, the times, prices and other terms and conditions of such redemption;

 

    the relative ranking and the rights of the holders of shares of such series as to dividends and upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our company;

 

    whether or not the shares of such series will be subject to the operation of a retirement or sinking fund and, if so, the extent to and manner in which any such retirement or sinking fund shall be applied to the purchase or redemption of the shares of such series for retirement or to other corporate purposes and the terms and provisions relative to the operation thereof;

 

    whether or not the shares of such series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, (a) our debt securities, (b) shares of any other class or classes of stock of our company, or of any other series of the same or different class of stock, or (c) shares of any class or series of stock of any other corporation, and if so convertible or exchangeable, the price or prices or the rate or rates of conversion or exchange and the method, if any, of adjusting the same;

 

    while any shares of such series are outstanding, the limitations and restrictions, if any, upon the payment of dividends or making of other distributions on, and upon the purchase, redemption or other acquisition by our company of, our common stock, or any other class or classes of stock of our company ranking junior to the shares of such series either as to dividends or upon liquidation;

 

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    the conditions or restrictions, if any, upon the creation of indebtedness of our company or upon the issue of any additional stock, including additional shares of such series or of any other series or of any other class, ranking on a parity with or prior to the shares of such series as to dividends or distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding up;

 

    whether fractional interests in shares of the series will be offered in the form of depositary shares as described below under “—Depositary Shares;”

 

    restrictions on transfer, sale or other assignment, if any;

 

    any other preference or provision and relative, participating, optional or other special rights or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof; and

 

    our ability to modify the rights of holders otherwise than by a vote of a majority or more of the series outstanding.

 

The preferred stock will, when issued, be fully paid and non-assessable.

 

Any issuance of shares of preferred stock, or the issuance of rights to purchase preferred shares, may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control in our company or an unsolicited acquisition proposal. For a description of the provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws that could have an effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of our company and that would operate only with respect to an extraordinary corporate transaction involving us (or any of our subsidiaries), see the description in this prospectus under the heading “Certain Provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and Statutes.”

 

The issuance of preferred stock also could decrease the amount of earnings and assets available for distribution to the holders of common stock or could adversely affect the rights and powers, including voting rights, of the holders of common stock.

 

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DEPOSITARY SHARES

 

We may, at our option, elect to offer fractional shares of preferred stock or other equity stock, rather than full shares of preferred stock or such other equity stock. In the event we exercise this option, we will issue receipts for depositary shares, each of which will represent a fraction, to be described in an applicable prospectus supplement, of a share of a particular series of preferred stock or other equity stock. The preferred stock or other equity stock represented by depositary shares will be deposited under a deposit agreement between us and a bank or trust company selected by us and having its principal office in the United States and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. Subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, each owner of a depositary share will be entitled, in proportion to the applicable preferred stock or other equity stock or fraction thereof represented by the depositary share, to all of the rights and preferences of the preferred stock or other equity stock represented thereby, including any dividend, voting, redemption, conversion or liquidation rights. For an additional description of our common stock and preferred stock, see the descriptions in this prospectus under the headings “Description of Common Stock” and “Description of Preferred Stock,” respectively.

 

The depositary shares will be evidenced by depositary receipts issued pursuant to the deposit agreement. The particular terms of the depositary shares offered by any prospectus supplement will be described in the prospectus supplement, which will also include a discussion of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences.

 

A copy of the form of deposit agreement, including the form of depositary receipt, will be included as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK

 

Our authorized common stock consists of 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.10 per share. As of December 20, 2005, 40,969,088 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding (excluding treasury shares) and held of record by approximately 2,628 stockholders. The following description of our common stock and provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws are only summaries, and we encourage you to review complete copies of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, which we have previously filed with the SEC. For more information regarding the common stock which may be offered by this prospectus, please refer to the applicable prospectus supplement, other offering material, our certificate of incorporation, which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and, if applicable, any certificate of designations establishing a series of preferred stock, which will be filed with the SEC as an exhibit to or incorporated by reference into the registration statement on or about the time of issuance of that series of preferred stock.

 

The holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share of the common stock on all matters voted on by such stockholders, including elections of directors and, except as otherwise required by law or provided in any resolution adopted by our board of directors with respect to any series of preferred stock, the holders of the common stock exclusively possess all voting power. Subject to any preferential rights of any outstanding series of preferred stock designated by the board of directors from time to time, the holders of the common stock are entitled to dividends from the funds legally available therefor, and upon liquidation are entitled to receive pro rata all of our assets available for distribution to such holders after distribution in full of the preferential amount to be distributed to holders of shares of preferred stock. All outstanding shares of the common stock are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The common stock has no preemptive or conversion rights or other subscription rights and there are no sinking fund or, except as described in this prospectus under the heading “Certain Provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and Statutes,” redemption provisions applicable to the common stock. For a description of the provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws that could have an effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us and that would operate only with respect to an extraordinary corporate transaction involving us (or any of our subsidiaries), see the description in this prospectus under the heading “Certain Provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and Statutes.”

 

The rights and privileges of our common stock may be subordinate to the rights and preferences of any of our preferred stock.

 

In the event that we adopt a stockholder protection rights plan or similar plan that involves the distribution to stockholders of rights under such a plan, any common stock we offer would also include any associated rights under such a plan (subject to the terms and conditions of any such plan).

 

Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PNK”.

 

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

 

We may issue warrants for the purchase of our common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares and/or debt securities in one or more series. Warrants may be issued independently or together with any common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares and/or debt securities offered by any prospectus supplement and may be attached to or separate from those securities. Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase for cash a number of shares of common stock, preferred stock or depositary shares and/or the principal amount of debt securities at the exercise price as will in each case be described in, or can be determined from, the applicable prospectus supplement relating to the offered warrants. Each series of warrants will be issued under separate warrant agreements to be entered into between us and a bank or trust company, as warrant agent. You should read the particular terms of the warrants, which will be described in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. The particular terms of any warrants offered by any prospectus supplement, and the extent to which the general provisions summarized below may apply to the offered securities, will be described in the prospectus supplement.

 

As of September 30, 2005, there were no warrants outstanding to purchase our securities.

 

The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of the warrants we offer, the warrant agreement relating to the warrants and the certificates representing the warrants, including, to the extent applicable:

 

    the title and aggregate number of the warrants;

 

    the offering price;

 

    the currency or currencies, including composite currencies or currency units, in which the price of the warrants may be payable;

 

    the number of shares of common stock or preferred stock or depositary shares purchasable upon the exercise of a warrant;

 

    the exercise price or manner of determining the exercise price, the manner in which the exercise price may be paid, including the currency or currency units in which the price may be payable, and any minimum number of warrants exercisable at one time;

 

    if warrants for purchase of debt securities are offered, the principal amount of the series of debt securities that can be purchased if a holder exercises a warrant and the price at which and currencies in which such principal amount may be purchased upon exercise;

 

    if warrants for the purchase of common stock, preferred stock or depositary shares are offered, the total number of shares that can be purchased if a holder of the warrants exercises them and, in the case of warrants for preferred stock or depositary shares, the designation, total number and terms of the series of preferred stock that can be purchased upon exercise or that are underlying the depositary shares that can be purchased on exercise;

 

    the designation and terms of any series of preferred stock or depositary shares with which the warrants are being offered and the number of warrants being offered with each share of common stock, preferred stock or depositary share;

 

    when the warrants become exercisable and the expiration date;

 

    the terms of any right of ours to redeem or call the warrants;

 

    the terms of any right of ours to accelerate the exercisability of the warrants;

 

    where the warrant certificates may be transferred and exchanged;

 

    whether the warrants are to be issued with common stock or debt securities and, if so, the number and terms of any such offered securities;

 

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    the date, if any, on and after which the warrants and the related shares of common stock or debt securities will be separately transferable;

 

    United States federal income tax consequences applicable to the warrants; and

 

    any other terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to exchange and exercise of the warrants.

 

DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS

 

We may issue purchase contracts obligating holders to purchase from us, and us to sell to the holders, our securities at a future date or dates. The purchase contracts may require us to make periodic payments to the holders of purchase contracts. These payments may be unsecured or prefunded on a basis to be specified in the prospectus supplement relating to the purchase contracts.

 

The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any purchase contract. The purchase contracts will be issued pursuant to documents to be issued by us. You should read the particular terms of the documents, which will be described in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

 

We may issue units consisting of one or more purchase contracts, warrants, debt securities, shares of preferred stock, shares of common stock or any combination of such securities. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe: the terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances the securities comprising the units may be traded separately. You should read the particular terms of the documents pursuant to which the units would be issued, which will be described in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

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CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF OUR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, BYLAWS AND STATUTES

 

Possible Antitakeover Effect of Certain Statutory, Charter and Bylaw Provisions

 

The provisions of Delaware law, and of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, may have the effect of delaying, deferring or discouraging another person from acquiring control of our company, including takeover attempts that might result in a premium over the market price for the shares of common stock and our other securities.

 

Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law

 

We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless:

 

    before the time that the person became an interested stockholder, the board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the person becoming an interested stockholder;

 

    upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in that person becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding, for purposes of determining the number of shares outstanding, shares owned by certain directors or certain employee stock plans; or

 

    at or after the time that the person became an interested stockholder, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least 66- 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

 

Generally, a “business combination” includes a merger, asset sale or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the stockholder. In general, an “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, either owns 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock or within three prior years did own 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock. The statute could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of our company.

 

Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaw Provisions

 

Our certificate of incorporation authorizes our board of directors to designate and issue, without stockholder approval, preferred stock with such terms as our board may determine. This ability to issue what is commonly referred to as “blank check” preferred stock, or rights to acquire preferred stock, may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control of our company or an unsolicited acquisition proposal.

 

Under our bylaws, any vacancy on our board of directors, however occurring, including a vacancy resulting from an enlargement of our board, may only be filled by vote of a majority of our directors then in office, even if less than a quorum. The limitations on the filling of vacancies could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or of discouraging a third party from attempting to acquire, control of our company .

 

Our bylaws provide that special meetings of the stockholders may only be called by the chairman of the board of directors or by a majority of the board of directors. Our bylaws further provide that stockholders at an annual meeting may only consider proposals or nominations specified in the notice of meeting or brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the board or by a stockholder who was a stockholder of record on the record date for the meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has given to our corporate secretary timely

 

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written notice, in proper form, of the stockholder’s intention to bring that proposal or nomination before the meeting. Although our bylaws do not give the board of directors the power to approve or disapprove stockholder nominations of candidates or proposals regarding other business to be conducted at an annual meeting, our bylaws may have the effect of precluding the consideration of some business at a meeting if the proper procedures are not followed or may discourage or deter a potential acquiror from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect its own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our company.

 

The Delaware corporate law provides generally that the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on any matter is required to amend a corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or to approve mergers, consolidations or the sale of all or substantially all its assets, unless a corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, as the case may be, requires a greater percentage. Our bylaws may be amended or repealed by a majority vote of the board of directors, subject to any limitations set forth in the bylaws, and may also be amended by the stockholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting power of our capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote generally in the election of directors. The two-thirds stockholder vote would be in addition to any separate class vote that might in the future be required pursuant to the terms of any series of preferred stock that might be outstanding at the time any of these amendments are submitted to stockholders.

 

These and other provisions contained in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws could delay or discourage transactions involving an actual or potential change in control of us or our management, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares over then current prices. Such provisions could also limit the ability of stockholders to remove current management or approve transactions that stockholders may deem to be in their best interests and could adversely affect the price of our common stock.

 

Charter Provisions Containing Gaming Suitability Requirements

 

In addition to the foregoing, our certificate of incorporation requires that if a person owns or controls our securities or the securities of our affiliated companies and is determined by a gaming authority to be unsuitable to own or control such securities or in the sole discretion of our board of directors is deemed likely to jeopardize our right to conduct gaming activities in any of the jurisdictions in which we conduct or intend to conduct gaming activities, we may redeem, and if required by a gaming authority shall redeem, such person’s securities to the extent required by the government gaming authority or deemed necessary or advisable by us.

 

If a gaming authority requires us, or if we deem it necessary or advisable, to redeem such securities, we will serve notice on the holder who holds securities subject to redemption and will call for the redemption of the securities of such holder at a redemption price equal to that required to be paid by the gaming authority making the finding of unsuitability, or if such gaming authority does not require a certain price per share to be paid, a sum deemed reasonable by us, which in our discretion may be the original purchase price, the then current trading price of the securities or another price we determine. The redemption price may be paid in cash, by promissory note, or both, as required by the applicable gaming authority and, if not so required, as we elect. Unless the gaming authority requires otherwise, the redemption price will in no event exceed:

 

(1) the closing sales price of the securities on the national securities exchange on which such shares are then listed on the date the notice of redemption is delivered to the person who has been determined to be unsuitable, or

 

(2) if such shares are not then listed for trading on any national securities exchange, then the closing sales price of such shares as quoted in the NASDAQ National Market System, or

 

(3) if the shares are not then so quoted, then the mean between the representative bid and the ask price as quoted by NASDAQ or another generally recognized reporting system.

 

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Beginning on the date that a gaming authority serves notice of a determination of unsuitability or the loss or threatened loss of a gaming license upon us, and until the securities owned or controlled by the unsuitable person are owned or controlled by persons found by such gaming authority to be suitable to own them, it shall be unlawful for the unsuitable person or any affiliate of such person (i) to receive any dividend, payment, distribution or interest with regard to the securities, (ii) to exercise, directly or indirectly or through any proxy, trustee, or nominee, any voting or other right conferred by such securities, and such securities shall not for any purposes be included in our securities entitled to vote, or (iii) to receive any remuneration in any form from the corporation or an affiliated company for services rendered or otherwise.

 

From and after the date of redemption, such securities will no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights of the person who was determined to be unsuitable, other than the right to receive the redemption price, will cease. Such person shall surrender the certificates for any securities to be redeemed in accordance with the requirements of the redemption notice.

 

The foregoing is not a complete summary of all of the suitability requirements and other gaming law requirements contained in our certificate of incorporation. Please refer to the complete text of our certificate of incorporation filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

 

For information on certain restrictions on ownership and transfer of our securities imposed by gaming regulations, see the description in this prospectus under the heading “Certain Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer of Our Securities Under Gaming Regulations.”

 

Limitations of Liability and Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Our certificate of incorporation limits the liability of directors to us and our stockholders. Specifically, a director will not be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:

 

    for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;

 

    for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law;

 

    under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which concerns unlawful payments of dividends, stock purchases or redemptions; or

 

    for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

 

Our certificate of incorporation provides that we will indemnify our officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, and our restated bylaws provide that we will indemnify and advance expenses to our officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as it now exists or may in the future be amended, against all expenses and liabilities reasonably incurred in connection with their service for or on behalf of our company. We believe that these provisions will assist us in attracting and retaining qualified individuals to serve as directors and officers.

 

CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER

OF OUR SECURITIES UNDER GAMING REGULATIONS

 

We are subject to extensive governmental regulations that relate to our current or future gaming operations and that impose certain restrictions on the ownership and transfer of our securities. Ownership and transfer of our securities could be subjected at any time to additional or more restrictive regulations, including regulations in applicable jurisdictions where there are no current restrictions on the ownership and transfer of our securities or in new jurisdictions where we may conduct our operations in the future. A detailed description of such

 

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regulations, including requirements under gaming laws of the jurisdictions in which we operate, can be found in the reports we file with the SEC and is incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

LEGAL MATTERS

 

Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, the validity of any securities issued hereunder will be passed upon for our company by Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, California.

 

EXPERTS

 

The consolidated financial statements, the related financial statement schedule, and management’s report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports (which reports (1) express an unqualified opinion on the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule and include an explanatory paragraph relating to Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.’s change in accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets to conform to the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, (2) express an unqualified opinion on management’s assessment regarding the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, and (3) express an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting), which are incorporated herein by reference, and have been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

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PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

The following table sets forth the estimated fees and expenses payable by the registrant in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered hereby (other than underwriting discounts and commissions).

 

Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee

   $     *    

Legal fees and expenses

     **    

Trustee’s and Transfer Agent’s fees and expenses

     **    

Accounting fees and expenses

     **    

Printing and engraving expenses

     **    

Miscellaneous

     **    

Total

   $     **    
    


*   To be deferred pursuant to Rule 456(b) and calculated in connection with the offering of securities under this registration statement pursuant to Rule 457(r).
**   These fees are calculated based on the securities offered and the number of issuances and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time.

 

Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at its request in such capacity in another corporation or business association, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful.

 

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

 

As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, Pinnacle Entertainment’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, includes a provision that limits a director’s personal liability to Pinnacle Entertainment or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of his or her fiduciary duty as a director. Article XII of Pinnacle Entertainment’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that no director of Pinnacle Entertainment shall be personally liable to Pinnacle Entertainment or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.

 

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threatened to be made, parties to, or are involved in, any action, suit or proceeding will be indemnified by Pinnacle Entertainment with respect thereto.

 

The laws of the states or other jurisdictions of incorporation or organization and/or the provisions of the articles or certificates of incorporation, formation or organization and the bylaws (or their equivalent) of substantially all of the subsidiary guarantors listed in the “Table of Additional Registrants” included in this Registration Statement, provide indemnification provisions similar to those described above, except that provisions of the articles or certificates of incorporation, formation or organization and the bylaws (or their equivalent) of some of the subsidiary guarantors do not include provisions for indemnification of officers and directors. Furthermore, in Argentina where the Argentine Commercial Companies Law No. 19,550, as amended (the “ACCL”), does not expressly permit companies to enter into agreements with their directors and officers to indemnify them for liability arising from the breach of their duties as set forth in the ACCL, and as such, the by-laws of the subsidiary guarantors organized under the Argentine laws do not contain indemnification provisions. The ACCL does not provide for a mandatory directors and officers insurance policy with an Argentine insurance company. Moreover, the ACCL states that the by-laws of the subsidiary guarantors organized under the Argentine laws shall establish the guaranty to be provided by the directors of Argentine companies for damages that may arise from their breach of duties and, as such, the by-laws of the subsidiary guarantors organized under the Argentine laws contain minimum guaranty requirements (currently in an amount equal to 1,000 Argentine pesos or approximately US$330) to be provided by its directors and deposited into an account for the relevant subsidiary guarantor organized under the Argentine laws.

 

Pinnacle Entertainment maintains insurance policies under which its directors and officers are insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations of the policies, against expenses in connection with the defense of actions, suits or proceedings, and certain liabilities that might be imposed as a result of such actions, suits or proceedings, to which they are parties by reason of being or having been directors or officers of Pinnacle Entertainment. The employment agreements of certain of Pinnacle Entertainment’s executive officers contain indemnification provisions that provide for the maximum protection permitted under applicable law.

 

Pinnacle Entertainment entered into an Indemnification Trust Agreement (the “Indemnification Trust Agreement”) on August 16, 2005, to create an indemnification trust to provide a source for (i) indemnification of and advancement of expenses to Pinnacle Entertainment’s present and future directors and certain executive officers arising from their activities as such and (ii) payments for the premiums for directors and officers insurance purchased by Pinnacle Entertainment from time to time, in the event that Pinnacle Entertainment does not or is not financially able to fulfill such obligations or make such payments. At the time of creation, Pinnacle Entertainment irrevocably deposited $5.0 million in the trust and pursuant to its terms would be obligated in certain circumstances to contribute up to an additional $5.0 million. The beneficiaries’ representative will have the exclusive right to convey payment demands from time to time on the trustee to direct payment to one or more of the beneficiaries. The term of the trust expires on August 16, 2015, at which time any remaining trust funds will be distributed to Pinnacle Entertainment, except to the extent necessary to make full and adequate provision for claims made prior to such expiration date or any threatened or anticipated claims.

 

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Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statements Schedules.

 

Exhibit
Number


 

Description of Exhibit


  1.1**   Form of Underwriting Agreement.
  4.1   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., as amended, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 9, 2004 (SEC File No. 001-13641).
  4.2   Restated Bylaws of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., as amended, are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 9, 2004 (SEC File No. 001-13641).
  4.3   Indenture dated as of September 25, 2003 by and among the Company, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 7, 2003. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
  4.4   First Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 25, 2003, governing the 8.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013, by and among the Company, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 7, 2003. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
  4.5   Form of 8.75% Senior Subordinated Note due 2013 (included in Exhibit 4.12), is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 7, 2003. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
  4.6   Indenture dated as of March 15, 2004, governing the 8.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012, by and among the Company, the guarantors identified therein and The Bank of New York, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 30, 2004. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
  4.7   First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 3, 2004, governing the 8.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012, by and among the Company, the guarantors identified therein and The Bank of New York, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 7, 2004. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
  4.8   Form of 8.25% Senior Subordinated Note due 2012 (included in Exhibit 4.12), is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 30, 2004. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
  4.9*   Form of Senior Debt Indenture.
  4.10*   Form of Senior Subordinated Debt Indenture.
  4.11*   Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture.
  4.12**   Form of Warrant Agreement.
  4.13**   Form of Warrant Certificate (included in Exhibit 4.12).
  4.14**   Form of Deposit Agreement.
  4.15**   Form of Depositary Receipt (included in Exhibit 4.14).
  4.16**   Form of Purchase Contract Agreement.
  4.17   Specimen certificate for shares of common stock, $0.10 par value per share, of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 30, 2004. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
  4.18**   Form of Certificate of Designation.

 

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Exhibit
Number


 

Description of Exhibit


  4.19**   Form of Preferred Stock Certificate.
  5.1*   Opinion of Irell & Manella LLP.
12.1*   Computation of Ratios.
23.1*   Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2*   Consent of Irell & Manella LLP (included as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*   Powers of Attorney.
25.1**   Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of the Indenture Trustee.

*   Filed herewith.
**   To be filed by post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to a current report on Form 8-K in the event of an offering of the specified securities.

 

Item 17. Undertakings.

 

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of the securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement:

 

  (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) to the Securities Act of 1933;

 

  (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

 

  (iii)   To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

 

Provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement;

 

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;

 

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering;

 

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(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

 

  (i)   Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

 

  (ii)   Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date;

 

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

  (i)   Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 

  (ii)   Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

 

  (iii)   The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

 

  (iv)   Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser;

 

(b) That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Act of 1933, each filing of our annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;

 

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or

 

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controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue; and

 

(d) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the SEC under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:     /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        
    Daniel R. Lee
    Chairman of the Board and
    Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

*


Stephen H. Capp

   Stephen H. Capp, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

   

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

BELTERRA RESORT INDIANA, LLC,

a Nevada limited liability company

By:

 

its Sole Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

  

Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief

Executive Officer of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

   

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

BILOXI CASINO CORP.,

a Mississippi corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and

President

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Sole Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)

*


Stephen H. Capp

   Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

BOOMTOWN, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. and Chief Executive Officer and President of BOOMTOWN, LLC (Principal Executive Officer)

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrot

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

CASINO MAGIC CORP.,

a Minnesota corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and

President

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Sole Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)

*


Stephen H. Capp

   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

CASINO MAGIC ANTOFAGASTA S.A.,

a Chilean corporation

By:   

 

/s/    PAUL CONTESSE


   

Paul Contesse

Director

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    PAUL CONTESSE        


Paul Contesse

   Director (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*


Alberto Rivera

  

Director

*


Federico Castro

  

Director

*


Stephen H. Capp

  

Director

*


John A. Godfrey

  

Director

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

CASINO MAGIC CALAMA S.A.,

a Chilean corporation

By:   

 

/s/    PAUL CONTESSE


   

Paul Contesse

Director

 

Signature


  

Title


*


Paul Contesse

   Director (Principal Executive Officer, and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*


Alberto Rivera

   Director

*


Federico Castro

  

Director

*


Stephen H. Capp

   Director

*


John A. Godfrey

   Director

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

CASINO MAGIC CHILE, S.A.,

a Chilean corporation

By:   

 

/s/    PAUL CONTESSE        


   

Paul Contesse

Director

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    PAUL CONTESSE        


Paul Contesse

   Director (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*


Alberto Rivera

  

Director

*


Federico Castro

  

Director

*


Stephen H. Capp

  

Director

*


John A. Godfrey

  

Director

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

CASINO MAGIC RANCAGUA S.A.

a Chilean corporation

By:   

 

/s/    PAUL CONTESSE        


   

Paul Contesse

Director

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    PAUL CONTESSE        


Paul Contesse

   Director (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*


  

Director

Alberto Rivera     

*


   Director
Federico Castro     

*


Stephen H. Capp

   Director

*


John A. Godfrey

   Director

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

CASINO MAGIC TALCA S.A.

a Chilean corporation

By:   

 

/s/    PAUL CONTESSE


   

Paul Contesse

Director

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    PAUL CONTESSE        


Paul Contesse

   Director (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*


Alberto Rivera

  

Director

*


Federico Castro

   Director

*


Stephen H. Capp

   Director

*


John A. Godfrey

   Director

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

CASINO ONE CORPORATION,

a Mississippi corporation

By:   

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Sole Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)

*


Stephen H. Capp

   Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

CRYSTAL PARK HOTEL AND CASINO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC,

a California limited liability company

By:   

 

its Manager

     

HP/COMPTON, INC.,

a California corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and

President

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Sole Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of HP/COMPTON, INC.

*


Stephen H. Capp

   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) of HP/COMPTON, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

HP/COMPTON, INC.

a California corporation

By:   

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and

President

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Sole Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)

*


Stephen H. Capp

   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

LANDING CONDOMINIUM, LLC,

a Missouri limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

  

Director, Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

LOUISIANA-I GAMING,

a Louisiana Partnership in Commendam

By:   

 

its General Partner

     

BOOMTOWN, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

OGLE HAUS, LLC,

an Indiana limited liability company

By:   

 

its Member

     

BELTERRA RESORT INDIANA, LLC,

a Nevada limited liability company

By:   

 

its Managing Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK (BOSSIER CITY), INC.,

a Louisiana corporation

By:  

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and

President

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

  

Sole Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief

Executive Officer and President (Principal

Executive Officer)

*


Stephen H. Capp

  

Treasurer (Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

 

*By:  

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK (CHILE 1), LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK (CHILE 2), LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware Corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK (ES), LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

  

Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief

Executive Officer of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK (EXUMA), LIMITED,

a Commonwealth of The Bahamas corporation

By:   

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


   

Daniel R. Lee

Director and President

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


Daniel R. Lee

  

Director and President

(Principal Executive Officer)

*


David A. Williams

  

Vice President and Secretary (Principal Financial

and Accounting Officer)

*


Wade W. Hundley

  

Director

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK (LAKE CHARLES), L.L.C.,

a Louisiana limited liability company

By:   

 

its Manager

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK (PA), LLC,

a Pennsylvania limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK (RENO), LLC,

a Nevada limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK (ST. LOUIS 4S), LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

  

Director, Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 1, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:   

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and

President

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Sole Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)

*


Stephen H. Capp

  

Treasurer (Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 2, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:   

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and

President

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Sole Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)

*


Stephen H. Capp

  

Treasurer (Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 3, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:   

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and

President

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Sole Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)

*


Stephen H. Capp

  

Treasurer (Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 4, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:   

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and

President

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Sole Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)

*


Stephen H. Capp

  

Treasurer (Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 5, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and

President

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Sole Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)

*


Stephen H. Capp

   Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 6, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:   

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and

President

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Sole Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)

*


Stephen H. Capp

  

Treasurer (Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 7, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 8, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 9, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 10, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 11, LLC,

a Nevada limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 12, LLC,

a Nevada limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 13, LLC,

a New Jersey limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

   

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware Corporation

By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 14, LLC,

a Missouri limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

   

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 15, LLC,

a Pennsylvania limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

   

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 16, LLC,

an Indiana limited liability company

By:   

 

its Sole Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

  

Director of PINNACLE

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

PORT ST. LOUIS CONDOMINIUM, LLC,

a Missouri LLC,

By:   

 

its Managing Member

     

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware Corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


John V. Giovenco

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


James L. Martineau

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Michael Ornest

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Timothy J. Parrott

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

*


Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

   

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

REALTY INVESTMENT GROUP, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:   

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


Daniel R. Lee

   Sole Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)

*


Stephen H. Capp

   Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

ST. LOUIS CASINO CORP.,

a Missouri corporation

By:   

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and

President

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


Daniel R. Lee

   Sole Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)

*


Stephen H. Capp

  

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial

and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 6th day of January 2006.

 

CASINO MAGIC MANAGEMENT SERVICES CORP.,

a Minnesota corporation

By:

 

  /s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and

President

 

Signature


  

Title


/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

   Sole Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)

*


Stephen H. Capp

   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


   

Daniel R. Lee

Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number


   

Description of Exhibit


1.1 **   Form of Underwriting Agreement.
4.1     Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., as amended, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 9, 2004 (SEC File No. 001-13641).
4.2     Restated Bylaws of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., as amended, are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 9, 2004 (SEC File No. 001-13641).
4.3     Indenture dated as of September 25, 2003 by and among the Company, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 7, 2003. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
4.4     First Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 25, 2003, governing the 8.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013, by and among the Company, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 7, 2003. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
4.5     Form of 8.75% Senior Subordinated Note due 2013 (included in Exhibit 4.12), is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 7, 2003. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
4.6     Indenture dated as of March 15, 2004, governing the 8.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012, by and among the Company, the guarantors identified therein and The Bank of New York, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 30, 2004. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
4.7     First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 3, 2004, governing the 8.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012, by and among the Company, the guarantors identified therein and The Bank of New York, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 7, 2004. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
4.8     Form of 8.25% Senior Subordinated Note due 2012 (included in Exhibit 4.12), is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 30, 2004. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
4.9 *   Form of Senior Debt Indenture.
4.10 *   Form of Senior Subordinated Debt Indenture.
4.11 *   Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture.
4.12 **   Form of Warrant Agreement.
4.14 **  

Form of Deposit Agreement.

4.15 **  

Form of Depositary Receipt (included in Exhibit 4.14).

4.16 **   Form of Purchase Contract Agreement.
4.17     Specimen certificate for shares of common stock, $0.10 par value per share, of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 30, 2004. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
4.18 **   Form of Certificate of Designation.
4.19 **   Form of Preferred Stock Certificate.
5.1 *   Opinion of Irell & Manella LLP.
12.1 *   Computation of Ratios.
23.1 *   Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2 *   Consent of Irell & Manella LLP (included as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1 *   Powers of Attorney.
25.1 **   Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of the Indenture Trustee.

*   Filed herewith.
**   To be filed by post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to a current report on Form 8-K in the event of an offering of the specified securities.
EX-4.9 2 dex49.htm FORM OF SENIOR DEBT INDENTURE Form of Senior Debt Indenture

EXHIBIT 4.9

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

and

 

                    ,

 

as Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

 

DATED AS OF                     , 200  

 

SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES


PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939

and Indenture, dated as of                     , 200  1

 

Trust Indenture

Act Section


   Indenture Section

  310(a)(1)

   6.9

(a)(2)

   6.9

(a)(3)

   N.A.

(a)(4)

   N.A.

(a)(5)

   6.9

(b)

   6.9

(c)

   N.A.

  311(a)

   6.13

(b)

   6.13

(c)

   N.A.

  312(a)

   7.1, 7.2(a)

(b)

   7.2(b)

(c)

   7.2(c)

  313(a)

   7.3(a)

(b)

   7.3(a)

(c)

   7.3(a); 7.3(c)

(d)

   7.3(c)

  314(a)

   7.4

(c)(1)

   1.2

(c)(2)

   1.2

(c)(3)

   N.A.

(e)

   1.2

(f)

   N.A.

  315(a)

   6.1

(b)

   6.2

(c)

   6.1

(d)

   6.1

(e)

   5.14

  316(a)(1)(A)

   5.12

(a)(1)(B)

   5.2

(a)(2)

   N.A.

(b)

   5.8

(c)

   8.1; 18.2

  317(a)(1)

   5.3

(a)(2)

   5.4

(b)

   6.6

  318(a)

   18.3

1   This reconciliation and tie table is not part of the Indenture.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I

  

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

   1

SECTION 1.1

        DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION    1

SECTION 1.2

        COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS    8

SECTION 1.3

        FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE    8

ARTICLE II

  

DEBT SECURITY FORMS

   9

SECTION 2.1

        FORMS GENERALLY    9

SECTION 2.2

        FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION    9

SECTION 2.3

        SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM    10

ARTICLE III

  

THE DEBT SECURITIES

   10

SECTION 3.1

        AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES    10

SECTION 3.2

        DENOMINATIONS    13

SECTION 3.3

        EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING    13

SECTION 3.4

        TEMPORARY DEBT SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTES FOR DEFINITIVE DEBT SECURITIES; GLOBAL NOTES REPRESENTING DEBT SECURITIES    14

SECTION 3.5

        REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE    16

SECTION 3.6

        MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN DEBT SECURITIES    17

SECTION 3.7

        PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED    17

SECTION 3.8

        CANCELLATION    18

SECTION 3.9

        COMPUTATION OF INTEREST    19

SECTION 3.10

        MANDATORY DISPOSITION OF DEBT SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GAMING LAWS    19

SECTION 3.11

        CUSIP NUMBERS    19

SECTION 3.12

        WIRE TRANSFERS    19

ARTICLE IV

  

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

   20

SECTION 4.1

        SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE    20

SECTION 4.2

        APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY    20

SECTION 4.3

        APPLICATION TO A SPECIFIC SERIES OF SECURITIES    21

ARTICLE V

  

REMEDIES

   21

SECTION 5.1

        EVENTS OF DEFAULT    21

SECTION 5.2

        ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT    22

SECTION 5.3

        COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE    22

SECTION 5.4

        TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM    23

 

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SECTION 5.5

        TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF DEBT SECURITIES    24

SECTION 5.6

        APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED    24

SECTION 5.7

        LIMITATION ON SUITS    24

SECTION 5.8

        UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST    25

SECTION 5.9

        RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES    25

SECTION 5.10

        RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE    25

SECTION 5.11

        DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER    25

SECTION 5.12

        CONTROL BY HOLDERS    25

SECTION 5.13

        WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS    26

SECTION 5.14

        UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS    26

SECTION 5.15

        WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS    26

SECTION 5.16

        REMEDIES SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW    27

ARTICLE VI

  

THE TRUSTEE

   27

SECTION 6.1

        CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES    27

SECTION 6.2

        NOTICE OF DEFAULTS    27

SECTION 6.3

        CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE    28

SECTION 6.4

        NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF DEBT SECURITIES    29

SECTION 6.5

        MAY HOLD DEBT SECURITIES    29

SECTION 6.6

        MONEY HELD IN TRUST    29

SECTION 6.7

        COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT    29

SECTION 6.8

        DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS    30

SECTION 6.9

        CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY    30

SECTION 6.10

        RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR    30

SECTION 6.11

        ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR    32

SECTION 6.12

        MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS    32

SECTION 6.13

        PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY    32

SECTION 6.14

        APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT    32

SECTION 6.15

        COMPLIANCE WITH TAX LAWS    34

ARTICLE VII

  

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

   34

SECTION 7.1

        COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS    34

SECTION 7.2

        PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATION TO HOLDERS    34

 

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SECTION 7.3

        REPORTS BY TRUSTEE    35

SECTION 7.4

        REPORTS BY COMPANY    35

ARTICLE VIII

  

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

   36

SECTION 8.1

        ACTS OF HOLDERS    36

SECTION 8.2

        PROOF OF OWNERSHIP; PROOF OF EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS BY HOLDER    36

SECTION 8.3

        PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS    36

SECTION 8.4

        REVOCATION OF CONSENTS; FUTURE HOLDERS BOUND    37

ARTICLE IX

  

HOLDERS’ MEETINGS

   37

SECTION 9.1

        PURPOSES OF MEETINGS    37

SECTION 9.2

        CALL OF MEETINGS BY TRUSTEE    37

SECTION 9.3

        CALL OF MEETINGS BY COMPANY OR HOLDERS    38

SECTION 9.4

        QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING    38

SECTION 9.5

        REGULATIONS    38

SECTION 9.6

        VOTING    38

SECTION 9.7

        NO DELAY OF RIGHTS BY MEETING    39

ARTICLE X

  

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

   39

SECTION 10.1

        COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS    39

SECTION 10.2

        SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED    40

ARTICLE XI

   SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES    40

SECTION 11.1

        SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS    40

SECTION 11.2

        SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS    41

SECTION 11.3

        EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES    42

SECTION 11.4

        EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES    42

SECTION 11.5

        CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT    43

SECTION 11.6

        REFERENCE IN DEBT SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES    43

ARTICLE XII

  

COVENANTS

   43

SECTION 12.1

        PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST    43

SECTION 12.2

        OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE    43

SECTION 12.3

        MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY    43

SECTION 12.4

        MONEY FOR DEBT SECURITIES; PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST    44

SECTION 12.5

        CORPORATE EXISTENCE    45

SECTION 12.6

        WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS    45

SECTION 12.7

        STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT    45

 

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ARTICLE XIII

  

REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

   45

SECTION 13.1

        APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE    45

SECTION 13.2

        ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE    45

SECTION 13.3

        SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF DEBT SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED    46

SECTION 13.4

        NOTICE OF REDEMPTION    46

SECTION 13.5

        DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE    47

SECTION 13.6

        DEBT SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE    47

SECTION 13.7

        DEBT SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART    47

ARTICLE XIV

  

SINKING FUNDS

   48

SECTION 14.1

        APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE    48

SECTION 14.2

        SATISFACTION OF MANDATORY SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH DEBT SECURITIES    48

SECTION 14.3

        REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND    48

ARTICLE XV

   DEFEASANCE    49

SECTION 15.1

        APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE    49

SECTION 15.2

        DEFEASANCE UPON DEPOSIT OF MONEYS OR U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS    49

SECTION 15.3

        DEPOSITED MONEYS AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST    51

SECTION 15.4

        REPAYMENT TO COMPANY    51

ARTICLE XVI

  

CONVERSION

   51

SECTION 16.1

        APPLICABILITY; CONVERSION PRIVILEGE    51

SECTION 16.2

        CONVERSION PROCEDURE; CONVERSION PRICE; FRACTIONAL SHARES    51

SECTION 16.3

        ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE FOR COMMON STOCK    52

SECTION 16.4

        CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER OF THE COMPANY    54

SECTION 16.5

        NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT    55

SECTION 16.6

        NOTICE IN CERTAIN EVENTS    55

SECTION 16.7

        COMPANY TO RESERVE STOCK; REGISTRATION; LISTING    55

SECTION 16.8

        TAXES ON CONVERSION    56

SECTION 16.9

        CONVERSION AFTER RECORD DATE    56

SECTION 16.10

        COMPANY DETERMINATION FINAL    56

SECTION 16.11

        TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER    56

ARTICLE XVII

  

GUARANTEES

   57

SECTION 17.1

        APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE    57

 

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SECTION 17.2

        OBLIGOR GUARANTEE    57

SECTION 17.3

        NATURE OF OBLIGOR GUARANTEE    57

SECTION 17.4

        AUTHORIZATION    57

SECTION 17.5

        CERTAIN WAIVERS    58

SECTION 17.6

        NO SUBROGATION; CERTAIN AGREEMENTS    59

SECTION 17.7

        BANKRUPTCY NO DISCHARGE    59

SECTION 17.8

        RIGHTS OF CONTRIBUTION    59

SECTION 17.9

        LIMITATION ON LIABILITY    60

SECTION 17.10

        APPLICATION OF CERTAIN TERMS AND PROVISIONS TO THE GUARANTORS    60

SECTION 17.11

        EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF GUARANTEE    61

SECTION 17.12

        GUARANTOR MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ON CERTAIN TERMS    61

SECTION 17.13

        RELEASE OF GUARANTORS    61

SECTION 17.14

        CERTAIN BANKRUPTCY EVENTS    62

ARTICLE XVIII

  

MISCELLANEOUS

   62

SECTION 18.1

        NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY    62

SECTION 18.2

        NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER    63

SECTION 18.3

        CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT    63

SECTION 18.4

        COUNTERPARTS; SIGNATURES VIA FACSIMILE; EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS    63

SECTION 18.5

        SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS    63

SECTION 18.6

        SEPARABILITY CLAUSE    64

SECTION 18.7

        BENEFITS OF INDENTURE    64

SECTION 18.8

        GOVERNING LAW    64

SECTION 18.9

        LEGAL HOLIDAYS    64

SECTION 18.10

        JUDGEMENT CURRENCY    64

SECTION 18.11

        NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS    64

 

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THIS INDENTURE CONTEMPLATES THE ISSUANCE OF MULTIPLE SERIES OF DEBT SECURITIES. WHILE THIS INDENTURE GOVERNS THE AUTHORIZATION OF EACH SERIES OF DEBT SECURITIES, FOR THE SPECIFIC TERMS RELATING TO A PARTICULAR SERIES OF DEBT SECURITIES, THE TERMS OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE RELATING TO SUCH PARTICULAR SERIES SHALL GOVERN TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE PROVISIONS IN THIS INDENTURE.

 

INDENTURE dated as of                     , by and between PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), having its principal executive office at                     , and                      (together with any additional trustees to be added by supplemental indenture pursuant to this Indenture, the “Trustee”), having its                     ; attn:                     .

 

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

 

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its senior debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Debt Securities”), to be issued in one or more series, as provided in this Indenture.

 

This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, that are deemed incorporated into this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

 

All things necessary have been done to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

 

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of Debt Securities by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all holders of Debt Securities or of Debt Securities of any series, as applicable, as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

SECTION 1.1 DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION.

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;

 

(b) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

 

(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States prevailing at the time of any relevant computation hereunder;

 

(d) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;

 

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(e) certain terms, used principally in Article III or Article VI, are defined in those respective Articles;

 

(f) “or” is not exclusive and “including” is not limiting;

 

(g) references in this Indenture to any agreement, other document or law “as amended” or “as amended from time to time,” or to “amendments” of any document or law, shall include any amendments, supplements, replacements, renewals or other modifications from time to time, provided in the case of modifications to documents, such modifications are permissible hereunder;

 

(h) references in this Indenture to any law include regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time;

 

(i) 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; and

 

(j) The term “Act” when used with respect to any holder, has the meaning specified in Section 8.1.

 

“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 the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) as used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

 

“Authenticating Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 6.14.

 

“Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day, and customarily published for at least five days in each calendar week, and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day in such city.

 

“Bankruptcy Code” means 11 U.S.C. (S)101 et seq., as amended from time to time.

 

“Beneficiary” has the meaning specified in Section 17.2.

 

“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any committee of that board or any other committee of the Company, duly authorized by the board of directors of the Company to act hereunder.

 

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“Business Day” when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities means any day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in that Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law to close, except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

“Closing Price” of the Common Stock shall mean the average of the last reported closing bid and asked prices on the New York Stock Exchange, or if the Common Stock is not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, then on the principal exchange on which the Common Stock is listed.

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

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“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.

 

“Common Depositary” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4(b).

 

“Common Stock” shall mean the class of Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Company authorized at the date of this Indenture as originally signed, or any other class of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such Common Stock, and in any such case including any shares thereof authorized after the date of this Indenture, and any other shares of stock of the Company which do not have any priority in the payment of dividends or upon liquidation over any other class of stock.

 

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

 

“Company Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or an Executive or Senior Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“Conversion Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to receive Debt Securities to be converted into Common Stock on behalf of the Company. The Company initially authorizes the Trustee to act as Conversion Agent for the Debt Securities on its behalf. The Company may at any time or from time to time authorize one or more Persons to act as Conversion Agent in addition to or in place of the Trustee with respect to any series of Debt Securities issued under this Indenture.

 

“Conversion Price” means, with respect to any series of Debt Securities which are convertible into Common Stock, the price per share of Common Stock at which the Debt Securities of such series are so convertible pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to such series, as the same may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 16.3.

 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this instrument is located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 8W, New York, NY 10286.

 

“Corporation” means a corporation, association, company or business trust.

 

“Covenant defeasance option” has the meaning specified in Section 15.2.

 

“Current Market Price” on any date shall mean the average of the daily Closing Prices per share of Common Stock for any thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days selected by the Company prior to the date in question, which thirty (30) consecutive Trading Day period shall not commence more than forty-five (45) Trading Days prior to the day in question; provided that with respect to Section 16.3(c), the “Current Market Price” of the Common Stock shall mean the average of the daily Closing Prices per share of Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date of the distribution referred to in Section 16.3(c) (or if such date shall not be a Trading Day, on the Trading Day immediately preceding such date).

 

“Debt Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Debt Securities (including any Global Note) authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, “Debt

 

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Securities” with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean Debt Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Debt Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.

 

“Default” means any event that after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default.

 

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.7(b).

 

“Denomination Currency” means, with respect to a Debt Security of any series, the currency or currencies (including units) in which such Debt Security is denominated.

 

“Discharged” has the meaning specified in Section 15.2.

 

“Discount Security” means any Debt Security which is issued with “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Code (or any successor provision) and the regulations thereunder.

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.

 

“Floating Rate Security” means a Debt Security which provides for the payment of interest at a variable rate determined periodically by reference to an interest rate index or any other index specified pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

“Funding Guarantor” has the meaning specified in Section 17.8(a).

 

“Gaming Authority” means any governmental authority with regulatory oversight of, authority to regulate or jurisdiction over any gaming businesses or enterprises, including the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, Nevada Gaming Commission, Mississippi Gaming Commission, Indiana Gaming Commission, California Gambling Control Commission, Missouri Gaming Commission and Louisiana Gaming Control Board, with regulatory oversight of, authority to regulate or jurisdiction over any gambling, gaming, racing or casino operation (or proposed operations) owned, managed or operated by the Company or any Guarantor.

 

“Gaming Laws” means the gaming laws of a jurisdiction or jurisdictions to which the Company or a subsidiary of the Company is, or may at any time after the date of this Indenture be, subject, including all applicable provisions of all: (1) constitutions, treatises, statutes or laws governing gaming operations (including, without limitation, card club casinos and pari-mutuel race tracks) and rules, regulations and ordinances of any Gaming Authority; (2) any governmental approval relating to any gaming business (including pari-mutuel betting) or enterprise; and (3) orders, decisions, judgments, awards and decrees of any Gaming Authority.

 

“Gaming Licenses” means every material license, material, franchise, registration, or other material approval held by, or issued at any time after the date of this Indenture to, the Company or any of its subsidiaries authorizing the Company or any of its subsidiaries to own, lease, operate or otherwise conduct or manage gaming (including pari-mutuel betting) in any state or jurisdiction.

 

“Global Note” means a registered Debt Security evidencing all or part of a series of Debt Securities, including, without limitation, any temporary or permanent Global Note.

 

“Guaranteed Securities” has the meaning specified in Section 17.2.

 

“Guarantor” means, with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, any Person who has guaranteed the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such series pursuant to Article XVII, until released from such guarantee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

 

“Holder” means a Person in whose name the Debt Security is registered.

 

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“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed, or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and, unless the context otherwise requires, shall include the terms of a particular series of Debt Securities as established pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

“Interest” when used with respect to a Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only on a certain date, means interest payable after such date.

 

“Interest Payment Date” with respect to any Debt Security means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Debt Security.

 

“Judgment Currency” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 18.10.

 

“Joint Venture” means any partnership, corporation or other entity, in which up to and including 50% of the partnership interests, outstanding voting stock or other equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and/or one or more subsidiaries.

 

“Legal defeasance option” has the meaning specified in Section 17.2.

 

“Mandatory sinking fund payment” has the meaning specified in Section 14.1.

 

“Maturity” when used with respect to any Debt Security means the date on which the principal of such Debt Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repayment or repurchase at the option of the holder thereof or otherwise.

 

“Maximum Net Worth” has the meaning specified in Section 17.8(b).

 

“Net Worth” has the meaning specified in Section 17.8(b).

 

“New York Banking Day” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 18.10.

 

“Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 17.2.

 

“Obligor” means the Company or any Guarantor.

 

“Obligor Guarantee” has the meaning specified in Section 17.2.

 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or an Executive or Senior Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel to the Company (including an employee or counsel to the Company or any subsidiary of the Company).

 

“Optional sinking fund payment” has the meaning specified in Section 14.1.

 

“Outstanding” when used with respect to Debt Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Debt Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

 

(i) Debt Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

 

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(ii) Debt Securities for whose payment or redemption (including repayment at the option of the holder) money in the necessary amount and in the Payment Currency has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the holders of such Debt Securities; provided, however, that if such Debt Securities are to be redeemed, then notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made and the date for such redemption has passed;

 

(iii) Debt Securities, except to the extent provided in Section 15.2, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance as provided in Article XV;

 

(iv) Debt Securities which have been issued pursuant to Section 3.6 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Debt Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Debt Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Debt Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and

 

(v) Debt Securities converted into Common Stock pursuant to or in accordance with this Indenture;

 

Provided, however, that in determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of Debt Securities Outstanding have performed any Act hereunder, Debt Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding (provided, that in connection with any offer by the Company or any obligor to purchase Debt Securities, Debt Securities tendered by a holder shall be Outstanding until the date of purchase), except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such Act, only Debt Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to act with respect to such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities have performed any Act hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2.

 

“Overdue Rate” when used with respect to any series of the Debt Securities, means the rate designated as such in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or the supplemental indenture, as the case may be, relating to such series as contemplated by Section 3.1.

 

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities on behalf of the Company.

 

“Payment Currency” means, with respect to a Debt Security of any series, the currency or currencies (including units) in which such Debt Security is payable.

 

“Permanent Global Note” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 3.4(b).

 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

 

“Place of Payment” when used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of that series are payable as specified pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

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“Predecessor Security” of any particular Debt Security means every previous Debt Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Debt Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Debt Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security.

 

“Principal” includes, with respect to Debt Securities of any series, principal payable upon redemption or repurchase of Debt Securities of such series.

 

“Redemption Date” means the date fixed for redemption of any Debt Security pursuant to this Indenture.

 

“Redemption Price” means, in the case of a Discount Security, the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable in the Payment Currency as of the Redemption Date upon a declaration of acceleration pursuant to Section 5.2, and in the case of any other Debt Security, the principal amount thereof, plus, in each case, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, payable in the Payment Currency.

 

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on the Debt Securities of any series on any Interest Payment Date means the date specified for the purpose pursuant to Section 3.1 for such Interest Payment Date.

 

“Required Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 18.10.

 

“Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee means any vice president or any assistant vice president 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 and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

 

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.5(a).

 

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7(b).

 

“Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Debt Security or any installment of principal thereof or premium thereon or interest thereon means the date specified in such Debt Security representing such installment of interest, as the date on which the principal of such Debt Security or such installment of principal, premium or interest is due and payable.

 

“Subsidiary” means (i) a corporation a majority of whose capital stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by the Company or (ii) any other Person, (other than a corporation) in which the Company, directly or indirectly, has at least a majority ownership interest.

 

“Successor corporation” has the meaning specified in Section 10.1(a).

 

“Temporary Global Note” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4(b).

 

“Trading Day” shall mean, with respect to the Common Stock, so long as the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange or a principal exchange, a day on which the New York Stock Exchange or such principal exchange is open for the transaction of business.

 

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter

 

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“Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, then “Trustee” as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of such series.

 

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

“U.S. Depositary” means a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto, which shall in either case be designated by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 until a successor U.S. Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “U.S. Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a U.S. Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, then “U.S. Depositary” as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the U.S. Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities of that series.

 

“U.S. Government Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 15.2.

 

“Vice President” includes, with respect to the Company, any Executive or Senior Vice President and includes, with respect to the Trustee, any Vice President, whether or not designated by a number or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President.”

 

SECTION 1.2 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.

 

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

 

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than certificates provided pursuant to Section 12.2) shall include:

 

(a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

 

(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 each such individual, such individual has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable that individual to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

 

(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that with respect to matters of law, an Officers’ Certificate may be based upon an Opinion of Counsel, unless the signers know, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that such Opinion of Counsel is erroneous, and provided, further, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials, unless the signer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that any such document is erroneous.

 

SECTION 1.3 FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.

 

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an

 

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opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

 

Any certificate, statement or opinion of a Person may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate, report or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Company, unless such Person actually knows that the certificate, report or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion is based are erroneous.

 

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

 

ARTICLE II

 

DEBT SECURITY FORMS

 

SECTION 2.1 FORMS GENERALLY.

 

The Debt Securities of each series shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto or in such other form as shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which any series of the Debt Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities. If the form of Debt Securities (or any Global Note) of any series is established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee, together with an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the form of such series, at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities (or any such Global Note).

 

Subject to Section 3.4, the definitive Debt Securities of each series shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities.

 

SECTION 2.2 FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.

 

Except as may be otherwise provided in a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto establishing a series of Debt Securities, the form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by the Debt Securities shall be substantially as follows:

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the series of Debt Securities issued under the within mentioned Indenture.

 

[NAME OF TRUSTEE], as Trustee

By:

 
   

Authorized Signatory

Dated:

 

 

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SECTION 2.3 SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM.

 

If any Debt Security of a series is issued as a Global Note, such Global Note may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee and in such manner as shall be specified in such Global Note. Any instructions by the Company with respect to a Global Note, after its initial issuance, shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.2.

 

Global Notes may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form. Permanent Global Notes will be issued in definitive form.

 

Every Global Note authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS DEBT SECURITY IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS DEBT SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY DEBT SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS DEBT SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL NOTE SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

 

ARTICLE III

 

THE DEBT SECURITIES

 

SECTION 3.1 AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.

