-----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, Nr7tSci5onA7wERZMPOdQkpxbR3RoZ3aDVoEGfLaQF0m/zGTNePPSW12aV76x+Gx lCF/z+KRawwjsqah3AP7YA== 0001193125-08-070687.txt : 20080331 0001193125-08-070687.hdr.sgml : 20080331 20080331134444 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-070687 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 51 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080331 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080331 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Yankton Investments, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001387514 IRS NUMBER: 830445853 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-01 FILM NUMBER: 08723187 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-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-03 FILM NUMBER: 08723189 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 (STLH), LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348972 IRS NUMBER: 510553583 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-10 FILM NUMBER: 08723199 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 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PNK (ST. LOUIS 4S), LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060105 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PNK (Baton Rouge) Partnership CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001387509 IRS NUMBER: 721246016 STATE OF INCORPORATION: LA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-23 FILM NUMBER: 08723212 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: 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-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-26 FILM NUMBER: 08723215 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: PSW Properties LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001387630 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-09 FILM NUMBER: 08723198 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 (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348971 IRS NUMBER: 510553585 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-11 FILM NUMBER: 08723200 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-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-18 FILM NUMBER: 08723207 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: MITRE Associates LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001387639 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-25 FILM NUMBER: 08723214 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: MITRE Associates DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070124 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-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-28 FILM NUMBER: 08723217 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-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-02 FILM NUMBER: 08723188 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: BELTERRA RESORT INDIANA LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001175357 IRS NUMBER: 931199012 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-04 FILM NUMBER: 08723190 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-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-16 FILM NUMBER: 08723205 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-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-21 FILM NUMBER: 08723210 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 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-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-27 FILM NUMBER: 08723216 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: AREP Boardwalk Properties LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001387642 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-05 FILM NUMBER: 08723191 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: AREP Boardwalk LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070124 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AREH MLK LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001387643 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-06 FILM NUMBER: 08723192 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 7, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348957 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-19 FILM NUMBER: 08723208 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 (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-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-13 FILM NUMBER: 08723202 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: PNK RENO LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030915 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BOOMTOWN HOTEL & CASINO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940209 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-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-20 FILM NUMBER: 08723209 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: OGLE HAUS LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001179009 IRS NUMBER: 352084979 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-24 FILM NUMBER: 08723213 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: 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-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985 FILM NUMBER: 08723195 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: PNK (ES), LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348975 IRS NUMBER: 510534293 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-15 FILM NUMBER: 08723204 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 (SCB), L.L.C. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001387510 IRS NUMBER: 721233908 STATE OF INCORPORATION: LA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-12 FILM NUMBER: 08723201 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 9, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001348961 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-17 FILM NUMBER: 08723206 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) L.L.C. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001175356 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: LA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-14 FILM NUMBER: 08723203 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 LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040928 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PNK LAKE CHARLES LCC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020612 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-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-22 FILM NUMBER: 08723211 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: PNK BOSSIER CITY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020612 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-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-08 FILM NUMBER: 08723196 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: ACE GAMING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001269976 IRS NUMBER: 542131351 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-149985-07 FILM NUMBER: 08723194 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O SANDS HOTEL & CASINO STREET 2: INDIANA AVE & BRIGHTON PARK CITY: ATLANTIC CITY STATE: NJ ZIP: 08401 BUSINESS PHONE: 6094414000 S-4 1 ds4.htm FORM S-4 Form S-4
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2008

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

and Additional Subsidiary Guarantor Registrants

(See Table of Other Registrants Below)

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   7990   95-3667491

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

(702) 784-7777

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

John A. Godfrey, Esq.

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

(702) 784-7777

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

Alvin G. Segel, Esq.

Ashok W. Mukhey, 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: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box.  ¨

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) 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 post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) 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.  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a small reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer  x    Accelerated filer  ¨
Non-accelerated filer  ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company  ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of each class of

securities to be registered

  Amount to be
registered
 

Proposed maximum

offering price per

note (1)

 

Proposed maximum

aggregate offering

price (1)

 

Amount of

registration fee

7 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015

  $385,000,000   100%   $385,000,000   $15,131 (1)

Guarantees of 7 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 (2)

 

—  (2)

  —  (2)   —  (2)   —  (3)
 
 
(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(f) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2) No separate consideration will be received for the guarantees.
(3) Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act of 1933, no separate fee is payable for the guarantees.

 

 

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


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OTHER 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

ACE Gaming, LLC

   New Jersey    54-2131351    *

AREH MLK LLC

   Delaware    —      *

AREP Boardwalk Properties LLC

   Delaware    —      *

Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC

   Nevada    93-1199012    *

Biloxi Casino Corp.

   Mississippi    64-0814408    *

Boomtown, LLC

   Delaware    94-3044204    *

Casino Magic Corp.

   Minnesota    64-0817483    *

Casino One Corporation

   Mississippi    64-0814345    *

Louisiana-I Gaming, a Louisiana Partnership in Commendam

  

Louisiana
   72-1238179    *

Mitre Associates LLC

   Delaware    —      *

OGLE HAUS, LLC

   Indiana    31-1672109    *

PNK (Baton Rouge) PARTNERSHIP

   Louisiana    72-1246016    *

PNK (Bossier City), Inc.

   Louisiana    64-0878110    *

PNK (CHILE 1), LLC

   Delaware    51-0553578    *

PNK (CHILE 2), LLC

   Delaware    51-0553581    *

PNK Development 7, LLC

   Delaware    20-4328580    *

PNK Development 8, LLC

   Delaware    20-4486902    *

PNK Development 9, LLC

   Delaware    20-4328766    *

PNK Development 13, LLC

   New Jersey    20-4330677    *

PNK (ES), LLC

   Delaware    51-0534293    *

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

   Louisiana    02-0614452    *

PNK (Reno), LLC

   Nevada    88-0101849    *

PNK (SCB), L.L.C.

   Louisiana    72-1233908    *

PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC

   Delaware    51-0553585    *

PNK (STLH), LLC

   Delaware    51-0553583    *

PSW PROPERTIES LLC

   Delaware    —      *

St. Louis Casino Corp.

   Missouri    64-0836600    *

Yankton Investments, LLC

   Nevada    83-0445853    *

 

* c/o Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169, (702) 784-7777.


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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

Subject to Completion, dated March 31, 2008

PROSPECTUS

LOGO

$385,000,000

Offer to Exchange

7 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015,

Which Have Been Registered Under the Securities Act of 1933,

for any and all Outstanding 7 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2015

 

 

The Exchange Offer:

 

 

 

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. will exchange all outstanding 7 1/ 2% senior subordinated notes due 2015, referred to as the original notes, that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn for an equal principal amount of 7 1/2% senior subordinated notes due 2015, referred to as the exchange notes, that are, subject to specified conditions, freely tradable.

 

   

You may withdraw tenders of outstanding notes at any time prior to the expiration date of the exchange offer.

 

   

The exchange offer expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on             , 2008, unless extended. We do not currently intend to extend the expiration date.

 

   

We will not receive any cash proceeds from the exchange offer.

The Exchange Notes:

 

   

We are offering exchange notes to satisfy certain of our obligations under the registration rights agreement entered into in connection with the private offering of the original notes.

 

   

The terms of the exchange notes are substantially identical to the original notes, except that the exchange notes, subject to specified conditions, will be freely tradable.

 

   

The exchange notes will be guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by certain of our current and future domestic restricted subsidiaries.

 

   

We do not plan to list the exchange notes on a national securities exchange or automated quotation system.

 

 

Please see “ Risk Factors” beginning on page 21 of this prospectus for a discussion of certain factors that you should consider before participating in this exchange offer.

Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes. The letter of transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for original notes where such original notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed that, for a period of 180 days (which period may be extended in specified circumstances) from the thirtieth business day after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or such shorter period as will terminate when any broker-dealer has sold all exchange notes held by it, we will make this prospectus available to such broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

None of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, the Indiana Gaming Commission, the Missouri Gaming Commission, the Nevada Gaming Commission, the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, the City of Reno, Nevada gaming authorities, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, the Gaming Board for the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, or any state securities commission or any other gaming authority or other regulatory agency, 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             , 2008


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Where You Can Find More Information; Incorporation of Certain Documents By Reference

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Market Data

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Prospectus Summary

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Risk Factors

   21

Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

   40

Use of Proceeds

   42

Capitalization

   43

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

   44

Selected Consolidated Financial and Other Data

   45

Description of Other Indebtedness

   46

The Exchange Offer

   50

Description of Exchange Notes

   63

Summary of Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations

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Government Regulations and Gaming Issues

   118

Plan of Distribution

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Legal Matters

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Experts

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We have not authorized any dealer, salesperson or other person to give any information or represent anything to you other than the information contained in this prospectus. You must not rely on unauthorized information or representations.

This prospectus does not offer to sell nor ask for offers to buy any of the securities in any jurisdiction where it is unlawful, where the person making the offer is not qualified to do so, or to any person who cannot legally be offered the securities. The information in this prospectus is current only as of the date on its cover and may change after that date.

This prospectus incorporates important business and financial information about us that is not included in or delivered with this document. You may obtain information incorporated by reference, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

Investor Relations

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

(702) 784-7777

To obtain timely delivery, you must request this information no later than five business days before the date you must make your investment decision. Therefore, we must receive your request for this information no later five (5) business days prior to the expiration of the exchange offer.


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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION; INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. You may read and copy any document we file with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room and its copy charges. Our SEC filings are also available to the public on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, under the symbol “PNK” and all reports, proxy statements and other information filed by us with the NYSE may be inspected at the NYSE’s offices at 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005. We maintain a website at http://www.pnkinc.com with information about our company. Our website and information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our web site are not incorporated into this prospectus and do 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.

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act with respect to the exchange offer. This prospectus does not contain all of the information contained in the registration statement and the exhibits to the registration statement. Copies of our SEC filings, including the exhibits to the registration statement, are available through us or from the SEC through the SEC’s website or at its facilities described above.

In this prospectus, we “incorporate by reference” the information we file 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), which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring to that information. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be an important part of this prospectus. Any statement in a document incorporated by reference in this prospectus will be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent a statement contained in this prospectus or any other subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference in this prospectus modifies or supersedes such statement. In addition, information contained in this prospectus shall be modified or superseded by information in any such subsequently filed documents which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We incorporate by reference in this prospectus the following documents filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act:

1. Our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 (including without limitation Exhibit 99.1 thereto dealing with gaming regulations); and

2. Our current reports on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2008, January 16, 2008, and February 26, 2008 (with respect to Item 1.01 and Exhibit 10.1 only).

We also incorporate by reference any future filings made by us 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 Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering, and any reoffering, of the securities offered hereby.

You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the address on the previous page of this prospectus. Exhibits to the filings will not be sent, however, unless those exhibits have been specifically incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

 

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MARKET DATA

We use market and industry data throughout this prospectus 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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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This is only a summary of the prospectus. You should read the entire prospectus, including “Risk Factors” and our consolidated financial statements and related notes, as well as the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus, before making an investment decision. Unless the context indicates otherwise, all references to “Pinnacle,” “the Company,” “we,” “our,” “ours” and “us” refer to Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Our Company

We are a leading developer, owner and operator of casinos and related hospitality and entertainment facilities. Domestically, we currently operate six casino destinations, we have four other casino developments in various stages of planning and construction, and we are pursuing two other casino development opportunities. In addition, we have several small casino facilities in foreign markets.

Our long-term strategy is to maintain and improve each of our existing casinos; to build new resorts that produce returns above our cost of capital; and to develop the systems to tie all of our casinos together into a national gaming network. Hence, we are developing new, high-quality gaming properties in attractive gaming markets; we are maintaining and improving our existing properties with disciplined capital expenditures; we are developing a customer loyalty program designed to motivate customers to continue to patronize our casinos; and we may make strategic acquisitions at reasonable valuations, when and if available.

Our largest casino resort is L’Auberge du Lac in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Lake Charles offers the closest full-scale casino-hotel facilities to Houston (the seventh-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States), as well as the Austin and San Antonio metropolitan areas. Lake Charles is approximately 145 miles from Houston and approximately 300 miles and 335 miles from Austin and San Antonio, respectively. L’Auberge du Lac offers approximately 995 guestrooms and suites, inclusive of our recent expansion. We recently completed an expansion project, in which we invested approximately $67 million as of the year ended December 31, 2007, and which includes 252 additional guestrooms (10 of which are new private garden villas), additional retail shops, an expanded pool area and other amenities.

Our Boomtown New Orleans casino is the only casino in the West Bank neighborhood, across the Mississippi River from downtown New Orleans. The West Bank generally did not flood as a result of the levee breaches that occurred in connection with the hurricanes in 2005 and has experienced substantial growth during the regional reconstruction. Responding to the growth within our community, we have been designing a 200-guestroom upscale hotel, the first guestrooms at this property, and other upgrades. We also plan to replace the three-level casino riverboat with a large single-deck casino boat, similar to the casino at L’Auberge du Lac. These projects are estimated to involve an investment of approximately $150 million.

Our southern Indiana property, Belterra Casino Resort, opened in October 2000, and is located along the Ohio River near Vevay, Indiana, approximately one hour from downtown Cincinnati, Ohio and 80 minutes from Louisville, Kentucky. Belterra is approximately two hours from Indianapolis, which is the third-largest market for Belterra. Management estimates that residents of the Indianapolis metropolitan area account for approximately 10% of Belterra’s casino revenues and approximately 11% of the guests staying at Belterra’s 608-guestroom hotel. The total population within 300 miles of Belterra is approximately 48 million. Belterra attracts customers by offering amenities that are generally superior to those at competing regional properties, several of which are closer to the population centers than Belterra. In August 2007, we added five retail shops. In December 2007, we completed the refurbishment of 11 of the high-end suites at Belterra. In light of the approval in May 2007 of legislation allowing two large slot machine casinos at racetracks in Indianapolis, we postponed indefinitely our planned construction of a 250-guestroom addition at the property.

 

 

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Our Boomtown Bossier City property in Bossier City, Louisiana, features a regional hotel built around a dockside riverboat casino. The property is located on a site directly adjacent to, and easily visible from, Interstate 20. The Bossier City/Shreveport region is a three-hour drive from the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area along Interstate 20. In 2006, we acquired a barge that we intend to convert to an arrival facility for guests of our riverboat casino. The arrival facility will adjoin our casino and offer escalators, making it easier for customers to travel among the three levels of our riverboat casino.

Lumière Place-St. Louis includes our new Lumière Place Casino and The Admiral Riverboat Casino, which we used to refer to as The President Riverboat Casino. Lumière Place, which is located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, offers a 75,000-square-foot casino, a luxury Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis, the all-suites HoteLumière (formerly the Embassy Suites Hotel, which we have extensively refurbished), restaurants, banquet facilities, retail shops and convention/meeting space, including a ballroom. The Admiral Riverboat Casino offers approximately 845 slot machines and 30 table games. We own all of the facilities and have entered into a long-term agreement with Four Seasons Hotels Limited to manage our Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis. A group led by famed chef Hubert Keller manages two of our restaurants. Lumière Place is located across from the Edward Jones domed stadium and America’s Center Convention Center and just north of the famous Gateway Arch. A pedestrian tunnel to the America’s Center convention center, the Edward Jones domed stadium and the city’s central business district is expected to open in April 2008. We are currently using approximately nine of the 18 acres that we own in downtown St. Louis for the Lumière Place Casino and Hotels.

Boomtown Reno is a land-based casino-hotel located approximately 11 miles west of downtown Reno, Nevada, near the California border along Interstate 80. This interstate is the primary east-west interstate highway serving northern California. In the second quarter of 2007, we closed Boomtown Reno’s truck stop to accommodate the construction of a Cabela’s Inc. branded outdoor sporting goods store, which opened in November 2007. We sold approximately 28 acres of land to Cabela’s Inc. in 2006. We have entitlements to construct a new satellite casino and travel plaza on approximately 23 acres at a different location on the property’s 490 acres of available land. We continue to evaluate other opportunities to develop, sell or otherwise monetize our remaining excess available land.

Casino Magic Argentina, which is owned by an unrestricted subsidiary, consists of one large and several small casinos in the Patagonia region of Argentina. Casino Magic Argentina is constructing a 32-guestroom hotel, consisting of 15 large guestrooms and 17 suites, adjoining our casino. Casino Magic Argentina anticipates investing approximately US$13 million in the hotel project, which is being funded through the property’s existing cash balances and operating cash flows. We have certain exclusive rights to operate casinos in the principal cities of the Province of Neuquén. Our exclusivity rights in Neuquén should be extended from 2016 to 2021 upon the opening of our new hotel and inspection and approval of the hotel by the local gaming commission.

The Casino at Emerald Bay is a boutique casino adjoining the Four Seasons Resort at Emerald Bay on the picturesque island of Great Exuma in The Bahamas. Our casino opened in May 2006 and is the first and only casino on the island.

We are building a casino-hotel called River City in St. Louis County, Missouri, which we expect to open in mid-2009. River City is located just south of the confluence of the Mississippi River and the River des Peres in the community of Lemay, one of the most densely populated areas in the St. Louis region. The first phase of the River City project is planned to include a gaming and multi-use facility and several restaurants at an estimated cost of $375 million. The second phase for the River City project is expected to include a hotel with a minimum of 100 guestrooms, as well as other amenities to be determined at a later time, at an estimated cost of $75 million. The River City casino-hotel is located on approximately 56 acres of land we control under a long-term lease from St. Louis County. The opening of River City is subject to approval of the Missouri Gaming Commission (the “MGC”).

 

 

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In June 2007, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board (the “LGCB”) approved the architectural plans for our proposed Sugarcane Bay casino resort to be built adjacent to our L’Auberge du Lac facility, which site was approved by voters of Lake Charles, Louisiana in November 2006. The project will utilize one of the two gaming entities we acquired from Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (“Harrah’s”) in 2006. One of the conditions to our license requires a minimum project investment of $350 million. Our plans for Sugarcane Bay include a floating, single-level dockside casino similar to that of L’Auberge du Lac and a 400-guestroom hotel, to be built on approximately 234 acres of land being leased from the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District. Included in the 234 acres of land we leased in January 2008 are 50 acres that we purchased for $5.0 million, though we have not selected the particular location of the acreage purchased. We will designate the location of those 50 acres in connection with the opening of Sugarcane Bay. Our Sugarcane Bay project is subject to various zoning and permitting requirements and approval of the LGCB. In addition, we have acquired approximately 56 acres of land adjacent to our Sugarcane Bay and L’Auberge du Lac properties for possible future development. We are required to complete specific milestones within certain timeframes and complete construction within 18 months of commencing excavating and grading work for the foundations, subject to certain approvals by the LGCB.

On September 18, 2007, the LGCB approved our planned $250 million casino-hotel resort named Rivière in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Rivière will use the other gaming entity acquired from Harrah’s. We own approximately 517 acres of land and we are a majority co-owner of an additional 58 acres of land, approximately 10 miles south of downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We are actively seeking the partition of such co-owned acreage with the third-party minority owner. On February 9, 2008, the voters of East Baton Rouge Parish approved this location for a casino as required under state law. The project is subject to certain conditions and various other approvals. Baton Rouge is currently believed to rival New Orleans as the largest city in Louisiana and has experienced significant growth in recent years, both before and particularly after the effects of the 2005 Hurricane Katrina on the nearby New Orleans region. We are currently in the design phase of this project. Similar to Sugarcane Bay, we are required to complete specific milestones within certain timeframes and complete construction of the first phase within 18 months of commencing excavating and grading work for the foundations, subject to certain approvals by the LGCB.

In November 2006, we purchased entities that owned a former casino site and an adjoining parcel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which included the former Sands Casino Hotel. The aggregate purchase price paid at closing for the former casino site and additional property, other assets, tax benefits and working capital items of the entities was approximately $275 million. We paid an additional $10.1 million in the first quarter of 2007, following the settlement of a property tax matter that resulted in a like amount of property tax credits being available to us in future years. In early 2008, we acquired or agreed to purchase an additional four acres. In the aggregate, the Atlantic City site comprises approximately 22 contiguous acres at the heart of Atlantic City, with extensive frontage along The Boardwalk, Pacific Avenue and Brighton Park. We began site preparation work in 2007, including the implosion of the former Sands Casino Hotel and other structures on the site. We continue to plan and design our Atlantic City project, which for a resort of this size is expected to take at least two to three years from the date of our acquisition of the site in November 2006. The construction will then require approximately three to four additional years to complete with an anticipated opening date no earlier than 2012, subject to various regulatory approvals. This casino project is intended to be among the largest and most spectacular resorts in the region. While we have not yet determined the final scope or overall design of the new project, we estimate that its size and our investment will be substantially larger than those at any of our other facilities.

In December 2007, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas (the “Unified Government”) endorsed our plan as one of three proposals sent on to state officials for consideration for selection to build and operate the one free-standing casino to be permitted in the county under legislation passed in 2004. Besides these three, there are other competing proposals under consideration for the same license. On December 31, 2007, our subsidiary signed a development agreement with the Unified Government outlining our obligations if we are selected by the State. We believe that the other two proposals endorsed by the Unified Government signed

 

 

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similar development agreements. If we are chosen as the licensee, we intend to invest $650 million in the project, which, at a minimum, will include the construction of (a) a gaming and multi-use facility; (b) a 500-guestroom hotel; (c) a combination retail, commercial and/or entertainment facility; (d) a convention center; and (e) a central water feature connecting the gaming facility with the Schlitterbahn Vacation Village resort and water park now under construction. The project is anticipated to be substantially completed approximately 36 months after the occurrence of the latter of (i) the Lottery Gaming Facility Management Contract becoming effective or (ii) the resolution of the pending lawsuit relating to the constitutionality of the Kansas Expanded Lottery Act. The State of Kansas is expected to choose the licensee during 2008.

In August 2006, we purchased approximately one and one-half acres of gaming-zoned land in Central City, Colorado, which is approximately 40 miles from Denver, Colorado. We have an option to purchase an additional six acres of adjoining, non-gaming zoned land. We believe our Central City land is the most conveniently located gaming-zoned site for Denver customers.

Our intention is to utilize existing cash resources, cash flows from operations, funds available under our credit facility and anticipated Biloxi and New Orleans insurance proceeds to fund operations, maintain existing properties, make necessary debt service payments and fund the development of some of our capital projects. The capital required for most of our development and expansion projects exceeds our available resources. Accordingly, construction of most of our projects would require us to access the capital markets. We expect that a substantial portion, and perhaps all, of the capital that we intend to invest in future years will be indebtedness and that our financial leverage will increase. As a result of the turmoil in the capital markets, the availability of financing in the credit markets is constrained, expensive and perhaps unavailable. We can give no assurance as to when financing would be available on more favorable terms. Various projects may have to be postponed or may not make economic sense, or may not be possible to finance, if capital markets do not improve.

 

 

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Summary of Our Properties as of December 31, 2007

 

         Approximate Number of  

Locations

 

Principal Markets

   Slot
Machines
   Table
Games
   Hotel
Rooms
 

Operating Properties:

          

Domestic

          

L’Auberge du Lac, LA(a)

  Houston, Beaumont, San Antonio, Austin, Southwest Louisiana and local patrons    1,600    60    995 (a)

Belterra Casino Resort, IN

  Cincinnati and Louisville    1,705    55    608  

Boomtown New Orleans, LA(b)

  Local patrons    1,435    40    —    

Boomtown Bossier City, LA

  Dallas/Ft. Worth and local patrons    1,115    30    188  

Lumière Place-St. Louis, MO

          

Lumière Place Casino and Hotels(c)

  Local patrons and regional tourists    2,000    60    495 (c)

The Admiral Riverboat Casino

  Local patrons and regional tourists    845    30    —    

Boomtown Reno, NV(d)

  Northern California, I-80 travelers and local patrons    945    25    318  

International

          

Casino Magic Argentina(e)

  Local patrons and regional tourists    985    50    30 (e)

The Casino at Emerald Bay, The Bahamas

  International tourists    65    10    —    
                  

Operating Property Total

     10,695    360    2,634  
                  

New Properties Under Development and/or Construction:

        

River City, St. Louis, MO(f)

  Local patrons and regional tourists    2,300    60    100  

Sugarcane Bay, Lake Charles, LA(g)

  Houston, Beaumont, San Antonio, Austin, Southwest Louisiana and local patrons    1,500    50    400  

Rivière, Baton Rouge, LA(h)

  Local patrons and regional tourists    1,500    50    100  

Atlantic City, NJ

  New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Boston and Buffalo    Not Yet Determined(i)  

Potential Future Development Sites:

          

Kansas City, KS(j)

  Local patrons and regional tourists    Not Yet Determined  

Central City, CO(k)

  Denver    Not Yet Determined  

 

(a) We opened 208 of the 252 new guestrooms at L’Auberge du Lac in December 2007. All of the guestrooms were available by the end of January 2008, bringing the total number of guestrooms to approximately 995.
(b) We have announced plans to build a hotel and replace our casino barge at Boomtown New Orleans, and are currently in the design phase of the process.
(c) We opened the Lumière Place Casino in December 2007. We opened the 200-guestroom Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis and the 294-guestroom HoteLumière (formerly the Embassy Suites Hotel, which has been extensively renovated) in early 2008.
(d) As of February 2008, we have reduced the number of slot machines at our Boomtown Reno property to approximately 650 slot machines.
(e) The data in the table represent the combined operations of the several casinos we operate in Argentina. We are in the process of constructing a 32-guestroom hotel that adjoins our casino in the city of Neuquén. Sixteen of the guestrooms were completed and became available in March 2008 and we anticipate completing the other 16 in mid-2008. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Neuquén casino comprised approximately 87.9% of revenues of our Argentine operations.

 

 

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(f) We expect River City to open in mid-2009, subject to, among other things, final approval of the MGC.
(g) We are underway with site preparation for our Sugarcane Bay casino-hotel. The project is subject to certain conditions and various approvals.
(h) On February 9, 2008, the voters of East Baton Rouge Parish approved our casino-resort to be built on real estate that we own or control. The project is subject to certain conditions and various other approvals.
(i) The specific attributes of our Atlantic City project have not yet been determined, but considering the size of the market and the site, location and cost of our site, this is expected to be significantly larger than any of our existing facilities.
(j) We are seeking a license for a new gaming entertainment complex to be located on land we have optioned in Kansas City, Kansas. We have one of several proposals for the one license expected to be issued in this jurisdiction.
(k) We own land and have an option to purchase additional land in Central City, Colorado.

 

 

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Our Principal Operating Properties and Unrestricted Subsidiaries

L’Auberge du Lac is a major casino resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana that opened in May 2005. Located on 242 acres of land, L’Auberge du Lac currently offers approximately 995 guestrooms, several restaurants, approximately 28,000 square feet of meeting space, a championship golf course designed by Tom Fazio, retail shops and a full-service spa. Unlike most other riverboat casinos, all of the public areas at L’Auberge du Lac (except the parking garage), and in particular the casino, are situated entirely on one level. The casino is surrounded on three sides by the hotel tower and other guest amenities. The hotel at L’Auberge du Lac is the largest in Louisiana outside of New Orleans.

Boomtown New Orleans is a dockside riverboat casino. It currently features a casino, two restaurants, a delicatessen, a 350-seat nightclub, 4,600 square feet of meeting space, an arcade and approximately 1,700 parking spaces. The property opened in 1994 and is located on 54 acres in Harvey, Louisiana, approximately 10 miles from downtown New Orleans and across the Mississippi River in the “West Bank” suburban area.

Belterra Casino Resort is a regional resort with an adjoining dockside riverboat casino. It opened in October 2000 and is located on 315 acres of land along the Ohio River near Vevay, Indiana, approximately one hour from downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, and 80 minutes from Louisville, Kentucky. In the fourth quarter of 2006, a new road opened that provides a more direct route for our guests coming from Cincinnati and Louisville. Belterra features a large casino and a 608-guestroom hotel, six restaurants, 33,000 square feet of meeting and conference space, a 1,750-seat entertainment showroom, retail shops, a swimming pool, a championship golf course designed by Tom Fazio and a full-service spa. The resort provides approximately 2,000 parking spaces, most of which are in a multi-level parking structure.

Boomtown Bossier City is a regional hotel property built around a dockside riverboat casino. The property opened in October 1996 on a site directly adjacent to, and easily visible from, Interstate 20. The Bossier City/Shreveport region is a three-hour drive from the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area along Interstate 20. The property includes 188 guestrooms, including four master suites and 88 junior suites, four restaurants and approximately 1,860 parking spaces.

Lumière Place-St. Louis includes our new Lumière Place Casino and The Admiral Riverboat Casino. Lumière Place, which is located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, offers a 75,000-square-foot casino, a 200-guestroom luxury Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis, the 294 all-suites HoteLumière (formerly the Embassy Suites Hotel, which we have extensively refurbished), seven restaurants, banquet facilities, retail shops and more than 22,000 square feet of convention/meeting space, including a 7,300-square-foot ballroom. The Admiral Riverboat Casino offers approximately 845 slot machines and 30 table games. We are currently using approximately nine of the 18 acres that we own in downtown St. Louis for the Lumière Place Casino and Hotels.

Boomtown Reno is a land-based casino-hotel that has been operating for more than 40 years and is located on a portion of approximately 550 acres approximately 11 miles west of downtown Reno, Nevada. The property offers 318 guestrooms, which we are planning to refurbish. In addition, the property has three restaurants, a 30,000-square-foot amusement center and approximately 1,300 parking spaces. In addition to the main casino-hotel, the property has a gas station and mini-mart and a 197-space recreational vehicle park. The property also contains a large Cabela’s branded sporting goods store.

The Casino at Emerald Bay is a boutique casino adjoining the Four Seasons Resort Great Exuma at Emerald Bay on the picturesque island of Great Exuma in The Bahamas. The casino, which opened in May 2006, is the first and only casino on the island.

 

 

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Unrestricted Subsidiaries. We have three principal unrestricted subsidiaries described below. Unrestricted subsidiaries will not be subject to the covenants under the indenture. Unrestricted subsidiaries may enter into financing arrangements that limit their ability to make loans or other payments to fund payments in respect of the notes. Accordingly, we may not be able to rely on the cash flow or assets of unrestricted subsidiaries to pay any of our indebtedness, including the notes.

Casino Magic Neuquén S.A., owner of Casino Magic Argentina, is one of our principal unrestricted subsidiaries. Casino Magic Argentina consists of one large and several small casinos in the Patagonia region of Argentina. The principal Casino Magic Argentina property, in the city of Neuquén, opened in July 2005 and replaced a leased facility that had operated for over 20 years. Casino Magic Neuquén includes a large, first-class casino, a restaurant, several bars and an entertainment venue on approximately 20 acres of land. We are constructing a 32-guestroom hotel, consisting of 15 large guestrooms and 17 suites, adjoining our casino. We anticipate investing approximately US$13 million in the hotel project, which is being funded through the property’s existing cash balances and operating cash flows. We have certain exclusive rights to operate casinos in the principal cities of the Province of Neuquén. Our exclusivity rights in Neuquén should be extended from 2016 to 2021 upon the opening of our new hotel and inspection and approval of the hotel by the local gaming commission. Casino Magic Neuquén has entered into agreements with us relating to slot machine leases, technical assistance services and the non-exclusive use of the of the trade name “Casino Magic,” which may be amended in future. In addition, we have made a $4 million loan to Casino Magic Neuquén.

PNK Development 10, LLC, or PNK 10, an unrestricted subsidiary, owns a corporate airplane, a Falcon 2000 aircraft, built in 2000 and acquired in April 2007. PNK 10 leases the Falcon to Pinnacle until December 31, 2008, with three remaining automatic one-year renewal terms, for monthly rental payments of $200,000. PNK 10 also held cash of approximately $852,000 at December 31, 2007.

As of December 31, 2007, PNK Development 11, LLC, or PNK 11, an unrestricted subsidiary, held approximately $72.9 million in cash and marketable securities as of such date.

In 2005, Landing Condominium LLC, or Landing Condominium, entered into a joint venture with local developers to develop a 10-story luxury condominium project in Laclede’s Landing, near Lumière Place. Port St. Louis Condominium, LLC, or Port St. Louis, which is 50% owned by Landing Condominium and 50% owned by a third party, then designed the building, arranged a $19.0 million financing commitment and solicited bids for the building’s construction. The estimated costs of construction turned out to be higher than was originally estimated, while the overall market for residential housing has deteriorated in the interim. As a result, the partners determined that the project would not achieve sufficient returns and Port St. Louis has terminated the project. Through Port St. Louis, we have contributed approximately $1.3 million in expenses and our partner has contributed a portion of the project real property. Landing Condominium is currently in discussions with the partner and a construction lender regarding dissolving Port St. Louis and the potential transfer of the property to the partner, for reimbursement of $500,000 of the expenses plus the entire purchase price paid by the partnership for the remaining portion of the project real property.

 

 

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Recent Developments

On February 22, 2008, we and Arch Specialty Insurance Company entered into a settlement agreement to settle our suit against Arch in connection with the hurricane-related damage to our former casino in Biloxi, Mississippi and its Boomtown New Orleans casino in Harvey, Louisiana. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, Arch has paid us approximately $36.8 million in exchange for a full and final release of all claims and a dismissal with prejudice of our lawsuit against Arch. Arch’s payment came from its $50 million policy participation in the $100 million layer of coverage in excess of $150 million. We continue to pursue our claims against the two remaining defendant insurance carriers for their respective shares of our total hurricane-related damage and consequential loss, which we value at least at $297 million. One of those carriers, Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company, insured the layer of loss between $100 million and $150 million and has previously advanced $5 million, subject to a reservation of rights. The other carrier, RSUI Indemnity Company, provided pari passu coverage with Arch for the $100 million layer and is the sole carrier for the layer of coverage between $250 million and $400 million. As of March 15, 2008, we have received payments totaling approximately $141.8 million from our insurers relative to these claims, including the settlement payment received from Arch.

 

 

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Corporate Structure

The following chart illustrates the organizational structure of our principal operations. It is designed to depict generally how our various operations and major properties relate to one another and our ownership interest in them. It does not contain all of our subsidiaries and, in some cases for presentation purposes, we have combined separate entities to indicate operational relationships. We have also indicated the principal subsidiaries that are currently unrestricted subsidiaries under the indenture governing the exchange notes offered hereby, i.e., the subsidiaries that will not be guarantors and will not be subject to the indenture covenants.

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(1) President Riverboat Casino—Missouri, Inc., the entity that owns The Admiral Riverboat Casino, and PNK (Exuma) Limited, the entity that owns The Casino at Emerald Bay, are restricted subsidiaries but are not guarantors under the indentures governing our senior subordinated notes, including the exchange notes.
(2) The unrestricted subsidiaries are Landing Condominium LLC (100% owned by Pinnacle) and Port St. Louis Condominium, LLC (50% owned by Landing Condominium LLC and 50% owned by a third party). Landing Condominium, the third-party partner and a construction lender are in discussions about dissolving Port St. Louis Condominium, LLC.
(3) The unrestricted subsidiary is PNK Development 10, LLC and owns an airplane and as of December 31, 2007 held approximately $852,000 in cash.
(4) The unrestricted subsidiary is PNK Development 11, LLC, which, as of December 31, 2007, held miscellaneous assets including $72.9 million in cash and marketable securities as of such date.
(5) The unrestricted subsidiary is Casino Magic Neuquén, S.A.

 

 

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The Exchange Offer

The following summary contains basic information about the exchange offer and the exchange notes. It does not contain all the information that is important to you. For a more complete understanding of the exchange notes, please refer to the sections of this prospectus entitled “The Exchange Offer” and “Description of Exchange Notes.”

 

The Exchange Offer

We are offering to exchange an aggregate of $385 million principal amount of our exchange notes for $385 million principal amount of our original notes. Original notes may be exchanged in integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount. To be exchanged, an original note must be properly tendered and accepted. All outstanding original notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be exchanged for an equal principal amount of exchange notes issued on or promptly after the expiration date of the exchange offer. Currently, there is $385 million aggregate principal amount of the original notes outstanding and there are no exchange notes outstanding.

The form and terms of the exchange notes will be substantially identical to those of the original notes except that the exchange notes will have been registered under the Securities Act. Therefore, the exchange notes will not be subject to certain contractual transfer restrictions, registration rights and certain additional interest provisions applicable to the original notes prior to consummation of the exchange offer.

 

Expiration Date

The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on                    , 2008, unless extended, in which case the term “expiration date” shall mean the latest date and time to which the exchange offer is extended. We do not currently intend to extend the expiration date of the exchange offer.

 

Withdrawal

You may withdraw the tender of your original notes at any time prior to the expiration date of the exchange offer. See “The Exchange Offer—Withdrawal Rights.”

 

Conditions to the Exchange Offer

The exchange offer is subject to customary conditions which we may assert or waive. The exchange offer is not conditioned upon any minimum principal amount of original notes being tendered for exchange. See “The Exchange Offer—Conditions to the Exchange Offer.”

 

Procedures for Tendering Original Notes

If you are a holder of original notes who wishes to accept the exchange offer, you must:

 

 

 

properly complete, sign and date the accompanying letter of transmittal (including any documents required by the letter of transmittal), or a facsimile of the letter of transmittal, according to the instructions contained in this prospectus and the letter of transmittal, and mail or otherwise deliver the letter of transmittal,

 

 

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together with the certificates for your original notes, to the exchange agent at the address set forth under “The Exchange Offer—Exchange Agent;” or

 

   

tender your original notes by using the book-entry transfer procedures described below and transmitting a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal, or an agent’s message instead of the letter of transmittal, to the exchange agent. For a book-entry transfer to constitute a valid tender of your original notes in the exchange offer, Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as exchange agent, must receive a confirmation of book-entry transfer of your original notes into the exchange agent’s account at The Depositary Trust Company, or DTC, prior to the expiration or termination of the exchange offer. For more information regarding the use of book-entry transfer procedures, including a description of the required agent’s message, see the discussion below under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering Original Notes.” As used in this prospectus, the term “agent’s message” means a message, transmitted by DTC to and received by the exchange agent and forming a part of a book-entry transfer, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the tendering participant stating that such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the letter of transmittal and that we may enforce such letter of transmittal against such participant.

 

  By tendering your original notes in either manner, you will be representing, among other things, that:

 

 

 

you are acquiring the exchange notes issued to you in the exchange offer in the ordinary course of your business;

 

 

 

you are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the exchange notes issued to you in the exchange offer; and

 

 

 

you are not an “affiliate” of ours within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

  See “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering Original Notes.”

 

Special Procedures for Beneficial Owners

If you beneficially own original notes registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and wish to tender your beneficially owned original notes in the exchange offer, you should contact the registered holder promptly and instruct it to tender the original notes on your behalf. If you wish to tender on your own behalf, you must, prior to completing and executing the letter of transmittal and delivering your outstanding notes, either

 

 

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make appropriate arrangements to register ownership of the outstanding notes in your name or obtain a properly completed bond power from the registered holder. The transfer of registered ownership may take considerable time and may not be able to be completed prior to the expiration date. See “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering Original Notes.”

 

Guaranteed Delivery Procedures

If you wish to tender your original notes, but:

 

 

 

your original notes are not immediately available; or

 

 

 

you cannot deliver your original notes, the letter of transmittal or any other documents required by the letter of transmittal to the exchange agent prior to the expiration date; or

 

 

 

the procedures for book-entry transfer of your original notes cannot be completed prior to the expiration date,

 

  you may tender your original notes pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in this prospectus and the letter of transmittal. See “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”

 

Acceptance of Original Notes for Exchange and Delivery of Exchange Notes

Upon satisfaction or waiver of all the conditions to the exchange offer, we will accept any and all original notes that are properly tendered in the exchange offer prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. The exchange notes issued pursuant to the exchange offer will be delivered promptly following the expiration date. See “The Exchange Offer—Acceptance of Original Notes for Exchange and Delivery of Exchange Notes.”

 

Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations

The exchange of exchange notes for original notes in the exchange offer should not be a taxable exchange for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See “Summary of Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

 

Use of Proceeds

We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer.

 

Fees and Expenses

We will pay all expenses incident to the consummation of the exchange offer and compliance with the registration rights agreement. We will also pay certain transfer taxes applicable to the exchange offer, if any. See “The Exchange Offer—Fees and Expenses.”

 

Termination of Certain Rights

The original notes were issued and sold in a private offering to Lehman Brothers Inc., Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Calyon Securities (USA) Inc.,

 

 

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Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp., Capital One Southcoast, Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, as the initial purchasers, on June 8, 2007. In connection with that sale, we executed and delivered a registration rights agreement for the benefit of the noteholders.

 

  Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, holders of original notes: (i) have rights to receive additional interest in certain instances; and (ii) have certain rights intended for the holders of unregistered securities. Holders of exchange notes will not be, and upon consummation of the exchange offer, holders of original notes will no longer be, entitled to the right to receive additional interest in certain instances, as well as certain other rights under the registration rights agreement for holders of unregistered securities. If you do not tender your original notes in the exchange offer, after consummation of the exchange offer we will have no further obligation to you to register original notes under the registration rights agreement. See “The Exchange Offer.”

 

Resale of Exchange Notes

We believe, based on an interpretation by the staff of the SEC contained in no-action letters issued to third parties in other transactions, that you may offer to sell, sell or otherwise transfer the exchange notes issued to you in this exchange offer without complying with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, provided that:

 

 

 

you are acquiring the exchange notes issued to you in the exchange offer in the ordinary course of your business;

 

 

 

you are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the exchange notes issued to you in the exchange offer; and

 

 

 

you are not an “affiliate” of ours within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

  If you are not acquiring the exchange notes in the ordinary course of your business, or if you are engaging in, intend to engage in, or have any arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the exchange notes, or if you are an affiliate of Pinnacle or any of our subsidiaries, then:

 

 

 

you cannot rely on the position of the staff of the SEC enunciated in Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991), Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the SEC’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, or similar no-action letters;

 

 

 

you will not be entitled to tender your original notes in the exchange offer; and

 

 

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in the absence of an exception from the position of the SEC stated in the bullet point above, you must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction;

 

  Furthermore, any broker-dealer that acquired any of its original notes directly from us:

 

 

 

may not rely on the position of the staff of the SEC described above; and

 

 

 

must also be named as a selling noteholder in connection with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act relating to any resale transaction.

 

Broker-Dealers

Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes. The letter of transmittal states that by so acknowledging and delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for original notes which were received by the broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities. Under the registration rights agreement, we have agreed that for a period of 180 days (which period may be extended in specified circumstances) following the thirtieth business day after the registration statement containing this prospectus is declared effective or such shorter period as will terminate when any broker-dealer has sold all exchange notes held by it, we will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

Consequences of Failure to Exchange

If you do not tender your original notes or if you tender your original notes improperly, you will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer of your original notes as contained in the legend on the original notes. In general, you may not sell or offer to sell the original notes, except pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act or any exemption from registration thereunder and in compliance with all applicable state securities laws. See “The Exchange Offer—Consequences of Failure to Exchange.”

 

Exchange Agent

The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. is the exchange agent for the exchange offer.

 

 

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The Exchange Notes

The form and terms of the exchange notes will be substantially identical to those of the original notes except that the exchange notes will have been registered under the Securities Act. Therefore, the exchange notes will not be subject to certain transfer restrictions, registration rights and certain additional interest provisions applicable to the original notes prior to the consummation of the exchange offer.

 

Issuer

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

 

Total amount of exchange notes offered

Up to $385,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 7 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015.

 

Maturity date

June 15, 2015

 

Interest payment dates

June 15 and December 15 of each year. The first interest payment date on the original notes was December 15, 2007.

 

Guarantees

Our obligations under the exchange notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis, jointly and severally, by certain of our current and future domestic restricted subsidiaries. Certain of our subsidiaries, including our subsidiaries which own The Admiral Riverboat Casino in St. Louis, our Bahamian facility, our Argentine operations, our corporate aircraft and our condominium development in St. Louis, are not guarantors of the notes. As of December 31, 2007, the non-guarantor subsidiaries held approximately $183 million of our total assets of approximately $2.2 billion.