 

The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Debt Securities of any series:

 

(a) The title of the Debt Securities of such series, including CUSIP numbers (which shall distinguish the Debt Securities of such series from all other series of Debt Securities);

 

(b) The initial aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series and any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 11.6 or 13.7);

 

(c) The percentage of the principal amount at which the Debt Securities of such series will be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount thereof payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity or upon redemption thereof or the method by which such portion shall be determined;

 

(d) The date or dates on which, or periods during which, the Debt Securities of such series may be issued, and the date or dates or the method by which such date or dates will be determined, on which the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the Debt Securities of such series are or may be payable (which, if so provided in such

 

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Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, may be determined by the Company from time to time as set forth in the Debt Securities of such series issued from time to time);

 

(e) The rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Debt Securities of such series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined (which, in either case or both, if so provided in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, may be determined by the Company from time to time and set forth in the Debt Securities of such series issued from time to time) and the circumstances, if any, in which the Company may defer interest payments; and the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable (or the method of determination thereof), and the Regular Record Dates, if any, for the interest payable on such Interest Payment Dates and the notice, if any, to holders regarding the determination of interest, the manner of giving such notice, the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and any conditions or contingencies as to the payment of interest in cash or otherwise, if any;

 

(f) The place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the Corporate Trust Office of the applicable Trustee where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Debt Securities of such series shall be payable and where such Debt Securities may be surrendered for conversion or registration of transfer or exchange; the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on any Global Note on an Interest Payment Date will be paid, if other than in the manner provided in Section 3.7; the extent, if any, to which the provisions of the last sentence of Section 12.1 shall apply to the Debt Securities of such series; and the manner in which any principal of, or premium, if any, on, any Global Note will be paid, if other than as set forth elsewhere herein and whether any Global Note will require any notation to evidence payment of principal or interest;

 

(g) The obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay, purchase or offer to purchase Debt Securities of such series pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or upon other conditions or at the option of the holder thereof and the period or periods within which or the dates on which, the prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Debt Securities of such series shall be redeemed, repaid, purchased or offered to be purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

 

(h) The right, if any, of the Company to redeem the Debt Securities of such series at its option and the period or periods within which, or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such Debt Securities may be redeemed, if any, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or otherwise;

 

(i) The denominations of the Debt Securities of such series if other than denominations of U.S. $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof (except as provided in Section 3.4);

 

(j) If other than U.S. dollars, the Denomination Currency (including currency unit or units), and the particular provisions applicable thereto;

 

(k) If the Company or a Holder of the Debt Securities of such series may elect one or more Payment Currency (including currency unit or units) other than the Denomination Currency, the terms and conditions for making payments in such Payment Currency, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments shall be determined, and the particular provisions applicable thereto;

 

(l) If the amount of payments of principal of, premium and other amounts, if any, and interest on the Debt Securities of such series shall be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than the Denomination Currency or the Payment Currency for the Debt Securities of such series, the index, formula or other method by which such amounts shall be determined;

 

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(m) Whether the Debt Securities of the series are to be issued as Discount Securities and the amount of discount with which such Debt Securities may be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Debt Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2;

 

(n) Additional provisions, if any, for the defeasance or discharge of certain of the Company’s obligations with respect to Debt Securities of the series, which provisions may be in addition to, or in substitution for, or in modification of (or any combination of the foregoing), the provisions of the Indenture;

 

(o) Whether provisions for payment of additional amounts or tax redemptions shall apply and, if such provisions shall apply, such provisions;

 

(p) The date as of which any Debt Securities of the series shall be dated, if other than as set forth in Section 3.3;

 

(q) The applicable Overdue Rate, if any;

 

(r) If the Debt Securities of the series do not bear interest, the applicable dates for purposes of Section 7.1;

 

(s) Any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any Event of Default or covenant provided for in this Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of the series;

 

(t) Whether the Debt Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the U.S. Depositary or any Common Depositary for such Global Note or Notes; and the manner in which and the circumstances under which Global Notes representing Debt Securities of the series may be exchanged for Debt Securities in definitive form, if other than, or in addition to, the manner and circumstances specified in Section 3.4(c);

 

(u) The designation, if any, of any depositaries, trustees (other than the Trustee), Paying Agents, Authenticating Agents, Conversion Agents, Security Registrars (other than the Trustee) or other agents with respect to the Debt Securities of such series;

 

(v) If the Debt Securities of such series will be issuable in definitive form only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or upon satisfaction of certain conditions, the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;

 

(w) Whether the Debt Securities of such series will be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock or for shares of another entity or other securities or property of the Company or another entity, and, if so, the terms and conditions, which may be in addition to or in lieu of the provisions contained in this Indenture, upon which such Debt Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the conversion price or exchange rate and the conversion or exchange period;

 

(x) The portion of the principal amount of the Debt Securities which will be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof, if other than the principal amount thereof;

 

(y) The terms, if any, on which the Debt Securities of such series will be subordinate to other debt of the Company;

 

(z) Any listing or intended listing of the Debt Securities on a securities exchange;

 

(aa) The provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Debt Securities of such series;

 

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(bb) The provisions, if any, relating to any guarantees of the Debt Securities; and

 

(cc) Any other terms of the series including without limitation provisions governing forms of such series and authentication requirements, except for provisions mandated by the TIA.

 

All Debt Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth in such Officers’ Certificate, or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Debt Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time, and unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuance of additional Debt Securities of such series.

 

If any of the terms of a series of Debt Securities is established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

 

SECTION 3.2 DENOMINATIONS.

 

The Debt Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. In the absence of any specification pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Debt Securities of such series shall be issuable only as Debt Securities in denominations of U.S. $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and shall be payable only in U.S. dollars.

 

SECTION 3.3 EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.

 

The Debt Securities of any series shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, one of its Executive or Senior Vice Presidents or its Treasurer. The signature of any of these officers may be manual or facsimile. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Debt Security that has been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.

 

Debt Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Debt Securities.

 

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Debt Securities of any series, executed by the Company, to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities. If all the Debt Securities of any one series are not to be issued at one time and if a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Debt Securities such as interest rate, Stated Maturity, date of issuance and date from which interest, if any, shall accrue. If any Debt Security shall be represented by a permanent Global Note, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 3.4, the notation of a beneficial owner’s interest therein upon original issuance of such Debt Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Note shall be deemed to be delivery in connection with the original issuance of such beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent Global Note.

 

The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, prior to the authentication and delivery of the Debt Securities of such series, (i) the supplemental indenture or the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which the form and terms of such Debt Securities have been approved, (ii) an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture have been complied with

 

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and that, to the best knowledge of the signers of such certificates, no Event of Default with respect to the applicable Debt Securities shall have occurred and be continuing and (iii) an Opinion of Counsel substantially to the effect that:

 

(a) the form and terms of such Debt Securities, have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

 

(b) such Debt Securities, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Debt Securities if the issuance of such Debt Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Debt Securities and this Indenture in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

 

Unless otherwise provided for in the form of Debt Security, each Debt Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

 

Except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto establishing a series of Debt Securities, no Debt Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Debt Security a certificate of authentication substantially in one of the forms provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee or by an Authenticating Agent, and such certificate upon any Debt Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Debt Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Debt Security shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Debt Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.8 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 1.2) stating that such Debt Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Debt Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

SECTION 3.4 TEMPORARY DEBT SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTES FOR DEFINITIVE DEBT SECURITIES; GLOBAL NOTES REPRESENTING DEBT SECURITIES.

 

(a) Pending the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Debt Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination for Debt Securities of such series, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Debt Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Debt Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities. Every such temporary Debt Security shall be executed by the Company and shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the definitive Debt Securities in lieu of which they are issued.

 

Except in the case of temporary Debt Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if temporary Debt Securities of any series are issued, the

 

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Company will cause definitive Debt Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of such series, the temporary Debt Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Debt Securities of such series, of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and provisions, upon surrender of the temporary Debt Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for such series, without charge to the holder, except as provided in Section 3.5 in connection with a transfer. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Debt Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of authorized denominations in the same Denomination Currency and of a like Stated Maturity and like terms and provisions. Until so exchanged, the temporary Debt Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities of such series.

 

(b) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.1 that the Debt Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 3.3 and the Company Order with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Notes in temporary (“Temporary Global Note”) or permanent (“Permanent Global Note”) form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount (in the same Denomination Currency) of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series to be represented by one or more Global Notes, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the U.S. Depositary for such Global Note or Notes or the nominee of such depositary, and (iii) shall bear a legend substantially as set forth in Section 2.3.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or Section 3.5, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Debt Securities in definitive form, a Global Note representing all or a portion of the Registered Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the U.S. Depositary for such series to a nominee of such depositary or by a nominee of such depositary to such depositary or another nominee of such depositary or by such depositary or any such nominee to a successor U.S. Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor depositary.

 

If at any time the U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series or if at any time the U.S. Depositary for Debt Securities of a series shall no longer be a clearing agency registered and in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor U.S. Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities of such series. If a successor U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Debt Securities of such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

 

(c) The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Debt Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Notes shall no longer be represented by such Global Note or Notes. In such event, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Debt Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

 

If the Debt Securities of any series shall have been issued in the form of one or more Global Notes and if an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company will promptly execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Debt Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

 

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If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to Debt Securities of a series, the U.S. Depositary for such series of Debt Securities may surrender a Global Note for such series of Debt Securities in exchange in whole or in part for Debt Securities of such series in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without charge:

 

(i) to each Person specified by the U.S. Depositary a new Debt Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in an aggregate principal amount (in the same Denomination Currency) equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Note; and

 

(ii) to the U.S. Depositary a new Global Note in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount (in the same Denomination Currency) of the surrendered Global Note and the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities delivered to holders thereof.

 

Upon the exchange of a Global Note for Debt Securities in definitive form, such Global Note shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Debt Securities issued in exchange for a Global Note pursuant to this subsection (c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the U.S. Depositary for such Global Note, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Debt Securities to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities are so registered.

 

SECTION 3.5 REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.

 

(a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the registers maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Debt Securities and of transfers and exchanges of Debt Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Debt Securities and registering transfers and exchanges of Debt Securities as herein provided; provided, however, that the Company may appoint co-Security Registrars or the terms of any series of Debt Securities may provide otherwise.

 

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Debt Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new Debt Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount (in the same Denomination Currency) of such denominations as are authorized for Debt Securities of such series and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions.

 

Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.4 and this Section 3.5, at the option of the holder, Debt Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Debt Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions, upon surrender of the Debt Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Debt Securities are surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Debt Securities which the holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

 

(b) All Debt Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Debt Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Debt Securities surrendered for such transfer or exchange.

 

Every Debt Security presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed, by the holder thereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing.

 

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No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of Debt Securities except as provided in Section 3.4(b) or 3.6. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration, transfer or exchange of Debt Securities, other than those expressly provided in this Indenture to be made at the Company’s own expense or without expense or without charge to the holders.

 

The Company shall not be required (i) to register, transfer or exchange Debt Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the transmission of a notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series selected for redemption under Section 13.3 and ending at the close of business on the day of such transmission, or (ii) to register, transfer or exchange any Debt Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Debt Security being redeemed in part.

 

SECTION 3.6 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN DEBT SECURITIES.

 

If (i) any mutilated Debt Security is surrendered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or (ii) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Debt Security, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless, and neither the Company nor the Trustee receives notice that such Debt Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, then the Company shall execute and upon Company Request, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security, a new Debt Security of the same series of like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions and like principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding.

 

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Debt Security, pay the amount due on such Debt Security.

 

Upon the issuance of any new Debt Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in respect thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

 

Every new Debt Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Debt Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.

 

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities.

 

SECTION 3.7 PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.

 

(a) Interest on any Debt Security which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest notwithstanding the cancellation of such Debt Security upon any transfer or exchange subsequent to the Regular Record Date. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, payment of interest on Debt Securities shall be made at the place or places specified pursuant to Section 3.1 or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or, if provided pursuant to Section 3.1, by wire transfer to an account designated by the registered holder.

 

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(b) Any interest on any Debt Security which is payable but is not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of his having been such registered holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

 

(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Debt Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the holders of such Debt Securities at their addresses as they appear in the Security Register, not less than 15 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

 

(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Debt Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Debt Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

 

(c) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Debt Security delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of, in exchange for, or in lieu of, any other Debt Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Debt Security.

 

SECTION 3.8 CANCELLATION.

 

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Debt Securities of any series, all Debt Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or credit against any sinking fund surrendered for payment or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Debt Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Debt Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Debt Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued, and all Debt Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Debt Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Debt Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Debt Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in its customary manner. The acquisition of any Debt Securities by the Company shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented thereby unless and until such Debt Securities are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. Permanent Global Notes shall not be disposed of until exchanged in full for definitive Debt Securities or until payment thereon is made in full.

 

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SECTION 3.9 COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.

 

Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Debt Securities of any series, interest on the Debt Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

SECTION 3.10 MANDATORY DISPOSITION OF DEBT SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GAMING LAWS.

 

Each holder and beneficial owner, by accepting or otherwise acquiring an interest in the Debt Securities, shall be deemed to have agreed that if the Gaming Authority of any jurisdiction in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts or proposes to conduct gaming requires that a Person who is a holder or beneficial owner must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under the applicable Gaming Laws, such holder or beneficial owner shall apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within the required time period. If any Gaming Authority makes a determination of unsuitability of a Holder or beneficial owner of Debt Securities (or of an Affiliate of such Holder or beneficial owner) or any Gaming Authority requires that a Holder or beneficial owner of Debt Securities (or an Affiliate thereof) must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable Gaming Laws and such Holder or beneficial owner (or an Affiliate thereof) fails to apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within 30 days (or such shorter period as may be required by the applicable Gaming Authority) after being requested to do so by the Gaming Authority, or is denied such license or qualification or is not found suitable, then the Company shall have the right, at its option, notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture (i) to require such Person to dispose of its Debt Securities or beneficial interest therein within 30 days (or such earlier date as may be required by the applicable Gaming Authority) of receipt such notice or finding by Gaming Authority or (ii) to redeem such Debt Securities at a redemption price equal to the least of: (x) 100% of the principal amount thereof or (y) the price at which such Person acquired the Debt Securities, in case of either clause (x) or clause (y), together with accrued and unpaid interest to the earlier of the date of redemption or the date of the denial of license or qualification or of the finding of unsuitability by such Gaming Authority, or (z) such other lesser amount as may be required by any Gaming Authority. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any such redemption as soon as practicable. The Company shall not be responsible for any costs or expenses any such Holder or beneficial owner may incur in connection with its application for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, immediately upon a determination by a Gaming Authority that a Holder or beneficial owner of the Debt Securities (or an Affiliate thereof) will not be licensed, qualified or found suitable or is denied a license, qualification or finding of suitability, the Holder or beneficial owner will not have any further rights with respect to the Debt Securities to: (i) to exercise, directly or indirectly, through any trustee, nominee or any other person or entity, any right conferred by the Debt Securities or (ii) to receive any interest or any other distribution or payment with respect to the Debt Securities or any remuneration in any form from the Company for services rendered or otherwise, except the redemption price of the Debt Securities.

 

SECTION 3.11 CUSIP NUMBERS.

 

The Company in issuing the Securities 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 as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

 

SECTION 3.12 WIRE TRANSFERS.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company may make any payment of moneys required to be deposited with the Trustee on account of principal of, or premium and other amounts, if any, or interest on the Debt Securities (whether pursuant to optional or mandatory redemption payments, interest payments or otherwise) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Trustee on or before the date and time such moneys are to be paid to the Holders of the Debt Securities in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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ARTICLE IV

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

SECTION 4.1 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.

 

This Indenture shall, upon Company Request, cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Debt Securities specified in such Company Request (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of such Debt Securities herein expressly provided for and rights to receive payments of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when:

 

(a) either

 

(1) all Debt Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Debt Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6, and (ii) Debt Securities of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 12.4) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

(2) all Debt Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation:

 

(i) have become due and payable, or

 

(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

 

(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, or

 

(iv) the Company either complies with any other condition or terms specified pursuant to Section 3.1, or

 

if not so specified in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) of this subclause (a), has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose cash in the Payment Currency or, in the case of a series of Debt Securities payable in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations in an amount certified to be sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Debt Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Debt Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, in the event a petition for relief under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit and the Trustee is required to return the deposited money to the Company, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Debt Securities shall not be deemed terminated or discharged;

 

(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and

 

(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series have been complied with.

 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.7, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14, the obligations of the Company under Section 12.1, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (2) of clause (a) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and Section 15.4 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

 

SECTION 4.2 APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.

 

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.4, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Debt

 

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Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.

 

SECTION 4.3 APPLICATION TO A SPECIFIC SERIES OF SECURITIES.

 

The Company may elect to satisfy and discharge its obligations with respect to a specific series of Debt Securities under this Indenture by complying with the terms of Article 4. If the Company makes such election, (a) the terms of Sections 4.01 and 4.02 shall apply only to the specific series of Debt Securities and the terms of this Indenture as it relates to such series of Debt Securities and (b) the other Debt Securities issued hereunder and this Indenture as it relates to such other Debt Securities shall remain in full force and effect.

 

ARTICLE V

 

REMEDIES

 

SECTION 5.1 EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

 

“Event of Default” wherever used herein with respect to Debt Securities of any series means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law, pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

 

(a) default in the payment of any interest upon any Debt Security of such series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

 

(b) default in the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debt Security of such series at its Maturity; or

 

(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Debt Security of such series; or

 

(d) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of any Obligor in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which expressly has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Debt Securities of a series other than such series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 120 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

 

(e) the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable federal or state law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or

 

(f) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or the

 

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consent by it to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or

 

(g) any other Event of Default or variations in the foregoing Events of Default provided with respect to Debt Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

No Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of a series shall constitute an Event of Default with respect to any other series unless expressly provided for in a Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture with respect to such series.

 

SECTION 5.2 ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Discount Securities as may be specified in the terms of such Discount Securities) of all the Debt Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) plus accrued and unpaid interest (and premium, if payable) shall become immediately due and payable. Upon payment of such amount all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment of principal of the Debt Securities of such series shall terminate.

 

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Debt Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

 

(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

 

(1) all overdue installments of interest on all Debt Securities of such series,

 

(2) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debt Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Debt Securities,

 

(3) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest on each Debt Security of such series at the Overdue Rate, and

 

(4) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and

 

(b) All Events of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of Debt Securities of such series which has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.

 

No such rescission and waiver shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

SECTION 5.3 COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE.

 

The Company covenants that, if:

 

(a) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Debt Security when such interest or payment becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days,

 

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(b) default is made in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Debt Security at the Maturity thereof, or

 

(c) default is made in the making or satisfaction of any sinking fund payment or analogous obligation when the same becomes due pursuant to the terms of the Debt Securities of any series, then the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the holders of such Debt Securities, the amount then due and payable on such Debt Securities for the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and upon overdue installments of interest, at the Overdue Rate; and, in addition thereto, 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.

 

If the Company fails to pay such amount forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Debt Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Debt Securities wherever situated.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee may, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the holders of Debt Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem necessary to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

 

SECTION 5.4 TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.

 

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceedings, or any voluntary or involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, relative to the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities, of a particular series or the property of the Company, any Guarantor or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of such Debt Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company, any Guarantor or any obligor for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

 

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or, if the Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be due and payable with respect to such series pursuant to a declaration in accordance with Section 5.2) (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Debt Securities of such series and to file such 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 of the holders of such Debt Securities allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

 

(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any receiver, assignee, trustee, custodian, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each such 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 such holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due 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 6.7.

 

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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 Debt Securities of such series or the rights of any holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any holder in any such proceeding.

 

SECTION 5.5 TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF DEBT SECURITIES.

 

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Debt Securities of any series may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Debt Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name, as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Debt Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

SECTION 5.6 APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.

 

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Debt Securities of any series in respect of which money has been collected and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

 

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7.

 

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of such series, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Debt Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and

 

THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company or any Person or Persons entitled thereto.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 5.6. At least ten (10) days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder and the Company a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.

 

SECTION 5.7 LIMITATION ON SUITS.

 

No holder of any Debt Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

 

(a) such holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to such series;

 

(b) the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

 

(c) such holder or holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

 

(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

 

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(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of such holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such holders or of the holders of Outstanding Debt Securities of any other series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such holders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 5.7, each and every holder of Debt Securities of any series and the Trustee for such series shall be entitled to such relief as can be given at law or in equity.

 

SECTION 5.8 UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the holder of any Debt Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.7 and 3.10) interest on such Debt Security on the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Debt Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and interest thereon, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such holder.

 

SECTION 5.9 RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.

 

If the Trustee or any holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this 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 the Company, the Trustee and the holders shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

SECTION 5.10 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.

 

Except as otherwise expressly provided elsewhere in this Indenture, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

SECTION 5.11 DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.

 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or any acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Indenture or by law to the Trustee or to the holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the holders, as the case may be.

 

SECTION 5.12 CONTROL BY HOLDERS.

 

The holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, provided that:

 

(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture;

 

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(b) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would be unduly prejudicial to the holders of Debt Securities of such series not joining in any such direction; and

 

(c) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction or this Indenture.

 

SECTION 5.13 WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.

 

The holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, by notice to the Trustee, may, on behalf of the holders of all Debt Securities of such series, waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default:

 

(a) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of such series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment or analogous obligation with respect to the Debt Securities of such series (provided, however, that the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Debt Securities may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related default that resulted from such acceleration), or

 

(b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which, pursuant to Article XI, cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of such series affected.

 

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 the Debt Securities of such series under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

SECTION 5.14 UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.

 

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Debt Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, 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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit other than the Trustee of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant, but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any holder or group of holders holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any holder of a Debt Security for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Security on or after the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Debt Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

 

SECTION 5.15 WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.

 

Each Obligor 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 or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each Obligor (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.

 

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SECTION 5.16 REMEDIES SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW.

 

All rights, remedies and powers provided by this Article 5 may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law, and all the provisions of this Indenture are intended to be subject to all applicable, including applicable Gaming Laws, and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they will not render this Indenture invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

THE TRUSTEE

 

SECTION 6.1 CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

 

(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of any series,

 

(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(2) 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; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

 

(b) In case an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall, with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

 

(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that

 

(1) This subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section;

 

(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

 

(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Debt Securities of any series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture; and

 

(4) The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

 

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

 

SECTION 6.2 NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.

 

Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to Debt Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give notice to all holders of Debt Securities of such series of such default hereunder known to

 

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the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Debt Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the holders of Debt Securities of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.1(d) with respect to Debt Securities of such series no such notice to holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series.

 

Notice given pursuant to this Section 6.2 shall be transmitted by mail:

 

(a) to all registered holders, as the names and addresses of the registered holders appear in the Security Register; and

 

(b) to each holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.2(a) of this Indenture.

 

SECTION 6.3 CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.

 

Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.1:

 

(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting, upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

 

(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

 

(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;

 

(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

 

(e) 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 of Debt Securities of any series pursuant to this Indenture, unless such holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

 

(f) 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, in its discretion, may 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

 

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the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense of the Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

 

(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

 

(h) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

 

(i) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Debt Securities of any series under this Indenture;

 

(j) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder; and

 

(k) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individual and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sigh an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

 

SECTION 6.4 NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF DEBT SECURITIES

 

The recitals contained herein and in the Debt Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities of any series. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Debt Securities or the proceeds thereof.

 

SECTION 6.5 MAY HOLD DEBT SECURITIES.

 

The Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Debt Securities and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

 

SECTION 6.6 MONEY HELD IN TRUST.

 

Money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be under any liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.

 

SECTION 6.7 COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.

 

The Company agrees:

 

(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

 

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(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance shall be determined to have been caused by its negligence or willful misconduct; and

 

(c) to fully indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

 

The Company agree to fully indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

 

As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Debt Securities, upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of amounts due on the Debt Securities.

 

The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.7 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee for reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness under this Indenture and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

SECTION 6.8 DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS.

 

If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have conflicting interest with respect to the Debt Securities of any series by virtue of being Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series of Debt Securities other than that series.

 

SECTION 6.9 CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.

 

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by federal, state or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Neither the Company nor any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee upon any Debt Securities.

 

SECTION 6.10 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.

 

(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 6.11.

 

(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been

 

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delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.

 

(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and a successor Trustee appointed by Act of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.

 

(d) If at any time:

 

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company or by any holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security of such series for at least six months, or

 

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such holder,

 

(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or

 

(4) any Gaming Authority requires that the Trustee must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable Gaming Laws or otherwise determines that the Trustee is incapable of acting in its capacity as a trustee under this Indenture,

 

then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Debt Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security of any series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series.

 

(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and, to that extent, supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the holders of such series and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security of such series for at least six months may, subject to Section 5.14, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.

 

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any series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 18.2 to the holders of Debt Securities of such series. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

 

SECTION 6.11 ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.

 

(a) In the case of an appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Debt Securities, each such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee, but, on request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 6.7.

 

(b) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

 

(c) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

 

SECTION 6.12 MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.

 

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Debt Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Debt Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Debt Securities. In case any Debt Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities, in either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee.

 

SECTION 6.13 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.

 

If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any Guarantor or other obligor upon the Debt Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of such claims against the Company (or any such Guarantor or other obligor). A Trustee that has resigned or been removed shall be subject to and comply with said Section 311 to the extent required thereby.

 

SECTION 6.14 APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.

 

As long as any Debt Securities of a series remain Outstanding, upon a Company Request, there shall be an authenticating agent (the “Authenticating Agent”) appointed, for such period as the Company shall elect, by the Trustee for such series of Debt Securities to act as its agent on its behalf and subject to its direction in connection with the authentication and delivery of each series of Debt Securities for which it is serving as Trustee. Debt

 

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Securities of each such series authenticated by such Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by such Trustee. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Debt Securities of any series by the Trustee for such series or to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee for such series by an Authenticating Agent for such series and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of such Trustee by such Authenticating Agent, except that only the Trustee may authenticate Debt Securities upon original issuance and pursuant to Section 3.6 hereof. Such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

 

Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted, or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency business of any Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be the Authenticating Agent with respect to all series of Debt Securities for which it served as Authenticating Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee for such series or such Authenticating Agent. Any Authenticating Agent may at any time, and if it shall cease to be eligible shall, resign by giving written notice of resignation to the applicable Trustee and to the Company.

 

Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.14 with respect to one or more or all series of Debt Securities, the Trustee for such series shall, upon Company Request, appoint a successor Authenticating Agent, and the Company shall provide notice of such appointment to all holders of Debt Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 18.2. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent herein. The Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series agrees to pay to the Authenticating Agent for such series from time to time reasonable compensation for its services, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payment, subject to the provisions of Section 6.7. The Authenticating Agent for the Debt Securities of any series shall have no responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such at the direction of the Trustee for such series, except arising out of its negligence or willful misconduct.

 

If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Debt Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

 

This is one of the series of Debt Securities issued under the within mentioned Indenture.

 

[NAME OF TRUSTEE] As Trustee

 

By:

 
   

As Authenticating Agent

 

By:

 
   

Authorized Signatory

 

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SECTION 6.15 COMPLIANCE WITH TAX LAWS.

 

The Trustee hereby agrees to comply with all U.S. Federal tax information reporting and withholding requirements applicable to it with respect to payments of premium, other amounts (if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of any series, whether acting as Trustee, Security Registrar, Payment Agent or otherwise with respect to the Debt Securities of any series.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

 

SECTION 7.1 COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.

 

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of each series for which it acts as Trustee:

 

(a) semi-annually on a date not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date with respect to an Interest Payment Date, if any, for the Debt Securities of such series (or on semi-annual dates in each year to be determined pursuant to Section 3.1 if the Debt Securities of such series do not bear interest), a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the registered holders as of the date 15 days next preceding each such Regular Record Date (or such semi-annual dates, as the case may be); and

 

(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;

 

Provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar for such series, no such list need be furnished.

 

SECTION 7.2 PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATION TO HOLDERS.

 

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 received by it in the capacity of Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder, and filed with it within the two preceding years pursuant to Section 7.3(c)(2).

 

The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished, destroy any information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon delivering to itself as Trustee, not earlier than 45 days after an Interest Payment Date, a list containing the names and addresses of the holders obtained from such information since the delivery of the next previous list, if any, destroy any list delivered to itself as Trustee which was compiled from information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon the receipt of a new list so delivered, and destroy, not earlier than two years after filing, any information filed with it pursuant to Section 7.3(c)(2).

 

(b) If three or more holders (hereinafter referred to as “applicants”) apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Debt Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other holders of Debt Securities of a particular series (in which case the applicants must hold Debt Securities of such series) or with all holders of Debt Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Debt Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either

 

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(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.2(a), or

 

(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of holders of Debt Securities of such series or of all Debt Securities, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.2(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such holders the form of proxy or other communication, specified in such application.

 

If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon written request of such applicants, mail to the holders of Debt Securities of such series or all holders, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.2(a), a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five Business Days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the holders of Debt Securities of such series or all holders, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application.

 

(c) Every holder of the Debt Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the holders in accordance with Section 7.2(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing of any material pursuant to a request made under Section 7.2(b).

 

SECTION 7.3 REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.

 

(a) Within 60 days after May 15th of each year, commencing with the first May 15th after the first issuance of Debt Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall, to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act, transmit to all holders of Debt Securities of any series with respect to which it acts as Trustee a brief report dated such date that complies with the 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 transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c).

 

(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Debt Securities of such series are listed, with the Commission and also with the Company in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when any series of Debt Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

 

SECTION 7.4 REPORTS BY COMPANY.

 

(a) Unless otherwise specified with respect to a particular series of Debt Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, the Company will file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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(b) Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.4(a) above is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

 

SECTION 8.1 ACTS OF HOLDERS.

 

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by holders of Debt Securities may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such holders in person or by an agent or proxy duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the holders signing such instrument or instruments. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may take any Act, the fact that the holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by the instrument or instruments executed by holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of such holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article IX, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of holders.

 

SECTION 8.2 PROOF OF OWNERSHIP; PROOF OF EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS BY HOLDER.

 

The ownership of Debt Securities of any series shall be proved by the Security Register for such series or by a certificate of the Security Registrar for such series.

 

Subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1, 6.3 and 9.5, proof of the execution of a writing appointing an agent or proxy and of the execution of any instrument by a holder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the following manner:

 

The fact and date of the execution by any such person of any instrument may be proved by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgements of deeds, that the Person executing such instrument acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness to such execution sworn to before any such notary or other such officer. Where such execution is by an officer of a corporation or association or a member of a partnership on behalf of such corporation, association or partnership, as the case may be, or by any other Person acting in a representative capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.

 

The record of any holders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 9.6.

 

The Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section so long as the request is a reasonable one.

 

SECTION 8.3 PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.

 

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the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.7) interest, if any, on such Debt Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Debt Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All payments made to any holder, or upon his order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon such Debt Security.

 

SECTION 8.4 REVOCATION OF CONSENTS; FUTURE HOLDERS BOUND.

 

At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.1, of the taking of any Act by the holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such Act, any holder of a Debt Security the number, letter or other distinguishing symbol of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Debt Securities the holders of which have consented to such Act may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of ownership as provided in Section 8.2, revoke such Act so far as it concerns such Debt Security. Except as aforesaid, any such Act taken by the holder of any Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.8, upon all future holders of such Debt Security and of any Debt Securities issued on transfer or in lieu thereof or in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Debt Security or such other Debt Securities.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

HOLDERS’ MEETINGS

 

SECTION 9.1 PURPOSES OF MEETINGS.

 

A meeting of holders of any or all series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX for any of the following purposes:

 

(a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee for such series, or to give any directions to the Trustee for such series, or to consent to the waiving of any default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article V;

 

(b) to remove the Trustee for such series and appoint a successor Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article VI;

 

(c) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.2; or

 

(d) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any one or more or all series, as the case may be, under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

 

SECTION 9.2 CALL OF MEETINGS BY TRUSTEE.

 

The Trustee for any series may at any time call a meeting of holders of such series to take any action specified in Section 9.1, to be held at such time or times and at such place or places as the Trustee for such series shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the holders of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given to holders of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 18.2. Such notice shall be given not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

 

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SECTION 9.3 CALL OF MEETINGS BY COMPANY OR HOLDERS.

 

In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of a series or of all series, as the case may be, shall have requested the Trustee for such series to call a meeting of holders of any or all such series by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have given the notice of such meeting within 10 days after the receipt of such request, then the Company or such holders may determine the time or times and the place or places for such meetings and may call such meetings to take any action authorized in Section 9.1, by giving notice thereof as provided in Section 9.2.

 

SECTION 9.4 QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING.

 

To be entitled to vote at any meeting of holders, a Person shall be (a) a holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such meeting is being held or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as agent or proxy by such holder. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee for the series with respect to which such meeting is being held and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

 

SECTION 9.5 REGULATIONS.

 

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee for any series may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of holders of such series, in regard to proof of the holding of Debt Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate.

 

The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by holders of such series as provided in Section 9.3, in which case the Company or the holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by at least a majority vote of the meeting.

 

Subject to the provisos in the definition of “Outstanding,” at any meeting each holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such meeting is being held or proxy therefor shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount (or such other amount as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1) of Debt Securities of such series held or represented by such holder; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Debt Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Outstanding Debt Securities of such series held by him or her or instruments in writing duly designating him or her as the person to vote on behalf of holders of Debt Securities of such series. Any meeting of holders with respect to which a meeting was duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.2 or 9.3 may be adjourned from time to time by at least a majority of such holders present and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

 

SECTION 9.6 VOTING.

 

The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of holders of a series of Debt Securities with respect to which such meeting is being held shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of such holders or of their representatives by proxy and the serial number or numbers of the Debt Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the

 

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proceedings of each meeting of holders shall be taken and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was transmitted as provided in Section 9.2. The record shall show the serial numbers of the Debt Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee.

 

Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

 

SECTION 9.7 NO DELAY OF RIGHTS BY MEETING.

 

Nothing contained in this Article IX shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of holders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to any holder under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities of any series.

 

ARTICLE X

 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

 

SECTION 10.1 COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.

 

The Company shall not consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, assign, convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially in their entirety (computed on a consolidated basis) to any Person, unless:

 

(a) either (A) the Company is the surviving entity or (B) the successor or transferee (the “successor corporation”) is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Company under the Debt Securities and this Indenture;

 

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default or Default shall exist; and

 

(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this provision and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may consolidate with, or merge with or into, an Affiliate incorporated for the purpose of incorporating the Company in another jurisdiction of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia without complying with the requirement that, immediately after giving effect to that transaction or series of related transactions, there is no Default and no Event of Default continuing.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Company may convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety to any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, and (b) the transfer by the Company, in a single transaction or series of transactions, of all or substantially all of its cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of non-affiliates for which the Company receives fair market value, as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, will not constitute a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

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corporation or entity succeeds to and is substituted for the Company, assumes the obligations of the Company, and may exercise its rights and powers under this Indenture, then thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the Company will be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and all outstanding debt securities.

 

SECTION 10.2 SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.

 

Upon any consolidation with or merger into any other corporation, or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially in their entirety in accordance with Section 10.1, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

SECTION 11.1 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.

 

Without the consent of any holders, the relevant Obligors, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

 

(a) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the rights of any Obligor and the assumption by such successor of the covenants and obligations of any Obligor contained herein and in the Debt Securities; or

 

(b) to add to the covenants, agreements or obligations of any Obligor for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of Debt Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series), or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or

 

(c) to add any additional Events of Default (and if such Events of Default are to be applicable to less than all series, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely to be applicable to such series); or

 

(d) to add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Debt Securities otherwise permitted to be issued hereunder in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons; or

 

(e) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such addition, change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Outstanding Debt Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision and as to which such supplemental indenture would apply; or

 

(f) to secure the Debt Securities of any series or to provide that any of the Company’s obligations under any series of the Debt Securities or this Indenture shall be guaranteed and the terms and conditions for the release or substitution of such security or guarantee; or

 

(g) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Debt Securities pursuant to Article IV or XIV, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of Debt Securities of such series or any other series of Debt Securities in any material respect; or

 

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(h) to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities, of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1; or

 

(i) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to one or more series of Debt Securities, and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee; or

 

(j) to comply with the requirements of the Commission in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or

 

(k) to provide for uncertificated Debt Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Debt Securities (provided that the uncertificated Debt Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Debt Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code); or

 

(l) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with any provision of this Indenture; provided such other provisions shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of Outstanding Debt Securities of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture in any material respect.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, upon the execution of a supplemental indenture under and in compliance with Section 11.1(e) hereof which provides that such supplemental indenture amends, modifies, supplements and restates in its entirety (except solely for the provisions of this Indenture which authorize the creation of such supplemental indenture) this Indenture with respect to (and only with respect to) a series of Debt Securities (or words to similar effect), such supplemental indenture (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms) shall be deemed, for all purposes of this Indenture, to contain the complete and exclusive statement of all rights, obligations, terms, provisions and conditions related to such series of Debt Securities, and neither any Trustee, holder of Debt Securities, Obligor nor legal counsel rendering any Opinion of Counsel in connection herewith shall be required to consider this Indenture with respect to any matter relating to such Series of Debt Securities, but rather shall look solely to such supplemental indenture with respect to all such matters. For the avoidance of doubt, so long as there is no Outstanding Debt Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of any provision of this Indenture and as to which such supplemental indenture would apply, such supplemental indenture shall conclusively be deemed to have been executed under and in compliance with Section 11.1(e) upon delivery of the Opinion of Counsel provided for in Section 11.3 hereof.

 

Upon request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in (and subject to the last sentence of) Section 10.3, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture.

 

The terms of any document entered into pursuant to this Section shall be subject to prior approval, if required, of any applicable Gaming Authority.

 

SECTION 11.2 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.

 

With the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the relevant Obligors when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders under this Indenture of such Debt Securities; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of each such series affected thereby,

 

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(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Debt Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate (or extend the time for payment) of interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or alter any redemption provisions in a manner adverse to the holders of such series of Debt Securities or adversely affect the right to convert any Debt Security into shares of Common Stock or other securities or property of the Company as may be provided pursuant to Section 3.1; or

 

(b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, the consent of whose holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; or

 

(c) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13, or Section 12.6, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of each series affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11 and 11.1(9).

 

It shall not be necessary for any Act of holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

 

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture with respect to one or more particular series of Debt Securities, or which modifies the rights of the holders of Debt Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the holders of Debt Securities of any other series.

 

The terms of any document entered into pursuant to this Section shall be subject to prior approval, if required, of any applicable Gaming Authority.

 

SECTION 11.3 EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

 

The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to Article XI if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect in a material way the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be provided with, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which adversely affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise in a material way.

 

SECTION 11.4 EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

 

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every holder of Debt Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

 

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SECTION 11.5 CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

 

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

 

SECTION 11.6 REFERENCE IN DEBT SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

 

Debt Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall, if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Debt Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Debt Securities of such series.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

COVENANTS

 

SECTION 12.1 PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.

 

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Debt Securities, that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities in accordance with the terms of the Debt Securities and this Indenture. If so provided in the terms of any series of Debt Securities established as provided in Section 3.1, the interest, if any, due in respect of any temporary Global Note or permanent Global Note, together with any additional amounts payable in respect thereof, as provided in the terms and conditions of such Debt Security, shall be payable only upon presentation of such Debt Security to the Trustee for notation thereon of the payment of such interest.

 

SECTION 12.2 OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE.

 

Unless otherwise specifically provided for with respect to any series of Debt Securities under Section 3.1, the Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a certificate of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company stating whether or not, to the knowledge of the signer thereof, the Obligors are in compliance with all covenants and conditions under this Indenture, and, in the event of any noncompliance, specifying such noncompliance and the nature and status thereof of which such signer may have knowledge. For purposes of this Section, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture.

 

SECTION 12.3 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.

 

The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for such series an office or agency where Debt Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where Debt Securities of that series that are convertible may be surrendered for conversion, if applicable, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If the Debt Securities of any series are listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Debt Securities of that series in any required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Debt Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or agency where any Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange or redemption and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be

 

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served. The Company will 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 Company 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 and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

 

The Company may also from time to time designate different or additional offices or agencies to be maintained for such purposes (in or outside of such Place of Payment), and may from time to time rescind any such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations described in the preceding paragraph. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such additional designation or rescission of designation and any change in the location of any such different or additional office or agency.

 

SECTION 12.4 MONEY FOR DEBT SECURITIES; PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.

 

If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Debt Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Debt Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

 

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents with respect to any series of Debt Securities, it will, by or on each due date of the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities of such series, deposit with any such Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless any such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

 

The Company will cause each Paying Agent with respect to any series of Debt Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

 

(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Debt Securities of such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

 

(b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of such series; and

 

(c) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

 

The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

 

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of any series 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 Company upon Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such

 

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trust; and the holder of such Debt Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company 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 Company cause to be transmitted in the manner and to the extent provided by Section 18.2, 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, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

 

SECTION 12.5 CORPORATE EXISTENCE.

 

Subject to Article X, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate existence of each of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve the corporate existence of any Subsidiary if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company.

 

SECTION 12.6 WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.

 

Any Obligor may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 12.1 and 12.3 through 12.5 (and, if so specified pursuant to Section 3.1, any other covenant not set forth herein and specified pursuant to Section 3.1 to be applicable to the Debt Securities of any series, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.1) with respect to the Debt Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the holders of at least at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series shall, by Act of such holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent expressly so waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 12.7 STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within five days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or default and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

 

SECTION 13.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

 

Debt Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Debt Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

 

SECTION 13.2 ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.

 

The election of the Company to redeem any Debt Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all of the Debt Securities of any series pursuant to Section 13.3, the Company shall, at least 30 days before the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of

 

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the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Debt Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Debt Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restrictions.

 

SECTION 13.3 SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF DEBT SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.

 

If less than all the Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed at the election of the Company, the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to minimum authorized denomination for Debt Securities of such series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series in a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denominations. The portions of the principal amount of Debt Securities so selected for partial redemption shall be in minimum authorized denomination or any integral multiple thereof, except as otherwise set forth in the applicable form of Debt Securities. In any case when more than one Debt Security of such series is registered in the same name, the Trustee, in its discretion, may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented by one Debt Security of such series.

 

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar (if other than itself) in writing of the Debt Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Debt Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Debt Securities shall relate, in the case of any Debt Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Debt security which has been or is to be redeemed.

 

SECTION 13.4 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.

 

Notice of redemption shall be given by the Company, or at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to the holders of Debt Securities of any series to be redeemed in whole or in part pursuant to this Article XIII, in the manner provided in Section 18.2. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice. Failure to give such notice, or any defect in such notice to the holder of any Debt Security of a series designated for redemption, in whole or in part, shall not affect the sufficiency of any notice of redemption with respect to the holder of any other Debt Security of such series.

 

All notices of redemption shall state:

 

(a) the Redemption Date,

 

(b) the Redemption Price,

 

(c) that Debt Securities of such series are being redeemed by the Company pursuant to provisions contained in this Indenture or the terms of the Debt Securities of such series or a supplemental indenture establishing such series, if such be the case, together with a brief statement of the facts permitting such redemption,

 

(d) if less than all Outstanding Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed,

 

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(e) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Debt Security to be redeemed, and that interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after said date,

 

(f) the Place or Places of Payment where such Debt Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,

 

(g) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and

 

(h) applicable CUSIP numbers.

 

SECTION 13.5 DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.

 

On or prior to the Redemption Date for any Debt Securities, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 12.4) an amount of money in the Applicable Currency (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.1) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of such Debt Securities or any portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.

 

Unless any Debt Security by its terms prohibits any sinking fund payment obligation from being satisfied by delivering and crediting Debt Securities (including Debt Securities redeemed otherwise than through a sinking fund), the Company may deliver such Debt Securities to the Trustee for crediting against such payment obligation in accordance with the terms of such Debt Securities and this Indenture.

 

SECTION 13.6 DEBT SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.

 

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, any Debt Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.4), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Debt Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Debt Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Debt Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, installments of interest on Debt Securities which have a Stated Maturity on or prior to the Redemption Date for such Debt Securities shall be payable according to the terms of such Debt Securities and the provisions of Section 3.7.

 

If any Debt Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Debt Security.

 

SECTION 13.7 DEBT SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.

 

Any Debt Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Corporate Trust Office or such other office or agency of the Company as is specified pursuant to Section 3.1 with, if the Company, the Security Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Security Registrar and the Trustee duly executed by, the holder thereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the holder of such Debt Security without service charge, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series, of like tenor and form, of any authorized denomination as requested by such holder in aggregate principal amount (in the same Denomination Currency) equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Debt Security so surrendered. In the case of a Debt Security providing appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the holder thereof, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Debt Security or Debt Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on such Debt Security of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof.

 

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ARTICLE XIV

 

SINKING FUNDS

 

SECTION 14.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

 

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Debt Securities of a series except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Debt Securities of such series.

 

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series, the amount of any cash sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 14.2.

 

Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Debt Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of such series.

 

SECTION 14.2  SATISFACTION OF MANDATORY SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH DEBT SECURITIES.

 

In lieu of making all or any part of a mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Debt Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its option, at any time no more than sixteen months and no less than 45 days prior to the date on which such sinking fund payment is due, deliver to the Trustee Debt Securities of such series theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company, except Debt Securities of such series which have been redeemed through the application of mandatory sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of the Debt Securities of such series, accompanied by a Company Order instructing the Trustee to credit such obligations and stating that the Debt Securities of such series were originally issued by the Company by way of bona fide sale or other negotiation for value, provided that such Debt Securities shall not have been previously so credited. Such Debt Securities shall be received and credited for such by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

 

SECTION 14.3 REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.

 

Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Debt Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the Payment Currency (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.1) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 14.2 and whether the Company intends to exercise its rights to make a permitted optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series. Such certificate shall be irrevocable and, upon its delivery, the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such certificate, the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for such series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the right to deliver or credit Debt Securities as provided in Section 14.2 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series at such time.

 

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fund payment date on which such payment is made (or, if such payment is made before a sinking fund payment date, on the sinking fund payment date immediately following the date of such payment) to the redemption of Debt Securities of such series at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt Securities with respect to the sinking fund. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) to the redemption of Debt Securities shall be added to the next sinking fund payment received by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 12.4) for such series and, together with such payment (or such amount so segregated) shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Any and all sinking fund moneys with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series held by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 12.4) on the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Debt Securities of such series and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Debt Securities of such series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent), together with other moneys, if necessary, to be deposited (or segregated) sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of the Debt Securities of such series at Maturity.

 

The Trustee shall select or cause to be selected the Debt Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 13.3 and the Company shall cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the manner provided in Section 13.4. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Debt Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 13.6.

 

On or before each sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 12.4) in cash a sum equal to the principal and any interest accrued to the Redemption Date for Debt Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section.

 

ARTICLE XV

 

DEFEASANCE

 

SECTION 15.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

 

Except as otherwise provided in Section 15.2 or as provided pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to a particular series of Debt Securities, the Company may terminate its obligations under the Debt Securities of any series and this Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of such series as set forth in Section 15.2.

 

SECTION 15.2  DEFEASANCE UPON DEPOSIT OF MONEYS OR U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS.

 

At the Company’s option, either (a) the Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from its obligations with respect to Debt Securities of any series (“legal defeasance option”) or (b) the Company shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 10.1, 12.2 and 12.4 with respect to Debt Securities of any series (and, to the extent so specified pursuant to Section 3.1, any other obligation of the Company or restrictive covenant added for the benefit of such series pursuant to Section 3.1) (“covenant defeasance option”) at any time after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied:

 

(a) The Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the holders of the Debt Securities of such series (i) money in the Payment Currency in an amount, or (ii) in the case of a series of Debt Securities payable in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations (as defined below) which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) in the case of a series of Debt Securities payable

 

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in U.S. dollars, a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient, in the opinion (with respect to (i) and (ii)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including any mandatory sinking fund payments) of and premium, if any, and interest on, the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series on the dates such installments of interest or principal and premium are due;

 

(b) Such deposit shall not cause the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that series to have a conflicting interest as defined in Section 6.8 and for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Debt Securities of any series;

 

(c) Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;

 

(d) If the Debt Securities of such series are then listed on any national securities exchange or the NASD automated quotation system, or the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a letter or other document from such exchange or the NASD automated quotation system to the effect that the Company’s exercise of its option under this Section would not cause such Debt Securities to be delisted;

 

(e) No Event of Default or Default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit and, with respect to the legal defeasance option only, no Event of Default under Section 5.1(f) or Section 5.1(g) or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under Section 5.1(f) or Section 5.1(g) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after such date (and such defeasance shall not become effective until such 91st day); and

 

(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the holders of the Debt Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance or Discharge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option and an Event of Default under Section 5.1(f) or Section 5.1(g) or event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under Section 5.1(f) or Section 5.1(g) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after the date of such deposit, the obligations of the Company referred to under the definition of covenant defeasance option with respect to such Debt Securities shall be reinstated.

 

“Discharged” means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Debt Securities of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Debt Securities of such series (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except (A) the rights of holders of Debt Securities of such series to receive, from the trust fund described in clause (1) above, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to the Debt Securities of such series under Sections 3.4(a), 3.5, 3.6, 12.3 and 15.3 and (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder.

 

“U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

 

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SECTION 15.3  DEPOSITED MONEYS AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.

 

All moneys and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 15.2 in respect of Debt Securities of a series shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of such Debt Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the holders of such Debt Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

SECTION 15.4 REPAYMENT TO COMPANY.

 

The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay or return to the Company upon Company Request any moneys or U.S. Government Obligations held by them at any time that are not required for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of any series for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 15.2.

 

The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.4 shall apply to any money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent under this Article that remains unclaimed for two years after the Maturity of any series of Debt Securities for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 15.2.

 

ARTICLE XVI

 

CONVERSION

 

SECTION 16.1 APPLICABILITY; CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.

 

Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Debt Securities of any series, the provisions of this Article XVI shall be applicable to any Debt Securities that are convertible into Common Stock. If so provided pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the holder of a Debt Security of such series shall have the right, at such holder’s option, to convert, in accordance with the terms of such series of Debt Securities and this Article XVI, all or any part (in a denomination of, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to Debt Securities of such series, $1,000 in principal amount or any integral multiple thereof) of such Debt Security into shares of Common Stock or, as to any Debt Securities called for redemption, at any time prior to the time and date fixed for such redemption (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price, in which case such right shall not terminate at such time and date).

 

SECTION 16.2 CONVERSION PROCEDURE; CONVERSION PRICE; FRACTIONAL SHARES.

 

(a) Each Debt Security to which this Article is applicable shall be convertible at the office of the Conversion Agent, and at such other place or places, if any, specified pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, into fully paid and nonassessable shares (calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share) of Common Stock. The Debt Securities will be converted into shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Price therefor. No payment or adjustment shall be made in respect of dividends on the Common Stock or accrued interest on a converted Debt Security except as described in Section 16.9. The Company may, but shall not be required, in connection with any conversion of Debt Securities, to issue a fraction of a share of Common Stock and, if the Company shall determine not to issue any such fraction, the Company shall, subject to Section 16.3(d), make a cash payment (calculated to the nearest cent) equal to such fraction multiplied by the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the last Trading Day prior to the date of conversion.

 

(b) Before any holder of a Debt Security shall be entitled to convert the same into Common Stock, such holder shall surrender such Debt Security duly endorsed to the Company or in blank at the office of the Conversion Agent or at such other place or places, if any, specified pursuant to Section 3.1, and shall give written

 

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notice to the Company at said office or place that such holder elects to convert the same and shall state in writing therein the principal amount of Debt Securities to be converted and the name or names (with addresses) in which such holder wishes the certificate or certificates for Common Stock to be issued; provided, however, that no Debt Security or portion thereof shall be accepted for conversion unless the principal amount of such Debt Security or such portion, when added to the principal amount of all other Debt Securities or portions thereof then being surrendered by the holder thereof for conversion, exceeds the then-effective Conversion Price with respect thereto. If more than one Debt Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock which shall be deliverable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted thereby) so surrendered. Subject to the next succeeding sentence, the Company will, as soon as practicable thereafter, issue and deliver at said office or place to such holder of a Debt Security, or to such holder’s nominee or nominees, certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock to which such holder shall be entitled as aforesaid, together, subject to the last sentence of paragraph (a) above, with cash in lieu of any fraction of a share to which such holder would otherwise be entitled. The Company shall not be required to deliver certificates for shares of Common Stock while the stock transfer books for such stock or the Security Register are duly closed for any purpose, but certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be issued and delivered as soon as practicable after the opening of such books or Security Register. A Debt Security shall be deemed to have been converted as of the close of business on the date of the surrender of such Debt Security for conversion as provided above, and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Common Stock as of the close of business on such date. In case any Debt Security shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or upon the written order of the holder of the Debt Securities so surrendered, without charge to such holder (subject to the provisions of Section 16.8), a new Debt Security or Securities in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Debt Security.

 

SECTION 16.3 ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE FOR COMMON STOCK.

 

The Conversion Price with respect to any Debt Security which is convertible into Common Stock shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

 

(a) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such Debt Securities are outstanding, (i) pay a dividend in shares of its Common Stock to holders of Common Stock, (ii) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, (iii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares of Common Stock or (iv) make a distribution in shares of Common Stock to holders of Common Stock, then the Conversion Price in effect immediately before such action shall be adjusted so that the holders of such Debt Securities, upon conversion thereof into Common Stock immediately following such event, shall be entitled to receive the kind and amount of shares of Common Stock of the Company which they would have owned or been entitled to receive upon or by reason of such event if such Debt Securities had been converted immediately before the record dated (or, if no record date, the effective date) for such event. An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 16.3(a) shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution and shall become effective retroactively immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination. For the purposes of this Section 16.3(a), each holder of Debt Securities shall be deemed to have failed to exercise any right to elect the kind or amount of securities receivable upon the payment of any such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution (provided, that if the kind or amount of securities receivable upon such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution is not the same for each nonelecting share, then the kind and amount of securities or other property receivable upon such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution for each nonelecting share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the nonelecting shares).

 

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expiring within 45 days after the record date for such issuance) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible into shares of Common Stock) at a price per share less than the Current Market Price of the Common Stock at such record date (treating the price per share of the securities convertible into Common Stock as equal to (x) the sum of (i) the price for a unit of the security convertible into Common Stock and (ii) any additional consideration initially payable upon the conversion of such security into Common Stock divided by (y) the number of shares of Common Stock initially underlying such convertible security), the Conversion Price with respect to such Debt Securities shall be adjusted so that it shall equal the price determined by dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of issuance of such rights or warrants by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so offered are initially convertible), and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of securities which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of securities so offered for subscription or purchase (or the aggregate purchase price of the convertible securities so offered plus the aggregate amount of any additional consideration initially payable upon conversion of such securities into Common Stock) would purchase at such Current Market Price of the Common Stock. Such adjustment shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants.

 

(c) In the case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such Debt Securities are outstanding, distribute to all holders of shares of its Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and the Common Stock is not changed or exchanged) cash, evidences of its indebtedness, securities or assets (excluding (i) regular periodic cash dividends in amounts, if any, determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, (ii) dividends payable in shares of Common Stock for which adjustment is made under Section 16.3(a) or (iii) rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company (excluding those referred to in Section 16.3(b)), then in each such case the Conversion Price with respect to such Debt Securities shall be adjusted so that it shall equal the price determined by dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the record date referred to below, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price of the Common Stock less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive) of the portion of the cash or assets or evidences of indebtedness or securities so distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one share of Common Stock (provided that such denominator shall never be less than 1.0); provided, however, that no adjustment shall be made with respect to any distribution of rights to purchase securities of the Company if a holder of Debt Securities would otherwise be entitled to receive such rights upon conversion at any time of such Debt Securities into Common Stock unless such rights are subsequently redeemed by the Company, in which case such redemption shall be treated for purposes of this Section as a dividend on the Common Stock. Such adjustment shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution; and in the event that such distribution is not so made, the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.

 

(d) The Company shall be entitled to make such additional adjustments in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by subsections 16.3(a), 16.3(b), and 16.3(c), as shall be necessary in order that any dividend or distribution of Common Stock, any subdivision, reclassification or combination of shares of Common Stock or any issuance of rights or warrants referred to above shall not be taxable to the holders of Common Stock for United States federal income tax purposes.

 

(e) In any case in which this Section 16.3 shall require that any adjustment be made effective as of or retroactively immediately following a record date, the Company may elect to defer (but only for five (5) Trading Days following the filing of the statement referred to in Section 16.5) issuing to the holder of any Debt Securities

 

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converted after such record date the shares of Common Stock and other capital stock of the Company issuable upon such conversion over and above the shares of Common Stock and other capital stock of the Company issuable upon such conversion on the basis of the Conversion Price prior to adjustment; provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to such holder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder’s right to receive such additional shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.

 

(f) All calculations under this Section 16.3 shall be made to the nearest cent or one-hundredth of a share of security, with one-half cent and 0.005 of a share, respectively, being rounded upward. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 16.3, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment of the Conversion Price unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of such price. Any lesser adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time of, and together with, the next subsequent adjustment which, together with any adjustment or adjustments so carried forward, shall amount to an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price. Any adjustments under this Section 16.3 shall be made successively whenever an event requiring such an adjustment occurs.

 

(g) In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 16.3, the holder of any Debt Security thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive any shares of stock of the Company other than shares of Common Stock into which the Debt Securities originally were convertible, the Conversion Price of such other shares so receivable upon conversion of any such Debt Security shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to Common Stock contained in subparagraphs (a) through (f) of this Section 16.3, and the provisions of Sections 16.1, 16.2 and 16.4 through 16.9 with respect to the Common Stock shall apply on like or similar terms to any such other shares and the determination of the Board of Directors as to any such adjustment shall be conclusive.

 

(h) No adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section: (i) if the effect thereof would be to reduce the Conversion Price below the par value (if any) of the Common Stock or (ii) subject to 16.3(e) hereof, with respect to any Debt Security that is converted prior to the time such adjustment otherwise would be made.

 

SECTION 16.4 CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER OF THE COMPANY.

 

In case of either (a) any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, other than a merger or consolidation in which the company is the surviving or continuing corporation and which does not result in a reclassification of, or change (other than a change in par value or from par value to no par value or from no par value to par value, as a result of a subdivision or combination) in, outstanding shares of Common Stock or (b) any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company to another Person, each Debt Security then outstanding shall be convertible from and after such merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance of property and assets into the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities and property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Debt Securities would have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, subject to adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article XVI (and assuming such holder of Common Stock failed to exercise his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance (provided that, if the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance is not the same for each nonelecting share, then the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance for each nonelecting share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the nonelecting shares or securities)). The Company shall not enter into any of the transactions referred to in clause (a) or (b) of the preceding sentence unless effective provision shall be made so as to give effect to the provisions set forth in this Section 16.4. The provisions of this Section 16.4 shall apply similarly to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.

 

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SECTION 16.5 NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT.

 

Whenever an adjustment in the Conversion Price with respect to a series of Debt Securities is required:

 

(a) the Company shall forthwith place on file with the Trustee and any Conversion Agent for such Securities a certificate of the Treasurer of the Company, stating the adjusted Conversion Price determined as provided herein and setting forth in reasonable detail such facts as shall be necessary to show the reason for and the manner of computing such adjustment, such certificate to be conclusive evidence that the adjustment is correct; and

 

(b) a notice stating that the Conversion Price has been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price shall forthwith be given by the Company, or at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, in the manner provided in Section 18.2. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice.

 

SECTION 16.6 NOTICE IN CERTAIN EVENTS.

 

In case:

 

(a) of a consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and for which approval of any shareholders of the Company is required, or of the sale or conveyance to another Person or entity or group of Persons or entities acting in concert as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company; or

 

(b) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; or

 

(c) of any action triggering an adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article XVI;

 

Then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent for the applicable Debt Securities, and shall cause to be given, to the holders of record of applicable Debt Securities in the manner provided in Section 18.2, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of any distribution or grant of rights or warrants triggering an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article XVI, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of record or Common Stock entitled to such distribution, rights or warrants are to be determined, or (y) the date on which any reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up triggering an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article XVI is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.

 

Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the proceedings described in clause (a), (b), or (c) of this Section.

 

SECTION 16.7 COMPANY TO RESERVE STOCK; REGISTRATION; LISTING.

 

(a) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Debt Securities, such number of its duly authorized shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all applicable outstanding Debt Securities into such Common Stock at any time (assuming that, at the time of the computation of such number of shares or securities, all such Debt Securities would be held by a single holder); provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall preclude the Company from satisfying its obligations in respect of the conversion of the Debt Securities by delivery of purchased shares

 

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of Common Stock which are held in the treasury of the Company. The Company shall from time to time, in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, use its best efforts to cause the authorized amount of the Common Stock to be increased if the aggregate of the authorized amount of the Common Stock remaining unissued and the issued shares of such Common Stock in its treasury (other than any such shares reserved for issuance in any other connection) shall not be sufficient to permit the conversion of all Debt Securities.

 

(b) If any shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon conversion of Debt Securities hereunder require registration with or approval of any governmental authority before such shares or securities may be issued upon such conversion, the Company will in good faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor to cause such shares or securities to be duly registered or approved, as the case may be. The Company will endeavor to list the shares of Common Stock required to be delivered upon conversion of the Debt Securities prior to such delivery upon the principal national securities exchange upon, or the NASD automated quotation system through, which the outstanding Common Stock is listed at the time of such delivery.

 

SECTION 16.8 TAXES ON CONVERSION.

 

The Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of Debt Securities pursuant hereto. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock or the portion, if any, of the Debt Securities which are not so converted in a name other than that in which the Debt Securities so converted were registered, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issue has paid to the Company the amount of such tax or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

 

SECTION 16.9 CONVERSION AFTER RECORD DATE.

 

If any Debt Securities are surrendered for conversion subsequent to the record date preceding an Interest Payment Date but on or prior to such Interest Payment Date (except Debt Securities called for redemption on a Redemption Date between such record date and Interest Payment Date), the holder of such Debt Securities at the close of business on such record date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Debt Securities on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion thereof. Debt Securities surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any record date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date shall (except in the case of Debt Securities which have been called for redemption on a Redemption Date within such period) be accompanied by payment in New York Clearing House funds or other funds of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the Debt Securities being surrendered for conversion. Except as provided in this Section 16.9, no adjustments in respect of payments of interest on Debt Securities surrendered for conversion or any dividends or distributions of interest on the Common Stock issued upon conversion shall be made upon the conversion of any Debt Securities.

 

SECTION 16.10 COMPANY DETERMINATION FINAL.

 

Any determination that the Company or the Board of Directors must make pursuant to this Article is conclusive.

 

SECTION 16.11 TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER.

 

The Trustee has no duty to determine when an adjustment under this Article should be made, how it should be made or what it should be. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of Debt Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the Company’s failure to comply with this Article. Each Conversion Agent other than the Company shall have the same protection under this Section as the Trustee.

 

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ARTICLE XVII

 

GUARANTEES

 

SECTION 17.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

 

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any series of Debt Securities which is to be guaranteed by one or more Guarantors.

 

SECTION 17.2 OBLIGOR GUARANTEE.

 

Subject to compliance with applicable Gaming Laws, the Guarantors unconditionally and jointly and severally guarantee and promise to pay to the holders and the Trustee (each a “Beneficiary”), on demand, in lawful money of the United States of America, any and all Obligations of the Company from time to time owed to the Beneficiaries (the “Obligor Guarantee”). The term “Obligations” means any and all present and future obligations and liabilities of the Company of every type and description to the Beneficiaries under this Indenture and the Debt Securities of the series such Guarantors have guaranteed (the “Guaranteed Securities”), whether for principal, premium (if any), interest, expenses, indemnities or other amounts, in each case whether due or not due, absolute or contingent, voluntary or involuntary, liquidated or unliquidated, determined or undetermined, now or hereafter existing, renewed or restructured, whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, whether or not arising after the commencement of a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code (including post-petition interest) and whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding, and whether or not recovery of any such obligation or liability may be barred by a statute of limitations or such obligation or liability may otherwise be unenforceable. All Obligations shall be conclusively presumed to have been created in reliance on the Obligor Guarantee. The Obligor Guarantee is a continuing Guarantee of the Obligations and, except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, may not be revoked and shall not otherwise terminate unless and until any and all Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full.

 

SECTION 17.3 NATURE OF OBLIGOR GUARANTEE.

 

The liability of each Guarantor under the Obligor Guarantee is independent of and not in consideration of or contingent upon the liability of the Company or any other Obligor, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against any Guarantor, whether or not any action is brought or prosecuted against the Company or any other Obligor or whether the Company or any other Obligor is joined in any such action or actions. The Obligor Guarantee given by each Guarantor shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional Guarantee of payment (and not merely of collection) without regard to:

 

(a) the legality, validity or enforceability of the Debt Securities or this Indenture, any of the Obligations, any security or Obligor Guarantee given by any other Guarantor;

 

(b) any defense (other than payment), set-off or counterclaim that may at any time be available to the Company or any other Obligor against, and any right of setoff at any time held by, any Beneficiary; or

 

(c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of any Guarantor or any other Obligor), whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Company or any other Obligor, in bankruptcy or in any other instance.

 

Any payment by any Obligor or other circumstance that operates to toll any statute of limitations applicable to such Obligor shall also operate to toll the statute of limitations applicable to each Guarantor.

 

SECTION 17.4 AUTHORIZATION.

 

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such Guarantor may have or any other right or remedy of such Guarantor is extinguished or impaired), from time to time to do any or all of the following:

 

(a) permit the Company to increase or create Obligations, or terminate, release, compromise, subordinate, extend, accelerate or otherwise change the amount or time, manner or place of payment of, or rescind any demand for payment or acceleration of, the Obligations or any part thereof, consent or enter into supplemental indentures or otherwise amend the terms and conditions of the Guaranteed Securities or this Indenture or any provision thereof;

 

(b) take and hold any collateral from the Company or any other Person, perfect or refrain from perfecting a lien on any collateral, and exchange, enforce, subordinate, release (whether intentionally or unintentionally), or take or fail to take any other action in respect of, any collateral or lien or any part thereof;

 

(c) exercise in such manner and order as it elects in its sole discretion, fail to exercise, waive, suspend, terminate or suffer expiration of, any of the remedies or rights of such Beneficiary against the Company or any other Obligor in respect of any Obligations or any security;

 

(d) release, add or settle with any Obligor in respect of the Obligor Guarantee or the Obligations;

 

(e) accept partial payments on the Obligations and apply any and all payments or recoveries from such Obligor to such of the Obligations as any Beneficiary may elect in its sole discretion, whether or not such Obligations are secured or guaranteed;

 

(f) refund at any time, at such Beneficiary’s sole discretion, any payments or recoveries received by such Beneficiary in respect of any Obligations; and

 

(g) otherwise deal with the Company or any other Obligor as such Beneficiary may elect in its sole discretion.

 

SECTION 17.5 CERTAIN WAIVERS.

 

Each Guarantor waives:

 

(a) the right to require the Beneficiaries to proceed against the Company or any other Obligor, to proceed against or exhaust any collateral or to pursue any other remedy in any Beneficiary’s power whatsoever and the right to have the property of the Company or any other Obligor first applied to the discharge of the Obligations;

 

(b) all rights and benefits under applicable law purporting to reduce a Guarantor’s obligations in proportion to the obligation of the principal or providing that the obligation of a surety or Guarantor must neither be larger nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal;

 

(c) the benefits of any statute of limitations affecting the Obligations or any Guarantor’s liability hereunder;

 

(d) any requirement of marshaling or any other principle of election of remedies;

 

(e) any right to assert against any Beneficiary any defense (legal or equitable), set-off, counterclaim and other right that any Guarantor may now or any time hereafter have against the Company or any other Obligor;

 

(f) presentment, demand for payment or performance (including diligence in making demands hereunder), notice of dishonor or nonperformance, protest, acceptance and notice of acceptance of the Obligor Guarantee, and, except to the extent expressly required by the Guaranteed Securities or this Indenture, all other notices of any kind, including (i) notice of any action taken or omitted by the Beneficiaries in reliance hereon, (ii) notice of

 

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any default by the Company or any other Obligor, (iii) notice that any portion of the Obligations is due, (iv) notice of any action against the Company or any other Obligor, or any enforcement or other action with respect to any collateral, or the assertion of any right of any Beneficiary hereunder; and

 

(g) all defenses that at any time may be available to any Guarantor by virtue of any valuation, stay, moratorium or other law now or hereafter in effect.

 

SECTION 17.6 NO SUBROGATION; CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.

 

(a) Each Guarantor waives any and all rights of subrogation, indemnity or reimbursement, and any and all benefits of and rights to enforce any power, right or remedy that any beneficiary may now or hereafter have in respect of the obligations against the Company or any other obligor (other than rights of contribution from other guarantors), and any and all other rights and claims (as defined in the bankruptcy code) any guarantor may have against the Company, under applicable law or otherwise, at law or in equity, by reason of any payment under the obligor guarantee, unless and until the obligations shall have been paid in full.

 

(b) Each Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the financial condition of each other Obligor and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations or the Obligor Guarantee of any other Guarantor that diligent inquiry would reveal, and agrees that the Beneficiaries shall have no duty to advise any Guarantor of information regarding such condition or any such circumstances.

 

SECTION 17.7 BANKRUPTCY NO DISCHARGE.

 

(a) Without limiting Section 17.3, the Obligor Guarantee shall not be discharged or otherwise affected by any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding commenced by or against the Company or any other Obligor, including (i) any discharge of, or bar or stay against collecting, all or any part of the Obligations in or as a result of any such proceeding, whether or not assented to by any Beneficiary, (ii) any disallowance of all or any portion of any Beneficiary’s claim for repayment of the Obligations, (iii) any use of cash or other collateral in any such proceeding, (iv) any agreement or stipulation as to adequate protection in any such proceeding, (v) any failure by any Beneficiary to file or enforce a claim against the Company or any other Obligor or its estate in any bankruptcy or reorganization case, (vi) any amendment, modification, stay or cure of any Beneficiary’s rights that may occur in any such proceeding, (vii) any election by any Beneficiary under Section 1112(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, or (viii) any borrowing or grant of a lien under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code. Each Guarantor understands and acknowledges that by virtue of the Obligor Guarantee, it has specifically assumed any and all risks of any such proceeding with respect to the Company and each other Obligor.

 

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the Obligor Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment, or any part thereof, of any or all of the Obligations is rescinded, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential or otherwise required to be restored or returned by any Beneficiary in connection with any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Company, any other Obligor or otherwise or if any Beneficiary elects to return any such payment or proceeds or any part thereof in its sole discretion, all as though such payment had not been made or such proceeds not been received.

 

SECTION 17.8 RIGHTS OF CONTRIBUTION.

 

(a) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among the Guarantors in connection with the respective Obligor Guarantees, the Guarantors have agreed among themselves that if any Guarantor satisfies some or all of the Obligations of the Company guaranteed by it hereunder (a “Funding Guarantor”), the Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to contribution from the other Guarantors that have positive Maximum Net Worth (as defined below) for all payments made by the Funding Guarantor in satisfying such Obligations, so that each

 

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Guarantor that remains obligated under it Subsidiary Guarantee at the time that a Funding Guarantor makes such payment (a “Remaining Guarantor”) and has a positive Maximum Net Worth shall bear a portion of such payment equal to the percentage that such Remaining Guarantor’s Maximum Net Worth bears to the aggregate Maximum Net Worth of all Remaining Guarantors that have positive Maximum Net Worth.

 

(b) For purposes of this Section 17.8, the following terms are defined as set forth below:

 

“Net Worth” means, with respect to any Guarantor, the amount, as of any date of calculation, by which the sum of such Person’s assets (including subrogation, indemnity, contribution, reimbursement and similar rights that such Guarantor may have), determined on the basis of a “fair valuation” or their “fair salable value” (whichever is the applicable test under Section 548 and other relevant provisions of Bankruptcy Code, and the relevant state fraudulent conveyance or transfer laws) is greater than the amount that will be required to pay all of such Person’s debts, in each case matured or unmatured, contingent or otherwise, as of the date of calculation, but excluding liabilities arising under its Obligor Guarantee and excluding, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law with the objective of avoiding rendering such Person insolvent, liabilities subordinated to the Obligations under such Obligor Guarantees arising out of loans or advances made to such Person by any other Person.

 

“Maximum Net Worth” means, with respect to any Guarantor, the greatest of the Net Worth calculated as of the following dates: (A) the date of which the Guarantor becomes a Guarantor hereunder, (B) the date on which such Guarantor expressly reaffirms its Subsidiary Guarantee, (C) the date on which demand for payment is made on such Guarantor hereunder, (D) the date on which payment is made by such Guarantor hereunder or (E) the date on which any judgment, order or decree is entered requiring such Guarantor to make payment hereunder or in respect hereof.

 

The meaning of the terms “fair valuation” and “fair salable value” and the calculation of assets and liabilities shall be determined and made in accordance with the relevant provisions of any Bankruptcy Code and applicable state fraudulent conveyance or transfer laws.

 

SECTION 17.9 LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.

 

If the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder otherwise would be subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable state law relating to fraudulent conveyances or fraudulent transfers, taking into consideration such Guarantor’s (i) rights of reimbursement and indemnity from the Company with respect to amounts paid by such Guarantor and (ii) rights of contribution from other Guarantors pursuant to Section 17.8, then such obligations hereby are reduced to the largest amount that would make them not subject to such avoidance. Any Person asserting that such Guarantor’s obligations are so avoidable shall have the burden (including the burden of production and persuasion) of proving (a) that, without giving effect to this paragraph, such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder would be avoidable and (b) the extent to which such obligations are reduced by operation of this paragraph.

 

SECTION 17.10 APPLICATION OF CERTAIN TERMS AND PROVISIONS TO THE GUARANTORS.

 

(a) For purposes of any provision of this Indenture which provides for the delivery by any Guarantor of an Officer’s Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel, the definitions of such terms in Section 1.01 shall apply to such Subsidiary Guarantor as if references therein to the Company were references to such Guarantor.

 

(b) Any request, direction, order or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is to be made by any Guarantor, shall be sufficient if evidenced as described in Section 18.2 as if references therein to the Company were references to such Guarantor.

 

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(c) Upon any demand, request or application by any Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, such Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as are required in Section 1.02 hereof as if all references therein to the Company were references to such Guarantor.

 

SECTION 17.11 EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF GUARANTEE.

 

Each Guarantor shall be deemed to have signed on each Debt Security issued hereunder any required notation of guarantee to the same extent as if the signature of such Guarantor appeared on such Debt Security. The delivery of any Debt Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Obligor Guarantee set forth in Section 17.2 on behalf of each Guarantor. The notation of a guarantee set forth on any Debt Security shall be null and void and of no further effect with respect to the Obligor Guarantee of any Guarantor which, pursuant to Section 17.12 or Section 17.13, is released from such Guarantee.

 

SECTION 17.12 GUARANTOR MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ON CERTAIN TERMS.

 

(a) Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or any other Guarantor. Upon any such consolidation or merger, the Obligor Guarantee (as set forth in Section 17.2) of the Guarantor which is not the survivor of the merger or consolidation, shall be released and shall no longer have any force or effect.

 

(b) Nothing contained in this Indenture shall prevent any sale or conveyance of assets of any Guarantor (whether or not constituting all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor) to any Person, provided that the Company shall comply with any applicable terms of this Indenture, and provided further that, subject to Section 17.13, in the event that all of the assets of a Guarantor are sold or conveyed, the Obligor Guarantee of such Guarantor (as set forth in Section 17.2) shall be released and shall no longer have any force or effect.

 

(c) Except as provided in Section 17.12(a) or Section 17.13, each Guarantor shall not, directly or indirectly, consolidate with or merge with or into another Person, unless (i) either (a) the Guarantor is the continuing entity or (b) the resulting or surviving entity is a corporation organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Guarantor in connection with the Debt Securities and this Indenture; (ii) no Default or Event of Default would occur as a consequence of (after giving effect, on a pro forma basis, to) such transaction; and (iii) the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation or merger and if a supplemental indenture is required, such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent herein relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

 

(d) Upon any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor in accordance with Section 17.12, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor is merger shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Guarantor under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named herein a the Guarantor, and when a successor corporation duly assumes all of the obligations of the Guarantor pursuant hereto and pursuant to the Debt Securities, the Guarantor shall be released from such obligations.

 

SECTION 17.13 RELEASE OF GUARANTORS.

 

(a) Without further notice or action being required by any Person, but subject to Section 10.1, any Guarantor, and each Subsidiary of such Guarantor that is also a Guarantor, shall be fully and conditionally released and discharged from all obligations under its Obligor Guarantee and this Indenture, upon (i) the sale or other disposition of all of the assets or properties of such Guarantor, or 50% or more of the equity interests of any such Guarantor or Persons other than the Company and their Subsidiaries or (ii) the consolidation or merger of any such Guarantor with any Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, if, as a result of such consolidation or merger, Persons other than the Company and their Subsidiaries beneficially own more than

 

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50% of the capital stock of such Guarantor, provided, that, in either such case, the proceeds of any such sale, disposition, merger or consolidation are applied in accordance with this Indenture; or (iii) a defeasance as provided in Article XV hereof.

 

(b) The releases and discharges set forth in Section 17.13(a) shall be effective (i) in the case of releases and discharges effected pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of Section 17.13(a) by virtue of a sale, disposition, consolidation or merger, on the date of consummation thereof and (ii) in the case of releases and discharges effected pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 17.13(a), upon the date of defeasance. At the written request of the Company, the Trustee shall promptly execute and deliver appropriate instruments in forms reasonably acceptable to the Company evidencing and further implementing any releases and discharges pursuant to the foregoing provisions. If the Company desires the instruments evidencing or implementing any releases or discharges to be executed prior to the effectiveness of such releases and discharges as set forth above, necessary to cause the effectiveness of such releases and discharges, as specified in the first sentence of this Section 17.13.

 

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article XVII, (i) any Guarantor whose Obligor Guarantee would otherwise be released pursuant to the provisions of this Section 17.13 may elect, by written notice to the Trustee, to maintain such Obligor Guarantee in effect notwithstanding the event or events that otherwise would cause the release of such Obligor Guarantee (which election to maintain such guarantee in effect may be conditional or for a limited period of time), and (ii) any Subsidiary of the Company which is not a Guarantor may elect, by written notice to the Trustee, to become a Guarantor (which election may be conditional or for a limited period of time).

 

SECTION 17.14 CERTAIN BANKRUPTCY EVENTS.

 

Each Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees, to the fullest extent that it may do so under applicable law, that in the event of the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, such Guarantor shall not file (or join in any filing of), or otherwise seek to participate in the filing of, any motion or request seeking to stay or to prohibit (even temporarily) execution on the Obligor Guarantee and hereby waives and agrees not to take the benefit of any such stay of execution.

 

ARTICLE XVIII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 18.1 NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.

 

Any Act of holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with:

 

(a) the Trustee by any holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (which may be via facsimile) to or with the Trustee at its                     , Attention:                     , or

 

(b) the Company by the Trustee or by any holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid or airmail postage prepaid if sent from outside the United States, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, to the attention of its Treasurer, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

 

Any such Act or other document shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.

 

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SECTION 18.2 NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER.

 

When this Indenture provides for notice to holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given to holders (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to such holders as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, within the time prescribed; provided, however, that, in any case, any notice to holders of Floating Rate Securities regarding the determination of a periodic rate of interest, if such notice is required pursuant to Section 3.1, shall be sufficiently given if given in the manner specified pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

In the event of suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by mail, such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.

 

In the event of suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by publication, such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.

 

Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance on such waiver. In any case where notice to holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other holders, and any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given. In any case where notice to holders is given by publication, any defect in any notice so published as to any particular holder shall not affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other holders, and any notice which is published in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given.

 

SECTION 18.3 CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

 

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed on any person by the provisions of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, such provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or shall be excluded, as the case may be.

 

SECTION 18.4 COUNTERPARTS; SIGNATURES VIA FACSIMILE; EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

 

This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Indenture. In the event that any signature to this Indenture or to any other document delivered pursuant to or in connection with execution of this Indenture is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof. The Article and Section headings herein and in the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

SECTION 18.5 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

 

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind their respective successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of their permitted successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

 

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SECTION 18.6 SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities 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 18.7 BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.

 

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent and their successors hereunder, and the holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

SECTION 18.8 GOVERNING LAW.

 

This Indenture and the Debt Securities shall be deemed to be contracts made and to be performed entirely in the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of said State without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State.

 

SECTION 18.9 LEGAL HOLIDAYS.

 

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 or in any Debt Security, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Debt Security of any series shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment for the Debt Securities of that series, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities) payment of principal or interest (and premium and any other amounts, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day if such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day.

 

SECTION 18.10 JUDGMENT CURRENCY.

 

The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, or premium, other amounts or interest, if any, on the Debt Securities of any series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in the City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, “New York Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in the City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.

 

SECTION 18.11 NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.

 

No direct or indirect incorporator, employee, shareholder, director or officer, as such, past, present or future of the Company or any successor corporation or any of the Company’s Affiliates, shall have any personal liability in respect of the obligations of the Company under the Debt Securities or this Indenture, either directly

 

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or through the Company, by reason of his, her or its status as such incorporator, shareholder, employee, director or officer. Each holder by accepting a Debt Security waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Debt Securities.

 

[Signatures on following pages]

 

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

 

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

By:

   
Name:      
Title:    

 

 

                                                                                                       ,
as Trustee

 

 

By:

   
Name:      
Title:    

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

[FORM OF REDEEMABLE OR NONREDEEMABLE DEBT SECURITY] [FORM OF FACE OF DEBT SECURITY]

 

[THIS DEBT SECURITY IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS DEBT SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY DEBT SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS DEBT SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL NOTE SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.]

 

[IF THIS DEBT SECURITY IS AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT DEBT SECURITY, INSERT—FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1273 AND 1275 OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THIS DEBT SECURITY IS             % OF ITS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, THE ISSUE DATE IS             , 20            [AND] THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS             %. THE METHOD USED TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT APPLICABLE TO THE SHORT ACCRUAL PERIOD OF             , 20     TO             , 20    , IS             % OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS DEBT SECURITY.]

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. [DESIGNATION OF SERIES]

 

No.               [$]                CUSIP No.             

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (herein referred to as the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporations under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to             or registered assigns the principal sum of             [Dollars] on             (the “Stated Maturity Date”) [OR INSERT DATE FIXED FOR EARLIER REDEMPTION (the “Redemption Date” and, together with the Stated Maturity Date with respect to principal repayable on such date, the “Maturity Date”)].

 

[IF THE DEBT SECURITY IS TO BEAR INTEREST PRIOR TO MATURITY, INSERT—and to pay interest thereon from             or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on             and             in each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing             , at [IF DEBT SECURITY IS TO BEAR INTEREST AT A FIXED RATE, INSERT—the rate of             % per annum], [IF THE DEBT SECURITY IS TO BEAR INTEREST AT A VARIABLE OR FLOATING RATE OR IF DETERMINED BY REFERENCE TO AN INDEX, REFER TO DESCRIPTION OF INDEX BELOW] until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Holder in whose name this Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the             or             (whether or not a Business Day, as defined below), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date [at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such interest may be paid, at the Company’s option, by mailing a check to such Holder at his or her registered address or by transfer of funds to an account maintained by such Holder within the United States]. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Holder in whose name this Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Debt Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Debt Securities of this series not less than 15 days prior to such

 

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Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Debt Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.]

 

[IF THE INTEREST RATE OF THE DEBT SECURITIES IS FLOATING OR ADJUSTABLE RATE, OR DETERMINED BY REFERENCE TO AN INDEX OR OTHER SOURCE EXTERNAL TO THE TERMS OF THE DEBT SECURITIES, OR IF THE PRINCIPAL, ANY PREMIUM OR OTHER AMOUNTS DETERMINED BY REFERENCE TO AN INDEX OR OTHER SOURCE EXTERNAL TO THE TERMS OF THE DEBT SECURITIES, INSERT THE TEXT OF THE FLOATING OR ADJUSTABLE RATE PROVISION OR THE INDEX OR OTHER SOURCE BY WHICH IT CAN BE CALCULATED.]

 

[IF THE DEBT SECURITY IS NOT TO BEAR INTEREST PRIOR TO MATURITY, INSERT— The principal of this Debt Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at the [Stated] Maturity Date and in such case the overdue principal of this Debt Security shall bear interest at the rate of             % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of             % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]

 

The principal of this Debt Security payable on the [Stated] Maturity Date [or the principal of, premium, if any, and, if the Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date, interest on this Debt Security payable on the Redemption Date] will be paid against presentation of this Debt Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in             , in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest payable on this Debt Security on any Interest Payment Date and on the [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be,] will include interest accrued from and including the next preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or from and including             , if no interest has been paid on this Debt Security) to but excluding such Interest Payment Date or the [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be]. If any Interest Payment Date or the [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date] falls on a day that is not a Business Day, principal, premium, if any, and/or interest payable with respect to such Interest Payment Date or [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be,] will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if it were paid on the date such payment was due, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be]. “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banking institutions or trust companies in [            ] are authorized to close.

 

[IF THIS DEBT SECURITY IS A GLOBAL DEBT SECURITY, INSERT—All payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Debt Security will be made by the Company in immediately available funds.]

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Debt Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Debt Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

By:

 

Name:

  

Title:

  

 

[Reverse of Debt Security]

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

This Debt Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company, issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of             , 200     (herein called the “Indenture”) between the Company and             , as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of which this Debt Security is a part), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities, and of the terms upon which the Debt Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Debt Security is one of the duly authorized series of Debt Securities designated on the face hereof (collectively, the “Debt Securities”), [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—and the aggregate principal amount of the securities to be issued under such series is limited to [$            ] (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Debt Securities).] All terms used in this Debt Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Debt Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The Debt Securities may not be redeemed prior to the [Stated] Maturity Date.]

 

The rights of each Holder and any beneficial owner of the Debt Securities are subject to the Gaming Laws and requirements of the Gaming Authorities. Each holder and beneficial owner, by accepting or otherwise acquiring an interest in the Debt Securities, shall be deemed to have agreed that if the Gaming Authority of any jurisdiction in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts or proposes to conduct gaming requires that a Person who is a holder or beneficial owner must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under the applicable Gaming Laws, such holder or beneficial owner shall apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within the required time period. If any Gaming Authority makes a determination of unsuitability of a Holder or beneficial owner of Debt Securities (or of an Affiliate of such Holder or beneficial owner) or any Gaming Authority requires that a Holder or beneficial owner of Debt Securities (or an Affiliate thereof) must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable Gaming Laws and such Holder or beneficial owner (or an Affiliate thereof) fails to apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within 30 days (or such shorter period as may be required by the applicable Gaming Authority) after being requested to do so by the Gaming Authority, or is denied such license or qualification or is not found suitable, then the Company shall have the right, at its option, notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture (i) to require such Person to dispose of its Debt Securities or beneficial interest therein within 30 days (or such earlier date as may be required by the applicable Gaming Authority) of receipt such notice or finding by Gaming Authority or (ii) to redeem such Debt Securities at a redemption price equal to the least of: (x) 100% of the principal amount thereof or (y) the price at which such Person acquired the Debt Securities, in case of either clause (x) or clause (y), together with accrued and unpaid interest to the earlier of the date of redemption or the date of the denial of license or

 

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qualification or of the finding of unsuitability by such Gaming Authority, or (z) such other lesser amount as may be required by any Gaming Authority. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any such redemption as soon as practicable. The Company shall not be responsible for any costs or expenses any such Holder or beneficial owner may incur in connection with its application for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, immediately upon a determination by a Gaming Authority that a Holder or beneficial owner of the Debt Securities (or an Affiliate thereof) will not be licensed, qualified or found suitable or is denied a license, qualification or finding of suitability, the Holder or beneficial owner will not have any further rights with respect to the Debt Securities to: (i) to exercise, directly or indirectly, through any trustee, nominee or any other person or entity, any right conferred by the Debt Securities or (ii) to receive any interest or any other distribution or payment with respect to the Debt Securities or any remuneration in any form from the Company for services rendered or otherwise, except the redemption price of the Debt Securities.

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The Debt Securities are subject to redemption [(a) [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—on             in any year commencing with the year             and ending with the year             through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount and (b)] [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—at any time [on or after             ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed on or before             ,             % and if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning             of the years indicated, at the Redemption Prices indicated below.

 

Year               Redemption Price             Year             Redemption Price

 

and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to             % of the principal amount, together, in the case of any such redemption [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—(whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)], with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that installments of interest on this Debt Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of this Debt Security, or one or more Predecessor Debt Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The Debt Securities are subject to redemption (a) on             in any year commencing with the year             and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below and (b) at any time on or after             ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below:

 

If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,

 

Redemption Price for Redemption Otherwise Than Through Operation of the Sinking Fund    Redemption Price for Redemption Through Operation of Sinking Fund    Year

 

and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to             % of the principal amount, together, in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise), with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that installments of interest on this Debt Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of this Debt Security, or one or more Predecessor Debt Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant record dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to             redeem any Debt Securities as contemplated by [clause (b) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in

 

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anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of money borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than             % per annum.]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The sinking fund for the Debt Securities provides for the redemption on             in each year, beginning with the year             and ending with the year             , of [not less than] [$            ] [(“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than $            ] aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities. [The Debt Securities acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made in the [DESCRIBE ORDER] order in which they become due.]]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—Notice of redemption will be given by mail to Holders of Debt Securities, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—In the event of redemption of the Debt Security in part only, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT CONVERSION PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN ANY BOARD RESOLUTION OR INDENTURE SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE INDENTURE.]

 

[IF DEBT SECURITY IS NOT AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY, INSERT—If any Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of Debt Securities of this series may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]

 

[IF DEBT SECURITY IS AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY, INSERT—If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of Debt Securities of this series may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal—INSERT FORMULA FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT. [Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Debt Securities of this series shall terminate.]

 

[This Debt Security is subject to defeasance and covenant defeasance as described in the Indenture [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—and the supplemental indenture].]

 

[This Debt Security is subject to satisfaction and discharge as provided in the Indenture [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—and the supplemental indenture].]

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Debt Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of all Debt Securities issued under the indenture at the time Outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all such Debt Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of not less than at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount, in certain instances, of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series to waive, on behalf of all of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series, certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such

 

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Holder and upon all future Holders of this Debt Security and other Debt Securities issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefore or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Debt Security.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Debt Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Debt Security at the times, rates and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein [and herein] set forth, the transfer of this Debt Security is registrable in the Security Register of the Company upon surrender of this security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Debt Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Debt Securities, of authorized denominations (in the same Denomination Currency) and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein [and herein] set forth, this Debt Security is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of different authorized denominations but in the same Denomination Currency, and otherwise having the same terms and conditions, as requested by the Holder hereof surrendering the same.

 

The Debt Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form [without coupons] in denominations of [$            ] and any integral multiple thereof. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior to due presentment of this Debt Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Debt Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Debt Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or the interest on this Debt Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any past, present or future incorporator, stockholder, employee, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor or Affiliate of the Company, either directly or through the Company or any successor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The obligations of the Company under the Indenture shall be guaranteed as set forth in the Indenture.]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The obligations of the Company under the Indenture shall be secured as set forth in the Indenture.]

 

The Indenture and the Debt Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely in such State.

 

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EX-4.10 3 dex410.htm FORM OF SENIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT INDENTURE Form of Senior Subordinated Debt Indenture

EXHIBIT 4.10

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

and

 

                    ,

 

as Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

 

DATED AS OF                     , 200_

 

SENIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES


PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939

and Indenture, dated as of                     , 200  1

 

Trust Indenture

Act Section


   Indenture Section

310(a)(1)

   6.9

      (a)(2)

   6.9

      (a)(3)

   N.A.

      (a)(4)

   N.A.

      (a)(5)

   6.9

      (b)

   6.9

      (c)

   N.A.

311(a)

   6.13

      (b)

   6.13

      (c)

   N.A.

312(a)

   7.1, 7.2(a)

      (b)

   7.2(b)

      (c)

   7.2(c)

313(a)

   7.3(a)

      (b)

   7.3(a)

      (c)

   7.3(a); 7.3(c)

      (d)

   7.3(c)

314(a)

   7.4

      (c)(1)

   1.2

      (c)(2)

   1.2

      (c)(3)

   N.A.

      (e)

   1.2

      (f)

   N.A.

315(a)

   6.1

      (b)

   6.2

      (c)

   6.1

      (d)

   6.1

      (e)

   5.14

316(a)(1)(A)

   5.12

      (a)(1)(B)

   5.2

      (a)(2)

   N.A.

      (b)

   5.8

      (c)

   8.1; 19.2

317(a)(1)

   5.3

      (a)(2)

   5.4

      (b)

   6.6

318(a)

   19.3

1   This reconciliation and tie table is not part of the Indenture.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I    DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

   1

SECTION 1.1    DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION.

   1

SECTION 1.2    COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.

   10

SECTION 1.3    FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.

   10

ARTICLE II    DEBT SECURITY FORMS

   11

SECTION 2.1    FORMS GENERALLY.

   11

SECTION 2.2    FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.

   11

SECTION 2.3    SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM.

   11

ARTICLE III    THE DEBT SECURITIES

   12

SECTION 3.1    AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.

   12

SECTION 3.2    DENOMINATIONS.

   14

SECTION 3.3    EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.

   15

SECTION 3.4    TEMPORARY DEBT SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTES FOR DEFINITIVE DEBT SECURITIES; GLOBAL NOTES REPRESENTING DEBT SECURITIES.

   16

SECTION 3.5    REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.

   17

SECTION 3.6    MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN DEBT SECURITIES.

   18

SECTION 3.7    PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.

   19

SECTION 3.8    CANCELLATION.

   20

SECTION 3.9    COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.

   20

SECTION 3.10    MANDATORY DISPOSITION OF DEBT SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GAMING LAWS.

   20

SECTION 3.11    CUSIP NUMBERS.

   21

SECTION 3.12    WIRE TRANSFERS.

   21

ARTICLE IV    SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

   21

SECTION 4.1    SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.

   21

SECTION 4.2    APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.

   22

SECTION 4.3    APPLICATION TO A SPECIFIC SERIES OF SECURITIES.

   22

ARTICLE V    REMEDIES

   23

SECTION 5.1    EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

   23

SECTION 5.2    ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.

   23

SECTION 5.3    COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE.

   24

SECTION 5.4    TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.

   25

 

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SECTION 5.5    TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF DEBT SECURITIES.

   25

SECTION 5.6    APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.

   26

SECTION 5.7    LIMITATION ON SUITS.

   26

SECTION 5.8    UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.

   27

SECTION 5.9    RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.

   27

SECTION 5.10    RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.

   27

SECTION 5.11    DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.

   27

SECTION 5.12    CONTROL BY HOLDERS.

   27

SECTION 5.13    WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.

   28

SECTION 5.14    UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.

   28

SECTION 5.15    WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.

   28

SECTION 5.16    REMEDIES SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW.

   28

ARTICLE VI    THE TRUSTEE

   29

SECTION 6.1    CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

   29

SECTION 6.2    NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.

   29

SECTION 6.3    CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.

   30

SECTION 6.4    NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF DEBT SECURITIES

   31

SECTION 6.5    MAY HOLD DEBT SECURITIES.

   31

SECTION 6.6    MONEY HELD IN TRUST.

   31

SECTION 6.7    COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.

   31

SECTION 6.8    DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS.

   32

SECTION 6.9    CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.

   32

SECTION 6.10    RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.

   32

SECTION 6.11    ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.

   33

SECTION 6.12    MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.

   34

SECTION 6.13    PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.

   34

SECTION 6.14    APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.

   34

SECTION 6.15    COMPLIANCE WITH TAX LAWS.

   35

ARTICLE VII    HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

   36

SECTION 7.1    COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.

   36

SECTION 7.2    PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATION TO HOLDERS.

   36

SECTION 7.3    REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.

   37

SECTION 7.4    REPORTS BY COMPANY.

   37

 

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ARTICLE VIII    CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

   38

SECTION 8.1    ACTS OF HOLDERS.

   38

SECTION 8.2    PROOF OF OWNERSHIP; PROOF OF EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS BY HOLDER.

   38

SECTION 8.3    PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.

   38

SECTION 8.4    REVOCATION OF CONSENTS; FUTURE HOLDERS BOUND.

   39

ARTICLE IX    HOLDERS’ MEETINGS

   39

SECTION 9.1    PURPOSES OF MEETINGS.

   39

SECTION 9.2    CALL OF MEETINGS BY TRUSTEE.

   39

SECTION 9.3    CALL OF MEETINGS BY COMPANY OR HOLDERS.

   39

SECTION 9.4    QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING.

   40

SECTION 9.5    REGULATIONS.

   40

SECTION 9.6    VOTING.

   40

SECTION 9.7    NO DELAY OF RIGHTS BY MEETING.

   41

ARTICLE X    CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

   41

SECTION 10.1    COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.

   41

SECTION 10.2    SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.

   41

ARTICLE XI    SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

   42

SECTION 11.1    SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.

   42

SECTION 11.2    SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.

   43

SECTION 11.3    EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

   44

SECTION 11.4    EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

   44

SECTION 11.5    CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

   44

SECTION 11.6    REFERENCE IN DEBT SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

   44

SECTION 11.7    SUBORDINATION UNIMPAIRED.

   45

ARTICLE XII    COVENANTS

   45

SECTION 12.1    PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.

   45

SECTION 12.2    OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE.

   45

SECTION 12.3    MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.

   45

SECTION 12.4    MONEY FOR DEBT SECURITIES; PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.

   46

SECTION 12.5    CORPORATE EXISTENCE.

   47

SECTION 12.6    WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.

   47

SECTION 12.7    STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT.

   47

SECTION 12.8    NO SUBORDINATED DEBT SENIOR TO THE DEBT SECURITIES.

   47

 

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ARTICLE XIII    REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

   47

SECTION 13.1    APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

   47

SECTION 13.2    ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.

   47

SECTION 13.3    SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF DEBT SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.

   48

SECTION 13.4    NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.

   48

SECTION 13.5    DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.

   49

SECTION 13.6    DEBT SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.

   49

SECTION 13.7    DEBT SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.

   49

ARTICLE XIV    SINKING FUNDS

   50

SECTION 14.1    APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

   50

SECTION 14.2    SATISFACTION OF MANDATORY SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH DEBT SECURITIES.

   50

SECTION 14.3    REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.

   50

ARTICLE XV    DEFEASANCE

   51

SECTION 15.1    APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

   51

SECTION 15.2    DEFEASANCE UPON DEPOSIT OF MONEYS OR U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS.

   51

SECTION 15.3    DEPOSITED MONEYS AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.

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SECTION 15.4    REPAYMENT TO COMPANY.

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ARTICLE XVI    CONVERSION

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SECTION 16.1    APPLICABILITY; CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.

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SECTION 16.2    CONVERSION PROCEDURE; CONVERSION PRICE; FRACTIONAL SHARES.

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SECTION 16.3    ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE FOR COMMON STOCK.

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SECTION 16.4    CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER OF THE COMPANY.

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SECTION 16.5    NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT.

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SECTION 16.6    NOTICE IN CERTAIN EVENTS.

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SECTION 16.7    COMPANY TO RESERVE STOCK; REGISTRATION; LISTING.

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SECTION 16.8    TAXES ON CONVERSION.

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SECTION 16.9    CONVERSION AFTER RECORD DATE.

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SECTION 16.10    COMPANY DETERMINATION FINAL.

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SECTION 16.11    TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER.

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ARTICLE XVII    GUARANTEES

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SECTION 17.1    APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

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SECTION 17.2    OBLIGOR GUARANTEE.

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SECTION 17.3    NATURE OF OBLIGOR GUARANTEE.

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SECTION 17.4    AUTHORIZATION.

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SECTION 17.5    CERTAIN WAIVERS.

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SECTION 17.6    NO SUBROGATION; CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.

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SECTION 17.7    BANKRUPTCY NO DISCHARGE.

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SECTION 17.8    RIGHTS OF CONTRIBUTION.

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SECTION 17.9    LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.

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SECTION 17.10    APPLICATION OF CERTAIN TERMS AND PROVISIONS TO THE GUARANTORS.

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SECTION 17.11    EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF GUARANTEE.

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SECTION 17.12    GUARANTOR MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ON CERTAIN TERMS.

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SECTION 17.13    RELEASE OF GUARANTORS.

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SECTION 17.14    CERTAIN BANKRUPTCY EVENTS.

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ARTICLE XVIII    SUBORDINATION

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SECTION 18.1    AGREEMENT TO SUBORDINATE.

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SECTION 18.2    CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.

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SECTION 18.3    LIQUIDATION; DISSOLUTION; BANKRUPTCY.

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SECTION 18.4    DEFAULT ON DESIGNATED SENIOR DEBT.

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SECTION 18.5    ACCELERATION OF DEBT SECURITIES.

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SECTION 18.6    WHEN DISTRIBUTION MUST BE PAID OVER.

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SECTION 18.7    NOTICE BY COMPANY.

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SECTION 18.8    SUBROGATION.

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SECTION 18.9    RELATIVE RIGHTS.

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SECTION 18.10    SUBORDINATION MAY NOT BE IMPAIRED BY OBLIGORS.

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SECTION 18.11    DISTRIBUTION OR NOTICE TO REPRESENTATIVE.

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SECTION 18.12    RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AND PAYING AGENT.

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SECTION 18.13    AUTHORIZATION TO EFFECT SUBORDINATION.

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SECTION 18.14    ADDITIONAL OR SUBSTITUTE SUBORDINATION TERMS.

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ARTICLE XIX    MISCELLANEOUS

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SECTION 19.1    NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.

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SECTION 19.2    NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER.

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SECTION 19.3    CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

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SECTION 19.4    COUNTERPARTS; SIGNATURES VIA FACSIMILE; EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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SECTION 19.5    SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

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SECTION 19.6    SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.

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SECTION 19.7    BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.

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SECTION 19.8    GOVERNING LAW.

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SECTION 19.9    LEGAL HOLIDAYS.

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SECTION 19.10    JUDGMENT CURRENCY.

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SECTION 19.11    NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.

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THIS INDENTURE CONTEMPLATES THE ISSUANCE OF MULTIPLE SERIES OF DEBT SECURITIES. WHILE THIS INDENTURE GOVERNS THE AUTHORIZATION OF EACH SERIES OF DEBT SECURITIES, FOR THE SPECIFIC TERMS RELATING TO A PARTICULAR SERIES OF DEBT SECURITIES, THE TERMS OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE RELATING TO SUCH PARTICULAR SERIES SHALL GOVERN TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE PROVISIONS IN THIS INDENTURE.

 

INDENTURE dated as of                     , by and between PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), having its principal executive office at                             , and                              (together with any additional trustees to be added by supplemental indenture pursuant to this Indenture, the “Trustee”), having its                             ; attn:                             .

 

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

 

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its senior subordinated debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Debt Securities”), to be issued in one or more series, as provided in this Indenture.

 

This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, that are deemed incorporated into this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

 

All things necessary have been done to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

 

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of Debt Securities by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all holders of Debt Securities or of Debt Securities of any series, as applicable, as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

SECTION 1.1    DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION.

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;

 

(b) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

 

(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States prevailing at the time of any relevant computation hereunder;

 

(d) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;

 

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(e) certain terms, used principally in Article III or Article VI, are defined in those respective Articles;

 

(f) “or” is not exclusive and “including” is not limiting;

 

(g) references in this Indenture to any agreement, other document or law “as amended” or “as amended from time to time,” or to “amendments” of any document or law, shall include any amendments, supplements, replacements, renewals or other modifications from time to time, provided in the case of modifications to documents, such modifications are permissible hereunder;

 

(h) references in this Indenture to any law include regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time;

 

(i) 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; and

 

(j) The term “Act” when used with respect to any holder, has the meaning specified in Section 8.1.

 

“Accrued Bankruptcy Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 18.2.

 

“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 the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) as used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

 

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

 

“Authenticating Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 6.14.

 

“Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day, and customarily published for at least five days in each calendar week, and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day in such city.

 

“Bank Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 18.2.

 

“Bankruptcy Code” means 11 U.S.C. (S)101 et seq., as amended from time to time.

 

“Beneficiary” has the meaning specified in Section 17.2.

 

“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any committee of that board or any other committee of the Company, duly authorized by the board of directors of the Company to act hereunder.

 

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“Business Day” when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities means any day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in that Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law to close, except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

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“Capital Stock” means (a) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, rights, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock, including each class of common stock and preferred stock of such Person, and (b) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership, membership or other equity interests of such Person.

 

“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, as to any Person, the discounted rental stream payable by such Person that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease obligation under GAAP and, for purposes of this definition, the amount of such obligation at any date shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation at such date, determined in accordance with GAAP. The final maturity of any such obligation shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without penalty.

 

“Closing Price” of the Common Stock shall mean the average of the last reported closing bid and asked prices on the New York Stock Exchange, or if the Common Stock is not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, then on the principal exchange on which the Common Stock is listed.

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.

 

“Common Depositary” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4(b).

 

“Common Stock” shall mean the class of Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Company authorized at the date of this Indenture as originally signed, or any other class of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such Common Stock, and in any such case including any shares thereof authorized after the date of this Indenture, and any other shares of stock of the Company which do not have any priority in the payment of dividends or upon liquidation over any other class of stock.

 

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

 

“Company Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or an Executive or Senior Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“Conversion Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to receive Debt Securities to be converted into Common Stock on behalf of the Company. The Company initially authorizes the Trustee to act as Conversion Agent for the Debt Securities on its behalf. The Company may at any time or from time to time authorize one or more Persons to act as Conversion Agent in addition to or in place of the Trustee with respect to any series of Debt Securities issued under this Indenture.

 

“Conversion Price” means, with respect to any series of Debt Securities which are convertible into Common Stock, the price per share of Common Stock at which the Debt Securities of such series are so convertible pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to such series, as the same may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 16.3.

 

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“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this instrument is located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 8W, New York, NY 10286.

 

“Corporation” means a corporation, association, company or business trust.

 

“Covenant defeasance option” has the meaning specified in Section 15.2.

 

“Credit Facilities” has the meaning specified in Section 18.2.

 

“Current Market Price” on any date shall mean the average of the daily Closing Prices per share of Common Stock for any thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days selected by the Company prior to the date in question, which thirty (30) consecutive Trading Day period shall not commence more than forty-five (45) Trading Days prior to the day in question; provided that with respect to Section 16.3(c), the “Current Market Price” of the Common Stock shall mean the average of the daily Closing Prices per share of Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date of the distribution referred to in Section 16.3(c) (or if such date shall not be a Trading Day, on the Trading Day immediately preceding such date).

 

“Debt Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Debt Securities (including any Global Note) authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, “Debt Securities” with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean Debt Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Debt Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.

 

“Default” means any event that after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default.

 

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.7(b).

 

“Denomination Currency” means, with respect to a Debt Security of any series, the currency or currencies (including units) in which such Debt Security is denominated.

 

“Designated Senior Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 18.2.

 

“Discharged” has the meaning specified in Section 15.2.

 

“Discount Security” means any Debt Security which is issued with “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Code (or any successor provision) and the regulations thereunder.

 

“Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is, by its terms, convertible or for which it is, by its terms, exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any specified event, is required to be redeemed or is redeemable (at the option of the holder thereof) at any time prior to the earlier of the repayment of all Debt Securities or the stated maturity of the Debt Securities or is exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof for Indebtedness at any time prior to the earlier of the repayment of all Debt Securities or the stated maturity of the Debt Securities.

 

“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).

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.

 

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“Floating Rate Security” means a Debt Security which provides for the payment of interest at a variable rate determined periodically by reference to an interest rate index or any other index specified pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

“Funding Guarantor” has the meaning specified in Section 17.8(a).

 

“Gaming Authority” means any governmental authority with regulatory oversight of, authority to regulate or jurisdiction over any gaming businesses or enterprises, including the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, Nevada Gaming Commission, Mississippi Gaming Commission, Indiana Gaming Commission, California Gambling Control Commission, Missouri Gaming Commission and Louisiana Gaming Control Board, with regulatory oversight of, authority to regulate or jurisdiction over any gambling, gaming, racing or casino operation (or proposed operations) owned, managed or operated by the Company or any Guarantor.

 

“Gaming Laws” means the gaming laws of a jurisdiction or jurisdictions to which the Company or a subsidiary of the Company is, or may at any time after the date of this Indenture be, subject, including all applicable provisions of all: (1) constitutions, treatises, statutes or laws governing gaming operations (including, without limitation, card club casinos and pari-mutuel race tracks) and rules, regulations and ordinances of any Gaming Authority; (2) any governmental approval relating to any gaming business (including pari-mutuel betting) or enterprise; and (3) orders, decisions, judgments, awards and decrees of any Gaming Authority.

 

“Gaming Licenses” means every material license, material, franchise, registration, or other material approval held by, or issued at any time after the date of this Indenture to, the Company or any of its subsidiaries authorizing the Company or any of its subsidiaries to own, lease, operate or otherwise conduct or manage gaming (including pari-mutuel betting) in any state or jurisdiction.