 

Ranking

The exchange notes and the subsidiary guarantees will be unsecured senior subordinated indebtedness. Accordingly, they will be:

 

 

 

subordinated in right of payment to all of our and our subsidiary guarantors’ existing and future indebtedness except indebtedness that expressly provides that it ranks equal or subordinate in right of payment to the notes and the subsidiary guarantees;

 

 

 

equal in right of payment to all of our and our subsidiary guarantors’ existing and future senior subordinated indebtedness, including our 8.75% senior subordinated notes due 2013, our 8.25% senior subordinated notes due 2012 and any original notes that remain after the consummation of the exchange offer;

 

 

 

senior in right of payment to all of our and our subsidiary guarantors’ future debt that is specifically subordinated to the notes and the guarantees;

 

   

effectively subordinated to all of our and our subsidiaries’ secured indebtedness; and

 

 

 

structurally subordinated to all obligations of our non-guarantor subsidiaries.

 

 

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  As of December 31, 2007, the exchange notes and the subsidiary guarantees would have been subordinated to (i) approximately $71 million of senior indebtedness, and (ii) approximately $554 million of unused revolving credit facilities. Of the amount of undrawn revolving credit facilities, we drew an additional $100 million between January 1, 2008 and March 15, 2008.

 

Optional redemption

Prior to June 15, 2010 we may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the exchange notes with the proceeds of certain equity offerings.

 

  At any time prior to June 15, 2011, we may redeem some or all of the exchange notes at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of the exchange notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption plus an applicable premium. “Applicable premium” means with respect to any exchange note on any redemption date, the greater of (1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the exchange note; or (2) the excess of (a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the optional redemption price of the note at June 15, 2011 plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the exchange note through June 15, 2011 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the treasury rate, as defined, as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the principal amount of the note. See “Description of Exchange Notes—Redemption at Make-Whole Premium.”

 

  In addition, at any time on or after June 15, 2011, we may redeem some or all of the exchange notes at the redemption prices set forth under “Description of Exchange Notes—Optional Redemption.”

 

Offer to purchase

If we experience specific kinds of changes of control, and, under certain circumstances, if we sell assets, we may be required to offer to purchase the notes at the prices set forth under “Description of Exchange Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control” and “—Asset Sales.”

 

Redemption or other disposition based upon gaming laws

The notes are subject to redemption or disposition requirements imposed by gaming laws and regulations of gaming authorities in jurisdictions in which we conduct gaming operations. See “Description of Exchange Notes—Gaming Redemption or Other Disposition.”

 

Covenants

The indenture governing the notes, among other things, limits our (and our restricted subsidiaries’) ability to:

 

 

 

incur additional indebtedness and issue preferred stock;

 

 

 

pay dividends or distributions on or purchase our equity interests;

 

 

 

make other restricted payments or investments;

 

 

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use our assets as security in other transactions;

 

 

 

place restrictions on distributions and other payments from restricted subsidiaries;

 

 

 

sell certain assets or merge with or into other entities; and

 

   

enter into transactions with affiliates.

 

  Each of the covenants is subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications. See “Description of Exchange Notes—Certain Covenants.”

 

Use of Proceeds

We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the exchange notes.

Risk Factors

An investment in the exchange notes involves risk. You should carefully consider the information under “Risk Factors” in this prospectus and the information in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and all other information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

Corporate Information

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 89169 and our telephone number is (702) 784-7777.

Our website address is www.pnkinc.com. Information contained in our website, including any links contained in our website, does not constitute part of this prospectus.

 

 

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Summary Consolidated Financial Data

The following tables present our summary consolidated financial data for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005. This data is derived from our audited consolidated financial statements and the notes to those statements. Because the data in these tables is only a summary, you should read our consolidated financial statements, including the related notes, and the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K that is incorporated herein by reference, as well as the other data we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

The following table presents our summary consolidated financial data for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005:

 

     For the years ended December 31,  
         2007(a)             2006(b)             2005(c)      

Statement of Operations Data:

      

Revenues

   $ 923,711     $ 912,357     $ 668,463  

Income (loss) from continuing operations

     (1,385 )     61,887       (60 )

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net

     (21 )     14,999       6,185  

Net income (loss)

   $ (1,406 )     76,886       6,125  

Net income per common share—basic:

      

Income (loss) from continuing operations

   $ (0.02 )   $ 1.30     $ 0.00  

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net

     —         0.31       0.15  
                        

Net income (loss) per common share—basic

   $ (0.02 )   $ 1.61     $ 0.15  
                        

Net income per common share—diluted:

      

Income (loss) from continuing operations

   $ (0.02 )   $ 1.26     $ 0.00  

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net

     —         0.30       0.14  
                        

Net income (loss) per common share—diluted

   $ (0.02 )   $ 1.56     $ 0.14  
                        

Other Data:

      

Adjusted EBITDA(d):

      

L’Auberge du Lac

   $ 75,257     $ 72,364     $ 11,331  

Boomtown New Orleans

     54,180       80,972       51,442  

Belterra Casino Resort

     39,251       37,289       39,574  

Boomtown Bossier City

     17,861       23,039       19,636  

Lumière Place-St. Louis(a)

     6,125       2,051       726  

Boomtown Reno(e)

     3,465       6,800       10,356  

International(f)

     12,777       9,176       7,777  

Capital expenditures

   $ 545,644     $ 186,533     $ 202,774  

Cash flows provided by (used in):

      

Operating activities

   $ 153,421     $ 206,527     $ 61,746  

Investing activities

     (566,161 )     (459,323 )     (138,602 )

Financing activities

     414,636       294,128       23,226  

 

 

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     As of
December 31, 2007

Balance Sheet Data:

  

Cash and cash equivalents

   191,124

Total assets

   2,193,544

Total notes payable

   841,301

Stockholders’ equity

   1,052,359

 

(a) The results for 2007 include Lumière Place-St. Louis, which opened on December 19, 2007, the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis, HoteLumière (the renovated former Embassy Suites Hotel) and The Admiral Riverboat Casino. We acquired The Admiral Riverboat Casino on December 20, 2006. The former Embassy Suites Hotel was closed March 31, 2007 for refurbishment. The restaurant at the former Embassy Suites Hotel remained open throughout the majority of 2007. HoteLumière and the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis opened in January and February 2008, respectively.
(b) The results for 2006 include merger termination proceeds, net of expenses, of $44.7 million.
(c) The results for 2005 include losses on the early extinguishment of debt of $3.8 million.
(d) We define Adjusted EBITDA as earnings before interest income and expense, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, pre-opening and development costs, non-cash share-based compensation, merger termination proceeds, asset impairment charges, loss on early extinguishment of debt and discontinued operations. We report segment operating results in part based on Adjusted EBITDA. Such segment reporting is on a consistent basis with how we measure our business and allocate resources internally. See Note 12 to our audited Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, which is incorporated herein by reference, for more information regarding our segment information.
(e) We closed the truck stop at Boomtown Reno in June 2007 to facilitate construction of the neighboring Cabela’s Inc. branded sporting goods store. We have entitlements for a new satellite casino and travel plaza that could be built at a different location on the property’s 490 acres of available land.
(f) Includes Casino Magic Argentina and The Casino at Emerald Bay in The Bahamas, which opened in May 2006.

 

 

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RISK FACTORS

Before making any decision to participate in the exchange offer, you should carefully consider the following risk factors in addition to the other information contained in this prospectus and incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including but not limited to, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and other information which may be incorporated by reference in this prospectus as provided under “Where You Can Find More Information; Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.” If any of the following risks materialize, our business, financial condition and results of operations may suffer. As a result, you could lose part or all of your investment. As used herein, the term “notes” means both the exchange notes and the original notes, unless otherwise indicated.

Risks Related to our Business

Our substantial funding needs in connection with our development projects, our current expansion projects and other capital-intensive projects, to the extent such projects are undertaken, will require us to raise substantial amounts of money from outside sources. In the near term, the availability of financing may be constrained by current disruptions in the credit markets.

We are currently engaged in and have planned expansions and development projects that would require substantial amounts of capital. We are currently constructing River City, are planning to begin construction of Sugarcane Bay in 2008, construction of Rivière in 2009, and have expansion and improvement projects at several of our existing facilities, including Boomtown New Orleans, Boomtown Reno and Boomtown Bossier City. These projects have an expected aggregate investment of more than $1.2 billion, of which we have invested approximately $56.4 million through December 31, 2007. In addition, our proposed Atlantic City project is expected to require a very substantial additional investment. We have been endorsed for a new casino resort in Kansas City, Kansas by that area’s Unified Government. If we are chosen as a licensee by the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission, we expect to invest approximately $650 million in our Kansas City project. We may also consider additional small-scale and large-scale projects as such opportunities arise. Accordingly, we expect that the total cost of our development and expansion projects over the next several years will be several billion dollars. While we will endeavor to stage development and construction of these projects over several years, our proposed projects could strain our financial resources.

In order to fund most of these projects, we will need to access the capital markets since the capital required for these projects exceeds our available financial resources. As a result of the turmoil in the credit markets, the availability of debt financing is constrained, expensive and potentially unavailable. We cannot accurately predict when or if the credit markets will return to more normalized conditions. If the current debt market environment does not improve, we may not be able to raise additional funds in a timely manner, or on acceptable terms, or at all. Inability to access the capital markets, or the necessity to access the capital markets on less than favorable terms, may force us to delay, reduce or cancel planned development and expansion projects, sell assets or obtain additional equity financing. Our current stock price, along with the stock prices of many public gaming companies, has declined sharply from the recent historical levels. We may choose to cancel or delay projects rather than issue equity at these levels. This may impair our growth and materially and adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and cash flow and the returns of investing in our securities.

Our ability to obtain bank financing or to access the capital markets for future debt or equity offerings may also be limited by our financial condition, results of operations or other factors, such as our credit rating or outlook at the time of any such financing or offering and the covenants in our existing debt agreements, as well as by general economic conditions and contingencies and uncertainties that are beyond our control. As we seek financing for our development projects, we will be subject to the risks of rising interest rates and other factors affecting the financial markets. Moreover, if we obtain additional funds by issuing equity securities or securities convertible into equity securities, dilution to stockholders may occur. In addition, preferred stock could be issued

 

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in the future without stockholder approval and the terms of the preferred stock could include dividend, liquidation, conversion, voting and other rights that are more favorable than the rights of the holders of our common stock.

Insufficient or lower-than-expected results generated from our new developments and acquired properties may negatively affect the market for our securities.

We cannot assure you that, if and once completed, the revenues generated from our new developments and acquired properties will be sufficient to pay related expenses; or, even if revenues are sufficient to pay expenses, that the new developments and acquired properties will yield an adequate or expected return on our significant investments. Our projects, if completed, may take significantly longer than we expect to generate returns, if any.

Moreover, lower-than-expected results from the opening of a new facility may negatively affect us and the market for our securities and may make it more difficult to raise capital, even as the shortfall increases the need to raise capital.

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.

Construction of major buildings has certain inherent risks, including the risks of fire, structural collapse, human error and electrical, mechanical and plumbing malfunction. Several of the buildings being built by us are high-rise structures, introducing additional risks related to heights and cranes. Our development and expansion projects also entail significant risks, including:

 

   

shortages of materials;

 

   

shortages of skilled labor or work stoppages;

 

   

unforeseen construction scheduling, engineering, excavation, environmental or geological problems;

 

   

natural disasters, hurricanes, weather interference, floods, fires, earthquakes or other casualty losses or delays;

 

   

unanticipated cost increases or delays in completing the projects;

 

   

delays in obtaining or inability to obtain or maintain necessary licenses or permits;

 

   

changes to plans or specifications;

 

   

disputes with contractors;

 

   

construction at our existing properties, which could disrupt our operations;

 

   

remediation of environmental contamination at some of our proposed construction sites, which may prove more difficult or expensive than anticipated in our construction budgets;

 

   

failure to obtain necessary gaming regulatory approvals and licenses, or failure to obtain such approvals and licenses on a timely basis; and

 

   

requirements or government established “goals” concerning union labor or requiring that a portion of the project expenditures be through companies controlled by specific ethnic or gender groups, goals that may not be obtainable, or may only be obtainable at additional project cost.

Increases in the cost of raw materials for construction, driven by worldwide demand, higher labor and construction costs in urban areas such as St. Louis or Atlantic City and other factors, may cause price increases beyond those anticipated in the budgets for our development projects. Furthermore, the cost of construction in

 

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areas of the Gulf Coast that were affected by the hurricanes may rise due to demand for construction material and labor in such locales. Any shortages in materials or labor in such areas could prolong the construction period and increase the cost of our development projects in that area.

Escalating construction costs may cause us to modify the design and scope of projects from those initially contemplated or cause the budgets for those projects to be increased. We generally carry insurance to cover certain liabilities related to construction, but not all risks are covered and it is uncertain whether such insurance will provide sufficient payment in a timely fashion even for those risks that are insured.

It is uncertain whether any project will be completed on time or within established budgets. Significant delays or cost overruns related to our construction projects could significantly reduce any return on our investment in these projects and adversely affect our earnings and financial resources. There are also certain tax incentives for construction in hurricane damaged areas that require completion of new facilities by certain dates. There is no certainty that such dates will be met. Construction of our development projects exposes us to risks of cost overruns due to typical construction uncertainties associated with any project or changes in the designs, plans or concepts of such projects. For these and other reasons, construction costs may exceed the estimated cost of completion notwithstanding the existence of any guaranteed maximum price construction contracts.

In November 2007, we entered into a guaranteed maximum price contract for our Sugarcane Bay project. Pursuant to the terms of the contract, the general contractor is required to submit a proposal to us for the guaranteed maximum price in the near future. In the event that we and the general contractor are unable to agree upon the guaranteed maximum price, then we can either change the scope and scale of the work or terminate the contract. The contract must be approved by the LGCB.

In addition, we have not yet entered into a guaranteed maximum price contract with a general contractor with respect to our River City project. We have begun foundation work acting as our own general contractor and are utilizing a qualified sub-contractor. We anticipate completing the working drawings and entering into a guaranteed maximum price contract with a general contractor for the balance of the construction prior to completion of the foundations. Although it is our preference to enter into guaranteed maximum price construction contracts on major construction projects with general contractors when it is commercially reasonable to do so, we may build some or all of our future projects without entering into such construction contracts with general contractors.

Development of our Atlantic City site presents many risks, and we may not realize the financial and strategic goals that are contemplated from the development.

In November 2006, we completed our purchase of the entities that own the Atlantic City site. We continue to develop and design our Atlantic City project, which for a resort of this size is expected to take at least two to three years from the date of our acquisition of the site. The construction will then require approximately three to four additional years to complete. Concurrently, we are preparing the site for the future casino resort, including the late October 2007 implosion of an old casino-hotel structure. The new casino-hotel is planned to be among the largest and most spectacular resorts in the region. While we have not yet determined the scope or overall design of the new project, we estimate that the size and the cost of the new casino-hotel will be substantially greater than anything we have built previously.

The risks we may face in the development of our Atlantic City site include:

 

   

We will face significant competition in the Atlantic City market. There are numerous casinos already in Atlantic City and casinos are now operating in Pennsylvania and New York. Legalization or expansion of gaming in other nearby jurisdictions could provide additional competition for casinos in Atlantic City;

 

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Our development of the Atlantic City site is planned to be of a larger scale than any we have undertaken. It will be subject to significant risks and contingencies, including those relating to construction and financing. We may not complete the development on time, within budget, or at all, which could exacerbate the risks associated with such development;

 

   

Completion of the Atlantic City project would likely involve the incurrence of substantial amounts of additional indebtedness, which will increase the risks associated with our current level of indebtedness. Until the development is complete, a process that is estimated to take several years, we will not have any revenue relative to this investment. Accordingly, during construction, we will incur substantial amounts of indebtedness for the development without additional revenue to contribute to the servicing of such indebtedness until the new facility opens;

 

   

If we complete the development, the results of operations at our new Atlantic City casino may not meet our expectations or those of investors in our securities; and

 

   

We must obtain approvals and a license from the New Jersey Casino Control Commission in order to operate the casino and it is uncertain whether such approvals and license will be obtained, or that they will be obtained on a timely basis.

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

We face significant competition in all of the markets in which we operate. This competition will intensify if new gaming operations enter our markets or existing competitors expand their operations. In 2008, two racetracks in metropolitan Indianapolis are each expected to begin operating 2,000 slot machines.

In Pennsylvania, a total of five “racinos” and one stand-alone slot machine facility opened in 2006 and 2007. In addition, one “racino” is scheduled to open in 2008 and four stand-alone slot machine facilities are scheduled to open in 2009 and 2010. Each of these facilities will provide additional competition for our Atlantic City project.

Further, several of our properties are located in jurisdictions that restrict gaming to certain areas and/or are adjacent to states that currently prohibit or restrict gaming operations. Economic difficulties faced by state governments could lead to intensified political pressures for the legalization of gaming in jurisdictions where it is currently prohibited. The legalization of gaming in such jurisdictions could be an expansion opportunity for us or a significant threat to us, depending on where the legalization occurs and our ability to capitalize on it. In particular, our ability to attract customers would be significantly affected by the legalization or expansion of gaming in Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Oklahoma, California, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New York or northern New Jersey and the development or expansion of Native American casinos in our markets.

In the past, legislation to legalize or expand gaming has been introduced in some of these jurisdictions and federal law favors the expansion of Native American gaming. In 2006, legislation to add more than 30,000 slot machines at seven racetracks in Ohio was rejected by the voters of Ohio. In 2007, voters in West Virginia approved table games at racetracks in the Ohio, Hancock and Kanawha counties, but rejected a similar proposal in Jefferson County. In 2007, Indiana approved 2,000 slot machines at each of two racetracks in the Indianapolis area. In 2007, the Governor of Kansas signed legislation approving four state-owned casinos and up to 2,800 slot machines to be divided among three racetracks. We submitted two proposals for a new gaming entertainment complex to be located in Kansas City, Kansas and received an endorsement from the Unified Government for one of the proposals. We are one of several companies vying for the one gaming license anticipated to be issued in Northeastern Kansas. We expect similar proposals to legalize or expand gaming will be made in the future in various states and it is uncertain whether such proposals will be successful.

Even in gaming markets where the state governments do not choose to increase the maximum number of gaming licenses available, we face the risk that existing casino licensees will expand their operations and the risk that Native American gaming will continue to grow. Furthermore, Native American gaming facilities frequently

 

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operate under regulatory requirements and tax environments that are less stringent than those imposed on state-licensed casinos, which could provide them with a competitive advantage.

Many of our competitors are larger and have substantially greater name recognition and marketing resources than we do. Moreover, consolidation of companies in the gaming industry could increase the concentration of large gaming companies in the markets in which we operate. This may result in our competitors having even greater resources and name recognition than such competitors currently enjoy.

We face competition from racetracks that offer slot machines. We also compete with other forms of legalized gaming and entertainment such as bingo, pull-tab games, card parlors, sports books, pari-mutuel or telephonic betting on horse and dog racing, state-sponsored lotteries, video lottery terminals, video poker terminals and, in the future, may compete with gaming at other venues. Furthermore, competition from internet lotteries and other internet wagering gaming services, which allow their customers to wager on a wide variety of sporting events and play Las Vegas-style casino games from home, could divert customers from our properties and thus adversely affect our business. Such internet wagering services are often illegal under Federal law but operate from overseas locations and are nevertheless sometimes accessible to domestic gamblers.

We may not meet the conditions for the maintenance of the licenses that we plan to utilize for our Sugarcane Bay and Rivière projects.

In 2006, we completed the acquisition from Harrah’s of two entities that own certain Lake Charles, Louisiana gaming assets, including two licensed riverboat casinos, each with an associated gaming license. One of these licenses will be used in connection with our Sugarcane Bay facility and the other license will be used in connection with our planned Rivière facility. The LGCB has established numerous conditions for use of each of these licenses, including development of Sugarcane Bay on the site adjacent to L’Auberge du Lac and development of Rivière in Baton Rouge, which, if not satisfied, could result in forfeiture of such licenses. While we expect to fulfill all conditions set by the LGCB, it is uncertain whether we will be able to do so or that the LGCB would agree to make any amendments that might be necessary. Forfeiture of one or both licenses could adversely affect our plans for the Louisiana gaming market.

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

Our credit facility and the indentures governing the notes and our 8.25% and 8.75% senior subordinated notes impose various customary covenants on us and our subsidiaries, including, among others, reporting covenants, incurrence covenants, covenants restricting our ability to make certain investments or other restricted payments, covenants to maintain insurance and comply with laws, covenants to maintain properties and other covenants customary in senior credit financings and indentures. In addition, our credit facility requires that we comply with various financial covenants, including an interest coverage and debt to operating cash flow ratios, and capital spending limits. Our ability to comply with these provisions may be affected by general economic conditions, industry conditions and other events beyond our control, including delay in the completion of new projects under construction. As a result, we cannot assure you that we will be able to comply with these covenants. Our failure to comply with the covenants contained in the instruments governing our indebtedness could result in an event of default, which could materially and adversely affect our operating results and our financial condition.

Economic and political conditions, including slowdowns in the economy, and other factors affecting discretionary consumer spending may harm our operating results.

The strength and profitability of our business depends on consumer demand for casino-hotel resorts and gaming in general and for the type of amenities we offer. A general downturn in economic conditions, changes in consumer preferences or other factors affecting discretionary consumer spending, including general or regional

 

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economic conditions, disposable consumer income, fears of recession and consumer confidence in the economy, could harm our business. An extended period of reduced discretionary spending and/or disruptions or declines in travel could significantly harm our operations.

Damage and closures caused by Hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans area make our future operating results at Boomtown New Orleans less predictable.

The damage caused by the hurricanes in the Gulf Coast and the New Orleans metropolitan area, including damage to roads, utilities and residential and commercial buildings, has affected the local gaming markets. Some of our competitors have chosen to exit the hurricane-damaged areas and some have chosen to reenter such markets on a grander scale and rebuild their facilities with significant capital investments. Tourism in the region is generally believed to be below pre-hurricane levels and may never return to such levels. As a result, future operating results at casinos in the region have been less predictable.

Issues with respect to our insurance policies could affect our recovery of further insurance proceeds associated with the 2005 hurricane damage and related business interruption.

We are currently in litigation with two insurance carriers regarding our right to recover further insurance proceeds from the damage to Casino Magic Biloxi, which was closed as a result of Hurricane Katrina and which we have now sold. In April 2006, we filed a claim for $347 million for property damage and business interruption incurred at the Casino Magic Biloxi site as a result of Hurricane Katrina. We have since revised our estimate of the value of our insurance claim, before consideration of any litigation claim for interest or bad-faith damages, to approximately $297 million. Such insurance claim includes approximately $171 million for property damage, approximately $120 million for business-interruption loss and approximately $5.7 million for emergency, mitigation and demolition expenses. We have received $105 million in advances as of December 31, 2007 towards our insurance claim and have reached a recent settlement with one insurance carrier for an additional approximately $36.8 million. We continue to litigate with the two remaining defendant insurance carriers regarding our right to recover further insurance proceeds with respect to our claim. It is uncertain whether our damage claim will be sustained or whether we will be fully compensated for all losses sustained due to the closure of the Biloxi facility or whether we will be paid on a timely basis. Some of our insurance carriers have indicated to us that their estimate of the total loss is approximately $176 million. The recent settlement implies a negotiated level of loss less than the claimed amount of $297 million, but we have preserved all of our rights to pursue our full claim, plus interest, bad-faith and punitive damages against the two remaining insurance carriers that have withheld payment. We participated in a mediation with two of our three insurance carriers in September 2007; the recent settlement was reached with one of such insurance carriers. We recently agreed to attempt mediation with the third insurance carrier. While we believe it is unlikely that we will reach a mediated settlement, the mediator is continuing to try to help us and the two remaining insurance carriers reach a consensus.

Recent natural disasters have made it more challenging for us to obtain similar levels of Weather Catastrophe Occurrence/Named Windstorm, Flood and Earthquake insurance coverage for our properties compared to the levels before the 2005 hurricanes.

Because of significant loss experience caused by hurricanes and other natural disasters over the last several years, a number of insurance companies have stopped writing insurance in Class 1 hurricane areas, including Louisiana and Mississippi. Others have significantly limited the amount of coverage they will write in these markets and have dramatically increased the premiums charged for this coverage. As a result, our policy limits for Weather Catastrophe Occurrences/Named Windstorms as well as other losses are significantly less than the policy limits we had during the 2005 hurricane season. During that period, our aggregate Weather Catastrophe Occurrence coverage was $400 million per occurrence. Our coverage for a Named Windstorm today is $200 million per occurrence, with a deductible of 5% of stated values. Above this $200 million limit, we have an additional $200 million of coverage per occurrence, but excluding Named Windstorms. If any of our properties

 

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suffer a Named Windstorm, any damages in excess of the coverage limits will likely be borne by us. A Weather Catastrophe Occurrence is defined in the 2005-2006 policies as “all loss or damage occurring during a period of 72 consecutive hours, which is caused by or results from a storm or weather disturbance, which is named by the National Weather Service or any other recognized meteorological authority. Storm or weather disturbance includes all weather phenomena associated with or occurring in conjunction with the storm or weather disturbance, including, but not limited to flood, wind, hail, sleet, tornadoes, hurricane or lightning.” A Named Windstorm is defined in the 2007-2008 policies as “the direct action of wind including wind driven rain, storm surge and resulting waves, tide or tidal water, tsunami, rapid accumulation of surface waters, or the rising (including overflow of breaking of boundaries) of lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams or other bodies of water that has been declared by the National Weather Service to be a Hurricane, Typhoon, Tropical Cyclone or Tropical Storm.”

We operate in a highly taxed industry and may be subject to higher taxes in the future.

In most gaming jurisdictions, state and local governments raise considerable revenues from taxes based on casino revenues and operations. We also pay property taxes, admission taxes, sales and use taxes, payroll taxes, franchise taxes and income taxes.

Our profitability depends on generating enough revenues to pay gaming taxes and other largely variable expenses, such as payroll and marketing, as well as largely fixed expenses, such as our property taxes and interest expense. From time to time, state and local governments have increased gaming taxes and such increases can significantly impact the profitability of gaming operations.

We cannot assure you that governments in jurisdictions in which we operate, or the federal government, will not enact legislation that increases gaming tax rates.

We could lose the right to pursue our River City project if we fail to meet the conditions imposed by the Missouri Gaming Commission.

We have entered into a lease and development agreement with St. Louis County Port Authority with respect to our River City project. The St. Louis County Port Authority may terminate the lease and development agreement under certain instances. Under the lease and development agreement, if we fail to complete the applicable project in accordance with its terms, we will owe monetary penalties and liquidated damages and could lose the right to continue to pursue such project, irrespective of the substantial investments made to date.

One of our subsidiaries was selected by the MGC to proceed for licensing for the operation of the River City casino. The issuance of the operating license is subject to, among other requirements: (i) the completion of construction of the facility by a certain completion date; (ii) the construction of a road for access to the facility by a certain completion date; (iii) maintaining an interest coverage ratio (as defined by the MGC) of at least 2.0x; (iv) compliance with the statutory requirements regarding riverboat gaming, including the requirement that the casino is located within 1,000 feet of the Mississippi River; and (v) the suitability of Pinnacle and its key persons as defined by Missouri law. The issuance of the operating license is in the discretion of the MGC. Although our subsidiary was selected by the MGC to proceed for licensing, it is uncertain whether the license will ultimately be granted. We have invested a significant amount of capital in this project, which may be lost or difficult to recoup in the event that the license is not ultimately granted to us by the MGC.

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

The ownership, management and operation of gaming facilities are subject to extensive state and local regulation. The statutes, rules and regulations of the states and local jurisdictions in which we and our subsidiaries conduct gaming operations require us to hold various licenses, registrations, permits and approvals

 

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and to obtain findings of suitability. The various regulatory authorities, including the Indiana Gaming Commission, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, the Missouri Gaming Commission, the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, the Nevada Gaming Commission, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, the Government of the Province of Neuquén, Argentina and The Gaming Board of The Bahamas may, among other things, limit, condition, suspend, revoke or fail to renew a license to conduct gaming operations or prevent us from owning the securities of any of our gaming subsidiaries for any cause deemed reasonable by such licensing authorities. Substantial fines or forfeitures of assets for violations of gaming laws or regulations may be levied against us, our subsidiaries and the persons involved.

To date, we have obtained all governmental licenses, findings of suitability, registrations, permits and approvals necessary for the operation of our gaming facilities. However, it is uncertain whether we will be able to obtain any new licenses, registrations, permits, approvals and findings of suitability that may be required in the future or that existing ones will be renewed or will not be suspended or revoked. Any expansion of our gaming operations in our existing jurisdictions or into new jurisdictions may require various additional licenses, findings of suitability, registrations, permits and approvals of the gaming authorities. The approval process can be time consuming and costly and has no assurance of success.

Certain past transactions by a few employees of our Argentine subsidiary may not have complied with law and may subject our Argentine subsidiary to fines or other penalties.

We previously reported that a small number of employees of our Argentine subsidiary participated in transactions with certain third parties to transfer funds to Argentina using our Argentine subsidiary’s U.S. bank accounts. These transactions may not have complied with certain laws of Argentina, principally the currency exchange control laws. We believe that the amount of funds transferred totaled approximately $1.7 million in the aggregate. Based on an independent investigation of this matter, we do not believe that any funds of our subsidiary were misappropriated. We have reported the transactions to the Argentine authorities and have terminated certain of our employees. We also have informed our U.S. state gaming regulators of this matter. At this time, we do not know whether our Argentine subsidiary will have to pay a penalty or be subject to other consequences as a result of the transactions.

Potential changes in the regulatory environment could harm our business.

From time to time, legislators and special-interest groups have proposed legislation that would restrict or prevent gaming operations. Changes in regulations affecting the casino business can affect our existing or proposed operations. For example, on February 7, 2007, the city council of Atlantic City passed an ordinance prohibiting smoking in 75% of the gaming areas in Atlantic City casinos. This placed casinos in Atlantic City at a competitive disadvantage to certain casinos in Pennsylvania and New York and on tribal lands in Connecticut. Similarly, the city of Neuquén banned smoking in our Neuquén casino in Argentina, which ban does not apply to our competition in neighboring Rio Negro, Argentina. This has negatively affected our business. Other restrictions or prohibitions on our current or future gaming operations could curtail our operations and could result in decreases in income.

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

A majority of our revenues are attributable to slot machines at our casinos. It is important for competitive reasons that we offer the most popular and up-to-date slot machine games with the latest technology to our customers.

We believe that in recent years the prices of new slot machines and related slot machine systems have escalated faster than the rate of inflation. Furthermore, in recent years, slot machine manufacturers have frequently refused to sell slot machines featuring the most popular games, instead requiring participating lease

 

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arrangements. Generally, a participating lease is substantially more expensive over the long term than the cost to purchase a new machine.

For competitive reasons, we may be forced to purchase new slot machines, slot machine systems, or enter into participating lease arrangements that are more expensive than our current costs associated with the continued operation of our existing slot machines. If the newer slot machines do not result in sufficient incremental revenues to offset the increased investment and participating lease costs, it could affect our profitability.

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 continued success depends upon our ability to draw customers from each of the geographic markets in which we operate. Adverse weather conditions or highway construction can deter our customers from traveling to our facilities or make it difficult for them to frequent our properties. In addition, gasoline shortages or fuel price increases in regions that constitute a significant source of customers for our properties could make it more difficult for potential customers to travel to our properties and deter customers from visiting our properties. We believe that the vast majority of our customers drive to our properties. Our small Bahamian casino, however, is highly dependent on air service to the island of Great Exuma.

Our dockside gaming facilities in Indiana, Louisiana and Missouri, as well as any additional riverboat or dockside casino properties that might be developed or acquired, are also subject to risks, in addition to those associated with land-based casinos, which could disrupt our operations. Although none of our vessels leave their moorings in normal operations, there are risks associated with the movement or mooring of vessels on waterways, including risks of casualty due to river turbulence, flooding, collisions with other vessels and severe weather conditions.

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.

Natural disasters such as major hurricanes, floods, fires and earthquakes could adversely affect our business and operating results. Hurricanes are common to the areas in which our Louisiana properties are located and the severity of such natural disasters is unpredictable. In 2005, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused significant damage in the Gulf Coast region. Our Biloxi facility was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Our Boomtown New Orleans casino was forced to close for 34 days as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Rita caused significant damage in the Lake Charles, Louisiana area and forced our L’Auberge du Lac resort to close for 16 days in addition to causing physical damage. Atlantic City is on a barrier island and could also be susceptible to hurricanes and storm surges. We cannot accurately predict the long-term impact that the recent hurricanes or any future natural disasters will have on our ability to maintain our customer base or to sustain our business activities.

Catastrophic events such as terrorist and war activities in the United States and elsewhere have had a negative effect on travel and leisure expenditures, including lodging, gaming (in some jurisdictions) and tourism. We cannot accurately predict the extent to which such events may affect us, directly or indirectly, in the future. We also cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain or choose to purchase any insurance coverage with respect to occurrences of terrorist acts and any losses that could result from these acts. If there is a prolonged disruption at our properties due to natural disasters, terrorist attacks or other catastrophic events, or if several of our properties simultaneously experience such events, our results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

The loss of management and other key personnel could significantly harm our business.

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Lee, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Although we have entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Lee and certain of our other senior executives and managers, we cannot guarantee that these individuals will remain with us. If we lose the services of any members of our management team or other key personnel, our business may be significantly impaired. We cannot assure you that we will be able to retain our existing senior executive and management personnel or attract additional qualified senior executive and management personnel.

In addition, our officers, directors and key employees also are required to file applications with the gaming authorities in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate and are required to be licensed or found suitable by these gaming authorities. If the gaming authorities were to find an officer, director or key employee unsuitable for licensing or unsuitable to continue having a relationship with us, we would have to sever all relationships with that person. Furthermore, the gaming authorities may require us to terminate the employment of any person who refuses to file appropriate applications. Either result could significantly impair our gaming operations.

We experience seasonal fluctuations that significantly impact our operating results.

We experience significant fluctuations in our operating results due to seasonality and other factors. Historically, the summer months are our strongest period and the winter months are our slowest period.

We are subject to litigation which, if adversely determined, could cause us to incur substantial losses.

From time to time during the normal course of operating our businesses, we are subject to various litigation claims and legal disputes. Some of the litigation claims may not be covered under our insurance policies, or our insurance carriers may seek to deny coverage. As a result, we might also be required to incur significant legal fees, which may have a material adverse effect on our financial position. In addition, because we cannot predict the outcome of any action, it is possible that, as a result of current and/or future litigation, we will be subject to adverse judgments or settlements that could significantly reduce our earnings or result in losses.

We face environmental and archaeological regulation of our real estate.

Our business is subject to a variety of federal, state and local governmental statutes and regulations relating to the use, storage, discharge, emission and disposal of hazardous materials. Failure to comply with such laws could result in the imposition of severe penalties or restrictions on our operations by government agencies or courts of law or the incurrence of significant costs of remediation of hazardous materials. A material fine or penalty, severe operational or development restriction, or imposition of material remediation costs could adversely affect our business.

In addition, the locations of our current or future developments may coincide with sites containing archaeologically significant artifacts, such as Native American remains and artifacts. Federal, state and local governmental regulations relating to the protection of such sites may require us to modify, delay or cancel construction projects at significant cost to us.

We face risks associated with growth and acquisitions.

We regularly evaluate opportunities for growth through development of gaming operations in existing or new markets, through acquiring other gaming entertainment facilities or through redeveloping our existing facilities. For example, we acquired the Atlantic City site and entities that hold two riverboats and gaming operations to be used in our Sugarcane Bay and Rivière projects. The expansion of our operations, whether through acquisitions, development or internal growth, could divert management’s attention and could also cause us to incur substantial costs, including legal, professional and consulting fees. It is uncertain that we will be able to identify, acquire, develop or profitably manage additional companies or operations or successfully integrate such companies or operations into our existing operations without substantial costs, delays or other problems.

 

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Additionally, it is uncertain that we will receive gaming or other necessary licenses or governmental approvals for our new projects or that gaming will be approved in jurisdictions where it is not currently approved. Further, we may not have adequate financing for such opportunities on acceptable terms.

Risks Related to our Capital Structure and this Offering

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 of interest-rate and exchange-rate fluctuations.

As of December 31, 2007, we had indebtedness of approximately $841 million, including $50 million drawn on the revolving credit facility, $275 million in aggregate principal amount of our 8.25% senior subordinated notes due 2012, $135 million in aggregate principal amount of our 8.75% senior subordinated notes due 2013, and $385 million in aggregate principal amount of the notes. Our credit facility is comprised of a $625 million revolving credit facility, of which we are limited to $350 million under the terms of the indenture governing our 8.75% senior subordinated notes (which limitation is $475 million under terms of our 8.25% senior subordinated notes). As of March 15, 2008, of the $350 million available for use under our revolving credit facility, we have drawn down $150 million and $21.2 million was utilized under various letters of credit. Our substantial development plans for capital-intensive projects will require us to borrow significant amounts under our credit facility and to incur substantial additional indebtedness.

While we believe that we have sufficient cash and cash-generating resources to meet our debt service obligations during the next 12 months, it is uncertain in the future whether we will generate sufficient cash flow from operations or through asset sales to meet our long-term debt service obligations. Our present indebtedness and projected future borrowings could have important adverse consequences to us, such as:

 

   

making it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to the notes being offered hereby;

 

   

limiting our ability to obtain additional financing without restructuring the covenants in our existing indebtedness to permit the incurrence of such financing;

 

   

requiring a substantial portion of our cash flow to be used for payments on the debt and related interest, thereby reducing our ability to use cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures and general corporate requirements;

 

   

limiting our ability to respond to changing business, industry and economic conditions and to withstand competitive pressures, which may affect our financial condition;

 

   

incurring higher interest expense in the event of increases in interest rates on our borrowings that have variable interest rates;

 

   

limiting our ability to make investments, dispose of assets, pay cash dividends or repurchase stock;

 

   

heightening our vulnerability to downturns in our business or our industry or the general economy and restricting us from making improvements or acquisitions or exploring business opportunities;

 

   

restricting our activities compared to those of competitors with less debt or greater resources; and

 

   

subjecting us to financial and other restrictive covenants in our indebtedness, which a failure to comply with could result in an event of default.

If we fail to generate sufficient cash flow from future operations to meet our debt service obligations, we may need to refinance all or a portion of our debt on or before maturity. In such circumstances, it is uncertain that we will be able to refinance any of our debt. Our future operating performance and our ability to service or refinance our debt will be subject to future economic conditions and to financial, business and other factors, many of which are beyond our control.

 

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Our borrowings under our revolving credit facility are at variable rates of interest, and to the extent not protected with interest rate hedges, could expose us to market risk from adverse changes in interest rates. We currently have no such interest rate hedges. If interest rates increase, our debt service obligations on the variable-rate indebtedness could increase significantly even though the amount borrowed would remain the same. This may only be partially offset by earning higher rates of interest on our surplus cash balances. Additionally, our operation of Casino Magic Argentina exposes us to foreign exchange rate risk from adverse changes in the exchange rate of the dollar to the Argentine Peso. The Bahamian dollar has been pegged to the U.S. dollar for many years. If, however, this should change, then we would also be exposed to foreign exchange risk from our Bahamian casino.

Despite current indebtedness levels, we and our subsidiaries may still be able to incur substantially more debt. This could further exacerbate the risks associated with our substantial leverage.

We will have the right to incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future. The terms of our credit facility and the indentures governing our indebtedness restrict, but do not in all circumstances, prohibit us from doing so. Subject to satisfying the conditions for borrowing under our credit facility and certain indenture restrictions, we could borrow up to an additional $554 million as of December 31, 2007, the unused portion of the existing commitment under our revolving credit facility as of such date. All existing and future borrowings under our credit facility will be senior to the notes and the subsidiary guarantees. Under the instruments governing our debt, we are permitted to incur substantial additional debt that ranks senior to the notes. In addition, as of the date hereof, the indenture governing the notes would permit us to incur more than $2 billion of additional indebtedness under certain incurrence baskets without having to meet coverage ratio incurrence tests. Under certain debt incurrence tests, including tests based on a percentage of total assets or an ability to meet coverage ratio or EBITDA tests, the amount of total debt we could incur in the future under the indenture governing the notes could increase. While our other existing debt agreements would limit such incurrences under these baskets and incurrence tests, future debt agreements may not contain such limitations.

Any additional debt may be governed by indentures or other instruments containing covenants that could place restrictions on the operation of our business and the execution of our business strategy in addition to the restrictions on our business already contained in the agreements governing our existing debt. Because any decision to issue debt securities or enter into new debt facilities will depend on market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of any future debt financings and we may be required to accept unfavorable terms for any such financings.

In addition, to build the development projects described in this prospectus, we will need to incur additional indebtedness to finance the development and construction costs of these projects and some or all of such additional indebtedness may rank senior to the notes. If our existing and contemplated levels of indebtedness are further increased, the related risks will increase correspondingly.

Our indebtedness imposes restrictive covenants on us.

Our credit facility and the indentures governing the notes, the 8.25% notes and the 8.75% notes impose various customary covenants on us and our subsidiaries. The restrictions that are imposed under these debt instruments include, among other obligations, limitations on our and our subsidiaries’ ability to:

 

   

incur additional debt;

 

   

make payments on subordinated obligations;

 

   

make dividends or distributions and repurchase stock;

 

   

make investments;

 

   

grant liens on our property to secure debt;

 

   

enter into certain transactions with affiliates;

 

   

sell assets or enter into mergers or consolidations;

 

   

sell equity interests in our subsidiaries;

 

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create dividend and other payment restrictions affecting subsidiaries;

 

   

change the nature of our lines of business;

 

   

make capital expenditures;

 

   

designate restricted and unrestricted subsidiaries; and

 

   

amend or modify our subordinated indebtedness without obtaining consents from the holders of our senior indebtedness.

Our credit facility imposes various customary affirmative covenants on us and our subsidiaries, including among others, reporting covenants, covenants to maintain insurance, comply with laws, maintain properties and other covenants customary in senior credit financings of this type. In addition, our credit facility requires that we comply with various restrictive financial covenants, including interest coverage ratio and debt to operating cash flow ratio, and capital spending limits.

Our ability to comply with these provisions may be affected by general economic conditions, industry conditions, and other events beyond our control, including delay in the completion of new projects under construction. As a result, we cannot assure you that we will be able to comply with these covenants. Our failure to comply with the covenants contained in the instruments governing our indebtedness, including our credit facility and the indentures governing the notes, the 8.25% notes and the 8.75% notes, including failure as a result of events beyond our control, could result in an event of default, which could materially and adversely affect our operating results and our financial condition.

If there were an event of default under one of our debt instruments, the holders of the defaulted debt could cause all amounts outstanding with respect to that debt to be due and payable, subject to applicable grace periods. This could trigger cross-defaults under our other debt instruments, including the notes. We cannot assure you that our assets or cash flow would be sufficient to repay borrowings under our outstanding debt instruments, including the notes, if accelerated upon an event of default, or that we would be able to repay, refinance or restructure the payments on any of those debt instruments, including the notes.

To service our indebtedness, we will require a significant amount of cash, which depends on many factors beyond our control.

We cannot assure you that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations, that our anticipated revenue growth will be realized, or that future borrowings will be available to us under our credit facility in amounts sufficient to enable us to pay our indebtedness, including the notes, or to fund our other liquidity needs. In addition, as we undertake substantial new developments or facility renovations or if we consummate significant acquisitions in the future, our cash requirements and our debt service requirements may increase significantly.

If we fail to generate sufficient cash flow from future operations to meet our debt service obligations, we may need to refinance all or a portion of our debt, including the notes, on or before maturity. We cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance any of our debt, including our credit facility, the notes, the 8.25% notes and the 8.75% notes, on attractive terms, commercially reasonable terms or at all, particularly because of our anticipated high levels of debt and the debt incurrence restrictions imposed by the agreements governing our debt. Under our credit facility, the revolving credit facility matures in December 2010. The 8.25% notes will mature in March 2012 and the 8.75% notes will mature in October 2013. Our future operating performance and our ability to service or refinance the notes and our other debt and to service, extend or refinance our credit facility will be subject to future economic conditions and to financial, business and other factors, many of which are beyond our control.