 

“Global Note” means a registered Debt Security evidencing all or part of a series of Debt Securities, including, without limitation, any temporary or permanent Global Note.

 

“Guaranteed Securities” has the meaning specified in Section 17.2.

 

“Guarantor” means, with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, any Person who has guaranteed the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such series pursuant to Article XVII, until released from such guarantee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

 

“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations of such Person arising under or in connection with any rate or basis swap, forward contract, commodity swap or option, equity or equity index swap or option, bond, note or bill option, interest rate option, foreign currency exchange transaction, cross currency rate swap, currency option, cap, collar or floor transaction, swap option, synthetic trust product, synthetic lease or any similar transaction or agreement.

 

“Holder” means a Person in whose name the Debt Security is registered.

 

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, whether contingent or otherwise, (a) any obligations for money borrowed, (b) any obligation evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments, (c) Letter of Credit Obligations and obligations in respect of other similar instruments, (d) any obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, including Capitalized Lease Obligations, (e) the maximum fixed redemption or repurchase price of Disqualified Capital Stock, (f) Indebtedness of other Persons of the types described in clauses (a) through (e) of this definition, secured by a Lien on the assets of such Person, valued, in such cases where the recourse thereof is limited to such assets, at the lesser of the principal amount of such Indebtedness or the fair market value of the subject assets, (g) Indebtedness of other Persons of the types described in clauses (a) through (e) of this definition, guaranteed by such Person and (h) the net obligations of such Person under Hedging Obligations; provided that the amount

 

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of any Indebtedness at any date shall be calculated as the outstanding balance of all unconditional obligations and the maximum liability supported by any contingent obligations at such date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Indebtedness” shall not be construed to include trade payables, credit on open account, accrued liabilities, provisional credit, daylight overdrafts or similar items. For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed redemption or repurchase price” of any Disqualified Capital Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock were repurchased on the date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Capital Stock, such fair market value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of the issuing Person. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount outstanding at any time of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount is the full amount of such Indebtedness less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Indebtedness at such time as determined in conformity with GAAP.

 

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed, or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and, unless the context otherwise requires, shall include the terms of a particular series of Debt Securities as established pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

“Interest” when used with respect to a Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only on a certain date, means interest payable after such date.

 

“Interest Payment Date” with respect to any Debt Security means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Debt Security.

 

“Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 19.10.

 

“Joint Venture” means any partnership, corporation or other entity, in which up to and including 50% of the partnership interests, outstanding voting stock or other equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and/or one or more subsidiaries.

 

“Legal defeasance option” has the meaning specified in Section 17.2.

 

“Letter of Credit Obligations” means obligations of a Person arising under or in connection with letters of credit.

 

“Lien” means, with respect to any assets, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other similar encumbrance (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell, and any filing of or agreement to give, any security interest).

 

“Mandatory sinking fund payment” has the meaning specified in Section 14.1.

 

“Maturity” when used with respect to any Debt Security means the date on which the principal of such Debt Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repayment or repurchase at the option of the holder thereof or otherwise.

 

“Maximum Net Worth” has the meaning specified in Section 17.8(b).

 

“Net Worth” has the meaning specified in Section 17.8(b).

 

“New York Banking Day” has the meaning specified in Section 19.10.

 

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“Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 17.2.

 

“Obligor” means the Company or any Guarantor.

 

“Obligor Guarantee” has the meaning specified in Section 17.2.

 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or an Executive or Senior Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel to the Company (including an employee or counsel to the Company or any subsidiary of the Company).

 

“Optional sinking fund payment” has the meaning specified in Section 14.1.

 

“Outstanding” when used with respect to Debt Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Debt Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

 

(i) Debt Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

 

(ii) Debt Securities for whose payment or redemption (including repayment at the option of the holder) money in the necessary amount and in the Payment Currency has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the holders of such Debt Securities; provided, however, that if such Debt Securities are to be redeemed, then notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made and the date for such redemption has passed;

 

(iii) Debt Securities, except to the extent provided in Section 15.2, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance as provided in Article XV;

 

(iv) Debt Securities which have been issued pursuant to Section 3.6 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Debt Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Debt Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Debt Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and

 

(v) Debt Securities converted into Common Stock pursuant to or in accordance with this Indenture;

 

Provided, however, that in determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of Debt Securities Outstanding have performed any Act hereunder, Debt Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding (provided, that in connection with any offer by the Company or any obligor to purchase Debt Securities, Debt Securities tendered by a holder shall be Outstanding until the date of purchase), except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such Act, only Debt Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to act with respect to such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities have performed any Act hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2.

 

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“Overdue Rate” when used with respect to any series of the Debt Securities, means the rate designated as such in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or the supplemental indenture, as the case may be, relating to such series as contemplated by Section 3.1.

 

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities on behalf of the Company.

 

“Payment Currency” means, with respect to a Debt Security of any series, the currency or currencies (including units) in which such Debt Security is payable.

 

“Permanent Global Note” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4(b).

 

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

 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

 

“Place of Payment” when used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of that series are payable as specified pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Debt Security means every previous Debt Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Debt Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Debt Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security.

 

“Principal” includes, with respect to Debt Securities of any series, principal payable upon redemption or repurchase of Debt Securities of such series.

 

“Redemption Date” means the date fixed for redemption of any Debt Security pursuant to this Indenture.

 

“Redemption Price” means, in the case of a Discount Security, the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable in the Payment Currency as of the Redemption Date upon a declaration of acceleration pursuant to Section 5.2, and in the case of any other Debt Security, the principal amount thereof, plus, in each case, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, payable in the Payment Currency.

 

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on the Debt Securities of any series on any Interest Payment Date means the date specified for the purpose pursuant to Section 3.1 for such Interest Payment Date.

 

“Representative” has the meaning specified in Section 18.2.

 

“Required Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 19.10.

 

“Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee means any vice president or any assistant vice president or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any

 

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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 and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

 

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.5(a).

 

“Senior Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 18.2.

 

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7(b).

 

“Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Debt Security or any installment of principal thereof or premium thereon or interest thereon means the date specified in such Debt Security representing such installment of interest, as the date on which the principal of such Debt Security or such installment of principal, premium or interest is due and payable.

 

“Subsidiary” means (i) a corporation a majority of whose capital stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by the Company or (ii) any other Person, (other than a corporation) in which the Company, directly or indirectly, has at least a majority ownership interest.

 

“Successor corporation” has the meaning specified in Section 10.1(a).

 

“Temporary Global Note” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4(b).

 

“Trading Day” shall mean, with respect to the Common Stock, so long as the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange or a principal exchange, a day on which the New York Stock Exchange or such principal exchange is open for the transaction of business.

 

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, then “Trustee” as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of such series.

 

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

“U.S. Depositary” means a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto, which shall in either case be designated by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 until a successor U.S. Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “U.S. Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a U.S. Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, then “U.S. Depositary” as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the U.S. Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities of that series.

 

“U.S. Government Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 15.2.

 

“Vice President” includes, with respect to the Company, any Executive or Senior Vice President and includes, with respect to the Trustee, any Vice President, whether or not designated by a number or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President.”

 

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SECTION 1.2    COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.

 

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

 

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than certificates provided pursuant to Section 12.2) shall include:

 

(a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

 

(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 each such individual, such individual has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable that individual to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

 

(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that with respect to matters of law, an Officers’ Certificate may be based upon an Opinion of Counsel, unless the signers know, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that such Opinion of Counsel is erroneous, and provided, further, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials, unless the signer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that any such document is erroneous.

 

SECTION 1.3    FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.

 

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

 

Any certificate, statement or opinion of a Person may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate, report or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Company, unless such Person actually knows that the certificate, report or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion is based are erroneous.

 

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

 

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ARTICLE II

 

DEBT SECURITY FORMS

 

SECTION 2.1    FORMS GENERALLY.

 

The Debt Securities of each series shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto or in such other form as shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which any series of the Debt Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities. If the form of Debt Securities (or any Global Note) of any series is established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee, together with an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the form of such series, at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities (or any such Global Note).

 

Subject to Section 3.4, the definitive Debt Securities of each series shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities.

 

SECTION 2.2    FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.

 

Except as may be otherwise provided in a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto establishing a series of Debt Securities, the form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by the Debt Securities shall be substantially as follows:

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the series of Debt Securities issued under the within mentioned Indenture.

 

[NAME OF TRUSTEE], as Trustee

By:

 
    Authorized Signatory

Dated:

 

 

SECTION 2.3    SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM.

 

If any Debt Security of a series is issued as a Global Note, such Global Note may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee and in such manner as shall be specified in such Global Note. Any instructions by the Company with respect to a Global Note, after its initial issuance, shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.2.

 

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Global Notes may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form. Permanent Global Notes will be issued in definitive form.

 

Every Global Note authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS DEBT SECURITY IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS DEBT SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY DEBT SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS DEBT SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL NOTE SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

 

ARTICLE III

 

THE DEBT SECURITIES

 

SECTION 3.1    AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.

 

The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Debt Securities of any series:

 

(a) The title of such Debt Securities of the series, including CUSIP numbers (which shall distinguish the Debt Securities of such series from all other series of Debt Securities);

 

(b) The initial aggregate principal amount of such series of Debt Securities and any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 11.6 or 13.7);

 

(c) The percentage of the principal amount at which the Debt Securities of such series will be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount thereof payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity or upon redemption thereof or the method by which such portion shall be determined;

 

(d) The date or dates on which, or periods during which, the Debt Securities of such series may be issued, and the date or dates or the method by which such date or dates will be determined, on which the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the Debt Securities of such series are or may be payable (which, if so provided in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, may be determined by the Company from time to time as set forth in the Debt Securities of such series issued from time to time);

 

(e) The rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Debt Securities of such series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined (which, in either case or both, if so provided in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, may be determined by the Company from time to time and set forth in the Debt Securities of such series issued from time to time) and the circumstances, if any, in which the Company may defer interest payments; and the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable (or the method of determination thereof), and the Regular Record Dates, if any, for the interest payable on such Interest Payment Dates and the notice, if any, to holders regarding the

 

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determination of interest, the manner of giving such notice, the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and any conditions or contingencies as to the payment of interest in cash or otherwise, if any;

 

(f) The place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the Corporate Trust Office of the applicable Trustee where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Debt Securities of such series shall be payable and where such Debt Securities may be surrendered for conversion or registration of transfer or exchange; the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on any Global Note on an Interest Payment Date will be paid, if other than in the manner provided in Section 3.7; the extent, if any, to which the provisions of the last sentence of Section 12.1 shall apply to the Debt Securities of such series; and the manner in which any principal of, or premium, if any, on, any Global Note will be paid, if other than as set forth elsewhere herein and whether any Global Note will require any notation to evidence payment of principal or interest;

 

(g) The obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay, purchase or offer to purchase Debt Securities of such series pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or upon other conditions or at the option of the holder thereof and the period or periods within which or the dates on which, the prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Debt Securities of such series shall be redeemed, repaid, purchased or offered to be purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

 

(h) The right, if any, of the Company to redeem the Debt Securities of such series at its option and the period or periods within which, or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such Debt Securities may be redeemed, if any, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or otherwise;

 

(i) The denominations of the Debt Securities of such series if other than denominations of U.S. $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof (except as provided in Section 3.4);

 

(j) If other than U.S. dollars, the Denomination Currency, and the particular provisions applicable thereto;

 

(k) If the Company or a Holder of the Debt Securities of such series may elect one or more Payment Currencies (including currency unit or units) other than the Denomination Currency, the terms and conditions for making payments in such Payment Currencies, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments shall be determined, and the particular provisions applicable thereto;

 

(l) If the amount of payments of principal of, premium and other amounts, if any, and interest on the Debt Securities of such series shall be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than the Denomination Currency or the Payment Currency for the Debt Securities of such series, the index, formula or other method by which such amounts shall be determined;

 

(m) Whether the Debt Securities of the series are to be issued as Discount Securities and the amount of discount with which such Debt Securities may be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Debt Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2;

 

(n) Additional provisions, if any, for the defeasance or discharge of certain of the Company’s obligations with respect to Debt Securities of the series, which provisions may be in addition to, or in substitution for, or in modification of (or any combination of the foregoing), the provisions of the Indenture;

 

(o) Whether provisions for payment of additional amounts or tax redemptions shall apply and, if such provisions shall apply, such provisions;

 

(p) The date as of which any Debt Securities of the series shall be dated, if other than as set forth in Section 3.3;

 

(q) The applicable Overdue Rate, if any;

 

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(r) If the Debt Securities of the series do not bear interest, the applicable dates for purposes of Section 7.1;

 

(s) Any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any Event of Default or covenant provided for in this Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of the series;

 

(t) Whether the Debt Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the U.S. Depositary or any Common Depositary for such Global Note or Notes; and the manner in which and the circumstances under which Global Notes representing Debt Securities of the series may be exchanged for Debt Securities in definitive form, if other than, or in addition to, the manner and circumstances specified in Section 3.4(c);

 

(u) The designation, if any, of any depositaries, trustees (other than the Trustee), Paying Agents, Authenticating Agents, Conversion Agents, Security Registrars (other than the Trustee) or other agents with respect to the Debt Securities of such series;

 

(v) If the Debt Securities of such series will be issuable in definitive form only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or upon satisfaction of certain conditions, the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;

 

(w) Whether the Debt Securities of such series will be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock or for shares of another entity or other securities or property of the Company or another entity, and, if so, the terms and conditions, which may be in addition to or in lieu of the provisions contained in this Indenture, upon which such Debt Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the conversion price or exchange rate and the conversion or exchange period;

 

(x) The portion of the principal amount of the Debt Securities which will be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof, if other than the principal amount thereof;

 

(y) The terms, if any, on which the Debt Securities of such series will be subordinate to other debt of the Company;

 

(z) Any listing or intended listing of the Debt Securities on a securities exchange;

 

(aa) The provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Debt Securities of such series;

 

(bb) The provisions, if any, relating to any guarantees of the Debt Securities; and

 

(cc) The subordination of the Debt Securities of such series to other Indebtedness of the Company, including without limitation, the Debt Securities of any other series.

 

(dd) Any other terms of the series including without limitation provisions governing forms of such series and authentication requirements, except for provisions mandated by the TIA.

 

All Debt Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth in such Officers’ Certificate, or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Debt Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time, and unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuance of additional Debt Securities of such series.

 

If any of the terms of a series of Debt Securities is established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

 

SECTION 3.2    DENOMINATIONS.

 

The Debt Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. In the absence of any specification pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Debt Securities of such series shall be issuable

 

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only as Debt Securities in denominations of U.S. $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and shall be payable only in U.S. dollars.

 

SECTION 3.3    EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.

 

The Debt Securities of any series shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, one of its Executive or Senior Vice Presidents or its Treasurer. The signature of any of these officers may be manual or facsimile. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Debt Security that has been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.

 

Debt Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Debt Securities.

 

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Debt Securities of any series, executed by the Company, to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities. If all the Debt Securities of any one series are not to be issued at one time and if a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Debt Securities such as interest rate, Stated Maturity, date of issuance and date from which interest, if any, shall accrue. If any Debt Security shall be represented by a permanent Global Note, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 3.4, the notation of a beneficial owner’s interest therein upon original issuance of such Debt Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Note shall be deemed to be delivery in connection with the original issuance of such beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent Global Note.

 

The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, prior to the authentication and delivery of the Debt Securities of such series, (i) the supplemental indenture or the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which the form and terms of such Debt Securities have been approved, (ii) an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture have been complied with and that, to the best knowledge of the signers of such certificates, no Event of Default with respect to the applicable Debt Securities shall have occurred and be continuing and (iii) an Opinion of Counsel substantially to the effect that:

 

(a) the form and terms of such Debt Securities, have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

 

(b) such Debt Securities, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Debt Securities if the issuance of such Debt Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Debt Securities and this Indenture in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

 

Unless otherwise provided for in the form of Debt Security, each Debt Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

 

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Except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto establishing a series of Debt Securities, no Debt Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Debt Security a certificate of authentication substantially in one of the forms provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee or by an Authenticating Agent, and such certificate upon any Debt Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Debt Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Debt Security shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Debt Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.8 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 1.2) stating that such Debt Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Debt Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

SECTION 3.4    TEMPORARY DEBT SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTES FOR DEFINITIVE DEBT SECURITIES; GLOBAL NOTES REPRESENTING DEBT SECURITIES.

 

(a) Pending the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Debt Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination for Debt Securities of such series, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Debt Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Debt Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities. Every such temporary Debt Security shall be executed by the Company and shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the definitive Debt Securities in lieu of which they are issued.

 

Except in the case of temporary Debt Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if temporary Debt Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Debt Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of such series, the temporary Debt Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Debt Securities of such series, of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and provisions, upon surrender of the temporary Debt Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for such series, without charge to the holder, except as provided in Section 3.5 in connection with a transfer. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Debt Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of authorized denominations in the same Denomination Currency and of a like Stated Maturity and like terms and provisions. Until so exchanged, the temporary Debt Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities of such series.

 

(b) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.1 that the Debt Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 3.3 and the Company Order with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Notes in temporary (“Temporary Global Note”) or permanent (“Permanent Global Note”) form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount (in the same Denomination Currency) of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series to be represented by one or more Global Notes, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the U.S. Depositary for such Global Note or Notes or the nominee of such depositary, and (iii) shall bear a legend substantially as set forth in Section 2.3.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or Section 3.5, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Debt Securities in definitive form, a Global Note representing all or a portion of the Registered

 

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Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the U.S. Depositary for such series to a nominee of such depositary or by a nominee of such depositary to such depositary or another nominee of such depositary or by such depositary or any such nominee to a successor U.S. Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor depositary.

 

If at any time the U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series or if at any time the U.S. Depositary for Debt Securities of a series shall no longer be a clearing agency registered and in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor U.S. Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities of such series. If a successor U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Debt Securities of such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

 

(c) The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Debt Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Notes shall no longer be represented by such Global Note or Notes. In such event, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Debt Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

 

If the Debt Securities of any series shall have been issued in the form of one or more Global Notes and if an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company will promptly execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Debt Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

 

If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to Debt Securities of a series, the U.S. Depositary for such series of Debt Securities may surrender a Global Note for such series of Debt Securities in exchange in whole or in part for Debt Securities of such series in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without charge:

 

(i) to each Person specified by the U.S. Depositary a new Debt Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in an aggregate principal amount (in the same Denomination Currency) equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Note; and

 

(ii) to the U.S. Depositary a new Global Note in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount (in the same Denomination Currency) of the surrendered Global Note and the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities delivered to holders thereof.

 

Upon the exchange of a Global Note for Debt Securities in definitive form, such Global Note shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Debt Securities issued in exchange for a Global Note pursuant to this subsection (c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the U.S. Depositary for such Global Note, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Debt Securities to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities are so registered.

 

SECTION 3.5    REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.

 

(a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the registers maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein

 

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sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Debt Securities and of transfers and exchanges of Debt Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Debt Securities and registering transfers and exchanges of Debt Securities as herein provided; provided, however, that the Company may appoint co-Security Registrars or the terms of any series of Debt Securities may provide otherwise.

 

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Debt Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new Debt Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount (in the same Denomination Currency) of such denominations as are authorized for Debt Securities of such series and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions.

 

Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.4 and this Section 3.5, at the option of the holder, Debt Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Debt Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions, upon surrender of the Debt Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Debt Securities are surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Debt Securities which the holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

 

(b) All Debt Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Debt Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Debt Securities surrendered for such transfer or exchange.

 

Every Debt Security presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed, by the holder thereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing.

 

No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of Debt Securities except as provided in Section 3.4(b) or 3.6. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration, transfer or exchange of Debt Securities, other than those expressly provided in this Indenture to be made at the Company’s own expense or without expense or without charge to the holders.

 

The Company shall not be required (i) to register, transfer or exchange Debt Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the transmission of a notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series selected for redemption under Section 13.3 and ending at the close of business on the day of such transmission, or (ii) to register, transfer or exchange any Debt Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Debt Security being redeemed in part.

 

SECTION 3.6    MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN DEBT SECURITIES.

 

If (i) any mutilated Debt Security is surrendered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or (ii) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Debt Security, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless, and neither the Company nor the Trustee receives notice that such Debt Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, then the Company shall execute and upon Company Request, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security, a new Debt Security of the same series of like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions and like principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding.

 

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In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Debt Security, pay the amount due on such Debt Security.

 

Upon the issuance of any new Debt Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in respect thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

 

Every new Debt Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Debt Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.

 

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities.

 

SECTION 3.7    PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.

 

(a) Interest on any Debt Security which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest notwithstanding the cancellation of such Debt Security upon any transfer or exchange subsequent to the Regular Record Date. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, payment of interest on Debt Securities shall be made at the place or places specified pursuant to Section 3.1 or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or, if provided pursuant to Section 3.1, by wire transfer to an account designated by the registered holder.

 

(b) Any interest on any Debt Security which is payable but is not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of his having been such registered holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

 

(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Debt Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the holders of such Debt Securities at their addresses as they appear in the Security Register, not less than 15 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

 

 

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(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Debt Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Debt Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

 

(c) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Debt Security delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of, in exchange for, or in lieu of, any other Debt Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Debt Security.

 

SECTION 3.8    CANCELLATION.

 

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Debt Securities of any series, all Debt Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or credit against any sinking fund surrendered for payment or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Debt Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Debt Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Debt Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued, and all Debt Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Debt Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Debt Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Debt Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in its customary manner. The acquisition of any Debt Securities by the Company shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented thereby unless and until such Debt Securities are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. Permanent Global Notes shall not be disposed of until exchanged in full for definitive Debt Securities or until payment thereon is made in full.

 

SECTION 3.9    COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.

 

Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Debt Securities of any series, interest on the Debt Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

SECTION 3.10    MANDATORY DISPOSITION OF DEBT SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GAMING LAWS.

 

Each holder and beneficial owner, by accepting or otherwise acquiring an interest in the Debt Securities, shall be deemed to have agreed that if the Gaming Authority of any jurisdiction in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts or proposes to conduct gaming requires that a Person who is a holder or beneficial owner must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under the applicable Gaming Laws, such holder or beneficial owner shall apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within the required time period. If any Gaming Authority makes a determination of unsuitability of a Holder or beneficial owner of Debt Securities (or of an Affiliate of such Holder or beneficial owner) or any Gaming Authority requires that a Holder or beneficial owner of Debt Securities (or an Affiliate thereof) must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable Gaming Laws and such Holder or beneficial owner (or an Affiliate thereof) fails to apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within 30 days (or such shorter period as may be required by the applicable Gaming Authority) after being requested to do so by the Gaming Authority, or is denied such license or qualification or is not found suitable, then the Company shall have the right, at its option, notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture (i) to require such Person to dispose of its Debt Securities or beneficial interest therein within 30 days (or such earlier date as may be required by the applicable Gaming Authority) of receipt such notice or finding by Gaming Authority or (ii) to redeem such Debt Securities at a redemption price equal to the least of: (x) 100% of the principal amount thereof or (y) the price at which such Person acquired the Debt Securities, in case of either clause (x) or clause (y), together with accrued and unpaid interest to the earlier of the

 

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date of redemption or the date of the denial of license or qualification or of the finding of unsuitability by such Gaming Authority, or (z) such other lesser amount as may be required by any Gaming Authority. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any such redemption as soon as practicable. The Company shall not be responsible for any costs or expenses any such Holder or beneficial owner may incur in connection with its application for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, immediately upon a determination by a Gaming Authority that a Holder or beneficial owner of the Debt Securities (or an Affiliate thereof) will not be licensed, qualified or found suitable or is denied a license, qualification or finding of suitability, the Holder or beneficial owner will not have any further rights with respect to the Debt Securities to: (i) to exercise, directly or indirectly, through any trustee, nominee or any other person or entity, any right conferred by the Debt Securities or (ii) to receive any interest or any other distribution or payment with respect to the Debt Securities or any remuneration in any form from the Company for services rendered or otherwise, except the redemption price of the Debt Securities.

 

SECTION 3.11    CUSIP NUMBERS.

 

The Company in issuing the Securities 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 as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

 

SECTION 3.12    WIRE TRANSFERS.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company may make any payment of moneys required to be deposited with the Trustee on account of principal of, or premium and other amounts, if any, or interest on the Debt Securities (whether pursuant to optional or mandatory redemption payments, interest payments or otherwise) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Trustee on or before the date and time such moneys are to be paid to the Holders of the Debt Securities in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

SECTION 4.1    SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.

 

This Indenture shall, upon Company Request, cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Debt Securities specified in such Company Request (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of such Debt Securities herein expressly provided for and rights to receive payments of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when:

 

(a) either

 

(1) all Debt Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Debt Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6, and (ii) Debt Securities of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 12.4) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

(2) all Debt Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation:

 

(i) have become due and payable, or

 

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(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

 

(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, or

 

(iv) the Company either complies with any other condition or terms specified pursuant to Section 3.1, or

 

if not so specified in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) of this subclause (a), has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose cash in the Payment Currency or, in the case of a series of Debt Securities payable in dollars, U.S. Government Obligations in an amount certified to be sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Debt Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Debt Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, in the event a petition for relief under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit and the Trustee is required to return the deposited money to the Company, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Debt Securities shall not be deemed terminated or discharged;

 

(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company;

 

(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series have been complied with; and

 

(d) no event or condition shall exist on the date of such deposit that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.3 or 18.4, would prevent the Company from making payments of the principal of or interest on the Debt Securities of such series on the date of such deposit.

 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.7, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14, the obligations of the Company under Section 12.1, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (2) of clause (a) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and Section 15.4 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

 

SECTION 4.2    APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.

 

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.4, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Debt Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.

 

SECTION 4.3    APPLICATION TO A SPECIFIC SERIES OF SECURITIES.

 

The Company may elect to satisfy and discharge its obligations with respect to a specific series of Debt Securities under this Indenture by complying with the terms of Article 4. If the Company makes such election, (a) the terms of Sections 4.01 and 4.02 shall apply only to the specific series of Debt Securities and the terms of this Indenture as it relates to such series of Debt Securities and (b) the other Debt Securities issued hereunder and this Indenture as it relates to such other Debt Securities shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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ARTICLE V

 

REMEDIES

 

SECTION 5.1    EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

 

“Event of Default” wherever used herein with respect to Debt Securities of any series means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law, pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

 

(a) default in the payment of any interest upon any Debt Security of such series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

 

(b) default in the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debt Security of such series at its Maturity; or

 

(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Debt Security of such series; or

 

(d) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of any Obligor in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which expressly has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Debt Securities of a series other than such series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 120 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

 

(e) the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable federal or state law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or

 

(f) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or the consent by it to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or

 

(g) any other Event of Default or variations in the foregoing Events of Default provided with respect to Debt Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

No Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of a series shall constitute an Event of Default with respect to any other series unless expressly provided for in a Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture with respect to such series.

 

SECTION 5.2    ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the

 

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Outstanding Debt Securities of such series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Discount Securities as may be specified in the terms of such Discount Securities) of all the Debt Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) plus accrued and unpaid interest (and premium, if payable) shall become immediately due and payable. Upon payment of such amount all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment of principal of the Debt Securities of such series shall terminate.

 

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Debt Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

 

(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

 

(1) all overdue installments of interest on all Debt Securities of such series,

 

(2) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debt Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Debt Securities,

 

(3) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest on each Debt Security of such series at the Overdue Rate, and

 

(4) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and

 

(b) All Events of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of Debt Securities of such series which has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.

 

No such rescission and waiver shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

SECTION 5.3    COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE.

 

The Company covenants that, if:

 

(a) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Debt Security when such interest or payment becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days,

 

(b) default is made in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Debt Security at the Maturity thereof, or

 

(c) default is made in the making or satisfaction of any sinking fund payment or analogous obligation when the same becomes due pursuant to the terms of the Debt Securities of any series, then the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the holders of such Debt Securities, the amount then due and payable on such Debt Securities for the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and upon overdue installments of interest, at the Overdue Rate; and, in addition thereto, 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.

 

If the Company fails to pay such amount forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid,

 

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and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Debt Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Debt Securities wherever situated.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee may, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the holders of Debt Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem necessary to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

 

SECTION 5.4    TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.

 

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceedings, or any voluntary or involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, relative to the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities, of a particular series or the property of the Company, any Guarantor or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of such Debt Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company, any Guarantor or any obligor for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

 

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or, if the Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be due and payable with respect to such series pursuant to a declaration in accordance with Section 5.2) (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Debt Securities of such series and to file such 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 of the holders of such Debt Securities allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

 

(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any receiver, assignee, trustee, custodian, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each such 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 such holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due 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 6.7.

 

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 Debt Securities of such series or the rights of any holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any holder in any such proceeding.

 

SECTION 5.5    TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF DEBT SECURITIES.

 

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Debt Securities of any series may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Debt Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own

 

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name, as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Debt Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

SECTION 5.6    APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.

 

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Debt Securities of any series in respect of which money has been collected and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

 

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7.

 

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of such series, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Debt Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and

 

THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company or any Person or Persons entitled thereto.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 5.6. At least ten (10) days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder and the Company a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.

 

SECTION 5.7    LIMITATION ON SUITS.

 

No holder of any Debt Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

 

(a) such holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to such series;

 

(b) the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

 

(c) such holder or holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

 

(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

 

(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of such holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such holders or of the holders of Outstanding Debt Securities of any other series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such holders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 5.7, each and every holder of Debt Securities of any series and the Trustee for such series shall be entitled to such relief as can be given at law or in equity.

 

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SECTION 5.8    UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the holder of any Debt Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.7 and 3.10) interest on such Debt Security on the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Debt Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and interest thereon, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such holder.

 

SECTION 5.9    RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.

 

If the Trustee or any holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this 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 the Company, the Trustee and the holders shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

SECTION 5.10    RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.

 

Except as otherwise expressly provided elsewhere in this Indenture, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

SECTION 5.11    DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.

 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or any acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Indenture or by law to the Trustee or to the holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the holders, as the case may be.

 

SECTION 5.12    CONTROL BY HOLDERS.

 

The holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, provided that:

 

(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture;

 

(b) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would be unduly prejudicial to the holders of Debt Securities of such series not joining in any such direction; and

 

(c) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction or this Indenture.

 

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SECTION 5.13    WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.

 

The holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, by notice to the Trustee, may, on behalf of the holders of all Debt Securities of such series, waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default:

 

(a) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of such series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment or analogous obligation with respect to the Debt Securities of such series (provided, however, that the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Debt Securities may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related default that resulted from such acceleration), or

 

(b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which, pursuant to Article XI, cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of such series affected.

 

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 the Debt Securities of such series under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

SECTION 5.14    UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.

 

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Debt Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, 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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit other than the Trustee of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant, but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any holder or group of holders holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any holder of a Debt Security for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Security on or after the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Debt Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

 

SECTION 5.15    WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.

 

Each Obligor 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 or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each Obligor (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.

 

SECTION 5.16    REMEDIES SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW.

 

All rights, remedies and powers provided by this Article 5 may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law, and all the provisions of this Indenture are intended to be subject to all applicable, including applicable Gaming Laws, and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they will not render this Indenture invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law.

 

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ARTICLE VI

 

THE TRUSTEE

 

SECTION 6.1    CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

 

(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of any series,

 

(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(2) 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; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

 

(b) In case an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall, with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

 

(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that

 

(1) This subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section;

 

(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

 

(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Debt Securities of any series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture; and

 

(4) The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

 

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

 

SECTION 6.2    NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.

 

Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to Debt Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give notice to all holders of Debt Securities of such series of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Debt Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the holders of Debt Securities of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.1(d) with respect to Debt Securities of such series no

 

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such notice to holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series.

 

Notice given pursuant to this Section 6.2 shall be transmitted by mail:

 

(a) to all registered holders, as the names and addresses of the registered holders appear in the Security Register; and

 

(b) to each holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.2(a) of this Indenture.

 

SECTION 6.3    CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.

 

Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.1:

 

(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting, upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

 

(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

 

(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;

 

(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

 

(e) 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 of Debt Securities of any series pursuant to this Indenture, unless such holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

 

(f) 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, in its discretion, may 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 Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense of the Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

 

(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

 

(h) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

 

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(i) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Debt Securities of any series under this Indenture;

 

(i) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder; and

 

(k) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individual and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sigh an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

 

SECTION 6.4    NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF DEBT SECURITIES

 

The recitals contained herein and in the Debt Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities of any series. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Debt Securities or the proceeds thereof.

 

SECTION 6.5    MAY HOLD DEBT SECURITIES.

 

The Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Debt Securities and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

 

SECTION 6.6    MONEY HELD IN TRUST.

 

Money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be under any liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.

 

SECTION 6.7    COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.

 

The Company agrees:

 

(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

 

(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance shall be determined to have been caused by its negligence or willful misconduct; and

 

(c) to fully indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

 

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The Company agree to fully indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

 

As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Debt Securities, upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of amounts due on the Debt Securities.

 

The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.7 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee for reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness under this Indenture and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

SECTION 6.8    DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS.

 

If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have conflicting interest with respect to the Debt Securities of any series by virtue of being Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series of Debt Securities other than that series.

 

SECTION 6.9    CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.

 

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by federal, state or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Neither the Company nor any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee upon any Debt Securities.

 

This Indenture will 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 6.10    RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.

 

(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 6.11.

 

(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.

 

(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and a successor Trustee appointed by Act of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a

 

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successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.

 

(d) If at any time:

 

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company or by any holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security of such series for at least six months, or

 

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such holder,

 

(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or

 

(4) any Gaming Authority requires that the Trustee must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable Gaming Laws or otherwise determines that the Trustee is incapable of acting in its capacity as a trustee under this Indenture,

 

then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Debt Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security of any series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series.

 

(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and, to that extent, supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the holders of such series and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security of such series for at least six months may, subject to Section 5.14, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.

 

(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 19.2 to the holders of Debt Securities of such series. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

 

SECTION 6.11    ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.

 

(a) In the case of an appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Debt Securities, each such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring

 

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Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee, but, on request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 6.7.

 

(b) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

 

(c) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

 

SECTION 6.12    MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.

 

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Debt Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Debt Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Debt Securities. In case any Debt Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities, in either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee.

 

SECTION 6.13    PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.

 

If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any Guarantor or other obligor upon the Debt Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of such claims against the Company (or any such Guarantor or other obligor). A Trustee that has resigned or been removed shall be subject to and comply with said Section 311 to the extent required thereby.

 

SECTION 6.14    APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.

 

As long as any Debt Securities of a series remain Outstanding, upon a Company Request, there shall be an authenticating agent (the “Authenticating Agent”) appointed, for such period as the Company shall elect, by the Trustee for such series of Debt Securities to act as its agent on its behalf and subject to its direction in connection with the authentication and delivery of each series of Debt Securities for which it is serving as Trustee. Debt Securities of each such series authenticated by such Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by such Trustee. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Debt Securities of any series by the Trustee for such series or to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee for such series by an Authenticating Agent for such series and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of such Trustee by such Authenticating Agent, except that only the Trustee may authenticate Debt Securities upon original issuance and pursuant to Section 3.6 hereof. Such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a

 

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combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

 

Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted, or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency business of any Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be the Authenticating Agent with respect to all series of Debt Securities for which it served as Authenticating Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee for such series or such Authenticating Agent. Any Authenticating Agent may at any time, and if it shall cease to be eligible shall, resign by giving written notice of resignation to the applicable Trustee and to the Company.

 

Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.14 with respect to one or more or all series of Debt Securities, the Trustee for such series shall, upon Company Request, appoint a successor Authenticating Agent, and the Company shall provide notice of such appointment to all holders of Debt Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 19.2. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent herein. The Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series agrees to pay to the Authenticating Agent for such series from time to time reasonable compensation for its services, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payment, subject to the provisions of Section 6.7. The Authenticating Agent for the Debt Securities of any series shall have no responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such at the direction of the Trustee for such series, except arising out of its negligence or willful misconduct.

 

If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Debt Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

 

This is one of the series of Debt Securities issued under the within mentioned Indenture.

 

[NAME OF TRUSTEE] As Trustee

By:

 
   

As Authenticating Agent

By:

 
   

Authorized Signatory

 

SECTION 6.15    COMPLIANCE WITH TAX LAWS.

 

The Trustee hereby agrees to comply with all U.S. Federal tax information reporting and withholding requirements applicable to it with respect to payments of premium, other amounts (if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of any series, whether acting as Trustee, Security Registrar, Payment Agent or otherwise with respect to the Debt Securities of any series.

 

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ARTICLE VII

 

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

 

SECTION 7.1    COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.

 

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of each series for which it acts as Trustee:

 

(a) semi-annually on a date not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date with respect to an Interest Payment Date, if any, for the Debt Securities of such series (or on semi-annual dates in each year to be determined pursuant to Section 3.1 if the Debt Securities of such series do not bear interest), a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the registered holders as of the date 15 days next preceding each such Regular Record Date (or such semi-annual dates, as the case may be); and

 

(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;

Provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar for such series, no such list need be furnished.

 

SECTION 7.2    PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATION TO HOLDERS.

 

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 received by it in the capacity of Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder, and filed with it within the two preceding years pursuant to Section 7.3(c)(2).

 

The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished, destroy any information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon delivering to itself as Trustee, not earlier than 45 days after an Interest Payment Date, a list containing the names and addresses of the holders obtained from such information since the delivery of the next previous list, if any, destroy any list delivered to itself as Trustee which was compiled from information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon the receipt of a new list so delivered, and destroy, not earlier than two years after filing, any information filed with it pursuant to Section 7.3(c)(2).

 

(b) If three or more holders (hereinafter referred to as “applicants”) apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Debt Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other holders of Debt Securities of a particular series (in which case the applicants must hold Debt Securities of such series) or with all holders of Debt Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Debt Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either

 

(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.2(a), or

 

(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of holders of Debt Securities of such series or of all Debt Securities, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.2(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such holders the form of proxy or other communication, specified in such application.

 

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If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon written request of such applicants, mail to the holders of Debt Securities of such series or all holders, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.2(a), a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five Business Days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the holders of Debt Securities of such series or all holders, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application.

 

(c) Every holder of the Debt Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the holders in accordance with Section 7.2(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing of any material pursuant to a request made under Section 7.2(b).

 

SECTION 7.3    REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.

 

(a) Within 60 days after May 15th of each year, commencing with the first May 15th after the first issuance of Debt Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall, to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act, transmit to all holders of Debt Securities of any series with respect to which it acts as Trustee a brief report dated such date that complies with the 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 transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c).

 

(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Debt Securities of such series are listed, with the Commission and also with the Company in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when any series of Debt Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

 

SECTION 7.4    REPORTS BY COMPANY.

 

(a) Unless otherwise specified with respect to a particular series of Debt Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, the Company will file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(b) Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.4(a) above is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

 

SECTION 8.1    ACTS OF HOLDERS.

 

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by holders of Debt Securities may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such holders in person or by an agent or proxy duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the holders signing such instrument or instruments. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may take any Act, the fact that the holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by the instrument or instruments executed by holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of such holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article IX, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of holders.

 

SECTION 8.2    PROOF OF OWNERSHIP; PROOF OF EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS BY HOLDER.

 

The ownership of Debt Securities of any series shall be proved by the Security Register for such series or by a certificate of the Security Registrar for such series.

 

Subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1, 6.3 and 9.5, proof of the execution of a writing appointing an agent or proxy and of the execution of any instrument by a holder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the following manner:

 

The fact and date of the execution by any such person of any instrument may be proved by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgements of deeds, that the Person executing such instrument acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness to such execution sworn to before any such notary or other such officer. Where such execution is by an officer of a corporation or association or a member of a partnership on behalf of such corporation, association or partnership, as the case may be, or by any other Person acting in a representative capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.

 

The record of any holders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 9.6.

 

The Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section so long as the request is a reasonable one.

 

SECTION 8.3    PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.

 

The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Debt Security is registered as the owner of such Debt Security for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.7) interest, if any, on such Debt Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Debt Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All payments made to any holder, or upon his order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon such Debt Security.

 

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SECTION 8.4    REVOCATION OF CONSENTS; FUTURE HOLDERS BOUND.

 

At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.1, of the taking of any Act by the holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such Act, any holder of a Debt Security the number, letter or other distinguishing symbol of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Debt Securities the holders of which have consented to such Act may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of ownership as provided in Section 8.2, revoke such Act so far as it concerns such Debt Security. Except as aforesaid, any such Act taken by the holder of any Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.8, upon all future holders of such Debt Security and of any Debt Securities issued on transfer or in lieu thereof or in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Debt Security or such other Debt Securities.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

HOLDERS’ MEETINGS

 

SECTION 9.1    PURPOSES OF MEETINGS.

 

A meeting of holders of any or all series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX for any of the following purposes:

 

(a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee for such series, or to give any directions to the Trustee for such series, or to consent to the waiving of any default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article V;

 

(b) to remove the Trustee for such series and appoint a successor Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article VI;

 

(c) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.2; or

 

(d) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any one or more or all series, as the case may be, under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

 

SECTION 9.2    CALL OF MEETINGS BY TRUSTEE.

 

The Trustee for any series may at any time call a meeting of holders of such series to take any action specified in Section 9.1, to be held at such time or times and at such place or places as the Trustee for such series shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the holders of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given to holders of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 19.2. Such notice shall be given not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

 

SECTION 9.3    CALL OF MEETINGS BY COMPANY OR HOLDERS.

 

In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of a series or of all series, as the case may be, shall have requested the Trustee for such series to call a meeting of holders of any or all such series by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have given the notice of such meeting within 10 days after the receipt of such request, then the Company or such holders may determine the time or times and the place or places for such meetings and may call such meetings to take any action authorized in Section 9.1, by giving notice thereof as provided in Section 9.2.

 

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SECTION 9.4    QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING.

 

To be entitled to vote at any meeting of holders, a Person shall be (a) a holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such meeting is being held or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as agent or proxy by such holder. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee for the series with respect to which such meeting is being held and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

 

SECTION 9.5    REGULATIONS.

 

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee for any series may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of holders of such series, in regard to proof of the holding of Debt Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate.

 

The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by holders of such series as provided in Section 9.3, in which case the Company or the holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by at least a majority vote of the meeting.

 

Subject to the provisos in the definition of “Outstanding,” at any meeting each holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such meeting is being held or proxy therefor shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount (or such other amount as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1) of Debt Securities of such series held or represented by such holder; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Debt Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Outstanding Debt Securities of such series held by him or her or instruments in writing duly designating him or her as the person to vote on behalf of holders of Debt Securities of such series. Any meeting of holders with respect to which a meeting was duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.2 or 9.3 may be adjourned from time to time by at least a majority of such holders present and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

 

SECTION 9.6    VOTING.

 

The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of holders of a series of Debt Securities with respect to which such meeting is being held shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of such holders or of their representatives by proxy and the serial number or numbers of the Debt Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of holders shall be taken and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was transmitted as provided in Section 9.2. The record shall show the serial numbers of the Debt Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee.

 

Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

 

 

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SECTION 9.7    NO DELAY OF RIGHTS BY MEETING.

 

Nothing contained in this Article IX shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of holders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to any holder under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities of any series.

 

ARTICLE X

 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

 

SECTION 10.1    COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.

 

The Company shall not consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, assign, convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially in their entirety (computed on a consolidated basis) to any Person, unless:

 

(a) either (A) the Company is the surviving entity or (B) the successor or transferee (the “successor corporation”) is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Company under the Debt Securities and this Indenture;

 

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default or Default shall exist; and

 

(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this provision and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may consolidate with, or merge with or into, an Affiliate incorporated for the purpose of incorporating the Company in another jurisdiction of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia without complying with the requirement that, immediately after giving effect to that transaction or series of related transactions, there is no Default and no Event of Default continuing.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Company may convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety to any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, and (b) the transfer by the Company, in a single transaction or series of transactions, of all or substantially all of its cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of non-affiliates for which the Company receives fair market value, as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, will not constitute a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

If the Company consolidates with or merges into any other corporation or entity or conveys, transfers or leases all or substantially all of its property and assets as described in the preceding paragraph, the successor corporation or entity succeeds to and is substituted for the Company, assumes the obligations of the Company, and may exercise its rights and powers under this Indenture, then thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the Company will be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and all outstanding Debt Securities.

 

SECTION 10.2    SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.

 

Upon any consolidation with or merger into any other corporation, or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially in their entirety in accordance with Section 10.1, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such

 

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conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

SECTION 11.1    SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.

 

Without the consent of any holders, the relevant Obligors, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

 

(a) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the rights of any Obligor and the assumption by such successor of the covenants and obligations of any Obligor contained herein and in the Debt Securities; or

 

(b) to add to the covenants, agreements or obligations of any Obligor for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of Debt Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series), or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or

 

(c) to add any additional Events of Default (and if such Events of Default are to be applicable to less than all series, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely to be applicable to such series); or

 

(d) to add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Debt Securities otherwise permitted to be issued hereunder in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons; or

 

(e) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such addition, change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Outstanding Debt Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision and as to which such supplemental indenture would apply; or

 

(f) to secure the Debt Securities of any series or to provide that any of the Company’s obligations under any series of the Debt Securities or this Indenture shall be guaranteed and the terms and conditions for the release or substitution of such security or guarantee; or

 

(g) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Debt Securities pursuant to Article IV or XIV, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of Debt Securities of such series or any other series of Debt Securities in any material respect; or

 

(h) to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities, of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1; or

 

(i) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to one or more series of Debt Securities, and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee; or

 

(j) to comply with the requirements of the Commission in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or

 

(k) to provide for uncertificated Debt Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Debt Securities (provided that the uncertificated Debt Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Debt Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code); or

 

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(l) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with any provision of this Indenture; provided such other provisions shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of Outstanding Debt Securities of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture in any material respect.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, upon the execution of a supplemental indenture under and in compliance with Section 11.1(e) hereof which provides that such supplemental indenture amends, modifies, supplements and restates in its entirety (except solely for the provisions of this Indenture which authorize the creation of such supplemental indenture) this Indenture with respect to (and only with respect to) a series of Debt Securities (or words to similar effect), such supplemental indenture (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms) shall be deemed, for all purposes of this Indenture, to contain the complete and exclusive statement of all rights, obligations, terms, provisions and conditions related to such series of Debt Securities, and neither any Trustee, holder of Debt Securities, Obligor nor legal counsel rendering any Opinion of Counsel in connection herewith shall be required to consider this Indenture with respect to any matter relating to such Series of Debt Securities, but rather shall look solely to such supplemental indenture with respect to all such matters. For the avoidance of doubt, so long as there is no Outstanding Debt Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of any provision of this Indenture and as to which such supplemental indenture would apply, such supplemental indenture shall conclusively be deemed to have been executed under and in compliance with Section 11.1(e) upon delivery of the Opinion of Counsel provided for in Section 11.3 hereof.

 

Upon request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in (and subject to the last sentence of) Section 10.3, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture.

 

The terms of any document entered into pursuant to this Section shall be subject to prior approval, if required, of any applicable Gaming Authority.

 

SECTION 11.2    SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.

 

With the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the relevant Obligors when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders under this Indenture of such Debt Securities; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of each such series affected thereby,

 

(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Debt Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate (or extend the time for payment) of interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or alter any redemption provisions in a manner adverse to the holders of such series of Debt Securities or adversely affect the right to convert any Debt Security into shares of Common Stock or other securities or property of the Company as may be provided pursuant to Section 3.1; or

 

(b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, the consent of whose holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose holders is required for any

 

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waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; or

 

(c) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13, or Section 12.6, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of each series affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11 and 11.1(9).

 

It shall not be necessary for any Act of holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

 

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture with respect to one or more particular series of Debt Securities, or which modifies the rights of the holders of Debt Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the holders of Debt Securities of any other series.

 

The terms of any document entered into pursuant to this Section shall be subject to prior approval, if required, of any applicable Gaming Authority.

 

SECTION 11.3    EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

 

The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to Article XI if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect in a material way the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be provided with, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which adversely affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise in a material way.

 

SECTION 11.4    EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

 

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every holder of Debt Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

 

SECTION 11.5    CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

 

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

 

SECTION 11.6    REFERENCE IN DEBT SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

 

Debt Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall, if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Debt Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Debt Securities of such series.

 

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SECTION 11.7    SUBORDINATION UNIMPAIRED.

 

This Indenture may not be amended to alter the subordination of any of the Outstanding Debt Securities without the written consent of each holder of Senior Debt then outstanding that would be adversely affected thereby.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

COVENANTS

 

SECTION 12.1    PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.

 

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Debt Securities, that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities in accordance with the terms of the Debt Securities and this Indenture. If so provided in the terms of any series of Debt Securities established as provided in Section 3.1, the interest, if any, due in respect of any temporary Global Note or permanent Global Note, together with any additional amounts payable in respect thereof, as provided in the terms and conditions of such Debt Security, shall be payable only upon presentation of such Debt Security to the Trustee for notation thereon of the payment of such interest.

 

SECTION 12.2    OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE.

 

Unless otherwise specifically provided for with respect to any series of Debt Securities under Section 3.1, the Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a certificate of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company stating whether or not, to the knowledge of the signer thereof, the Obligors are in compliance with all covenants and conditions under this Indenture, and, in the event of any noncompliance, specifying such noncompliance and the nature and status thereof of which such signer may have knowledge. For purposes of this Section, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture.

 

SECTION 12.3    MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.

 

The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for such series an office or agency where Debt Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where Debt Securities of that series that are convertible may be surrendered for conversion, if applicable, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If the Debt Securities of any series are listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Debt Securities of that series in any required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Debt Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or agency where any Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange or redemption and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will 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 Company 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 and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

 

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The Company may also from time to time designate different or additional offices or agencies to be maintained for such purposes (in or outside of such Place of Payment), and may from time to time rescind any such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations described in the preceding paragraph. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such additional designation or rescission of designation and any change in the location of any such different or additional office or agency.

 

SECTION 12.4    MONEY FOR DEBT SECURITIES; PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.

 

If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Debt Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Debt Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

 

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents with respect to any series of Debt Securities, it will, by or on each due date of the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities of such series, deposit with any such Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless any such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

 

The Company will cause each Paying Agent with respect to any series of Debt Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

 

(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Debt Securities of such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

 

(b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of such series; and

 

(c) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

 

The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

 

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of any series 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 Company upon Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the holder of such Debt Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company 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 Company cause to be transmitted in the manner and to the extent provided by Section 19.2, 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, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

 

 

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SECTION 12.5    CORPORATE EXISTENCE.

 

Subject to Article X, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate existence of each of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve the corporate existence of any Subsidiary if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company.

 

SECTION 12.6    WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.

 

Any Obligor may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 12.1 and 12.3 through 12.5 (and, if so specified pursuant to Section 3.1, any other covenant not set forth herein and specified pursuant to Section 3.1 to be applicable to the Debt Securities of any series, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.1) with respect to the Debt Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the holders of at least at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series shall, by Act of such holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent expressly so waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 12.7    STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within five days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or default and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

SECTION 12.8    NO SUBORDINATED DEBT SENIOR TO THE DEBT SECURITIES.

 

No Obligor shall incur any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Senior Debt and senior in any respect in right of payment to the Debt Securities.

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

 

SECTION 13.1    APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

 

Debt Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Debt Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

 

SECTION 13.2    ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.

 

The election of the Company to redeem any Debt Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all of the Debt Securities of any series pursuant to Section 13.3, the Company shall, at least 30 days before the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Debt

 

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Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Debt Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restrictions.

 

SECTION 13.3    SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF DEBT SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.

 

If less than all the Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed at the election of the Company, the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to minimum authorized denomination for Debt Securities of such series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series in a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denominations. The portions of the principal amount of Debt Securities so selected for partial redemption shall be in the minimum authorized denomination or any integral multiple thereof, except as otherwise set forth in the applicable form of Debt Securities. In any case when more than one Debt Security of such series is registered in the same name, the Trustee, in its discretion, may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented by one Debt Security of such series.

 

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar (if other than itself) in writing of the Debt Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Debt Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Debt Securities shall relate, in the case of any Debt Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Debt security which has been or is to be redeemed.

 

SECTION 13.4    NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.

 

Notice of redemption shall be given by the Company, or at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to the holders of Debt Securities of any series to be redeemed in whole or in part pursuant to this Article XIII, in the manner provided in Section 19.2. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice. Failure to give such notice, or any defect in such notice to the holder of any Debt Security of a series designated for redemption, in whole or in part, shall not affect the sufficiency of any notice of redemption with respect to the holder of any other Debt Security of such series.

 

All notices of redemption shall state:

 

(a) the Redemption Date,

 

(b) the Redemption Price,

 

(c) that Debt Securities of such series are being redeemed by the Company pursuant to provisions contained in this Indenture or the terms of the Debt Securities of such series or a supplemental indenture establishing such series, if such be the case, together with a brief statement of the facts permitting such redemption,

 

(d) if less than all Outstanding Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed,

 

(e) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Debt Security to be redeemed, and that interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after said date,

 

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(f) the Place or Places of Payment where such Debt Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,

 

(g) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and

 

(h) applicable CUSIP numbers.

 

SECTION 13.5    DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.

 

On or prior to the Redemption Date for any Debt Securities, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 12.4) an amount of money in the Denomination Currency (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.1) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of such Debt Securities or any portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.

 

Unless any Debt Security by its terms prohibits any sinking fund payment obligation from being satisfied by delivering and crediting Debt Securities (including Debt Securities redeemed otherwise than through a sinking fund), the Company may deliver such Debt Securities to the Trustee for crediting against such payment obligation in accordance with the terms of such Debt Securities and this Indenture.

 

SECTION 13.6    DEBT SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.

 

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, any Debt Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.4), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Debt Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Debt Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Debt Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, installments of interest on Debt Securities which have a Stated Maturity on or prior to the Redemption Date for such Debt Securities shall be payable according to the terms of such Debt Securities and the provisions of Section 3.7.

 

If any Debt Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Debt Security.

 

SECTION 13.7    DEBT SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.

 

Any Debt Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Corporate Trust Office or such other office or agency of the Company as is specified pursuant to Section 3.1 with, if the Company, the Security Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Security Registrar and the Trustee duly executed by, the holder thereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the holder of such Debt Security without service charge, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series, of like tenor and form, of any authorized denomination as requested by such holder in aggregate principal amount (in same Denomination Currency) equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Debt Security so surrendered. In the case of a Debt Security providing appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the holder thereof, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Debt Security or Debt Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on such Debt Security of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof.

 

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ARTICLE XIV

 

SINKING FUNDS

 

SECTION 14.1    APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

 

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Debt Securities of a series except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Debt Securities of such series.

 

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series, the amount of any cash sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 14.2.

 

Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Debt Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of such series.

 

SECTION 14.2    SATISFACTION OF MANDATORY SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH DEBT SECURITIES.

 

In lieu of making all or any part of a mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Debt Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its option, at any time no more than sixteen months and no less than 45 days prior to the date on which such sinking fund payment is due, deliver to the Trustee Debt Securities of such series theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company, except Debt Securities of such series which have been redeemed through the application of mandatory sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of the Debt Securities of such series, accompanied by a Company Order instructing the Trustee to credit such obligations and stating that the Debt Securities of such series were originally issued by the Company by way of bona fide sale or other negotiation for value, provided that such Debt Securities shall not have been previously so credited. Such Debt Securities shall be received and credited for such by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

 

SECTION 14.3    REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.

 

Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Debt Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the Payment Currency (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.1) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 14.2 and whether the Company intends to exercise its rights to make a permitted optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series. Such certificate shall be irrevocable and, upon its delivery, the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such certificate, the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for such series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the right to deliver or credit Debt Securities as provided in Section 14.2 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series at such time.

 

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applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) on the sinking fund payment date on which such payment is made (or, if such payment is made before a sinking fund payment date, on the sinking fund payment date immediately following the date of such payment) to the redemption of Debt Securities of such series at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt Securities with respect to the sinking fund. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) to the redemption of Debt Securities shall be added to the next sinking fund payment received by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 12.4) for such series and, together with such payment (or such amount so segregated) shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Any and all sinking fund moneys with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series held by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 12.4) on the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Debt Securities of such series and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Debt Securities of such series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent), together with other moneys, if necessary, to be deposited (or segregated) sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of the Debt Securities of such series at Maturity.

 

The Trustee shall select or cause to be selected the Debt Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 13.3 and the Company shall cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the manner provided in Section 13.4. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Debt Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 13.6.

 

On or before each sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 12.4) in cash a sum equal to the principal and any interest accrued to the Redemption Date for Debt Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section.

 

ARTICLE XV

 

DEFEASANCE

 

SECTION 15.1    APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

 

Except as otherwise provided in Section 15.2 or as provided pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to a particular series of Debt Securities, the Company may terminate its obligations under the Debt Securities of any series and this Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of such series as set forth in Section 15.2.

 

SECTION 15.2    DEFEASANCE UPON DEPOSIT OF MONEYS OR U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS.

 

At the Company’s option, either (a) the Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from its obligations with respect to Debt Securities of any series (“legal defeasance option”) or (b) the Company shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 10.1, 12.2 and 12.4 with respect to Debt Securities of any series (and, to the extent so specified pursuant to Section 3.1, any other obligation of the Company or restrictive covenant added for the benefit of such series pursuant to Section 3.1) (“covenant defeasance option”) at any time after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied:

 

(a) The Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the holders of the Debt Securities of such series (i) money in the Payment Currency in an amount, or (ii) in the case of a series of Debt Securities payable in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations (as defined below) which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day

 

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before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) in the case of a series of Debt Securities payable in U.S. dollars, a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient, in the opinion (with respect to (i) and (ii)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including any mandatory sinking fund payments) of and premium, if any, and interest on, the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series on the dates such installments of interest or principal and premium are due;

 

(b) Such deposit shall not cause the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that series to have a conflicting interest as defined in Section 6.8 and for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Debt Securities of any series;

 

(c) Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;

 

(d) If the Debt Securities of such series are then listed on any national securities exchange or the NASD automated quotation system, or the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a letter or other document from such exchange or the NASD automated quotation system to the effect that the Company’s exercise of its option under this Section would not cause such Debt Securities to be delisted;

 

(e) No Event of Default or Default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit and, with respect to the legal defeasance option only, no Event of Default under Section 5.1(f) or Section 5.1(g) or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under Section 5.1(f) or Section 5.1(g) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after such date (and such defeasance shall not become effective until such 91st day); and

 

(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the holders of the Debt Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance or Discharge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option and an Event of Default under Section 5.1(f) or Section 5.1(g) or event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under Section 5.1(f) or Section 5.1(g) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after the date of such deposit, the obligations of the Company referred to under the definition of covenant defeasance option with respect to such Debt Securities shall be reinstated.

 

“Discharged” means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Debt Securities of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Debt Securities of such series (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except (A) the rights of holders of Debt Securities of such series to receive, from the trust fund described in clause (1) above, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to the Debt Securities of such series under Sections 3.4(a), 3.5, 3.6, 12.3 and 15.3 and (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder.

 

“U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

 

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SECTION 15.3    DEPOSITED MONEYS AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.

 

All moneys and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 15.2 in respect of Debt Securities of a series shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of such Debt Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the holders of such Debt Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

SECTION 15.4    REPAYMENT TO COMPANY.

 

The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay or return to the Company upon Company Request any moneys or U.S. Government Obligations held by them at any time that are not required for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of any series for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 15.2.

 

The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.4 shall apply to any money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent under this Article that remains unclaimed for two years after the Maturity of any series of Debt Securities for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 15.2.

 

ARTICLE XVI

 

CONVERSION

 

SECTION 16.1    APPLICABILITY; CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.

 

Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Debt Securities of any series, the provisions of this Article XVI shall be applicable to any Debt Securities that are convertible into Common Stock. If so provided pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the holder of a Debt Security of such series shall have the right, at such holder’s option, to convert, in accordance with the terms of such series of Debt Securities and this Article XVI, all or any part (in a denomination of, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to Debt Securities of such series, $1,000 in principal amount or any integral multiple thereof) of such Debt Security into shares of Common Stock or, as to any Debt Securities called for redemption, at any time prior to the time and date fixed for such redemption (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price, in which case such right shall not terminate at such time and date).

 

SECTION 16.2    CONVERSION PROCEDURE; CONVERSION PRICE; FRACTIONAL SHARES.

 

(a) Each Debt Security to which this Article is applicable shall be convertible at the office of the Conversion Agent, and at such other place or places, if any, specified pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, into fully paid and nonassessable shares (calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share) of Common Stock. The Debt Securities will be converted into shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Price therefor. No payment or adjustment shall be made in respect of dividends on the Common Stock or accrued interest on a converted Debt Security except as described in Section 16.9. The Company may, but shall not be required, in connection with any conversion of Debt Securities, to issue a fraction of a share of Common Stock and, if the Company shall determine not to issue any such fraction, the Company shall, subject to Section 16.3(d), make a cash payment (calculated to the nearest cent) equal to such fraction multiplied by the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the last Trading Day prior to the date of conversion.

 

(b) Before any holder of a Debt Security shall be entitled to convert the same into Common Stock, such holder shall surrender such Debt Security duly endorsed to the Company or in blank at the office of the Conversion Agent or at such other place or places, if any, specified pursuant to Section 3.1, and shall give written

 

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notice to the Company at said office or place that such holder elects to convert the same and shall state in writing therein the principal amount of Debt Securities to be converted and the name or names (with addresses) in which such holder wishes the certificate or certificates for Common Stock to be issued; provided, however, that no Debt Security or portion thereof shall be accepted for conversion unless the principal amount of such Debt Security or such portion, when added to the principal amount of all other Debt Securities or portions thereof then being surrendered by the holder thereof for conversion, exceeds the then-effective Conversion Price with respect thereto. If more than one Debt Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock which shall be deliverable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted thereby) so surrendered. Subject to the next succeeding sentence, the Company will, as soon as practicable thereafter, issue and deliver at said office or place to such holder of a Debt Security, or to such holder’s nominee or nominees, certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock to which such holder shall be entitled as aforesaid, together, subject to the last sentence of paragraph (a) above, with cash in lieu of any fraction of a share to which such holder would otherwise be entitled. The Company shall not be required to deliver certificates for shares of Common Stock while the stock transfer books for such stock or the Security Register are duly closed for any purpose, but certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be issued and delivered as soon as practicable after the opening of such books or Security Register. A Debt Security shall be deemed to have been converted as of the close of business on the date of the surrender of such Debt Security for conversion as provided above, and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Common Stock as of the close of business on such date. In case any Debt Security shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or upon the written order of the holder of the Debt Securities so surrendered, without charge to such holder (subject to the provisions of Section 16.8), a new Debt Security or Securities in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Debt Security.

 

SECTION 16.3    ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE FOR COMMON STOCK.

 

The Conversion Price with respect to any Debt Security which is convertible into Common Stock shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

 

(a) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such Debt Securities are outstanding, (i) pay a dividend in shares of its Common Stock to holders of Common Stock, (ii) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, (iii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares of Common Stock or (iv) make a distribution in shares of Common Stock to holders of Common Stock, then the Conversion Price in effect immediately before such action shall be adjusted so that the holders of such Debt Securities, upon conversion thereof into Common Stock immediately following such event, shall be entitled to receive the kind and amount of shares of Common Stock of the Company which they would have owned or been entitled to receive upon or by reason of such event if such Debt Securities had been converted immediately before the record dated (or, if no record date, the effective date) for such event. An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 16.3(a) shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution and shall become effective retroactively immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination. For the purposes of this Section 16.3(a), each holder of Debt Securities shall be deemed to have failed to exercise any right to elect the kind or amount of securities receivable upon the payment of any such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution (provided, that if the kind or amount of securities receivable upon such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution is not the same for each nonelecting share, then the kind and amount of securities or other property receivable upon such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution for each nonelecting share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the nonelecting shares).

 

(b) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such Debt Securities are outstanding, issue rights or warrants to all holders of shares of its Common Stock entitling them (for a period

 

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expiring within 45 days after the record date for such issuance) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible into shares of Common Stock) at a price per share less than the Current Market Price of the Common Stock at such record date (treating the price per share of the securities convertible into Common Stock as equal to (x) the sum of (i) the price for a unit of the security convertible into Common Stock and (ii) any additional consideration initially payable upon the conversion of such security into Common Stock divided by (y) the number of shares of Common Stock initially underlying such convertible security), the Conversion Price with respect to such Debt Securities shall be adjusted so that it shall equal the price determined by dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of issuance of such rights or warrants by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so offered are initially convertible), and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of securities which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of securities so offered for subscription or purchase (or the aggregate purchase price of the convertible securities so offered plus the aggregate amount of any additional consideration initially payable upon conversion of such securities into Common Stock) would purchase at such Current Market Price of the Common Stock. Such adjustment shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants.

 

(c) In the case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such Debt Securities are outstanding, distribute to all holders of shares of its Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and the Common Stock is not changed or exchanged) cash, evidences of its indebtedness, securities or assets (excluding (i) regular periodic cash dividends in amounts, if any, determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, (ii) dividends payable in shares of Common Stock for which adjustment is made under Section 16.3(a) or (iii) rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company (excluding those referred to in Section 16.3(b)), then in each such case the Conversion Price with respect to such Debt Securities shall be adjusted so that it shall equal the price determined by dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the record date referred to below, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price of the Common Stock less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive) of the portion of the cash or assets or evidences of indebtedness or securities so distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one share of Common Stock (provided that such denominator shall never be less than 1.0); provided, however, that no adjustment shall be made with respect to any distribution of rights to purchase securities of the Company if a holder of Debt Securities would otherwise be entitled to receive such rights upon conversion at any time of such Debt Securities into Common Stock unless such rights are subsequently redeemed by the Company, in which case such redemption shall be treated for purposes of this Section as a dividend on the Common Stock. Such adjustment shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution; and in the event that such distribution is not so made, the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.

 

(d) The Company shall be entitled to make such additional adjustments in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by subsections 16.3(a), 16.3(b), and 16.3(c), as shall be necessary in order that any dividend or distribution of Common Stock, any subdivision, reclassification or combination of shares of Common Stock or any issuance of rights or warrants referred to above shall not be taxable to the holders of Common Stock for United States federal income tax purposes.

 

(e) In any case in which this Section 16.3 shall require that any adjustment be made effective as of or retroactively immediately following a record date, the Company may elect to defer (but only for five (5) Trading Days following the filing of the statement referred to in Section 16.5) issuing to the holder of any Debt Securities converted after such record date the shares of Common Stock and other capital stock of the Company issuable

 

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upon such conversion over and above the shares of Common Stock and other capital stock of the Company issuable upon such conversion on the basis of the Conversion Price prior to adjustment; provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to such holder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder’s right to receive such additional shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.

 

(f) All calculations under this Section 16.3 shall be made to the nearest cent or one-hundredth of a share of security, with one-half cent and 0.005 of a share, respectively, being rounded upward. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 16.3, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment of the Conversion Price unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of such price. Any lesser adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time of, and together with, the next subsequent adjustment which, together with any adjustment or adjustments so carried forward, shall amount to an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price. Any adjustments under this Section 16.3 shall be made successively whenever an event requiring such an adjustment occurs.

 

(g) In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 16.3, the holder of any Debt Security thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive any shares of stock of the Company other than shares of Common Stock into which the Debt Securities originally were convertible, the Conversion Price of such other shares so receivable upon conversion of any such Debt Security shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to Common Stock contained in subparagraphs (a) through (f) of this Section 16.3, and the provisions of Sections 16.1, 16.2 and 16.4 through 16.9 with respect to the Common Stock shall apply on like or similar terms to any such other shares and the determination of the Board of Directors as to any such adjustment shall be conclusive.

 

(h) No adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section: (i) if the effect thereof would be to reduce the Conversion Price below the par value (if any) of the Common Stock or (ii) subject to 16.3(e) hereof, with respect to any Debt Security that is converted prior to the time such adjustment otherwise would be made.

 

SECTION 16.4    CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER OF THE COMPANY.

 

In case of either (a) any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, other than a merger or consolidation in which the company is the surviving or continuing corporation and which does not result in a reclassification of, or change (other than a change in par value or from par value to no par value or from no par value to par value, as a result of a subdivision or combination) in, outstanding shares of Common Stock or (b) any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company to another Person, each Debt Security then outstanding shall be convertible from and after such merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance of property and assets into the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities and property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Debt Securities would have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, subject to adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article XVI (and assuming such holder of Common Stock failed to exercise his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance (provided that, if the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance is not the same for each nonelecting share, then the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance for each nonelecting share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the nonelecting shares or securities)). The Company shall not enter into any of the transactions referred to in clause (a) or (b) of the preceding sentence unless effective provision shall be made so as to give effect to the provisions set forth in this Section 16.4. The provisions of this Section 16.4 shall apply similarly to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.

 

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SECTION 16.5    NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT.

 

Whenever an adjustment in the Conversion Price with respect to a series of Debt Securities is required:

 

(a) the Company shall forthwith place on file with the Trustee and any Conversion Agent for such Securities a certificate of the Treasurer of the Company, stating the adjusted Conversion Price determined as provided herein and setting forth in reasonable detail such facts as shall be necessary to show the reason for and the manner of computing such adjustment, such certificate to be conclusive evidence that the adjustment is correct; and

 

(b) a notice stating that the Conversion Price has been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price shall forthwith be given by the Company, or at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, in the manner provided in Section 19.2. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice.

 

SECTION 16.6    NOTICE IN CERTAIN EVENTS.

 

In case:

 

(a) of a consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and for which approval of any shareholders of the Company is required, or of the sale or conveyance to another Person or entity or group of Persons or entities acting in concert as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company; or

 

(b) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; or

 

(c) of any action triggering an adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article XVI;

 

Then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent for the applicable Debt Securities, and shall cause to be given, to the holders of record of applicable Debt Securities in the manner provided in Section 19.2, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of any distribution or grant of rights or warrants triggering an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article XVI, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of record or Common Stock entitled to such distribution, rights or warrants are to be determined, or (y) the date on which any reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up triggering an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article XVI is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.

 

Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the proceedings described in clause (a), (b), or (c) of this Section.

 

SECTION 16.7    COMPANY TO RESERVE STOCK; REGISTRATION; LISTING.

 

(a) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Debt Securities, such number of its duly authorized shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all applicable outstanding Debt Securities into such Common Stock at any time (assuming that, at the time of the computation of such number of shares or securities, all such Debt Securities would be held by a single holder); provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall preclude the Company from satisfying its obligations in respect of the conversion of the Debt Securities by delivery of purchased shares of Common Stock which are held in the treasury of the Company. The Company shall from time to time, in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, use its best efforts to cause the authorized amount of the

 

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Common Stock to be increased if the aggregate of the authorized amount of the Common Stock remaining unissued and the issued shares of such Common Stock in its treasury (other than any such shares reserved for issuance in any other connection) shall not be sufficient to permit the conversion of all Debt Securities.

 

(b) If any shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon conversion of Debt Securities hereunder require registration with or approval of any governmental authority before such shares or securities may be issued upon such conversion, the Company will in good faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor to cause such shares or securities to be duly registered or approved, as the case may be. The Company will endeavor to list the shares of Common Stock required to be delivered upon conversion of the Debt Securities prior to such delivery upon the principal national securities exchange upon, or the NASD automated quotation system through, which the outstanding Common Stock is listed at the time of such delivery.

 

SECTION 16.8    TAXES ON CONVERSION.

 

The Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of Debt Securities pursuant hereto. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock or the portion, if any, of the Debt Securities which are not so converted in a name other than that in which the Debt Securities so converted were registered, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issue has paid to the Company the amount of such tax or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

 

SECTION 16.9    CONVERSION AFTER RECORD DATE.

 

If any Debt Securities are surrendered for conversion subsequent to the record date preceding an Interest Payment Date but on or prior to such Interest Payment Date (except Debt Securities called for redemption on a Redemption Date between such record date and Interest Payment Date), the holder of such Debt Securities at the close of business on such record date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Debt Securities on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion thereof. Debt Securities surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any record date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date shall (except in the case of Debt Securities which have been called for redemption on a Redemption Date within such period) be accompanied by payment in New York Clearing House funds or other funds of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the Debt Securities being surrendered for conversion. Except as provided in this Section 16.9, no adjustments in respect of payments of interest on Debt Securities surrendered for conversion or any dividends or distributions of interest on the Common Stock issued upon conversion shall be made upon the conversion of any Debt Securities.

 

SECTION 16.10    COMPANY DETERMINATION FINAL.

 

Any determination that the Company or the Board of Directors must make pursuant to this Article is conclusive.

 

SECTION 16.11    TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER.

 

The Trustee has no duty to determine when an adjustment under this Article should be made, how it should be made or what it should be. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of Debt Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the Company’s failure to comply with this Article. Each Conversion Agent other than the Company shall have the same protection under this Section as the Trustee.

 

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ARTICLE XVII

 

GUARANTEES

 

SECTION 17.1    APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

 

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any series of Debt Securities which is to be guaranteed by one or more Guarantors.

 

SECTION 17.2    OBLIGOR GUARANTEE.

 

Subject to compliance with applicable Gaming Laws, the Guarantors unconditionally and jointly and severally guarantee and promise to pay to the holders and the Trustee (each a “Beneficiary”), on demand, in lawful money of the United States of America, any and all Obligations of the Company from time to time owed to the Beneficiaries (the “Obligor Guarantee”). The term “Obligations” means any and all present and future obligations and liabilities of the Company of every type and description to the Beneficiaries under this Indenture and the Debt Securities of the series such Guarantors have guaranteed (the “Guaranteed Securities”), whether for principal, premium (if any), interest, expenses, indemnities or other amounts, in each case whether due or not due, absolute or contingent, voluntary or involuntary, liquidated or unliquidated, determined or undetermined, now or hereafter existing, renewed or restructured, whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, whether or not arising after the commencement of a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code (including post-petition interest) and whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding, and whether or not recovery of any such obligation or liability may be barred by a statute of limitations or such obligation or liability may otherwise be unenforceable. All Obligations shall be conclusively presumed to have been created in reliance on the Obligor Guarantee. The Obligor Guarantee is a continuing Guarantee of the Obligations and, except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, may not be revoked and shall not otherwise terminate unless and until any and all Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full.

 

SECTION 17.3    NATURE OF OBLIGOR GUARANTEE.

 

The liability of each Guarantor under the Obligor Guarantee is independent of and not in consideration of or contingent upon the liability of the Company or any other Obligor, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against any Guarantor, whether or not any action is brought or prosecuted against the Company or any other Obligor or whether the Company or any other Obligor is joined in any such action or actions. The Obligor Guarantee given by each Guarantor shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional Guarantee of payment (and not merely of collection) without regard to:

 

(a) the legality, validity or enforceability of the Debt Securities or this Indenture, any of the Obligations, any security or Obligor Guarantee given by any other Guarantor;

 

(b) any defense (other than payment), set-off or counterclaim that may at any time be available to the Company or any other Obligor against, and any right of setoff at any time held by, any Beneficiary; or

 

(c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of any Guarantor or any other Obligor), whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Company or any other Obligor, in bankruptcy or in any other instance.

 

Any payment by any Obligor or other circumstance that operates to toll any statute of limitations applicable to such Obligor shall also operate to toll the statute of limitations applicable to each Guarantor. Each Guarantor agrees, and each holder by accepting the Debt Securities agrees, that the Guarantee is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the same manner as provided with respect to the Debt Securities in Article XVIII,

 

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to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt (whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter incurred), and that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt.

 

SECTION 17.4    AUTHORIZATION.

 

Each Guarantor authorizes each Beneficiary, without notice or further assent by such Guarantor, and without affecting any Guarantor’s liability hereunder (regardless of whether any subrogation or similar right that such Guarantor may have or any other right or remedy of such Guarantor is extinguished or impaired), from time to time to do any or all of the following:

 

(a) permit the Company to increase or create Obligations, or terminate, release, compromise, subordinate, extend, accelerate or otherwise change the amount or time, manner or place of payment of, or rescind any demand for payment or acceleration of, the Obligations or any part thereof, consent or enter into supplemental indentures or otherwise amend the terms and conditions of the Guaranteed Securities or this Indenture or any provision thereof;

 

(b) take and hold any collateral from the Company or any other Person, perfect or refrain from perfecting a lien on any collateral, and exchange, enforce, subordinate, release (whether intentionally or unintentionally), or take or fail to take any other action in respect of, any collateral or lien or any part thereof;

 

(c) exercise in such manner and order as it elects in its sole discretion, fail to exercise, waive, suspend, terminate or suffer expiration of, any of the remedies or rights of such Beneficiary against the Company or any other Obligor in respect of any Obligations or any security;

 

(d) release, add or settle with any Obligor in respect of the Obligor Guarantee or the Obligations;

 

(e) accept partial payments on the Obligations and apply any and all payments or recoveries from such Obligor to such of the Obligations as any Beneficiary may elect in its sole discretion, whether or not such Obligations are secured or guaranteed;

 

(f) refund at any time, at such Beneficiary’s sole discretion, any payments or recoveries received by such Beneficiary in respect of any Obligations; and

 

(g) otherwise deal with the Company or any other Obligor as such Beneficiary may elect in its sole discretion.

 

SECTION 17.5    CERTAIN WAIVERS.

 

Each Guarantor waives:

 

(a) the right to require the Beneficiaries to proceed against the Company or any other Obligor, to proceed against or exhaust any collateral or to pursue any other remedy in any Beneficiary’s power whatsoever and the right to have the property of the Company or any other Obligor first applied to the discharge of the Obligations;

 

(b) all rights and benefits under applicable law purporting to reduce a Guarantor’s obligations in proportion to the obligation of the principal or providing that the obligation of a surety or Guarantor must neither be larger nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal;

 

(c) the benefits of any statute of limitations affecting the Obligations or any Guarantor’s liability hereunder;

 

(d) any requirement of marshaling or any other principle of election of remedies;

 

(e) any right to assert against any Beneficiary any defense (legal or equitable), set-off, counterclaim and other right that any Guarantor may now or any time hereafter have against the Company or any other Obligor;

 

(f) presentment, demand for payment or performance (including diligence in making demands hereunder), notice of dishonor or nonperformance, protest, acceptance and notice of acceptance of the Obligor Guarantee,

 

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and, except to the extent expressly required by the Guaranteed Securities or this Indenture, all other notices of any kind, including (i) notice of any action taken or omitted by the Beneficiaries in reliance hereon, (ii) notice of any default by the Company or any other Obligor, (iii) notice that any portion of the Obligations is due, (iv) notice of any action against the Company or any other Obligor, or any enforcement or other action with respect to any collateral, or the assertion of any right of any Beneficiary hereunder; and

 

(g) all defenses that at any time may be available to any Guarantor by virtue of any valuation, stay, moratorium or other law now or hereafter in effect.

 

SECTION 17.6    NO SUBROGATION; CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.

 

(a) Each Guarantor waives any and all rights of subrogation, indemnity or reimbursement, and any and all benefits of and rights to enforce any power, right or remedy that any beneficiary may now or hereafter have in respect of the obligations against the Company or any other obligor (other than rights of contribution from other guarantors), and any and all other rights and claims (as defined in the bankruptcy code) any guarantor may have against the Company, under applicable law or otherwise, at law or in equity, by reason of any payment under the obligor guarantee, unless and until the obligations shall have been paid in full.

 

(b) Each Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the financial condition of each other Obligor and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations or the Obligor Guarantee of any other Guarantor that diligent inquiry would reveal, and agrees that the Beneficiaries shall have no duty to advise any Guarantor of information regarding such condition or any such circumstances.

 

SECTION 17.7    BANKRUPTCY NO DISCHARGE.

 

(a) Without limiting Section 17.3, the Obligor Guarantee shall not be discharged or otherwise affected by any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding commenced by or against the Company or any other Obligor, including (i) any discharge of, or bar or stay against collecting, all or any part of the Obligations in or as a result of any such proceeding, whether or not assented to by any Beneficiary, (ii) any disallowance of all or any portion of any Beneficiary’s claim for repayment of the Obligations, (iii) any use of cash or other collateral in any such proceeding, (iv) any agreement or stipulation as to adequate protection in any such proceeding, (v) any failure by any Beneficiary to file or enforce a claim against the Company or any other Obligor or its estate in any bankruptcy or reorganization case, (vi) any amendment, modification, stay or cure of any Beneficiary’s rights that may occur in any such proceeding, (vii) any election by any Beneficiary under Section 1112(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, or (viii) any borrowing or grant of a lien under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code. Each Guarantor understands and acknowledges that by virtue of the Obligor Guarantee, it has specifically assumed any and all risks of any such proceeding with respect to the Company and each other Obligor.

 

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the Obligor Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment, or any part thereof, of any or all of the Obligations is rescinded, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential or otherwise required to be restored or returned by any Beneficiary in connection with any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Company, any other Obligor or otherwise or if any Beneficiary elects to return any such payment or proceeds or any part thereof in its sole discretion, all as though such payment had not been made or such proceeds not been received.

 

SECTION 17.8    RIGHTS OF CONTRIBUTION.

 

(a) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among the Guarantors in connection with the respective Obligor Guarantees, the Guarantors have agreed among themselves that if any Guarantor satisfies some or all of the Obligations of the Company guaranteed by it hereunder (a “Funding Guarantor”), the Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to contribution from the other Guarantors that have positive Maximum Net Worth (as

 

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defined below) for all payments made by the Funding Guarantor in satisfying such Obligations, so that each Guarantor that remains obligated under it Subsidiary Guarantee at the time that a Funding Guarantor makes such payment (a “Remaining Guarantor”) and has a positive Maximum Net Worth shall bear a portion of such payment equal to the percentage that such Remaining Guarantor’s Maximum Net Worth bears to the aggregate Maximum Net Worth of all Remaining Guarantors that have positive Maximum Net Worth.

 

(b) For purposes of this Section 17.8, the following terms are defined as set forth below:

 

“Net Worth” means, with respect to any Guarantor, the amount, as of any date of calculation, by which the sum of such Person’s assets (including subrogation, indemnity, contribution, reimbursement and similar rights that such Guarantor may have), determined on the basis of a “fair valuation” or their “fair salable value” (whichever is the applicable test under Section 548 and other relevant provisions of Bankruptcy Code, and the relevant state fraudulent conveyance or transfer laws) is greater than the amount that will be required to pay all of such Person’s debts, in each case matured or unmatured, contingent or otherwise, as of the date of calculation, but excluding liabilities arising under its Obligor Guarantee and excluding, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law with the objective of avoiding rendering such Person insolvent, liabilities subordinated to the Obligations under such Obligor Guarantees arising out of loans or advances made to such Person by any other Person.

 

“Maximum Net Worth” means, with respect to any Guarantor, the greatest of the Net Worth calculated as of the following dates: (A) the date of which the Guarantor becomes a Guarantor hereunder, (B) the date on which such Guarantor expressly reaffirms its Subsidiary Guarantee, (C) the date on which demand for payment is made on such Guarantor hereunder, (D) the date on which payment is made by such Guarantor hereunder or (E) the date on which any judgment, order or decree is entered requiring such Guarantor to make payment hereunder or in respect hereof.

 

The meaning of the terms “fair valuation” and “fair salable value” and the calculation of assets and liabilities shall be determined and made in accordance with the relevant provisions of any Bankruptcy Code and applicable state fraudulent conveyance or transfer laws.

 

SECTION 17.9    LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.

 

If the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder otherwise would be subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable state law relating to fraudulent conveyances or fraudulent transfers, taking into consideration such Guarantor’s (i) rights of reimbursement and indemnity from the Company with respect to amounts paid by such Guarantor and (ii) rights of contribution from other Guarantors pursuant to Section 17.8, then such obligations hereby are reduced to the largest amount that would make them not subject to such avoidance. Any Person asserting that such Guarantor’s obligations are so avoidable shall have the burden (including the burden of production and persuasion) of proving (a) that, without giving effect to this paragraph, such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder would be avoidable and (b) the extent to which such obligations are reduced by operation of this paragraph.

 

SECTION 17.10    APPLICATION OF CERTAIN TERMS AND PROVISIONS TO THE GUARANTORS.

 

(a) For purposes of any provision of this Indenture which provides for the delivery by any Guarantor of an Officer’s Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel, the definitions of such terms in Section 1.01 shall apply to such Subsidiary Guarantor as if references therein to the Company were references to such Guarantor.

 

(b) Any request, direction, order or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is to be made by any Guarantor, shall be sufficient if evidenced as described in Section 19.2 as if references therein to the Company were references to such Guarantor.

 

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(c) Upon any demand, request or application by any Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, such Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as are required in Section 1.02 hereof as if all references therein to the Company were references to such Guarantor.

 

SECTION 17.11    EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF GUARANTEE.

 

Each Guarantor shall be deemed to have signed on each Debt Security issued hereunder any required notation of guarantee to the same extent as if the signature of such Guarantor appeared on such Debt Security. The delivery of any Debt Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Obligor Guarantee set forth in Section 17.2 on behalf of each Guarantor. The notation of a guarantee set forth on any Debt Security shall be null and void and of no further effect with respect to the Obligor Guarantee of any Guarantor which, pursuant to Section 17.12 or Section 17.13, is released from such Guarantee.

 

SECTION 17.12    GUARANTOR MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ON CERTAIN TERMS.

 

(a) Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or any other Guarantor. Upon any such consolidation or merger, the Obligor Guarantee (as set forth in Section 17.2) of the Guarantor which is not the survivor of the merger or consolidation, shall be released and shall no longer have any force or effect.

 

(b) Nothing contained in this Indenture shall prevent any sale or conveyance of assets of any Guarantor (whether or not constituting all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor) to any Person, provided that the Company shall comply with any applicable terms of this Indenture, and provided further that, subject to Section 17.13, in the event that all of the assets of a Guarantor are sold or conveyed, the Obligor Guarantee of such Guarantor (as set forth in Section 17.2) shall be released and shall no longer have any force or effect.

 

(c) Except as provided in Section 17.12(a) or Section 17.13, each Guarantor shall not, directly or indirectly, consolidate with or merge with or into another Person, unless (i) either (a) the Guarantor is the continuing entity or (b) the resulting or surviving entity is a corporation organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Guarantor in connection with the Debt Securities and this Indenture; (ii) no Default or Event of Default would occur as a consequence of (after giving effect, on a pro forma basis, to) such transaction; and (iii) the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation or merger and if a supplemental indenture is required, such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent herein relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

 

(d) Upon any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor in accordance with Section 17.12, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor is merger shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Guarantor under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named herein a the Guarantor, and when a successor corporation duly assumes all of the obligations of the Guarantor pursuant hereto and pursuant to the Debt Securities, the Guarantor shall be released from such obligations.

 

SECTION 17.13    RELEASE OF GUARANTORS.

 

(a) Without further notice or action being required by any Person, but subject to Section 10.1, any Guarantor, and each Subsidiary of such Guarantor that is also a Guarantor, shall be fully and conditionally released and discharged from all obligations under its Obligor Guarantee and this Indenture, upon (i) the sale or other disposition of all of the assets or properties of such Guarantor, or 50% or more of the equity interests of any such Guarantor or Persons other than the Company and their Subsidiaries or (ii) the consolidation or merger of any such Guarantor with any Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, if, as a result of such consolidation or merger, Persons other than the Company and their Subsidiaries beneficially own more than

 

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50% of the capital stock of such Guarantor, provided, that, in either such case, the proceeds of any such sale, disposition, merger or consolidation are applied in accordance with this Indenture; or (iii) a defeasance as provided in Article XV hereof.

 

(b) The releases and discharges set forth in Section 17.13(a) shall be effective (i) in the case of releases and discharges effected pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of Section 17.13(a) by virtue of a sale, disposition, consolidation or merger, on the date of consummation thereof and (ii) in the case of releases and discharges effected pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 17.13(a), upon the date of defeasance. At the written request of the Company, the Trustee shall promptly execute and deliver appropriate instruments in forms reasonably acceptable to the Company evidencing and further implementing any releases and discharges pursuant to the foregoing provisions. If the Company desires the instruments evidencing or implementing any releases or discharges to be executed prior to the effectiveness of such releases and discharges as set forth above, necessary to cause the effectiveness of such releases and discharges, as specified in the first sentence of this Section 17.13.

 

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article XVII, (i) any Guarantor whose Obligor Guarantee would otherwise be released pursuant to the provisions of this Section 17.13 may elect, by written notice to the Trustee, to maintain such Obligor Guarantee in effect notwithstanding the event or events that otherwise would cause the release of such Obligor Guarantee (which election to maintain such guarantee in effect may be conditional or for a limited period of time), and (ii) any Subsidiary of the Company which is not a Guarantor may elect, by written notice to the Trustee, to become a Guarantor (which election may be conditional or for a limited period of time).

 

SECTION 17.14    CERTAIN BANKRUPTCY EVENTS.

 

Each Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees, to the fullest extent that it may do so under applicable law, that in the event of the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, such Guarantor shall not file (or join in any filing of), or otherwise seek to participate in the filing of, any motion or request seeking to stay or to prohibit (even temporarily) execution on the Obligor Guarantee and hereby waives and agrees not to take the benefit of any such stay of execution.

 

ARTICLE XVIII

 

SUBORDINATION

 

SECTION 18.1    AGREEMENT TO SUBORDINATE.

 

Each Obligor agrees, and each Holder by accepting Debt Securities agrees, that the Indebtedness evidenced by the Debt Securities is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article, to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt (whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter incurred), and that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt. No holder of Senior Debt need prove its reliance on this Article XVIII to enforce the provisions hereof.

 

SECTION 18.2    CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.

 

“Accrued Bankruptcy Interest” means, with respect to any Senior Debt, all interest accruing thereon after the filing of a petition or commencement of any other proceeding by or against any Obligor under any Bankruptcy Law, in accordance with and at the rate (including any rate applicable upon any default or event of default, to the extent lawful) specified in the documents evidencing or governing such Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations, whether or not the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim after such filing in any proceeding under such Bankruptcy Law.

 

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“Bank Credit Agreement” means the credit facility provided to the Company pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2005, as amended, by and among the Company, the financial institutions from time to time named therein, and Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc., as Administrative Agent, as may be further amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors or other purchasers) in whole or in part from time to time.

 

“Credit Facilities” means, with respect to any Obligor, one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Bank Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities with any combination of banks, other institutional lenders and other Persons extending financial accommodations or holding corporate debt obligations in the ordinary course of their business, 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 by the same or different institutional investors or other purchasers.

 

“Designated Senior Debt” means any Indebtedness under the Bank Credit Agreement (which is outstanding or which the lenders thereunder have a commitment to extend) and, if applicable, any other Senior Debt permitted under this Indenture, the principal amount (committed or outstanding) of which is $25 million or more and that has been designated by the Company as “Designated Senior Debt.”

 

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

 

“Senior Debt” means, with respect to any Obligor, (a) all Indebtedness of such Obligor outstanding under Credit Facilities (including the Bank Credit Agreement) and all Hedging Obligations with respect thereto, (b) any other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by such Obligor under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of payment to the Debt Securities and (c) all Obligations with respect to the foregoing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Senior Debt will not include (i) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Obligor, (ii) any Indebtedness of such Obligor to any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates, (iii) any trade payables, (iv) any Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of this Indenture and (v) Indebtedness which, when Incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of Title 11, United States Code, is without recourse to such Obligor.

 

A distribution may consist of cash, securities or other property, by set-off or otherwise.

 

All Designated Senior Debt now or hereafter existing and all other Obligations relating thereto shall not be deemed to have been paid in full unless the holders or owners thereof shall have received payment in full in cash with respect to such Designated Senior Debt and all other Obligations with respect thereto including, without limitation, all Accrued Bankruptcy Interest.

 

SECTION 18.3    LIQUIDATION; DISSOLUTION; BANKRUPTCY.

 

Upon any distribution to creditors of any Obligor in a liquidation or dissolution of such Obligor or in a proceeding under Bankruptcy Law relating to such Obligor or its property, in an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any marshaling of such Obligor’s assets and liabilities:

 

(a) holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all Obligations in respect of such Senior Debt (including Accrued Bankruptcy Interest) and to have all outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations and applicable Hedging Obligations fully cash collateralized before the Trustee or the Holders shall be entitled to receive any payment or distribution on Obligations with respect to the Debt Securities and the Guarantees (except

 

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that the Trustee or the Holders may receive payments and other distributions made from any defeasance or redemption trust created pursuant to Article XVIII or Section 13.5 and the issuance of Permitted Junior Securities); and

 

(b) until all Obligations with respect to Senior Debt (as provided in clause (a) above) are paid in full and all outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations and applicable Hedging Obligations are fully cash collateralized, any distribution to which the Trustee or the Holders would be entitled but for this Article, including any such distribution that is payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other Indebtedness of such Obligor being subordinated to the payment of the Debt Securities and Guarantees, shall be made to holders of Senior Debt or their Representatives, ratably in accordance with the respective amounts of the principal of such Senior Debt, interest (including, without limitation, Accrued Bankruptcy Interest) thereon and all other Obligations with respect thereto (except that Holders may receive payments and other distributions made from any defeasance or redemption trust created pursuant to Article XVIII or Section 13.5 and the issuance of Permitted Junior Securities), as their respective interests may appear.

 

Any holder of Designated Senior Debt may file any proof of claim or similar document on behalf of the Trustee or any Holder if such a document has not been filed by the date which is 30 days prior to the last day specified for filing of such documents. In any proceeding under Bankruptcy Law, neither the Trustee nor any Holder shall initiate, or vote in support of, any challenge to the rights of the holders of Senior Debt.

 

SECTION 18.4    DEFAULT ON DESIGNATED SENIOR DEBT.

 

The Obligors may not make any payment or distribution to the Trustee or any Holder in respect of Obligations arising under or in connection with the Debt Securities or the Guarantees and may not acquire from the Trustee or any Holder any Debt Securities or Guarantees for cash or property (other than payments and other distributions made from any defeasance or redemption trust created pursuant Article VIII or Section 13.5 and the issuance of Permitted Junior Securities) until all principal and other Obligations arising under or in connection with the Senior Debt have been paid in full or fully cash-collateralized, if not yet due if:

 

(a) a default in the payment of any Obligations with respect to Designated Senior Debt occurs and is continuing (including any default in payment upon the maturity of any Designated Senior Debt by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise), or any judicial proceeding is pending to determine whether any such default has occurred; or

 

(b) a default or event of default (as such terms may be defined in any agreement, indenture or other document governing such Designated Senior Debt), other than a payment default described in subsection (a) above, on Designated Senior Debt, including any default or event of default that would result upon any payment or distribution with respect to the Designated Debt Securities or the Guarantees, that would cause or permit the acceleration of the maturity of the Designated Senior Debt, occurs and is continuing with respect to Designated Senior Debt that permits holders of the Designated Senior Debt as to which such default relates to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives a notice of such default (a “Payment Blockage Notice”) from the affected Obligors or the holders of any Designated Senior Debt. 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 at least 360 days shall have elapsed since the first day of effectiveness of the immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice. 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.

 

If the Company is prohibited from making payments on or distributions in respect of the Debt Securities or from acquiring any Debt Securities under subsection (a) or (b) above, the Company may and shall resume payments on and distributions in respect of the Debt Securities and may acquire them upon:

 

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exist, unless another default, event of default or other event that would prohibit such payment, distribution or acquisition under Section 10.4(a) has occurred and is continuing, or all Obligations in respect of such Designated Senior Debt shall have been discharged or paid in full, or

 

(2) in the case of any prohibition referred to in Section 18.4(b) hereof, the earlier of the date on which the default, event of default or other event giving rise to such prohibition is cured or waived or 179 days pass after the relevant Payment Blockage Notice is received by the Trustee thereunder, unless the maturity of any Designated Senior Debt has been accelerated, in each such case, if this Article otherwise permits the payment, distribution or acquisition.

 

The provisions of this Article shall not be construed to prohibit the Company from repurchasing, redeeming, repaying or prepaying any or all of the Notes to the extent required to do so by any Gaming Authority having authority over any Obligor.

 

SECTION 18.5    ACCELERATION OF DEBT SECURITIES.

 

If payment of the Debt Securities is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company shall promptly notify holders of Senior Debt of the acceleration.

 

SECTION 18.6    WHEN DISTRIBUTION MUST BE PAID OVER.

 

If, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 18.3 and 18.4, any direct or indirect payment or distribution on account of principal of or interest on or other Obligations with respect to the Debt Securities or Guarantees or acquisition, repurchase, redemption, retirement or defeasance of any of the Debt Securities or Guarantees shall be made by or on behalf of any Obligor (including any payments or distribution by any liquidating trustee or agent or other Person in a proceeding referred to in Section 18.3) and received by the Trustee or any Holder at a time when such payment or distribution was prohibited by the provisions of Section 18.3 or 18.4 or such payment or distribution was required to be made to holders of Senior Debt or their Representatives, then, unless and until such payment or distribution is no longer prohibited by Section 18.3 or 18.4, such payment or distribution shall be received, segregated from other funds or assets and held in trust by the Trustee or such Holder, as the case may be, for the benefit of, and shall be immediately paid or delivered over to, those Persons known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, as, or identified by the Company as, or to a fund for the benefit of, the holders of Senior Debt or their Representatives, ratably in accordance with the respective amounts of the principal of such Senior Debt, interest (including, without limitation, Accrued Bankruptcy Interest) thereon and all other Obligations with respect thereto held or represented by each, until the principal of all Senior Debt, interest (including Accrued Bankruptcy Interest) thereon and all other Obligations with respect thereto have been paid in full and all outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations and applicable Hedging Obligations have been fully cash collateralized. Any distribution to the holders of Senior Debt or their Representatives of assets other than cash may be held by such holders or such Representatives as additional collateral without any duty to the Holder to liquidate or otherwise realize on such assets or to apply such assets to any Senior Debt or other Obligations relating thereto.

 

With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to perform only such obligations on the part of the Trustee as are specifically set forth in this Article XVIII, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Debt 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 Debt, and shall not be liable to any such holders if the Trustee shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to or on behalf of Holders or any Obligor or any other Person money or assets to which any holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Article XVIII, except if such payment is made as a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Trustee. Nothing in this Section 18.6 shall affect the obligation of any Person other than the Trustee to hold such payment or distribution for the benefit of, and to pay or deliver such payment or distribution over to, the holders of Senior Debt or their Representatives.

 

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SECTION 18.7    NOTICE BY COMPANY.

 

The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent of any facts known to the Company that would cause a payment of any Obligations with respect to the Debt Securities or Guarantees to violate this Article, but failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the Debt Securities and the Guarantees to the Senior Debt as provided in this Article XVIII.

 

SECTION 18.8    SUBROGATION.

 

After all Senior Debt is paid in full and until the Debt Securities are paid in full, Holders shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with all other Indebtedness pari passu with the Debt Securities and Guarantees) to the rights of holders of Senior Debt to receive distributions applicable to Senior Debt to the extent that distributions otherwise payable to the Holders have been applied to the payment of Senior Debt. A distribution made under this Article to holders of Senior Debt that otherwise would have been made to Holders is not, as between the Obligors and Holders, a payment by any Obligor on the Debt Securities or the Guarantees.

 

SECTION 18.9    RELATIVE RIGHTS.

 

This Article XVIII defines the relative rights of Holders and holders of Senior Debt. Nothing in this Article XVIII shall:

 

(a) impair, as between the Obligors and Holders, the obligation of the Obligors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on the Debt Securities and the Guarantees in accordance with their terms;

 

(b) affect the relative rights of Holders and creditors of the Obligors other than their rights in relation to holders of Senior Debt; or

 

(c) prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default, subject to the rights of holders and owners of Senior Debt to receive distributions and payments otherwise payable to Holders.

 

If any Obligor fails because of this Article to pay principal of or interest on a Debt Security or Guaranty on the due date, the failure is still a Default or Event of Default.

 

SECTION 18.10    SUBORDINATION MAY NOT BE IMPAIRED BY OBLIGORS.

 

No right of any present or future holder of Senior Debt to enforce the subordination of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Debt Securities and the Guarantees shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by any Obligor or any Holder of Debt Securities and Guarantees or any holder of Senior Debt or by the failure of any Obligor or any Holder of Debt Securities and Guarantees or any holder of Senior Debt to comply with this Indenture regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such Holder of Debt Securities or holder of Senior Debt, as the case may be, may have or be otherwise charged with. The holders of Senior Debt may extend, renew, restate, supplement, modify or amend the terms of the Senior Debt or any Obligations with respect thereto or any security therefor and release, sell or exchange such security and otherwise deal freely with any Obligor and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates all without affecting the liabilities and obligations of the parties to this Indenture or the Holders. No provision in any supplemental indenture that adversely affects the subordination of the Debt Securities and Guarantees or other provisions of this Article XVIII shall be effective against the holders of the Designated Senior Debt unless the requisite percentage of such holders (or if permitted under the applicable Bank Credit Agreement, the Representative) shall have consented thereto.

 

Each Holder of the Debt Securities and Guarantees by its acceptance thereof: (a) acknowledges and agrees that the holders of any Senior Debt or their Representative, in its or their discretion, and without affecting any

 

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rights of any holder of Senior Debt under this Article XVIII, may foreclose any mortgage or deed of trust covering interest in real property securing such Senior Debt or any guarantee thereof by judicial or nonjudicial sale, even though such action may release an Obligor or any guarantor of such Senior Debt from further liability under such Senior Debt or any guarantee thereof or may otherwise limit the remedies available to the holders thereof; and (b) hereby waives any defense that such Holder may otherwise have to the enforcement of this Article XVIII by any holder of any Senior Debt or any Representative of such holder against such Holder after or as a result of any action, including any such defense based on any loss or impairment of rights of subrogation.

 

If at any time any payment of Obligations with respect to any Senior Debt is rescinded or must otherwise be returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or liquidation of any Obligor or otherwise, the provisions of this Article 10 shall continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case may be, to the same extent as though such payments had not been made.

 

SECTION 18.11    DISTRIBUTION OR NOTICE TO REPRESENTATIVE.

 

Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Debt, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative.

 

Upon any payment or distribution of assets of any Obligor referred to in this Article XVIII, the Trustee and the Holders 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 for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and other Indebtedness of such Obligor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XVIII.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee or agent on behalf of any such holder). In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article XVIII, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article XVIII, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment which it may be required to make for the benefit of such Person pursuant to the terms of this Indenture pending judicial determination as to the rights of such Person to receive such payment.

 

SECTION 18.12    RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AND PAYING AGENT.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article XVIII 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 Debt Securities and Guarantees, unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received at its Corporate Trust Office at least two 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 Debt Securities and Guarantees to violate this Article XVIII. Only the Company or a Representative may give the notice. Nothing in this Article XVIII shall impair the claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof.

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Debt with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights.

 

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SECTION 18.13    AUTHORIZATION TO EFFECT SUBORDINATION.

 

Each Holder of a Debt Security by the Holder’s acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on the Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article XVIII, and appoints the Trustee to act as the Holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

 

Each Obligor, the Trustee and each Holder by their acceptance of the Debt Securities acknowledge that damages would be inadequate to compensate the holders of Senior Debt for any breach or default by any Obligor, the Trustee or any such Holder of its obligations under this Article XVIII, and, therefore, agree that the holders of Senior Debt and their Representatives shall be entitled to equitable relief, including injunctive relief and specific performance, in the enforcement thereof.

 

SECTION 18.14    ADDITIONAL OR SUBSTITUTE SUBORDINATION TERMS.

 

Pursuant to Section 3.1, the indenture supplemental hereto pursuant to which Debt Securities are issued or the Board Resolutions in which the terms of the Securities are set forth may set forth additional or substitute subordination provisions and terms.

 

ARTICLE XIX

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 19.1    NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.

 

Any Act of holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with:

 

(a) the Trustee by any holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (which may be via facsimile) to or with the Trustee at its                     , Attention:                     , or

 

(b) the Company by the Trustee or by any holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid or airmail postage prepaid if sent from outside the United States, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, to the attention of its Treasurer, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

 

Any such Act or other document shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.

 

SECTION 19.2    NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER.

 

When this Indenture provides for notice to holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given to holders (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to such holders as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, within the time prescribed; provided, however, that, in any case, any notice to holders of Floating Rate Securities regarding the determination of a periodic rate of interest, if such notice is required pursuant to Section 3.1, shall be sufficiently given if given in the manner specified pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

In the event of suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by mail, such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.

 

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In the event of suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by publication, such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.

 

Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance on such waiver. In any case where notice to holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other holders, and any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given. In any case where notice to holders is given by publication, any defect in any notice so published as to any particular holder shall not affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other holders, and any notice which is published in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given.

 

SECTION 19.3    CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

 

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed on any person by the provisions of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, such provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or shall be excluded, as the case may be.

 

SECTION 19.4    COUNTERPARTS; SIGNATURES VIA FACSIMILE; EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

 

This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Indenture. In the event that any signature to this Indenture or to any other document delivered pursuant to or in connection with execution of this Indenture is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof. The Article and Section headings herein and in the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

SECTION 19.5    SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

 

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind their respective successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of their permitted successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

 

SECTION 19.6    SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities 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 19.7    BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.

 

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent and their successors hereunder, the holders, and, to the extent specifically set forth herein, the holders of Senior Debt, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

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SECTION 19.8    GOVERNING LAW.

 

This Indenture and the Debt Securities shall be deemed to be contracts made and to be performed entirely in the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of said State without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State.

 

SECTION 19.9    LEGAL HOLIDAYS.

 

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 or in any Debt Security, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Debt Security of any series shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment for the Debt Securities of that series, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities) payment of principal or interest (and premium and any other amounts, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day if such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day.

 

SECTION 19.10    JUDGMENT CURRENCY.

 

The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, or premium, other amounts or interest, if any, on the Debt Securities of any series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in the City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, “New York Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in the City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.

 

SECTION 19.11    NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.

 

No direct or indirect incorporator, employee, shareholder, director or officer, as such, past, present or future of the Company or any successor corporation or any of the Company’s Affiliates, shall have any personal liability in respect of the obligations of the Company under the Debt Securities or this Indenture, either directly or through the Company, by reason of his, her or its status as such incorporator, shareholder, employee, director or officer. Each holder by accepting a Debt Security waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Debt Securities.

 

[Signatures on following pages]

 

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

 

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

By:                                                                                                  

Name:                                                                                            

Title:                                                                                              

                                                                                                        ,

as Trustee

By:                                                                                                  

Name:                                                                                            

Title:                                                                                              

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

[FORM OF REDEEMABLE OR NONREDEEMABLE DEBT SECURITY] [FORM OF FACE OF DEBT SECURITY]

 

[THIS DEBT SECURITY IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS DEBT SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY DEBT SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS DEBT SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL NOTE SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.]

 

[IF THIS DEBT SECURITY IS AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT DEBT SECURITY, INSERT—FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1273 AND 1275 OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THIS DEBT SECURITY IS     % OF ITS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, THE ISSUE DATE IS                     , 20    [AND] THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS     %. THE METHOD USED TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT APPLICABLE TO THE SHORT ACCRUAL PERIOD OF                     , 20     TO                     , 20    , IS     % OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS DEBT SECURITY.]

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. [DESIGNATION OF SERIES]

 

No.

 

[$]

 

CUSIP No.

         

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (herein referred to as the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporations under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                      or registered assigns the principal sum of                      [Dollars] on                      (the “Stated Maturity Date”) [OR INSERT DATE FIXED FOR EARLIER REDEMPTION (the “Redemption Date” and, together with the Stated Maturity Date with respect to principal repayable on such date, the “Maturity Date”)].

 

[IF THE DEBT SECURITY IS TO BEAR INTEREST PRIOR TO MATURITY, INSERT—and to pay interest thereon from                      or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on                      and                      in each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing                     , at [IF DEBT SECURITY IS TO BEAR INTEREST AT A FIXED RATE, INSERT—the rate of     % per annum],[IF THE DEBT SECURITY IS TO BEAR INTEREST AT A VARIABLE OR FLOATING RATE OR IF DETERMINED BY REFERENCE TO AN INDEX, REFER TO DESCRIPTION OF INDEX BELOW] until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Holder in whose name this Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the                      or                      (whether or not a Business Day, as defined below), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date [at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such interest may be paid, at the Company’s option, by mailing a check to such Holder at his or her registered address or by transfer of funds to an account maintained by such Holder within the United States]. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Holder in whose name this Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Debt Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of

 

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such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Debt Securities of this series not less than 15 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Debt Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.]