 

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Your right to receive payments on the notes or under the subsidiary guarantees is junior to our existing senior indebtedness and our subsidiary guarantors’ existing senior indebtedness and possibly all of our future borrowings. Further, your right to receive payments on the notes could be adversely affected if any of our non-guarantor subsidiaries declares bankruptcy, liquidates or reorganizes.

The notes and the subsidiary guarantees rank junior in priority to all of our and the subsidiary guarantors’ existing indebtedness and all of our and their future borrowings (other than the 8.25% notes, the 8.75% notes, and trade payables), except future indebtedness that provides that it ranks equal with, or subordinated in right of payment to, the notes. As of December 31, 2007, the notes would have been subordinated to (i) approximately $71 million of senior indebtedness, and (ii) approximately $554 million of unused revolving credit facilities. Of the amount of undrawn revolving credit facilities, we drew an additional $100 million between January 1, 2008 and March 15, 2008. In addition, at December 31, 2007 the notes would have been pari passu with approximately $410 million aggregate principal amount of our and our subsidiary guarantors’ senior subordinated debt. We will be permitted to incur substantial additional indebtedness, including senior indebtedness, in the future under the terms of the indenture. In addition, some or all of the additional indebtedness we may need to incur to finance the development and construction costs of our proposed new development projects could be senior indebtedness.

As a result, upon any distribution to our creditors or the creditors of any of the subsidiary guarantors in a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization or similar proceeding relating to us or any of the subsidiary guarantors or our or their property, all holders of our and our subsidiary guarantors’ senior indebtedness will be entitled to be paid in full before any payment may be made with respect to the notes or the subsidiary guarantees. Further, our credit facility is secured by substantially all of our assets and those of our subsidiaries (other than our Argentine subsidiary and certain other unrestricted subsidiaries). The notes will be unsecured and therefore will be effectively subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future secured debt we may incur to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt.

In addition, all payments on the notes and the subsidiary guarantees will be blocked in the event of a payment default on senior debt and may be blocked for up to 179 of 360 consecutive days in the event of certain non-payment defaults on senior debt.

In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization or similar proceeding relating to us or the subsidiary guarantors, holders of the notes will participate with trade creditors and all other holders of our and our subsidiary guarantors’ subordinated indebtedness (including the 8.25% notes and the 8.75% notes) in the assets remaining after we and the subsidiary guarantors have paid all of the senior debt, and there may not be sufficient assets remaining to pay amounts due on the notes. In addition, in the event of any distribution or payment of assets of us or the subsidiary guarantors in any foreclosure, dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization, holders of secured indebtedness will have a secured prior claim to our assets and those of the guarantor subsidiaries which constitutes their collateral.

Moreover, some but not all of our subsidiaries will guarantee the notes. For example, President Riverboat Casino-Missouri, Inc., Landing Condominium, LLC, Port St. Louis Condominium, LLC, PNK Development 11, LLC, PNK Development 10, LLC, PNK (Exuma) Limited and Casino Magic Neuquén S.A. will not be guarantors of the notes. These entities own and operate The Admiral Riverboat Casino, our condominium project in St. Louis, our corporate aircraft, and our casinos in Argentina and the Bahamas, and, as of December 31, 2007, one such subsidiary held approximately $72.9 million in cash and marketable securities as of such date. Our other foreign subsidiaries will not be required to guarantee the notes. Domestic restricted subsidiaries having assets in the aggregate up to 6% of our total assets a consolidated basis do not need to guarantee the notes. In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of any of the non-guarantor subsidiaries, holders of their debt and their trade creditors will generally be entitled to payment of their claims from assets of those subsidiaries before any assets are made available for distribution to us. As of December 31, 2007, the notes were effectively junior to approximately $11.3 million of debt and other liabilities (including trade payables) of these non-guarantor subsidiaries. The non-guarantor subsidiaries generated approximately 10.5% of our consolidated revenues for the year ended December 31, 2007, and held approximately 8.3% of our consolidated assets as of December 31, 2007.

 

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Pinnacle is a holding company and may not have access to the cash flow and other assets of our subsidiaries that may be needed to make payment on the notes.

Although much of our business is conducted through our subsidiaries, none of our subsidiaries is obligated to make funds available to us for payment on the notes. Accordingly, our ability to make payments on the notes is dependent on the earnings and the distribution of funds from our subsidiaries. Furthermore, our subsidiaries will be permitted under the terms of our indentures to incur additional indebtedness that may severely restrict or prohibit the making of distributions, the payment of dividends or the making of loans by such subsidiaries to us. We cannot assure you that the agreements governing the current and future indebtedness of our subsidiaries will permit our subsidiaries to provide us with sufficient dividends, distributions or loans to fund payments on these notes when due.

We are permitted to create unrestricted subsidiaries, which will not be subject to any of the covenants in the indenture, and we may not be able to rely on the cash flow or assets of those unrestricted subsidiaries to pay our indebtedness.

Unrestricted subsidiaries will not be subject to the covenants under the indenture. Unrestricted subsidiaries may enter into financing arrangements that limit their ability to make loans or other payments to fund payments in respect of the notes. Accordingly, we may not be able to rely on the cash flow or assets of unrestricted subsidiaries to pay any of our indebtedness, including the notes. At of the date of this prospectus, the principal unrestricted subsidiaries which hold substantial assets are PNK Development 11, LLC, PNK Development 10, LLC, and Casino Magic Neuquén S.A.

The indenture permits substantial disposition of substantially undeveloped real estate.

We have significant excess developable land. The terms of the indenture permit us to sell or dispose of this land under certain exceptions from the general indenture restrictions on the disposition of assets and restricted payments. In general, proceeds from the sale of undeveloped land will not require us to make an offer to repurchase notes no matter how the proceeds are used as long as 60% of the consideration received for the sale is in cash. In addition, the covenant entitled “Restricted Payments” permits substantial conveyances of substantially undeveloped real estate to unrestricted subsidiaries and joint ventures. See “Description of Exchange Notes” under the heading “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales” and related definitions, and “Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.”

The indenture permits investment guarantees of joint venture indebtedness and completion guarantees of new gaming facility projects or related or ancillary amenities or businesses.

The indenture permits us to give investment guarantees of indebtedness of certain joint ventures, which would be unrestricted subsidiaries, and also permits us to give guarantees of the completion of the development, construction and opening of a new gaming facility or related or ancillary amenities or businesses by one or more unrestricted subsidiaries and certain related keep-well commitments relating to the entity that builds the new gaming facility or related or ancillary amenities or businesses. These investment guarantees and completion guarantees and keep-well commitments are limited to $200 million in the aggregate, and we are permitted to incur or guarantee indebtedness in the performance of such investment guarantees and completion guarantees, under exceptions to the covenant restricting incurrence of indebtedness and the covenant restricting restricted payments. In addition, any interest expense associated with the joint venture indebtedness we have guaranteed or indebtedness incurred or guaranteed in the performance of completion guarantees will not count in computing our consolidated coverage ratio except to the extent that we actually make payments in respect of this indebtedness. See “Description of Exchange Notes” under the heading “Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments” and “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” and related definitions.

We may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to finance a change of control offer if required by the indenture for the notes or the terms of our other indebtedness.

Upon the occurrence of certain change of control events, we will be required to offer to purchase all outstanding notes and other outstanding debt. If a change of control were to occur, we cannot assure you that we

 

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would have sufficient funds to pay the purchase price for all the notes tendered by the holders or such other indebtedness. Moreover, under the indenture governing the notes, certain important corporate events, such as leveraged recapitalizations that would increase the level of our indebtedness, would not constitute a “change of control” and thus would not give rise to any repurchase rights.

Our credit facility contains, and any future agreements relating to indebtedness to which we become a party may contain, provisions restricting our ability to purchase notes or providing that an occurrence of a change of control constitutes an event of default, or otherwise requiring payment of amounts borrowed under those agreements. If a change of control occurs at a time when we are prohibited from purchasing the notes, we could seek the consent of our then existing lenders and other creditors to the purchase of the notes or could attempt to refinance the indebtedness that contains the prohibition. If we do not obtain such a consent or repay such indebtedness, we would remain prohibited from purchasing the notes. In that case, our failure to purchase tendered notes would constitute an event of default under the indenture. In such circumstances, the subordination provisions in the indenture would likely restrict payments to the holders of notes.

Thus, there can be no assurance that in the event of a change of control we will have sufficient funds, or that we will be permitted under the terms of our credit facility and any other agreements relating to our senior indebtedness, to satisfy our obligations with respect to any or all of the tendered notes. See “Description of Exchange Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control.”

As a holder of the notes you may be required to comply with registration, licensing, qualification or other requirements under gaming laws or dispose of your notes.

The gaming authority of any jurisdiction in which we currently or in the future conduct or propose to conduct gaming may require that a holder of the notes be registered, licensed, qualified or found suitable, or comply with any other requirement under applicable gaming laws. The indenture will grant us the power to redeem or require you to dispose of the notes that you own or control if:

 

   

any governmental gaming authority makes a determination of unsuitability of you or the beneficial owner of the notes (or an affiliate of yours or of the beneficial owner of the notes), or

 

   

any governmental gaming authority requires you, or a beneficial owner of the notes (or an affiliate of yours or of the beneficial owner), to either (i) be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable gaming law or (ii) reduce your (or its) position in the notes to below a level that would require licensure, qualification or a finding of suitability, and:

 

   

you or such beneficial owner (or an affiliate of yours or of the beneficial owner) fails to apply for a license, qualification or finding of suitability within 30 days after being requested to do so (or such lesser period as required by the relevant governmental gaming authority),

 

   

you or such beneficial owner (or an affiliate of yours or of the beneficial owner) fails to reduce your (or its) position in the notes appropriately, or

 

   

you or such beneficial owner (or an affiliate of yours or of the beneficial owner) is denied such license or qualification or is not found suitable by a governmental gaming authority to own or control the notes.

Under the foregoing circumstances, under the indenture, we will be able to redeem or require you to dispose of all or a portion of your notes, and if required by the applicable gaming authority, we will be required to redeem or require you to dispose of all or a portion of your notes to the extent required by the gaming authority or deemed necessary or advisable by us. The redemption price will be equal to the least of:

 

   

the principal amount of the notes, together with accrued interest on the note,

 

   

the price that you or the beneficial owner paid for the notes, together with accrued interest on the note, or

 

   

such other lesser amount as may be required by a governmental gaming authority.

 

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See “Description of Exchange Notes—Gaming Redemption or Other Disposition.”

In addition, our certificate of incorporation grants us the power to redeem our securities or the securities of our affiliated companies from a person who owns or controls these securities if:

 

   

that person is determined by a governmental gaming authority to be unsuitable to own or control these securities, or

 

   

in the sole discretion of our board of directors, that person is deemed likely to jeopardize our right to conduct gaming activities in any of the jurisdictions in which we conduct gaming activities.

Under the foregoing circumstances, we may redeem, and if required by the applicable gaming authority, must redeem, that person’s securities to the extent required by the gaming authority or deemed necessary or advisable by us. The redemption price will be determined by the gaming authority or otherwise will be a price deemed reasonable by us, which in our discretion could be the original purchase price or the then current trading price of the securities. Furthermore, we may pay the redemption price in cash, by promissory note, or both, as required by the gaming authority or otherwise as we elect.

By accepting a note, each holder or beneficial owner of a note agrees that the notes held by such holder or beneficial owner shall be subject to the aforementioned provisions of our certificate of incorporation, including any amendments thereto or any successor provisions thereto.

There is no public market for the notes and we do not know if a market will ever develop or, if a market does develop, whether it will be sustained.

We are offering the exchange notes to holders of the original notes. The original notes were sold in June 2007 to a small number of qualified institutional buyers in the United States and to investors outside of the United States under Regulation S and are eligible for trading in the Private Offerings, Resale and Trading though Automatic Linkages (PORTALSM) Market. To the extent that original notes are tendered and accepted in the exchange offer, the trading market for untendered and tendered but unaccepted original notes will be adversely affected. We cannot assure you that this market will provide liquidity for you if you want to sell your original notes or that you will be able to sell your notes at a particular time or at the price that you desire. We do not intend to apply for listing or quotation of the original notes or notes on any securities exchange, stock market or any automated dealer quotation system. The exchange notes are a new issue of securities for which there is no established public market. The initial purchasers in the private offering of the original notes are not obligated to make a market in any of the exchange notes, and they may discontinue any of their market-making activities at any time without notice. In addition, any such market making activity may be limited during the pendency of the exchange offer. Therefore, an active market for any of the exchange notes may not develop or, if developed, it may not continue. The liquidity of any market for the notes, and the market price quoted for these notes, will depend on a number of factors, including:

 

   

the number of holders of the notes;

 

   

our operating performance and financial condition;

 

   

our ability to complete the offer to exchange the notes for the exchange notes;

 

   

the market for similar securities;

 

   

the interest of securities dealers in making a market in the notes; and

 

   

prevailing interest rates.

 

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As a result, you cannot be sure that an active trading market will develop for the exchange notes or any remaining original notes.

The trading price of the notes may be volatile.

Historically, the market for non-investment grade debt has been subject to disruptions that have caused substantial volatility in the prices of securities similar to the notes. We cannot assure you that any such disruptions may not adversely affect the prices at which you may sell your notes. The notes may trade at a discount from the initial offering price of the original notes, depending upon prevailing interest rates, the market for similar notes, our performance and other factors.

Federal and state statutes allow courts, under specific circumstances, to avoid guarantees and require note holders to return payments received from guarantors.

Under the federal bankruptcy law and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer laws, a court could avoid a guarantee or subordinate a guarantee to all of our other debts or all other debts of a guarantor if, among other things, the guarantor, at the time it incurred the indebtedness evidenced by its guarantee received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for the incurrence of such indebtedness and:

 

   

the guarantor was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of such incurrence;

 

   

the guarantor was engaged in a business or transaction for which our or the guarantor’s remaining assets constituted unreasonably small capital; or

 

   

the guarantor intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond our or its ability to pay such debts as they mature.

In addition, a court could void any payment by us or the guarantor pursuant to the notes or a guarantee and require that payment to be returned to the guarantor, or to a fund for the benefit of our creditors or the creditors of the guarantor.

The measures of insolvency for purposes of these fraudulent transfer laws may vary depending upon the law applied in any proceeding to determine whether a fraudulent transfer has occurred. Generally, however, a guarantor would be considered insolvent if:

 

   

the sum of its debts, including contingent liabilities, were greater than the fair saleable value of all of its assets,

 

   

if the present fair saleable value of its assets were less than the amount that would be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts, including contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and mature, or

 

   

it could not pay its debts as they become due.

On the basis of historical financial information, recent operating history and other factors, we believe that we and each subsidiary guarantor, after giving effect to its guarantee of the notes, will not be insolvent, will not have unreasonably small capital for the business in which we are or it is engaged and will not have incurred debts beyond our or its ability to pay such debts as they mature. There can be no assurance, however, as to what standard a court would apply in making such determinations or that a court would agree with our or the subsidiary guarantors’ conclusions in this regard.

 

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We are subject to extensive governmental regulations that impose restrictions on the ownership and transfer of our securities.

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 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.

In order to participate in the exchange offer, you must timely comply with the all of the procedures and restrictions on the exchange offer.

Issuance of exchange notes in exchange for original notes pursuant to the exchange offer will be made only after timely receipt by the exchange agent of a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal, or an agent’s message in lieu thereof, including all other documents required by such letter of transmittal. Therefore, holders of original notes desiring to tender such original notes in exchange for exchange notes should allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery. We and the exchange agent are under no duty to give notification of defects or irregularities with respect to the tenders of original notes for exchange. Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes. See “The Exchange Offer—Resale of Exchange Notes” and “Plan of Distribution.”

If you do not exchange your original notes in the exchange offer, the transfer restrictions currently applicable to your original notes will remain in force and the market price of your original notes could decline.

If you do not exchange your original notes for exchange notes in the exchange offer, then you will continue to be subject to the transfer restrictions on the original notes as set forth in the offering memorandum distributed in connection with the private offering of the original notes. In general, the original notes may not be offered or sold unless they are registered or exempt from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. Except as required by the registration rights agreement, we do not intend to register resales of the original notes under the Securities Act. You should refer to “Summary—The Exchange Offer” and “The Exchange Offer” for information about how to tender your outstanding notes.

The tender of original notes under the exchange offer will reduce the principal amount of each series of the original notes, which may have an adverse effect upon, and increase the volatility of, the market prices of the original notes due to reduction in liquidity.

 

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DISCLOSURE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the statements in this prospectus 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 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 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,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “is fairly confident,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding our anticipated completion and opening schedules of various projects, expansion plans, construction schedules, cash needs, cash reserves, adequacy of resources to fund development and expansion projects, liquidity, operating and capital expenses, financing options, including the state of the capital markets and our ability to access the capital markets, expense reductions, expected receipts of insurance proceeds including the amount of any such recovery and sufficiency of such coverage, the future outlook of Pinnacle and the gaming industry, the ability to meet the fixed-charge coverage ratio required by the Missouri Gaming Commission, our continuing exclusivity rights to operate casinos in Neuquén, Argentina after 2016, operating results 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 fact that our substantial funding needs in connection with our development projects, our current expansion projects and other capital-intensive projects, to the extent such projects are undertaken, will require us to raise substantial amounts of money from outside sources and the fact that in the near term, the availability of financing may be constrained by current disruptions in the credit markets;

 

   

insufficient or lower-than-expected results generated from our new developments and acquired properties may negatively affect the market for our securities;

 

   

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;

 

   

development of our Atlantic City site presents many risks, and we may not realize the financial and strategic goals that are contemplated from the development;

 

   

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

 

   

we may not meet the conditions for the maintenance of the licenses that we plan to utilize for our Sugarcane Bay and Rivière projects;

 

   

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;

 

   

economic and political conditions, including slowdowns in the economy, and other factors affecting discretionary consumer spending may harm our operating results;

 

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damage and closures caused by Hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans area make our future operating results at Boomtown New Orleans less predictable;

 

   

issues with respect to our insurance policies could affect our recovery of further insurance proceeds associated with the 2005 hurricane damage and related business interruption;

 

   

recent natural disasters have made it more challenging for us to obtain similar levels of Weather Catastrophe Occurrence/Named Windstorm, Flood and Earthquake insurance coverage for our properties compared to the levels before the 2005 hurricanes;

 

   

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

 

   

we could lose the right to pursue our River City project 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;

 

   

certain past transactions by a few employees of our Argentine subsidiary may not have complied with law and may subject our Argentine subsidiary to fines or other 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 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

 

   

we face risks associated with growth and acquisitions.

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.

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.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

The exchange offer is intended to satisfy our obligations under the registration rights agreement that we entered into in connection with the private offering of the original notes. We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the exchange notes in the exchange offer. As consideration for issuing the exchange notes as contemplated in this prospectus, we will receive in exchange a like principal amount of original notes, the terms of which are identical in all material respects to the exchange notes, except that the exchange notes will not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions or additional interest upon a failure to fulfill certain of our obligations under the registration rights agreement. The original notes that are surrendered in exchange for the exchange notes will be retired and cancelled and cannot be reissued. As a result, the issuance of the exchange notes will not result in any change to our capitalization.

 

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and capitalization as of December 31, 2007.

You should read this information together with “Selected Consolidated Financial and Other Data,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition”, and our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus.

 

     As of December 31,
2007
 
    

(in thousands,

except share amounts)

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

   $ 191,124  
        

Long-term debt, including current portion:

  

Credit facility

   $ 50,000  

8.25% senior subordinated notes due 2012

     277,157  

8.75% senior subordinated notes due 2013

     133,516  

7.50% senior subordinated notes due 2015(a)

     379,620  

Other debt

     1,008  
        

Total long-term debt

   $ 841,301  
        

Stockholders’ equity:

  

Preferred stock ($1.00 par value, 250,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding)

     —    

Common stock ($0.10 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 59,681,081 (net of treasury shares))

     6,190  

Capital in excess of par value

     989,589  

Retained earnings

     92,520  

Treasury stock

     (20,090 )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss—currency translation of foreign assets

     (15,850 )
        

Total stockholders’ equity

     1,052,359  

Total capitalization

   $ 1,893,660  
        

 

(a) The $385.0 million aggregate principal amount of original notes we issued on June 2007 were issued at a price of 98.525% of par to yield 7.75% to maturity.

 

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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
     2007    2006(2)     2005    2004(3)     2003

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(1)

   —      2.57 x   —      1.02 x   —  

 

(1) In computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges: (i) earnings were the income from continuing operations before income taxes and fixed charges and excluding capitalized interest; and (ii) fixed charges were the sum of interest expense, amortization of debt issuance costs, capitalized interest and the estimated interest component included in rental expense. Due principally to our large non-cash charges deducted to compute such earnings, earnings so calculated were less than fixed charges by $44.7 million, $24.5 million and $47.0 million for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007, 2005 and 2003, respectively. Ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends requirements are not presented because there was no outstanding preferred stock in any of the periods indicated.
(2) Includes a material merger termination fee in 2006.
(3) Includes a material gain on the sale of surplus real estate in 2004.

 

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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL AND OTHER DATA

The following table presents our selected consolidated financial data for the years 2003 through 2007. This data is derived from our audited consolidated financial statements and the notes to those statements. Because the data in this table is only a summary, you should read our consolidated financial statements, including the related notes, and the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K that is incorporated herein by reference, as well as the other data we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

     For the year ended December 31,  
     2007(a)(b)     2006(b)     2005(c)     2004(d)     2003  
     (in millions, except per share data)  

Statement of Operations Data:

          

Revenues

   $ 923.7     $ 912.4     $ 668.5     $ 466.5     $ 440.6  

Operating income

     14.5       95.9       32.3       69.2       26.3  

Income (loss) from continuing operations

     (1.4 )     61.9       (0.1 )     2.2       (34.6 )

Income (loss) from continuing operations per common share:

          

Basic

   $ (0.02 )   $ 1.30     $ 0.00     $ 0.06     $ (1.34 )

Diluted

   $ (0.02 )   $ 1.26     $ 0.00     $ 0.06     $ (1.34 )

Cash dividends per common share

     —         —         —         —         —    

Other Data:

          

Capital expenditures

   $ 545.6     $ 186.5     $ 193.9     $ 209.6     $ 89.9  

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges(e)

     —         2.57       —         1.02       —    

Cash flows provided by (used in):

          

Operating activities

   $ 153.4     $ 206.5     $ 61.7     $ 30.4     $ 55.4  

Investing activities

     (566.2 )     (459.3 )     (138.6 )     (109.1 )     (181.6 )

Financing activities

     414.6       294.1       23.2       181.4       109.1  

Balance Sheet Data—December 31:

          

Cash, restricted cash and equivalents

   $ 197.3     $ 216.7     $ 156.5     $ 287.8     $ 229.0  

Total assets

     2,193.5       1,737.8       1,244.9       1,208.8       954.9  

Long-term debt

     841.3       774.3       657.7       640.5       645.9  

Stockholders’ equity

     1,052.4       694.6       427.8       415.2       200.9  

Book value per common share

   $ 17.57     $ 14.42     $ 10.44     $ 10.25     $ 8.39  

 

(a) The financial results for 2007 include Lumière Place Casino since its opening in mid-December and a majority of L’Auberge du Lac’s new guestrooms in late December.
(b) In 2006, we completed the sale of our two card club casinos and our Casino Magic Biloxi site and certain related assets. In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), these assets and related liabilities were reclassified to “assets held for sale” as of December 31, 2005 and the financial results reflect the Casino Magic Biloxi and card club operations as discontinued operations for all periods presented. This had no effect on previously reported net income (loss). Loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax, was $21,000 for the year ended December 31, 2007. Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes, in the years 2006 through 2003 were $15.0 million, $6.2 million, $6.9 million, and $6.4 million, respectively. The financial results for 2006 reflect the May 2006 opening of The Casino at Emerald Bay, The Admiral Riverboat Casino acquisition in December 2006 and net proceeds of approximately $44.7 million related to our terminated merger agreement with Aztar Corporation.
(c) The financial results for 2005 reflect the May 2005 opening of L’Auberge du Lac, the July 2005 opening of a replacement casino in Neuquén, Argentina, and the former Embassy Suites Hotel, recently refurbished and renamed HoteLumière.
(d) The financial results for 2004 reflect the May 2004 opening of a 300-guestroom expansion and amenity expansion at Belterra Casino Resort.
(e) In computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges: (x) earnings were the income from continuing operations before income taxes and fixed charges and excluding capitalized interest; and (y) fixed charges were the sum of interest expense, amortization of debt issuance costs, capitalized interest and the estimated interest component included in rental expense. Due principally to our large non-cash charges deducted to compute such earnings, earnings so calculated were less than fixed charges by $44.7 million, $24.5 million and $47.0 million for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007, 2005 and 2003, respectively.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS

The following is a summary of certain of our indebtedness that is outstanding. To the extent such summary contains descriptions of our credit facility, the 8.75% senior subordinated notes and the 8.25% senior subordinated notes, and the indentures governing such notes, such descriptions do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to those and related documents, copies of which have been filed with the SEC and which we will provide you upon request. See the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information; Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.”

Credit Facility

We entered into our current credit facility with various lenders led by Lehman Brothers, Inc. and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. on December 14, 2005. In November 2006, we amended our credit facility to, among other things, increase the overall size of the facility to $1 billion, including a $625 million revolving credit facility, a $275 million funded term loan facility and a $100 million delayed-draw term loan facility.

In June 2007, we repaid the $275 million term loan facility with the proceeds of the offering of the original notes and elected to allow the $100 million delayed-draw term loan to expire undrawn on July 2, 2007. Accordingly, our credit facility currently consists of the $625 million revolving credit facility that matures in December 2010. Utilization of our credit facility is currently limited to a maximum of $350 million by the indenture governing our 8.75% senior subordinated notes, which notes become callable in October 2008.

At December 31, 2007, we had issued approximately $21.2 million of irrevocable letters of credit, which includes $10.0 million related to our ongoing commitments required by our redevelopment agreement in St. Louis, $3.0 million associated with our River City project and $8.2 million for various self-insurance programs. As of March 15, 2008, of the $350 million available for use under our credit facility, we have drawn $150 million and $21.2 million was utilized under various letters of credit.

The proceeds of the revolving credit facility may be used for general corporate purposes, including the payment of certain expenditures associated with the construction and development of the Company’s St. Louis city and county projects, the Atlantic City development project and any other development project.

Our debt repayment obligations prior to 2010 are nominal. We are obligated to make mandatory prepayments of indebtedness under our credit facility from the net proceeds of certain debt offerings and certain asset sales and dispositions. No such payments have been made or are required at this time. In addition, we are required to prepay borrowings under our credit facility with a percentage of our “Excess Cash Flow” as defined in our credit facility. No such payments have been made, nor does management believe such payments will be required in the foreseeable future, as the definition of excess cash flow incorporates capital spending activities in a given year and our capital expenditure plans are substantial. We have the option to prepay all or any portion of the indebtedness under our credit facility at any time without premium or penalty.

The revolving credit facility loans bear interest, at the Company’s option, at either (i) the greater of the federal funds rate plus 0.50% or the prime lending rate stated in the British Banking Association Telerate page 5 (the “Base Rate”), plus a margin ranging from 0.00% to 1.00% or (ii) a London interbank Eurodollar rate (the “Eurodollar Rate”), plus a margin ranging from 1.50% to 2.50%. Such margin over the Eurodollar Rate was 1.50% and the Eurodollar Rate was 5.21% as of December 31, 2007. The undrawn portion of the revolver facility bore a facility fee for unborrowed amounts of 0.30% per annum as of December 31, 2007, which rate is also based on our leverage ratio. Under the credit facility, at least 40% of our total funded debt obligations must be subject to fixed interest rates or hedge agreements or other interest rate protection agreements. As of December 31, 2007, approximately 94.1% of our debt was at fixed versus floating interest rates.

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River City projects, permitted investments in unrestricted subsidiaries in connection with or otherwise pertaining to the acquisition of the Atlantic City site, maintaining our existing casinos and hotels and for various new projects, all up to certain limits. In certain circumstances, our credit facility permits those limits to be increased through asset sales or equity transactions.

The obligations under the credit facility are secured by most of the assets of the Company and those of its domestic restricted subsidiaries, including a pledge of the equity interests in the Company’s domestic subsidiaries and, if and when formed or acquired, by a pledge of up to 66% of the then outstanding equity interests of the Company’s foreign restricted subsidiaries. The Company’s obligations under the credit facility are also guaranteed by the Company’s domestic restricted subsidiaries, other than certain immaterial subsidiaries, and are required to be guaranteed by the Company’s foreign restricted subsidiaries, if and when such foreign restricted subsidiaries are formed or acquired, unless such guarantee causes material adverse tax, foreign gaming or foreign law consequences. Our subsidiaries that own the Atlantic City site and related parcels of land, our airplane and certain other assets, are unrestricted subsidiaries under the credit facility. In addition, all of the existing foreign subsidiaries of the Company are currently unrestricted subsidiaries for purposes of the credit agreement.

Under the Company’s indentures governing the 8.75% and 8.25% senior subordinated notes, the Company is permitted to incur up to $350 million and $475 million in senior indebtedness, respectively. The indenture governing the notes permits the Company to incur up to at least $1.5 billion in senior indebtedness. Accordingly, the Company’s most restrictive indenture limits the incurrence of senior indebtedness to $350 million, absent utilizing other baskets and/or satisfying interest coverage ratios. The Company’s indentures also permit the incurrence of additional indebtedness (senior or otherwise) in excess of such amounts under certain additional baskets, including a debt refinancing basket and a basket that permits the incurrence of additional indebtedness if, after giving effect to the indebtedness proposed to be incurred, the Company’s Consolidated Coverage Ratio for a trailing four-quarter period on a pro forma basis, as defined in those indentures, would be at least 2:1. As of December 31, 2007, our Consolidated Coverage Ratio under our two more restrictive indentures was below 2:1. Such ratio was above 2:1 for the indenture governing the notes.

Subject in some cases to applicable notice provisions and grace periods, events of default under the credit facility include, among other things: (1) failure to make payments when due, (2) breaches of representations and warranties, (3) noncompliance with covenants, (4) failure to pay other debt for borrowed money exceeding $10 million, or any other breach or default under agreements for such other debt allowing the holder or lender to accelerate its maturity, or require such debt to be repurchased, (5) events of insolvency, (6) failure to comply with ERISA, to the extent such failure reasonably could be expected to have a material adverse effect, (7) uninsured judgments of $10 million or more which have not been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 30 days, (8) impairment of security interests in collateral, (9) cessation of the guarantees of the obligations under the credit facility by the Company’s domestic subsidiaries, (10) a change of control with respect to the Company and (11) the Company’s 8.75% notes or 8.25% notes or the guarantees thereof shall cease to be validly subordinated to the obligations under the credit facility.

The terms of the credit facility were established in an arms-length negotiation in which Lehman Brothers Inc. and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. acted as joint advisors, joint lead arrangers and joint book runners. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is the lead arranger. Societe Generale, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. are the joint documentation agents, Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc. is the syndication agent and Lehman Commercial Paper Inc. is the administrative agent.

8.25% Senior Subordinated Notes

In 2004, the Company issued $300 million aggregate principal amount of 8.25% senior subordinated notes due 2012, $200 million in aggregate principal amount of which were issued at 99.282% of par, thereby yielding 8.375% to first call and maturity, and $100 million in aggregate principal amount of which were issued at a

 

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price of 105.00% of par, thereby yielding 7.10% to the first call date (7.35% to maturity). The 8.25% notes bear interest at 8.25% per year, and interest is payable on each March 15 and September 15.

We used a portion of the net proceeds of the offering of the original notes to purchase $25.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 8.25% notes.

The 8.25% notes are redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, on the following dates, at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of par value):

 

On and after March 15,

   at a percentage of
par value equal to
 

2008

   104.125 %

2009

   102.063 %

2010

   100.000 %

2012

   Maturity  

The 8.25% notes are the Company’s unsecured obligations, guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by all the Company’s existing and future material domestic restricted subsidiaries, as defined in the indenture governing the 8.25% notes. The Casino Magic Argentina subsidiary, PNK Development 10, LLC (owner of our corporate aircraft), PNK Development 11, LLC (owner as of December 31, 2007 of $72.9 million in cash and marketable securities as of such date), the Bahamas casino facility, and The Admiral Riverboat Casino subsidiary, among others, do not guarantee the 8.25% notes. The indenture governing the 8.25% notes contains certain covenants limiting the ability of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness, issue preferred stock, pay dividends or make certain distributions, repurchase equity interests or subordinated indebtedness, create certain liens, enter into certain transactions with affiliates, sell assets, issue or sell equity interests in the Company’s subsidiaries, or enter into certain mergers and consolidations. As described above, under the indenture governing the 8.25% notes, the Company’s senior indebtedness incurrence basket is limited to $475 million. The indenture also requires that the Company offer to repurchase the 8.25% notes upon a change of control, as defined in the indenture.

Events of default under the indenture include: (1) failure to make payments on the 8.25% notes when due, (2) failure to comply with covenants, (3) failure to pay other debt of $10.0 million or more, or default under such debt resulting in acceleration of the maturity of such debt, (4) failure to satisfy or discharge any final judgment in excess of $10.0 million, and (5) occurrence of certain insolvency events.

8.75% Senior Subordinated Notes

On September 25, 2003, the Company issued $135.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.75% senior subordinated notes due 2013, which notes were issued at 98.369% of par to yield 9% to maturity. The 8.75% notes bear interest at 8.75% per year, and interest is payable on each October 1 and April 1.

The 8.75% notes are redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, on the following dates, at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of par value):

 

On and after October 1,

   at a percentage of
par value equal to
 

2008

   104.375 %

2009

   102.917 %

2010

   101.458 %

2011

   100.000 %

2013

   Maturity  

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governing the 8.75% notes. The Casino Magic Argentina subsidiary, PNK Development 10, LLC (owner of our corporate aircraft), PNK Development 11, LLC (owner as of December 31, 2007 of $72.9 million in cash and marketable securities as of such date), the Bahamas casino facility, and The Admiral Riverboat Casino subsidiary, among others, do not guarantee the 8.75% notes. The indenture governing the 8.75% notes contains certain covenants limiting the ability of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness, issue preferred stock, pay dividends or make certain distributions, repurchase equity interests or subordinated indebtedness, create certain liens, enter into certain transactions with affiliates, sell assets, issue or sell equity interests in the Company’s subsidiaries, or enter into certain mergers and consolidations. As described above, under the indenture governing the 8.75% notes, the Company’s senior indebtedness incurrence basket is limited to $350 million. The indenture also requires that the Company offer to repurchase the 8.75% notes upon a change of control, as defined in the indenture.

Events of default under the indenture include: (1) failure to make payments on the 8.75% notes when due, (2) failure to comply with covenants, (3) failure to pay other debt of $10.0 million or more, or default under such debt resulting in acceleration of the maturity of such debt, (4) failure to satisfy or discharge any final judgment in excess of $10.0 million, and (5) occurrence of certain insolvency events.

 

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THE EXCHANGE OFFER

The following includes a summary of certain provisions of the registration rights agreement which summary does not purport to be complete and reference is made to the provisions of the registration rights agreement, which has been listed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

General

We are offering to exchange a like principal amount of exchange notes for any or all original notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and accompanying letter of transmittal. We refer to the offer as the “exchange offer.” You may tender some or all of your original notes pursuant to the exchange offer.

As of the date of this prospectus, $385,000,000 aggregate principal amount of original notes are outstanding. Our obligation to accept original notes for exchange pursuant to the exchange offer is subject to certain conditions set forth under “Conditions to the Exchange Offer” below. We currently expect that each of the conditions will be satisfied and that no waivers will be necessary.

Purpose of the Exchange Offer

The original notes were issued and sold in a private offering to Lehman Brothers Inc., Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Calyon Securities (USA) Inc., Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp., Capital One Southcoast, Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, as the initial purchasers, on June 8, 2007. The initial purchasers subsequently sold the original notes to investors believed to be “qualified institutional buyers,” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act, in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A, and to non-U.S. persons in offshore transactions in reliance upon the exemption provided under Regulation S of the Securities Act. As a condition to the sale of the original notes, we entered into a registration rights agreement with the initial purchasers on June 8, 2007. Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, we agreed that we would:

(1) cause to be filed, no later than March 31, 2008, an exchange offer registration statement with the SEC under the Securities Act concerning the exchange offer;

(2) use all commercially reasonable efforts to:

(a) cause such registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC no later than June 29, 2008;

(b) keep the registration statement effective until the exchange offer is consummated, but in no event for a period less than 20 business days;

(c) consummate the exchange offer no later than 30 business days or longer, if required by the federal securities laws, after the registration statement is declared effective by the SEC; and

(d) keep the registration statement continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current for a period of 180 days after the thirtieth business day after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or such shorter period ending when all exchange notes covered by the registration statement have been sold, to ensure that this prospectus is available for resales of the exchange notes by broker-dealers. During this 180-day period, the registration rights agreement permits us, under certain circumstances, to allow the exchange offer registration statement to cease to become effective and useable for one or more periods of 90 days in aggregate in any twelve month period. If we exercise this right, the 180-day period referenced above will be extended by the number of days during which the exchange offer registration statement was not effective or useable.

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statement to register any outstanding original notes. Holders of original notes who do not tender their original notes or whose original notes are tendered but not accepted in the exchange offer must either register their original notes under the Securities Act, or rely on an exemption from the registration requirements under the securities laws, including the Securities Act, if they wish to sell their original notes. See “—Consequences of Failure to Exchange” and “Risk Factors—Risks Related to our Capital Structure and this Offering—If you do not exchange your original notes in the exchange offer, the transfer restrictions currently applicable to your original notes will remain in force and the market price of your original notes could decline.”

Resale of Exchange Notes

We are making the exchange offer in reliance on the position of the staff of the SEC as set forth in certain no-action letters to third parties referred to below. However, we have not sought our own no-action letter. Based on these interpretations by the staff of the SEC, we believe that you may resell or otherwise transfer exchange notes issued in the exchange offer without complying with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, if:

 

   

you are acquiring the exchange notes in your ordinary course of business;

 

   

you do not have an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution of the exchange notes;

 

   

you are not our affiliate as defined by Rule 405 of the Securities Act; and

 

   

you are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, a distribution of the exchange notes.

If you are an affiliate, or are engaging in, or intend to engage in, or have any arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the exchange notes, or are not acquiring the exchange notes in the ordinary course of your business, then:

 

   

you cannot rely on the position of the staff of the SEC enunciated in Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991), Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the SEC’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, or similar no-action letters;

 

   

you will not be entitled to tender your original notes in the exchange offer; and

 

   

in the absence of an exception from the position stated immediately above, you must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the exchange notes.

In the event that our belief regarding resale is inaccurate, if you transfer exchange notes in violation of the prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act and without an exemption from registration under the federal securities laws, you may incur liability under these laws. We do not assume or indemnify you against this liability.

Furthermore, any broker-dealer that acquired any of its original notes directly from us:

 

   

may not rely on the position of the staff of the SEC described above; and

 

   

must also be named as a selling noteholder in connection with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act relating to any resale transaction.

This prospectus may be used for an offer to resell, for the resale or for other retransfer of exchange notes only as specifically set forth in this prospectus. With regard to broker-dealers, only broker-dealers that acquired the original notes as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities may participate in the exchange offer. Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account in exchange for original notes where such original notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or

 

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other trading activities may be a statutory underwriter and must deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the exchange notes. Please read “Plan of Distribution” for more details regarding the transfer of exchange notes.

Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account in exchange for original notes, where such original notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for original notes where such original notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The letter of transmittal states that by acknowledging and delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be considered to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. We have agreed that, starting on the expiration date and ending on the close of business 180 days after the thirtieth business day after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, we will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

Except as described above, this prospectus may not be used for an offer to resell, resale or other transfer of exchange notes.

The exchange offer is not being made to, nor will we accept tenders for exchange from, holders of original notes in any jurisdiction in which the exchange offer or the acceptance of it would not be in compliance with the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdiction.

Terms of the Exchange Offer

We are offering to exchange, subject to the conditions described in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal accompanying this prospectus, an aggregate of $385 million principal amount of our exchange notes for $385 million principal amount of our original notes. Original notes may be exchanged in integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount. To be exchanged, an original note must be properly tendered and accepted. All outstanding original notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be exchanged for an equal principal amount of exchange notes issued on or promptly after the expiration date of the exchange offer. Currently, there is $385 million principal amount of original notes outstanding and no exchange notes outstanding.

We will accept for exchange any and all original notes that are validly tendered on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. Tenders of original notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. The exchange offer is not conditioned upon any minimum principal amount of the original notes being tendered for exchange. However, the exchange offer is subject to the terms and provisions of the registration rights agreement. See “—Conditions to the Exchange Offer.”

The exchange notes will evidence the same indebtedness as the original notes and will be entitled to the benefits of the indenture. The form and terms of the exchange notes will be substantially identical to those of the original notes except that the exchange notes will have been registered under the Securities Act and will be issued free from any obligation regarding registration, including the payment of additional interest upon a failure to file or have declared effective an exchange offer registration statement or to complete the exchange offer by certain dates. The exchange notes will evidence the same debt as the original notes and will be issued under the same indenture and entitled to the same benefits under that indenture as the original notes being exchanged. See “Description of Exchange Notes.”

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depositary. Except as described under “Description of the Notes—Book-Entry, Delivery and Form,” exchange notes will be issued in the form of a global note registered in the name of DTC or its nominee and each beneficial owner’s interest in it will be transferable in book-entry form through DTC. See “Description of Exchange Notes—Book-Entry, Delivery and Form.”

Holders of original notes do not have any appraisal or dissenters’ rights in connection with the exchange offer. Original notes which are not tendered for exchange or are tendered but not accepted in connection with the exchange offer will remain outstanding and be entitled to the benefits of the indenture under which such original notes were issued, but certain registration and other rights under the registration rights agreement relating to the original notes will terminate and holders of the original notes will generally not be entitled to any registration rights under the registration rights agreement. See “—Consequences to Holders of Original Notes Not Tendering in the Exchange Offer.”

We shall be considered to have accepted validly tendered original notes if and when we have given oral (to be followed by prompt written communication) or written notice to the exchange agent. The exchange agent will act as agent for the tendering holders for the purposes of receiving the exchange notes from us.

If any tendered original notes are not accepted for exchange because of an invalid tender, the occurrence of certain other events described in this prospectus or otherwise, we will return the original notes, without expense, to the tendering holder promptly after the expiration date for the exchange offer.

Holders who tender original notes will not be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees or, subject to the instructions in the letter of transmittal, transfer taxes on exchange of original notes in connection with the exchange offer. We will pay all charges and expenses, other than certain applicable taxes described below, in connection with the exchange offer. See “—Fees and Expenses.”

Expiration Date; Extensions; Amendments

The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on             , 2008, unless we, in our sole discretion, extend the exchange offer. The time and date, as it may be extended, is referred to herein as the “expiration date.”

In order to extend the exchange offer, we will make a public announcement thereof, each prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled expiration date of the exchange offer.

We expressly reserve the right at our sole discretion:

 

   

to delay accepting the original notes, to extend the exchange offer, or to terminate the exchange offer and not accept original notes not previously accepted if, in our reasonable judgment, any of the conditions listed under “—Conditions to the Exchange Offer” are not satisfied or waived by us, by giving oral or written notice of such delay, extension or termination to the exchange agent; or

 

   

to amend the terms of the exchange offer in any manner.

We will follow any delay in acceptance, extension or termination as promptly as practicable by oral or written notice to the exchange agent. If we amend the exchange offer in a manner we determine constitutes a material change, we will promptly disclose the amendment in a prospectus supplement that we will distribute to the registered holders of the original notes. We may also extend the exchange offer for a period of at least five business days, depending upon the significance of the amendment and the manner of disclosure, if the exchange offer would otherwise expire during this period.