 

[IF THE INTEREST RATE OF DEBT SECURITIES IS A FLOATING OR ADJUSTABLE RATE, OR DETERMINED BY REFERENCE TO AN INDEX OR OTHER SOURCE EXTERNAL TO THE TERMS OF THE DEBT SECURITIES, OR IF THE PRINCIPAL OR ANY PREMIUM OR OTHER AMOUNTS DETERMINED BY REFERENCE TO AN INDEX OR OTHER SOURCE EXTERNAL TO THE TERMS OF THE DEBT SECURITIES, INSERT THE TEXT DESCRIBING OR IDENTIFYING THE FLOATING OR ADJUSTABLE RATE PROVISION OR INDEX OR OTHER SOURCE BY WHICH IT CAN BE CALCULATED.]

 

[IF THE DEBT SECURITY IS NOT TO BEAR INTEREST PRIOR TO MATURITY, INSERT—The principal of this Debt Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at the [Stated] Maturity Date and in such case the overdue principal of this Debt Security shall bear interest at the rate of     % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of     % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]

 

The principal of this Debt Security payable on the [Stated] Maturity Date [or the principal of, premium, if any, and, if the Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date, interest on this Debt Security payable on the Redemption Date] will be paid against presentation of this Debt Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in                     , in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest payable on this Debt Security on any Interest Payment Date and on the [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be,] will include interest accrued from and including the next preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or from and including                     , if no interest has been paid on this Debt Security) to but excluding such Interest Payment Date or the [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be]. If any Interest Payment Date or the [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date] falls on a day that is not a Business Day, principal, premium, if any, and/or interest payable with respect to such Interest Payment Date or [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be,] will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if it were paid on the date such payment was due, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be]. “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banking institutions or trust companies in [                    ] are authorized to close.

 

[IF THIS DEBT SECURITY IS A GLOBAL DEBT SECURITY, INSERT—All payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Debt Security will be made by the Company in immediately available funds.]

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Debt Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

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Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Debt Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

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[Reverse of Debt Security]

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

This Debt Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company, issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of                     , 200     (herein called the “Indenture”) between the Company and                     , as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of which this Debt Security is a part), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities, and of the terms upon which the Debt Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Debt Security is one of the duly authorized series of Debt Securities designated on the face hereof (collectively, the “Debt Securities”), [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—and the aggregate principal amount of the securities to be issued under such series is limited to [$            ] (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Debt Securities).] All terms used in this Debt Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Debt Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The Debt Securities may not be redeemed prior to the [Stated] Maturity Date.]

 

The rights of each Holder and any beneficial owner of the Debt Securities are subject to the Gaming Laws and requirements of the Gaming Authorities. Each holder and beneficial owner, by accepting or otherwise acquiring an interest in the Debt Securities, shall be deemed to have agreed that if the Gaming Authority of any jurisdiction in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts or proposes to conduct gaming requires that a Person who is a holder or beneficial owner must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under the applicable Gaming Laws, such holder or beneficial owner shall apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within the required time period. If any Gaming Authority makes a determination of unsuitability of a Holder or beneficial owner of Debt Securities (or of an Affiliate of such Holder or beneficial owner) or any Gaming Authority requires that a Holder or beneficial owner of Debt Securities (or an Affiliate thereof) must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable Gaming Laws and such Holder or beneficial owner (or an Affiliate thereof) fails to apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within 30 days (or such shorter period as may be required by the applicable Gaming Authority) after being requested to do so by the Gaming Authority, or is denied such license or qualification or is not found suitable, then the Company shall have the right, at its option, notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture (i) to require such Person to dispose of its Debt Securities or beneficial interest therein within 30 days (or such earlier date as may be required by the applicable Gaming Authority) of receipt such notice or finding by Gaming Authority or (ii) to redeem such Debt Securities at a redemption price equal to the least of: (x) 100% of the principal amount thereof or (y) the price at which such Person acquired the Debt Securities, in case of either clause (x) or clause (y), together with accrued and unpaid interest to the earlier of the date of redemption or the date of the denial of license or qualification or of the finding of unsuitability by such Gaming Authority, or (z) such other lesser amount as may be required by any Gaming Authority. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any such redemption as soon as practicable. The Company shall not be responsible for any costs or expenses any such Holder or beneficial owner may incur in connection with its application for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, immediately upon a determination by a Gaming Authority that a Holder or beneficial owner of the Debt Securities (or an Affiliate thereof) will not be licensed, qualified or found suitable or is denied a license, qualification or finding of suitability, the Holder or beneficial owner will not have any further rights with respect to the Debt Securities to: (i) to exercise, directly or indirectly, through any trustee, nominee or any other person or entity, any right conferred by the Debt Securities or (ii) to receive any interest or any other distribution or payment with respect to the Debt Securities or any

 

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remuneration in any form from the Company for services rendered or otherwise, except the redemption price of the Debt Securities.

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The Debt Securities are subject to redemption [(a) [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—on                      in any year commencing with the year                      and ending with the year             through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount and (b)] [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—at any time [on or after                     ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed on or before                     ,     % and if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning                      of the years indicated, at the Redemption Prices indicated below.

 

Year

   Redemption Price    Year    Redemption Price

 

and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to     % of the principal amount, together, in the case of any such redemption [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—(whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)], with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that installments of interest on this Debt Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of this Debt Security, or one or more Predecessor Debt Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The Debt Securities are subject to redemption (a) on                      in any year commencing with the year                      and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below and (b) at any time on or after                     ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below:

 

If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,

 

Redemption Price for Redemption

Otherwise Than Through Operation

of the Sinking Fund

   Redemption Price for Redemption Through Operation of Sinking Fund    Year

 

and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to     % of the principal amount, together, in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise), with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that installments of interest on this Debt Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of this Debt Security, or one or more Predecessor Debt Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant record dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to                      redeem any Debt Securities as contemplated by [clause (b) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of money borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than     % per annum.]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The sinking fund for the Debt Securities provides for the redemption on                      in each year, beginning with the year                  and ending with the year                 , of [not less than] [$            ] [(“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than $            ] aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities. [The Debt Securities acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made in the [DESCRIBE ORDER] order in which they become due.]]

 

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[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—Notice of redemption will be given by mail to Holders of Debt Securities, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—In the event of redemption of the Debt Security in part only, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT CONVERSION PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN ANY BOARD RESOLUTION OR INDENTURE SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE INDENTURE.]

 

[IF DEBT SECURITY IS NOT AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY, INSERT—If any Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of Debt Securities of this series may be declared or may otherwise become due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]

 

[IF DEBT SECURITY IS AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY, INSERT—If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of Debt Securities of this series may be declared or may otherwise become due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal—INSERT FORMULA FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT. [Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Debt Securities of this series shall terminate.]

 

[This Debt Security is subject to defeasance and covenant defeasance as described in the Indenture [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—and the supplemental indenture].]

 

[This Debt Security is subject to satisfaction and discharge as provided in the Indenture [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—and the supplemental indenture].]

 

This Debt Security is subject to subordination as provided in the Indenture [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT— and the supplemental indenture].

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Debt Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of all Debt Securities issued under the indenture at the time Outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all such Debt Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of not less than at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount, in certain instances, of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series to waive, on behalf of all of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series, certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Debt Security and other Debt Securities issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefore or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Debt Security.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Debt Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Debt Security at the times, rates and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein [and herein] set forth, the transfer of this Debt Security is registrable in the Security Register of the Company upon surrender of this security for

 

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registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Debt Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Debt Securities, of authorized denominations (in the same Denomination Currency) and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein [and herein] set forth, this Debt Security is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of different authorized denominations but in the same Denomination Currency, and otherwise having the same terms and conditions, as requested by the Holder hereof surrendering the same.

 

The Debt Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form [without coupons] in denominations of [$            ] and any integral multiple thereof. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior to due presentment of this Debt Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Debt Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Debt Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or the interest on this Debt Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any past, present or future incorporator, stockholder, employee, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor or Affiliate of the Company, either directly or through the Company or any successor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The obligations of the Company under the Indenture shall be guaranteed as set forth in the Indenture.]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The obligations of the Company under the Indenture shall be secured as set forth in the Indenture.]

 

The Indenture and the Debt Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely in such State.

 

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EX-4.11 4 dex411.htm FORM OF SUBORDINATED DEBT INDENTURE Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture

EXHIBIT 4.11

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

and

 

                    ,

 

as Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

 

DATED AS OF                     , 200  

 

SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES


PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939

and Indenture, dated as of                     , 200  1

 

Trust Indenture

Act Section        


   Indenture Section

310(a)(1)

   6.9

(a)(2)

   6.9

(a)(3)

   N.A.

(a)(4)

   N.A.

(a)(5)

   6.9

(b)

   6.9

(c)

   N.A.

311(a)

   6.13

(b)

   6.13

(c)

   N.A.

312(a)

   7.1, 7.2(a)

(b)

   7.2(b)

(c)

   7.2(c)

313(a)

   7.3(a)

(b)

   7.3(a)

(c)

   7.3(a); 7.3(c)

(d)

   7.3(c)

314(a)

   7.4

(c)(1)

   1.2

(c)(2)

   1.2

(c)(3)

   N.A.

(e)

   1.2

(f)

   N.A.

315(a)

   6.1

(b)

   6.2

(c)

   6.1

(d)

   6.1

(e)

   5.14

316(a) (1)(A)

   5.12

(a)(1)(B)

   5.2

(a)(2)

   N.A.

(b)

   5.8

(c)

   8.1; 19.2

317(a)(1)

   5.3

(a)(2)

   5.4

(b)

   6.6

318(a)

   19.3

1   This reconciliation and tie table is not part of the Indenture.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page

ARTICLE I

   DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION    1

SECTION 1.1

        DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION    1

SECTION 1.2

        COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS    9

SECTION 1.3

        FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE    10

ARTICLE II

  

DEBT SECURITY FORMS

   10

SECTION 2.1

        FORMS GENERALLY    10

SECTION 2.2

        FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION    11

SECTION 2.3

        SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM    11

ARTICLE III

  

THE DEBT SECURITIES

   11

SECTION 3.1

        AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES    11

SECTION 3.2

        DENOMINATIONS    14

SECTION 3.3

        EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING    14

SECTION 3.4

        TEMPORARY DEBT SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTES FOR DEFINITIVE DEBT SECURITIES; GLOBAL NOTES REPRESENTING DEBT SECURITIES    15

SECTION 3.5

        REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE    17

SECTION 3.6

        MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN DEBT SECURITIES    18

SECTION 3.7

        PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED    19

SECTION 3.8

        CANCELLATION    19

SECTION 3.9

        COMPUTATION OF INTEREST    20

SECTION 3.10

        MANDATORY DISPOSITION OF DEBT SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GAMING LAWS    20

SECTION 3.11

        CUSIP NUMBERS    20

SECTION 3.12

        WIRE TRANSFERS    21

ARTICLE IV

   SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE    21

SECTION 4.1

        SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE    21

SECTION 4.2

        APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY    22

SECTION 4.3

        APPLICATION TO A SPECIFIC SERIES OF SECURITIES    22

ARTICLE V

  

REMEDIES

   22

SECTION 5.1

        EVENTS OF DEFAULT    22

SECTION 5.2

        ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT    23

SECTION 5.3

        COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE    24

SECTION 5.4

        TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM    24

 

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SECTION 5.5

        TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF DEBT SECURITIES    25

SECTION 5.6

        APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED    25

SECTION 5.7

        LIMITATION ON SUITS    26

SECTION 5.8

        UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST    26

SECTION 5.9

        RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES    26

SECTION 5.10

        RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE    26

SECTION 5.11

        DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER    27

SECTION 5.12

        CONTROL BY HOLDERS    27

SECTION 5.13

        WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS    27

SECTION 5.14

        UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS    27

SECTION 5.15

        WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS    28

SECTION 5.16

        REMEDIES SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW    28

ARTICLE VI

  

THE TRUSTEE

   28

SECTION 6.1

        CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES    28

SECTION 6.2

        NOTICE OF DEFAULTS    29

SECTION 6.3

        CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE    29

SECTION 6.4

        NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF DEBT SECURITIES    30

SECTION 6.5

        MAY HOLD DEBT SECURITIES    30

SECTION 6.6

        MONEY HELD IN TRUST    31

SECTION 6.7

        COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT    31

SECTION 6.8

        DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS    31

SECTION 6.9

        CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY    31

SECTION 6.10

        RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR    32

SECTION 6.11

        ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR    33

SECTION 6.12

        MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS    33

SECTION 6.13

        PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY    34

SECTION 6.14

        APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT    34

SECTION 6.15

        COMPLIANCE WITH TAX LAWS    35

ARTICLE VII

   HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY    35

SECTION 7.1

        COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS    35

SECTION 7.2

        PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATION TO HOLDERS    35

 

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SECTION 7.3

        REPORTS BY TRUSTEE    36

SECTION 7.4

        REPORTS BY COMPANY    37

ARTICLE VIII

  

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

   37

SECTION 8.1

        ACTS OF HOLDERS    37

SECTION 8.2

        PROOF OF OWNERSHIP; PROOF OF EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS BY HOLDER    37

SECTION 8.3

        PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS    38

SECTION 8.4

        REVOCATION OF CONSENTS; FUTURE HOLDERS BOUND    38

ARTICLE IX

  

HOLDERS’ MEETINGS

   38

SECTION 9.1

        PURPOSES OF MEETINGS    38

SECTION 9.2

        CALL OF MEETINGS BY TRUSTEE    39

SECTION 9.3

        CALL OF MEETINGS BY COMPANY OR HOLDERS    39

SECTION 9.4

        QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING    39

SECTION 9.5

        REGULATIONS    39

SECTION 9.6

        VOTING    40

SECTION 9.7

        NO DELAY OF RIGHTS BY MEETING    40

ARTICLE X

  

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

   40

SECTION 10.1

        COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS    40

SECTION 10.2

        SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED    40

ARTICLE XI

   SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES    40

SECTION 11.1

        SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS    40

SECTION 11.2

        SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS    43

SECTION 11.3

        EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES    43

SECTION 11.4

        EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES    44

SECTION 11.5

        CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT    44

SECTION 11.6

        REFERENCE IN DEBT SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES    44

SECTION 11.7

        SUBORDINATION UNIMPAIRED    44

ARTICLE XII

  

COVENANTS

   44

SECTION 12.1

        PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST    44

SECTION 12.2

        OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE    44

SECTION 12.3

        MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY    45

SECTION 12.4

        MONEY FOR DEBT SECURITIES; PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST    45

SECTION 12.5

        CORPORATE EXISTENCE    46

SECTION 12.6

        WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS    46

 

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SECTION 12.7

        STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT    46

ARTICLE XIII

  

REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

   46

SECTION 13.1

        APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE    46

SECTION 13.2

        ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE    47

SECTION 13.3

        SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF DEBT SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED    47

SECTION 13.4

        NOTICE OF REDEMPTION    47

SECTION 13.5

        DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE    48

SECTION 13.6

        DEBT SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE    48

SECTION 13.7

        DEBT SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART    48

ARTICLE XIV

  

SINKING FUNDS

   49

SECTION 14.1

        APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE    49

SECTION 14.2

        SATISFACTION OF MANDATORY SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH DEBT SECURITIES    49

SECTION 14.3

        REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND    49

ARTICLE XV

  

DEFEASANCE

   50

SECTION 15.1

        APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE    50

SECTION 15.2

        DEFEASANCE UPON DEPOSIT OF MONEYS OR U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS    50

SECTION 15.3

        DEPOSITED MONEYS AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST    52

SECTION 15.4

        REPAYMENT TO COMPANY    52

ARTICLE XVI

  

CONVERSION

   52

SECTION 16.1

        APPLICABILITY; CONVERSION PRIVILEGE    52

SECTION 16.2

        CONVERSION PROCEDURE; CONVERSION PRICE; FRACTIONAL SHARES    52

SECTION 16.3

        ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE FOR COMMON STOCK    53

SECTION 16.4

        CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER OF THE COMPANY    55

SECTION 16.5

        NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT    56

SECTION 16.6

        NOTICE IN CERTAIN EVENTS    56

SECTION 16.7

        COMPANY TO RESERVE STOCK; REGISTRATION; LISTING    56

SECTION 16.8

        TAXES ON CONVERSION    57

SECTION 16.9

        CONVERSION AFTER RECORD DATE    57

SECTION 16.10

        COMPANY DETERMINATION FINAL    57

SECTION 16.11

        TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER    57

 

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ARTICLE XVII

  

GUARANTEES

   58

SECTION 17.1

        APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE    58

SECTION 17.2

        OBLIGOR GUARANTEE    58

SECTION 17.3

        NATURE OF OBLIGOR GUARANTEE    58

SECTION 17.4

        AUTHORIZATION    59

SECTION 17.5

        CERTAIN WAIVERS    59

SECTION 17.6

        NO SUBROGATION; CERTAIN AGREEMENTS    60

SECTION 17.7

        BANKRUPTCY NO DISCHARGE    60

SECTION 17.8

        RIGHTS OF CONTRIBUTION    60

SECTION 17.9

        LIMITATION ON LIABILITY    61

SECTION 17.10

        APPLICATION OF CERTAIN TERMS AND PROVISIONS TO THE GUARANTORS    61

SECTION 17.11

        EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF GUARANTEE    62

SECTION 17.12

        GUARANTOR MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ON CERTAIN TERMS    62

SECTION 17.13

        RELEASE OF GUARANTORS    62

SECTION 17.14

        CERTAIN BANKRUPTCY EVENTS    63

ARTICLE XVIII

  

SUBORDINATION

   63

SECTION 18.1

        AGREEMENT TO SUBORDINATE    63

SECTION 18.2

        CERTAIN DEFINITIONS    63

SECTION 18.3

        LIQUIDATION; DISSOLUTION; BANKRUPTCY    64

SECTION 18.4

        DEFAULT ON DESIGNATED SENIOR DEBT    65

SECTION 18.5

        ACCELERATION OF DEBT SECURITIES    66

SECTION 18.6

        WHEN DISTRIBUTION MUST BE PAID OVER    66

SECTION 18.7

        NOTICE BY COMPANY    66

SECTION 18.8

        SUBROGATION    67

SECTION 18.9

        RELATIVE RIGHTS    67

SECTION 18.10

        SUBORDINATION MAY NOT BE IMPAIRED BY OBLIGORS    67

SECTION 18.11

        DISTRIBUTION OR NOTICE TO REPRESENTATIVE    68

SECTION 18.12

        RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AND PAYING AGENT    68

SECTION 18.13

        AUTHORIZATION TO EFFECT SUBORDINATION    68

SECTION 18.14

        ADDITIONAL OR SUBSTITUTE SUBORDINATION TERMS    69

ARTICLE XIX

  

MISCELLANEOUS

   69

SECTION 19.1

        NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY    69

SECTION 19.2

        NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER    69

 

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SECTION 19.3

        CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT    70

SECTION 19.4

        COUNTERPARTS; SIGNATURES VIA FACSIMILE; EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS    70

SECTION 19.5

        SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS    70

SECTION 19.6

        SEPARABILITY CLAUSE    70

SECTION 19.7

        BENEFITS OF INDENTURE    70

SECTION 19.8

        GOVERNING LAW    70

SECTION 19.9

        LEGAL HOLIDAYS    70

SECTION 19.10

        JUDGMENT CURRENCY    71

SECTION 19.11

        NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS    71

 

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THIS INDENTURE CONTEMPLATES THE ISSUANCE OF MULTIPLE SERIES OF DEBT SECURITIES. WHILE THIS INDENTURE GOVERNS THE AUTHORIZATION OF EACH SERIES OF DEBT SECURITIES, FOR THE SPECIFIC TERMS RELATING TO A PARTICULAR SERIES OF DEBT SECURITIES, THE TERMS OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE RELATING TO SUCH PARTICULAR SERIES SHALL GOVERN TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE PROVISIONS IN THIS INDENTURE.

 

INDENTURE dated as of             , by and between PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), having its principal executive office at             , and             (together with any additional trustees to be added by supplemental indenture pursuant to this Indenture, the “Trustee”), having its             ; attn:             .

 

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

 

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its subordinated debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Debt Securities”), to be issued in one or more series, as provided in this Indenture.

 

This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, that are deemed incorporated into this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

 

All things necessary have been done to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

 

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of Debt Securities by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all holders of Debt Securities or of Debt Securities of any series, as applicable, as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

SECTION 1.1    DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION.

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)    the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;

 

(b)    all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

 

(c)    all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States prevailing at the time of any relevant computation hereunder;

 

(d)    the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;

 

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(e)    certain terms, used principally in Article III or Article VI, are defined in those respective Articles;

 

(f)    “or” is not exclusive and “including” is not limiting;

 

(g)    references in this Indenture to any agreement, other document or law “as amended” or “as amended from time to time,” or to “amendments” of any document or law, shall include any amendments, supplements, replacements, renewals or other modifications from time to time, provided in the case of modifications to documents, such modifications are permissible hereunder;

 

(h)    references in this Indenture to any law include regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time;

 

(i)    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; and

 

(j)    The term “Act” when used with respect to any holder, has the meaning specified in Section 8.1.

 

“Accrued Bankruptcy Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 18.2.

 

“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 the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) as used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

 

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

 

“Authenticating Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 6.14.

 

“Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day, and customarily published for at least five days in each calendar week, and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day in such city.

 

“Bank Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 18.2.

 

“Bankruptcy Code” means 11 U.S.C. (S)101 et seq., as amended from time to time.

 

“Beneficiary” has the meaning specified in Section 17.2.

 

“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any committee of that board or any other committee of the Company, duly authorized by the board of directors of the Company to act hereunder.

 

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“Business Day” when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities means any day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in that Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law to close, except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

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“Capital Stock” means (a) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, rights, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock, including each class of common stock and preferred stock of such Person, and (b) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership, membership or other equity interests of such Person.

 

“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, as to any Person, the discounted rental stream payable by such Person that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease obligation under GAAP and, for purposes of this definition, the amount of such obligation at any date shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation at such date, determined in accordance with GAAP. The final maturity of any such obligation shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without penalty.

 

“Closing Price” of the Common Stock shall mean the average of the last reported closing bid and asked prices on the New York Stock Exchange, or if the Common Stock is not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, then on the principal exchange on which the Common Stock is listed.

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.

 

“Common Depositary” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4(b).

 

“Common Stock” shall mean the class of Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Company authorized at the date of this Indenture as originally signed, or any other class of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such Common Stock, and in any such case including any shares thereof authorized after the date of this Indenture, and any other shares of stock of the Company which do not have any priority in the payment of dividends or upon liquidation over any other class of stock.

 

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

 

“Company Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or an Executive or Senior Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“Conversion Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to receive Debt Securities to be converted into Common Stock on behalf of the Company. The Company initially authorizes the Trustee to act as Conversion Agent for the Debt Securities on its behalf. The Company may at any time or from time to time authorize one or more Persons to act as Conversion Agent in addition to or in place of the Trustee with respect to any series of Debt Securities issued under this Indenture.

 

“Conversion Price” means, with respect to any series of Debt Securities which are convertible into Common Stock, the price per share of Common Stock at which the Debt Securities of such series are so convertible pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to such series, as the same may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 16.3.

 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this instrument is located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 8W, New York, NY 10286.

 

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“Corporation” means a corporation, association, company or business trust.

 

“Covenant defeasance option” has the meaning specified in Section 15.2.

 

“Credit Facilities” has the meaning specified in Section 18.2.

 

“Current Market Price” on any date shall mean the average of the daily Closing Prices per share of Common Stock for any thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days selected by the Company prior to the date in question, which thirty (30) consecutive Trading Day period shall not commence more than forty-five (45) Trading Days prior to the day in question; provided that with respect to Section 16.3(c), the “Current Market Price” of the Common Stock shall mean the average of the daily Closing Prices per share of Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date of the distribution referred to in Section 16.3(c) (or if such date shall not be a Trading Day, on the Trading Day immediately preceding such date).

 

“Debt Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Debt Securities (including any Global Note) authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, “Debt Securities” with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean Debt Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Debt Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.

 

“Default” means any event that after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default.

 

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.7(b).

 

“Denomination Currency” means, with respect to a Debt Security of any series, the currency or currencies (including units) in which such Debt Security is denominated.

 

“Designated Senior Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 18.2.

 

“Discharged” has the meaning specified in Section 15.2.

 

“Discount Security” means any Debt Security which is issued with “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Code (or any successor provision) and the regulations thereunder.

 

“Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is, by its terms, convertible or for which it is, by its terms, exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any specified event, is required to be redeemed or is redeemable (at the option of the holder thereof) at any time prior to the earlier of the repayment of all Debt Securities or the stated maturity of the Debt Securities or is exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof for Indebtedness at any time prior to the earlier of the repayment of all Debt Securities or the stated maturity of the Debt Securities.

 

“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).

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.

 

“Floating Rate Security” means a Debt Security which provides for the payment of interest at a variable rate determined periodically by reference to an interest rate index or any other index specified pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

“Funding Guarantor” has the meaning specified in Section 17.8(a).

 

“Gaming Authority” means any governmental authority with regulatory oversight of, authority to regulate or jurisdiction over any gaming businesses or enterprises, including the Nevada State Gaming Control Board,

 

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Nevada Gaming Commission, Mississippi Gaming Commission, Indiana Gaming Commission, California Gambling Control Commission, Missouri Gaming Commission and Louisiana Gaming Control Board, with regulatory oversight of, authority to regulate or jurisdiction over any gambling, gaming, racing or casino operation (or proposed operations) owned, managed or operated by the Company or any Guarantor.

 

“Gaming Laws” means the gaming laws of a jurisdiction or jurisdictions to which the Company or a subsidiary of the Company is, or may at any time after the date of this Indenture be, subject, including all applicable provisions of all: (1) constitutions, treatises, statutes or laws governing gaming operations (including, without limitation, card club casinos and pari-mutuel race tracks) and rules, regulations and ordinances of any Gaming Authority; (2) any governmental approval relating to any gaming business (including pari-mutuel betting) or enterprise; and (3) orders, decisions, judgments, awards and decrees of any Gaming Authority.

 

“Gaming Licenses” means every material license, material, franchise, registration, or other material approval held by, or issued at any time after the date of this Indenture to, the Company or any of its subsidiaries authorizing the Company or any of its subsidiaries to own, lease, operate or otherwise conduct or manage gaming (including pari-mutuel betting) in any state or jurisdiction.

 

“Global Note” means a registered Debt Security evidencing all or part of a series of Debt Securities, including, without limitation, any temporary or permanent Global Note.

 

“Guaranteed Securities” has the meaning specified in Section 17.2.

 

“Guarantor” means, with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, any Person who has guaranteed the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such series pursuant to Article XVII, until released from such guarantee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

 

“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations of such Person arising under or in connection with any rate or basis swap, forward contract, commodity swap or option, equity or equity index swap or option, bond, note or bill option, interest rate option, foreign currency exchange transaction, cross currency rate swap, currency option, cap, collar or floor transaction, swap option, synthetic trust product, synthetic lease or any similar transaction or agreement.

 

“Holder” means a Person in whose name the Debt Security is registered.

 

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, whether contingent or otherwise, (a) any obligations for money borrowed, (b) any obligation evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments, (c) Letter of Credit Obligations and obligations in respect of other similar instruments, (d) any obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, including Capitalized Lease Obligations, (e) the maximum fixed redemption or repurchase price of Disqualified Capital Stock, (f) Indebtedness of other Persons of the types described in clauses (a) through (e) of this definition, secured by a Lien on the assets of such Person, valued, in such cases where the recourse thereof is limited to such assets, at the lesser of the principal amount of such Indebtedness or the fair market value of the subject assets, (g) Indebtedness of other Persons of the types described in clauses (a) through (e) of this definition, guaranteed by such Person and (h) the net obligations of such Person under Hedging Obligations; provided that the amount of any Indebtedness at any date shall be calculated as the outstanding balance of all unconditional obligations and the maximum liability supported by any contingent obligations at such date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Indebtedness” shall not be construed to include trade payables, credit on open account, accrued liabilities, provisional credit, daylight overdrafts or similar items. For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed redemption or repurchase price” of any Disqualified Capital Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock were repurchased on the date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Capital Stock, such fair market value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of the issuing

 

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Person. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount outstanding at any time of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount is the full amount of such Indebtedness less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Indebtedness at such time as determined in conformity with GAAP.

 

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed, or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and, unless the context otherwise requires, shall include the terms of a particular series of Debt Securities as established pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

“Interest” when used with respect to a Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only on a certain date, means interest payable after such date.

 

“Interest Payment Date” with respect to any Debt Security means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Debt Security.

 

“Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 19.10.

 

“Joint Venture” means any partnership, corporation or other entity, in which up to and including 50% of the partnership interests, outstanding voting stock or other equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and/or one or more subsidiaries.

 

“Legal defeasance option” has the meaning specified in Section 17.2.

 

“Letter of Credit Obligations” means obligations of a Person arising under or in connection with letters of credit.

 

“Lien” means, with respect to any assets, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other similar encumbrance (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell, and any filing of or agreement to give, any security interest).

 

“Mandatory sinking fund payment” has the meaning specified in Section 14.1.

 

“Maturity” when used with respect to any Debt Security means the date on which the principal of such Debt Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repayment or repurchase at the option of the holder thereof or otherwise.

 

“Maximum Net Worth” has the meaning specified in Section 17.8(b).

 

“Net Worth” has the meaning specified in Section 17.8(b).

 

“New York Banking Day” has the meaning specified in Section 19.10.

 

“Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 17.2.

 

“Obligor” means the Company or any Guarantor.

 

“Obligor Guarantee” has the meaning specified in Section 17.2.

 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or an Executive or Senior Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee.

 

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“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel to the Company (including an employee or counsel to the Company or any subsidiary of the Company).

 

“Optional sinking fund payment” has the meaning specified in Section 14.1.

 

“Outstanding” when used with respect to Debt Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Debt Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

 

(i) Debt Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

 

(ii) Debt Securities for whose payment or redemption (including repayment at the option of the holder) money in the necessary amount and in the Payment Currency has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the holders of such Debt Securities; provided, however, that if such Debt Securities are to be redeemed, then notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made and the date for such redemption has passed;

 

(iii) Debt Securities, except to the extent provided in Section 15.2, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance as provided in Article XV;

 

(iv) Debt Securities which have been issued pursuant to Section 3.6 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Debt Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Debt Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Debt Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and

 

(v) Debt Securities converted into Common Stock pursuant to or in accordance with this Indenture;

 

Provided, however, that in determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of Debt Securities Outstanding have performed any Act hereunder, Debt Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding (provided, that in connection with any offer by the Company or any obligor to purchase Debt Securities, Debt Securities tendered by a holder shall be Outstanding until the date of purchase), except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such Act, only Debt Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to act with respect to such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities have performed any Act hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2.

 

“Overdue Rate” when used with respect to any series of the Debt Securities, means the rate designated as such in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or the supplemental indenture, as the case may be, relating to such series as contemplated by Section 3.1.

 

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities on behalf of the Company.

 

“Payment Currency” means, with respect to a Debt Security of any series, the currency or currencies (including units) in which such Debt Security is payable.

 

“Permanent Global Note” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4(b).

 

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

 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

 

“Place of Payment” when used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of that series are payable as specified pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Debt Security means every previous Debt Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Debt Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Debt Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security.

 

“Principal” includes, with respect to Debt Securities of any series, principal payable upon redemption or repurchase of Debt Securities of such series.

 

“Redemption Date” means the date fixed for redemption of any Debt Security pursuant to this Indenture.

 

“Redemption Price” means, in the case of a Discount Security, the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable in the Payment Currency as of the Redemption Date upon a declaration of acceleration pursuant to Section 5.2, and in the case of any other Debt Security, the principal amount thereof, plus, in each case, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, payable in the Payment Currency.

 

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on the Debt Securities of any series on any Interest Payment Date means the date specified for the purpose pursuant to Section 3.1 for such Interest Payment Date.

 

“Representative” has the meaning specified in Section 18.2.

 

“Required Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 19.10.

 

“Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee means any vice president or any assistant vice president 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 and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

 

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.5(a).

 

“Senior Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 18.2.

 

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7(b).

 

“Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Debt Security or any installment of principal thereof or premium thereon or interest thereon means the date specified in such Debt Security representing such installment of interest, as the date on which the principal of such Debt Security or such installment of principal, premium or interest is due and payable.

 

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“Subsidiary” means (i) a corporation a majority of whose capital stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by the Company or (ii) any other Person, (other than a corporation) in which the Company, directly or indirectly, has at least a majority ownership interest.

 

“Successor corporation” has the meaning specified in Section 10.1(a).

 

“Temporary Global Note” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4(b).

 

“Trading Day” shall mean, with respect to the Common Stock, so long as the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange or a principal exchange, a day on which the New York Stock Exchange or such principal exchange is open for the transaction of business.

 

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, then “Trustee” as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of such series.

 

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

“U.S. Depositary” means a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto, which shall in either case be designated by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 until a successor U.S. Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “U.S. Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a U.S. Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, then “U.S. Depositary” as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the U.S. Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities of that series.

 

“U.S. Government Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 15.2.

 

“Vice President” includes, with respect to the Company, any Executive or Senior Vice President and includes, with respect to the Trustee, any Vice President, whether or not designated by a number or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President.”

 

SECTION 1.2    COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.

 

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

 

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than certificates provided pursuant to Section 12.2) shall include:

 

(a)    a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

 

(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;

 

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(c)    a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, such individual has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable that individual to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

 

(d)    a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that with respect to matters of law, an Officers’ Certificate may be based upon an Opinion of Counsel, unless the signers know, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that such Opinion of Counsel is erroneous, and provided, further, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials, unless the signer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that any such document is erroneous.

 

SECTION 1.3    FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.

 

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

 

Any certificate, statement or opinion of a Person may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate, report or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Company, unless such Person actually knows that the certificate, report or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion is based are erroneous.

 

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

 

ARTICLE II

 

DEBT SECURITY FORMS

 

SECTION 2.1    FORMS GENERALLY.

 

The Debt Securities of each series shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto or in such other form as shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which any series of the Debt Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities. If the form of Debt Securities (or any Global Note) of any series is established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee, together with an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the form of such series, at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities (or any such Global Note).

 

Subject to Section 3.4, the definitive Debt Securities of each series shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities.

 

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SECTION 2.2    FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.

 

Except as may be otherwise provided in a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto establishing a series of Debt Securities, the form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by the Debt Securities shall be substantially as follows:

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the series of Debt Securities issued under the within mentioned Indenture.

 

[NAME OF TRUSTEE], as Trustee

 

By:                                         

Authorized Signatory

 

Dated:                                         

 

SECTION 2.3    SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM.

 

If any Debt Security of a series is issued as a Global Note, such Global Note may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee and in such manner as shall be specified in such Global Note. Any instructions by the Company with respect to a Global Note, after its initial issuance, shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.2.

 

Global Notes may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form. Permanent Global Notes will be issued in definitive form.

 

Every Global Note authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS DEBT SECURITY IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS DEBT SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY DEBT SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS DEBT SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL NOTE SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

 

ARTICLE III

 

THE DEBT SECURITIES

 

SECTION 3.1    AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.

 

The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Debt Securities of any series:

 

(a)    The title of the Debt Securities of such series, including CUSIP numbers (which shall distinguish the Debt Securities of such series from all other series of Debt Securities);

 

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(b)    The initial aggregate principal amount of such series of Debt Securities and any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 11.6 or 13.7);

 

(c)    The percentage of the principal amount at which the Debt Securities of such series will be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount thereof payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity or upon redemption thereof or the method by which such portion shall be determined;

 

(d)    The date or dates on which, or periods during which, the Debt Securities of such series may be issued, and the date or dates or the method by which such date or dates will be determined, on which the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the Debt Securities of such series are or may be payable (which, if so provided in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, may be determined by the Company from time to time as set forth in the Debt Securities of such series issued from time to time);

 

(e)    The rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Debt Securities of such series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined (which, in either case or both, if so provided in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, may be determined by the Company from time to time and set forth in the Debt Securities of such series issued from time to time) and the circumstances, if any, in which the Company may defer interest payments; and the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable (or the method of determination thereof), and the Regular Record Dates, if any, for the interest payable on such Interest Payment Dates and the notice, if any, to holders regarding the determination of interest, the manner of giving such notice, the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and any conditions or contingencies as to the payment of interest in cash or otherwise, if any;

 

(f)    The place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the Corporate Trust Office of the applicable Trustee where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Debt Securities of such series shall be payable and where such Debt Securities may be surrendered for conversion or registration of transfer or exchange; the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on any Global Note on an Interest Payment Date will be paid, if other than in the manner provided in Section 3.7; the extent, if any, to which the provisions of the last sentence of Section 12.1 shall apply to the Debt Securities of such series; and the manner in which any principal of, or premium, if any, on, any Global Note will be paid, if other than as set forth elsewhere herein and whether any Global Note will require any notation to evidence payment of principal or interest;

 

(g)    The obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay, purchase or offer to purchase Debt Securities of such series pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or upon other conditions or at the option of the holder thereof and the period or periods within which or the dates on which, the prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Debt Securities of such series shall be redeemed, repaid, purchased or offered to be purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

 

(h)    The right, if any, of the Company to redeem the Debt Securities of such series at its option and the period or periods within which, or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such Debt Securities may be redeemed, if any, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or otherwise;

 

(i)    The denominations of the Debt Securities of such series if other than denominations of U.S. $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof (except as provided in Section 3.4);

 

(j)    If other than U.S. dollars, Denomination Currency , and the particular provisions applicable thereto;

 

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(k)    If the Company or a Holder of the Debt Securities of such series may elect one or more Payment Currency (including currency unit or units) other than the Denomination Currency, the terms and conditions for making payments in such Payment Currencies, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments shall be determined, and the particular provisions applicable thereto;

 

(l)    If the amount of payments of principal of, premium and other amounts, if any, and interest on the Debt Securities of such series shall be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than the Denomination Currency or the Payment Currency for the Debt Securities of such, the index, formula or other method by which such amounts shall be determined;

 

(m)    Whether the Debt Securities of the series are to be issued as Discount Securities and the amount of discount with which such Debt Securities may be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Debt Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2;

 

(n)    Additional provisions, if any, for the defeasance or discharge of certain of the Company’s obligations with respect to Debt Securities of the series, which provisions may be in addition to, or in substitution for, or in modification of (or any combination of the foregoing), the provisions of the Indenture;

 

(o)    Whether provisions for payment of additional amounts or tax redemptions shall apply and, if such provisions shall apply, such provisions;

 

(p)    The date as of which any Debt Securities of the series shall be dated, if other than as set forth in Section 3.3;

 

(q)    The applicable Overdue Rate, if any;

 

(r)    If the Debt Securities of the series do not bear interest, the applicable dates for purposes of Section 7.1;

 

(s)    Any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any Event of Default or covenant provided for in this Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of the series;

 

(t)    Whether the Debt Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the U.S. Depositary or any Common Depositary for such Global Note or Notes; and the manner in which and the circumstances under which Global Notes representing Debt Securities of the series may be exchanged for Debt Securities in definitive form, if other than, or in addition to, the manner and circumstances specified in Section 3.4(c);

 

(u)    The designation, if any, of any depositaries, trustees (other than the Trustee), Paying Agents, Authenticating Agents, Conversion Agents, Security Registrars (other than the Trustee) or other agents with respect to the Debt Securities of such series;

 

(v)    If the Debt Securities of such series will be issuable in definitive form only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or upon satisfaction of certain conditions, the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;

 

(w)    Whether the Debt Securities of such series will be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock or for shares of another entity or other securities or property of the Company or another entity, and, if so, the terms and conditions, which may be in addition to or in lieu of the provisions contained in this Indenture, upon which such Debt Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the conversion price or the exchange rate and the conversion or exchange period;

 

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(x)    The portion of the principal amount of the Debt Securities which will be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof, if other than the principal amount thereof;

 

(y)    The terms, if any, on which the Debt Securities of such series will be subordinate to other debt of the Company;

 

(z)    Any listing or intended listing of the Debt Securities on a securities exchange;

 

(aa)    The provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Debt Securities of such series;

 

(bb)    The provisions, if any, relating to any guarantees of the Debt Securities; and

 

(cc)    The subordination of the Debt Securities of such series to other Indebtedness of the Company, including without limitation, the Debt Securities of any other series.

 

(dd)    Any other terms of the series including without limitation provisions governing forms of such series and authentication requirements, except for provisions mandated by the TIA.

 

All Debt Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth in such Officers’ Certificate, or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Debt Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time, and unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuance of additional Debt Securities of such series.

 

If any of the terms of a series of Debt Securities is established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

 

SECTION 3.2    DENOMINATIONS.

 

The Debt Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. In the absence of any specification pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Debt Securities of such series shall be issuable only as Debt Securities in denominations of U.S. $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and shall be payable only in U.S. dollars.

 

SECTION 3.3    EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.

 

The Debt Securities of any series shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, one of its Executive or Senior Vice Presidents or its Treasurer. The signature of any of these officers may be manual or facsimile. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Debt Security that has been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.

 

Debt Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Debt Securities.

 

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Debt Securities of any series, executed by the Company, to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities. If all the Debt Securities of any one series are not to be issued at one time and if a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such series

 

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shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Debt Securities such as interest rate, Stated Maturity, date of issuance and date from which interest, if any, shall accrue. If any Debt Security shall be represented by a permanent Global Note, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 3.4, the notation of a beneficial owner’s interest therein upon original issuance of such Debt Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Note shall be deemed to be delivery in connection with the original issuance of such beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent Global Note.

 

The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, prior to the authentication and delivery of the Debt Securities of such series, (i) the supplemental indenture or the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which the form and terms of such Debt Securities have been approved, (ii) an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture have been complied with and that, to the best knowledge of the signers of such certificates, no Event of Default with respect to the applicable Debt Securities shall have occurred and be continuing and (iii) an Opinion of Counsel substantially to the effect that:

 

(a)    the form and terms of such Debt Securities, have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

 

(b)    such Debt Securities, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Debt Securities if the issuance of such Debt Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Debt Securities and this Indenture in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

 

Unless otherwise provided for in the form of Debt Security, each Debt Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

 

Except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto establishing a series of Debt Securities, no Debt Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Debt Security a certificate of authentication substantially in one of the forms provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee or by an Authenticating Agent, and such certificate upon any Debt Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Debt Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Debt Security shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Debt Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.8 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 1.2) stating that such Debt Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Debt Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

SECTION 3.4   TEMPORARY DEBT SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTES FOR DEFINITIVE DEBT SECURITIES; GLOBAL NOTES REPRESENTING DEBT SECURITIES.

 

(a)    Pending the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Debt Securities which are printed,

 

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lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination for Debt Securities of such series, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Debt Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Debt Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities. Every such temporary Debt Security shall be executed by the Company and shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the definitive Debt Securities in lieu of which they are issued.

 

Except in the case of temporary Debt Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if temporary Debt Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Debt Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of such series, the temporary Debt Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Debt Securities of such series, of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and provisions, upon surrender of the temporary Debt Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for such series, without charge to the holder, except as provided in Section 3.5 in connection with a transfer. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Debt Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of authorized denominations in the same Denomination Currency and of a like Stated Maturity and like terms and provisions. Until so exchanged, the temporary Debt Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities of such series.

 

(b)    If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.1 that the Debt Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 3.3 and the Company Order with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Notes in temporary (“Temporary Global Note”) or permanent (“Permanent Global Note”) form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount (in the same Denomination Currency) of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series to be represented by one or more Global Notes, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the U.S. Depositary for such Global Note or Notes or the nominee of such depositary, and (iii) shall bear a legend substantially as set forth in Section 2.3.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or Section 3.5, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Debt Securities in definitive form, a Global Note representing all or a portion of the Registered Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the U.S. Depositary for such series to a nominee of such depositary or by a nominee of such depositary to such depositary or another nominee of such depositary or by such depositary or any such nominee to a successor U.S. Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor depositary.

 

If at any time the U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series or if at any time the U.S. Depositary for Debt Securities of a series shall no longer be a clearing agency registered and in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor U.S. Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities of such series. If a successor U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Debt Securities of such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

 

(c)    The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Debt Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Notes shall no longer be represented by such Global Note or

 

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Notes. In such event, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Debt Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

 

If the Debt Securities of any series shall have been issued in the form of one or more Global Notes and if an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company will promptly execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Debt Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes.

 

If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to Debt Securities of a series, the U.S. Depositary for such series of Debt Securities may surrender a Global Note for such series of Debt Securities in exchange in whole or in part for Debt Securities of such series in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without charge:

 

(i) to each Person specified by the U.S. Depositary a new Debt Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in an aggregate principal amount (in the same Denomination Currency) equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Note; and

 

(ii) to the U.S. Depositary a new Global Note in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount (in the same Denomination Currency) of the surrendered Global Note and the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities delivered to holders thereof.

 

Upon the exchange of a Global Note for Debt Securities in definitive form, such Global Note shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Debt Securities issued in exchange for a Global Note pursuant to this subsection (c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the U.S. Depositary for such Global Note, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Debt Securities to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities are so registered.

 

SECTION 3.5    REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.

 

(a)    The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the registers maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Debt Securities and of transfers and exchanges of Debt Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Debt Securities and registering transfers and exchanges of Debt Securities as herein provided; provided, however, that the Company may appoint co-Security Registrars or the terms of any series of Debt Securities may provide otherwise.

 

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Debt Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new Debt Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount (in the same Denomination Currency) of such denominations as are authorized for Debt Securities of such series and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions.

 

Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.4 and this Section 3.5, at the option of the holder, Debt Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Debt Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions, upon surrender of the Debt Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Debt Securities are surrendered for exchange, the Company

 

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shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Debt Securities which the holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

 

(b)    All Debt Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Debt Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Debt Securities surrendered for such transfer or exchange.

 

Every Debt Security presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed, by the holder thereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing.

 

No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of Debt Securities except as provided in Section 3.4(b) or 3.6. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration, transfer or exchange of Debt Securities, other than those expressly provided in this Indenture to be made at the Company’s own expense or without expense or without charge to the holders.

 

The Company shall not be required (i) to register, transfer or exchange Debt Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the transmission of a notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series selected for redemption under Section 13.3 and ending at the close of business on the day of such transmission, or (ii) to register, transfer or exchange any Debt Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Debt Security being redeemed in part.

 

SECTION 3.6    MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN DEBT SECURITIES.

 

If (i) any mutilated Debt Security is surrendered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or (ii) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Debt Security, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless, and neither the Company nor the Trustee receives notice that such Debt Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, then the Company shall execute and upon Company Request, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security, a new Debt Security of the same series of like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions and like principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding.

 

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Debt Security, pay the amount due on such Debt Security.

 

Upon the issuance of any new Debt Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in respect thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

 

Every new Debt Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Debt Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.

 

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities.

 

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SECTION 3.7    PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.

 

(a)    Interest on any Debt Security which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest notwithstanding the cancellation of such Debt Security upon any transfer or exchange subsequent to the Regular Record Date. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, payment of interest on Debt Securities shall be made at the place or places specified pursuant to Section 3.1 or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or, if provided pursuant to Section 3.1, by wire transfer to an account designated by the registered holder.

 

(b)    Any interest on any Debt Security which is payable but is not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of his having been such registered holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

 

(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Debt Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the holders of such Debt Securities at their addresses as they appear in the Security Register, not less than 15 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

 

(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Debt Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Debt Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

 

(c)    Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Debt Security delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of, in exchange for, or in lieu of, any other Debt Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Debt Security.

 

SECTION 3.8    CANCELLATION.

 

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Debt Securities of any series, all Debt Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or credit against any sinking fund surrendered for payment or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Debt Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Debt Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the

 

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Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Debt Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued, and all Debt Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Debt Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Debt Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Debt Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in its customary manner. The acquisition of any Debt Securities by the Company shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented thereby unless and until such Debt Securities are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. Permanent Global Notes shall not be disposed of until exchanged in full for definitive Debt Securities or until payment thereon is made in full.

 

SECTION 3.9    COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.

 

Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Debt Securities of any series, interest on the Debt Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

SECTION 3.10    MANDATORY DISPOSITION OF DEBT SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GAMING LAWS.

 

Each holder and beneficial owner, by accepting or otherwise acquiring an interest in the Debt Securities, shall be deemed to have agreed that if the Gaming Authority of any jurisdiction in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts or proposes to conduct gaming requires that a Person who is a holder or beneficial owner must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under the applicable Gaming Laws, such holder or beneficial owner shall apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within the required time period. If any Gaming Authority makes a determination of unsuitability of a Holder or beneficial owner of Debt Securities (or of an Affiliate of such Holder or beneficial owner) or any Gaming Authority requires that a Holder or beneficial owner of Debt Securities (or an Affiliate thereof) must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable Gaming Laws and such Holder or beneficial owner (or an Affiliate thereof) fails to apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within 30 days (or such shorter period as may be required by the applicable Gaming Authority) after being requested to do so by the Gaming Authority, or is denied such license or qualification or is not found suitable, then the Company shall have the right, at its option, notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture (i) to require such Person to dispose of its Debt Securities or beneficial interest therein within 30 days (or such earlier date as may be required by the applicable Gaming Authority) of receipt such notice or finding by Gaming Authority or (ii) to redeem such Debt Securities at a redemption price equal to the least of: (x) 100% of the principal amount thereof or (y) the price at which such Person acquired the Debt Securities, in case of either clause (x) or clause (y), together with accrued and unpaid interest to the earlier of the date of redemption or the date of the denial of license or qualification or of the finding of unsuitability by such Gaming Authority, or (z) such other lesser amount as may be required by any Gaming Authority. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any such redemption as soon as practicable. The Company shall not be responsible for any costs or expenses any such Holder or beneficial owner may incur in connection with its application for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, immediately upon a determination by a Gaming Authority that a Holder or beneficial owner of the Debt Securities (or an Affiliate thereof) will not be licensed, qualified or found suitable or is denied a license, qualification or finding of suitability, the Holder or beneficial owner will not have any further rights with respect to the Debt Securities to: (i) to exercise, directly or indirectly, through any trustee, nominee or any other person or entity, any right conferred by the Debt Securities or (ii) to receive any interest or any other distribution or payment with respect to the Debt Securities or any remuneration in any form from the Company for services rendered or otherwise, except the redemption price of the Debt Securities.

 

SECTION 3.11    CUSIP NUMBERS.

 

The Company in issuing the Securities 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 as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed

 

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only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

 

SECTION 3.12    WIRE TRANSFERS.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company may make any payment of moneys required to be deposited with the Trustee on account of principal of, or premium and other amounts, if any, or interest on the Debt Securities (whether pursuant to optional or mandatory redemption payments, interest payments or otherwise) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Trustee on or before the date and time such moneys are to be paid to the Holders of the Debt Securities in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

SECTION 4.1    SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.

 

This Indenture shall, upon Company Request, cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Debt Securities specified in such Company Request (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of such Debt Securities herein expressly provided for and rights to receive payments of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when:

 

(a)    either

 

(1)    all Debt Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Debt Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6, and (ii) Debt Securities of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 12.4) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

(2)    all Debt Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation:

 

(i)    have become due and payable, or

 

(ii)    will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

 

(iii)    are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, or

 

(iv)    the Company either complies with any other condition or terms specified pursuant to Section 3.1, or

 

if not so specified in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) of this subclause (a), has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose cash in the Payment Currency or, in the case of a series of Debt Securities payable in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations in an amount certified to be sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Debt Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Debt Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, in the event a petition for relief under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit and the Trustee is required to return the deposited money to the Company, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Debt Securities shall not be deemed terminated or discharged;

 

(b)    the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company;

 

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(c)    the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series have been complied with; and

 

(d)    no event or condition shall exist on the date of such deposit that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.3 or 18.4, would prevent the Company from making payments of the principal of or interest on the Debt Securities of such series on the date of such deposit.

 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.7, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14, the obligations of the Company under Section 12.1, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (2) of clause (a) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and Section 15.4 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

 

SECTION 4.2    APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.

 

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.4, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Debt Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.

 

SECTION 4.3    APPLICATION TO A SPECIFIC SERIES OF SECURITIES.

 

The Company may elect to satisfy and discharge its obligations with respect to a specific series of Debt Securities under this Indenture by complying with the terms of Article 4. If the Company makes such election, (a) the terms of Sections 4.01 and 4.02 shall apply only to the specific series of Debt Securities and the terms of this Indenture as it relates to such series of Debt Securities and (b) the other Debt Securities issued hereunder and this Indenture as it relates to such other Debt Securities shall remain in full force and effect.

 

ARTICLE V

 

REMEDIES

 

SECTION 5.1    EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

 

“Event of Default” wherever used herein with respect to Debt Securities of any series means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law, pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

 

(a)    default in the payment of any interest upon any Debt Security of such series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

 

(b)    default in the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debt Security of such series at its Maturity; or

 

(c)    default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Debt Security of such series; or

 

(d)    default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of any Obligor in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which expressly has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Debt Securities of a series other than such series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 120 days

 

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after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

 

(e)    the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable federal or state law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or

 

(f)    the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or the consent by it to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or

 

(g)    any other Event of Default or variations in the foregoing Events of Default provided with respect to Debt Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

No Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of a series shall constitute an Event of Default with respect to any other series unless expressly provided for in a Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture with respect to such series.

 

SECTION 5.2    ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Discount Securities as may be specified in the terms of such Discount Securities) of all the Debt Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) plus accrued and unpaid interest (and premium, if payable) shall become immediately due and payable. Upon payment of such amount all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment of principal of the Debt Securities of such series shall terminate.

 

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Debt Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

 

(a)    the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

 

(1)    all overdue installments of interest on all Debt Securities of such series,

 

(2)    the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debt Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Debt Securities,

 

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(3)    to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest on each Debt Security of such series at the Overdue Rate, and

 

(4)    all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and

 

(b)    All Events of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of Debt Securities of such series which has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.

 

No such rescission and waiver shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

SECTION 5.3    COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE.

 

The Company covenants that, if:

 

(a)    default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Debt Security when such interest or payment becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days,

 

(b)    default is made in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Debt Security at the Maturity thereof, or

 

(c)    default is made in the making or satisfaction of any sinking fund payment or analogous obligation when the same becomes due pursuant to the terms of the Debt Securities of any series, then the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the holders of such Debt Securities, the amount then due and payable on such Debt Securities for the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and upon overdue installments of interest, at the Overdue Rate; and, in addition thereto, 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.

 

If the Company fails to pay such amount forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Debt Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Debt Securities wherever situated.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee may, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the holders of Debt Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem necessary to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

 

SECTION 5.4    TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.

 

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceedings, or any voluntary or involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, relative to the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities, of a particular series or the property of the Company, any Guarantor or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of such Debt Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company, any Guarantor or any obligor for the payment

 

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of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

 

(a)    to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or, if the Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be due and payable with respect to such series pursuant to a declaration in accordance with Section 5.2) (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Debt Securities of such series and to file such 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 of the holders of such Debt Securities allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

 

(b)    to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any receiver, assignee, trustee, custodian, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each such 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 such holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due 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 6.7.

 

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 Debt Securities of such series or the rights of any holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any holder in any such proceeding.

 

SECTION 5.5   TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF DEBT SECURITIES.

 

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Debt Securities of any series may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Debt Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name, as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Debt Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

SECTION 5.6    APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.

 

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Debt Securities of any series in respect of which money has been collected and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

 

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7.

 

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of such series, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Debt Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and

 

THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company or any Person or Persons entitled thereto.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 5.6. At least ten (10) days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder and the Company a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.

 

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SECTION 5.7    LIMITATION ON SUITS.

 

No holder of any Debt Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

 

(a)    such holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to such series;

 

(b)    the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

 

(c)    such holder or holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

 

(d)    the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

 

(e)    no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of such holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such holders or of the holders of Outstanding Debt Securities of any other series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such holders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 5.7, each and every holder of Debt Securities of any series and the Trustee for such series shall be entitled to such relief as can be given at law or in equity.

 

SECTION 5.8   UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the holder of any Debt Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.7 and 3.10) interest on such Debt Security on the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Debt Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and interest thereon, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such holder.

 

SECTION 5.9    RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.

 

If the Trustee or any holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this 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 the Company, the Trustee and the holders shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

SECTION 5.10    RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.

 

Except as otherwise expressly provided elsewhere in this Indenture, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or

 

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employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

SECTION 5.11    DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.

 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or any acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Indenture or by law to the Trustee or to the holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the holders, as the case may be.

 

SECTION 5.12    CONTROL BY HOLDERS.

 

The holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, provided that:

 

(a)    such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture;

 

(b)    subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would be unduly prejudicial to the holders of Debt Securities of such series not joining in any such direction; and

 

(c)    the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction or this Indenture.

 

SECTION 5.13    WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.

 

The holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, by notice to the Trustee, may, on behalf of the holders of all Debt Securities of such series, waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default:

 

(a)    in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of such series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment or analogous obligation with respect to the Debt Securities of such series (provided, however, that the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Debt Securities may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related default that resulted from such acceleration), or

 

(b)    in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which, pursuant to Article XI, cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of such series affected.

 

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 the Debt Securities of such series under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

SECTION 5.14    UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.

 

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Debt Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, 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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit other than the Trustee of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees

 

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and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant, but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any holder or group of holders holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any holder of a Debt Security for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Security on or after the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Debt Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

 

SECTION 5.15    WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.

 

Each Obligor 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 or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each Obligor (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.

 

SECTION 5.16    REMEDIES SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW.

 

All rights, remedies and powers provided by this Article 5 may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law, and all the provisions of this Indenture are intended to be subject to all applicable, including applicable Gaming Laws, and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they will not render this Indenture invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

THE TRUSTEE

 

SECTION 6.1    CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

 

(a)    Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of any series,

 

(1)    the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(2)    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; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

 

(b)    In case an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall, with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

 

(c)    No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that

 

(1)    This subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section;

 

(2)    The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

 

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(3)    The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Debt Securities of any series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture; and

 

(4)    The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

 

(d)    Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

 

SECTION 6.2    NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.

 

Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to Debt Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give notice to all holders of Debt Securities of such series of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Debt Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the holders of Debt Securities of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.1(d) with respect to Debt Securities of such series no such notice to holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series.

 

Notice given pursuant to this Section 6.2 shall be transmitted by mail:

 

(a)    to all registered holders, as the names and addresses of the registered holders appear in the Security Register; and

 

(b)    to each holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.2(a) of this Indenture.

 

SECTION 6.3    CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.

 

Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.1:

 

(a)    the Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting, upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

 

(b)    any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

 

(c)    whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;

 

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(d)    the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

 

(e)    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 of Debt Securities of any series pursuant to this Indenture, unless such holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

 

(f)    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, in its discretion, may 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 Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense of the Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

 

(g)    the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

 

(h)    in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

 

(i)    the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Debt Securities of any series under this Indenture;

 

(j)    the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder; and

 

(k) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individual and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sigh an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

 

SECTION 6.4    NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF DEBT SECURITIES

 

The recitals contained herein and in the Debt Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities of any series. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Debt Securities or the proceeds thereof.

 

SECTION 6.5    MAY HOLD DEBT SECURITIES.

 

The Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Debt Securities and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

 

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SECTION 6.6    MONEY HELD IN TRUST.

 

Money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be under any liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.

 

SECTION 6.7    COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.

 

The Company agrees:

 

(a)    to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

 

(b)    except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance shall be determined to have been caused by its negligence or willful misconduct; and

 

(c)    to fully indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

 

The Company agree to fully indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

 

As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Debt Securities, upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of amounts due on the Debt Securities.

 

The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.7 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee for reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness under this Indenture and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

SECTION 6.8    DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS.

 

If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have conflicting interest with respect to the Debt Securities of any series by virtue of being Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series of Debt Securities other than that series.

 

SECTION 6.9    CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.

 

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by federal, state or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation

 

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publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Neither the Company nor any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee upon any Debt Securities.

 

This Indenture will 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 6.10    RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.

 

(a)    No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 6.11.

 

(b)    The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.

 

(c)    The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and a successor Trustee appointed by Act of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.

 

(d)    If at any time:

 

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company or by any holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security of such series for at least six months, or

 

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such holder,

 

(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or

 

(4) any Gaming Authority requires that the Trustee must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable Gaming Laws or otherwise determines that the Trustee is incapable of acting in its capacity as a trustee under this Indenture,

 

then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Debt Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security of any series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series.

 

(e)    If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Debt Securities of

 

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that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and, to that extent, supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the holders of such series and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security of such series for at least six months may, subject to Section 5.14, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.

 

(f)    The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 19.2 to the holders of Debt Securities of such series. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

 

SECTION 6.11    ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.

 

(a)    In the case of an appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Debt Securities, each such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee, but, on request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 6.7.

 

(b)    Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

 

(c)    No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

 

SECTION 6.12    MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.

 

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Debt Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Debt Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Debt Securities. In case any Debt Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities, in either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee.

 

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SECTION 6.13    PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.

 

If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any Guarantor or other obligor upon the Debt Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of such claims against the Company (or any such Guarantor or other obligor). A Trustee that has resigned or been removed shall be subject to and comply with said Section 311 to the extent required thereby.

 

SECTION 6.14    APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.

 

As long as any Debt Securities of a series remain Outstanding, upon a Company Request, there shall be an authenticating agent (the “Authenticating Agent”) appointed, for such period as the Company shall elect, by the Trustee for such series of Debt Securities to act as its agent on its behalf and subject to its direction in connection with the authentication and delivery of each series of Debt Securities for which it is serving as Trustee. Debt Securities of each such series authenticated by such Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by such Trustee. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Debt Securities of any series by the Trustee for such series or to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee for such series by an Authenticating Agent for such series and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of such Trustee by such Authenticating Agent, except that only the Trustee may authenticate Debt Securities upon original issuance and pursuant to Section 3.6 hereof. Such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

 

Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted, or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency business of any Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be the Authenticating Agent with respect to all series of Debt Securities for which it served as Authenticating Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee for such series or such Authenticating Agent. Any Authenticating Agent may at any time, and if it shall cease to be eligible shall, resign by giving written notice of resignation to the applicable Trustee and to the Company.

 

Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.14 with respect to one or more or all series of Debt Securities, the Trustee for such series shall, upon Company Request, appoint a successor Authenticating Agent, and the Company shall provide notice of such appointment to all holders of Debt Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 19.2. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent herein. The Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series agrees to pay to the Authenticating Agent for such series from time to time reasonable compensation for its services, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payment, subject to the provisions of Section 6.7. The Authenticating Agent for the Debt Securities of any series shall have no responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such at the direction of the Trustee for such series, except arising out of its negligence or willful misconduct.

 

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If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Debt Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

 

This is one of the series of Debt Securities issued under the within mentioned Indenture.

 

[NAME OF TRUSTEE] As Trustee

 

By:

 
    As Authenticating Agent

 

By:

 
    Authorized Signatory

 

SECTION 6.15    COMPLIANCE WITH TAX LAWS.

 

The Trustee hereby agrees to comply with all U.S. Federal tax information reporting and withholding requirements applicable to it with respect to payments of premium, other amounts (if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of any series, whether acting as Trustee, Security Registrar, Payment Agent or otherwise with respect to the Debt Securities of any series.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

 

SECTION 7.1    COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.

 

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of each series for which it acts as Trustee:

 

(a)    semi-annually on a date not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date with respect to an Interest Payment Date, if any, for the Debt Securities of such series (or on semi-annual dates in each year to be determined pursuant to Section 3.1 if the Debt Securities of such series do not bear interest), a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the registered holders as of the date 15 days next preceding each such Regular Record Date (or such semi-annual dates, as the case may be); and

 

(b)    at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;

 

Provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar for such series, no such list need be furnished.

 

SECTION 7.2    PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATION TO HOLDERS.

 

(a)    The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 received by it in the capacity of Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder, and filed with it within the two preceding years pursuant to Section 7.3(c)(2).

 

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The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished, destroy any information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon delivering to itself as Trustee, not earlier than 45 days after an Interest Payment Date, a list containing the names and addresses of the holders obtained from such information since the delivery of the next previous list, if any, destroy any list delivered to itself as Trustee which was compiled from information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon the receipt of a new list so delivered, and destroy, not earlier than two years after filing, any information filed with it pursuant to Section 7.3(c)(2).

 

(b)    If three or more holders (hereinafter referred to as “applicants”) apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Debt Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other holders of Debt Securities of a particular series (in which case the applicants must hold Debt Securities of such series) or with all holders of Debt Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Debt Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either

 

(i)    afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.2(a), or

 

(ii)    inform such applicants as to the approximate number of holders of Debt Securities of such series or of all Debt Securities, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.2(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such holders the form of proxy or other communication, specified in such application.

 

If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon written request of such applicants, mail to the holders of Debt Securities of such series or all holders, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.2(a), a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five Business Days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the holders of Debt Securities of such series or all holders, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application.

 

(c)    Every holder of the Debt Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the holders in accordance with Section 7.2(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing of any material pursuant to a request made under Section 7.2(b).

 

SECTION 7.3    REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.

 

(a)    Within 60 days after May 15th of each year, commencing with the first May 15th after the first issuance of Debt Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall, to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act, transmit to all holders of Debt Securities of any series with respect to which it acts as Trustee a brief report dated such date that complies with the TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the

 

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twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c).

 

(b)    A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Debt Securities of such series are listed, with the Commission and also with the Company in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when any series of Debt Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

 

SECTION 7.4    REPORTS BY COMPANY.

 

(a)    Unless otherwise specified with respect to a particular series of Debt Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, the Company will file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(b)    Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.4(a) above is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

 

SECTION 8.1    ACTS OF HOLDERS.

 

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by holders of Debt Securities may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such holders in person or by an agent or proxy duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the holders signing such instrument or instruments. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may take any Act, the fact that the holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by the instrument or instruments executed by holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of such holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article IX, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of holders.

 

SECTION 8.2   PROOF OF OWNERSHIP; PROOF OF EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS BY HOLDER.

 

The ownership of Debt Securities of any series shall be proved by the Security Register for such series or by a certificate of the Security Registrar for such series.

 

Subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1, 6.3 and 9.5, proof of the execution of a writing appointing an agent or proxy and of the execution of any instrument by a holder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the following manner:

 

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The fact and date of the execution by any such person of any instrument may be proved by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgements of deeds, that the Person executing such instrument acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness to such execution sworn to before any such notary or other such officer. Where such execution is by an officer of a corporation or association or a member of a partnership on behalf of such corporation, association or partnership, as the case may be, or by any other Person acting in a representative capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.

 

The record of any holders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 9.6.

 

The Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section so long as the request is a reasonable one.

 

SECTION 8.3    PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.

 

The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Debt Security is registered as the owner of such Debt Security for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.7) interest, if any, on such Debt Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Debt Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All payments made to any holder, or upon his order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon such Debt Security.

 

SECTION 8.4    REVOCATION OF CONSENTS; FUTURE HOLDERS BOUND.

 

At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.1, of the taking of any Act by the holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such Act, any holder of a Debt Security the number, letter or other distinguishing symbol of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Debt Securities the holders of which have consented to such Act may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of ownership as provided in Section 8.2, revoke such Act so far as it concerns such Debt Security. Except as aforesaid, any such Act taken by the holder of any Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.8, upon all future holders of such Debt Security and of any Debt Securities issued on transfer or in lieu thereof or in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Debt Security or such other Debt Securities.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

HOLDERS’ MEETINGS

 

SECTION 9.1    PURPOSES OF MEETINGS.

 

A meeting of holders of any or all series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX for any of the following purposes:

 

(a)    to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee for such series, or to give any directions to the Trustee for such series, or to consent to the waiving of any default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article V;

 

(b)    to remove the Trustee for such series and appoint a successor Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article VI;

 

(c)    to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.2; or

 

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(d)    to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any one or more or all series, as the case may be, under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

 

SECTION 9.2    CALL OF MEETINGS BY TRUSTEE.

 

The Trustee for any series may at any time call a meeting of holders of such series to take any action specified in Section 9.1, to be held at such time or times and at such place or places as the Trustee for such series shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the holders of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given to holders of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 19.2. Such notice shall be given not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

 

SECTION 9.3    CALL OF MEETINGS BY COMPANY OR HOLDERS.

 

In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of a series or of all series, as the case may be, shall have requested the Trustee for such series to call a meeting of holders of any or all such series by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have given the notice of such meeting within 10 days after the receipt of such request, then the Company or such holders may determine the time or times and the place or places for such meetings and may call such meetings to take any action authorized in Section 9.1, by giving notice thereof as provided in Section 9.2.

 

SECTION 9.4    QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING.

 

To be entitled to vote at any meeting of holders, a Person shall be (a) a holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such meeting is being held or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as agent or proxy by such holder. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee for the series with respect to which such meeting is being held and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

 

SECTION 9.5    REGULATIONS.

 

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee for any series may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of holders of such series, in regard to proof of the holding of Debt Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate.

 

The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by holders of such series as provided in Section 9.3, in which case the Company or the holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by at least a majority vote of the meeting.

 

Subject to the provisos in the definition of “Outstanding,” at any meeting each holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such meeting is being held or proxy therefor shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount (or such other amount as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1) of Debt Securities of such series held or represented by such holder; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Debt Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Outstanding Debt Securities of such series held by him or her or instruments in writing duly designating him or her as the person to vote on behalf of holders of Debt Securities of such series. Any meeting of holders with

 

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respect to which a meeting was duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.2 or 9.3 may be adjourned from time to time by at least a majority of such holders present and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

 

SECTION 9.6    VOTING.

 

The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of holders of a series of Debt Securities with respect to which such meeting is being held shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of such holders or of their representatives by proxy and the serial number or numbers of the Debt Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of holders shall be taken and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was transmitted as provided in Section 9.2. The record shall show the serial numbers of the Debt Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee.

 

Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

 

SECTION 9.7    NO DELAY OF RIGHTS BY MEETING.

 

Nothing contained in this Article IX shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of holders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to any holder under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities of any series.

 

ARTICLE X

 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

 

SECTION 10.1    COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.

 

The Company shall not consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, assign, convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially in their entirety (computed on a consolidated basis) to any Person, unless:

 

(a)    either (A) the Company is the surviving entity or (B) the successor or transferee (the “successor corporation”) is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Company under the Debt Securities and this Indenture;

 

(b)    immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default or Default shall exist; and

 

(c)    the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this provision and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may consolidate with, or merge with or into, an Affiliate incorporated for the purpose of incorporating the Company in another jurisdiction of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia without complying with the requirement that, immediately after giving effect to that transaction or series of related transactions, there is no Default and no Event of Default continuing.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Company may convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety to any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, and (b) the transfer by the Company, in a single transaction or series of transactions, of all or substantially all of its cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of non-affiliates for which the Company receives fair market value, as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, will not constitute a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

If the Company consolidates with or merges into any other corporation or entity or conveys, transfers or leases all or substantially all of its property and assets as described in the preceding paragraph, the successor corporation or entity succeeds to and is substituted for the Company, assumes the obligations of the Company, and may exercise its rights and powers under this Indenture, then thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the Company will be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and all outstanding debt securities.

 

SECTION 10.2    SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.

 

Upon any consolidation with or merger into any other corporation, or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially in their entirety in accordance with Section 10.1, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

SECTION 11.1    SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.

 

Without the consent of any holders, the relevant Obligors, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

 

(a)    to evidence the succession of another corporation to the rights of any Obligor and the assumption by such successor of the covenants and obligations of any Obligor contained herein and in the Debt Securities; or

 

(b)    to add to the covenants, agreements or obligations of any Obligor for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of Debt Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series), or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or

 

(c)    to add any additional Events of Default (and if such Events of Default are to be applicable to less than all series, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely to be applicable to such series); or

 

(d)    to add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Debt Securities otherwise permitted to be issued hereunder in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons; or

 

(e)    to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such addition, change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Outstanding Debt Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision and as to which such supplemental indenture would apply; or

 

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(f)    to secure the Debt Securities of any series or to provide that any of the Company’s obligations under any series of the Debt Securities or this Indenture shall be guaranteed and the terms and conditions for the release or substitution of such security or guarantee; or

 

(g)    to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Debt Securities pursuant to Article IV or XIV, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of Debt Securities of such series or any other series of Debt Securities in any material respect; or

 

(h)    to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities, of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1; or

 

(i)    to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to one or more series of Debt Securities, and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee; or

 

(j)    to comply with the requirements of the Commission in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or

 

(k)    to provide for uncertificated Debt Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Debt Securities (provided that the uncertificated Debt Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Debt Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code); or

 

(l)    to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with any provision of this Indenture; provided such other provisions shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of Outstanding Debt Securities of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture in any material respect.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, upon the execution of a supplemental indenture under and in compliance with Section 11.1(e) hereof which provides that such supplemental indenture amends, modifies, supplements and restates in its entirety (except solely for the provisions of this Indenture which authorize the creation of such supplemental indenture) this Indenture with respect to (and only with respect to) a series of Debt Securities (or words to similar effect), such supplemental indenture (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms) shall be deemed, for all purposes of this Indenture, to contain the complete and exclusive statement of all rights, obligations, terms, provisions and conditions related to such series of Debt Securities, and neither any Trustee, holder of Debt Securities, Obligor nor legal counsel rendering any Opinion of Counsel in connection herewith shall be required to consider this Indenture with respect to any matter relating to such Series of Debt Securities, but rather shall look solely to such supplemental indenture with respect to all such matters. For the avoidance of doubt, so long as there is no Outstanding Debt Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of any provision of this Indenture and as to which such supplemental indenture would apply, such supplemental indenture shall conclusively be deemed to have been executed under and in compliance with Section 11.1(e) upon delivery of the Opinion of Counsel provided for in Section 11.3 hereof.

 

Upon request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in (and subject to the last sentence of) Section 10.3, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture.

 

The terms of any document entered into pursuant to this Section shall be subject to prior approval, if required, of any applicable Gaming Authority.

 

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SECTION 11.2    SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.

 

With the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the relevant Obligors when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders under this Indenture of such Debt Securities; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of each such series affected thereby,

 

(a)    change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Debt Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate (or extend the time for payment) of interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or alter any redemption provisions in a manner adverse to the holders of such series of Debt Securities or adversely affect the right to convert any Debt Security into shares of Common Stock or other securities or property of the Company as may be provided pursuant to Section 3.1; or

 

(b)    reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, the consent of whose holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; or

 

(c)    modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13, or Section 12.6, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of each series affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11 and 11.1(9).

 

It shall not be necessary for any Act of holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

 

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture with respect to one or more particular series of Debt Securities, or which modifies the rights of the holders of Debt Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the holders of Debt Securities of any other series.

 

The terms of any document entered into pursuant to this Section shall be subject to prior approval, if required, of any applicable Gaming Authority.

 

SECTION 11.3    EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

 

The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to Article XI if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect in a material way the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be provided with, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which adversely affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise in a material way.

 

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SECTION 11.4    EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

 

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every holder of Debt Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

 

SECTION 11.5    CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

 

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

 

SECTION 11.6    REFERENCE IN DEBT SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

 

Debt Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall, if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Debt Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Debt Securities of such series.

 

SECTION 11.7    SUBORDINATION UNIMPAIRED.

 

This Indenture may not be amended to alter the subordination of any of the Outstanding Debt Securities without the written consent of each holder of Senior Debt then outstanding that would be adversely affected thereby.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

COVENANTS

 

SECTION 12.1    PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.

 

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Debt Securities, that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities in accordance with the terms of the Debt Securities and this Indenture. If so provided in the terms of any series of Debt Securities established as provided in Section 3.1, the interest, if any, due in respect of any temporary Global Note or permanent Global Note, together with any additional amounts payable in respect thereof, as provided in the terms and conditions of such Debt Security, shall be payable only upon presentation of such Debt Security to the Trustee for notation thereon of the payment of such interest.

 

SECTION 12.2    OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE.

 

Unless otherwise specifically provided for with respect to any series of Debt Securities under Section 3.1, the Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a certificate of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company stating whether or not, to the knowledge of the signer thereof, the Obligors are in compliance with all covenants and conditions under this Indenture, and, in the event of any noncompliance, specifying such noncompliance and the nature and status thereof of which such signer may have knowledge. For purposes of this Section, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture.

 

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SECTION 12.3    MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.

 

The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for such series an office or agency where Debt Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where Debt Securities of that series that are convertible may be surrendered for conversion, if applicable, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If the Debt Securities of any series are listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Debt Securities of that series in any required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Debt Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or agency where any Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange or redemption and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will 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 Company 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 and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

 

The Company may also from time to time designate different or additional offices or agencies to be maintained for such purposes (in or outside of such Place of Payment), and may from time to time rescind any such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations described in the preceding paragraph. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such additional designation or rescission of designation and any change in the location of any such different or additional office or agency.

 

SECTION 12.4    MONEY FOR DEBT SECURITIES; PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.

 

If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Debt Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Debt Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

 

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents with respect to any series of Debt Securities, it will, by or on each due date of the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities of such series, deposit with any such Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless any such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

 

The Company will cause each Paying Agent with respect to any series of Debt Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

 

(a)    hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Debt Securities of such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

 

(b)    give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of such series; and

 

(c)    at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

 

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The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

 

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of any series 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 Company upon Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the holder of such Debt Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company 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 Company cause to be transmitted in the manner and to the extent provided by Section 19.2, 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, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

 

SECTION 12.5    CORPORATE EXISTENCE.

 

Subject to Article X, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate existence of each of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve the corporate existence of any Subsidiary if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company.

 

SECTION 12.6    WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.

 

Any Obligor may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 12.1 and 12.3 through 12.5 (and, if so specified pursuant to Section 3.1, any other covenant not set forth herein and specified pursuant to Section 3.1 to be applicable to the Debt Securities of any series, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.1) with respect to the Debt Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the holders of at least at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series shall, by Act of such holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent expressly so waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 12.7    STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within five days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or default and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

 

SECTION 13.1    APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

 

Debt Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Debt Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

 

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SECTION 13.2    ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.

 

The election of the Company to redeem any Debt Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all of the Debt Securities of any series pursuant to Section 13.3, the Company shall, at least 30 days before the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Debt Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Debt Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restrictions.

 

SECTION 13.3    SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF DEBT SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.

 

If less than all the Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed at the election of the Company, the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to minimum authorized denomination for Debt Securities of such series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series in a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denominations. The portions of the principal amount of Debt Securities so selected for partial redemption shall be in the minimum authorized denomination or any integral multiple thereof, except as otherwise set forth in the applicable form of Debt Securities. In any case when more than one Debt Security of such series is registered in the same name, the Trustee, in its discretion, may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented by one Debt Security of such series.

 

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar (if other than itself) in writing of the Debt Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Debt Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Debt Securities shall relate, in the case of any Debt Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Debt security which has been or is to be redeemed.

 

SECTION 13.4    NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.

 

Notice of redemption shall be given by the Company, or at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to the holders of Debt Securities of any series to be redeemed in whole or in part pursuant to this Article XIII, in the manner provided in Section 19.2. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice. Failure to give such notice, or any defect in such notice to the holder of any Debt Security of a series designated for redemption, in whole or in part, shall not affect the sufficiency of any notice of redemption with respect to the holder of any other Debt Security of such series.

 

All notices of redemption shall state:

 

(a)    the Redemption Date,

 

(b)    the Redemption Price,

 

(c)    that Debt Securities of such series are being redeemed by the Company pursuant to provisions contained in this Indenture or the terms of the Debt Securities of such series or a supplemental indenture establishing such series, if such be the case, together with a brief statement of the facts permitting such redemption,

 

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(d)    if less than all Outstanding Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed,

 

(e)    that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Debt Security to be redeemed, and that interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after said date,

 

(f)    the Place or Places of Payment where such Debt Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,

 

(g)    that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and

 

(h)    applicable CUSIP numbers.

 

SECTION 13.5    DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.

 

On or prior to the Redemption Date for any Debt Securities, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 12.4) an amount of money in the Denomination Currency (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.1) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of such Debt Securities or any portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.

 

Unless any Debt Security by its terms prohibits any sinking fund payment obligation from being satisfied by delivering and crediting Debt Securities (including Debt Securities redeemed otherwise than through a sinking fund), the Company may deliver such Debt Securities to the Trustee for crediting against such payment obligation in accordance with the terms of such Debt Securities and this Indenture.

 

SECTION 13.6    DEBT SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.

 

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, any Debt Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.4), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Debt Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Debt Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Debt Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, installments of interest on Debt Securities which have a Stated Maturity on or prior to the Redemption Date for such Debt Securities shall be payable according to the terms of such Debt Securities and the provisions of Section 3.7.

 

If any Debt Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Debt Security.

 

SECTION 13.7    DEBT SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.

 

Any Debt Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Corporate Trust Office or such other office or agency of the Company as is specified pursuant to Section 3.1 with, if the Company, the Security Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Security Registrar and the Trustee duly executed by, the holder thereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the holder of such Debt Security without service charge, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series, of like tenor and form, of any authorized denomination as requested by such holder in aggregate principal amount (in the same Denomination Currency) equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Debt Security so surrendered. In the case of a Debt Security providing appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the holder thereof, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Debt Security or Debt Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on such Debt Security of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof.

 

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ARTICLE XIV

 

SINKING FUNDS

 

SECTION 14.1    APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

 

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Debt Securities of a series except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Debt Securities of such series.

 

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series, the amount of any cash sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 14.2.

 

Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Debt Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of such series.

 

SECTION 14.2   SATISFACTION OF MANDATORY SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH DEBT SECURITIES.

 

In lieu of making all or any part of a mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Debt Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its option, at any time no more than sixteen months and no less than 45 days prior to the date on which such sinking fund payment is due, deliver to the Trustee Debt Securities of such series theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company, except Debt Securities of such series which have been redeemed through the application of mandatory sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of the Debt Securities of such series, accompanied by a Company Order instructing the Trustee to credit such obligations and stating that the Debt Securities of such series were originally issued by the Company by way of bona fide sale or other negotiation for value, provided that such Debt Securities shall not have been previously so credited. Such Debt Securities shall be received and credited for such by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

 

SECTION 14.3    REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.

 

Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Debt Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the Applicable Currency (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.1) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 14.2 and whether the Company intends to exercise its rights to make a permitted optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series. Such certificate shall be irrevocable and, upon its delivery, the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such certificate, the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for such series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the right to deliver or credit Debt Securities as provided in Section 14.2 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series at such time.

 

Any sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) made in cash plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) on the sinking

 

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fund payment date on which such payment is made (or, if such payment is made before a sinking fund payment date, on the sinking fund payment date immediately following the date of such payment) to the redemption of Debt Securities of such series at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt Securities with respect to the sinking fund. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) to the redemption of Debt Securities shall be added to the next sinking fund payment received by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 12.4) for such series and, together with such payment (or such amount so segregated) shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Any and all sinking fund moneys with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series held by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 12.4) on the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Debt Securities of such series and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Debt Securities of such series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent), together with other moneys, if necessary, to be deposited (or segregated) sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of the Debt Securities of such series at Maturity.

 

The Trustee shall select or cause to be selected the Debt Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 13.3 and the Company shall cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the manner provided in Section 13.4. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Debt Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 13.6.

 

On or before each sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 12.4) in cash a sum equal to the principal and any interest accrued to the Redemption Date for Debt Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section.

 

ARTICLE XV

 

DEFEASANCE

 

SECTION 15.1    APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

 

Except as otherwise provided in Section 15.2 or as provided pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to a particular series of Debt Securities, the Company may terminate its obligations under the Debt Securities of any series and this Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of such series as set forth in Section 15.2.

 

SECTION 15.2   DEFEASANCE UPON DEPOSIT OF MONEYS OR U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS.

 

At the Company’s option, either (a) the Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from its obligations with respect to Debt Securities of any series (“legal defeasance option”) or (b) the Company shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 10.1, 12.2 and 12.4 with respect to Debt Securities of any series (and, to the extent so specified pursuant to Section 3.1, any other obligation of the Company or restrictive covenant added for the benefit of such series pursuant to Section 3.1) (“covenant defeasance option”) at any time after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied:

 

(a)    The Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the holders of the Debt Securities of such series (i) money in the Payment Currency in an amount, or (ii) in the case of a series of Debt Securities payable in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations (as defined below) which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) in the case of a series of Debt Securities payable in U.S. dollars, a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient, in the opinion (with respect to (i) and (ii)) of a nationally

 

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recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including any mandatory sinking fund payments) of and premium, if any, and interest on, the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series on the dates such installments of interest or principal and premium are due;

 

(b)    Such deposit shall not cause the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that series to have a conflicting interest as defined in Section 6.8 and for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Debt Securities of any series;

 

(c)    Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;

 

(d)    If the Debt Securities of such series are then listed on any national securities exchange or the NASD automated quotation system, or the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a letter or other document from such exchange or the NASD automated quotation system to the effect that the Company’s exercise of its option under this Section would not cause such Debt Securities to be delisted;

 

(e)    No Event of Default or Default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit and, with respect to the legal defeasance option only, no Event of Default under Section 5.1(f) or Section 5.1(g) or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under Section 5.1(f) or Section 5.1(g) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after such date (and such defeasance shall not become effective until such 91st day); and

 

(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the holders of the Debt Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance or Discharge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option and an Event of Default under Section 5.1(f) or Section 5.1(g) or event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under Section 5.1(f) or Section 5.1(g) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after the date of such deposit, the obligations of the Company referred to under the definition of covenant defeasance option with respect to such Debt Securities shall be reinstated.

 

“Discharged” means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Debt Securities of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Debt Securities of such series (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except (A) the rights of holders of Debt Securities of such series to receive, from the trust fund described in clause (1) above, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to the Debt Securities of such series under Sections 3.4(a), 3.5, 3.6, 12.3 and 15.3 and (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder.

 

“U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

 

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SECTION 15.3    DEPOSITED MONEYS AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.

 

All moneys and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 15.2 in respect of Debt Securities of a series shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of such Debt Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the holders of such Debt Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

SECTION 15.4    REPAYMENT TO COMPANY.

 

The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay or return to the Company upon Company Request any moneys or U.S. Government Obligations held by them at any time that are not required for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of any series for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 15.2.

 

The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.4 shall apply to any money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent under this Article that remains unclaimed for two years after the Maturity of any series of Debt Securities for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 15.2.

 

ARTICLE XVI

 

CONVERSION

 

SECTION 16.1    APPLICABILITY; CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.

 

Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for Debt Securities of any series, the provisions of this Article XVI shall be applicable to any Debt Securities that are convertible into Common Stock. If so provided pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the holder of a Debt Security of such series shall have the right, at such holder’s option, to convert, in accordance with the terms of such series of Debt Securities and this Article XVI, all or any part (in a denomination of, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to Debt Securities of such series, $1,000 in principal amount or any integral multiple thereof) of such Debt Security into shares of Common Stock or, as to any Debt Securities called for redemption, at any time prior to the time and date fixed for such redemption (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price, in which case such right shall not terminate at such time and date).

 

SECTION 16.2    CONVERSION PROCEDURE; CONVERSION PRICE; FRACTIONAL SHARES.

 

(a)    Each Debt Security to which this Article is applicable shall be convertible at the office of the Conversion Agent, and at such other place or places, if any, specified pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, into fully paid and nonassessable shares (calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share) of Common Stock. The Debt Securities will be converted into shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Price therefor. No payment or adjustment shall be made in respect of dividends on the Common Stock or accrued interest on a converted Debt Security except as described in Section 16.9. The Company may, but shall not be required, in connection with any conversion of Debt Securities, to issue a fraction of a share of Common Stock and, if the Company shall determine not to issue any such fraction, the Company shall, subject to Section 16.3(d), make a cash payment (calculated to the nearest cent) equal to such fraction multiplied by the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the last Trading Day prior to the date of conversion.

 

(b)    Before any holder of a Debt Security shall be entitled to convert the same into Common Stock, such holder shall surrender such Debt Security duly endorsed to the Company or in blank at the office of the Conversion Agent or at such other place or places, if any, specified pursuant to Section 3.1, and shall give written

 

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notice to the Company at said office or place that such holder elects to convert the same and shall state in writing therein the principal amount of Debt Securities to be converted and the name or names (with addresses) in which such holder wishes the certificate or certificates for Common Stock to be issued; provided, however, that no Debt Security or portion thereof shall be accepted for conversion unless the principal amount of such Debt Security or such portion, when added to the principal amount of all other Debt Securities or portions thereof then being surrendered by the holder thereof for conversion, exceeds the then-effective Conversion Price with respect thereto. If more than one Debt Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock which shall be deliverable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted thereby) so surrendered. Subject to the next succeeding sentence, the Company will, as soon as practicable thereafter, issue and deliver at said office or place to such holder of a Debt Security, or to such holder’s nominee or nominees, certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock to which such holder shall be entitled as aforesaid, together, subject to the last sentence of paragraph (a) above, with cash in lieu of any fraction of a share to which such holder would otherwise be entitled. The Company shall not be required to deliver certificates for shares of Common Stock while the stock transfer books for such stock or the Security Register are duly closed for any purpose, but certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be issued and delivered as soon as practicable after the opening of such books or Security Register. A Debt Security shall be deemed to have been converted as of the close of business on the date of the surrender of such Debt Security for conversion as provided above, and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Common Stock as of the close of business on such date. In case any Debt Security shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or upon the written order of the holder of the Debt Securities so surrendered, without charge to such holder (subject to the provisions of Section 16.8), a new Debt Security or Securities in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Debt Security.

 

SECTION 16.3    ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE FOR COMMON STOCK.

 

The Conversion Price with respect to any Debt Security which is convertible into Common Stock shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

 

(a)    In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such Debt Securities are outstanding, (i) pay a dividend in shares of its Common Stock to holders of Common Stock, (ii) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, (iii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares of Common Stock or (iv) make a distribution in shares of Common Stock to holders of Common Stock, then the Conversion Price in effect immediately before such action shall be adjusted so that the holders of such Debt Securities, upon conversion thereof into Common Stock immediately following such event, shall be entitled to receive the kind and amount of shares of Common Stock of the Company which they would have owned or been entitled to receive upon or by reason of such event if such Debt Securities had been converted immediately before the record dated (or, if no record date, the effective date) for such event. An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 16.3(a) shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution and shall become effective retroactively immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination. For the purposes of this Section 16.3(a), each holder of Debt Securities shall be deemed to have failed to exercise any right to elect the kind or amount of securities receivable upon the payment of any such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution (provided, that if the kind or amount of securities receivable upon such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution is not the same for each nonelecting share, then the kind and amount of securities or other property receivable upon such dividend, subdivision, combination or distribution for each nonelecting share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the nonelecting shares).

 

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expiring within 45 days after the record date for such issuance) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible into shares of Common Stock) at a price per share less than the Current Market Price of the Common Stock at such record date (treating the price per share of the securities convertible into Common Stock as equal to (x) the sum of (i) the price for a unit of the security convertible into Common Stock and (ii) any additional consideration initially payable upon the conversion of such security into Common Stock divided by (y) the number of shares of Common Stock initially underlying such convertible security), the Conversion Price with respect to such Debt Securities shall be adjusted so that it shall equal the price determined by dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of issuance of such rights or warrants by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so offered are initially convertible), and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of securities which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of securities so offered for subscription or purchase (or the aggregate purchase price of the convertible securities so offered plus the aggregate amount of any additional consideration initially payable upon conversion of such securities into Common Stock) would purchase at such Current Market Price of the Common Stock. Such adjustment shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants.

 

(c)    In the case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such Debt Securities are outstanding, distribute to all holders of shares of its Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and the Common Stock is not changed or exchanged) cash, evidences of its indebtedness, securities or assets (excluding (i) regular periodic cash dividends in amounts, if any, determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, (ii) dividends payable in shares of Common Stock for which adjustment is made under Section 16.3(a) or (iii) rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company (excluding those referred to in Section 16.3(b)), then in each such case the Conversion Price with respect to such Debt Securities shall be adjusted so that it shall equal the price determined by dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the record date referred to below, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price of the Common Stock less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive) of the portion of the cash or assets or evidences of indebtedness or securities so distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one share of Common Stock (provided that such denominator shall never be less than 1.0); provided, however, that no adjustment shall be made with respect to any distribution of rights to purchase securities of the Company if a holder of Debt Securities would otherwise be entitled to receive such rights upon conversion at any time of such Debt Securities into Common Stock unless such rights are subsequently redeemed by the Company, in which case such redemption shall be treated for purposes of this Section as a dividend on the Common Stock. Such adjustment shall become effective retroactively immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution; and in the event that such distribution is not so made, the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.

 

(d)    The Company shall be entitled to make such additional adjustments in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by subsections 16.3(a), 16.3(b), and 16.3(c), as shall be necessary in order that any dividend or distribution of Common Stock, any subdivision, reclassification or combination of shares of Common Stock or any issuance of rights or warrants referred to above shall not be taxable to the holders of Common Stock for United States federal income tax purposes.

 

(e)    In any case in which this Section 16.3 shall require that any adjustment be made effective as of or retroactively immediately following a record date, the Company may elect to defer (but only for five (5) Trading Days following the filing of the statement referred to in Section 16.5) issuing to the holder of any Debt Securities

 

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converted after such record date the shares of Common Stock and other capital stock of the Company issuable upon such conversion over and above the shares of Common Stock and other capital stock of the Company issuable upon such conversion on the basis of the Conversion Price prior to adjustment; provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to such holder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder’s right to receive such additional shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.

 

(f)    All calculations under this Section 16.3 shall be made to the nearest cent or one-hundredth of a share of security, with one-half cent and 0.005 of a share, respectively, being rounded upward. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 16.3, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment of the Conversion Price unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of such price. Any lesser adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time of, and together with, the next subsequent adjustment which, together with any adjustment or adjustments so carried forward, shall amount to an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price. Any adjustments under this Section 16.3 shall be made successively whenever an event requiring such an adjustment occurs.

 

(g)    In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 16.3, the holder of any Debt Security thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive any shares of stock of the Company other than shares of Common Stock into which the Debt Securities originally were convertible, the Conversion Price of such other shares so receivable upon conversion of any such Debt Security shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to Common Stock contained in subparagraphs (a) through (f) of this Section 16.3, and the provisions of Sections 16.1, 16.2 and 16.4 through 16.9 with respect to the Common Stock shall apply on like or similar terms to any such other shares and the determination of the Board of Directors as to any such adjustment shall be conclusive.

 

(h)    No adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section: (i) if the effect thereof would be to reduce the Conversion Price below the par value (if any) of the Common Stock or (ii) subject to 16.3(e) hereof, with respect to any Debt Security that is converted prior to the time such adjustment otherwise would be made.

 

SECTION 16.4    CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER OF THE COMPANY.

 

In case of either (a) any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, other than a merger or consolidation in which the company is the surviving or continuing corporation and which does not result in a reclassification of, or change (other than a change in par value or from par value to no par value or from no par value to par value, as a result of a subdivision or combination) in, outstanding shares of Common Stock or (b) any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company to another Person, each Debt Security then outstanding shall be convertible from and after such merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance of property and assets into the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities and property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Debt Securities would have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, subject to adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article XVI (and assuming such holder of Common Stock failed to exercise his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance (provided that, if the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance is not the same for each nonelecting share, then the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance for each nonelecting share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the nonelecting shares or securities)). The Company shall not enter into any of the transactions referred to in clause (a) or (b) of the preceding sentence unless effective provision shall be made so as to give effect to the provisions set forth in this Section 16.4. The provisions of this Section 16.4 shall apply similarly to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.

 

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SECTION 16.5    NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT.

 

Whenever an adjustment in the Conversion Price with respect to a series of Debt Securities is required:

 

(a)    the Company shall forthwith place on file with the Trustee and any Conversion Agent for such Securities a certificate of the Treasurer of the Company, stating the adjusted Conversion Price determined as provided herein and setting forth in reasonable detail such facts as shall be necessary to show the reason for and the manner of computing such adjustment, such certificate to be conclusive evidence that the adjustment is correct; and

 

(b)    a notice stating that the Conversion Price has been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price shall forthwith be given by the Company, or at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, in the manner provided in Section 19.2. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice.

 

SECTION 16.6    NOTICE IN CERTAIN EVENTS.

 

In case:

 

(a)    of a consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and for which approval of any shareholders of the Company is required, or of the sale or conveyance to another Person or entity or group of Persons or entities acting in concert as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company; or

 

(b)    of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; or

 

(c)    of any action triggering an adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article XVI;

 

Then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent for the applicable Debt Securities, and shall cause to be given, to the holders of record of applicable Debt Securities in the manner provided in Section 19.2, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of any distribution or grant of rights or warrants triggering an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article XVI, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of record or Common Stock entitled to such distribution, rights or warrants are to be determined, or (y) the date on which any reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up triggering an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article XVI is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.

 

Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the proceedings described in clause (a), (b), or (c) of this Section.

 

SECTION 16.7    COMPANY TO RESERVE STOCK; REGISTRATION; LISTING.

 

(a)    The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Debt Securities, such number of its duly authorized shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all applicable outstanding Debt Securities into such Common Stock at any time (assuming that, at the time of the computation of such number of shares or securities, all such Debt Securities would be held by a single holder); provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall preclude the Company from satisfying its obligations in respect of the conversion of the Debt Securities by delivery of purchased shares of Common Stock which are held in the treasury of the Company. The Company shall from time to time, in

 

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accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, use its best efforts to cause the authorized amount of the Common Stock to be increased if the aggregate of the authorized amount of the Common Stock remaining unissued and the issued shares of such Common Stock in its treasury (other than any such shares reserved for issuance in any other connection) shall not be sufficient to permit the conversion of all Debt Securities.

 

(b)    If any shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon conversion of Debt Securities hereunder require registration with or approval of any governmental authority before such shares or securities may be issued upon such conversion, the Company will in good faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor to cause such shares or securities to be duly registered or approved, as the case may be. The Company will endeavor to list the shares of Common Stock required to be delivered upon conversion of the Debt Securities prior to such delivery upon the principal national securities exchange upon, or the NASD automated quotation system through, which the outstanding Common Stock is listed at the time of such delivery.

 

SECTION 16.8    TAXES ON CONVERSION.

 

The Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of Debt Securities pursuant hereto. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock or the portion, if any, of the Debt Securities which are not so converted in a name other than that in which the Debt Securities so converted were registered, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issue has paid to the Company the amount of such tax or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

 

SECTION 16.9    CONVERSION AFTER RECORD DATE.

 

If any Debt Securities are surrendered for conversion subsequent to the record date preceding an Interest Payment Date but on or prior to such Interest Payment Date (except Debt Securities called for redemption on a Redemption Date between such record date and Interest Payment Date), the holder of such Debt Securities at the close of business on such record date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Debt Securities on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion thereof. Debt Securities surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any record date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date shall (except in the case of Debt Securities which have been called for redemption on a Redemption Date within such period) be accompanied by payment in New York Clearing House funds or other funds of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the Debt Securities being surrendered for conversion. Except as provided in this Section 16.9, no adjustments in respect of payments of interest on Debt Securities surrendered for conversion or any dividends or distributions of interest on the Common Stock issued upon conversion shall be made upon the conversion of any Debt Securities.

 

SECTION 16.10    COMPANY DETERMINATION FINAL.

 

Any determination that the Company or the Board of Directors must make pursuant to this Article is conclusive.

 

SECTION 16.11    TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER.

 

The Trustee has no duty to determine when an adjustment under this Article should be made, how it should be made or what it should be. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of Debt Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the Company’s failure to comply with this Article. Each Conversion Agent other than the Company shall have the same protection under this Section as the Trustee.

 

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ARTICLE XVII

 

GUARANTEES

 

SECTION 17.1    APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

 

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any series of Debt Securities which is to be guaranteed by one or more Guarantors.

 

SECTION 17.2    OBLIGOR GUARANTEE.

 

Subject to compliance with applicable Gaming Laws, the Guarantors unconditionally and jointly and severally guarantee and promise to pay to the holders and the Trustee (each a “Beneficiary”), on demand, in lawful money of the United States of America, any and all Obligations of the Company from time to time owed to the Beneficiaries (the “Obligor Guarantee”). The term “Obligations” means any and all present and future obligations and liabilities of the Company of every type and description to the Beneficiaries under this Indenture and the Debt Securities of the series such Guarantors have guaranteed (the “Guaranteed Securities”), whether for principal, premium (if any), interest, expenses, indemnities or other amounts, in each case whether due or not due, absolute or contingent, voluntary or involuntary, liquidated or unliquidated, determined or undetermined, now or hereafter existing, renewed or restructured, whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, whether or not arising after the commencement of a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code (including post-petition interest) and whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding, and whether or not recovery of any such obligation or liability may be barred by a statute of limitations or such obligation or liability may otherwise be unenforceable. All Obligations shall be conclusively presumed to have been created in reliance on the Obligor Guarantee. The Obligor Guarantee is a continuing Guarantee of the Obligations and, except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, may not be revoked and shall not otherwise terminate unless and until any and all Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full.

 

SECTION 17.3    NATURE OF OBLIGOR GUARANTEE.

 

The liability of each Guarantor under the Obligor Guarantee is independent of and not in consideration of or contingent upon the liability of the Company or any other Obligor, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against any Guarantor, whether or not any action is brought or prosecuted against the Company or any other Obligor or whether the Company or any other Obligor is joined in any such action or actions. The Obligor Guarantee given by each Guarantor shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional Guarantee of payment (and not merely of collection) without regard to:

 

(a)    the legality, validity or enforceability of the Debt Securities or this Indenture, any of the Obligations, any security or Obligor Guarantee given by any other Guarantor;

 

(b)    any defense (other than payment), set-off or counterclaim that may at any time be available to the Company or any other Obligor against, and any right of setoff at any time held by, any Beneficiary; or

 

(c)    any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of any Guarantor or any other Obligor), whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Company or any other Obligor, in bankruptcy or in any other instance.

 

Any payment by any Obligor or other circumstance that operates to toll any statute of limitations applicable to such Obligor shall also operate to toll the statute of limitations applicable to each Guarantor. Each Guarantor agrees, and each holder by accepting the Debt Securities agrees, that the Guarantee is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the same manner as provided with respect to the Debt Securities in Article XVIII, to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt (whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter incurred), and that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt.

 

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SECTION 17.4    AUTHORIZATION.

 

Each Guarantor authorizes each Beneficiary, without notice or further assent by such Guarantor, and without affecting any Guarantor’s liability hereunder (regardless of whether any subrogation or similar right that such Guarantor may have or any other right or remedy of such Guarantor is extinguished or impaired), from time to time to do any or all of the following:

 

(a)    permit the Company to increase or create Obligations, or terminate, release, compromise, subordinate, extend, accelerate or otherwise change the amount or time, manner or place of payment of, or rescind any demand for payment or acceleration of, the Obligations or any part thereof, consent or enter into supplemental indentures or otherwise amend the terms and conditions of the Guaranteed Securities or this Indenture or any provision thereof;

 

(b)    take and hold any collateral from the Company or any other Person, perfect or refrain from perfecting a lien on any collateral, and exchange, enforce, subordinate, release (whether intentionally or unintentionally), or take or fail to take any other action in respect of, any collateral or lien or any part thereof;

 

(c)    exercise in such manner and order as it elects in its sole discretion, fail to exercise, waive, suspend, terminate or suffer expiration of, any of the remedies or rights of such Beneficiary against the Company or any other Obligor in respect of any Obligations or any security;

 

(d)    release, add or settle with any Obligor in respect of the Obligor Guarantee or the Obligations;

 

(e)    accept partial payments on the Obligations and apply any and all payments or recoveries from such Obligor to such of the Obligations as any Beneficiary may elect in its sole discretion, whether or not such Obligations are secured or guaranteed;

 

(f)    refund at any time, at such Beneficiary’s sole discretion, any payments or recoveries received by such Beneficiary in respect of any Obligations; and

 

(g)    otherwise deal with the Company or any other Obligor as such Beneficiary may elect in its sole discretion.

 

SECTION 17.5    CERTAIN WAIVERS.

 

Each Guarantor waives:

 

(a)    the right to require the Beneficiaries to proceed against the Company or any other Obligor, to proceed against or exhaust any collateral or to pursue any other remedy in any Beneficiary’s power whatsoever and the right to have the property of the Company or any other Obligor first applied to the discharge of the Obligations;

 

(b)    all rights and benefits under applicable law purporting to reduce a Guarantor’s obligations in proportion to the obligation of the principal or providing that the obligation of a surety or Guarantor must neither be larger nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal;

 

(c)    the benefits of any statute of limitations affecting the Obligations or any Guarantor’s liability hereunder;

 

(d)    any requirement of marshaling or any other principle of election of remedies;

 

(e)    any right to assert against any Beneficiary any defense (legal or equitable), set-off, counterclaim and other right that any Guarantor may now or any time hereafter have against the Company or any other Obligor;

 

(f)    presentment, demand for payment or performance (including diligence in making demands hereunder), notice of dishonor or nonperformance, protest, acceptance and notice of acceptance of the Obligor Guarantee,

 

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and, except to the extent expressly required by the Guaranteed Securities or this Indenture, all other notices of any kind, including (i) notice of any action taken or omitted by the Beneficiaries in reliance hereon, (ii) notice of any default by the Company or any other Obligor, (iii) notice that any portion of the Obligations is due, (iv) notice of any action against the Company or any other Obligor, or any enforcement or other action with respect to any collateral, or the assertion of any right of any Beneficiary hereunder; and

 

(g)    all defenses that at any time may be available to any Guarantor by virtue of any valuation, stay, moratorium or other law now or hereafter in effect.

 

SECTION 17.6    NO SUBROGATION; CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.

 

(a)    Each Guarantor waives any and all rights of subrogation, indemnity or reimbursement, and any and all benefits of and rights to enforce any power, right or remedy that any beneficiary may now or hereafter have in respect of the obligations against the Company or any other obligor (other than rights of contribution from other guarantors), and any and all other rights and claims (as defined in the bankruptcy code) any guarantor may have against the Company, under applicable law or otherwise, at law or in equity, by reason of any payment under the obligor guarantee, unless and until the obligations shall have been paid in full.

 

(b)    Each Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the financial condition of each other Obligor and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations or the Obligor Guarantee of any other Guarantor that diligent inquiry would reveal, and agrees that the Beneficiaries shall have no duty to advise any Guarantor of information regarding such condition or any such circumstances.

 

SECTION 17.7    BANKRUPTCY NO DISCHARGE.

 

(a)    Without limiting Section 17.3, the Obligor Guarantee shall not be discharged or otherwise affected by any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding commenced by or against the Company or any other Obligor, including (i) any discharge of, or bar or stay against collecting, all or any part of the Obligations in or as a result of any such proceeding, whether or not assented to by any Beneficiary, (ii) any disallowance of all or any portion of any Beneficiary’s claim for repayment of the Obligations, (iii) any use of cash or other collateral in any such proceeding, (iv) any agreement or stipulation as to adequate protection in any such proceeding, (v) any failure by any Beneficiary to file or enforce a claim against the Company or any other Obligor or its estate in any bankruptcy or reorganization case, (vi) any amendment, modification, stay or cure of any Beneficiary’s rights that may occur in any such proceeding, (vii) any election by any Beneficiary under Section 1112(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, or (viii) any borrowing or grant of a lien under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code. Each Guarantor understands and acknowledges that by virtue of the Obligor Guarantee, it has specifically assumed any and all risks of any such proceeding with respect to the Company and each other Obligor.

 

(b)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the Obligor Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment, or any part thereof, of any or all of the Obligations is rescinded, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential or otherwise required to be restored or returned by any Beneficiary in connection with any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Company, any other Obligor or otherwise or if any Beneficiary elects to return any such payment or proceeds or any part thereof in its sole discretion, all as though such payment had not been made or such proceeds not been received.