 

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Conditions to the Exchange Offer

Notwithstanding any other term of the exchange offer, we will not be required to accept for exchange, or exchange the exchange notes for, any original notes, and may terminate the exchange offer as provided in this prospectus before the acceptance of the original notes, if prior to the expiration date:

 

   

in our reasonable judgment, the exchange offer violates applicable law, rules or regulations or an applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC;

 

   

any action or proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened in any court or before any governmental agency relating to the exchange offer which, in our reasonable judgment, might materially impair the contemplated benefits of the exchange offer to us, or our ability to proceed with the exchange offer;

 

   

any material adverse development shall have occurred in any existing action or proceeding with respect to us or any of our subsidiaries;

 

   

in our reasonable judgment, there exists any other actual or threatened legal impediment to the exchange offer;

 

   

all governmental approvals which we reasonably deem necessary for the consummation of the exchange offer have not been obtained; or

 

   

there shall have occurred (A) a suspension of, or material limitation on, trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, (B) a general moratorium declaration by either Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance securities in the United States, (C) an outbreak or escalation of hostilities or national or international calamity or crisis directly or indirectly involving the United States or a declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or other national or international calamity or crisis (economic, political, financial or otherwise) which affects the United States and international markets.

If we determine in our sole discretion that any of these conditions are not satisfied, we may:

 

   

refuse to accept any original notes and return all tendered original notes to you;

 

   

extend the exchange offer and retain all original notes tendered before the exchange offer expires, subject, however, to your rights to withdraw the original notes;

 

   

waive the unsatisfied conditions with respect to the exchange offer and accept all properly tendered original notes that have not been withdrawn; or

 

   

amend the terms of the exchange offer in any manner.

If the waiver or amendment constitutes a material change to the exchange offer, we will promptly disclose the waiver or amendment by means of a prospectus supplement that we will distribute to the registered holders of the original notes, and may extend the exchange offer depending on the significance of the waiver and the manner of disclosure to the registered holders of the original notes.

The exchange offer is not conditioned upon any minimum principal amount of notes being tendered.

Interest on the Exchange Notes

Interest on the exchange notes will accrue at the rate of 7 1/2% per annum from their date of issue. Interest will be payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, with the initial interest payment on June 15, 2008, including interest accrued on the original notes from December 15, 2007 through the

 

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date of issue of the exchange notes. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

Procedures for Tendering Original Notes

Our acceptance of original notes tendered by a holder will constitute a binding agreement between the tendering holder and us upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal accompanying this prospectus.

A holder of original notes may tender the original notes by:

 

   

properly completing and signing the letter of transmittal;

 

   

properly completing any required signature guarantees;

 

   

properly completing any other documents required by the letter of transmittal; and

 

   

delivering all of the above, together with the certificate or certificates representing the original notes being tendered, to the exchange agent at its address set forth under “—Exchange Agent” on or prior to the expiration date; or

 

   

complying with all the procedures for book-entry transfer described below; or

 

   

complying with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.

THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF ORIGINAL NOTES, LETTERS OF TRANSMITTAL AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS IS AT THE ELECTION AND RISK OF THE HOLDERS. IF THE DELIVERY IS BY MAIL, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT REGISTERED MAIL PROPERLY INSURED, WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, BE USED. IN ALL CASES, SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENSURE TIMELY DELIVERY. HOLDERS SHOULD NOT SEND ORIGINAL NOTES OR LETTERS OF TRANSMITTAL TO US.

The signature on the letter of transmittal need not be guaranteed if:

 

   

tendered original notes are registered in the name of the signer of the letter of transmittal; and

 

   

the exchange notes to be issued in exchange for the original notes are to be issued in the name of the holder; and

 

   

any untendered original notes are to be reissued in the name of the holder.

In any other case:

 

   

the certificates representing the tendered original notes must be properly endorsed for transfer by the registered holder or be accompanied by a properly completed bond power from the registered holder or appropriate powers of attorney, in form satisfactory to us;

 

   

the tendered original notes must be duly executed by the holder; and

 

   

signatures on the endorsement, bond power or powers of attorney must be guaranteed by a bank, broker, dealer, credit union, savings association, clearing agency or other institution, each an “eligible institution” that is a member of a recognized signature guarantee medallion program within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act.

If the exchange notes and/or original notes not exchanged are to be delivered to an address other than that of the registered holder appearing on the note registrar for the original notes, the signature in the letter of transmittal must be guaranteed by an eligible institution.

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representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing, and, unless waived by us, such persons must submit proper evidence satisfactory to us of their authority to so act.

The exchange agent will make a request within two business days after the date of receipt of this prospectus to establish accounts with respect to the original notes at The Depository Trust Company for the purpose of facilitating the exchange offer. We refer to The Depository Trust Company in this prospectus as “DTC” and the “book-entry transfer facility.” Subject to establishing the accounts, any financial institution that is a participant in the book-entry transfer facility’s system may make book-entry delivery of original notes by causing the book-entry transfer facility to transfer the original notes into the exchange agent’s account with respect to the original notes in accordance with the book-entry transfer facility’s procedures for the transfer. Although delivery of original notes may be effected through book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at the book-entry transfer facility, an appropriate letter of transmittal with any required signature guarantee and all other required documents, or an agent’s message, must in each case be properly transmitted to and received or confirmed by the exchange agent at its address set forth below prior to the expiration date, or, if the guaranteed delivery procedures described below are complied with, within the time period provided under such procedures.

The exchange agent and DTC have confirmed that the exchange offer is eligible for the DTC Automated Tender Offer Program. We refer to the Automated Tender Offer Program in this prospectus as “ATOP.” Accordingly, DTC participants may, in lieu of physically completing and signing the letter of transmittal and delivering it to the exchange agent, electronically transmit their acceptance of the exchange offer by causing DTC to transfer original notes to the exchange agent in accordance with DTC’s ATOP procedures for transfer. DTC will then send an agent’s message.

The term “agent’s message” means a message which:

 

   

is transmitted by DTC;

 

   

is received by the exchange agent and forms part of the book-entry transfer;

 

   

states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from a participant in DTC that is tendering original notes which are the subject of the book-entry transfer;

 

   

states that the participant has received and agrees to be bound by all of the terms of the letter of transmittal; and

 

   

states that we may enforce the agreement against the participant.

Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account in exchange for original notes, where the broker-dealer acquired the original notes as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the exchange notes. For additional information, see “Plan of Distribution.”

If you beneficially own the original notes registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and wish to tender your beneficially owned original notes in the exchange offer, you should contact the registered holder promptly and instruct it to tender the original notes on your behalf. The beneficial owner may also obtain and include with the letter of transmittal the original notes properly endorsed for transfer by the registered holder or accompanied by a properly completed bond power from the registered holder, with signatures on the endorsement or bond power guaranteed by an eligible institution. If the beneficial owner wishes to tender directly, the beneficial owner must, prior to completing and executing the letter of transmittal and tendering the original notes, make appropriate arrangements to register ownership of the original notes in the beneficial owner’s name. Beneficial owners should be aware that the transfer of registered ownership may take considerable time.

By tendering, each registered holder of original notes will represent to us that, among other things:

 

   

the holder has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer the original notes it is tendering and that we will acquire good and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens,

 

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restrictions, charges and encumbrances and not subject to any adverse claim when the same are accepted by us;

 

   

the exchange notes to be acquired in connection with the exchange offer by the holder and each beneficial owner of the original notes are being acquired by the holder and each beneficial owner in the ordinary course of business of the holder and each beneficial owner;

 

   

the holder and each beneficial owner are not participating, do not intend to participate, and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate, in the distribution of the exchange notes;

 

   

the holder and each beneficial owner acknowledge and agree that any person participating in the exchange offer for the purpose of distributing the exchange notes must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction of the exchange notes acquired by such person and cannot rely on the position of the staff of the SEC set forth in no-action letters that are discussed herein under “—Resale of Exchange Notes”;

 

   

if the holder is a broker-dealer, such holder represents that it acquired the original notes as a result of market making or other trading activities, and that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of exchange notes acquired in the exchange offer;

 

   

if the holder is a broker-dealer and receives exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer it shall notify us before using the prospectus in connection with any sale or transfer of exchange notes;

 

   

the holder and each beneficial owner understand that a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K of the SEC;

 

   

neither the holder nor any beneficial owner is an “affiliate,” as defined under Rule 405 under the Securities Act, of ours or of any of our subsidiary guarantors; and

 

   

in connection with a book-entry transfer, each participant will confirm that it makes the representations and warranties contained in the letter of transmittal.

All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility, including time of receipt, and acceptance of original notes tendered for exchange will be determined by us in our sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding. We reserve the absolute right to reject any and all tenders of any original notes not properly tendered or not to accept any original notes which acceptance might, in our judgment or the judgment of our counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the absolute right to waive any defects or irregularities or conditions of the exchange offer as to any original notes either before or after the expiration date, including the right to waive the ineligibility of any holder who seeks to tender original notes in the exchange offer.

The interpretation of the terms and conditions of the exchange offer including the letter of transmittal and the instructions contained in the letter of transmittal by us will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of original notes for exchange must be cured within such reasonable period of time as we determine. Neither we nor the exchange agent nor any other person has any duty to give notification of any defect or irregularity with respect to any tender of original notes for exchange, nor will any of us incur any liability for failure to give such notification.

Guaranteed Delivery Procedures

If you desire to tender your original notes, but:

 

   

your original notes are not immediately available; or

 

   

you cannot deliver your original notes, the letter of transmittal or any other documents required by the letter of transmittal to the exchange agent prior to the expiration date; or

 

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the procedures for book-entry transfer of your original notes cannot be completed prior to the expiration date,

you may effect a tender according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the letter of transmittal.

Pursuant to such procedures:

 

   

your tender of original notes must be made by or through an eligible institution and you must properly complete and duly execute a notice of guaranteed delivery (as defined in the letter of transmittal);

 

   

on or prior to the expiration date, the exchange agent must have received from you and the eligible institution a properly completed and duly executed notice of guaranteed delivery (by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery) setting forth the name and address of the holder, the certificate number or numbers of the tendered original notes, and the principal amount of tendered original notes, stating that the tender is being made thereby and guaranteeing that, within three (3) business days after the date of delivery of the notice of guaranteed delivery, the tendered original notes, a duly executed letter of transmittal and any other required documents will be deposited by the eligible institution with the exchange agent; and

 

   

such properly completed and executed documents required by the letter of transmittal and the tendered original notes in proper form for transfer (or confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such original notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC) must be received by the exchange agent within three (3) business days after the expiration date.

Any holder who wishes to tender their original notes pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described above must ensure that the exchange agent receives the notice of guaranteed delivery relating to such original notes prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date.

Unless original notes being tendered by the above-described guaranteed delivery method are deposited with the exchange agent, a tender will be deemed to have been received as of the date when the tendering holder’s properly completed and duly signed letter of transmittal, or a properly transmitted agent’s message, accompanied by the original notes or a confirmation of book-entry transfer of the original notes into the exchange agent’s account at the book-entry transfer facility is received by the exchange agent.

Issuances of exchange notes in exchange for original notes tendered pursuant to a notice of guaranteed delivery will be made only against deposit of the letter of transmittal and any other required documents and the tendered original notes or a confirmation of book-entry and an agent’s message.

Withdrawal Rights

Tenders of original notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to the expiration date. For a withdrawal to be effective, a written notice of withdrawal sent by telegram, facsimile transmission, with receipt confirmed by telephone, or letter must be received by the exchange agent at the address set forth in this prospectus prior to the expiration date. Any notice of withdrawal must:

 

   

specify the name of the person having tendered the original notes to be withdrawn;

 

   

identify the original notes to be withdrawn, including the certificate number or numbers and principal amount of such original notes;

 

   

specify the principal amount of original notes to be withdrawn;

 

   

include a statement that the holder is withdrawing its election to have the original notes exchanged;

 

   

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signature guarantees, or be accompanied by documents of transfer sufficient to have the trustee under the indenture register the transfer of the original notes into the name of the person withdrawing the tender; and

 

   

specify the name in which any such original notes are to be registered, if different from that of the person who tendered the original notes.

The exchange agent will return the properly withdrawn original notes promptly following receipt of the notice of withdrawal. If original notes have been tendered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer, any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at the book-entry transfer facility to be credited with the withdrawn original notes or otherwise comply with the book-entry transfer facility procedure. All questions as to the validity of notices of withdrawals, including time of receipt, will be determined by us in our sole discretion and our determination will be final and binding on all parties.

Any original notes so withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for exchange for purposes of the exchange offer. Any original notes which have been tendered for exchange but which are not exchanged for any reason will be returned to the holder without cost to the holder. In the case of original notes tendered by book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at the book-entry transfer facility pursuant to the book-entry transfer procedures described above, the original notes will be credited to an account with the book-entry transfer facility specified by the holder. In either case, the original notes will be returned as soon as practicable after withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of the exchange offer. Properly withdrawn original notes may be retendered by following one of the procedures described under “—Procedures for Tendering Original Notes” above at any time prior to the expiration date.

Acceptance of Original Notes for Exchange and Delivery of Exchange Notes

Upon satisfaction or waiver of all the conditions to the exchange offer, we will accept any and all original notes that are properly tendered in the exchange offer prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. The exchange notes issued pursuant to the exchange offer will be delivered promptly following the expiration date. For purposes of the exchange offer, we will be deemed to have accepted validly tendered original notes, when, as, and if we have given oral or written notice thereof to the exchange agent.

In all cases, issuances of exchange notes for original notes that are accepted for exchange pursuant to the exchange offer will be made only after timely receipt by the exchange agent of such original notes, a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal and all other required documents (or of confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such original notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC); provided, however, that we reserve the absolute right to waive any defects or irregularities in the tender or conditions of the exchange offer. If any tendered original notes are not accepted for any reason, such unaccepted original notes will be returned without expense to the tendering holder thereof as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of the exchange offer.

 

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Exchange Agent

The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. has been appointed as the exchange agent for the exchange offer. All executed letters of transmittal should be directed to the exchange agent at the address set forth below:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

By Registered or Certified Mail, Overnight Delivery, or Hand Delivery:

Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Corporate Trust Operations Reorganization Unit 101 Barclay St. Floor 7 East New York, NY 10286 Attention: David Mauer

By Facsimile Transmission:

(212) 298-1915

Confirm by Telephone:

(212) 815-3687

You should direct questions and requests for assistance, requests for additional copies of this prospectus or of the letter of transmittal and requests for notices of guaranteed delivery to the exchange agent at the address and telephone number set forth in the letter of transmittal.

DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, OR TRANSMISSIONS OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA A FACSIMILE NUMBER OTHER THAN THE ONE SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

Fees and Expenses

Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, we are required to pay all expenses incident to the consummation of the exchange offer, including our compliance, with the registration rights agreement, regardless of whether a registration statement becomes effective, including without limitation:

 

   

all registration and filing fees and expenses;

 

   

all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state blue sky or securities laws;

 

   

all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the exchange notes to be issued in the exchange offer and printing of prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone;

 

   

all fees and disbursements of our counsel and one special counsel for all of the holders of the original notes;

 

   

all application and filing fees in connection with listing the exchange notes on a national securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements of the registration rights agreement; and

 

   

all fees and disbursements of our independent certified public accountants (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).

We will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the exchange of the original notes pursuant to the exchange offer. If, however, a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of the original notes pursuant to the exchange offer, then the amount of any such transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered holder or any other persons) will be payable by the tendering holder. If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes or exemption is not submitted with the letter of transmittal, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed directly to such tendering holder.

 

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Accounting Treatment

The exchange notes will be recorded at the same carrying value as the original notes, as reflected in our accounting records on the date of the exchange. Accordingly, we will not recognize a gain or loss for accounting purposes. The expenses of the exchange offer will be expensed in the fiscal period in which they are incurred.

Consequences of Failure to Exchange

Holders of original notes who do not exchange their original notes for exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer of the original notes as described in the legend on the original notes. Original notes not exchanged pursuant to the exchange offer will continue to remain outstanding in accordance with their terms. In general, the original notes may not be offered or sold unless registered under the Securities Act, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. We do not currently anticipate that we will register the original notes under the Securities Act.

Participation in the exchange offer is voluntary, and holders of original notes should carefully consider whether to participate. Holders of original notes are urged to consult their financial and tax advisors in making their own decision on what action to take. As a result of the making of, and upon acceptance for exchange of all validly tendered original notes pursuant to the terms of, this exchange offer, we will have fulfilled a covenant contained in the registration rights agreement. Holders of original notes who do not tender their original notes in the exchange offer will continue to hold the original notes and will be entitled to all the rights and limitations applicable to the original notes under the indenture, except for any rights under the registration rights agreement that by their terms terminate or cease to have further effectiveness as a result of the making of this exchange offer. All untendered original notes will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer described in the indenture. To the extent that original notes are tendered and accepted in the exchange offer, the trading market for untendered original notes could be adversely affected.

Shelf Registration Statement

If, pursuant to the terms of the registration rights agreement:

(1) we are not required to file the exchange offer registration statement; or

(2) the exchange offer is not permitted by applicable law or SEC policy; or

(3) any holder of the original notes notifies us prior to the 20th business day following the consummation of the exchange offer that:

(a) such holder, alone or together with holders who hold in the aggregate at least $1.0 million in principal amount of original notes, was prohibited by law or SEC policy from participating in the exchange offer; or

(b) such holder may not resell the exchange notes acquired by it in the exchange offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the prospectus contained in the exchange offer registration statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such holder; or

(c) such holder is a broker-dealer and holds original notes acquired directly from us or any of our affiliates,

then, subject to the our suspension rights, we shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to file a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (which may be an amendment to the exchange offer registration statement) within certain time parameters (but no earlier than March 31, 2008), subject to the terms set forth in the registration rights agreement, and use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such shelf registration statement to become effective on or prior to 90 days after such registration statement was required to be filed.

 

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In addition, pursuant to the registration rights agreement, we are required, to the extent necessary to ensure that the shelf registration statement is available for sales of original notes by certain holders of original notes, to use all commercially reasonable efforts to keep any shelf registration statement so required continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the provisions of the registration rights agreement, for a period of at least two years from the date of initial issuance of the original notes (as extended pursuant to the registration rights agreement, or such shorter period as will terminate when all of the original notes have been sold pursuant to the shelf registration statement or are no longer restricted securities under the Securities Act), all as set forth in the registration rights agreement. The registration rights agreement permits us, under certain circumstances, to allow the shelf registration statement to cease to become effective and useable or to delay the filing or the effectiveness of the shelf registration statement, if not then filed or effective, for one or more periods of 90 days in aggregate in any twelve month period. If we exercise this right, the two-year period referenced above will be extended by the number of days during which the exchange offer registration statement was not effective or useable.

Additional Interest

Subject to our rights to allow the exchange offer registration statement or the shelf registration statement to cease to become effective and useable and to delay the filing or the effectiveness of a shelf registration statement, if, pursuant to the terms of the registration rights agreement, one of the following occurs (each such event is referred to as a “registration default”):

 

   

we do not file any of the registration statements required by the registration rights agreement with the SEC on or prior to the applicable filing deadline; or

 

   

any of such registration statements is not declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the applicable effectiveness deadline; or

 

   

we fail to consummate the exchange offer on or prior to 30 business days after the registration statement is declared effective by the SEC; or

 

   

any registration statement required by the registration rights agreement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or useable for its intended purpose,

then we will pay to each holder of original notes affected thereby additional interest in an amount equal to $.05 per week per $1,000 in principal amount of original notes held by such holder for each week or portion thereof that the registration default described above continues for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such registration default.

The amount of the additional interest increases by an additional $.05 per week per $1,000 in principal amount of original notes with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all registration defaults described above have been cured, up to a maximum amount of additional interest of $.50 per week per $1,000 in principal amount of original notes; provided that we will in no event be required to pay additional interest for more than one registration default at any given time.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF EXCHANGE NOTES

You can find the definitions of certain terms used in this description under the subheading “—Certain Definitions.” In this description, the word “Company” refers only to Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. and not to any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.

The Company issued the original notes, and will issue the exchange notes, as a single class of securities under that certain Indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of June 8, 2007, among itself, the initial Guarantors and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). The form and terms of the exchange notes are substantially identical in all material respects to the form and terms of the original notes, except that the exchange notes have been registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, will bear a different CUSIP number from the original notes, will not have registration rights and will not have the right to additional interest in the event of registration defaults. The terms of the Notes (as defined herein) include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”).

The following description is a summary of the material provisions of the Indenture. It does not restate such agreement in its entirety. We urge you to read the Indenture because it, and not this description, defines your rights as holders of the Notes. We have made copies of the Indenture available as set forth below under the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information; Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.” Certain defined terms used in this description but not defined below under “—Certain Definitions” have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. A copy of the Indenture is listed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

Except as otherwise indicated below, the term “Notes” means both the exchange notes and the original notes, unless otherwise indicated, and the term “Guaranties” means both the guaranties of the exchange notes and the original notes, unless otherwise indicated.

The registered holder of a Note will be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. Only registered holders will have rights under the Indenture.

Brief Description of the Notes and the Guaranties

The Notes

These Notes:

 

   

are general unsecured obligations of the Company;

 

   

are subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future Senior Debt of the Company;

 

   

are effectively subordinated to all secured Indebtedness of the Company;

 

   

rank equally with the 8.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the “8.25% Notes”) and the 8.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the “8.75% Notes”) issued by the Company;

 

   

are senior in right of payment to any future Indebtedness of the Company that is specifically subordinated to the Notes; and

 

   

are unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors.

The Guaranties

These Notes are guaranteed by each of the existing and, subject to compliance with applicable gaming laws, future Material Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company, which are all of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company except: Landing Condominium, LLC and Port St. Louis Condominium, LLC, unrestricted subsidiaries

 

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that own the Company’s share of the St. Louis condominium project; Casino Magic Neuquén S.A., an unrestricted subsidiary that owns the Company’s Argentina operations; PNK Development 10, LLC, an unrestricted subsidiary that owns a Falcon 2000 airplane; PNK Development 11, LLC, an unrestricted subsidiary which holds miscellaneous assets including, as of December 31, 2007, cash in the amount of approximately $72.9 million and marketable securities as of such date; President Riverboat Casino-Missouri, Inc., which owns The Admiral Riverboat Casino facility in St. Louis; PNK (Exuma) Limited, which owns our casino in the Bahamas; and certain new project development subsidiaries, smaller subsidiaries, and foreign subsidiaries.

The Guaranties of these Notes:

 

   

are general unsecured obligations of each Guarantor;

 

   

are subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future Senior Debt of each Guarantor;

 

   

are effectively subordinated to all secured Indebtedness of each Guarantor;

 

   

rank equally with each Guarantor’s guarantee of each of the 8.25% Notes and the 8.75% Notes issued by the Company and all future senior subordinated Indebtedness of the Company;

 

   

are senior in right of payment to any future Indebtedness of each Guarantor that is specifically subordinated to the Guaranties; and

 

   

are subject to release in the circumstances specified in the Indenture.

As indicated above and as discussed in detail below under the subheading “—Subordination,” payments on the Notes and under the Guaranties will be subordinated to the payment of Senior Debt. As of December 31, 2007, the Notes and the Guaranties were subordinated to (i) approximately $71 million of outstanding Senior Debt, and (ii) approximately $554 million of unused revolving credit facilities. Between January 1, 2008 and March 15, 2008, we drew approximately an additional $100 million under our revolving credit facility. The Indenture permits us and the Guarantors to incur additional Senior Debt.

As of the date of the Indenture, all of our Subsidiaries were “Restricted Subsidiaries,” except for Casino Magic Chile S.A., and its subsidiaries, including Casino Magic Calama, S.A., Casino Magic Rancagua S.A., Immobiliaria Casino Magic Calama, S.A., Immobiliaria Casino Magic Chile S.A., Casino Magic Antofagasta S.A., Immobiliaria Casino Magic Talcahuano S.A., Casino Magic Talca, S.A., Casino Magic Buenos Aires, S.A., Casino Magic (Europe), B.V., Casino Magic Hellas Management Services, S.A., Casino Magic Neuquén S.A., Landing Condominium, LLC, PNK Development 10, LLC, PNK (PA), LLC, and Port St. Louis Condominium, LLC. Under the circumstances described below, we will also be permitted to designate certain additional subsidiaries as “Unrestricted Subsidiaries.” Unrestricted Subsidiaries are not subject to many of the restrictive covenants in the Indenture. Unrestricted Subsidiaries do not guarantee these Notes. PNK Development 11, LLC, has been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Not all of our “Restricted Subsidiaries” will guarantee these Notes. In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of any of these non-guarantor subsidiaries, these non-guarantor subsidiaries will pay the holders of their debt and their trade creditors before they will be able to distribute any of their assets to us. Our subsidiaries that will be non-guarantor restricted and unrestricted subsidiaries under the Indenture generated approximately 10.5% of our consolidated revenues for the twelve months ended December 31, 2007 and held approximately 8.3% of our consolidated assets as of December 31, 2007.

Principal, Maturity and Interest

On June 8, 2007, we issued an aggregate principal amount of original notes equal to $385 million. The Company may issue additional notes from time to time after this offering. Any issuance of additional notes will be subject to all of the covenants in the Indenture, including the covenant described below under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.” The Notes and any further

 

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additional notes subsequently issued under the Indenture will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. Notes are issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The Notes will mature on June 15, 2015.

Interest on the exchange notes will accrue at the rate of 7 1/2% per annum from their date of issue. Interest will be payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, with the initial interest payment on June 15, 2008, including interest accrued on the original notes from December 15, 2007 through the date of issue of the exchange notes. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. The Company will make each interest payment to the holders of record of the exchange notes on the immediately preceding June 1 and December 1. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

Additional interest is payable with respect to the Notes in certain circumstances if the Company does not consummate the exchange offer (or shelf registration, if applicable) as provided in the registration rights agreement as further described under “The Exchange Offer—Additional Interest.”

Methods of Receiving Payments on the Notes

If a Holder has given wire transfer instructions to the Company, the Company will make all principal, premium and interest payments on those Notes in accordance with those instructions. All other payments on these Notes will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within the City and State of New York unless the Company elects to make interest payments by check mailed to the Holders at their address set forth in the register of Holders; provided that all payments with respect to Global Notes, and any definitive Notes the Holder of which has given wire instructions to the Company will be made by wire transfer. Until otherwise designated by the Company, the Company’s office or agency in New York will be the office of the Trustee maintained for such purpose.

Optional Redemption

Except as set forth below and under the next two headings, the Company does not have the option to redeem the Notes prior to June 15, 2011. Thereafter, the Company has the option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon not less than 15 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount thereof) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on June 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2011

   103.750 %

2012

   101.875 %

2013 and thereafter

   100.000 %

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, at any time prior to June 15, 2010, redeem up to 35% of the initially outstanding aggregate principal amount of Notes with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings of the Company at a redemption price in cash of 107.5% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the redemption date; provided that:

(1) at least 65% of the initially outstanding aggregate principal amount of Notes remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption;

(2) notice of any such redemption shall be given by the Company to the Holders and the Trustee within 15 days after the consummation of any such Equity Offering; and

(3) such redemption shall occur within 60 days of the date of such notice.

 

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Redemption at Make-Whole Premium

At any time prior to June 15, 2011, the Company may also redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 15 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder’s registered address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the rights of holders of Notes on the relevant record dates occurring prior to the Redemption Date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

Gaming Redemption or Other Disposition

If:

(1) any Gaming Authority makes a determination of unsuitability of a holder or beneficial owner of Notes (or of an Affiliate of such holder or beneficial owner), or

(2) any Gaming Authority requires that a holder or beneficial owner of Notes (or an Affiliate thereof) must either (i) be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable Gaming Laws or (ii) reduce its position in the Notes to below a level that would require licensure, qualification or a finding of suitability, and such holder or beneficial owner (or Affiliate thereof):

(a) 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,

(b) fails to reduce its position in the Notes appropriately; or

(c) is denied such license or qualification or not found suitable,

the Company shall have the right, at any time from or after the Issue Date, at its option:

(1) to require any such holder or beneficial owner to dispose of all or a portion of its Notes within 30 days (or such earlier date as may be required by the applicable Gaming Authority) of receipt of such notice or finding by such Gaming Authority, or

(2) to call for the redemption of all or a portion of the Notes of such holder or beneficial owner at a redemption price equal to the least of:

(a) the principal amount thereof,

(b) the price at which such holder or beneficial owner acquired the Notes, in the case of either clause (a) above or this clause (b), together with accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, 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 (subject to the rights of holders of Notes on the relevant record dates occurring prior to such redemption date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date), or

(c) such other 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 Notes (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 Notes to:

(1) exercise, directly or indirectly, through any Person, any right conferred by the Notes; or

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(3) receive any remuneration in any form from the Company or its Affiliates for services rendered or otherwise, except the redemption price of the Notes.

The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any such redemption as soon as practicable. The holder or beneficial owner (or an Affiliate thereof) applying for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability must pay all costs of the licensure or investigation for such qualification or finding of suitability.

In addition, by accepting a Note, each holder or beneficial owner of a Note will be agreeing to comply with all requirements of the Gaming Laws and Gaming Authorities in each jurisdiction where the Company and its Affiliates are licensed or registered under applicable Gaming Laws or conduct gaming activities. Each holder or beneficial owner will also be agreeing that the Notes held by such holder or beneficial owner shall be subject to the provisions of Article XIII of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (dealing with Gaming Laws and gaming-related restrictions on ownership and transfer), including any amendments thereto or any successor provisions thereto.

Selection and Notice

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed among the holders of Notes as follows:

(1) if the Notes are listed, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are listed, or

(2) if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or in accordance with any other method the Trustee considers fair and appropriate.

No Notes of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. Notices of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail at least 15 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address. Notices of redemption may be conditional in that the Company may, notwithstanding the giving of the notice of redemption, condition the redemption of the Notes specified in the notice of redemption upon the completion of other transactions, such as refinancings or acquisitions (whether of the Company or by the Company).

If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption, subject to the satisfaction of any conditions to such redemption. On and after the redemption date, subject to the satisfaction of any conditions to such redemption, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of them called for redemption so long as the Company has deposited with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the principal of, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, on the Notes to be redeemed.

Mandatory Redemption

Except as described below under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders,” the Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

Subordination

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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:

(1) the holders of Senior Debt will 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 in respect of the Notes (except that the Trustee or the holders may receive payments and other distributions made from the defeasance or redemption trust described under “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” or “—Selection and Notice” and the issuance of Permitted Junior Securities), and

(2) until all Obligations with respect to Senior Debt (as provided in clause (1) 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 provision, 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 Notes, 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 the defeasance or redemption trust described under “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” or “—Selection and Notice” and the issuance of Permitted Junior Securities), as their respective interests may appear.

The Obligors will also be restrained from making any payment or distribution to the Trustee or any holder in respect of Obligations arising under or in connection with the Notes, and from acquiring from the Trustee or any holder any Notes for cash or property (other than payments and other distributions made from any defeasance or redemption trust described under “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” or “—Selection and Notice” 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:

(1) 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

(2) any other default 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.

Payments on the Notes may and shall be resumed:

(1) in the case of a payment default, upon the date on which such default is cured or waived, and

(2) in case of a nonpayment default, the earlier of the date on which such nonpayment default is cured or waived or 179 days after the date on which the applicable Payment Blockage Notice is received by the Trustee, unless the maturity of any Designated Senior Debt has been accelerated.

No new period of payment blockage predicated on a nonpayment default may be commenced unless and until 360 days have elapsed since the 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.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will be permitted to repurchase, redeem, repay or prepay any or all of the Notes to the extent required to do so by any Gaming Authority having authority over any Obligor or pursuant to the provisions described under the heading “—Gaming Redemption or Other Disposition.”

The Indenture provides that the Trustee or any holder that has received any payment or distribution in violation of the foregoing provisions will be required to hold the same without commingling and deliver the same, in the form received, together with any necessary endorsements, to the holders of Senior Debt or their representatives. The Indenture further requires that each affected Obligor promptly notify holders of Senior Debt if payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default.

As a result of the subordination provisions described above, in the event of a liquidation or insolvency, holders of Notes may recover less ratably than creditors of the affected Obligors who are holders of Senior Debt. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Capital Structure and this Offering—Your right to receive payments on the notes or under the subsidiary guarantees is junior to our existing senior indebtedness and our subsidiary guarantors’ existing senior indebtedness and possibly all of our future borrowings. Further, your right to receive payments on the notes could be adversely affected if any of our non-guarantor subsidiaries declares bankruptcy, liquidates or reorganizes.”

Repurchase at the Option of Holders

Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each holder of Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of such holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at an offer price in cash (the “Change of Control Payment”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and additional interest, if any, to the date of repurchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to the Trustee and each holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on the date specified in such notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”), pursuant to the procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice. The Company will comply with all applicable laws, including, without limitation, Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder and all applicable federal and state securities laws, and will include all instructions and materials necessary to enable holders to tender their Notes.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer,

(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered, and

(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted, together with an officers’ certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company.

The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each holder of Notes so tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered by such holder, if any; provided that each such new Note will be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.

 

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The Indenture provides that, prior to complying with the provisions of this covenant, but in any event within 90 days following a Change of Control, the Company will either:

(1) repay all outstanding obligations with respect to Senior Debt,

(2) obtain the requisite consents, if any, from the holders of Senior Debt to permit the repurchase of the Notes required by this covenant, or

(3) deliver to the Trustee an officers’ certificate to the effect that no action of the kind described in clause (1) or (2) is necessary.

The Change of Control provisions described above will be applicable whether or not any other provisions of the Indenture are applicable. Except as described above with respect to a Change of Control, the Indenture does not contain provisions that permit the holders of the Notes to require that the Company repurchase or redeem the Notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction.

The Bank Credit Agreement contains, and any future Credit Facilities or other agreements relating to Indebtedness to which the Company becomes a party may contain, restrictions on the ability of the Company to purchase any Notes, and also may provide that certain change of control events with respect to the Company would constitute a default thereunder. In the event a Change of Control occurs at a time when the Company is prohibited from purchasing Notes, the Company could seek the consents of its lenders to the purchase of Notes or could attempt to refinance the borrowings that contain such prohibition. If the Company does not obtain all such requisite consents or repay such borrowings, the Company will remain prohibited from purchasing Notes. In such case, the Company’s failure to purchase tendered Notes would constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture. In such circumstances, the subordination provisions in the Indenture would likely restrict payments to the holders of Notes. Thus, there can be no assurance that in the event of a Change of Control the Company will have sufficient funds, or that it will be permitted under the terms of the Bank Credit Agreement, to satisfy its obligations with respect to any or all of the tendered Notes.

The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.

The definition of Change of Control includes a phrase relating to the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of “all or substantially all” of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Although there is a developing body of case law interpreting the phrase “substantially all,” there is no precise established definition of the phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a holder of Notes to require the Company to repurchase such Notes as a result of a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of less than all of the assets of the Company or the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person or group may be uncertain.

The presence of the Company’s Note repurchase obligation in the event of a Change of Control may deter potential bidders from attempting to acquire the Company, whether by merger, tender offer or otherwise. Such deterrence may have an adverse effect on the market price for the Company’s securities, particularly its common stock, which would presumably reflect the market’s perception of the likelihood of any takeover attempt at a premium to the market price.

Asset Sales. The Indenture provides that no Obligor will, directly or indirectly,:

(1) consummate an Asset Sale unless such Obligor receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale (or at such earlier time as such Obligor becomes obligated to complete such Asset Sale) at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or of which other disposition is made (as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of such Obligor), and

 

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(2) consummate or enter into a binding obligation to consummate an Asset Sale unless at least 75% of the consideration received by such Obligor from such Asset Sale will be cash or Cash Equivalents and will be received at the time of the consummation of any such Asset Sale. For purposes of this provision, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash:

(a) any liabilities as shown on the Obligor’s most recent balance sheet (or in the notes thereto) (other than (i) Indebtedness subordinate in right of payment to the Notes, (ii) contingent liabilities, (iii) liabilities or Indebtedness to Affiliates of the Company and (iv) Non-Recourse Indebtedness) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets, and

(b) to the extent of the cash received, any notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by such Obligor into cash within 90 days of receipt.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Obligor will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with the foregoing provisions if:

(1) such Obligor receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets or other property sold, issued or otherwise disposed of (as evidenced by a resolution of the Board of such Obligor),

(2) the transaction constitutes a “like-kind exchange” of the type contemplated by Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, and

(3) the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Productive Assets; provided that any non-cash consideration not constituting Productive Assets received by such Obligor in connection with such Asset Sale that is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash or Cash Equivalents at any time within 360 days after such Asset Sale and any Productive Assets constituting cash or Cash Equivalents received by such Obligor in connection with such Asset Sale shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions set forth above.

Upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company or the affected Obligor will be required to apply an amount equal to all Net Cash Proceeds that are received from such Asset Sale within 360 days of the receipt thereof either:

(1) to reinvest (or enter into a binding commitment to invest, if such investment is effected within 360 days after the date of such commitment) in Productive Assets or in Asset Acquisitions not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture, or

(2) to permanently prepay or repay Indebtedness of any Obligor other than Indebtedness that is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes.

Pending the final application of any such Net Cash Proceeds, the Obligors may temporarily reduce revolving Indebtedness or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by the Indenture.

On the 361st day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of the Company or the affected Obligor determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in clauses (1) or (2) of the preceding paragraph (each a “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (1) or (2) of the preceding paragraph (each a “Net Proceeds Offer Amount”), will be applied by the Company to make an offer to purchase (the “Net Proceeds Offer”), on a date (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”) not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, on a pro rata basis (a) Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes, in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and additional interest, if any, on the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date and

 

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(b) the outstanding 8.25% Notes, 8.75% Notes or other Indebtedness Incurred by the Company which is pari passu with the Notes, in each case to the extent required by the terms thereof; provided that if at any time within 360 days after an Asset Sale any non-cash consideration received by the Company or the affected Obligor in connection with such Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash, then such conversion or disposition will be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof will be applied in accordance with this covenant. To the extent that the aggregate principal amount of Notes, 8.25% Notes, 8.75% Notes or other pari passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Obligors may use any remaining proceeds of such Asset Sales for general corporate purposes (but subject to the other terms of the Indenture). Upon completion of a Net Proceeds Offer, the Net Proceeds Offer Amount relating to such Net Proceeds Offer will be deemed to be zero for purposes of any subsequent Asset Sale. In the event that a Restricted Subsidiary consummates an Asset Sale, only that portion of the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom (including any Net Cash Proceeds received upon the sale or other disposition of any noncash proceeds received in connection with an Asset Sale) that are distributed to or received by any Obligor will be required to be applied by the Obligors in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Net Proceeds Offer Amount is less than $25 million the application of the Net Cash Proceeds constituting such Net Proceeds Offer Amount to a Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until such time as such Net Proceeds Offer Amount plus the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds Offer Amounts arising subsequent to the date of the Indenture from all Asset Sales by the Obligors in respect of which a Net Proceeds Offer has not been made aggregate at least $25 million, at which time the affected Obligor will apply all Net Cash Proceeds constituting all Net Proceeds Offer Amounts that have been so deferred to make a Net Proceeds Offer (each date on which the aggregate of all such deferred Net Proceeds Offer Amounts is equal to $25 million or more will be deemed to be a Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date). In connection with any Asset Sale with respect to assets having a book value in excess of $25 million or as to which it is expected that the aggregate consideration therefor to be received by the affected Obligor will exceed $25 million in value, such Asset Sale will be approved, prior to the consummation thereof, by the Board of the applicable Obligor.

Certain Covenants

Restricted Payments. The Indenture provides that neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary will, directly or indirectly:

(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution (other than dividends or distributions payable solely in Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or dividends or distributions payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) in respect of the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests in their capacity as such,

(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or of any direct or indirect parent or Affiliate of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any such Equity Interests owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary),

(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, defease, redeem, prepay, decrease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness that is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes, except a payment of principal, interest or other amounts required to be paid at Stated Maturity, or

(4) make any Investment (other than Permitted Investments) (each of the foregoing prohibited actions set forth in clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) being referred to as a “Restricted Payment”),

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(1) a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom,

(2) the Company is not, or would not be, able to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under the Consolidated Coverage Ratio test described in the second paragraph of the covenant described below under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock,” or

(3) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments (including such proposed Restricted Payment) made subsequent to September 25, 2003 (the amount expended for such purposes, if other than in cash, being the fair market value of such property as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Company) exceeds or would exceed the sum, without duplication, of:

(a) 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income (or if cumulative Consolidated Net Income shall be a loss, minus 100% of such loss) of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries during the period (treating such period as a single accounting period) beginning on September 25, 2003 and ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Company ending immediately prior to the date of the making of such Restricted Payment for which internal financial statements are available ending not more than 135 days prior to the date of determination, plus

(b) 100% of the fair market value of the aggregate net proceeds received by the Company from any Person (other than from a Subsidiary of the Company) from the issuance and sale of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or the conversion of debt securities or Disqualified Capital Stock into Qualified Capital Stock (to the extent that proceeds of the issuance of such Qualified Capital Stock would have been includable in this clause if such Qualified Capital Stock had been initially issued for cash) subsequent to September 25, 2003 and on or prior to the date of the making of such Restricted Payment (excluding any Qualified Capital Stock of the Company the purchase price of which has been financed directly or indirectly using funds (i) borrowed from the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, unless and until and to the extent such borrowing is repaid, or (ii) contributed, extended, guaranteed or advanced by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (including, without limitation, in respect of any employee stock ownership or benefit plan)); provided that such aggregate net proceeds are limited to cash, Cash Equivalents and other assets used or useful in a Related Business or the Capital Stock of a Person engaged in a Related Business, plus

(c) 100% of the aggregate cash received by the Company subsequent to September 25, 2003 and on or prior to the date of the making of such Restricted Payment upon the exercise of options or warrants (whether issued prior to or after September 25, 2003) to purchase Qualified Capital Stock of the Company, plus

(d) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after September 25, 2003 is sold for cash or Cash Equivalents or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash or Cash Equivalents, or any dividends, distributions, principal repayments, or returns of capital are received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Restricted Investment, the proceeds of such sale, liquidation, repayment, dividend, distribution, principal repayment or return of capital or subrogation recovery, in each such case (i) reduced by the amount of any Amount Limitation Restoration (as defined below) for such Restricted Investment and (ii) valued at the cash or marked-to-market value of Cash Equivalents received with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any), and to the extent that any Restricted Investment consisting of a guarantee or other contingent obligation that was made after September 25, 2003 is terminated or cancelled, the excess, if any of (x) the amount by which such Restricted Investment reduced the sum otherwise available for making Restricted Payments under this first paragraph of the Restricted Payment covenant, over (y) the aggregate amount of payments made (including costs incurred) in respect of such guarantee or other contingent obligation, plus

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date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or in such Unrestricted Subsidiary on the date of redesignation as a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) the fair market value of such Restricted Investment as of the date such Restricted Investment was originally made in such Person or, in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary into a Restricted Subsidiary which Subsidiary was designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after September 25, 2003, the amount of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Restricted Investment therein as determined under the last paragraph of this covenant, plus the aggregate fair market value of any additional Restricted Investments (each valued as of the date made) by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary after September 25, 2003; provided that any amount so determined in (i) or (ii) shall be reduced to the extent that such Restricted Investment shall have been recouped as an Amount Limitation Restoration to the Amount Limitations of clauses (4), (6), (16) or (18) below. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this subparagraph (e), in the event of the first redesignation by the Company of each of PNK Development 13, LLC, ACE Gaming, LLC, Mitre Associates, LLC and Brighton Park Maintenance Corp. as a Restricted Subsidiary after September 25, 2003 (including without limitation treating the entry into a Guaranty of the Notes by each such entity in connection with the initial issuance of Notes under the Indenture as such a redesignation of such entity as a Restricted Subsidiary, since such entity had been an Unrestricted Subsidiary under the indentures governing the 8.75% Notes and 8.25% Notes prior to the issuance of the Notes), the amount determined under this subparagraph (e) shall be equal to the amount of the Restricted Investments of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such entities at the times they were originally made (including the amount of any additional Restricted Investments made in such entities, each as of the date originally made) irrespective of the fair market value or book value of such Restricted Investments as of the date they were originally made or at the time of designation or redesignation; provided that any such amount shall be reduced to the extent that such Restricted Investment shall have been recouped as an Amount Limitation Restoration to the Amount Limitations of clauses (4), (6), (16) or (18) below.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph will not prohibit:

(1) the payment of any dividend or the making of any distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution if the making thereof would have been permitted on the date of declaration; provided such dividend will be deemed to have been made as of its date of declaration or the giving of such notice for purposes of this clause (1);

(2) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of Capital Stock of the Company or warrants, rights or options to acquire Capital Stock of the Company either (a) solely in exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or warrants, rights or options to acquire Qualified Capital Stock of the Company, or (b) through the application of net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or warrants, rights or options to acquire Qualified Capital Stock of the Company; provided that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such Restricted Payment or would result therefrom;

(3) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of Indebtedness of any Obligor that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes or the Guaranties either (a) solely in exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or for Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, or (b) through the application of the net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than to an Obligor) of (i) shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or warrants, rights or options to acquire Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or (ii) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such Restricted Payment pursuant to this clause (3) or would not result therefrom;

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Development or (b) developing, constructing, improving or acquiring (i) a Casino or Casinos or, if applicable, any Related Business in connection with a Casino or Casinos or (ii) a Related Business to be used primarily in connection with an existing Casino or Casinos;

(5) redemptions, repurchases or repayments to the extent required by any Gaming Authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or deemed necessary by the Board of the Company in order to avoid the suspension, revocation or denial of a gaming license by any Gaming Authority;

(6) other Restricted Payments not to exceed $125 million in the aggregate; provided no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom;

(7) repurchases by the Company of its common stock, options, warrants or other securities exercisable or convertible into such common stock from employees and directors of the Company or any of its respective Subsidiaries upon death, disability or termination of employment or directorship of such employees or directors;

(8) the payment of any amounts in respect of Equity Interests by any Restricted Subsidiary organized as a partnership or a limited liability company or other pass-through entity:

(a) to the extent of capital contributions made to such Restricted Subsidiary (other than capital contributions made to such Restricted Subsidiary by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary),

(b) to the extent required by applicable law, or

(c) to the extent necessary for holders thereof to pay taxes with respect to the net income of such Restricted Subsidiary, the payment of which amounts under this clause (c) is required by the terms of the relevant partnership agreement, limited liability company operating agreement or other governing document;

provided, that except in the case of clause (b) and (c), no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such Restricted Payment or would result therefrom, and provided further that, except in the case of clause (b) or (c), such distributions are made pro rata in accordance with the respective Equity Interests contemporaneously with the distributions paid to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or their Affiliates holding an interest in such Equity Interests;

(9) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries, joint ventures, partnerships or limited liability companies consisting of conveyances of substantially undeveloped real estate in a number of acres which, after giving effect to any such conveyance, would not exceed in the aggregate for all such conveyances after September 25, 2003, 50% of the sum of (a) the acres of substantially undeveloped real estate held by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of such conveyance plus (b) the acres of substantially undeveloped real estate previously so conveyed by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after September 25, 2003; provided, that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such Restricted Payment or would result therefrom;

(10) Investments, not to exceed $35 million in the aggregate, in any combination of (a) readily marketable equity securities and (b) assets of the kinds described in the definition of “Cash Equivalents”; provided, that for the purposes of this clause (10), such Investments may be made without regard to the rating requirements or the maturity limitations set forth in such definition;

(11) the payment of any dividend or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;

(12) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options;

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or after September 25, 2003 in accordance with the Consolidated Coverage Ratio test described below under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock;”

(14) contributions, payments, loans or remittances to the Argentina Subsidiaries from the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Argentina Contribution Amount;

(15) the payment of any dividend or other distribution by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests in the Argentina Subsidiaries that are Unrestricted Subsidiaries and the termination of any agreements or arrangements with such entities in connection therewith; provided that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such Restricted Payment or would result therefrom;

(16) Investment Guarantees and Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreements in a principal or other similar amount not to exceed $200 million in the aggregate; provided that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of entering into such Investment Guarantee or Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreement or would result therefrom;

(17) any Investment Guarantee Payments in respect of Investment Guarantees permitted under clause (16) or the making of any payments pursuant to any Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreements permitted under clause (16) or in respect of any Completion Guarantee/Keep-Well Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to any Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreements permitted under clause (16); or

(18) the provision of goods to any Unrestricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business with a fair market value as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Company not to exceed $2.0 million in the aggregate.