 

SECTION 17.8    RIGHTS OF CONTRIBUTION.

 

(a)    In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among the Guarantors in connection with the respective Obligor Guarantees, the Guarantors have agreed among themselves that if any Guarantor satisfies some or all of the Obligations of the Company guaranteed by it hereunder (a “Funding Guarantor”), the Funding

 

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Guarantor shall be entitled to contribution from the other Guarantors that have positive Maximum Net Worth (as defined below) for all payments made by the Funding Guarantor in satisfying such Obligations, so that each Guarantor that remains obligated under it Subsidiary Guarantee at the time that a Funding Guarantor makes such payment (a “Remaining Guarantor”) and has a positive Maximum Net Worth shall bear a portion of such payment equal to the percentage that such Remaining Guarantor’s Maximum Net Worth bears to the aggregate Maximum Net Worth of all Remaining Guarantors that have positive Maximum Net Worth.

 

(b)    For purposes of this Section 17.8, the following terms are defined as set forth below:

 

“Net Worth” means, with respect to any Guarantor, the amount, as of any date of calculation, by which the sum of such Person’s assets (including subrogation, indemnity, contribution, reimbursement and similar rights that such Guarantor may have), determined on the basis of a “fair valuation” or their “fair salable value” (whichever is the applicable test under Section 548 and other relevant provisions of Bankruptcy Code, and the relevant state fraudulent conveyance or transfer laws) is greater than the amount that will be required to pay all of such Person’s debts, in each case matured or unmatured, contingent or otherwise, as of the date of calculation, but excluding liabilities arising under its Obligor Guarantee and excluding, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law with the objective of avoiding rendering such Person insolvent, liabilities subordinated to the Obligations under such Obligor Guarantees arising out of loans or advances made to such Person by any other Person.

 

“Maximum Net Worth” means, with respect to any Guarantor, the greatest of the Net Worth calculated as of the following dates: (A) the date of which the Guarantor becomes a Guarantor hereunder, (B) the date on which such Guarantor expressly reaffirms its Subsidiary Guarantee, (C) the date on which demand for payment is made on such Guarantor hereunder, (D) the date on which payment is made by such Guarantor hereunder or (E) the date on which any judgment, order or decree is entered requiring such Guarantor to make payment hereunder or in respect hereof.

 

The meaning of the terms “fair valuation” and “fair salable value” and the calculation of assets and liabilities shall be determined and made in accordance with the relevant provisions of any Bankruptcy Code and applicable state fraudulent conveyance or transfer laws.

 

SECTION 17.9    LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.

 

If the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder otherwise would be subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable state law relating to fraudulent conveyances or fraudulent transfers, taking into consideration such Guarantor’s (i) rights of reimbursement and indemnity from the Company with respect to amounts paid by such Guarantor and (ii) rights of contribution from other Guarantors pursuant to Section 17.8, then such obligations hereby are reduced to the largest amount that would make them not subject to such avoidance. Any Person asserting that such Guarantor’s obligations are so avoidable shall have the burden (including the burden of production and persuasion) of proving (a) that, without giving effect to this paragraph, such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder would be avoidable and (b) the extent to which such obligations are reduced by operation of this paragraph.

 

SECTION 17.10    APPLICATION OF CERTAIN TERMS AND PROVISIONS TO THE GUARANTORS.

 

(a)    For purposes of any provision of this Indenture which provides for the delivery by any Guarantor of an Officer’s Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel, the definitions of such terms in Section 1.01 shall apply to such Subsidiary Guarantor as if references therein to the Company were references to such Guarantor.

 

(b)    Any request, direction, order or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is to be made by any Guarantor, shall be sufficient if evidenced as described in Section 19.2 as if references therein to the Company were references to such Guarantor.

 

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(c)    Upon any demand, request or application by any Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, such Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as are required in Section 1.02 hereof as if all references therein to the Company were references to such Guarantor.

 

SECTION 17.11    EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF GUARANTEE.

 

Each Guarantor shall be deemed to have signed on each Debt Security issued hereunder any required notation of guarantee to the same extent as if the signature of such Guarantor appeared on such Debt Security. The delivery of any Debt Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Obligor Guarantee set forth in Section 17.2 on behalf of each Guarantor. The notation of a guarantee set forth on any Debt Security shall be null and void and of no further effect with respect to the Obligor Guarantee of any Guarantor which, pursuant to Section 17.12 or Section 17.13, is released from such Guarantee.

 

SECTION 17.12    GUARANTOR MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ON CERTAIN TERMS.

 

(a)    Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or any other Guarantor. Upon any such consolidation or merger, the Obligor Guarantee (as set forth in Section 17.2) of the Guarantor which is not the survivor of the merger or consolidation, shall be released and shall no longer have any force or effect.

 

(b)    Nothing contained in this Indenture shall prevent any sale or conveyance of assets of any Guarantor (whether or not constituting all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor) to any Person, provided that the Company shall comply with any applicable terms of this Indenture, and provided further that, subject to Section 17.13, in the event that all of the assets of a Guarantor are sold or conveyed, the Obligor Guarantee of such Guarantor (as set forth in Section 17.2) shall be released and shall no longer have any force or effect.

 

(c)    Except as provided in Section 17.12(a) or Section 17.13, each Guarantor shall not, directly or indirectly, consolidate with or merge with or into another Person, unless (i) either (a) the Guarantor is the continuing entity or (b) the resulting or surviving entity is a corporation organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Guarantor in connection with the Debt Securities and this Indenture; (ii) no Default or Event of Default would occur as a consequence of (after giving effect, on a pro forma basis, to) such transaction; and (iii) the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation or merger and if a supplemental indenture is required, such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent herein relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

 

(d)    Upon any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor in accordance with Section 17.12, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor is merger shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Guarantor under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named herein a the Guarantor, and when a successor corporation duly assumes all of the obligations of the Guarantor pursuant hereto and pursuant to the Debt Securities, the Guarantor shall be released from such obligations.

 

SECTION 17.13    RELEASE OF GUARANTORS.

 

(a)    Without further notice or action being required by any Person, but subject to Section 10.1, any Guarantor, and each Subsidiary of such Guarantor that is also a Guarantor, shall be fully and conditionally released and discharged from all obligations under its Obligor Guarantee and this Indenture, upon (i) the sale or other disposition of all of the assets or properties of such Guarantor, or 50% or more of the equity interests of any such Guarantor or Persons other than the Company and their Subsidiaries or (ii) the consolidation or merger of any such Guarantor with any Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, if, as a result of such consolidation or merger, Persons other than the Company and their Subsidiaries beneficially own more than

 

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50% of the capital stock of such Guarantor, provided, that, in either such case, the proceeds of any such sale, disposition, merger or consolidation are applied in accordance with this Indenture; or (iii) a defeasance as provided in Article XV hereof.

 

(b)    The releases and discharges set forth in Section 17.13(a) shall be effective (i) in the case of releases and discharges effected pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of Section 17.13(a) by virtue of a sale, disposition, consolidation or merger, on the date of consummation thereof and (ii) in the case of releases and discharges effected pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 17.13(a), upon the date of defeasance. At the written request of the Company, the Trustee shall promptly execute and deliver appropriate instruments in forms reasonably acceptable to the Company evidencing and further implementing any releases and discharges pursuant to the foregoing provisions. If the Company desires the instruments evidencing or implementing any releases or discharges to be executed prior to the effectiveness of such releases and discharges as set forth above, necessary to cause the effectiveness of such releases and discharges, as specified in the first sentence of this Section 17.13.

 

(c)    Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article XVII, (i) any Guarantor whose Obligor Guarantee would otherwise be released pursuant to the provisions of this Section 17.13 may elect, by written notice to the Trustee, to maintain such Obligor Guarantee in effect notwithstanding the event or events that otherwise would cause the release of such Obligor Guarantee (which election to maintain such guarantee in effect may be conditional or for a limited period of time), and (ii) any Subsidiary of the Company which is not a Guarantor may elect, by written notice to the Trustee, to become a Guarantor (which election may be conditional or for a limited period of time).

 

SECTION 17.14    CERTAIN BANKRUPTCY EVENTS.

 

Each Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees, to the fullest extent that it may do so under applicable law, that in the event of the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, such Guarantor shall not file (or join in any filing of), or otherwise seek to participate in the filing of, any motion or request seeking to stay or to prohibit (even temporarily) execution on the Obligor Guarantee and hereby waives and agrees not to take the benefit of any such stay of execution.

 

ARTICLE XVIII

 

SUBORDINATION

 

SECTION 18.1    AGREEMENT TO SUBORDINATE.

 

Each Obligor agrees, and each Holder by accepting Debt Securities agrees, that the Indebtedness evidenced by the Debt Securities is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article, to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt (whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter incurred), and that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt. No holder of Senior Debt need prove its reliance on this Article XVIII to enforce the provisions hereof.

 

SECTION 18.2    CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.

 

“Accrued Bankruptcy Interest” means, with respect to any Senior Debt, all interest accruing thereon after the filing of a petition or commencement of any other proceeding by or against any Obligor under any Bankruptcy Law, in accordance with and at the rate (including any rate applicable upon any default or event of default, to the extent lawful) specified in the documents evidencing or governing such Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations, whether or not the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim after such filing in any proceeding under such Bankruptcy Law.

 

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Company, the financial institutions from time to time named therein, and Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc., as Administrative Agent, as may be further amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors or other purchasers) in whole or in part from time to time.

 

“Credit Facilities” means, with respect to any Obligor, one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Bank Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities with any combination of banks, other institutional lenders and other Persons extending financial accommodations or holding corporate debt obligations in the ordinary course of their business, 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 by the same or different institutional investors or other purchasers.

 

“Designated Senior Debt” means any Indebtedness under the Bank Credit Agreement (which is outstanding or which the lenders thereunder have a commitment to extend) and, if applicable, any other Senior Debt permitted under this Indenture, the principal amount (committed or outstanding) of which is $25 million or more and that has been designated by the Company as “Designated Senior Debt.”

 

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

 

“Senior Debt” means, with respect to any Obligor, (a) all Indebtedness of such Obligor outstanding under Credit Facilities (including the Bank Credit Agreement) and all Hedging Obligations with respect thereto, (b) any other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by such Obligor under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of payment to the Debt Securities and (c) all Obligations with respect to the foregoing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Senior Debt will not include (i) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Obligor, (ii) any Indebtedness of such Obligor to any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates, (iii) any trade payables, (iv) any Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of this Indenture and (v) Indebtedness which, when Incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of Title 11, United States Code, is without recourse to such Obligor.

 

A distribution may consist of cash, securities or other property, by set-off or otherwise.

 

All Designated Senior Debt now or hereafter existing and all other Obligations relating thereto shall not be deemed to have been paid in full unless the holders or owners thereof shall have received payment in full in cash with respect to such Designated Senior Debt and all other Obligations with respect thereto including, without limitation, all Accrued Bankruptcy Interest.

 

SECTION 18.3    LIQUIDATION; DISSOLUTION; BANKRUPTCY.

 

Upon any distribution to creditors of any Obligor in a liquidation or dissolution of such Obligor or in a proceeding under Bankruptcy Law relating to such Obligor or its property, in an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any marshaling of such Obligor’s assets and liabilities:

 

(a)    holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all Obligations in respect of such Senior Debt (including Accrued Bankruptcy Interest) and to have all outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations and applicable Hedging Obligations fully cash collateralized before the Trustee or the Holders shall be entitled to receive any payment or distribution on Obligations with respect to the Debt Securities and the Guarantees (except that the Trustee or the Holders may receive payments and other distributions made from any defeasance or redemption trust created pursuant to Article XVIII or Section 13.5 and the issuance of Permitted Junior Securities); and

 

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(b)    until all Obligations with respect to Senior Debt (as provided in clause (a) above) are paid in full and all outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations and applicable Hedging Obligations are fully cash collateralized, any distribution to which the Trustee or the Holders would be entitled but for this Article, including any such distribution that is payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other Indebtedness of such Obligor being subordinated to the payment of the Debt Securities and Guarantees, shall be made to holders of Senior Debt or their Representatives, ratably in accordance with the respective amounts of the principal of such Senior Debt, interest (including, without limitation, Accrued Bankruptcy Interest) thereon and all other Obligations with respect thereto (except that Holders may receive payments and other distributions made from any defeasance or redemption trust created pursuant to Article XVIII or Section 13.5 and the issuance of Permitted Junior Securities), as their respective interests may appear.

 

Any holder of Designated Senior Debt may file any proof of claim or similar document on behalf of the Trustee or any Holder if such a document has not been filed by the date which is 30 days prior to the last day specified for filing of such documents. In any proceeding under Bankruptcy Law, neither the Trustee nor any Holder shall initiate, or vote in support of, any challenge to the rights of the holders of Senior Debt.

 

SECTION 18.4    DEFAULT ON DESIGNATED SENIOR DEBT.

 

The Obligors may not make any payment or distribution to the Trustee or any Holder in respect of Obligations arising under or in connection with the Debt Securities or the Guarantees and may not acquire from the Trustee or any Holder any Debt Securities or Guarantees for cash or property (other than payments and other distributions made from any defeasance or redemption trust created pursuant Article VIII or Section 13.5 and the issuance of Permitted Junior Securities) until all principal and other Obligations arising under or in connection with the Senior Debt have been paid in full or fully cash-collateralized, if not yet due if:

 

(a)    a default in the payment of any Obligations with respect to Designated Senior Debt occurs and is continuing (including any default in payment upon the maturity of any Designated Senior Debt by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise), or any judicial proceeding is pending to determine whether any such default has occurred; or

 

(b)    a default or event of default (as such terms may be defined in any agreement, indenture or other document governing such Designated Senior Debt), other than a payment default described in subsection (a) above, on Designated Senior Debt, including any default or event of default that would result upon any payment or distribution with respect to the Designated Debt Securities or the Guarantees, that would cause or permit the acceleration of the maturity of the Designated Senior Debt, occurs and is continuing with respect to Designated Senior Debt that permits holders of the Designated Senior Debt as to which such default relates to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives a notice of such default (a “Payment Blockage Notice”) from the affected Obligors or the holders of any Designated Senior Debt. 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 at least 360 days shall have elapsed since the first day of effectiveness of the immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice. 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.

 

If the Company is prohibited from making payments on or distributions in respect of the Debt Securities or from acquiring any Debt Securities under subsection (a) or (b) above, the Company may and shall resume payments on and distributions in respect of the Debt Securities and may acquire them upon:

 

(1)    in the case of any prohibition referred to in Section 18.4(a) hereof, the date upon which the default, event of default or other event giving rise to such prohibition is cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, unless another default, event of default or other event that would prohibit such payment, distribution or acquisition under Section 10.4(a) has occurred and is continuing, or all Obligations in respect of such Designated Senior Debt shall have been discharged or paid in full, or

 

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(2)    in the case of any prohibition referred to in Section 18.4(b) hereof, the earlier of the date on which the default, event of default or other event giving rise to such prohibition is cured or waived or 179 days pass after the relevant Payment Blockage Notice is received by the Trustee thereunder, unless the maturity of any Designated Senior Debt has been accelerated, in each such case, if this Article otherwise permits the payment, distribution or acquisition.

 

The provisions of this Article shall not be construed to prohibit the Company from repurchasing, redeeming, repaying or prepaying any or all of the Notes to the extent required to do so by any Gaming Authority having authority over any Obligor.

 

SECTION 18.5    ACCELERATION OF DEBT SECURITIES.

 

If payment of the Debt Securities is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company shall promptly notify holders of Senior Debt of the acceleration.

 

SECTION 18.6    WHEN DISTRIBUTION MUST BE PAID OVER.

 

If, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 18.3 and 18.4, any direct or indirect payment or distribution on account of principal of or interest on or other Obligations with respect to the Debt Securities or Guarantees or acquisition, repurchase, redemption, retirement or defeasance of any of the Debt Securities or Guarantees shall be made by or on behalf of any Obligor (including any payments or distribution by any liquidating trustee or agent or other Person in a proceeding referred to in Section 18.3) and received by the Trustee or any Holder at a time when such payment or distribution was prohibited by the provisions of Section 18.3 or 18.4 or such payment or distribution was required to be made to holders of Senior Debt or their Representatives, then, unless and until such payment or distribution is no longer prohibited by Section 18.3 or 18.4, such payment or distribution shall be received, segregated from other funds or assets and held in trust by the Trustee or such Holder, as the case may be, for the benefit of, and shall be immediately paid or delivered over to, those Persons known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, as, or identified by the Company as, or to a fund for the benefit of, the holders of Senior Debt or their Representatives, ratably in accordance with the respective amounts of the principal of such Senior Debt, interest (including, without limitation, Accrued Bankruptcy Interest) thereon and all other Obligations with respect thereto held or represented by each, until the principal of all Senior Debt, interest (including Accrued Bankruptcy Interest) thereon and all other Obligations with respect thereto have been paid in full and all outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations and applicable Hedging Obligations have been fully cash collateralized. Any distribution to the holders of Senior Debt or their Representatives of assets other than cash may be held by such holders or such Representatives as additional collateral without any duty to the Holder to liquidate or otherwise realize on such assets or to apply such assets to any Senior Debt or other Obligations relating thereto.

 

With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to perform only such obligations on the part of the Trustee as are specifically set forth in this Article XVIII, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Debt 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 Debt, and shall not be liable to any such holders if the Trustee shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to or on behalf of Holders or any Obligor or any other Person money or assets to which any holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Article XVIII, except if such payment is made as a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Trustee. Nothing in this Section 18.6 shall affect the obligation of any Person other than the Trustee to hold such payment or distribution for the benefit of, and to pay or deliver such payment or distribution over to, the holders of Senior Debt or their Representatives.

 

SECTION 18.7    NOTICE BY COMPANY.

 

The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent of any facts known to the Company that would cause a payment of any Obligations with respect to the Debt Securities or Guarantees to violate this Article, but failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the Debt Securities and the Guarantees to the Senior Debt as provided in this Article XVIII.

 

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SECTION 18.8    SUBROGATION.

 

After all Senior Debt is paid in full and until the Debt Securities are paid in full, Holders shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with all other Indebtedness pari passu with the Debt Securities and Guarantees) to the rights of holders of Senior Debt to receive distributions applicable to Senior Debt to the extent that distributions otherwise payable to the Holders have been applied to the payment of Senior Debt. A distribution made under this Article to holders of Senior Debt that otherwise would have been made to Holders is not, as between the Obligors and Holders, a payment by any Obligor on the Debt Securities or the Guarantees.

 

SECTION 18.9    RELATIVE RIGHTS.

 

This Article XVIII defines the relative rights of Holders and holders of Senior Debt. Nothing in this Article XVIII shall:

 

(a)    impair, as between the Obligors and Holders, the obligation of the Obligors, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on the Debt Securities and the Guarantees in accordance with their terms;

 

(b)    affect the relative rights of Holders and creditors of the Obligors other than their rights in relation to holders of Senior Debt; or

 

(c)    prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default, subject to the rights of holders and owners of Senior Debt to receive distributions and payments otherwise payable to Holders.

 

If any Obligor fails because of this Article to pay principal of or interest on a Debt Security or Guaranty on the due date, the failure is still a Default or Event of Default.

 

SECTION 18.10    SUBORDINATION MAY NOT BE IMPAIRED BY OBLIGORS.

 

No right of any present or future holder of Senior Debt to enforce the subordination of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Debt Securities and the Guarantees shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by any Obligor or any Holder of Debt Securities and Guarantees or any holder of Senior Debt or by the failure of any Obligor or any Holder of Debt Securities and Guarantees or any holder of Senior Debt to comply with this Indenture regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such Holder of Debt Securities or holder of Senior Debt, as the case may be, may have or be otherwise charged with. The holders of Senior Debt may extend, renew, restate, supplement, modify or amend the terms of the Senior Debt or any Obligations with respect thereto or any security therefor and release, sell or exchange such security and otherwise deal freely with any Obligor and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates all without affecting the liabilities and obligations of the parties to this Indenture or the Holders. No provision in any supplemental indenture that adversely affects the subordination of the Debt Securities and Guarantees or other provisions of this Article XVIII shall be effective against the holders of the Designated Senior Debt unless the requisite percentage of such holders (or if permitted under the applicable Bank Credit Agreement, the Representative) shall have consented thereto.

 

Each Holder of the Debt Securities and Guarantees by its acceptance thereof: (a) acknowledges and agrees that the holders of any Senior Debt or their Representative, in its or their discretion, and without affecting any rights of any holder of Senior Debt under this Article XVIII, may foreclose any mortgage or deed of trust covering interest in real property securing such Senior Debt or any guarantee thereof by judicial or nonjudicial sale, even though such action may release an Obligor or any guarantor of such Senior Debt from further liability under such Senior Debt or any guarantee thereof or may otherwise limit the remedies available to the holders thereof; and (b) hereby waives any defense that such Holder may otherwise have to the enforcement of this Article XVIII by any holder of any Senior Debt or any Representative of such holder against such Holder after or as a result of any action, including any such defense based on any loss or impairment of rights of subrogation.

 

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If at any time any payment of Obligations with respect to any Senior Debt is rescinded or must otherwise be returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or liquidation of any Obligor or otherwise, the provisions of this Article 10 shall continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case may be, to the same extent as though such payments had not been made.

 

SECTION 18.11    DISTRIBUTION OR NOTICE TO REPRESENTATIVE.

 

Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Debt, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative.

 

Upon any payment or distribution of assets of any Obligor referred to in this Article XVIII, the Trustee and the Holders 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 for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and other Indebtedness of such Obligor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XVIII.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee or agent on behalf of any such holder). In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article XVIII, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article XVIII, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment which it may be required to make for the benefit of such Person pursuant to the terms of this Indenture pending judicial determination as to the rights of such Person to receive such payment.

 

SECTION 18.12    RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AND PAYING AGENT.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article XVIII 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 Debt Securities and Guarantees, unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received at its Corporate Trust Office at least two 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 Debt Securities and Guarantees to violate this Article XVIII. Only the Company or a Representative may give the notice. Nothing in this Article XVIII shall impair the claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof.

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Debt with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights.

 

SECTION 18.13    AUTHORIZATION TO EFFECT SUBORDINATION.

 

Each Holder of a Debt Security by the Holder’s acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on the Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article XVIII, and appoints the Trustee to act as the Holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

 

Each Obligor, the Trustee and each Holder by their acceptance of the Debt Securities acknowledge that damages would be inadequate to compensate the holders of Senior Debt for any breach or default by any Obligor, the Trustee or any such Holder of its obligations under this Article XVIII, and, therefore, agree that the holders of Senior Debt and their Representatives shall be entitled to equitable relief, including injunctive relief and specific performance, in the enforcement thereof.

 

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SECTION 18.14    ADDITIONAL OR SUBSTITUTE SUBORDINATION TERMS.

 

Pursuant to Section 3.1, the indenture supplemental hereto pursuant to which Debt Securities are issued or the Board Resolutions in which the terms of the Securities are set forth may set forth additional or substitute subordination provisions and terms.

 

ARTICLE XIX

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 19.1    NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.

 

Any Act of holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with:

 

(a)    the Trustee by any holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (which may be via facsimile) to or with the Trustee at its             , Attention:             , or

 

(b)    the Company by the Trustee or by any holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid or airmail postage prepaid if sent from outside the United States, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, to the attention of its Treasurer, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

 

Any such Act or other document shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.

 

SECTION 19.2    NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER.

 

When this Indenture provides for notice to holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given to holders (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to such holders as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, within the time prescribed; provided, however, that, in any case, any notice to holders of Floating Rate Securities regarding the determination of a periodic rate of interest, if such notice is required pursuant to Section 3.1, shall be sufficiently given if given in the manner specified pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

In the event of suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by mail, such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.

 

In the event of suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by publication, such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.

 

Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance on such waiver. In any case where notice to holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other holders, and any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given. In any case where notice to holders is given by publication, any defect in any notice so published as to any particular holder shall not affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other holders, and any notice which is published in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given.

 

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SECTION 19.3    CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

 

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed on any person by the provisions of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, such provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or shall be excluded, as the case may be.

 

SECTION 19.4   COUNTERPARTS; SIGNATURES VIA FACSIMILE; EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

 

This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Indenture. In the event that any signature to this Indenture or to any other document delivered pursuant to or in connection with execution of this Indenture is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof. The Article and Section headings herein and in the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

SECTION 19.5    SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

 

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind their respective successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of their permitted successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

 

SECTION 19.6    SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities 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 19.7    BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.

 

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent and their successors hereunder, the holders, and, to the extent specifically set forth herein, the holders of Senior Debt, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

SECTION 19.8    GOVERNING LAW.

 

This Indenture and the Debt Securities shall be deemed to be contracts made and to be performed entirely in the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of said State without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State.

 

SECTION 19.9    LEGAL HOLIDAYS.

 

Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 or in any Debt Security, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Debt Security of any series shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment for the Debt Securities of that series, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities) payment of principal or interest (and premium and any other amounts, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day if such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day.

 

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SECTION 19.10    JUDGMENT CURRENCY.

 

The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, or premium, other amounts or interest, if any, on the Debt Securities of any series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in the City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, “New York Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in the City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.

 

SECTION 19.11    NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.

 

No direct or indirect incorporator, employee, shareholder, director or officer, as such, past, present or future of the Company or any successor corporation or any of the Company’s Affiliates, shall have any personal liability in respect of the obligations of the Company under the Debt Securities or this Indenture, either directly or through the Company, by reason of his, her or its status as such incorporator, shareholder, employee, director or officer. Each holder by accepting a Debt Security waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Debt Securities.

 

[Signatures on following pages]

 

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

 

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

By:

 

 


Name:

 

 


Title:

 

 


 

                                                                                                        ,

as Trustee

By:

 

 


Name:

 

 


Title:

 

 


 

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EXHIBIT A

 

[FORM OF REDEEMABLE OR NONREDEEMABLE DEBT SECURITY] [FORM OF FACE OF DEBT SECURITY]

 

[THIS DEBT SECURITY IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS DEBT SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY DEBT SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS DEBT SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL NOTE SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.]

 

[IF THIS DEBT SECURITY IS AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT DEBT SECURITY, INSERT—FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1273 AND 1275 OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THIS DEBT SECURITY IS             % OF ITS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, THE ISSUE DATE IS             , 20            [AND] THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS             %. THE METHOD USED TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT APPLICABLE TO THE SHORT ACCRUAL PERIOD OF             , 20            TO             , 20    , IS             % OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS DEBT SECURITY.]

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. [DESIGNATION OF SERIES]

 

No.            

   [$]                 CUSIP No.             

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (herein referred to as the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporations under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to             or registered assigns the principal sum of             [Dollars] on             (the “Stated Maturity Date”) [OR INSERT DATE FIXED FOR EARLIER REDEMPTION (the “Redemption Date” and, together with the Stated Maturity Date with respect to principal repayable on such date, the “Maturity Date”)].

 

[IF THE DEBT SECURITY IS TO BEAR INTEREST PRIOR TO MATURITY, INSERT—and to pay interest thereon from             or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on             and             in each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing             , at [IF DEBT SECURITY IS TO BEAR INTEREST AT A FIXED RATE, INSERT — the rate of             % per annum], [IF THE DEBT SECURITY IS TO BEAR INTEREST AT A VARIABLE OR FLOATING RATE OR IF DETERMINED BY REFERENCE TO AN INDEX, REFER TO DESCRIPTION OF INDEX BELOW] until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Holder in whose name this Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the                     or                     (whether or not a Business Day, as defined below), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date [at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such interest may be paid, at the Company’s option, by mailing a check to such Holder at his or her registered address or by transfer of funds to an account maintained by such Holder within the United States]. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Holder in whose name this Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Debt Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Debt Securities of this series not less than 15 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent

 

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with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Debt Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.]

 

[IF THE INTEREST RATE OF THE DEBT SECURITY IS FLOATING OR ADJUSTABLE RATE, OR DETERMINE BY REFERENCE TO AN INDEX OR OTHER SOURCE EXTERNAL TO THE TERMS OF THE DEBT SECURITIES, OR IF THE PRINCIPAL OR ANY PREMIUM OR OTHER AMOUNTS DETERMINED BY REFERENCE TO AN INDEX OR OTHER SOURCE EXTERNAL TO THE TERMS OF THE DEBT SECURITIES, INSERT THE TEXT DESCRIBING THE FLOATING OR ADJUSTABLE RATE PROVISION OR THE INDEX OR OTHER SOURCE BY WHICH IT CAN BE CALCULATED.]

 

[IF THE DEBT SECURITY IS NOT TO BEAR INTEREST PRIOR TO MATURITY, INSERT— The principal of this Debt Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at the [Stated] Maturity Date and in such case the overdue principal of this Debt Security shall bear interest at the rate of             % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of             % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]

 

The principal of this Debt Security payable on the [Stated] Maturity Date [or the principal of, premium, if any, and, if the Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date, interest on this Debt Security payable on the Redemption Date] will be paid against presentation of this Debt Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in                     , in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest payable on this Debt Security on any Interest Payment Date and on the [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be,] will include interest accrued from and including the next preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or from and including             , if no interest has been paid on this Debt Security) to but excluding such Interest Payment Date or the [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be]. If any Interest Payment Date or the [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date] falls on a day that is not a Business Day, principal, premium, if any, and/or interest payable with respect to such Interest Payment Date or [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be,] will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if it were paid on the date such payment was due, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be]. “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banking institutions or trust companies in [            ] are authorized to close.

 

[IF THIS DEBT SECURITY IS A GLOBAL DEBT SECURITY, INSERT—All payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Debt Security will be made by the Company in immediately available funds.]

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Debt Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Debt Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

By:

 
Name:  
Title:  

 

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[Reverse of Debt Security]

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

This Debt Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company, issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of             , 200   (herein called the “Indenture”) between the Company and             , as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of which this Debt Security is a part), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities, and of the terms upon which the Debt Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Debt Security is one of the duly authorized series of Debt Securities designated on the face hereof (collectively, the “Debt Securities”), [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT— and the aggregate principal amount of the securities to be issued under such series is limited to [$            ] (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Debt Securities).] All terms used in this Debt Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Debt Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The Debt Securities may not be redeemed prior to the [Stated] Maturity Date.]

 

The rights of each Holder and any beneficial owner of the Debt Securities are subject to the Gaming Laws and requirements of the Gaming Authorities. Each holder and beneficial owner, by accepting or otherwise acquiring an interest in the Debt Securities, shall be deemed to have agreed that if the Gaming Authority of any jurisdiction in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts or proposes to conduct gaming requires that a Person who is a holder or beneficial owner must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under the applicable Gaming Laws, such holder or beneficial owner shall apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within the required time period. If any Gaming Authority makes a determination of unsuitability of a Holder or beneficial owner of Debt Securities (or of an Affiliate of such Holder or beneficial owner) or any Gaming Authority requires that a Holder or beneficial owner of Debt Securities (or an Affiliate thereof) must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable Gaming Laws and such Holder or beneficial owner (or an Affiliate thereof) fails to apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within 30 days (or such shorter period as may be required by the applicable Gaming Authority) after being requested to do so by the Gaming Authority, or is denied such license or qualification or is not found suitable, then the Company shall have the right, at its option, notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture (i) to require such Person to dispose of its Debt Securities or beneficial interest therein within 30 days (or such earlier date as may be required by the applicable Gaming Authority) of receipt such notice or finding by Gaming Authority or (ii) to redeem such Debt Securities at a redemption price equal to the least of: (x) 100% of the principal amount thereof or (y) the price at which such Person acquired the Debt Securities, in case of either clause (x) or clause (y), together with accrued and unpaid interest to the earlier of the date of redemption or the date of the denial of license or qualification or of the finding of unsuitability by such Gaming Authority, or (z) such other lesser amount as may be required by any Gaming Authority. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any such redemption as soon as practicable. The Company shall not be responsible for any costs or expenses any such Holder or beneficial owner may incur in connection with its application for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, immediately upon a determination by a Gaming Authority that a Holder or beneficial owner of the Debt Securities (or an Affiliate thereof) will not be licensed, qualified or found suitable or is denied a license, qualification or finding of suitability, the Holder or beneficial owner will not have any further rights with respect to the Debt Securities to: (i) to exercise, directly or indirectly, through any trustee, nominee or any other person or entity, any right conferred by the Debt Securities or (ii) to receive any interest or any other distribution or payment with respect to the Debt Securities or any remuneration in any form from the Company for services rendered or otherwise, except the redemption price of the Debt Securities.

 

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[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The Debt Securities are subject to redemption [(a) [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—on             in any year commencing with the year             and ending with the year             through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount and (b)] [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—at any time [on or after             ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed on or before             ,             % and if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning             of the years indicated, at the Redemption Prices indicated below.

 

Year

  

Redemption Price


   Year

  

Redemption Price


                

 

and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to             % of the principal amount, together, in the case of any such redemption [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—(whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)], with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that installments of interest on this Debt Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of this Debt Security, or one or more Predecessor Debt Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The Debt Securities are subject to redemption (a) on             in any year commencing with the year             and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below and (b) at any time on or after             ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below:

 

If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,

 

Redemption Price for Redemption

Otherwise Than Through Operation

of the Sinking Fund                            


  

Redemption Price for Redemption

Through Operation of Sinking Fund


   Year

           

 

and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to             % of the principal amount, together, in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise), with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that installments of interest on this Debt Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of this Debt Security, or one or more Predecessor Debt Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant record dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to             redeem any Debt Securities as contemplated by [clause (b) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of money borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than             % per annum.]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The sinking fund for the Debt Securities provides for the redemption on             in each year, beginning with the year             and ending with the year             , of [not less than] [$            ] [(“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than $            ] aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities. [The Debt Securities acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made in the [DESCRIBE ORDER] order in which they become due.]]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT — Notice of redemption will be given by mail to Holders of Debt Securities, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.]

 

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[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT — In the event of redemption of the Debt Security in part only, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT CONVERSION PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN ANY BOARD RESOLUTION OR INDENTURE SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE INDENTURE.]

 

[IF DEBT SECURITY IS NOT AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY, INSERT –If any Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of Debt Securities of this series may be declared or may otherwise become due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]

 

[IF DEBT SECURITY IS AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY, INSERT – If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of Debt Securities of this series may be declared or may otherwise become due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal – INSERT FORMULA FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT. [Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Debt Securities of this series shall terminate.]

 

[This Debt Security is subject to defeasance and covenant defeasance as described in the Indenture [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT – and the supplemental indenture].]

 

[This Debt Security is subject to satisfaction and discharge as provided in the Indenture [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT – and the supplemental indenture].]

 

This Debt Security is subject to subordination as provided in the Indenture [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT – and the supplemental indenture].

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Debt Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of all Debt Securities issued under the indenture at the time Outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all such Debt Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of not less than at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount, in certain instances, of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series to waive, on behalf of all of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series, certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Debt Security and other Debt Securities issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefore or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Debt Security.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Debt Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Debt Security at the times, rates and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein [and herein] set forth, the transfer of this Debt Security is registrable in the Security Register of the Company upon surrender of this security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Debt Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument

 

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of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Debt Securities, of authorized denominations (in the same Denomination Currency) and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein [and herein] set forth, this Debt Security is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of different authorized denominations but in the same Denomination Currency, and otherwise having the same terms and conditions, as requested by the Holder hereof surrendering the same.

 

The Debt Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form [without coupons] in denominations of [$            ] and any integral multiple thereof. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior to due presentment of this Debt Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Debt Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Debt Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or the interest on this Debt Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any past, present or future incorporator, stockholder, employee, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor or Affiliate of the Company, either directly or through the Company or any successor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The obligations of the Company under the Indenture shall be guaranteed as set forth in the Indenture.]

 

[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT—The obligations of the Company under the Indenture shall be secured as set forth in the Indenture.]

 

The Indenture and the Debt Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely in such State.

 

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EX-5.1 5 dex51.htm OPINION OF IRELL & MANELLA LLP Opinion of Irell & Manella LLP

EXHIBIT 5.1

 

January 6, 2006

 

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, NV 89109

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special counsel to Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company and the subsidiaries of the Company indicated on the Registration Statement as being additional registrants (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on January 6, 2006 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

This opinion is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

 

The Registration Statement relates to the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company, pursuant to Rule 415 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Securities Act, of the following securities of the Company: (i) one or more series of debt securities which may take the form of senior debt securities (the “Senior Debt Securities”), senior subordinated debt securities (“Senior Subordinated Debt Securities”), subordinated debt securities (“Subordinated Debt Securities”), 8.25% senior subordinated notes due 2012 (the “8.25% Notes”) or 8.75% senior subordinated notes due 2013 (the “8.75% Notes”, and together with the Senior Debt Securities, Senior Subordinated Debt Securities, Subordinated Debt Securities and the 8.25% Notes, the “Debt Securities”), (ii) shares of preferred stock, $1.00 par value per share, of the Company (the “Preferred Stock”), in one or more classes or series; (iii) shares of common stock, $0.10 par value per share, of the Company, together with associated stock protection rights or similar rights, if applicable (“Common Stock”); (iv) depositary shares representing fractional shares of the Preferred Stock or other equity stock of the Company (“Depositary Shares”); (v) warrants to purchase any of the securities described in clauses (i) to (iv) (collectively, the “Warrants”); (vi) guarantees of the Subsidiary Guarantors to be issued in connection with the Debt Securities (the “Debt Guarantees”); (vii) purchase contracts obligating holders to purchase the Company’s securities at a future date or dates (“Purchase Contracts”); and (viii) units (“Units”) consisting of one or more Purchase Contracts, Warrants, Debt Securities, shares of Preferred Stock, shares of Common Stock or any combination of such securities. The Debt Securities, the Preferred Stock, the Common Stock, the Warrants, the Depositary Shares, the Debt Guarantees, the Units and the Purchase Contracts are collectively referred to herein as the “Offered Securities.”

 

Each series of Senior Debt Securities, Senior Subordinated Debt Securities and Subordinated Debt Securities, and any Debt Guarantees related thereto, will be issued pursuant to a senior indenture (the ”Senior Debt Indenture”), the form of which has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time in a form that will be filed as an exhibit to a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or as an exhibit to a document filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), a senior subordinated indenture (the “Senior Subordinated Debt Indenture”), the form of which has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time in a form that will be filed as an exhibit to a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or as an exhibit to a document filed under the Exchange Act, or a subordinated indenture (the “Subordinated Debt Indenture”), the form of which has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time in a form that will be filed as an exhibit to a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or as an exhibit to a document filed under the Exchange Act, as the case may be, in each case, proposed to be entered into among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors identified therein and a financial institution to be named therein, as trustee. The 8.25% Notes and any related Debt Guarantees will be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of March 15, 2004, by and among the


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Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors identified therein and The Bank of New York, as trustee, as amended by the first supplemental indenture dated as of December 3, 2004, the form of which has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the “8.25% Note Indenture”). The 8.75% Notes and any related Debt Guarantees will be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of September 25, 2003, by and among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors identified therein and The Bank of New York, as trustee, as amended by the first supplemental indenture dated as of September 25, 2003, the form of which has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the ”8.75% Note Indenture, and together with the 8.25% Indenture, Senior Debt Indenture, Senior Subordinated Debt Indenture and Subordinated Debt Indenture, the ”Indentures,” and each an “Indenture”).

 

Each Depositary Share will be issued pursuant to a deposit agreement (a “Deposit Agreement”) substantially in a form that will be filed as an exhibit to a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or as an exhibit to a document filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and incorporated into the Registration Statement by reference. Each Warrant will be issued pursuant to a warrant agreement (a “Warrant Agreement”) substantially in a form that will be filed as an exhibit to a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or as an exhibit to a document filed under the Exchange Act, and incorporated into the Registration Statement by reference. Each Purchase Contract will be issued pursuant to a purchase contract agreement (a “Purchase Contract Agreement”) substantially in a form that will be filed as an exhibit to a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or as an exhibit to a document filed under the Exchange Act, and incorporated into the Registration Statement by reference. Each Unit will be issued pursuant to a unit agreement (a “Unit Agreement”) substantially in a form that will be filed as an exhibit to a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or as an exhibit to a document filed under the Exchange Act, and incorporated into the Registration Statement by reference.

 

In connection with this opinion we have examined the Registration Statement and Indentures, each in the form filed with the Commission. We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company, such agreements, certificates of public officials, and certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents, instruments, certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth herein.

 

In our examination, we have assumed: (a) the legal capacity of all natural persons; (b) the genuineness of all signatures; (c) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals; (d) the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed, photostatic or facsimile copies; (e) the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents; (f) the truth, accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the records, documents, instruments, certificates and records we have reviewed; and (g) the absence of any undisclosed modifications to the agreements and instruments reviewed by us. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein which were not independently established or verified, we have relied upon oral or written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and others. With respect to an offering of Warrants, Purchase Contracts, Depositary Shares or Units, we have assumed that the related Warrant Agreement, Purchase Contract Agreement, Deposit Agreement or Unit Agreement, as applicable, will be governed by the laws of the State of New York or the State of Delaware.

 

In our capacity as your counsel in connection with the Registration Statement, we are familiar with the proceedings taken and proposed to be taken by the Company in connection with the Registration Statement and the authorization and issuance of the Securities. For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed that such proceedings will be timely and properly completed, in accordance with the requirements of all applicable laws, in the manner presently proposed.


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Based on and subject to the foregoing and to the other qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

 

1. With respect to any series of Debt Securities offered under an Indenture, when (i) a prospectus supplement and any other offering material with respect to such series of Debt Securities shall have been filed with the Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) the Indenture relating to such series of Debt Securities shall have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (and a Form T-1 shall have been properly filed with the Commission), and shall have been duly executed and delivered pursuant to the terms of such Indenture, (iii) any legally required consents, approvals, authorizations and other orders of the Commission and any other regulatory authorities are obtained, (iv) appropriate corporate action has been taken to authorize the issuance and terms of such series of Debt Securities and related matters and to authorize the execution and delivery of the Indenture, and (v) such series of Debt Securities has been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and duly delivered to the purchasers thereof upon payment of the agreed-upon consideration therefor, such series of Debt Securities, when issued and sold in accordance with the Indenture and the applicable underwriting agreement, if any, or any other duly authorized, executed and delivered valid and legally binding purchase or agency agreement, will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms.

 

2. With respect to the Debt Guarantees, when (i) a prospectus supplement and any other offering material with respect to the Debt Guarantees shall have been filed with the Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) the appropriate corporate action has been taken by the Subsidiary Guarantors to authorize the form, terms, execution and delivery of the Guarantees, (iii) any legally required consents, approvals, authorizations and other orders of the Commission and any other regulatory authorities are obtained, and (iv) the Guarantees with such terms are duly executed, endorsed, issued and delivered by duly authorized officers of the Subsidiary Guarantors and when the related Debt Securities are duly executed, delivered and authenticated in accordance with the Indentures under which they are issued and when payment of the agreed-upon consideration therefor is received, then, upon the happening of such events, such Guarantees will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors, enforceable against the Subsidiary Guarantors in accordance with their respective terms.

 

3. With respect to the shares of any series of Preferred Stock, when (i) a prospectus supplement and any other offering material with respect to the Preferred Stock shall have been filed with the Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) appropriate corporate action has been taken to authorize the issuance of Preferred Stock, to fix the terms thereof and to authorize the execution and filing of a certificate of designation relating thereto with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, (iii) such certificate of designation shall have been executed by duly authorized officers of the Company and so filed by the Company, all in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, (iv) any legally required consents, approvals, authorizations and other orders of the Commission and any other regulatory authorities are obtained; (v) Preferred Stock with terms so fixed shall have been duly issued and delivered by the Company against payment of the agreed-upon consideration therefor in accordance with such corporate action, and (vi) certificates representing shares of Preferred Stock have been duly executed by the duly authorized officers of the Company in accordance with applicable law, then, upon the happening of such events, such Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (provided that the consideration paid therefor is not less than the par value thereof).

 

4. With respect to the shares of Common Stock, when (i) a prospectus supplement and any other offering material with respect to the Common Stock shall have been filed with the Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) appropriate corporate action has been taken to


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authorize the issuance of Common Stock, (iii) any legally required consents, approvals, authorizations and other orders of the Commission and any other regulatory authorities are obtained, (iv) Common Stock shall have been duly issued and delivered by the Company against payment of the agreed-upon consideration therefor in accordance with such corporate action, and (v) certificates representing shares of Common Stock have been duly executed by the duly authorized officers of the Company in accordance with applicable law, then, upon the happening of such events, such Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (provided that the consideration paid therefor is not less than the par value thereof).

 

5. With respect to any offering of Depositary Shares, when (i) a prospectus supplement and any other offering material with respect to the Depositary Shares shall have been filed with the Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) the appropriate corporate action has been taken by the Company to authorize the form, terms, execution and delivery of a Deposit Agreement (including a form of certificate evidencing the Depositary Shares) and the underlying Preferred Stock or other equity stock of the Company, (iii) any legally required consents, approvals, authorizations and other orders of the Commission and any other regulatory authorities are obtained, (iv) Depositary Shares with such terms are duly executed, attested, issued and delivered by duly authorized officers of the Company against payment of the agreed-upon consideration in the manner provided for in the applicable Deposit Agreement and such corporate action, and (v) shares of Preferred Stock and other equity stock of the Company shall have been duly issued and delivered to the depositary in accordance with the Deposit Agreement, then, upon the happening of such events, such Depositary Shares will be validly issued and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms.

 

6. With respect to any series of Warrants, when (i) a prospectus supplement and any other offering material with respect to the Warrants shall have been filed with the Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) the appropriate corporate action has been taken by the Company to authorize the form, terms, execution and delivery of a Warrant Agreement (including a form of certificate evidencing the Warrants), (iii) any legally required consents, approvals, authorizations and other orders of the Commission and any other regulatory authorities are obtained, and (iv) Warrants with such terms are duly executed, attested, issued and delivered by duly authorized officers of the Company against payment of the agreed-upon consideration in the manner provided for in the applicable Warrant Agreement and such corporate action, then, upon the happening of such events, such Warrants will be validly issued and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms.

 

7. With respect to any series of Purchase Contracts, when (i) a prospectus supplement and any other offering material with respect to the Purchase Contracts shall have been filed with the Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) the appropriate corporate action has been taken by the Company to authorize the form, terms, execution and delivery of the Purchase Contract Agreement (including a form of certificate evidencing the Purchase Contracts), (iii) any legally required consents, approvals, authorizations and other orders of the Commission and any other regulatory authorities are obtained, and (iv) the Purchase Contracts with such terms are duly executed, attested, issued and delivered by duly authorized officers of the Company against payment of the agreed-upon consideration in the manner provided for in the Purchase Contract Agreement and such corporate action, then, upon the happening of such events, such Purchase Contracts will be validly issued and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

 

8. With respect to any series of Units, when (i) a prospectus supplement and any other offering material with respect to the Units shall have been filed with the Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) the appropriate corporate action has been taken by the Company to


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authorize the form, terms, execution and delivery of the Unit Agreement (including a form of certificate evidencing the Units), (iii) any legally required consents, approvals, authorizations and other orders of the Commission and any other regulatory authorities are obtained, and (iv) the Units with such terms are duly executed, attested, issued and delivered by duly authorized officers of the Company against payment of the agreed-upon consideration in the manner provided for in the Unit Agreement and such corporate action, then, upon the happening of such events, such Units will be validly issued and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms.

 

The opinions set forth above (except for the opinions set forth in paragraphs 3 and 4 above) are subject to the following additional exceptions, limitations and qualifications: (a) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally; (b) the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity), and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought; (c) public policy considerations which may limit the rights of parties to obtain remedies; (d) the unenforceability under certain circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing for the indemnification or contribution to a party with respect to a liability, whether because such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy or otherwise; (e) we express no opinion concerning the enforceability of the waiver of rights or defenses contained in the Indentures; (f) the unenforceability of any provision requiring the payment of attorneys’ fees, except to the extent a court determines such fees to be reasonable; (g) we express no opinion with respect to any provisions of the Debt Securities or the Indentures that may provide for interest on interest or penalty interest or whether acceleration of the Debt Securities may affect the collectibility of that portion of the stated principal amount thereof which might be determined to constitute unearned interest thereon; (h) requirements that a claim with respect to any Debt Securities denominated in a currency, currency unit or composite currency other than United States dollars (or a judgment denominated other than in United States dollars in respect of such claim) be converted into United States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law; (i) governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States or in foreign currencies, currency units or composite currencies; (j) we express no opinion regarding the effectiveness of any waiver in respect of any of the Offered Securities of any rights that a party has, or of duties that are owed to it, as a matter of law, or that is broadly stated or does not describe the right or duty purportedly waived with reasonably specificity; (k) we express no opinion on the effect on the enforceability of the Debt Guarantees against any Subsidiary Guarantor of any facts or circumstances that would constitute a defense to the obligation of a surety, unless such defense has been waived effectively by such Subsidiary Guarantor, and we also express no opinion as to the effectiveness of any waiver of any such defense by any Subsidiary Guarantor; (l) the Offered Securities being offered, issued and sold solely in the manner stated in the Registration Statement, any appropriate prospectus supplement or other offering material; and (m) in the case of the Warrant Agreement, the Warrants, the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary Shares, the Purchase Contracts, the Debt Guarantees, any Certificates of Designations, any Units, any underwriting agreement and any other agreements or instruments pursuant to which any Offered Securities are to be issued or sold that come into existence after the date of this opinion or that were otherwise not provided to us (including, without limitation, any supplements to or other amendments of the Indenture), that such agreements or instruments shall, if necessary, have been duly filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or duly incorporated therein by reference and that there shall be no terms or provisions contained therein that would have the effect, under applicable law, of vitiating or creating a contractual defense to the validity and legally binding nature of such instrument or agreement, or that would affect the validity of any of the opinions rendered herein.

 

We express no opinion under, or view with respect to, either directly or indirectly, laws other than the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the laws of the State of New York and the laws of the State of California. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration


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Statement. We also hereby consent to the use of our name under the heading “Legal Matters” in the prospectus which forms a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/    IRELL & MANELLA LLP

EX-12.1 6 dex121.htm COMPUTATION OF RATIOS Computation of Ratios

EXHIBIT 12.1

 

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

 

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

($            in thousands)

 

    Year Ended December 31,

   

Nine Months Ended

September 30,


 
    1999

    2000

    2001

    2002

    2003

    2004

    2004

    2005

 

Earnings:

                                                               

Pre-tax income (loss)

  $ 84,973     $ 131,888     ($ 50,555 )   ($ 19,071 )   ($ 34,636 )   $ 17,756     $ 30,280     ($ 17,333 )

Add fixed charges

    69,531       63,903       53,467       53,792       59,736       61,549       45,085       44,673  

Less capitalized interest

    (1,359 )     (8,148 )     (481 )     (788 )     (1,513 )     (5,102 )     (3,067 )     (6,663 )
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Total Earnings

  $ 153,145     $ 187,643     $ 2,431     $ 33,933     $ 23,587     $ 74,203     $ 72,297     $ 20,677  

Fixed Charges:

                                                               

Interest expense—inclusive of the amortization of debt issuance costs

  $ 64,573     $ 52,620     $ 49,853     $ 49,688     $ 54,881     $ 52,538     $ 39,858     $ 35,206  

Capitalized interest

    1,359       8,148       481       788       1,513       5,102       3,067       6,663  

Estimated interest portion in rent expense

    3,599       3,135       3,133       3,316       3,342       3,909       2,159       2,804  
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Total Fixed Charges

  $ 69,531     $ 63,903     $ 53,467     $ 53,792     $ 59,736     $ 61,549     $ 45,085     $ 44,673 (1)

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

    2.20x       2.94x       0.05x       0.63x       0.39x       1.21x       1.60x       0.46x  
                    $ 51,036     $ 19,859     $ 36,149                     $ 23,996  

(1)   Due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Boomtown New Orleans and Casino Magic Biloxi's reporting was impaired. For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, rent expense was assumed to be equal with that of the prior year during the same period.
EX-23.1 7 dex231.htm CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. on Form S-3 of our reports dated March 15, 2005, relating to the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.’s change in 2002 in its method of accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets to conform to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets) and management’s report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2004 and to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.

 

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

 

Las Vegas, Nevada

January 6, 2006

EX-24.1 8 dex241.htm POWERS OF ATTORNEY Powers of Attorney

EXHIBIT 24.1

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Daniel R. Lee, Wade W. Hundley, Stephen H. Capp and John A. Godfrey and each of them, severally, as his attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in his name and on his behalf, to sign in any and all capacities such person holds on behalf of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. and/or any of its subsidiaries, the Registration Statement on Form S-3 to which this power of attorney is filed as an exhibit (the “Registration Statement”), including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, the Registration Statement, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and exhibits to the Registration Statement, any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents relating thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with full power and authority to perform and do any and all acts and things whatsoever which any such attorney or substitute may deem necessary or advisable to be performed or done in connection with any or all of the above-described matters, as fully as each of the undersigned could do if personally present and acting, hereby ratifying and approving all acts of any such attorney or substitute.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly signed this Power of Attorney on this 6th day of January, 2006.

 

Signature

 

/s/    DANIEL R. LEE        


Daniel R. Lee

  

/s/    JAMES L. MARTINEAU        


James L. Martineau

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        


Stephen H. Capp

  

/s/    MICHAEL ORNEST        


Michael Ornest

/s/    JOHN V. GIOVENCO        


John V. Giovenco

  

/s/    TIMOTHY J. PARROTT        


Timothy J. Parrott

/s/    RICHARD J. GOEGLEIN        


Richard J. Goeglein

  

/s/    LYNN P. REITNOUER        


Lynn P. Reitnouer

/s/    BRUCE A. LESLIE        


Bruce A. Leslie

  

/s/    ROBERTO GERMAN BUSAMIA        


Roberto German Busamia

/s/    FEDERICO CASTRO        


Federico Castro

  

/s/    PAUL CONTESSE        


Paul Contesse

/s/    ALBERTO RIVERA        


Alberto Rivera

  

/s/    JOHN A. GODFREY        


John A. Godfrey

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