In determining the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made subsequent to September 25, 2003, Restricted Payments made pursuant to clauses (2), (3), (4), (6), (8), (9), (11), (12), (14), (15), (16) and (18) of this paragraph shall, in each case, be excluded from such calculation; provided, that any amounts expended or liabilities incurred in respect of fees, premiums or similar payments in connection therewith shall be included in such calculation. Restricted Payments under clauses (4), (6), (10), (16) and (18) shall be limited to the respective amounts of $100 million, $125 million, $35 million, $200 million and $2.0 million set forth in such clauses (each, an “Amount Limitation”). The Amount Limitation for each clause shall be permanently reduced at the time of any Restricted Payment made under such clause; provided, however, that to the extent that a Restricted Investment made under such clause is sold for cash or Cash Equivalents or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash or Cash Equivalents, or principal repayments, returns of capital or subrogation recoveries are received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Restricted Investment, valued, in each such case at the cash or marked-to-market value of Cash Equivalents received with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any), or to the extent that any Restricted Investment consisting of a guarantee or other contingent obligation that was made after the date of the Indenture is terminated or cancelled, the excess, if any of (x) the amount by which such Restricted Investment counted toward the Amount Limitation, over (y) the aggregate amount of payments made (including costs incurred) in respect of such guarantee or other contingent obligation, then the Amount Limitation for such clause shall be increased by the amount so received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or the amount of such excess of (x) over (y) (an “Amount Limitation Restoration”). In no event shall the aggregate Amount Limitation Restorations for a Restricted Investment exceed the original amount of such Restricted Investment.

With respect to clauses (4), (6), (16) and (18) above, the respective Amount Limitation under each such clause, as applicable, shall also be increased when any Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary (each such increase also referred to as an “Amount Limitation Restoration”) by the lesser of (i) the fair market value of the Restricted Investment made under clause (4), (6), (16) or (18) above, as the case may be, in such Person as of the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or in such Unrestricted Subsidiary as of the date of redesignation, as the case may be, or (ii) the fair market value of such Restricted Investment as of the date such Restricted Investment was originally made in such Person or, in

 

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the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary into a Restricted Subsidiary which Subsidiary was designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the date of the Indenture, the amount of the Company’s Restricted Investment therein as determined under the last paragraph of this covenant, plus the aggregate fair market value of any additional Investments (each valued as of the date made) made under clause (4), (6), (16) or (18) above, as the case may be, in such Unrestricted Subsidiary after the date of the Indenture.

Not less than once each fiscal quarter in which the Company has made a Restricted Payment, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an officers’ certificate stating that each Restricted Payment (and any Amount Limitation Restoration relied upon in making such Restricted Payment) made during the prior fiscal quarter complies with the Indenture and setting forth in reasonable detail the basis upon which the required calculations were computed, including any applicable calculations of the Argentina Receipts, Argentina Contribution Amount and the Reclassified Argentina Receipts (upon which the Trustee may conclusively rely without any investigation whatsoever), which calculations may be based upon the Company’s latest available internal quarterly financial statements. In the event that the Company makes one or more Restricted Payments in an amount exceeding $5 million that have not been covered by an officers’ certificate issued pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an officers’ certificate stating that such Restricted Payments (and any Amount Limitation Restoration relied upon in making such Restricted Payment) comply with the Indenture and setting forth in reasonable detail the basis upon which the required calculations were computed (upon which the Trustee may conclusively rely without any investigation whatsoever), which calculations may be based upon the Company’s latest available internal quarterly financial statements. In the event the Company fails to deliver any such report described in this paragraph to the Trustee, such failure shall not constitute a Default until and unless the Company has failed to deliver such report after written notice to the Company of such failure by the Trustee or by a Holder.

For purposes of this covenant, it is understood that the Company may rely on internal or publicly reported financial statements even though there may be subsequent adjustments (including review and audit adjustments) to such financial statements. For avoidance of doubt, any Restricted Payment that complied with the conditions of this covenant, made in reliance on such calculation by the Company based on such internal or publicly reported financial statements, shall be deemed to continue to comply with the conditions of this covenant, notwithstanding any subsequent adjustments that may result in changes to such internal financial or publicly reported statements.

The Board of the Company may designate any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to be Unrestricted Subsidiaries if such designation would not cause a Default. For purposes of making such determination, all outstanding Investments by the Obligors (except to the extent repaid in cash or in kind) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments at the time of such designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under the first paragraph of this covenant to the extent that such deemed Restricted Payments would not be excluded from such calculation under the second paragraph of this covenant. All such outstanding Investments will be deemed to constitute Investments in an amount equal to the greatest of:

(1) the net book value of such Investments at the time of such designation,

(2) the fair market value of such Investments at the time of such designation, and

(3) the original fair market value of such Investments at the time they were made.

Such designation will only be permitted if such Restricted Payment would be permitted at such time and if such Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock. The Indenture provides that the Company will not, directly or indirectly:

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(2) cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to Incur any Indebtedness or issue any Disqualified Capital Stock or preferred stock, in each case, other than Permitted Indebtedness.

Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations, the Company may issue Disqualified Capital Stock and may Incur Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Acquired Debt), and any Obligor (other than the Company) may issue preferred stock or Incur Indebtedness (including without limitation, Acquired Debt), and any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Obligor may Incur Senior Debt (including without limitation, Senior Debt that is Acquired Debt), if:

(1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of the proposed Incurrence or issuance or would result as a consequence of such proposed Incurrence or issuance, and

(2) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such proposed Incurrence or issuance and the receipt and application of the net proceeds therefrom, the Company’s Consolidated Coverage Ratio would not be less than 2.00:1.00.

Any Indebtedness of any Person existing at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition of capital stock or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred as of the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary.

For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (1) through (18) of such definition or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to the second paragraph of this covenant, the Company will, in its sole discretion, classify such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with this covenant and such item of Indebtedness will be treated as having been Incurred pursuant to only one of such clauses or pursuant to the second paragraph hereof. The Company may reclassify such Indebtedness from time to time in its sole discretion and may classify any item of Indebtedness in part under one or more of the categories of Permitted Indebtedness and/or in part as Indebtedness entitled to be Incurred pursuant to the second paragraph of this covenant. Accrual of interest, the accretion of principal amount and the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this covenant.

Liens. The Indenture provides that no Obligor will, directly or indirectly, create, Incur or assume any Lien, except a Permitted Lien, securing Indebtedness that is pari passu with or subordinate in right of payment to the Notes or the Guaranties, on or with respect to any of its property or assets including any shares of stock or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether owned on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, or any income, profits or proceeds therefrom, unless:

(1) in the case of any Lien securing Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes or the Guaranties, the Notes or the Guaranties are secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds that is senior in priority to or pari passu with such Lien, and

(2) in the case of any Lien securing Indebtedness that is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes or the Guaranties, the Notes or the Guaranties are secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds that is senior in priority to such Lien.

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries. The Indenture provides that no Obligor will, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or permit or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

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(3) transfer any of its property or assets to any Obligor or to any Restricted Subsidiary (each such encumbrance or restriction in clause (1), (2) or (3), a “Payment Restriction”).

However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(a) applicable law or required by any Gaming Authority;

(b) the Indenture;

(c) customary non-assignment provisions of any purchase money financing contract or lease of any Restricted Subsidiary entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Restricted Subsidiary;

(d) any instrument governing Acquired Debt Incurred in connection with an acquisition by any Obligor or Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the Indenture as the same was in effect on the date of such Incurrence; provided that such encumbrance or restriction is not, and will not be, applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries or the property or assets, including directly-related assets, such as accessions and proceeds so acquired or leased;

(e) any restriction or encumbrance contained in contracts for the sale of assets to be consummated in accordance with the Indenture solely in respect of the assets to be sold pursuant to such contract;

(f) any restrictions of the nature described in clause (3) above with respect to the transfer of assets secured by a Lien that was permitted by the Indenture to be Incurred;

(g) any encumbrance or restriction contained in Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the provisions relating to such encumbrance or restriction contained in any such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are no less favorable to the holders of the Notes in any material respect in the good faith judgment of the Board of the Company than the provisions relating to such encumbrance or restriction contained in the Indebtedness being refinanced;

(h) agreements governing Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the Issue Date, including the Bank Credit Agreement and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided that the amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacement or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the date of the Indenture, taken as a whole; or

(i) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending the sale or other disposition.

Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets. The Indenture provides that the Company may not, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any Person, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person or adopt a Plan of Liquidation unless:

(1) either

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United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and (ii) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture (in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee), executed and delivered to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Notes and the performance of every covenant of the Notes and the Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;

(2) in the event that such transaction involves (a) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, of additional Indebtedness (and treating any Indebtedness not previously an obligation of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in connection with or as a result of such transaction as having been incurred at the time of such transaction) and/or (b) the assumption contemplated by clause (1)(b)(ii) above (including giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Debt Incurred or anticipated to be Incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction), then immediately after giving effect to such incurrence and/or assumption under clauses (a) and (b), (i) the Company, or any such other Person assuming the obligations of the Company through the operation of clause (1)(b) above, could Incur at least $1.00 of Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to the Consolidated Coverage Ratio test described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” or (ii) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio of the Company (or such other Person assuming the obligations of the Company through the operation of clause (1)(b) above) is no less than the Company’s Consolidated Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions;

(3) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by clause (1)(b)(ii) above (including, without limitation, giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Debt Incurred or anticipated to be Incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in respect of the transaction) no Default and no Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing; and

(4) the Company or such other Person shall have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance, other disposition or Plan of Liquidation and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with the applicable provisions of the Indenture and that all conditions precedent in the Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

Notwithstanding clause (2) above:

(a) any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with, or merge with or into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary, and

(b) the Company or any Subsidiary may consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to any Person that has conducted no business and Incurred no Indebtedness or other liabilities if such transaction is solely for the purpose of effecting a change in the state of incorporation or form of organization of the Company or such Subsidiary.

For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company.

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or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:

(1) such Affiliate Transaction is, considered in light of any series of related transactions of which it comprises a part, on terms that are fair and reasonable and no less favorable to such Obligor than those that might reasonably have been obtained at such time in a comparable transaction or series of related transactions on an arms-length basis from a Person that is not such an Affiliate;

(2) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction involving aggregate consideration of $20 million or more to the affected Obligor, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of the Company (and of any other affected Obligor, where applicable) shall, prior to the consummation of any portion of such Affiliate Transaction, have reasonably and in good faith determined, as evidenced by a resolution of its Board, that such Affiliate Transaction meets the requirements of the foregoing clause; and

(3) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction involving value of $30 million or more to the affected Obligor, the Board of the applicable Obligor shall have received prior to the consummation of any portion of such Affiliate Transaction, a written opinion from an independent investment banking, accounting or appraisal firm of recognized national standing that such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are fair to such Obligor from a financial point of view.

The foregoing restrictions will not apply to:

(1) reasonable fees and compensation (including any such compensation in the form of Equity Interests not derived from Disqualified Capital Stock, together with loans and advances, the proceeds of which are used to acquire such Equity Interests) paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Obligors as determined in good faith by the Board or senior management,

(2) any transaction solely between or among Obligors and Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent any such transaction is otherwise in compliance with, or not prohibited by, the Indenture,

(3) any Restricted Payment permitted by the terms of the covenant described above under the heading “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments” or any Permitted Investment,

(4) provision of management and related services (including intellectual property rights and the use of corporate aircraft in providing such management services) (including any agreements therefor) to an Unrestricted Subsidiary in connection with the development, construction and operation of gaming facilities or any Related Business, provided the Obligor is reimbursed for all non-ordinary course costs and expenses it incurs in providing such services and, provided further, that such Obligor shall not be required to allocate employee compensation for management services provided by employees of Obligors to Unrestricted Subsidiaries in connection with such employees’ services to Obligors, or

(5) transactions pursuant to agreements existing on the Issue Date.

No Subordinated Debt Senior to The Notes or Guaranties. The Indenture provides that no Obligor will 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 Notes or the Guaranties. No such Indebtedness will be considered to be senior by virtue of being secured on a first or junior priority basis.

Amendments to Subordination Provisions. The Indenture provides that, without the consent of the holders of 66 2/3% of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the Obligors will not amend, modify or alter the terms of any indebtedness subordinated to the Notes or the Guaranties in any way that will:

(1) increase the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on such subordinated indebtedness,

(2) increase the principal of, advance the final maturity date of or shorten the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any such subordinated indebtedness,

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(4) amend the subordination provisions of any documents, instruments or agreements governing any such subordinated indebtedness, except to the extent that any of the foregoing would be required to permit any Obligor to make a Restricted Payment permitted by the covenant described above under the heading “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.”

Lines of Business. The Indenture provides that the Obligors will not engage in any lines of business other than the Core Businesses.

Reports. The Indenture provides that, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Trustee for mailing to the holders of Notes:

(1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing or filings by the Company with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by the Company’s certified independent accountants, and

(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed by the Company with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports,

in each case within 15 days of the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations.

In addition, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Company will file a copy of all such information and reports with the SEC for public availability (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request. The Indenture permits the Company to deliver the consolidated reports or financial information of the Company to comply with the foregoing requirements.

Events of Default and Remedies

The Indenture provides that each of the following constitutes an Event of Default:

(1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest (including any additional interest) on the Notes or the Guaranties (whether or not prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Indenture);

(2) default in payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes or the Guaranties when due and payable, at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise (whether or not prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Indenture);

(3) failure by any Obligor to comply with any of its other agreements in the Indenture, the Notes or the Guaranties for 60 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or by Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class;

(4) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by any Obligor (or the payment of which is guaranteed by any Obligor) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the Issue Date, which default:

(a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “Payment Default”), or

(b) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity

and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25 million or more;

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which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments become final and non-appealable; and

(6) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to any Obligor.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default with respect to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Obligors that, taken together as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case, the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest and premium on all the Notes and Guaranties then outstanding to be due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee, if given by holders) specifying the Event of Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration” and on the fifth Business Day after delivery of such notice the principal amount, in either case, together with any accrued and unpaid interest and premium and additional interest, if any, on all the Notes or the Guaranties then outstanding will become immediately due and payable, notwithstanding anything contained in the Indenture, the Notes or the Guaranties to the contrary. Upon the occurrence of specified Events of Default relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Obligors that, taken together as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, the principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest and premium and additional interest, if any, will immediately and automatically become due and payable, without the necessity of notice or any other action by any Person. Holders of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture, the Notes or the Guaranties except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction. The Trustee may withhold from holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the indenture, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations described above under the heading “—Certain Covenants—Reports”, and for any failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a) of the TIA, will for the 365 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default consist exclusively of the right to receive Additional Interest on the principal amount of the Notes at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum. This Additional Interest will be payable in the same manner and subject to the same terms as other interest payable under the indenture. The Additional Interest will accrue on all outstanding Notes from and including the date on which an Event of Default relating to a failure to comply with the reporting obligations described above under the heading “—Certain Covenants—Reports” or Section 314(a) of the TIA first occurs to but not excluding the 365th day thereafter (or such earlier date on which the Event of Default relating to the reporting obligations under described above under the heading “—Certain Covenants—Reports” or Section 314(a) of the TIA shall have been cured or waived). On such 365th day (or earlier, if the Event of Default relating to such reporting obligations is cured or waived prior to such 365th day), such Additional Interest will cease to accrue and the Notes will be subject to the other remedies as provided under the heading of “—Events of Default and Remedies” if the Event of Default is continuing. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this paragraph will not affect the rights of Holders of Notes in the event of the occurrence of any other Event of Default.

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intention of avoiding the prohibition on redemption of the Notes prior to June 15, 2011 (other than a redemption of Notes permitted by the covenant under the caption “—Redemption at Make-Whole Premium” or “—Gaming Redemption or Other Disposition”), then the additional premium specified in the Indenture shall also become immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes and Guaranties.

The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the holders of all of the Notes rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes or the Guaranties. The waiver by the holders of any Indebtedness described in clause (4) of the first paragraph of “—Events of Default and Remedies” above of the predicating default under such Indebtedness shall be deemed a waiver of such Default or Event of Default arising under, and a rescission of any acceleration resulting from the application of such clause (4), from the effective date, during the effective period and to the extent of, the waiver by the holders of such other Indebtedness.

The Company will be required to deliver to the Trustee annually statements regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders

No past, present or future director, officer, employee, agent, manager, partner, member, incorporator or stockholder of any Obligor, in such capacity, will have any liability for any obligations of any Obligor under the Notes, the Indenture or the Guaranties or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes and the Guaranties. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.

Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have all of its obligations discharged with respect to the outstanding Notes and all obligations of the Guarantors discharged with respect to their Guaranties (“Legal Defeasance”) except for:

(1) the rights of holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to below;

(2) the Company’s obligations with respect to the Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust;

(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith; and

(4) the Legal Defeasance provisions of the Indenture.

In addition, the Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors released with respect to certain covenants that are described in the Indenture (“—Covenant Defeasance”) and thereafter any omission to comply with those covenants shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes. In the event Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events (not including non-payment, bankruptcy, receivership, rehabilitation and insolvency events) described under “—Events of Default and Remedies” will no longer constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Notes.

 

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In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:

(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the outstanding Notes on the stated maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that:

(a) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or

(b) since the date of the Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law,

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion of counsel shall confirm that, the holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either:

(a) on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from transactions occurring contemporaneously with the borrowing of funds, or the borrowing of funds, to be applied to such deposit); or

(b) insofar as Events of Default resulting from bankruptcy or insolvency events are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit (in which case such defeasance shall immediately cease to be effective);

(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument (other than the Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is bound;

(6) the Company must have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to avoidance as preferential transfers in any proceeding by or against the Company under any applicable Bankruptcy Law;

(7) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an officers’ certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others; and

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Transfer and Exchange

A holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company is not required to transfer or exchange any Note selected for redemption. Also, the Company is not required to transfer or exchange any Note for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed. The registered holder of a Note will be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

Amendment, Supplement and Waiver

Except as provided in the next three succeeding paragraphs, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Notes).

Without the consent of each holder affected, an amendment or waiver may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting holder):

(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver,

(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes (other than provisions relating to the covenants described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders”),

(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note,

(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration),

(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes,

(6) make any change in the provisions of the Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes,

(7) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note (other than a payment required by one of the conditions described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders”), or

(8) make any change in the foregoing amendment and waiver provisions.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, without notice to or the consent of any holder of Notes, the Obligors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Obligors’ obligations to holders of Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such holder, to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA, to comply with requirements of applicable Gaming Laws or to provide for requirements imposed by applicable Gaming Authorities, or to allow any Guarantor to execute a Guaranty with respect to the Notes.

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release provisions contained in the Indenture prior to any such amendment), in either case will require the consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, if such amendment would adversely affect the rights of holders of Notes.

Satisfaction and Discharge

The Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued thereunder, when:

(1) either:

(a) all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(b) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption (and all conditions to such redemption having been satisfied or waived) or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from transactions occurring contemporaneously with the borrowing of funds, or the borrowing of funds, to be applied to such deposit) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;

(3) The Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under the Indenture; and

(4) The Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under the Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be.

In addition, the Company must deliver an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Upon compliance with the foregoing, the Trustee shall execute proper instrument(s) acknowledging the satisfaction and discharge of all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and the Indenture.

Concerning The Trustee

The Indenture contains certain limitations on the rights of the Trustee, should it become a creditor of the Company, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The Trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions; however, if it acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue in certain circumstances or resign. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee, subject to certain exceptions. The Indenture provides that in case an Event of Default shall occur (which shall not be cured), the Trustee will be required, in the exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a prudent man in the conduct of his own affairs. However, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request of any holder of

 

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Notes, unless such holder shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

The Trustee also serves as trustee under the indentures governing the 8.25% Notes and the 8.75% Notes.

Book-Entry, Delivery and Form

Except as set forth below, the Notes will be issued in registered, global form in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $1,000 (“Global Notes”). The Global Notes will be deposited upon issuance with the Trustee as custodian for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), in New York, New York, and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, who will be the Global Notes Holder, in each case, for credit to an account of a direct or indirect participant in DTC as described below.

Except as set forth below, the Global Notes may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee. Beneficial interests in the Global Notes may not be exchanged for definitive notes in registered certificated form (“Certificated Notes”) except in the limited circumstances described below. See “—Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated Notes.” Except in the limited circumstances described below, owners of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Notes in certificated form.

In addition, transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC and its direct or indirect participants (including, if applicable, those of Euroclear System (“Euroclear”) and Clearstream Banking, S.A. (“Clearstream”), which may change from time to time.

So long as the Global Note Holder is the registered owner of any notes, the Global Note Holder will be considered the sole Holder under the Indenture of any Notes evidenced by the Global Notes. Beneficial owners of Notes evidenced by the Global Notes will not be considered the owners or Holders of the notes under the Indenture for any purpose, including with respect to the giving of any directions, instructions or approvals to the trustee thereunder. Neither the Company nor the trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records of DTC or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of DTC relating to the Notes.

Depository Procedures

The following description of the operations and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream are provided solely as a matter of convenience. These operations and procedures are solely within the control of the respective settlement systems and are subject to changes by them. The Company takes no responsibility for these operations and procedures and urges investors to contact the system or their participants directly to discuss these matters.

DTC has advised the Company that DTC is a limited-purpose trust company created to hold securities for its participating organizations (collectively, the “Participants”) and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of transactions in those securities between the Participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its Participants. The Participants include securities brokers and dealers (including the initial purchasers), banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Access to DTC’s system is also available to other entities such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Participant, either directly or indirectly (collectively, the “Indirect Participants”). Persons who are not Participants may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through the Participants or the Indirect Participants. The ownership interests in, and transfers of ownership interests in, each security held by or on behalf of DTC are recorded on the records of the Participants and Indirect Participants.

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(1) upon deposit of the Global Notes, DTC will credit the accounts of the Participants designated by the initial purchasers with portions of the principal amount of the Global Notes; and

(2) ownership of these interests in the Global Notes will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership of these interests will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to the Participants) or by the Participants and the Indirect Participants (with respect to other owners of beneficial interest in the Global Notes).

All interests in a Global Note, including those held through Euroclear or Clearstream, may be subject to the procedures and requirements of DTC. Those interests held through Euroclear or Clearstream may also be subject to the procedures and requirements of such systems. The laws of some states require that certain Persons take physical delivery in definitive form of securities that they own. Consequently, the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global Note to such Persons will be limited to that extent. Because DTC can act only on behalf of the Participants, which in turn act on behalf of the Indirect Participants, the ability of a Person having beneficial interests in a Global Note to pledge such interests to Persons that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of such interests, may be affected by the lack of a physical certificate evidencing such interests.

Except as described below, owners of interests in the Global Notes will not have Notes registered in their names, will not receive physical delivery of Notes in certificated form and will not be considered the registered owners or “holders” thereof under the indenture for any purpose.

Payments in respect of the principal of, and interest and premium, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, on, a Global Note registered in the name of DTC or its nominee will be payable to DTC in its capacity as the registered holder under the indenture. Under the terms of the indenture, the Company and the trustee will treat the Persons in whose names the Notes, including the Global Notes, are registered as the owners of the Notes for the purpose of receiving payments and for all other purposes. Consequently, neither the Company, the trustee nor any agent of the Company or the trustee has or will have any responsibility or liability for:

(1) any aspect of DTC’s records or any Participant’s or Indirect Participant’s records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interest in the Global Notes or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any of DTC’s records or any Participant’s or Indirect Participant’s records relating to the beneficial ownership interests in the Global Notes; or

(2) any other matter relating to the actions and practices of DTC or any of its Participants or Indirect Participants.

DTC has advised the Company that its current practice, upon receipt of any payment in respect of securities such as the Notes (including principal and interest), is to credit the accounts of the relevant Participants with the payment on the payment date unless DTC has reason to believe that it will not receive payment on such payment date. Each relevant Participant is credited with an amount proportionate to its beneficial ownership of an interest in the principal amount of the relevant security as shown on the records of DTC. Payments by the Participants and the Indirect Participants to the beneficial owners of Notes will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices and will be the responsibility of the Participants or the Indirect Participants and will not be the responsibility of DTC, the trustee or the Company. Neither the Company nor the trustee will be liable for any delay by DTC or any of the Participants or the Indirect Participants in identifying the beneficial owners of the Notes, and the Company and the trustee may conclusively rely on and will be protected in relying on instructions from DTC or its nominee for all purposes.

Transfers between the Participants will be effected in accordance with DTC’s procedures, and will be settled in same-day funds, and transfers between participants in Euroclear and Clearstream will be effected in accordance with their respective rules and operating procedures.

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will be effected through DTC in accordance with DTC’s rules on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by their respective depositaries; however, such cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by the counterparty in such system in accordance with the rules and procedures and within the established deadlines (Brussels time) of such system. Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its respective depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving interests in the relevant Global Note in DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Euroclear participants and Clearstream participants may not deliver instructions directly to the depositories for Euroclear or Clearstream.

DTC has advised the Company that it will take any action permitted to be taken by a holder of Notes only at the direction of one or more Participants to whose account DTC has credited the interests in the Global Notes and only in respect of such portion of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes as to which such Participant or Participants has or have given such direction. However, if there is an Event of Default under the Notes, DTC reserves the right to exchange the Global Notes for legended Notes in certificated form, and to distribute such Notes to its Participants.

Although DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream have agreed to the foregoing procedures to facilitate transfers of interests in the Global Notes among participants in DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, they are under no obligation to perform or to continue to perform such procedures, and may discontinue such procedures at any time. None of the Company, the trustee and any of their respective agents will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream or their respective participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.

Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated Notes

A Global Note is exchangeable for Certificated Notes if:

(1) DTC (a) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Notes or (b) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor depositary;

(2) the Company, at its option, notifies the trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of the Certificated Notes; or

(3) there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes.

In addition, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be exchanged for Certificated Notes upon prior written notice given to the trustee by or on behalf of DTC in accordance with the indenture. In all cases, Certificated Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests in Global Notes will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures).

Exchange of Certificated Notes for Global Notes

Certificated Notes may not be exchanged for beneficial interests in any Global Note unless the transferor first delivers to the trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in the indenture) to the effect that such transfer will comply with the appropriate transfer restrictions applicable to such Notes.

Same Day Settlement and Payment

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funds to the accounts specified by DTC or its nominee. The Company will make all payments of principal, interest and premium, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, with respect to Certificated Notes by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the holders of the Certificated Notes or, if no such account is specified, by mailing a check to each such holder’s registered address. The Notes represented by the Global Notes are expected to be eligible to trade in The PORTALSM Market and to trade in DTC’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System, and any permitted secondary market trading activity in such Notes will, therefore, be required by DTC to be settled in immediately available funds. The Company expects that secondary trading in any Certificated Notes will also be settled in immediately available funds.

Because of time zone differences, the securities account of a Euroclear or Clearstream participant purchasing an interest in a Global Note from a Participant will be credited, and any such crediting will be reported to the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream participant, during the securities settlement processing day (which must be a business day for Euroclear and Clearstream) immediately following the settlement date of DTC. DTC has advised the Company that cash received in Euroclear or Clearstream as a result of sales of interests in a Global Note by or through a Euroclear or Clearstream participant to a Participant will be received with value on the settlement date of DTC but will be available in the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream cash account only as of the business day for Euroclear or Clearstream following DTC’s settlement date.

Certain Definitions

Set forth below are certain defined terms used in the Indenture. Reference is made to the Indenture for a full disclosure of all such terms, as well as any other capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided.

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.

Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person, Indebtedness of another Person and any of such other Person’s Subsidiaries existing at the time such other Person becomes a Subsidiary of such Person or at the time it merges or consolidates with such Person or any of such Person’s Subsidiaries or is assumed by such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person in connection with the acquisition of assets from such other Person and in each case not Incurred by such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person or such other Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such other Person becoming a Subsidiary of such Person or such acquisition, merger or consolidation.

Additional Interest” means all amounts, if any, payable (i) pursuant to the provisions relating to additional interest described above under the heading “—Events of Default and Remedies” as the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations described above under the heading “—Certain Covenants—Reports”, and for any failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a) of the TIA and/or (ii) pursuant to the provisions relating to additional interest described above under the heading “The Exchange Offer—Additional Interest” in the event of a Registration Default.

Affiliate” means, when used with reference to any Person:

(1) any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, the referent Person or such other Person, as the case may be, or

(2) any director, officer or partner of such Person or any Person specified in clause (1) above.

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whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “affiliated,” “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative of the foregoing. None of the underwriters nor any of their respective Affiliates shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Obligor or of any of their respective Affiliates.

Applicable Premium” means with respect to any Note on any redemption date, as determined by the Company, the greater of:

(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or

(2) the excess of:

(a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the Note at June 15, 2011 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing above under the caption “—Optional Redemption”) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through June 15, 2011 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over

(b) the principal amount of the Note.

Argentina Contribution Amount” means all amounts received after September 25, 2003 by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as Argentina Receipts less (i) all Reclassified Argentina Receipts and (ii) all amounts previously distributed after September 25, 2003 under the clause (14) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under the heading “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.”

Argentina Receipts” means any dividend, distribution, payment, reimbursement or other amounts received after September 25, 2003 from an Argentina Subsidiary by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Argentina Subsidiaries” means Casino Magic Neuquén S.A. and any successors thereto and any other Subsidiary which conducts operations in Argentina.

Asset Acquisition” means:

(1) an Investment by any Obligor in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become an Obligor or a Restricted Subsidiary of an Obligor or shall be merged into, or with any Obligor or Restricted Subsidiary of an Obligor, or

(2) the acquisition by any Obligor of assets of any Person comprising a division or line of business of such Person or all or substantially all of the assets of such Person.

Asset Sale” means any direct or indirect sale, issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business), assignment or other disposition (for purposes of this definition, each a “disposition”) by any Obligor (including, without limitation, pursuant to any sale and leaseback transaction or any merger or consolidation of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with or into another Person (other than another Obligor) whereby such Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) to any Person of:

(1) any property or assets of any Obligor (other than Capital Stock of any Unrestricted Subsidiary) to the extent that any such disposition is not in the ordinary course of business of such Obligor, or

(2) any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required by law to be held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary),

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(b) any disposition to any Obligor or Restricted Subsidiary,

(c) any disposition that constitutes a Restricted Payment or a Permitted Investment that is made in accordance with the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments,”

(d) any transaction or series of related transactions resulting in Net Cash Proceeds to such Obligor of less than $20 million,

(e) any transaction that is consummated in accordance with the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets,”

(f) the sale or discount, in each case without recourse (direct or indirect), of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof,

(g) any Permitted Lien or any other pledge, assignment by way of collateral security, grant of security interest, hypothecation or mortgage, permitted by the Indenture or any foreclosure, judicial or other sale, public or private, by the pledgee, assignee, mortgagee or other secured party of the subject assets,

(h) a disposition of assets constituting a Permitted Investment,

(i) any disposition of undeveloped or substantially undeveloped real estate, provided that in such disposition:

(i) the Obligor making such disposition receives consideration at the time of such disposition at least equal to the fair market value of the real estate assets disposed of (as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of such Obligor), and

(ii) at least 60% of the consideration received from such disposition by the Obligor making such disposition is cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of the consummation of such disposition. (For purposes of this provision, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash: (a) any liabilities as shown on such Obligor’s most recent balance sheet (or in the notes thereto) (other than (i) Indebtedness subordinate in right of payment to the Notes, (ii) contingent liabilities, (iii) liabilities or Indebtedness to Affiliates of the Company and (iv) Non-Recourse Indebtedness) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets, and (b) to the extent of the cash received, any notes or other obligations received by the Obligor making the disposition from such transferee that are converted by such Obligor into cash within 60 days of receipt), or

(j) any disposition, relinquishment or transfer of assets or licenses in connection a sale, disposition or a partial or complete shutdown of the President Riverboat Casino.

Bank Credit Agreement” means the credit facility provided to the Company pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Credit 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 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.

Bankruptcy Law” means the United States Bankruptcy Code and any other bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, moratorium or similar law providing relief to debtors, in each case, as from time to time amended and applicable to the relevant case.

Board” means (1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board; (2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors (or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board) or other similar governing body of the controlling general partner of the partnership; (3) with respect to a limited liability company, the Person or

 

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Persons who are the managing member, members or managers or any controlling committee or managing member, members or managers thereof; and (4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee or other body of such Person serving a similar function.

Biloxi Property” means the Casino Magic Biloxi hotel and river-boat casino, located in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Capital Stock” means:

(1) 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

(2) 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.

Cash Equivalents” means:

(1) Government Securities;

(2) certificates of deposit, eurodollar time deposits and bankers acceptances maturing within 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof by any Obligor or Domestic Restricted Subsidiary and issued by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank having, at the date of acquisition of the applicable Cash Equivalent, (a) combined capital and surplus of not less than $500 million and (b) a commercial paper rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s;

(3) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days after the date of acquisition thereof by any Obligor or Domestic Restricted Subsidiary for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (1), (2) and (4) hereof, entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (2) above;

(4) commercial paper having a rating of at least P-1 from Moody’s or a rating of at least A-1 from S&P on the date of acquisition thereof by any Obligor or Domestic Restricted Subsidiary;

(5) debt obligations of any corporation maturing within 12 months after the date of acquisition thereof by any Obligor or Domestic Restricted Subsidiary, having a rating of at least “P-1” or “aaa” from Moody’s or “A-1” or “AAA” from S&P on the date of such acquisition; and

(6) mutual funds and money market accounts investing at least 90% of the funds under management in instruments of the types described in clauses (1) through (5) above and, in each case, maturing within the period specified above for such instrument after the date of acquisition thereof by any Obligor or Domestic Restricted Subsidiary.

Casino” means any gaming establishment and other property or assets directly ancillary thereto or used in connection therewith, including any building, restaurant, hotel, theater, parking facilities, retail shops, land, golf courses and other recreation and entertainment facilities, marina, vessel, barge, ship and equipment.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

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the Company, or the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, to any “person” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act),

(2) the adoption, or, if applicable, the approval of any requisite percentage of the Company’s stockholders of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company,

(3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as defined above) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a person shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company (measured by voting power rather than number of shares), or

(4) during any consecutive two-year period, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of the Company (together with any new directors whose election to such Board or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Company then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of the Company then in office.

Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreement” means (i) the guarantee by the Company or a Guarantor of the completion of the development, construction and opening of a new gaming facility or related or ancillary amenities or businesses in Atlantic City, New Jersey and/or Las Vegas, Nevada by one or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company, (ii) any Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor pursuant to a Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreement, prior to the time the Company or such Guarantor makes any principal, interest or comparable debt service payment with respect to such guaranteed Indebtedness, and/or (iii) the agreement by the Company or a Guarantor to advance funds, property or services on behalf of one or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company in order to maintain the financial condition of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries in connection with the development, construction, opening and operation of a new gaming facility or related or ancillary amenities or businesses in Atlantic City, New Jersey and/or Las Vegas, Nevada by such Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, such guarantee or agreement is entered into in connection with obtaining financing for such gaming facility or related or ancillary amenities or businesses or is required by a Gaming Authority.

Completion Guarantee/Keep-Well Indebtedness” of the Company or any Guarantor means (i) any Indebtedness Incurred for money borrowed by the Company or any Guarantor in connection with the performance of any Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreement or (ii) any Indebtedness of one or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company that is guaranteed by the Company or a Guarantor pursuant to a Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreement, in the case of guaranteed Indebtedness under this clause (ii), on and after the time the Company or such Guarantor makes any principal, interest or comparable debt service payment with respect to such guaranteed Indebtedness.

Consolidated Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, the ratio of:

(1) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to such date for which internal financial reports are available, ended not more than 135 days prior to such date, to

(2)(a) Consolidated Interest Expense during such period plus (b) dividends on or in respect of any Capital Stock of any such Person paid in cash during such period;

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issuance or redemption of Disqualified Capital Stock, acquisition, Asset Sale, purchases of assets that were previously leased or re-designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, at any time during or subsequent to such period, but on or prior to the applicable Determination Date.

In making such computation, Consolidated Interest Expense:

(1) attributable to any Indebtedness bearing a floating interest rate shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the rate in effect on the date of computation had been the applicable rate for the entire period, or

(2) attributable to interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving Credit Facility shall be computed on a pro forma basis based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness outstanding during the applicable period.

It is understood that the Company may rely on internal or publicly reported financial reports even though there may be subsequent adjustments (including review and audit adjustments) to such financial statements. For avoidance of doubt, any action taken or not taken in compliance with a covenant in the Indenture which is based upon or made in reliance on a computation of the Consolidated Coverage Ratio by the Company based on such internal or publicly reported financial statements, shall be deemed to continue to comply with the applicable covenant, notwithstanding any subsequent adjustments that may result in changes to such internal or publicly reported financial statements.

For purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the most recently completed period of four full fiscal quarters ending on the last day of the last quarter for which internal financial statements are available (such period of four fiscal quarters, the “Measurement Period”), not more than 135 days prior to the transaction or event giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated EBITDA,

(1) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on such Determination Date (or would become a Restricted Subsidiary on such Determination Date in connection with the transaction that requires the determination of the Consolidated Coverage Ratio) shall be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such Measurement Period,

(2) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on such Determination Date (or would cease to be a Restricted Subsidiary on such Determination Date in connection with the transaction that requires the determination of the Consolidated Coverage Ratio) will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such Measurement Period,

(3) if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have in any manner

(a) acquired (including through an Asset Acquisition or the commencement of activities constituting such operating business) any operating business or commenced operation of any Project during such Measurement Period or after the end of such Measurement Period and on or prior to the Determination Date, or

(b) disposed of (including by way of an Asset Sale or the termination or discontinuance of activities constituting such operating business) any operating business during such Measurement Period or after the end of such Measurement Period and on or prior to the Determination Date,

such calculation shall be made on a pro forma basis in accordance with GAAP as if, in the case of an Asset Acquisition or the commencement of activities constituting such operating business or operation of such Project, all such transactions had been consummated or effected on the first day of such Measurement Period and, in the case of an Asset Sale or termination or discontinuance of activities constituting such operating business, all such transactions had been consummated prior to the first day of such Measurement Period (except to the extent of any Estimated Business Interruption Insurance taken into account in computing Consolidated EBITDA for such Measurement Period); provided, however, that such pro forma adjustment shall not give effect to the Consolidated EBITDA of any acquired Person to the extent that such Person’s net income would be excluded pursuant to clause (6) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income; and

 

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(4) any Indebtedness Incurred and proceeds thereof received and applied as a result of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio will be deemed to have been so Incurred, received and applied on the first day of such Measurement Period.

Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum (without duplication) of:

(1) the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, plus

(2) to the extent that any of the following shall have been taken into account in determining such Consolidated Net Income, and without duplication:

(a) all income taxes of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for such period (other than income taxes attributable to extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains or losses or taxes attributable to sales or dispositions of assets outside the ordinary course of business),

(b) the Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period,

(c) the amortization expense (including the amortization of deferred financing charges) and depreciation expense for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period,

(d) other non-cash items (other than non-cash interest) of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any non-cash compensation expense attributable to stock option or other equity compensation arrangements), other than any non-cash item for such period that requires the accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period (except as otherwise provided in clause (e) below) and other than any non-cash charge for such period constituting an extraordinary item of loss,

(e) any non-recurring costs or expenses of an acquired company or business incurred in connection with the purchase or acquisition of such acquired company or business by such Person and any non-recurring adjustments necessary to conform the accounting policies of the acquired company or business to those of such Person, and

(f) any losses, charges, costs or expenses incurred in connection with the partial or complete shutdown of the President Riverboat Casino, less

(3)(a) all non-cash items of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business and (b) all cash payments during such period relating to non-cash items that were added back in determining Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period, plus

(4) pre-opening expenses related to the Projects, plus

(5) the Estimated Business Interruption Insurance for such period (notwithstanding any classification of the affected operations as discontinued operations or any disposal of such operations), less

(6) any business interruption insurance received or expected to be received and included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income in accordance with GAAP for such period;

provided, that, with respect to each Project, for each of the first full three fiscal quarters following the date of any Project Opening, that portion of Consolidated EBITDA which is attributable to the applicable Project owned and operated by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for such full fiscal quarters shall be annualized (ignoring any stub period). In computing such annualization, such full fiscal quarters shall be treated together as one accounting period and annualized.

Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of:

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interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capitalized Lease Obligations, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net payments (if any) pursuant to Hedging Obligations), and

(2) the consolidated interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period, and

(3) any interest accruing on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any Investment Guarantee and any Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreement, but including any interest expense or interest component of any comparable debt service payments with respect to any Investment Guarantee Indebtedness or any Completion Guarantee/Keep-Well Indebtedness to the extent such Investment Guarantee Indebtedness or such Completion Guarantee/Keep-Well Indebtedness is actually being serviced by such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person) or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (whether or not such Lien is called upon), and

(4) the product of:

(a) all dividend payments on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, times

(b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that there shall be excluded therefrom:

(1) net after-tax gains and losses from all sales or dispositions of assets outside of the ordinary course of business,

(2) net after-tax extraordinary or non-recurring gains or losses and losses on early extinguishment of debt,

(3) the effect of marking to market Interest Swap Obligations and Hedging Obligations permitted to be Incurred by clause (9) of Permitted Indebtedness,

(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles,

(5) any net income of any other Person if such other Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary and is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, except that such Person’s equity in the net income of any such other Person for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such other Person during such period to such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in case of a dividend or other distribution to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation that such amount so paid to a Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that such amount could not at that time be paid to the Company due to the restrictions set forth in clause (6) below (regardless of any waiver of such conditions)),

(6) any net income of any Restricted Subsidiary if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, by contract, operation of law, pursuant to its charter or otherwise on the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person except that:

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(b) such Person’s equity in a net loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income regardless of any such restriction,

(7) any restoration to income of any contingency reserve, except to the extent that provision for such reserve was made out of Consolidated Net Income accrued at any time following September 25, 2003,

(8) income or loss attributable to discontinued operations (including, without limitation, operations disposed of during such period whether or not such operations were classified as discontinued),

(9) in the case of a successor to such Person by consolidation or merger or as a transferee of such Person’s assets, any net income or loss of the successor corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, and

(10) the net income (but not loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, except that the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s equity in the net income of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than the Argentina Subsidiaries) or other Person for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Person during such period to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution; provided, however, that all Reclassified Argentina Receipts may be included in determining Consolidated Net Income in the period in which the reclassification is made.

Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any Determination Date, the total amount of assets that would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Contribution Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company, any Guarantor or any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Obligor in an aggregate principal amount on any date of Incurrence not greater than twice the aggregate amount of any net cash proceeds received by the Company from any Equity Offerings of the Company after the Issue Date; provided that:

(1) such net cash proceeds can be the basis of Contribution Indebtedness on such date of Incurrence only to the extent that such net cash proceeds have not then been used to make a Restricted Payment under the second clause (3) of the first paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”, where such net cash proceeds shall not be considered to have been used to make a Restricted Payment unless the amount available to make such Restricted Payment under such clause (3) at such time excluding such net cash proceeds would not be sufficient to permit such Restricted Payment and then only to the extent such net cash proceeds are necessary to permit such Restricted Payment at such time (and any restoration of the amount available for Restricted Payments under such clause (3) pursuant to subclauses (d) and (e) of such clause (3) of an amount of net cash proceeds considered to have been used to make a Restricted Payment, to the extent the Restricted Investment involved in such restoration was considered made using such net cash proceeds, shall also result in such net cash proceeds not being considered used to make a Restricted Payment), and

(2) if, on the date of Incurrence of any Contribution Indebtedness, after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence thereof, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Contribution Indebtedness would exceed the aggregate amount of such net cash proceeds, the amount of such excess then being Incurred shall be Indebtedness (i) that is not secured Indebtedness, (ii) that does not rank senior in right of payment to the Notes, and (iii) with a final maturity date no earlier than the final maturity date of the Notes, and

(3) such Contribution Indebtedness is so designated as Contribution Indebtedness pursuant to an officers’ certificate on the Incurrence date thereof;

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Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Obligor may not Incur Contribution Indebtedness described in clause (2) above.

Core Businesses” means (a) the gaming, card club, racing, sports, entertainment, lodging, restaurant, riverboat operations, real estate development and all other businesses and activities necessary for or reasonably related or incident thereto, including, without limitation, related acquisition, construction, development or operation of related truck stop, transportation, retail and other facilities designed to enhance any of the foregoing and (b) any of the types of pre-existing businesses being operated on land acquired (whether by purchase, lease or otherwise) by an Obligor, or similar types of businesses conducted by such Obligor after such acquisition of land, and all other businesses and activities necessary for or reasonably related or incident thereto, provided that such land was acquired by such Obligor for the purpose, determined in good faith by the Company, of ultimately conducting a business or activity described in clause (a) above at some time in the future.

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.

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

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 the 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.”

Determination Date” means, with respect to any calculation, the date on or as of which such calculation is made in accordance with the terms hereof.

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 Notes or the stated maturity of the Notes or is exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof for Indebtedness at any time prior to the earlier of the repayment of all Notes or the stated maturity of the Notes.

Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Person organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof.

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).

Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of Qualified Capital Stock.

Estimated Business Interruption Insurance” means an estimate of the amount (determined in good faith by senior management of the Company, notwithstanding the failure of any designation by applicable insurance carriers as to how much of any expected recovery is attributable to business interruption coverage as opposed to other types of coverage) of business interruption insurance the Company expects to collect in any applicable

 

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period; provided, that, (i) with respect to the damage to the Biloxi Property resulting from Hurricanes Katrina and/or Rita, such amount, which shall not be taken into account for any period after two years following the Issue Date, shall not exceed the sum of (A) $4,100,000 per fiscal quarter, and (B) the amount of business interruption insurance that the Company expects to collect as a reimbursement in respect of the expenses incurred at the Biloxi Property with respect to such fiscal quarter provided that the amount included pursuant to this clause (B) shall not exceed the amount of expenses incurred at the Biloxi Property that are actually included in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal quarter, and (ii) with respect to damage to any property not covered under the preceding clause (i), such amount, which shall not be taken in account for any period after two years following the date of the event giving rise to the claim under the relevant business interruption insurance, shall not exceed the sum of (A) the excess of (x) such property’s historical quarterly Consolidated EBITDA for the previous four fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to such date for which internal financial reports are available for that property ending prior to the date the damage occurred (or annualized if such property has less than four full quarters of operations) over (y) the actual Consolidated EBITDA generated by such property for such four fiscal quarter period, and (B) the amount of business interruption insurance proceeds not reflected in clause (A) that the Company expects to collect as a reimbursement in respect of other expenses incurred at that property with respect to such period (provided that the amount included pursuant to this clause (B) shall not exceed the amount of the other expenses incurred at that property that are actually included in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal quarter).

Event of Default” means the occurrence of any of the events described under the caption “—Events of Default and Remedies,” after giving effect to any applicable grace periods or notice requirements.

Foreign Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, which are in effect as of the Issue Date.

Gaming Approval” means any governmental approval, license, registration, qualification or finding of suitability relating to any gaming business, operation or enterprise.

Gaming Authority” means any governmental authority with regulatory oversight of, authority to regulate or jurisdiction over any gaming businesses, operations or enterprises, including the Nevada State Gaming Control Board and City of Reno, Nevada gaming authorities, Nevada Gaming Commission, Mississippi Gaming Commission, Indiana Gaming Commission, Louisiana Gaming Control Board, New Jersey Casino Control Commission, Missouri Gaming Commission and Colorado Division of Gaming, with regulatory oversight of, authority to regulate or jurisdiction over any existing or proposed gaming business, operation or enterprise owned, managed or operated by any Obligor.

Gaming Laws” means all applicable provisions of all:

(1) constitutions, treaties, 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) Gaming Approvals, and

(3) orders, decisions, judgments, awards and decrees of any Gaming Authority.

 

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Global Note” means a permanent global note in registered form deposited with the Trustee, as a custodian for The Depositary Trust Company or any other designated depositary.

Government Securities” means marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States government or issued by any agency or instrumentality thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof by any Obligor or any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary.

Guarantor” means any existing or future Material Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, which has guaranteed the obligations of the Company arising under or in connection with the Notes, as required by the Indenture.

Guaranty” means a guaranty by a Guarantor of the Obligations of the Company arising under or in connection with the Notes.

Hedging Obligations” means all obligations of the Obligors or any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Obligor (provided that such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Obligor Incurs such obligations as Senior Debt) 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.

Incur” means, with respect to any Indebtedness of any Person or any Lien, to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such Indebtedness or Lien or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Indebtedness on the balance sheet of such Person (and “Incurrence,” “Incurred,” “Incurrable” and “Incurring” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing).

Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person, without duplication, whether contingent or otherwise,

(1) any obligations for money borrowed,

(2) any obligation evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,

(3) Letter of Credit Obligations and obligations in respect of other similar instruments,

(4) any obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, including Capitalized Lease Obligations,

(5) the maximum fixed redemption or repurchase price of Disqualified Capital Stock,

(6) Indebtedness of other Persons of the types described in clauses (1) through (5) above, secured by a Lien on the assets of such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries, 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,

(7) Indebtedness of other Persons of the types described in clauses (1) through (5) above, guaranteed by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and

(8) 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.

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Keep-Well Agreement Indebtedness shall constitute Indebtedness, and (iii) “Indebtedness” shall not be construed to include trade payables, credit on open account, accrued liabilities, provisional credit, daylight overdrafts or similar items. For purposes of this definition, 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 the 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 in the Indenture, 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.

Interest Swap Obligations” means the net obligations of any Person under any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future, interest rate option, interest rate swap, interest rate cap, collar or floor transaction or other interest rate Hedging Obligation.

Investment” by any Person means, without duplication, any direct or indirect:

(1) loan, advance or other extension of credit or capital contribution (valued at the fair market value thereof as of the date of contribution or transfer) (by means of transfers of cash or other property or services for the account or use of other Persons, or otherwise, other than a Permitted Lien under clause (14) of the definition of Permitted Lien);

(2) purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness issued by any other Person (whether by merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise and whether or not purchased directly from the issuer of such securities or evidences of Indebtedness);

(3) guarantee or assumption of any Indebtedness or any other obligation of any other Person (except for any assumption of Indebtedness for which the assuming Person receives consideration at the time of such assumption in the form of property or assets with a fair market value at least equal to the principal amount of the Indebtedness assumed);

(4) the making by such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person of any Investment Guarantee Payment or of any payment pursuant to any Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreement or in respect of any Completion Guarantee/Keep-Well Indebtedness (without duplication of amounts taken into account under clause (3) above), and

(5) all other items that would be classified as investments (including, without limitation, purchases of assets outside the ordinary course of business) on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the purchase or acquisition of any securities, Indebtedness or Productive Assets of any other Person solely with Qualified Capital Stock shall not be deemed to be an Investment. The term “Investments” shall also exclude extensions of trade credit and advances to customers and suppliers to the extent made in the ordinary course of business on ordinary business terms. The amount of any non-cash Investment shall be the fair market value of such Investment, as determined conclusively in good faith by management of the Company or the affected Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, unless the fair market value of such Investment exceeds $5 million, in which case the fair market value shall be determined conclusively in good faith by the Board of such Person as of the time such Investment is made or such other time as specified in the Indenture. Unless otherwise required by the Indenture, the amount of any Investment shall not be adjusted for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs subsequent to the date such Investment is made with respect to such Investment.

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permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Coverage Ratio in the covenant described above under the heading “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.”

Investment Guarantee Indebtedness” of the Company or any Guarantor means any Indebtedness of another Person guaranteed by the Company or such Guarantor pursuant to an Investment Guarantee, on and after the time the Company or such Guarantor makes any principal, interest or comparable debt service payment with respect to such guaranteed Indebtedness.

Investment Guarantee Payments” means, without duplication, (1) any payments made pursuant to any Investment Guarantee, including any payment in respect of any Investment Guarantee Indebtedness, or (2) the full amount of any Investment Guarantee if, at any time, the Person whose Indebtedness is guaranteed by such Investment Guarantee ceases to constitute a Permitted Joint Venture as a result of a decline in the Company’s or Guarantor’s ownership interest to less than 35% as a result of a sale, transfer or other disposition of Capital Stock of such Person by the Company or such Guarantor.

Issue Date” means June 8, 2007.

Letter of Credit Obligations” means Obligations of an Obligor 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).

Limited Real Estate Development” means the development or improvement of (1) any undeveloped or substantially undeveloped real estate held by the Company or a Subsidiary on the date of the Indenture or (2) any undeveloped or substantially undeveloped real estate that is acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary in an acquisition of a company that is primarily in the Casino business.

Material Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which is both a Material Subsidiary and a Restricted Subsidiary.

Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, other than a Non-Material Subsidiary.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Services, Inc., and its successors.

Net Cash Proceeds” means with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents received by any Obligor from such Asset Sale, net of:

(1) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, fees and other direct costs relating to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, brokerage, legal, accounting and investment banking fees and sales commissions),

(2) taxes paid or payable after taking into account any reduction in tax liability due to available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements,

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that is legally superior to any claim of the holders (including a restriction on transfer) to the proceeds of the subject assets, in connection with such Asset Sale, and

(4) appropriate amounts to be provided by any applicable Obligor, as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by any applicable Obligor including, without limitation, pension and other post- employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment to the sale price received in such Asset Sale for so long as such reserve is held.

Non-Material Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries” means all Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries designated as Non-Material Foreign Subsidiaries by the Company; provided, that all such Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries may not, in the aggregate at any time have assets (attributable to the Company’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ equity interest in such entity) constituting more than 1.5% of the Company’s total assets on a consolidated basis based on the Company’s most recent internal financial statements. As of the Issue Date, the Non-Material Foreign Subsidiaries shall be all of the Company’s Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries existing as of the Issue Date.

Non-Material Subsidiaries” means all Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries designated as Non-Material Subsidiaries by the Company; provided, that all such Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries may not, in the aggregate at any time have assets (attributable to the Company’s and its Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries’ equity interest in such entity) constituting more than 6% of the Company’s total assets on a consolidated basis based on the Company’s most recent internal financial statements. As of the Issue Date, the Non-Material Subsidiaries shall be all of the Company’s Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries existing as of the Issue Date other than the Guarantors as of the Issue Date.

Non-Recourse Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary

(1) as to which none of the Obligors:

(a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness),

(b) is directly or indirectly liable (as a guarantor or otherwise), or

(c) constitutes the lender;

(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness (other than the Notes being offered hereby) of any Obligor to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity, and

(3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of any Obligor.

The foregoing notwithstanding, if an Obligor or a Restricted Subsidiary (x) makes a loan to an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is permitted under the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments” or is a Permitted Investment and is otherwise permitted to be incurred under the Indenture or (y) executes an Investment Guarantee or a Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreement for the benefit of an Unrestricted Subsidiary for the purpose of developing, constructing, opening and operating a new gaming facility or related or ancillary amenities or businesses or Incurs Investment Guarantee Indebtedness or Completion Guarantee/Keep-Well Indebtedness, such actions referred to in the foregoing clauses (x) and (y) shall not prevent the Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to which such actions relate from being considered Non-Recourse Indebtedness.

 

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

Obligor” means the Company or any Guarantor and any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Non-Material Foreign Restricted Subsidiary.

Paying Agent” means the Person so designated by the Company in accordance with the Indenture, initially the Trustee.

Permitted Indebtedness” means, without duplication, each of the following:

(1) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary outstanding on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness under the Bank Credit Agreement) as reduced by the amount of any scheduled amortization payments or mandatory prepayments when actually paid or permanent reductions thereof;

(2) Indebtedness Incurred by the Company under the Notes and by the Guarantors under the Guaranties;

(3) Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the Bank Credit Agreement or other Indebtedness constituting Senior Debt; provided that the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (3) as of any date of Incurrence (after giving pro forma effect to the application of the proceeds of such Incurrence), including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to repay, redeem, extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (3), shall not exceed the greater of (x) $1.50 billion and (y) 2.5 times the Company’s Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to such date for which internal financial reports are available, ended not more than 135 days prior to such date (using the pro forma and calculation conventions for Consolidated EBITDA referenced in the definition of Consolidated Coverage Ratio), in each case, to be reduced dollar-for-dollar by the amount of the aggregate amount of all Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by an Obligor to permanently prepay or repay Indebtedness under the Bank Credit Agreement pursuant to the covenant described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”;

(4) Indebtedness of the Company to any Obligor or of any Guarantor to any other Obligor for so long as such Indebtedness is held by the Company or by another Obligor; provided that:

(a) any Indebtedness of the Company to any other Obligor that is not a Guarantor is unsecured and evidenced by an intercompany promissory note that is subordinated, pursuant to a written agreement, to the Company’s obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, and

(b) if as of any date any Person other than the Company or a Guarantor owns or holds any such Indebtedness or holds a Lien in respect of such Indebtedness (other than such a Lien in favor of the lenders under the Bank Credit Agreement or holders of other Senior Debt), such date shall be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness under this clause (4) by the issuer of such Indebtedness;

(5) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company for so long as such Indebtedness is held by an Obligor; provided that if as of any date any Person other than an Obligor acquires any such Indebtedness or holds a Lien in respect of such Indebtedness (other than such a Lien in favor of the lenders under the Bank Credit Agreement or holders of other Senior Debt), such acquisition shall be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness under this clause (5) by the issuer of such Indebtedness;

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(7) the Incurrence by Unrestricted Subsidiaries of Non-Recourse Indebtedness; provided that, if any such Indebtedness ceases to be Non-Recourse Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such event shall be deemed to constitute an Incurrence of Indebtedness that is not permitted by this clause (7);

(8)(a) Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary solely to finance the construction or acquisition or improvement of, or consisting of Capitalized Leased Obligations Incurred to acquire rights of use in, capital assets useful in the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s business, as applicable, and, in any such case, Incurred prior to or within 180 days after the construction, acquisition, improvement or leasing of the subject assets, not to exceed $175 million in aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time (including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to repay, redeem, extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (8)) for all of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and (b) additional Indebtedness of the kind described in this clause (8) with respect to which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary is directly or indirectly liable, and which is expressly made non-recourse to all of such Person’s assets, except the asset so financed;

(9) Hedging Obligations and Interest Swap Obligations entered into not as speculative Investments but as hedging transactions designed to protect the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates in connection with Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder or against exchange rate risk or commodity pricing risk;

(10) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary arising in respect of performance bonds and completion guaranties (to the extent that the Incurrence thereof does not result in the Incurrence of any obligation for the payment of borrowed money of others), in the ordinary course of business, in amounts and for the purposes customary in such Person’s industry; provided, that such Indebtedness shall be Incurred solely in connection with the development, construction, improvement or enhancement of assets useful in such Person’s business;

(11) Completion Guarantee/Keep-Well Indebtedness or Investment Guarantee Indebtedness up to a maximum of $200 million in aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) outstanding at any time (including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to repay, redeem, extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (11));

(12) the guarantee by a Guarantor of Indebtedness of the Company, or the guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Senior Debt of the Company, provided such Indebtedness was outstanding on the Issue Date or was, at the time it was incurred, permitted to be incurred by the Company under the Indenture; provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with the Notes, then the guarantee may only be incurred by a Guarantor and shall be subordinated to, or pari passu with, as applicable, the Notes to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed;

(13) the issuance by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that:

(a) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; and

(b) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred stock by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (13);

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has used its reasonable best efforts to effect a disposition of such capital stock to a third party and has been unable to do so; provided, further, that such junior pay-in-kind note:

(a) is expressly subordinated to the Notes,

(b) provides that no installment of principal matures (whether by its terms, by optional or mandatory redemption or otherwise) earlier than three months after the maturity of the Notes,

(c) provides for no cash payments of interest, premium or other distributions earlier than six months after the maturity of the Notes and provides that all interest, premium or other distributions may only be made by distributions of additional junior pay-in-kind notes, which such in-kind distributions shall be deemed Permitted Indebtedness, and

(d) contains provisions whereby the holder thereof agrees that prior to the maturity or payment in full in cash of the Notes, regardless of whether any insolvency or liquidation has occurred against any Obligor, such holder will not exercise any rights or remedies or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies under such junior pay-in-kind note;

(15) Contribution Indebtedness;

(16) Indebtedness of the Company or Indebtedness or preferred stock of a Guarantor incurred or issued to finance an acquisition or the incurrence of Acquired Debt of Persons that are acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; provided that after giving effect to such acquisition, either (a) the Company would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to the Consolidated Coverage Ratio test set forth in the second paragraph of the covenant described above under the heading “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock,” or (b) the Company’s Consolidated Coverage Ratio immediately following such acquisition and incurrence or issuance would be no less than the Company’s Consolidated Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such acquisition and incurrence or issuance;

(17) the Incurrence by the Company or any Guarantor of Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time under this clause (17), including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to repay, redeem, extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (17) (or accreted value, as applicable), not to exceed $500 million at any time outstanding for the purpose of developing, constructing, improving or acquiring a Casino or Casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey or, if applicable, any Related Business in connection with such Casino or Casinos; provided, however, that Indebtedness may not be Incurred pursuant to this clause (17) unless and until the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company (using the pro forma and calculation conventions for Consolidated EBITDA referenced in the definition of Consolidated Coverage Ratio) for any period of four consecutive full fiscal quarters at any time prior to such Incurrence (which need not be the most recently completed four fiscal quarters), for which internal financial statements are available, exceeds $210 million (the “EBITDA Threshold”) (provided that (x) in the event of a sale or other disposition of an operating facility owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (whether or not owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the Issue Date, and whether by sale of assets or the equity of such Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise) after the Issue Date and prior to the date of any such Incurrence under this clause (17), and (y) the consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from such sale or other disposition is at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or of which other disposition is made (as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board), then the EBITDA Threshold shall be reduced by the positive Consolidated EBITDA, if any, of the Restricted Subsidiary or of the operating facility sold or disposed of for the last complete four quarter period prior to its sale or other disposition; provided, further, that for purposes of computing the EBITDA Threshold in this clause (17) only, the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company shall not include any net income of an Unrestricted Subsidiary for such four fiscal quarter period notwithstanding any actual distribution of cash to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary by such Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

 

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(18) the Incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) outstanding under this clause (18) as of any date of Incurrence, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to repay, redeem, extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (18), not to exceed the greater of (i) 5% of Consolidated Total Assets and (ii) $250 million.

For purposes of this definition, it is understood that the Company may rely on internal or publicly reported financial reports even though there may be subsequent adjustments (including review and audit adjustments) to such financial statements. For avoidance of doubt, any incurrence of Permitted Indebtedness which is based upon or made in reliance on a computation based on such internal or publicly reported financial statements, shall be deemed to continue to comply with the applicable covenant, notwithstanding any subsequent adjustments that may result in changes to such internal or publicly reported financial statements.

Permitted Investments” means, without duplication, each of the following:

(1) Investments in cash (including deposit accounts with major commercial banks) and Cash Equivalents;

(2) Investments by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Person that is or will immediately become upon giving effect to such Investment, or as a result of which, such Person is merged, consolidated or liquidated into, or conveys substantially of all its assets to, an Obligor or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that Investments in any such Person (other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) made prior to such Investment shall not be “Permitted Investments”; and provided, further, that for purposes of calculating at any date the aggregate amount of Investments made since September 25, 2003 pursuant to the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments,” such Investment shall be a Permitted Investment only so long as any Subsidiary in which any such Investment has been made continues to be an Obligor or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(3) Investments existing on the Issue Date;

(4) accounts receivable created or acquired in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary on ordinary business terms;

(5) Investments arising from transactions by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary with trade creditors or customers in the ordinary course of business (including any such Investment received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement pursuant to the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or customers or otherwise in settlement of a claim);

(6) Investments made as the result of non-cash consideration received from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with the covenant described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Assets Sales”;

(7) Investments consisting of advances to officers, directors and employees of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary for travel, entertainment, relocation, purchases of Capital Stock of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary permitted by the Indenture and analogous ordinary business purposes;

(8) Hedging Obligations and Interest Swap Obligations consisting of Permitted Indebtedness under clause (9) thereof;

(9) Transfers by the Company of the following agreements to an Unrestricted Subsidiary:

(a) Letter Agreement, dated as of September 25, 1995, between Casino Magic Corp. and Casino Magic Neuquén S.A. relating to slot machine leases;

(b) Letter Agreement, dated as of September 25, 1995, between Casino Magic Corp. and Casino Magic Neuquén S.A. relating to technical assistance services;

 

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(c) Letter Agreement, dated as of September 25, 1995, between Casino Magic Corp. and Casino Magic Neuquén S.A. relating to the non-exclusive license of the trade name “Casino Magic”;

(d) Loan Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2005, between the Company and Casino Magic Nuequén S.A., and any promissory notes issued by Casino Magic Neuquén S.A. thereunder;

(e) Modifications and amendments to, and restatements and replacements of the agreements listed in clauses (a)—(d); and

(f) Any similar agreements, or other agreements entered in the ordinary course of business, between an Obligor or a Restricted Subsidiary and the Argentina Subsidiaries;

(10) other Investments in any Person having an aggregate fair market value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (10) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed $50 million; and

(11) the provision of management and related services (including intellectual property rights and the use of corporate aircraft in providing such management services) to any Unrestricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, and, provided however, that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall not be required to allocate employee compensation for management services provided by employees of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to Unrestricted Subsidiaries in connection with such employees’ services to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Permitted Joint Venture” means a Person primarily engaged or preparing to engage in a Related Business or related or ancillary business thereto as to which the Company or a Guarantor owns at least 35% of the shares of Capital Stock (including at least 35% of the total voting power thereof) of such Person.

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, the Notes and the Guaranties are subordinated to Senior Debt pursuant to the Indenture.

Permitted Liens” means:

(1) Liens in favor of the Company or Liens on the assets of any Guarantor so long as such Liens are held by another Obligor;

(2) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens were not Incurred in anticipation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable;

(3) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by any Obligor or Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens were not Incurred in anticipation of such acquisition;

(4) Liens Incurred to secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (8) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, attaching to or encumbering only the subject assets and directly related property such as proceeds (including insurance proceeds) and products thereof and accessions, replacements and substitutions thereof;

(5) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(6) Liens created by “notice” or “precautionary” filings in connection with operating leases or other transactions pursuant to which no Indebtedness is Incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date;

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obligations) that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor;

(9) Liens on shares of any equity security or any warrant or option to purchase an equity security or any security which is convertible into an equity security issued by any Obligor that holds, directly or indirectly through a holding company or otherwise, a license under any applicable Gaming Laws; provided that this clause (9) shall apply only so long as such Gaming Laws provide that the creation of any restriction on the disposition of any of such securities shall not be effective and, if such Gaming Laws at any time cease to so provide, then this clause (9) shall be of no further effect;

(10) Liens on securities constituting “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, to the extent that (i) prohibiting such Liens would result in the classification of the obligations of the Company under the Notes as a “purpose credit” and (ii) the Investment by any Obligor in such margin stock is permitted by the Indenture;

(11) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that any such Lien attaches only to the assets encumbered by the predecessor Indebtedness, unless the Incurrence of such Liens is otherwise permitted under the Indenture;

(12) Liens securing stay and appeal bonds or judgment Liens in connection with any judgment not giving rise to an Event of Default under paragraph (5) of the Events of Default;

(13) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen and other Liens imposed by law incurred in the ordinary course of business, in respect of obligations not constituting Indebtedness and not past due; provided that adequate reserves shall have been established therefor in accordance with GAAP;

(14) easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, reservations, encroachments and other similar charges or encumbrances in respect of real property which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the conduct of business by any Obligor;

(15) any interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease Obligation permitted to be incurred hereunder;

(16) Liens upon specific items of inventory or equipment and proceeds thereof, Incurred to secure obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of any Obligor or Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or equipment;

(17) Liens securing Letter of Credit Obligations permitted to be Incurred hereunder Incurred in connection with the purchase of inventory or equipment by an Obligor or Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of the business and secured only by such inventory or equipment, the documents issued in connection therewith and the proceeds thereof; and

(18) Liens in favor of the Trustee arising under the Indenture.

Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to repay, redeem, extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Permitted Indebtedness of such Person arising under clauses (1), (2), (3), (6), (8), (10), (11), (15), (16), (17) or (18) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” or Indebtedness Incurred under the Consolidated Coverage Ratio test in the covenant described above under the heading “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” (any such Indebtedness, “Existing Indebtedness”); provided that:

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premiums and expenses incurred or paid in connection therewith), except to the extent that the Incurrence of such excess is otherwise permitted by the Indenture;

(2) if such Existing Indebtedness is subordinated to, or pari passu in right of payment with, the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date on or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, such Existing Indebtedness; provided this clause (2) shall not apply to Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness to repay, redeem, refinance, retire for value, replace, defease or refund the 8.25% Notes or 8.75% Notes outstanding on the Issue Date;

(3) if such Existing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date on or later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being repaid, redeemed, extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and

(4) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be Indebtedness solely of an Obligor or a Restricted Subsidiary obligated under such Existing Indebtedness, unless otherwise permitted by the Indenture.

Plan of Liquidation” means, with respect to any Person, a plan (including by operation of law) that provides for, contemplates or the effectuation of which is preceded or accomplished by (whether or not substantially contemporaneously):

(1) the sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of such Person otherwise than as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, and

(2) the distribution of all or substantially all of the proceeds of such sale, lease, conveyance, or other disposition and all or substantially all of the remaining assets of such Person to holders of Capital Stock of such Person.

Productive Assets” means assets (including assets owned directly or indirectly through Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary) of a kind used or usable in the businesses of the Obligors as they are conducted on the date of the Asset Sale or on any other determination date.

Project” means any new facility developed or being developed by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any expansion, renovation or refurbishment of a facility owned by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries which expansion, renovation or refurbishment costs $40 million or more.

Project Opening” means, with respect to (a) any Project which is a new facility, when all of the following have occurred: (i) a certificate of occupancy (which may be a temporary certificate of occupancy) has been issued in respect of such Project and, if such Project includes gaming facilities, then such certificate of occupancy need only relate to such gaming facilities and not the remainder of such Project; (ii) such Project (or the gaming facility portion thereof in the case of a Project that includes gaming facilities and not the remainder of such Project) is in a condition (including installation of furnishings, fixtures and equipment) to receive customers in the ordinary course of business; (iii) if such Project includes gaming facilities, such Project’s gaming facilities (but not necessarily the hotel facilities if a hotel is contemplated to accompany such Project’s gaming facilities) are legally open for business and to the general public and operating in accordance with applicable law; and (iv) all Gaming Approvals, if applicable, with respect to such Project have been granted and not revoked or suspended, and (b) any Project which is an expansion, renovation or refurbishment, when clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) have occurred, to the extent applicable.

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Qualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

Reclassified Argentina Receipts” means all Argentina Receipts which, as determined in good faith by the Company, will no longer be deemed available for distributions to any Argentina Subsidiary under clause (14) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under the heading “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments,” provided that such amount does not exceed the balance of the Argentina Contribution Amount immediately prior to such reclassification.

Related Business” means the gaming (including pari-mutuel betting) business and/or any and all reasonably related businesses necessary for, in support or anticipation of and ancillary to or in preparation for (or required by a Gaming Authority to be developed, constructed, improved or acquired in connection with the licensing approval of such Casino or Casinos), the gaming business including, without limitation, the development, expansion or operation of any Casino (including any land-based, dockside, riverboat or other type of Casino), owned, or to be owned, by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries.

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

Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. If no referent Person is specified, “Restricted Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Industries, Inc., and its successors.

Senior Debt” means:

(1) all Indebtedness outstanding of the Company or any Guarantor or Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor under Credit Facilities (including the Bank Credit Agreement) and all Hedging Obligations with respect thereto,

(2) any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor or Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor permitted to be Incurred under the terms of the 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 Notes, and

(3) all Obligations with respect to the foregoing.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Senior Debt will not include:

(1) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Company,

(2) any intercompany Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the Company or any of its Affiliates,

(3) any trade payables,

(4) any Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of the Indenture, and

(5) Indebtedness which, when Incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of Title 11, United States Code, is without recourse.

Notwithstanding anything in the Indenture to the contrary, Senior Debt shall not include the 8.25% Notes and the 8.75% Notes. The Indenture expressly provides that the Obligations in respect of the Notes and the Guaranties will be on a parity with the Obligations in respect of the 8.25% Notes and the 8.75% Notes, and the guarantees thereof in right of payment.

 

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

Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

Subsidiary,” with respect to any Person, means:

(1) any corporation or comparably organized entity, a majority of whose voting stock (defined as any class of capital stock having voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect a majority of the Board of such Person) is owned, directly or indirectly, by any one or more of the Obligors, and

(2) any other Person (other than a corporation) in which any one or more of the Obligors, directly or indirectly, has at least a majority ownership interest entitled to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof or of which such Obligor is the managing general partner.

Treasury Rate” means, as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two business days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to June 15, 2011; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to June 15, 2011 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is designated by the Board of the Company as its Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board resolution; but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:

(a) has, or will have after giving effect to such designation, no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness,

(b) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with any Obligor unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to such Obligor than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of such Obligor, or such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding constitutes a Restricted Payment that is made in accordance with the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments,” a Permitted Investment, or an Asset Sale that is made in accordance with the covenant described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales,”

(c) is a Person with respect to which none of the Obligors has any direct or indirect obligation (i) to subscribe for additional equity interests or (ii) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results,

(d) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of any Obligor, and

(e) has at least one member on its Board who is not a member of the Board or executive officer of any Obligor and has at least one executive officer who is not a member of the Board or executive officer of any Obligor;

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Investment Guarantee Indebtedness or Completion Guarantee/Keep-Well Indebtedness, for the purpose of such Unrestricted Subsidiary developing, constructing, opening and operating a new gaming facility or related or ancillary amenities or businesses, and the execution and performance (if such performance is permitted under the covenant described under the heading “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”) of such Investment Guarantee, Completion Guarantee and Keep-Well Agreement, Investment Guarantee Indebtedness, or Completion Guarantee/Keep-Well Indebtedness shall not prevent a Subsidiary from becoming or remaining an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Any such designation by the Board of the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board resolution giving effect to such designation and an officers’ certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions and was permitted by the covenant described above under “—Restricted Payments.” If at any time any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the foregoing requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of the Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be Incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary as of such time (and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be Incurred as of such date under the covenant described above under “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock,” the Company shall be in default of such covenant). The Board of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation shall be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation shall only be permitted if:

(1) such Indebtedness is permitted under the covenant described above under the heading “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock,” and, if applicable, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the reference period, and

(2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

As of the Issue Date, the following entities shall be Unrestricted Subsidiaries: Casino Magic Chile S.A., and its subsidiaries, including Casino Magic Calama, S.A., Casino Magic Rancagua S.A., Immobiliaria Casino Magic Calama, S.A., Immobiliaria Casino Magic Chile S.A., Casino Magic Antofagasta S.A., Immobiliaria Casino Magic Talcahuano S.A., Casino Magic Talca, S.A., Casino Magic Buenos Aires, S.A., Casino Magic (Europe), B.V., Casino Magic Hellas Management Services, S.A., Casino Magic Neuquén S.A., Landing Condominium, LLC, PNK Development 10, LLC, PNK (PA), LLC, and Port St. Louis Condominium, LLC. After the Issue Date, we designated PNK Development 11, LLC as an unrestricted subsidiary.

Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of such Person.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the Company’s calculations of the number of years obtained by dividing:

(1) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness into,

(2) the total of the products obtained by multiplying:

(a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by

(b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the making of such payment.

 

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SUMMARY OF MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

General

The following is a general discussion of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the exchange of original notes for exchange notes in this exchange offer.

Except where noted, the summary deals only with notes held as capital assets within the meaning of section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and does not deal with special situations, such as those of broker-dealers, tax exempt organizations, individual retirement accounts and other tax deferred accounts, financial institutions, insurance companies, U.S. Holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar, or persons holding notes as part of a hedging or “conversion” transaction or a straddle, or a constructive sale. Further, the discussion below is based upon the provisions of the Code and Treasury regulations, rulings and judicial decisions as of the date hereof, and such authorities may be repealed, revoked, or modified, possibly with retroactive effect, resulting in United States federal income tax consequences different from those discussed below. In addition, except as otherwise indicated, the following discussion does not consider the effect of any applicable foreign, state, local or other tax laws or estate or gift tax considerations. Furthermore, this discussion does not consider the tax treatment of holders of the exchange notes who are partnerships or other pass-through entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or who are former citizens or former long-term residents of the United States.

This summary addresses tax consequences relevant to a holder of notes that is either a U.S. Holder or a Non-U.S. Holder. As used herein, a “U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of a note who is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, either (i) an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes created in, or organized in or under the laws of, the United States or any political subdivision thereof, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (iv) a trust (a) the administration of which is subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court and which has one or more United States persons who have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (b) that was in existence on August 20, 1996, was treated as a United States person under the Code on that date and has made a valid election to be treated as a United States person under the Code. A “Non-U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of a note that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a nonresident alien or a corporation, estate or trust that is not a U.S. Holder.

THIS SUMMARY IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS TAX ADVICE. HOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS WITH REGARD TO THE APPLICATION OF THE TAX CONSIDERATIONS DISCUSSED BELOW TO THEIR PARTICULAR SITUATIONS, AS WELL AS THE APPLICATION OF ANY STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN, ESTATE, GIFT OR OTHER TAX LAWS.

TO COMPLY WITH IRS CIRCULAR 230, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT: (A) ANY DISCUSSION OF U.S. FEDERAL TAX ISSUES CONTAINED OR REFERRED TO IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT INTENDED OR WRITTEN TO BE USED, AND CANNOT BE USED BY YOU, FOR THE PURPOSES OF AVOIDING PENALTIES THAT MAY BE IMPOSED ON YOU UNDER THE CODE; (B) SUCH DISCUSSION IS BEING USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROMOTION OR MARKETING BY THE COMPANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS OR MATTERS ADDRESSED HEREIN; AND (C) YOU SHOULD SEEK ADVICE BASED ON YOUR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES FROM AN INDEPENDENT TAX ADVISOR.

 

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Exchange of original notes for exchange notes

Pursuant to the exchange offer, holders are entitled to exchange the original notes for exchange notes that would be substantially identical in all material respects to the original notes, except that the exchange notes would be registered and therefore would not be subject to transfer restrictions. Participation in the exchange offer should not result in a taxable exchange to the issuer or any holder of an exchange note. Accordingly,

 

  (1) no gain or loss should be realized by a holder of an original note upon receipt of an exchange note,

 

  (2) the holding period of the exchange note should include the holding period of the original note surrendered in exchange for the exchange note,

 

  (3) the adjusted tax basis of the exchange note should be the same as the adjusted tax basis of the original note surrendered in exchange for the exchange note immediately before the exchange, and

 

  (4) the holder of an exchange note should recognize income with respect to the exchange note in the same manner as such holder treated the original note surrendered in exchange for the exchange note.

 

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GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS AND GAMING ISSUES

General

The gaming industry is highly regulated, and we must maintain our licenses and pay gaming taxes to continue our operations. Each of our casinos is subject to extensive regulation under the laws, rules and regulations of the jurisdiction where it is located. These laws, rules and regulations generally concern the responsibility, financial stability and character of the owners, managers, and persons with financial interest in the gaming operations. Violations of laws in one jurisdiction could result in disciplinary action in other jurisdictions.

Our businesses are subject to various federal, state and local laws and regulations in addition to gaming regulations. These laws and regulations include, but are not limited to, restrictions and conditions concerning alcoholic beverages, environmental matters, employees, currency transactions, taxation, zoning and building codes, and marketing and advertising. Such laws and regulations could change or could be interpreted differently in the future, or new laws and regulations could be enacted. Material changes, new laws or regulations, or material differences in interpretations by courts or governmental authorities could adversely affect our operating results.

As a holder of the exchange notes, you may be required to comply with regulation, licensing, qualification or other requirements under the gaming laws or dispose of your exchange notes or have your exchange notes redeemed.

The gaming authority of any jurisdiction in which we currently or in the future conduct or propose to conduct gaming may require that a holder of the exchange notes be registered, licensed, qualified or found suitable, or comply with any other requirement under applicable gaming laws. See the section of this prospectus entitled “Description of Exchange Notes—Gaming Redemption or Other Disposition” for additional information about these suitability and redemption requirements as they relate to the exchange notes.

The various state gaming regulatory commissions also impose certain restrictions on holding certain amounts of our securities, including the following specific restrictions regarding our debt securities:

 

   

Louisiana—Any person acquiring a five percent or more ownership interest or economic interest shall be subject to a suitability determination, unless otherwise exempted. Under certain circumstances, an “institutional investor” otherwise required to be found suitable or qualified shall be presumed suitable or qualified upon submitting documentation sufficient to establish qualifications as an institutional investor, as defined in the Louisiana Gaming Control Law and applicable regulations. An institutional investor must also certify that (i) it owns, holds, or controls publicly traded securities of a licensee or its parent company in the ordinary course of business for investment purposes only; (ii) it does not exercise influence over the affairs of the issuer of the securities or of the licensee; and (iii) it does not intend to exercise influence over the affairs of the issuer of the securities or of the licensee. The exercise of voting privileges with regard to publicly traded securities shall not be deemed to constitute the exercise of influence over the affairs of a licensee.

 

   

Nevada—The Nevada Gaming Commission may, in its discretion, require the holder of any debt security of a Nevada Registered Corporation to file applications, be investigated and be found suitable to own the debt or other security of a Nevada Registered Corporation if the Nevada Gaming Commission has reason to believe that such holder’s acquisition of such debt or other security would otherwise be inconsistent with the policy of the State of Nevada. If the Nevada Gaming Commission determines that a person is unsuitable to own such security, then pursuant to the Nevada Gaming Control Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, the Nevada Registered Corporation can be sanctioned, including the loss of its approvals if, without the prior approval of the Nevada Gaming Commission, it: (i) pays to the unsuitable person any dividend, interest, or any distribution whatsoever; (ii) recognizes any voting right by such unsuitable person in connection with such securities; (iii) pays the unsuitable person remuneration in any form; or (iv) makes any payment to the unsuitable person by way of principal, redemption, conversion, exchange, liquidation, or similar transaction.

 

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New Jersey—At such time as we seek a casino license in New Jersey, our debt holders may be subject to a qualification requirement. Institutional holders, as that term is defined under the New Jersey Casino Control Act, of publicly traded debt securities of an affiliate of a casino licensee or an applicant for a casino license are entitled to a waiver of qualification if the holder’s position in the aggregate is not more than twenty percent (20%) of the total outstanding debt of the affiliate and not more than fifty percent (50%) of any outstanding publicly traded debt issue of the affiliate (such as individual series of subordinated debt), and if the institutional investor satisfies other conditions specified by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.

To date, we have obtained all gaming licenses necessary for the operation of our gaming activities. Gaming licenses and related approvals, however, are deemed to be privileges under the laws of the jurisdictions in which we conduct gaming activities, and no assurances can be given that any new gaming licenses that may be required in the future will be granted or that existing gaming licenses will not be revoked or suspended.

In addition, the various state gaming jurisdictions have certain approval or notice requirements with respect to the incurrence of debt, including the exchange notes, by licensed entities. The following summarizes those requirements.

Indiana. A riverboat licensee or an affiliate may not enter into a debt transaction of $1,000,000 or more without approval of the Indiana Gaming Commission (the “Indiana Commission”). The Indiana Commission has taken the position that a “debt transaction” includes increases in maximum amount available under revolving credit facilities. A riverboat owner licensee or any other person may not lease, hypothecate, borrow money against or loan money against or otherwise securitize a riverboat owner’s license. Indiana Commission regulations also require a licensee or applicant (or affiliate) to conduct due diligence to ensure that each person with whom the licensee or applicant (or affiliate) enters into a debt transaction would be suitable for licensure under the Indiana Act. The Indiana Commission rules require that:

 

   

a written request for approval of the debt transaction, along with relevant information regarding the debt transaction, be submitted to the Indiana Commission at least ten days prior to a scheduled meeting of the Indiana Commission;

 

   

a representative of the riverboat licensee or applicant be present at the meeting to answer any questions; and

 

   

a decision regarding the approval of the debt transaction be issued by the Indiana Commission at the next following meeting.

The Indiana Commission rules also authorize the Executive Director of the Indiana Commission to waive certain of these requirements with the approval of the chairperson of the Indiana Commission and an outside financial expert retained by the Indiana Commission. A licensee, or its parent company, that is publicly traded must notify the Indiana Commission of a public offering that will be registered with the SEC. The licensee must notify the Indiana Commission within 10 business days of the initial filing of a registration statement with the SEC. An ownership interest in a licensee may only be transferred in accordance with the Indiana Act and rules promulgated thereunder. The Executive Director of the Indiana Commission has waived the requirement that the issuance of the original notes and the exchange notes and related guaranties be approved by the full Indiana Commission. The waiver and interim approval were ratified by the Indiana Commission in June 2007. The ratification is subject to certain conditions which were or are expected to be satisfied prior to the issuance of the original notes and the exchange notes, as applicable.

Louisiana. In addition to its obligation to periodically submit detailed financial and operating reports to the Louisiana Gaming Control Board (the “Board”), a Louisiana licensee or person acting on a licensee’s behalf must notify the Board and obtain prior written approval whenever it (i) applies for, receives, accepts, or modifies the terms of any loan, line of credit, third-party financing agreement, sale with buy-back or lease-back provisions, or

 

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similar financing transaction; (ii) makes use of any cash, property, credit, loan, or line of credit; or (iii) guarantees or grants any other form of security for a loan. Exceptions to prior written approval include, without limitation, any transaction for less than $2,500,000 in which all of the lending institutions are federally regulated; transactions which do not substantially modify or alter the terms of an existing, previously approved loan transaction, or transactions involving publicly registered debt and securities sold pursuant to a firm underwriting agreement. Transactions involving publicly registered debt and securities registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and sold pursuant to a firm underwriting agreement are, however, subject to certain notice and reporting requirements. The issuance of the exchange notes and the related guaranties will be pursuant to this exception.

Missouri. The Missouri Gaming Commission must be notified of the intention to consummate any of the following transactions at least fifteen days prior to consummation, and the Missouri Gaming Commission may reopen the licensing hearing of President Riverboat Casino Missouri, Inc. (“PRC-MO”) or Casino One Corporation (“Casino One”) to consider the effect of the transaction on suitability for each or either licensee: (A) any private incurrence of debt equal to or exceeding one million dollars by Pinnacle or PRC-MO or Casino One; (B) any public issuance of debt by Pinnacle or PRC-MO or Casino One; or (C) any transaction involving PRC-MO or Casino One and a “related party” (any key person or holding company of PRC-MO or Casino One, including Pinnacle and Casino Magic Corporation, another subsidiary of Pinnacle; any person under the control of PRC-MO or Casino One, or any of its key persons, including Pinnacle; or any person sharing a holding company in common with PRC-MO or Casino One) where the transaction involves any of the following: (1) consideration paid for services provided by the related party or personnel working on behalf of the related party; (2) any arrangement in which consideration paid to the related party is based upon any measure of financial or business production of PRC-MO or Casino One; (3) any allocation of expenses between related parties; or (4) any loan or credit issued from the related party to PRC-MO or Casino One at a rate of interest that is at least one percent higher than the “bank prime loan rate” as reported by the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors on Form H.15.

In addition, PRC-MO and Casino One must notify the Missouri Gaming Commission no later than seven days following the consummation of any transaction by Pinnacle, PRC-MO, or Casino One, or any entity affiliated with PRC-MO and/or Casino One that involves or relates to PRC-MO and/or Casino One and has a dollar value equal to or greater than one million dollars.

In connection with the exchange notes, Pinnacle, PRC-MO and Casino One, as Missouri Gaming Commission licensees, are required to provide fifteen days’ notice of their intent to consummate the exchange offer for the previously issued 7.50% senior subordinated notes due 2015. The Missouri Gaming Commission may reopen the licensing hearing of PRC-MO, Pinnacle and/or Casino One prior to or following the consummation of the transaction to consider the effect of the transaction on the gaming licensee’s suitability.

Nevada. We are not permitted to make a public offering of our securities without the prior approval of the Nevada Gaming Commission (the “Nevada Commission”) if the securities or the proceeds therefrom are intended to be used to construct, acquire or finance gaming facilities in Nevada, or to retire or extend obligations incurred for such purposes. On February 22, 2007, the Nevada Commission granted us prior approval to make public offerings for a period of two years, subject to certain conditions (the “Nevada Shelf Approval”). The Nevada Shelf Approval also includes approval for our subsidiary which operates Boomtown Reno and two other gaming operations that have only slot machines (the “Gaming Subsidiary”) to guarantee any security issued by, and for the Gaming Subsidiary to hypothecate its assets to secure the payment or performance of any obligations evidenced by a security issued by us or an affiliated company wholly owned by us (an “Affiliate”) in a public offering under the Nevada Shelf Approval. The issuance of the exchange notes and related guaranties will be a public offering and will be made pursuant to the Nevada Shelf Approval. The Nevada Shelf Approval, however, may be rescinded for good cause without prior notice upon the issuance of an interlocutory stop order by the Chairman of the Nevada State Gaming Control Board. The Nevada Shelf Approval does not constitute a finding, recommendation or approval of

 

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the Nevada Commission, the Nevada State Gaming Control Board or the City of Reno as to the accuracy or the adequacy of the prospectus or the investment merits of the securities offered thereby. Any representation to the contrary is unlawful. If the Nevada Shelf Approval is rescinded, the issuance of the exchange notes and the related guaranties will need to be separately approved by the Nevada Commission.

New Jersey. Pinnacle is subject to the jurisdiction of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (the “New Jersey Commission”) and the New Jersey Casino Control Act (the “New Jersey Act”) by reason of being (i) an applicant for a Statement of Compliance that Pinnacle is qualified to be a holding company of a casino licensee; and (ii) an applicant for a gaming-related CSI license. The latter application was required by the New Jersey Commission as a condition of, among other things, Pinnacle’s being able to possess, store and transport slot machines in connection with the closing of the Sands Hotel and Casino. Pinnacle anticipates that a New Jersey affiliate of Pinnacle will become an applicant for a casino license. No approval of the exchange notes or guaranties of the exchange notes is required by the New Jersey gaming authorities. Notice of the issuance of the exchange notes and guaranties is required to be given to the New Jersey gaming authorities.

The foregoing is only a summary of the applicable regulatory requirements. For a more detailed description of the applicable regulatory requirements, including requirements under gaming laws and our certificate of incorporation, see “Government Regulations and Gaming Issues” filed as Exhibit 99.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, which is incorporated by reference herein.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the exchange notes. Broker-dealers may use this prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, in connection with the resale of exchange notes received in exchange for original notes where the broker-dealer acquired the original notes as a result of market-making activities or other business trading activities. We have agreed that, starting at the expiration date and ending 180 days after the thirtieth day following effective date of this registration statement, or such shorter period ending when all exchange notes held by broker-dealers have been sold, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. During this 180-day period, the registration rights agreement permits us, under certain circumstances, to allow the exchange offer registration statement to cease to become effective and useable for one or more periods of 90 days in aggregate in any twelve month period. If we exercise this right, the 180-day period referenced above will be extended by the number of days during which the exchange offer registration statement was not effective or useable. In addition, until                     , 2008, all dealers effecting transactions in the exchange notes may be required to deliver a prospectus.

We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of exchange notes by broker-dealers or any other persons. Broker-dealers may sell exchange notes received by them for their own account pursuant to the exchange offer from time to time in one or more transactions:

 

   

in the over-the-counter market;

 

   

in negotiated transactions;

 

   

through the writing of options on the exchange notes; or

 

   

through a combination of the above methods of resale,

at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to the prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Broker-dealers may resell exchange notes directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of the exchange notes. Any broker-dealer that resells exchange notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of the exchange notes may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any resale of exchange notes and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The letter of transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

We have agreed to pay certain expenses incident to the exchange offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the holders of original notes), other than commissions and concessions of any broker-dealer. We also will provide indemnification against specified liabilities, including liabilities that may arise under the Securities Act, to broker-dealers effecting resales of exchange notes pursuant to this prospectus.

By its acceptance of the exchange offer, any broker-dealer that receives exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer agrees to notify us before using the prospectus in connection with the sale or transfer of exchange notes. The broker-dealer further acknowledges and agrees that, upon receipt of notice from us of:

 

   

the happening of any event which:

 

   

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a board determination in good faith that it is in our best interests not to disclose the existence of facts surrounding any proposed or pending material corporate transaction,

which notice we agree to deliver promptly to the broker-dealer, the broker-dealer will suspend use of the prospectus, subject to certain time limitations in certain circumstances, until we have notified the broker-dealer that delivery of the prospectus may resume and have furnished copies of any amendment or supplement to the prospectus to the broker-dealer. If we suspend the use of this prospectus, the 180-day period referred to above will be extended by a number of days equal to the period of the suspension.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the exchange notes offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, California.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements and the related financial statement schedule, incorporated in this Prospectus by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and the effectiveness of Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting 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 explanatory paragraphs relating to the adoption of the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment on January 1, 2006 and the adoption of the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statement No 109 on January 1, 2007, and (2) express an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting), which are incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule 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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No dealer, salesperson or any other person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this prospectus in connection with the exchange offer covered by this prospectus and, if given or made, such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the company. Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of the company since the dates as of which information is given in this prospectus. This prospectus does not constitute an offer or solicitation by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is not authorized or in which the person making such offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation.

 

 

All tendered original notes, executed letters of transmittal and other related documents should be directed to the exchange agent. Questions and requests for assistance and requests for additional copies of this prospectus, the letter of transmittal and other related documents should be addressed to the exchange agent as follows:

The exchange agent for the exchange offer is:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

By Registered or Certified Mail, Overnight Delivery, or Hand Delivery:

Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

Corporate Trust Operations

Reorganization Unit

101 Barclay St.

Floor 7 East

New York, NY 10286

Attention: David Mauer

By Facsimile Transmission:

(212) 298-1915

Confirm by Telephone:

(212) 815-3687

(Originals of all documents submitted by facsimile should be sent promptly by hand, overnight courier, or registered or certified mail).

 

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LOGO

$385,000,000

Offer to Exchange

7 1/2 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015,

Which Have Been Registered Under the Securities Act of 1933,

for any and all Outstanding 7 1/2 % Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2015

 

 

PROSPECTUS

 

 

Dated                     , 2008

Until                     , 2008, all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.


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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 20. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Registrants Incorporated or Organized in Delaware

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, suit 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, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, 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 145 further authorizes a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person serving in such capacity who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit 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, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter, such person shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by such person.

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (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, Article XII of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that no director of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty by such director for corporate actions as a director to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.

As permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, the Company’s Restated Bylaws provide that directors and elected officers who are made, or are threatened to be made, parties to, or are involved in any action, suit or proceeding will be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL against all expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith. The Restated Bylaws of the Company require it to advance expenses to its directors and elected officers, provided that, if the DGCL so requires, they undertake to repay the amount advanced if it is ultimately determined by a court that they are not entitled to indemnification.

 

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The Company has entered into employment agreements with certain of its officers that require the Company to provide insurance on behalf of such officers. The Company maintains insurance policies under which its directors and officers and the directors and officers of its subsidiaries 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 the Company or its subsidiaries, as applicable.

Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (“DLLCA”) provides that subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its limited liability company agreement, a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.

The limited liability company agreement of each of AREH MLK LLC, AREP Boardwalk Properties LLC, Boomtown, LLC, Mitre Associates LLC, PNK (CHILE 1), LLC, PNK (CHILE 2), LLC, PNK Development 7, LLC, PNK Development 8, LLC, PNK Development 9, LLC, PNK (ES), LLC, PNK (STLH), LLC, PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC and PSW Properties LLC (each a “Delaware Company” and collectively, the “Delaware Companies”) provides that the member and any manager, director or officer and any person acting on behalf of a member to direct the activities of a limited liability company (herein, a “Covered Person”) will not be liable to such Delaware Company for good faith acts or omissions, unless a court determines such acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law that was material to the cause of action or such Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction.

The limited liability company agreement of each of the Delaware Companies also provides that each of the Delaware Companies shall indemnify and hold harmless a Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by Section 18-108 of the DLLCA if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of such Delaware Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of such Delaware Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Covered Person was unlawful. Expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending an action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by such Delaware Company as they are incurred upon receipt of an undertaking to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court that such Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified. Any indemnification shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of such Delaware Company.

Registrant Incorporated or Organized in Indiana

Section 23-18-2-2 of the Indiana Business Flexibility Act (“Indiana LLC Law”) provides that, unless the limited liability company’s articles of organization provide otherwise, every limited liability company has power to indemnify and hold harmless any member, manager, agent, or employee from and against any and all claims and demands, except in the case of action or failure to act by the member, agent, or employee which constitutes willful misconduct or recklessness and subject to any standards and restrictions set forth in a written operating agreement. Section 23-18-4-4 of Indiana LLC Law provides that a written operating agreement may provide for indemnification of a member or manager for monetary damages for judgments, settlements, penalties, fines, or expenses incurred in a proceeding to which a person is a party because the person is or was a member or manager.

The Operating Agreement of Ogle Haus, LLC provides that the company shall indemnify the member or any of its agents or managers with respect to company matters, except for fraud.

Registrants Incorporated or Organized in Louisiana

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incurred by him in connection with any action, suit or proceeding to which he is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party (including any action by or in the right of the corporation) if such action arises out of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another business, foreign or non-profit corporation, partnership, joint venture, or other enterprise and he acted in good faith and in a manner he 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 his conduct was unlawful. The indemnification provisions of Section 83 are not exclusive, but no corporation may indemnify any person for willful or intentional misconduct. Section 83 also permits a corporation to advance expenses to its directors and officers, provided that they undertake to repay the amount advanced if it is ultimately determined by a court that they are not entitled to indemnification.

Article 9 of the PNK (Bossier City), Inc.’s Articles of Incorporation provides for mandatory indemnification for current and former directors and officers to the full extent permitted by Louisiana law, including the right to be paid expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition.

Section 1315 of the Louisiana Limited Liability Company Law (“Louisiana LLC Law”) as codified in Chapter 22 of Title 12 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes permits a limited liability company in its articles of organization or operating agreement to eliminate or limit the personal liability of members and managers for monetary damages for breaches of certain statutorily specified duties and to provide for indemnification of members and managers for judgments, settlements, penalties, fines, or expenses incurred because such person is or was a member or manager. No such permitted provisions shall limit or eliminate the liability of a member or manager for the amount of a financial benefit received by a member or manager to which he is not entitled or for any intentional violation of criminal law.

The limited liability company agreement of each of PNK (SCB), L.L.C. and PNK (LAKE CHARLES), L.L.C. (each a “Louisiana Company” and collectively, the “Louisiana Companies”) provides that a Covered Person will not be liable to such Louisiana Company for good faith acts or omissions, unless a court determines such acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law that was material to the cause of action or such Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction.

The limited liability company agreement of each of the Louisiana Companies also provides that each of the Louisiana Companies shall indemnify and hold harmless a Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by Louisiana law if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of such Louisiana Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of such Louisiana Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Covered Person was unlawful. Expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending an action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by such Louisiana Company as they are incurred upon receipt of an undertaking to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court that such Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified. Any indemnification shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of such Louisiana Company.

Sections 2801 to 2835 of the Louisiana Civil Code provide for general partnerships (“Louisiana General Partnership Law”) and Sections 2836 to 2844 of the Louisiana Civil Code provide for Louisiana partnerships in Commendam (the “Louisiana Limited Partnership Law”). The Louisiana General Partnership Law and the Louisiana Limited Partnership Law are silent with respect to indemnification however, provisions that are not covered by the Louisiana partnership law are subject to the general provisions of Louisiana law, which would permit indemnification except in certain circumstances.

The Third Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of Louisiana-I Gaming, a Louisiana partnership in Commendam, and the Third Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement for PNK (Baton Rouge) Partnership (each a “Louisiana Partnership” or collectively, the “Louisiana Partnerships”) provide that any partner, or any person acting on behalf of a partner of a Louisiana Partnership to direct the activities of the Partnership (a

 

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“Partnership Covered Person”) will not be liable to such Louisiana Partnership for good faith acts or omissions, unless a court determines such acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law that was material to the cause of action or Partnership Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction.

The partnership agreements of each of the Louisiana Partnerships also provide that each of the Louisiana Partnerships shall indemnify and hold harmless a Partnership Covered Person if such Partnership Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of such Louisiana Partnership and in a manner such Partnership Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Louisiana Partnership, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Partnership Covered Person was unlawful. Expenses of the Partnership Covered Person incurred in defending an action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by such Louisiana Partnership as they are incurred upon receipt of an undertaking to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court that such Partnership Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified. Any indemnification shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of such Louisiana Partnership.

Registrants Incorporated or Organized in Minnesota

Section 302A.521, subd. 2, of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act requires a corporation to indemnify a person made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of the person’s former or present official capacity with respect to the corporation, against judgments, penalties, fines, including, without limitation, excise taxes assessed against the person with respect to an employee benefit plan, settlements, and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding, if such person (1) has not been indemnified by another organization or employee benefit plan for the same judgments, penalties, fines, excise taxes, or expenses; (2) acted in good faith; (3) received no improper personal benefit, and statutory procedure has been followed in the case of any conflict of interest by a director; (4) in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful; and (5) in the case of acts or omissions occurring in the person’s official capacity of director or, for a person not a director, in the official capacity of officer, board committee member or employee, reasonably believed that the conduct was in the best interests of the corporation, or, in the case of a director, officer or employee of the corporation involving service as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another organization or employee benefit plan, reasonably believed that the conduct was not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.

In addition, Section 302A.521, subd. 3, requires payment by the corporation of reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of the proceeding if certain conditions are satisfied. A decision as to whether indemnification is required is made by a disinterested majority of the Board of Directors present at a meeting at which a disinterested quorum is present, or by a designated committee of the Board, by special legal counsel, by the shareholders, or by a court.

Registrants Incorporated or Organized in Mississippi

Section 79-4-8.51 of the Mississippi Business Corporation Act (“MBCA”) grants to a corporation the authority to indemnify an individual who is a party to a proceeding because he is a director against liability incurred in the proceeding, provided that he conducted himself in good faith and either (a) reasonably believed that, in the case of conduct in his official capacity, that his conduct was in the best interests of the corporation and, in all other cases, that his conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; and (b) in the case of any criminal proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

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Sections 79-4-8.52 and 79-4-8.54 apply to officers of corporations to the same extent as directors by express reference in Section 79-4-8.56.

Under MBCA § 79-4-8.56, a corporation also may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of a corporation who is a party to a proceeding because he is an officer of the corporation. This indemnification may be made to the same extent as if such officer were a director of the corporation, and if he is an officer but not a director, to such further extent as may be provided elsewhere in the governing documents of the corporation and resolutions therefor, except under certain instances specified in the statute.

The Restated Bylaws for each of Biloxi Casino Corp. and Casino One Corporation (each, a “Mississippi Corporation” and collectively, the “Mississippi Corporations”) each provide that directors and officers who are made, or are threatened to be made, parties to, or are involved in, any action, suit or proceeding will be indemnified by such Mississippi Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the MBCA against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith. The Restated Bylaws of the Mississippi Corporations require them to advance expenses to its directors and officers, provided that, if the MBCA so requires, they undertake to repay the amount advanced if it is ultimately determined by a court that they are not entitled to indemnification.

Registrants Incorporated or Organized in Missouri

Sections 351.355(1) and (2) of the General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri 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, suit 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 he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she 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 his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of an action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duty to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability and in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

Section 351.355(3) provides that except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws, to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit, or proceeding.

Section 351.355(4) provides that any indemnification described above, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this section. The determination shall be made by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit, or proceeding, or if such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or by the shareholders.

 

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Section 351.355(5) provides that the board of directors may authorize that expenses incurred in defending an action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount.

Registrants Incorporated or Organized in Nevada

Section 86.411 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) provides that a limited liability company may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (except an action by or in the right of the limited liability company), by reason of being or having been a manager, member, employee or agent of the limited liability company or serving in certain capacities at the request of the limited liability company. Indemnification may include attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person to be indemnified. Section 86.421 of the NRS provides that a limited liability company 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 suit by or in the right of the limited liability company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of being or having been a manager, member, employee or agent of the limited liability company or serving in certain capacities at the request of the limited liability company except that indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such a person has been finally adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the limited liability company or for amounts paid in settlement to the limited liability company, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that, in view of all the circumstances, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper. However, to be entitled to indemnification, in either case the person to be indemnified must have acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the limited liability company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

Section 86.431 of the NRS also provides that, to the extent a manager, member, employee or agent of a limited liability has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any such action, he or she must be indemnified by the limited liability company against expenses, including attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense.

Section 86.441 of the NRS permits a limited liability company to provide, in its articles of organization, operating agreement or other agreement, for the payment of expenses incurred by members or managers in defending any civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the person is not entitled to indemnification.

Section 86.461 of the NRS permits a limited liability company to purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of the limited liability company’s members, managers, employees or agents, or any persons serving in certain capacities at the request of the limited liability company, for any liability and expenses incurred by them in their capacities as members, managers, employees or agents or arising out of their status as such, whether or not the limited liability company has the authority to indemnify him, her or them against such liability and expenses.

The articles of organization of PNK (Reno), LLC (“PNK Reno”) and Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC (“Belterra”) require such limited liability companies, in addition to any other rights of indemnification to which its members may be entitled, to pay or to purchase insurance or make other financial arrangements to pay, the expenses incurred by its members in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding, involving alleged acts or omissions of such members in their capacity as members of such limited liability companies, as such expenses are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an

 

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unsecured undertaking to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that they are not entitled to be indemnified by such companies.

The articles of organization of Yankton Investments, LLC (“Yankton”) require such limited liability company, in addition to any other rights of indemnification to which its members or managers may be entitled, to pay or to purchase insurance or make other financial arrangements to pay, the expenses incurred by its members or managers in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding, involving alleged acts or omissions of such members or managers in their capacity as members or managers of such company, as such expenses are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an unsecured undertaking to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that they are not entitled to be indemnified by such company.

The operating agreement of each of PNK Reno and Belterra provides that the member and any manager or officer of such limited liability company will not be liable to such limited liability company for good faith acts or omissions, unless a court determines such acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law that was material to the cause of action.

The operating agreement of Yankton provides that the member and any manager or officer of the limited liability company will not be liable to the limited liability company for any act or omission made in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed by such person to be within the scope of his or her authority, except that such person is liable for any loss, damage or claim incurred due to such person’s intentional misconduct, fraud or knowing violation of the law, which was material to the cause of action.

The operating agreement of each of PNK Reno, Belterra and Yankton (each a “Nevada Company”) also provides that such Nevada Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the member and any manager or officer of such Nevada Company to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS. Expenses of such member, manager or officer incurred in defending an action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by such Nevada Company as such expenses are incurred upon receipt of an undertaking to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court that such member, manager or officer is not entitled to be indemnified. Any indemnification shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of such Nevada Company.

Registrants Incorporated or Organized in New Jersey

Section 42:2B-10 of the New Jersey Limited Liability Company Act (“New Jersey LLC Law”) provides that, subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its operating agreement, a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to indemnify and hold harmless any manager or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.

The limited liability company agreement of each of ACE Gaming, LLC and PNK Development 13, LLC (each a “New Jersey Company” and collectively, the “New Jersey Companies”) provides that a Covered Person will not be liable to such New Jersey Company for good faith acts or omissions, unless a court determines such acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law that was material to the cause of action or such Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction.

The limited liability company agreement of each of the New Jersey Companies also provides that each of the New Jersey Companies shall indemnify and hold harmless a Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by New Jersey LLC Law if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of such New Jersey Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of such New Jersey Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such New Jersey Person was unlawful. Expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending an action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by such New Jersey Company as they are incurred upon receipt of an undertaking to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court that such Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified. Any indemnification shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of such New Jersey Company.

 

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Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

(a) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

   

Description of Exhibit

3.1     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, 2005. (SEC File No. 001-13641)
3.2     Restated By-laws of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., as amended, are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 13, 2007. (SEC File No. 001-13641)
3.3*     Certificate of Formation of ACE Gaming, LLC
3.4*     Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of ACE Gaming, LLC
3.5*     Certificate of Formation of AREH MLK LLC, as amended
3.6*     Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of AREH MLK LLC
3.7*     Certificate of Formation of AREP Boardwalk Properties LLC
3.8*     Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of AREP Boardwalk Properties LLC
3.9     Amended and Restated Articles of Organization Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC, are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3/A filed on November 16, 2004 (SEC File No. 333-90426)
3.10     Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3/A filed on November 16, 2004 (SEC File No. 333-90426)
3.11     Articles of Incorporation of Biloxi Casino Corp., are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.33 to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on March 26, 1999. (SEC File No. 333-73235).
3.12 *   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Biloxi Casino Corp.
3.13     Certificate of Formation of Boomtown, LLC, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 30, 2004. (SEC File No. 001-13641)
3.14 *   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Boomtown, LLC
3.15     Articles of Incorporation of Casino Magic Corp., as amended, are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.29 to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on March 26, 1999. (SEC File No. 333-73235).
3.16 *   Amended and Restated By-Laws of Casino Magic Corp.
3.17     Articles of Incorporation of Casino One Corporation, are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.37 to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on March 26, 1999. (SEC File No. 333-73235)
3.18 *   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Casino One Corporation
3.19 **   Third Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of Louisiana—I Gaming, a Louisiana Partnership in Commendam
3.20 *   Certificate of Formation of MITRE Associates LLC

 

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Exhibit
Number

   

Description of Exhibit

3.21 *   Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of MITRE Associates LLC
3.22     Amended and Restated Articles of Organization of Ogle Haus, LLC, are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.37 to the Company’s Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-3/A filed on August 6, 2002 (SEC File No. 333-90426)
3.23     Operating Agreement of Ogle Haus, LLC, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.38 to the Company’s Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-3/A filed on August 6, 2002 (SEC File No. 333-90426)
3.24 **   Second Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of PNK (Baton Rouge) Partnership
3.25 *   Articles of Incorporation of Casino Magic of Louisiana, Corp. (subsequently renamed PNK (Bossier City), Inc.), as amended.
3.26 **   Amended and Restated Bylaws of PNK (Bossier City), Inc.
3.27 *   Certificate of Formation of PNK (CHILE 1), LLC
3.28 *   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (CHILE 1), LLC
3.29 *   Certificate of Formation of PNK (CHILE 2), LLC
3.30 *   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (CHILE 2), LLC
3.31 *   Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 7, LLC
3.32 *   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK Development 7, LLC
3.33 *   Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 8, LLC
3.34 *   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK Development 8, LLC
3.35 *   Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 9, LLC
3.36 *   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK Development 9, LLC
3.37 *   Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 13, LLC
3.38 *   Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK Development 13, LLC
3.39 *   Certificate of Formation of PNK (ES), LLC
3.40 *   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (ES), LLC
3.41     Articles of Organization of PNK (LAKE CHARLES), L.L.C. (formerly HPK (Lake Charles), L.L.C.), are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.24 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on August 6, 2002. (SEC File No. 333-90426)
3.42 **   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (LAKE CHARLES), L.L.C. (formerly HPK (Lake Charles), L.L.C.)
3.43     Articles of Organization of PNK (Reno), LLC, are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 19, 2003. (SEC File No. 001-13641)
3.44     Operating Agreement of PNK (Reno), LLC, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 19, 2003. (SEC File No. 001-13641)
3.45 *   Articles of Organization of PNK (SCB), L.L.C., as amended
3.46 **   Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (SCB), L.L.C.

 

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Exhibit
Number

    

Description of Exhibit

3.47 *    Certificate of Formation of PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC
3.48 *    Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC
3.49 *    Certificate of Formation of PNK (STLH), LLC, as amended
3.50 *    Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (STLH), LLC
3.51 *    Certificate of Formation of PSW Properties LLC
3.52 *    Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PSW Properties LLC
3.53 *    Articles of Incorporation of St. Louis Casino Corp., as amended
3.54 *    Amended and Restated By-laws of St. Louis Casino Corp.
3.55 *    Articles of Organization of Yankton Investments, LLC, as amended
3.56 *    Operating Agreement of Yankton Investments, LLC
4.1      Indenture dated as of June 8, 2007, governing the 7.50% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015, by and among Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the guarantors identified therein and The Bank of New York Trust Company is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 11, 2007. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
4.2      Form of 7.50% Senior Subordinated Note due 2015 is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit A contained in Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 11, 2007. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
4.3      Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2007, among the Company, the guarantors identified therein and Lehman Brothers Inc., Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the several Initial Purchasers named in Schedule 1 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 11, 2007. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
5.1*      Opinion of Irell & Manella LLP.
12.1*      Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
23.1*      Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2*      Consent of Irell & Manella LLP (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*      Power of Attorney.
25.1*      Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1.
99.1*      Form of Letter of Transmittal.
99.2*      Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
99.3*      Form of Broker Letter.
99.4*      Form of Letter to Holders and DTC Participants.
99.5*      Form of Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9.

 

* Filed herewith.
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Item 22. Undertakings

(a) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:

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

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

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the 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 Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(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.

(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.

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act 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 used in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser

(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s 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 the

 

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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 pursuant to the provisions described in Item 20 above, or otherwise, 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 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 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(d) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that:

(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus 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.

(e) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the Prospectus pursuant to Items 4, 10(b), 11, or 13 of this Form, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request.

(f) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

  Stephen H. Capp
 

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

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

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director

*

Ellis Landau

   Director

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director

*

James L. Martineau

   Director

*

Michael Ornest

   Director

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

  Stephen H. Capp
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

ACE Gaming, LLC

a New Jersey limited liability company

By:   its Sole Member
 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 13, LLC,

a New Jersey limited liability company

  By:   its Member
   

BILOXI CASINO CORP.,

a Mississippi Corporation

    By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

      Stephen H. Capp
      Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Chief Executive Officer of Registrant and Sole Director and Chairman of the Board of Biloxi Casino Corp., the Member of Pinnacle Development 13, LLC, the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

 

Stephen H. Capp

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

AREH MLK LLC

a Delaware limited liability company

By:

  its Sole Member
 

BILOXI CASINO CORP.,

a Mississippi corporation

 

By:

 

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

    Stephen H. Capp
    Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Sole Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Biloxi Casino Corp., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Biloxi Casino Corp., the Sole Member of Registrant
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

  Stephen H. Capp
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

AREP Boardwalk Properties LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   its Sole Member
 

BILOXI CASINO CORP.,

a Mississippi corporation

  By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

   

Stephen H. Capp

Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

Daniel R. Lee

   Sole Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Biloxi Casino Corp., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Biloxi Casino Corp., the Sole Member of Registrant
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

 

Stephen H. Capp

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

BELTERRA RESORT INDIANA, LLC,

a Nevada limited liability company

By:   its Sole Member
 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware Corporation

  By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

   

Stephen H. Capp

Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Ellis Landau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

James L. Martineau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Michael Ornest

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

 

Stephen H. Capp

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

BILOXI CASINO CORP.,

a Mississippi corporation

By:

 

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

 

Stephen H. Capp

Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

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

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

 

Stephen H. Capp

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

BOOMTOWN, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:

  its Sole Member
 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware Corporation

  By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

   

Stephen H. Capp

Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Chief Executive Officer and President of Registrant and Director and Chairman of the Board of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Ellis Landau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

James L. Martineau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Michael Ornest

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

 

Stephen H. Capp

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

CASINO MAGIC CORP.,

a Minnesota corporation

By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

 

Stephen H. Capp

Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

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

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

 

Stephen H. Capp

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

CASINO ONE CORPORATION,

a Mississippi corporation

By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

 

Stephen H. Capp

Treasurer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

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

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

 

Stephen H. Capp

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

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/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

     

Stephen H. Capp

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Boomtown, LLC, the General Partner of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Boomtown, LLC, the General Partner of Registrant (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Boomtown, LLC, the General Partner of Registrant

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Boomtown, LLC, the General Partner of Registrant

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Boomtown, LLC, the General Partner of Registrant

*

Ellis Landau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Boomtown, LLC, the General Partner of Registrant

 

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Signature

  

Title

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Boomtown, LLC, the General Partner of Registrant

*

James L. Martineau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Boomtown, LLC, the General Partner of Registrant

*

Michael Ornest

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Boomtown, LLC, the General Partner of Registrant

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Boomtown, LLC, the General Partner of Registrant

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

 

Stephen H. Capp

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

MITRE ASSOCIATES LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   its Sole Member
 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 13, LLC,

a New Jersey limited liability company

  By:   its Member
   

BILOXI CASINO CORP.,

a Mississippi Corporation

    By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

     

Stephen H. Capp

Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Chief Executive Officer of Registrant and Sole Director and Chairman of the Board of Biloxi Casino Corp., the Member of Pinnacle Development 13, LLC, the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

 

Stephen H. Capp

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

OGLE HAUS, LLC,

an Indiana limited liability company

By:   its Sole Member
 

BELTERRA RESORT INDIANA, LLC,

a Nevada limited liability company

  By:   its Sole Member
   

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware Corporation

    By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

     

Stephen H. Capp

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC, the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC, the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Ellis Landau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC,
the Sole Member of Registrant

 

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Signature

  

Title

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

James L. Martineau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Michael Ornest

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC,
the Sole Member of Registrant

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

 

Stephen H. Capp

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

PNK (BATON ROUGE) PARTNERSHIP,

a Louisiana General Partnership

By:   its Managing Partner
 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 8, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:   its Sole Member
   

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

    By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

     

Stephen H. Capp

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Member of PNK Development 8, LLC, the Managing Partner of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

Stephen H. Capp

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Member of PNK Development 8, LLC, the Managing Partner of Registrant (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Member of PNK Development 8, LLC, the Managing Partner of Registrant

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Member of PNK Development 8, LLC, the Managing Partner of Registrant

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Member of PNK Development 8, LLC, the Managing Partner of Registrant

*

Ellis Landau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Member of PNK Development 8, LLC, the Managing Partner of Registrant

 

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Signature

  

Title

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Member of PNK Development 8, LLC, the Managing Partner of Registrant

*

James L. Martineau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Member of PNK Development 8, LLC, the Managing Partner of Registrant

*

Michael Ornest

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Member of PNK Development 8, LLC, the Managing Partner of Registrant

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Member of PNK Development 8, LLC, the Managing Partner of Registrant

 

*By:

 

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

 

Stephen H. Capp

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

PNK (BOSSIER CITY), INC.,

a Louisiana corporation

By:

 

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

 

Stephen H. Capp

Treasurer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

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

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

 

Stephen H. Capp

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

PNK (CHILE 1), LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   its Sole Member
 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware Corporation

  By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

    Stephen H. Capp
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of the Registrant (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Ellis Landau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

James L. Martineau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Michael Ornest

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

  Stephen H. Capp
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

PNK (CHILE 2), LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   its Sole Member
 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware Corporation

  By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

    Stephen H. Capp
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of the Registrant (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Ellis Landau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

James L. Martineau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Michael Ornest

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

  Stephen H. Capp
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

PNK Development 7, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   its Sole Member
 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware Corporation

  By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

    Stephen H. Capp
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

Stephen H. Capp

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Ellis Landau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

James L. Martineau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Michael Ornest

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

  Stephen H. Capp
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

PNK Development 8, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   its Sole Member
 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware Corporation

  By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

    Stephen H. Capp
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

Stephen H. Capp

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Ellis Landau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

James L. Martineau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Michael Ornest

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

  Stephen H. Capp
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

PNK Development 9, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   its Sole Member
 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware Corporation

  By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

    Stephen H. Capp
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Ellis Landau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

James L. Martineau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Michael Ornest

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

 

*By:

 

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

  Stephen H. Capp
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

PNK Development 13, LLC

a New Jersey limited liability company

By:   its Member
 

BILOXI CASINO CORP.,

a Mississippi Corporation

  By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

    Stephen H. Capp
    Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Chief Executive Officer of Registrant and Sole Director and Chairman of the Board of Biloxi Casino Corp., the Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

  Stephen H. Capp
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

PNK (ES), LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   its Sole Member
 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware Corporation

  By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

    Stephen H. Capp
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

  

Chief Executive Officer of Registrant and Director and Chairman of the Board of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant

(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Ellis Landau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

James L. Martineau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Michael Ornest

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

  Stephen H. Capp
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

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

a Louisiana limited liability company

By:   its Sole Member/Manager
 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

a Delaware Corporation

  By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

    Stephen H. Capp
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member/Manager of Registrant
(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member/Manager of Registrant (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member/Manager of Registrant

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member/Manager of Registrant

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member/Manager of Registrant

*

Ellis Landau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member/Manager of Registrant

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member/Manager of Registrant

*

James L. Martineau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member/Manager of Registrant

*

Michael Ornest

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member/Manager of Registrant

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member/Manager of Registrant

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

  Stephen H. Capp
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

PNK (Reno), LLC,

a Nevada limited liability company

By:   its Sole Member
 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware Corporation

  By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

    Stephen H. Capp
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Chief Executive Officer and President of Registrant and Director and Chairman of the Board of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Ellis Landau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

James L. Martineau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Michael Ornest

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

  Stephen H. Capp
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

PNK (SCB), L.L.C.,

a Louisiana limited liability company

By:   its Sole Member
 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 7, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:   its Sole Member
   

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware Corporation

    By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

      Stephen H. Capp
      Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Chief Executive Officer of Registrant and Director and Chairman of the Board of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of PNK Development 7, LLC, the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of PNK Development 7, LLC,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of PNK Development 7, LLC,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of PNK Development 7, LLC,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Ellis Landau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of PNK Development 7, LLC,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of PNK Development 7, LLC,
the Sole Member of Registrant

 

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Signature

  

Title

*

James L. Martineau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of PNK Development 7, LLC,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Michael Ornest

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of PNK Development 7, LLC,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of PNK Development 7, LLC,
the Sole Member of Registrant

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

  Stephen H. Capp
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   its Sole Member
 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware Corporation

  By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

    Stephen H. Capp
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Chief Executive Officer and President of Registrant and Director and Chairman of the Board of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

Stephen H. Capp

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Ellis Landau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

James L. Martineau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Michael Ornest

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

  Stephen H. Capp
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

PNK (STLH), LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   its Sole Member
 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware Corporation

  By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

    Stephen H. Capp
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Chief Executive Officer and President of Registrant and Director and Chairman of the Board of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

Stephen H. Capp

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Ellis Landau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

James L. Martineau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Michael Ornest

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

  Stephen H. Capp
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

PSW PROPERTIES LLC

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   its Sole Member
 

BILOXI CASINO CORP.,

a Mississippi Corporation

  By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

    Stephen H. Capp
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Sole Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Biloxi Casino Corp., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

Stephen H. Capp

   Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of
Biloxi Casino Corp., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP        

  Stephen H. Capp
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

ST. LOUIS CASINO CORP.,

a Missouri Corporation

By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

  Stephen H. Capp
  Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

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

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

Stephen H. Capp

   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

*By:

 

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

  Stephen H. Capp
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on March 31, 2008.

 

YANKTON INVESTMENTS, LLC,

a Nevada limited liability company

By:  

/s/    JOHN A. GODFREY      

  John A. Godfrey
  Manager

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 31, 2008.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Daniel R. Lee

   Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

Stephen H. Capp

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the Sole Member of Registrant (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)

*

Stephen C. Comer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

John V. Giovenco

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Richard J. Goeglein

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Ellis Landau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Bruce A. Leslie

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

James L. Martineau

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Michael Ornest

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

*

Lynn P. Reitnouer

   Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
the Sole Member of Registrant

 

*By:  

/s/    STEPHEN H. CAPP      

  Stephen H. Capp
  Attorney-in-Fact

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Exhibit

3.1   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, 2005. (SEC File No. 001-13641)
3.2   Restated By-laws of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., as amended, are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 13, 2007. (SEC File No. 001-13641)
3.3*   Certificate of Formation of ACE Gaming, LLC
3.4*   Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of ACE Gaming, LLC
3.5*   Certificate of Formation of AREH MLK LLC, as amended
3.6*   Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of AREH MLK LLC
3.7*   Certificate of Formation of AREP Boardwalk Properties LLC
3.8*   Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of AREP Boardwalk Properties LLC
3.9   Amended and Restated Articles of Organization Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC, are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3/A filed on November 16, 2004 (SEC File No. 333-90426)
3.10   Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3/A filed on November 16, 2004 (SEC File No. 333-90426)
3.11   Articles of Incorporation of Biloxi Casino Corp., are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.33 to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on March 26, 1999. (SEC File No. 333-73235).
3.12*   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Biloxi Casino Corp.
3.13   Certificate of Formation of Boomtown, LLC, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 30, 2004. (SEC File No. 001-13641)
3.14*   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Boomtown, LLC
3.15   Articles of Incorporation of Casino Magic Corp., as amended, are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.29 to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on March 26, 1999. (SEC File No. 333-73235)
3.16*   Amended and Restated By-Laws of Casino Magic Corp.
3.17   Articles of Incorporation of Casino One Corporation, are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.37 to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on March 26, 1999. (SEC File No. 333-73235)
3.18*   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Casino One Corporation
3.19**   Third Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of Louisiana—I Gaming, a Louisiana Partnership in Commendam
3.20*   Certificate of Formation of MITRE Associates LLC
3.21*   Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of MITRE Associates LLC
3.22   Amended and Restated Articles of Organization of Ogle Haus, LLC, are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.37 to the Company’s Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-3/A filed on August 6, 2002 (SEC File No. 333-90426)


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Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Exhibit

3.23   Operating Agreement of Ogle Haus, LLC, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.38 to the Company’s Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-3/A filed on August 6, 2002 (SEC File No. 333-90426)
3.24**   Second Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of PNK (Baton Rouge) Partnership
3.25*   Articles of Incorporation of Casino Magic of Louisiana, Corp. (subsequently renamed PNK (Bossier City), Inc.), as amended
3.26**   Amended and Restated Bylaws of PNK (Bossier City), Inc.
3.27*   Certificate of Formation of PNK (CHILE 1), LLC
3.28*   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (CHILE 1), LLC
3.29*   Certificate of Formation of PNK (CHILE 2), LLC
3.30*   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (CHILE 2), LLC
3.31*   Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 7, LLC
3.32*   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK Development 7, LLC
3.33*   Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 8, LLC
3.34*   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK Development 8, LLC
3.35*   Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 9, LLC
3.36*   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK Development 9, LLC
3.37*   Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 13, LLC
3.38*   Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK Development 13, LLC
3.39*   Certificate of Formation of PNK (ES), LLC
3.40*   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (ES), LLC
3.41   Articles of Organization of PNK (LAKE CHARLES), L.L.C. (formerly HPK (Lake Charles), L.L.C.), are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.24 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on August 6, 2002. (SEC File No. 333-90426)
3.42**   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (LAKE CHARLES), L.L.C. (formerly HPK (Lake Charles), L.L.C.)
3.43   Articles of Organization of PNK (Reno), LLC, are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 19, 2003. (SEC File No. 001-13641)
3.44   Operating Agreement of PNK (Reno), LLC, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 19, 2003. (SEC File No. 001-13641)
3.45*   Articles of Organization of PNK (SCB), L.L.C., as amended
3.46**   Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (SCB), L.L.C.
3.47*   Certificate of Formation of PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC
3.48*   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC
3.49*   Certificate of Formation of PNK (STLH), LLC, as amended
3.50*   Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (STLH), LLC
3.51*   Certificate of Formation of PSW Properties LLC
3.52*   Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PSW Properties LLC


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Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Exhibit

3.53*    Articles of Incorporation of St. Louis Casino Corp., as amended
3.54*    Amended and Restated By-laws of St. Louis Casino Corp.
3.55*    Articles of Organization of Yankton Investments, LLC, as amended
3.56*    Operating Agreement of Yankton Investments, LLC
4.1    Indenture dated as of June 8, 2007, governing the 7.50% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015, by and among Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., the guarantors identified therein and The Bank of New York Trust Company is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 11, 2007. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
4.2    Form of 7.50% Senior Subordinated Note due 2015 is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit A contained in Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 11, 2007. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
4.3    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2007, among the Company, the guarantors identified therein and Lehman Brothers Inc., Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the several Initial Purchasers named in Schedule 1 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 11, 2007. (SEC File No. 001-13641).
5.1*    Opinion of Irell & Manella LLP.
12.1*    Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
23.1*    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2*    Consent of Irell & Manella LLP (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*    Power of Attorney.
25.1*    Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1.
99.1*    Form of Letter of Transmittal.
99.2*    Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
99.3*    Form of Broker Letter.
99.4*    Form of Letter to Holders and DTC Participants.
99.5*    Form of Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9.

 

* Filed herewith.
** To be filed by amendment.
EX-3.3 2 dex33.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF ACE GAMING, LLC Certificate of Formation of ACE Gaming, LLC

Exhibit 3.3

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

ACE GAMING, LLC

The undersigned, in order to form a limited liability company pursuant to the provisions of the New Jersey Limited Liability Company Act, N.J.S.A. 42:2B-1, et. seq., hereby certifies:

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is ACE Gaming, LLC.

SECOND: The address of the limited liability company’s initial registered office in New Jersey is 830 Bear Tavern Road, Suite 305, West Trenton, New Jersey 08628-1020 and the name of the registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

THIRD: The initial operating agreement of the limited liability company shall be adopted by the members, and the power to make, alter and repeal the operating agreement is reserved to the members.

FOURTH: The period of existence of the limited liability company is perpetual.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation and has certified this as his act and deed and the facts herein stated as true, this 5th day of November, 2003.

 

 
/s/ Bernadette Fallows Davidson
Bernadette Fallows Davidson
EX-3.4 3 dex34.htm SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement

Exhibit 3.4

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

ACE GAMING, LLC

(a New Jersey limited liability company)

This Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of ACE Gaming, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (the “Company”), is entered into and adopted effective as of March 24, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by PNK Development 13, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (the “Member”), which constitutes the sole member of the Company, with reference to the recitals set forth below:

R E C I T A L S

A. The Company was originally formed under the New Jersey Limited Liability Company Act (N.J.S.A. 42:2B-1 et. seq.) (the “Act”) on November 5, 2003;

B. The Member previously adopted that certain Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company effective as of November 17, 2006 (the “Operating Agreement”); and

C. The Member desires to further amend and restate the Operating Agreement of the Company to provide for the (i) management of the Company by the Member and (ii) conduct of the Company’s business and affairs on and after the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and provisions set forth herein, the benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Member hereby amends and restates the Operating Agreement of the Company in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Affiliate” means with respect to a specified Person, any other Person who or which is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, “controlling”, and “controlled” mean (i) the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent of the voting power of the stockholders, members or owners, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement, as originally executed and as amended or restated from time to time.


Capital Contribution” means a contribution to the capital of the Company in cash, property, or otherwise.

Casino Control Act” means the New Jersey Casino Control Act and the rules and regulations of the State of New Jersey Casino Control Commission.

Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of New Jersey, as amended from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any corresponding United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific section of the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding provision of any United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect on the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement containing such reference.

Covered Person” means (a) the Member, (b) any manager, director or officer of the Company, (c) any Person acting on behalf of the Member to direct the activities of the Company, or (d) any Person who was, at the time of the act or omission in question, a Person described in clause (a), (b) or (c) hereof.

Gaming” means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game played with cards, dice, equipment or any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device for money, property, checks, credit or any representative of value, including without limitation the conducting of Gaming activities in accordance with applicable Gaming Laws and Gaming Licenses.

Gaming Authority” means those national, state, local and other governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies, boards, commissions and officials responsible for or involved in the regulation and control of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations in any jurisdiction.

Gaming Laws” means those laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulation, licensing, permit, investigatory, or enforcement authority over Gaming or Gaming activities or operations within any jurisdiction.

Gaming Licenses” means all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, certificates, registrations, findings of suitability, franchises and entitlements issued by any Gaming Authority necessary for or relating to the conduct of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations or the ownership of an interest in an entity that conducts Gaming or Gaming activities or operations.

Interest” means the entire ownership interest of the Member in the Company at any time, including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to which the Member may be entitled as provided under the Act and this Agreement.

 

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Member” is defined in the preamble hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Member’s name, address and ownership interest are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. In the event that the Member approves the admission of any other Person as a member of the Company, such Person shall have such relative rights and responsibilities as a member of the Company as are agreed to by the Member.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, or other entity.

Treasury Regulations” means the federal income tax regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Code and codified at Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended from time to time.

Unsuitable Person” means a Person (i) who is denied a Gaming License by any Gaming Authority, disqualified from eligibility for a Gaming License, or determined to be unsuitable to own or control an interest in, or to be connected with, a Person engaged directly or indirectly in Gaming or Gaming activities in any jurisdiction by a Gaming Authority, or (ii) whose continued involvement in the business of the Company (A) causes the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to lose or to be threatened with the loss of any Gaming License, or (B) is deemed likely, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Member, to jeopardize or adversely affect the likelihood that the Gaming Authorities will issue a Gaming License to, or in connection with the business of, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or to adversely affect the Company’s or any such Affiliate’s use of or entitlement to any Gaming License.

ARTICLE II

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

2.1 Existence. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Company has been formed as a New Jersey limited liability company under the laws of the State of New Jersey. The Member or any officer of the Company shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. To the extent that the rights or obligations of the Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control.

2.2 Name. The name of the Company shall be “ACE Gaming, LLC.” Subject to compliance with applicable law, the business and affairs of the Company may be conducted under that name or any other name that the Member deems appropriate or advisable.

2.3 Other Offices. The Company may establish and maintain offices at any time and at any place or places as the Member may designate or as the business of the Company may require.

 

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2.4 Resident Agent and Registered Office. The resident agent of the Company for service of process shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Formation or as changed by the Member from time to time. The Company shall have as its registered office in the State of New Jersey the street address of its resident agent.

2.5 Purpose. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company is formed for the object and purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

2.6 Casino Control Act. This Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of the Casino Control Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. In accordance with the provisions of Section 82(d)(7) of the Casino Control Act, N.J.S.A. 5:12-82(d)(7), for as long as the Company or any of its affiliates holds or is an applicant for a Gaming License or a gaming-related casino service industry license under the Casino Control Act, the Commission shall have the right of prior approval with regard to transfers of membership interests or any other interests in the Company, and any interests in the Company are held subject to the condition that if a holder thereof is found to be disqualified by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Casino Control Act, such holder will dispose of that interest; provided, however, that, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, nothing herein contained shall be deemed to require that any certificate evidencing an interest in the Company bear any legend to this effect. In accordance with the provisions of Section 82(d)(8) of the Casino Control Act, N.J.S.A. 5:12-82(d)(8), the Company shall have the absolute right to repurchase, at the market price or the purchase price, whichever is less, any membership interest or other interest in the Company if the Commission disapproves a transfer of such interest in accordance with the provisions of the Casino Control Act.

2.7 Powers of the Company. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2.5, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to:

(a) borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on any or all of the assets of the Company;

(b) conduct its business and operations in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country that may be necessary or convenient to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(c) acquire, by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise, and own, hold, maintain, finance, improve, lease, sell, convey, mortgage, transfer, demolish or dispose of any real or personal property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(d) enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, including without limitation, contracts with the Member or any Affiliate of, or other Person associated directly or indirectly with, the Member that are necessary to, in connection with, convenient to, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

 

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(e) purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign entities;

(f) lend money for any proper purpose, invest and reinvest its funds and take and hold real and personal property for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;

(g) sue and be sued, complain and defend and participate in administrative or other proceedings, in its name;

(h) appoint employees, agents and officers of the Company, and define their duties and fix their compensation;

(i) indemnify any Person and obtain any and all types of insurance;

(j) cease its activities and cancel its insurance;

(k) negotiate, enter into, renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate, modify, amend, waive, execute, acknowledge or take any other action with respect to any lease, contract or security agreement in respect of any assets of the Company;

(l) pay, collect, compromise, litigate, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle any and all other claims or demands of or against the Company or hold such proceeds against the payment of contingent liabilities;

(m) apply for, obtain and maintain any licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions and waivers from any Gaming Authority as may be necessary under applicable Gaming Laws for the conduct of its business and operations; and

(n) make, execute, acknowledge and file any and all documents or instruments necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

The Member shall not be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Company.

 

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ARTICLE IV

PROFITS AND LOSSES

4.1 Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses for any period shall be allocated to the Member.

4.2 Tax Classification. So long as the Company has only one member, it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes and that the activities of the Company be deemed to be activities of the Member for such purposes, as provided for by Treasury Regulations Sections 301.7701-1, et seq., and comparable provisions of applicable state tax law. In the event that the Company becomes an entity that has more than one member, it is intended that the Company be treated as a “partnership” for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes, and all available elections shall be made, and all available actions shall be taken, to cause the Company to be so treated (provided, however, that if the Company has more than one member but is treated for federal income tax purposes as having only a single owner, then it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes as provided in the preceding sentence).

ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Operating Distributions. Subject to Section 5.2, the Company shall from time to time distribute to the Member such amounts in cash and other assets as shall be determined by the Member.

5.2 Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any distribution if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law or would cause a breach or default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, but instead shall make such distribution as soon as practicable such that the making of such distribution would not cause such violation, breach or default.

ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP

6.1 Limitation of Liability. The Member shall not be liable under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, except to the extent required by the Act or in an agreement signed by the Member. The Member shall not be required to loan any funds to the Company, nor shall the Member be required to make any contribution to the Company, nor shall the Member be subject to any liability to the Company or any third party, as a result of any deficit of the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Member from making secured or unsecured loans to the Company by agreement with the Company.

 

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6.2 Powers of the Member. The Member shall have full, exclusive and complete discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Company and to take all such actions as it deems necessary, appropriate or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose of the Company, including, without limitation, the power and authority to execute all documents and instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things on behalf of the Company in all matters necessary, desirable, convenient or incidental to the purpose of the Company. The Member is an agent of the Company’s business and the actions of the Member taken in such capacity and in accordance with this Agreement shall bind the Company. The Member shall be the sole Person with the power to bind the Company except and to the extent that such power is expressly delegated to any other Person by the Member in this Agreement or in writing or by oral communication, and such delegation shall not cause the Member to cease to be the Member.

6.3 Election of Manager. Initially, there shall not be a “manager” (within the meaning of the Act) of the Company. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and the Act, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint one or more Persons as managers with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such a manager shall serve until such manager’s successor is duly appointed by the Member or until such manager’s earlier removal or resignation. Any manager appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member. If any Person elected to serve as a manager is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such Person as a manager and such Person shall thereupon automatically cease to be a manager.

6.4 Election of Officers. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint any individuals as officers of the Company with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such officers shall serve until their successors are duly appointed by the Member or until their earlier removal or resignation. Any officer appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member and any vacancy in any office shall be filled by the Member. If any person elected to serve as an officer is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such person as an officer and such person shall thereupon automatically cease to be an officer.

6.5 Duties and Authority of the Member, Managers and Officers. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Member or the provisions of the Certificate of Formation, this Agreement, Gaming Laws or the Act (including without limitation those provisions relating to actions or decisions required to be taken or made by, or with the approval of, the Member), the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), any manager or any officer, acting alone, is authorized to endorse checks, drafts, and other evidences of indebtedness made payable to the order of the Company, but only for the purpose of deposit into the Company’s accounts. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager or a specified officer shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount less than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers. Subject to

 

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the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager, or any two specified officers acting together, shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount equal to or more than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers.

6.6 Designation of Authority. The Member may authorize, in a resolution or other writing, one or more Persons or one or more officers, agents or employees of the Company who may, in the name and on behalf of the Company, and in lieu of or in addition to the Member, contract debts or incur liabilities, and sign contracts or agreements (including without limitation, instruments and documents providing for the acquisition, mortgage or disposition of property of the Company), and may authorize the use of facsimile signatures of any such Persons, officers, agents or employees.

6.7 Transfer of Interest. The Interest of the Member is personal property, and such Interest may be transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of the Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no Interest in the Company may be issued or transferred in any manner whatsoever except in compliance with all Gaming Licenses and Gaming Laws, if applicable.

6.8 Competing Activities. Neither the Member nor any of its Affiliates shall be expressly or impliedly restricted or prohibited by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby from engaging in other activities or business ventures of any kind or character whatsoever. Except as otherwise agreed in writing, the Member and its Affiliates shall have the right to conduct, or to possess a direct or indirect ownership interest in, activities and business ventures of every type and description, including activities and business ventures in direct competition with the Company.

6.9 Ratification and Approval of Actions by Member. Any past actions of the Member of the Company, on behalf of the Company and in its name, including, but not limited to, the execution and delivery of documents and instruments on behalf of the Company, be, and they hereby are, ratified, confirmed, approved and authorized in all respects, and such documents and instruments shall be considered approved as of the date the same were executed by the Member.

ARTICLE VII

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY AND

TERMINATION OF A MEMBER’S INTEREST

7.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved upon (i) the adoption of a plan of dissolution by the Member or (ii) the occurrence of any event required to cause the dissolution of the Company under the Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the bankruptcy (as defined in Section 42:2b-2 of the Act) of the Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.

 

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7.2 Distribution on Dissolution and Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the business of the Company shall be continued to the extent necessary to allow an orderly winding up of its affairs, including the liquidation and termination of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.2, as promptly as practicable thereafter, and each of the following shall be accomplished:

(a) the Member shall oversee the winding up of the Company’s affairs;

(b) the assets of the Company shall be liquidated as determined by the Member, or the Member may determine not to sell all or any portion of the assets, in which event such assets shall be distributed in kind; and

(c) the proceeds of sale and all other assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed as follows and in the following order of priority:

(i) to the expenses of liquidation;

(ii) to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, including any debts and liabilities owed to the Member; and

(iii) the balance, if any, to the Member.

ARTICLE VIII

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 Exculpation.

(a) No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company, except that the Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim if a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction establishes that the Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction or the Covered Person’s acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action.

(b) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including without limitation information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

8.2 Fiduciary Duty. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, then, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or the Member for its good faith acts or omissions in reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties and liabilities of the Covered Person.

 

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8.3 Indemnity. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by Section 2B-10 of the Act if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Covered Person was unlawful.

8.4 Advance Payment of Expenses. The expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding related to such Person’s actions on behalf of the Company shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this section do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel of the Company other than a Covered Person may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

8.5 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses for Employees and Agents. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Member, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of any Covered Person.

8.6 Assets of the Company. Any indemnification under this Article VIII shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Company. No debt shall be incurred by the Company or the Member in order to provide a source of funds for any indemnity, and the Member shall not have any liability (or any liability to make any additional Capital Contribution) on account thereof.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9.1 Membership Certificates. The Company may issue a certificate to the Member to evidence the Interest in the Company. The Member or any manager or officer of the Company authorized by the Member may execute such certificate on behalf of the Company.

9.2 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, to the extent and in such amounts as the Member shall, in its sole discretion, deem reasonable, on behalf of such Persons as the Member shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by any such Person in connection with the activities of the Company.

 

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9.3 Complete Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules or exhibits hereto, together with the Certificate of Formation to the extent referenced herein, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding of the Member with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement and the Certificate of Formation replace and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, statements, memoranda and understandings, whether written or oral, by the Member.

9.4 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Member.

9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Member, shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey without regard to the choice or conflict of laws provisions of New Jersey or any other jurisdiction.

9.6 Interpretation. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provisions contained herein. In the interpretation of this Agreement the singular may be read as the plural, and vice versa, the neuter gender as the masculine or feminine, and vice versa, and the future tense as the past or present, and vice versa, all interchangeably as the context may require in order to fully effectuate the intent of the Member and the transactions contemplated herein. Syntax shall yield to the substance of the terms and provisions hereof.

9.7 Counterparts and Facsimile Copies. Facsimile copies of this Agreement, any counterpart of this Agreement or any approval or written consent of the Member, and facsimile signatures hereon or thereon, shall have the same force and effect as originals.

9.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or any application thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, that provision, or application thereof, shall be deemed severable and the remainder of this Agreement, and all other applications of such provision, shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9.9 Waivers. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding unless evidenced by an instrument in writing and executed by the Member.

9.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is adopted solely by and for the benefit of the Member and its respective successors and assigns, and except to the extent specifically provided in Article VIII, no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 13, LLC,

a New Jersey limited liability company

By:  

BILOXI CASINO CORP.,

a Mississippi corporation

  By:   /s/ John A. Godfrey
    John A. Godfrey, Secretary

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

OPERATING AGREEMENT OF ACE GAMING, LLC]

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Member’s Name:   

PNK DEVELOPMENT 13, LLC,

a New Jersey limited liability company

Member’s Address:   

c/o Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Member’s Ownership Interest:    100%
EX-3.5 4 dex35.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF AREH MLK LLC Certificate of Formation of AREH MLK LLC

Exhibit 3.5

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

FIRST. The name of the limited liability company is AREH LOUISIANA LLC.

SECOND. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400 in the City of Wilmington. The name of its Registered Agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation of AREH LOUISIANA LLC this 16th day of May, A.D. 2005.

 

/s/ Mary Ann Brzoska
Mary Ann Brzoska, Authorized Person


STATE OF DELAWARE

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

 

1.   Name of Limited Liability Company: AREH Louisiana LLC                                                                                                                                                      
 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

2.   The Certificate of Formation of the limited liability company is hereby amended as follows: AREH MLK LLC                                                            
 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate on the 3rd day of May     , A.D. 2006 .

 

By:   /s/ John P. Saldarelli
  Authorized Person(s)
Name:    John P. Saldarelli
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EX-3.6 5 dex36.htm THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement

Exhibit 3.6

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

AREH MLK LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company)

This Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of AREH MLK LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is entered into and adopted effective as of March 24, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by Biloxi Casino Corp., a Mississippi corporation (the “Member”), which constitutes the sole member of the Company, with reference to the recitals set forth below:

R E C I T A L S

A. The Company was originally formed under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del.C. § 18-101, et. seq.) (the “Act”) on May 16, 2005; and

B. The Member previously adopted that certain Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company effective as of November 17, 2006 (the “Operating Agreement”); and

C. The Member desires to further amend and restate the Operating Agreement of the Company to provide for the conduct of the Company’s business and affairs on and after the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and provisions set forth herein, the benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Member hereby amends and restates the Operating Agreement of the Company in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Affiliate” means with respect to a specified Person, any other Person who or which is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, “controlling”, and “controlled” mean (i) the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent of the voting power of the stockholders, members or owners, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as originally executed and as amended or restated from time to time.


Capital Contribution” means a contribution to the capital of the Company in cash, property, or otherwise.

Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any corresponding United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific section of the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding provision of any United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect on the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement containing such reference.

Covered Person” means (a) the Member, (b) any manager, director or officer of the Company, (c) any Person acting on behalf of the Member to direct the activities of the Company, or (d) any Person who was, at the time of the act or omission in question, a Person described in clause (a), (b) or (c) hereof.

Gaming” means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game played with cards, dice, equipment or any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device for money, property, checks, credit or any representative of value, including without limitation the conducting of Gaming activities in accordance with applicable Gaming Laws and Gaming Licenses.

Gaming Authority” means those national, state, local and other governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies, boards, commissions and officials responsible for or involved in the regulation and control of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations in any jurisdiction.

Gaming Laws” means those laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulation, licensing, permit, investigatory, or enforcement authority over Gaming or Gaming activities or operations within any jurisdiction.

Gaming Licenses” means all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, certificates, registrations, findings of suitability, franchises and entitlements issued by any Gaming Authority necessary for or relating to the conduct of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations or the ownership of an interest in an entity that conducts Gaming or Gaming activities or operations.

Interest” means the entire ownership interest of the Member in the Company at any time, including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to which the Member may be entitled as provided under the Act and this Agreement.

 

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Member” is defined in the preamble hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Member’s name, address and ownership interest are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. In the event that the Member approves the admission of any other Person as a member of the Company, such Person shall have such relative rights and responsibilities as a member of the Company as are agreed to by the Member.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, or other entity.

Treasury Regulations” means the federal income tax regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Code and codified at Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended from time to time.

Unsuitable Person” means a Person (i) who is denied a Gaming License by any Gaming Authority, disqualified from eligibility for a Gaming License, or determined to be unsuitable to own or control an interest in, or to be connected with, a Person engaged directly or indirectly in Gaming or Gaming activities in any jurisdiction by a Gaming Authority, or (ii) whose continued involvement in the business of the Company (A) causes the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to lose or to be threatened with the loss of any Gaming License, or (B) is deemed likely, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Member, to jeopardize or adversely affect the likelihood that the Gaming Authorities will issue a Gaming License to, or in connection with the business of, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or to adversely affect the Company’s or any such Affiliate’s use of or entitlement to any Gaming License.

ARTICLE II

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

2.1 Existence. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Company has been formed as a Delaware limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Member or any officer of the Company shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. To the extent that the rights or obligations of the Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control.

2.2 Name. The name of the Company is “AREH MLK LLC.” Subject to compliance with applicable law, the business and affairs of the Company may be conducted under that name or any other name that the Member deems appropriate or advisable.

2.3 Other Offices. The Company may establish and maintain offices at any time and at any place or places as the Member may designate or as the business of the Company may require.

 

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2.4 Resident Agent and Registered Office. The resident agent of the Company for service of process shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Formation or as changed by the Member from time to time. The Company shall have as its registered office in the State of Delaware the street address of its resident agent.

2.5 Purpose. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company is formed for the object and purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

2.6 Powers of the Company. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2.5, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to:

(a) borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on any or all of the assets of the Company;

(b) conduct its business and operations in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country that may be necessary or convenient to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(c) acquire, by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise, and own, hold, maintain, finance, improve, lease, sell, convey, mortgage, transfer, demolish or dispose of any real or personal property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(d) enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, including without limitation, contracts with the Member or any Affiliate of, or other Person associated directly or indirectly with, the Member that are necessary to, in connection with, convenient to, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(e) purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign entities;

(f) lend money for any proper purpose, invest and reinvest its funds and take and hold real and personal property for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;

(g) sue and be sued, complain and defend and participate in administrative or other proceedings, in its name;

(h) appoint employees, agents and officers of the Company, and define their duties and fix their compensation;

(i) indemnify any Person and obtain any and all types of insurance;

(j) cease its activities and cancel its insurance;

 

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(k) negotiate, enter into, renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate, modify, amend, waive, execute, acknowledge or take any other action with respect to any lease, contract or security agreement in respect of any assets of the Company;

(l) pay, collect, compromise, litigate, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle any and all other claims or demands of or against the Company or hold such proceeds against the payment of contingent liabilities;

(m) apply for, obtain and maintain any licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions and waivers from any Gaming Authority as may be necessary under applicable Gaming Laws for the conduct of its business and operations; and

(n) make, execute, acknowledge and file any and all documents or instruments necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

The Member shall not be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Company.

ARTICLE IV

PROFITS AND LOSSES

4.1 Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses for any period shall be allocated to the Member.

4.2 Tax Classification. So long as the Company has only one member, it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes and that the activities of the Company be deemed to be activities of the Member for such purposes, as provided for by Treasury Regulations Sections 301.7701-1, et seq., and comparable provisions of applicable state tax law. In the event that the Company becomes an entity that has more than one member, it is intended that the Company be treated as a “partnership” for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes, and all available elections shall be made, and all available actions shall be taken, to cause the Company to be so treated (provided, however, that if the Company has more than one member but is treated for federal income tax purposes as having only a single owner, then it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes as provided in the preceding sentence).

 

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ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Operating Distributions. Subject to Section 5.2, the Company shall from time to time distribute to the Member such amounts in cash and other assets as shall be determined by the Member.

5.2 Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any distribution if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law or would cause a breach or default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, but instead shall make such distribution as soon as practicable such that the making of such distribution would not cause such violation, breach or default.

ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP

6.1 Limitation of Liability. The Member shall not be liable under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, except to the extent required by the Act or in an agreement signed by the Member. The Member shall not be required to loan any funds to the Company, nor shall the Member be required to make any contribution to the Company, nor shall the Member be subject to any liability to the Company or any third party, as a result of any deficit of the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Member from making secured or unsecured loans to the Company by agreement with the Company.

6.2 Powers of the Member. The Member shall have full, exclusive and complete discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Company and to take all such actions as it deems necessary, appropriate or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose of the Company, including, without limitation, the power and authority to execute all documents and instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things on behalf of the Company in all matters necessary, desirable, convenient or incidental to the purpose of the Company. The Member is an agent of the Company’s business and the actions of the Member taken in such capacity and in accordance with this Agreement shall bind the Company. The Member shall be the sole Person with the power to bind the Company except and to the extent that such power is expressly delegated to any other Person by the Member in this Agreement or in writing or by oral communication, and such delegation shall not cause the Member to cease to be the Member.

6.3 Election of Manager. Initially, there shall not be a “manager” (within the meaning of the Act) of the Company. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and the Act, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint one or more Persons as managers with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such a manager shall serve until such manager’s successor is duly appointed by the Member or until such manager’s earlier removal or resignation.

 

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Any manager appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member. If any Person elected to serve as a manager is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such Person as a manager and such Person shall thereupon automatically cease to be a manager.

6.4 Election of Officers. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint any individuals as officers of the Company with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such officers shall serve until their successors are duly appointed by the Member or until their earlier removal or resignation. Any officer appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member and any vacancy in any office shall be filled by the Member. If any person elected to serve as an officer is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such person as an officer and such person shall thereupon automatically cease to be an officer.

6.5 Duties and Authority of the Member, Managers and Officers. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Member or the provisions of the Certificate of Formation, this Agreement, Gaming Laws or the Act (including without limitation those provisions relating to actions or decisions required to be taken or made by, or with the approval of, the Member), the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), any manager or any officer, acting alone, is authorized to endorse checks, drafts, and other evidences of indebtedness made payable to the order of the Company, but only for the purpose of deposit into the Company’s accounts. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager or a specified officer shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount less than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager, or any two specified officers acting together, shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount equal to or more than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers.

6.6 Designation of Authority. The Member may authorize, in a resolution or other writing, one or more Persons or one or more officers, agents or employees of the Company who may, in the name and on behalf of the Company, and in lieu of or in addition to the Member, contract debts or incur liabilities, and sign contracts or agreements (including without limitation, instruments and documents providing for the acquisition, mortgage or disposition of property of the Company), and may authorize the use of facsimile signatures of any such Persons, officers, agents or employees.

6.7 Transfer of Interest. The Interest of the Member is personal property, and such Interest may be transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of the Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no Interest in the Company may be issued or transferred in any manner whatsoever except in compliance with all Gaming Licenses and Gaming Laws, if applicable.

 

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6.8 Competing Activities. Neither the Member nor any of its Affiliates shall be expressly or impliedly restricted or prohibited by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby from engaging in other activities or business ventures of any kind or character whatsoever. Except as otherwise agreed in writing, the Member and its Affiliates shall have the right to conduct, or to possess a direct or indirect ownership interest in, activities and business ventures of every type and description, including activities and business ventures in direct competition with the Company.

ARTICLE VII

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY AND

TERMINATION OF A MEMBER’S INTEREST

7.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved upon (i) the adoption of a plan of dissolution by the Member or (ii) the occurrence of any event required to cause the dissolution of the Company under the Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the bankruptcy (as defined in Sections 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the Act) of the Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.

7.2 Distribution on Dissolution and Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the business of the Company shall be continued to the extent necessary to allow an orderly winding up of its affairs, including the liquidation and termination of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.2, as promptly as practicable thereafter, and each of the following shall be accomplished:

(a) the Member shall oversee the winding up of the Company’s affairs;

(b) the assets of the Company shall be liquidated as determined by the Member, or the Member may determine not to sell all or any portion of the assets, in which event such assets shall be distributed in kind; and

(c) the proceeds of sale and all other assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed as follows and in the following order of priority:

(i) to the expenses of liquidation;

(ii) to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, including any debts and liabilities owed to the Member; and

(iii) the balance, if any, to the Member.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 Exculpation.

(a) No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company, except that the Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim if a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction establishes that the Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction or the Covered Person’s acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action.

(b) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including without limitation information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

8.2 Fiduciary Duty. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, then, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or the Member for its good faith acts or omissions in reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties and liabilities of the Covered Person.

8.3 Indemnity. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by Section 18-108 of the Act if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Covered Person was unlawful.

8.4 Advance Payment of Expenses. The expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding related to such Person’s actions on behalf of the Company shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this section do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel of the Company other than a Covered Person may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

 

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8.5 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses for Employees and Agents. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Member, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of any Covered Person.

8.6 Assets of the Company. Any indemnification under this Article VIII shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Company. No debt shall be incurred by the Company or the Member in order to provide a source of funds for any indemnity, and the Member shall not have any liability (or any liability to make any additional Capital Contribution) on account thereof.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9.1 Membership Certificates. The Company may issue a certificate to the Member to evidence the Interest in the Company. The Member or any manager or officer of the Company authorized by the Member may execute such certificate on behalf of the Company.

9.2 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, to the extent and in such amounts as the Member shall, in its sole discretion, deem reasonable, on behalf of such Persons as the Member shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by any such Person in connection with the activities of the Company.

9.3 Complete Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules or exhibits hereto, together with the Certificate of Formation to the extent referenced herein, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding of the Member with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement and the Certificate of Formation replace and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, statements, memoranda and understandings, whether written or oral, by the Member.

9.4 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Member.

9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Member, shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the choice or conflict of laws provisions of Delaware or any other jurisdiction.

 

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9.6 Interpretation. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provisions contained herein. In the interpretation of this Agreement the singular may be read as the plural, and vice versa, the neuter gender as the masculine or feminine, and vice versa, and the future tense as the past or present, and vice versa, all interchangeably as the context may require in order to fully effectuate the intent of the Member and the transactions contemplated herein. Syntax shall yield to the substance of the terms and provisions hereof.

9.7 Counterparts and Facsimile Copies. Facsimile copies of this Agreement, any counterpart of this Agreement or any approval or written consent of the Member, and facsimile signatures hereon or thereon, shall have the same force and effect as originals.

9.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or any application thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, that provision, or application thereof, shall be deemed severable and the remainder of this Agreement, and all other applications of such provision, shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9.9 Waivers. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding unless evidenced by an instrument in writing and executed by the Member.

9.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is adopted solely by and for the benefit of the Member and its respective successors and assigns, and except to the extent specifically provided in Article VIII, no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

Biloxi Casino Corp.,

a Mississippi corporation

By:   /s/ John A. Godfrey
  John A. Godfrey, Secretary

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY

COMPANY AGREEMENT OF AREH MLK LLC]

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Member’s Name:   

Biloxi Casino Corp.,

a Mississippi corporation

Member’s Address:   

c/o Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Member’s Ownership Interest:    100%
EX-3.7 6 dex37.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF AREP BOARDWALK PROPERTIES LLC Certificate of Formation of AREP Boardwalk Properties LLC

Exhibit 3.7

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

AREP BOARDWALK PROPERTIES LLC

ARTICLE 1.

NAME

The name of the limited liability company (the “Company”) is AREP Boardwalk Properties LLC.

ARTICLE 2.

REGISTERED AGENT

The address of the registered office of the Company in the Stale of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, in the County of New Castle. The name of registered agent of the Company is Corporation Service Company. The address of the registered agent in the Suite of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, in the County of New Castle.

ARTICLE 3.

DURATION

The duration of the Company is to be perpetual, unless sooner terminated in accordance with the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE 4.

PURPOSE

The purpose for which the Company has been formed is limited solely to (i) owning, holding, demolishing, developing, leasing, operating, managing, selling, transferring and exchanging those certain parcels of real property and the improvements thereon commonly known as 133 S. Mt. Vernon Avenue, 139 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, 147 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, 168 S. Kentucky Avenue, 1637 Boardwalk, 1615 Boardwalk, 135 S. Indiana Avenue, 148 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, 1733 Boardwalk, 1731 Boardwalk, 1723 Boardwalk and 1701 Boardwalk, all in Atlantic City, New Jersey (collectively, the “Premises”) (ii) obtaining a loan (the “First Mortgage Loan”) from Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage, Inc. (“BSCM”) pursuant to and in accordance with that certain fully executed Preliminary Financing Proposal dated April 11, 2006 given by BSMC to AREP Boardwalk LLC, which First Mortgage Loan shall be secured by a first priority mortgage (the “Mortgage”) upon the Premises, (iii) transacting any and all lawful business that is incident, necessary and appropriate to accomplish the foregoing, and (iv) upon satisfaction of the First Mortgage Loan, to engage in any other lawful act or activity.


ARTICLE 5.

DISSOLUTION, ETC.

The Company shall not dissolve, liquidate consolidate, merge into or with an other entity, or sell all or substantially all of its assets so long as the First Mortgage Loan is outstanding, nor shall the Company dissolve, liquidate or terminate upon the death, bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution, liquidation termination, resignation, removal or incapacity of any member so long as the First Mortgage Loan is outstanding; except the Company may dissolve while the First Mortgage Loan is outstanding on the bankruptcy of the Managing Member, as defined in Article 7 below.

ARTICLE 6.

INDEBTEDNESS

The Company shall not incur any indebtedness while the First Mortgage Loan is outstanding other than the First Mortgage Loan and trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business in connection with and in furtherance of its purpose as slated in these Articles.

ARTICLE 7.

MANAGING MEMBER

So long as the First Mortgage Loan is outstanding, the Company shall have at least one (1) corporate or similar member which shall be the managing member (the “Managing Member”) and whose only purpose shall be to be the Company’s managing member.

ARTICLE 8.

BANKRUPTCY, INSOLVENCY

So long as the First Mortgage Loan is outstanding, the unanimous consent of the Company’s members is required to file, or consent to the filing of, a bankruptcy or insolvency petition or otherwise institute insolvency proceedings against itself.

ARTICLE 9.

CONTINUATION ON EVENT OF TERMINATION

So long as the First Mortgage Loan is outstanding, the vote of a majority of the Company’s remaining members is sufficient to continue the life of the Company in the event of the Company’s termination under law or otherwise.

ARTICLE 10.

AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

AND OPERATING AGREEMENT

So long as the First Mortgage Loan is outstanding, the Company’s Articles of Formation and Operating Agreement shall not be amended except upon the unanimous vote of all members.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate has been executed as of this day of May, 2006, by the undersigned authorized signatory who affirms that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the facts stated herein are true.

 

Authorized Person:
/s/ Richard P. Brown
By: Richard P. Brown
EX-3.8 7 dex38.htm SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement

Exhibit 3.8

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

AREP BOARDWALK PROPERTIES LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company)

This Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of AREP Boardwalk Properties LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is entered into and adopted effective as of March 24, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by Biloxi Casino Corp., a Mississippi corporation (the “Member”), which constitutes the sole member of the Company, with reference to the recitals set forth below:

R E C I T A L S

A. The Company was originally formed under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del.C. § 18-101, et. seq.) (the “Act”) on May 5, 2006; and

B. The Member previously adopted that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company effective as of November 17, 2006 (the “Operating Agreement”); and

C. The Member desires to further amend and restate the Operating Agreement of the Company to provide for the conduct of the Company’s business and affairs on and after the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and provisions set forth herein, the benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Member hereby amends and restates the Operating Agreement of the Company in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Affiliate” means with respect to a specified Person, any other Person who or which is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, “controlling”, and “controlled” mean (i) the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent of the voting power of the stockholders, members or owners, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as originally executed and as amended or restated from time to time.


Capital Contribution” means a contribution to the capital of the Company in cash, property, or otherwise.

Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any corresponding United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific section of the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding provision of any United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect on the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement containing such reference.

Covered Person” means (a) the Member, (b) any manager, director or officer of the Company, (c) any Person acting on behalf of the Member to direct the activities of the Company, or (d) any Person who was, at the time of the act or omission in question, a Person described in clause (a), (b) or (c) hereof.

Gaming” means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game played with cards, dice, equipment or any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device for money, property, checks, credit or any representative of value, including without limitation the conducting of Gaming activities in accordance with applicable Gaming Laws and Gaming Licenses.

Gaming Authority” means those national, state, local and other governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies, boards, commissions and officials responsible for or involved in the regulation and control of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations in any jurisdiction.

Gaming Laws” means those laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulation, licensing, permit, investigatory, or enforcement authority over Gaming or Gaming activities or operations within any jurisdiction.

Gaming Licenses” means all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, certificates, registrations, findings of suitability, franchises and entitlements issued by any Gaming Authority necessary for or relating to the conduct of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations or the ownership of an interest in an entity that conducts Gaming or Gaming activities or operations.

Interest” means the entire ownership interest of the Member in the Company at any time, including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to which the Member may be entitled as provided under the Act and this Agreement.

 

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Member” is defined in the preamble hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Member’s name, address and ownership interest are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. In the event that the Member approves the admission of any other Person as a member of the Company, such Person shall have such relative rights and responsibilities as a member of the Company as are agreed to by the Member.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, or other entity.

Treasury Regulations” means the federal income tax regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Code and codified at Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended from time to time.

Unsuitable Person” means a Person (i) who is denied a Gaming License by any Gaming Authority, disqualified from eligibility for a Gaming License, or determined to be unsuitable to own or control an interest in, or to be connected with, a Person engaged directly or indirectly in Gaming or Gaming activities in any jurisdiction by a Gaming Authority, or (ii) whose continued involvement in the business of the Company (A) causes the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to lose or to be threatened with the loss of any Gaming License, or (B) is deemed likely, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Member, to jeopardize or adversely affect the likelihood that the Gaming Authorities will issue a Gaming License to, or in connection with the business of, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or to adversely affect the Company’s or any such Affiliate’s use of or entitlement to any Gaming License.

ARTICLE II

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

2.1 Existence. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Company has been formed as a Delaware limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Member or any officer of the Company shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. To the extent that the rights or obligations of the Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control.

2.2 Name. The name of the Company is “AREP Boardwalk Properties LLC.” Subject to compliance with applicable law, the business and affairs of the Company may be conducted under that name or any other name that the Member deems appropriate or advisable.

2.3 Other Offices. The Company may establish and maintain offices at any time and at any place or places as the Member may designate or as the business of the Company may require.

 

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2.4 Resident Agent and Registered Office. The resident agent of the Company for service of process shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Formation or as changed by the Member from time to time. The Company shall have as its registered office in the State of Delaware the street address of its resident agent.

2.5 Purpose. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company is formed for the object and purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

2.6 Powers of the Company. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2.5, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to:

(a) borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on any or all of the assets of the Company;

(b) conduct its business and operations in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country that may be necessary or convenient to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(c) acquire, by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise, and own, hold, maintain, finance, improve, lease, sell, convey, mortgage, transfer, demolish or dispose of any real or personal property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(d) enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, including without limitation, contracts with the Member or any Affiliate of, or other Person associated directly or indirectly with, the Member that are necessary to, in connection with, convenient to, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(e) purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign entities;

(f) lend money for any proper purpose, invest and reinvest its funds and take and hold real and personal property for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;

(g) sue and be sued, complain and defend and participate in administrative or other proceedings, in its name;

(h) appoint employees, agents and officers of the Company, and define their duties and fix their compensation;

(i) indemnify any Person and obtain any and all types of insurance;

(j) cease its activities and cancel its insurance;

 

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(k) negotiate, enter into, renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate, modify, amend, waive, execute, acknowledge or take any other action with respect to any lease, contract or security agreement in respect of any assets of the Company;

(l) pay, collect, compromise, litigate, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle any and all other claims or demands of or against the Company or hold such proceeds against the payment of contingent liabilities;

(m) apply for, obtain and maintain any licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions and waivers from any Gaming Authority as may be necessary under applicable Gaming Laws for the conduct of its business and operations; and

(n) make, execute, acknowledge and file any and all documents or instruments necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

The Member shall not be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Company.

ARTICLE IV

PROFITS AND LOSSES

4.1 Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses for any period shall be allocated to the Member.

4.2 Tax Classification. So long as the Company has only one member, it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes and that the activities of the Company be deemed to be activities of the Member for such purposes, as provided for by Treasury Regulations Sections 301.7701-1, et seq., and comparable provisions of applicable state tax law. In the event that the Company becomes an entity that has more than one member, it is intended that the Company be treated as a “partnership” for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes, and all available elections shall be made, and all available actions shall be taken, to cause the Company to be so treated (provided, however, that if the Company has more than one member but is treated for federal income tax purposes as having only a single owner, then it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes as provided in the preceding sentence).

 

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ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Operating Distributions. Subject to Section 5.2, the Company shall from time to time distribute to the Member such amounts in cash and other assets as shall be determined by the Member.

5.2 Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any distribution if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law or would cause a breach or default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, but instead shall make such distribution as soon as practicable such that the making of such distribution would not cause such violation, breach or default.

ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP

6.1 Limitation of Liability. The Member shall not be liable under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, except to the extent required by the Act or in an agreement signed by the Member. The Member shall not be required to loan any funds to the Company, nor shall the Member be required to make any contribution to the Company, nor shall the Member be subject to any liability to the Company or any third party, as a result of any deficit of the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Member from making secured or unsecured loans to the Company by agreement with the Company.

6.2 Powers of the Member. The Member shall have full, exclusive and complete discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Company and to take all such actions as it deems necessary, appropriate or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose of the Company, including, without limitation, the power and authority to execute all documents and instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things on behalf of the Company in all matters necessary, desirable, convenient or incidental to the purpose of the Company. The Member is an agent of the Company’s business and the actions of the Member taken in such capacity and in accordance with this Agreement shall bind the Company. The Member shall be the sole Person with the power to bind the Company except and to the extent that such power is expressly delegated to any other Person by the Member in this Agreement or in writing or by oral communication, and such delegation shall not cause the Member to cease to be the Member.

6.3 Election of Manager. Initially, there shall not be a “manager” (within the meaning of the Act) of the Company. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and the Act, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint one or more Persons as managers with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such a manager shall serve until such manager’s successor is duly appointed by the Member or until such manager’s earlier removal or resignation.

 

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Any manager appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member. If any Person elected to serve as a manager is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such Person as a manager and such Person shall thereupon automatically cease to be a manager.

6.4 Election of Officers. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint any individuals as officers of the Company with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such officers shall serve until their successors are duly appointed by the Member or until their earlier removal or resignation. Any officer appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member and any vacancy in any office shall be filled by the Member. If any person elected to serve as an officer is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such person as an officer and such person shall thereupon automatically cease to be an officer.

6.5 Duties and Authority of the Member, Managers and Officers. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Member or the provisions of the Certificate of Formation, this Agreement, Gaming Laws or the Act (including without limitation those provisions relating to actions or decisions required to be taken or made by, or with the approval of, the Member), the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), any manager or any officer, acting alone, is authorized to endorse checks, drafts, and other evidences of indebtedness made payable to the order of the Company, but only for the purpose of deposit into the Company’s accounts. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager or a specified officer shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount less than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager, or any two specified officers acting together, shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount equal to or more than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers.

6.6 Designation of Authority. The Member may authorize, in a resolution or other writing, one or more Persons or one or more officers, agents or employees of the Company who may, in the name and on behalf of the Company, and in lieu of or in addition to the Member, contract debts or incur liabilities, and sign contracts or agreements (including without limitation, instruments and documents providing for the acquisition, mortgage or disposition of property of the Company), and may authorize the use of facsimile signatures of any such Persons, officers, agents or employees.

6.7 Transfer of Interest. The Interest of the Member is personal property, and such Interest may be transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of the Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no Interest in the Company may be issued or transferred in any manner whatsoever except in compliance with all Gaming Licenses and Gaming Laws, if applicable.

 

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6.8 Competing Activities. Neither the Member nor any of its Affiliates shall be expressly or impliedly restricted or prohibited by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby from engaging in other activities or business ventures of any kind or character whatsoever. Except as otherwise agreed in writing, the Member and its Affiliates shall have the right to conduct, or to possess a direct or indirect ownership interest in, activities and business ventures of every type and description, including activities and business ventures in direct competition with the Company.

ARTICLE VII

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY AND

TERMINATION OF A MEMBER’S INTEREST

7.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved upon (i) the adoption of a plan of dissolution by the Member or (ii) the occurrence of any event required to cause the dissolution of the Company under the Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the bankruptcy (as defined in Sections 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the Act) of the Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.

7.2 Distribution on Dissolution and Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the business of the Company shall be continued to the extent necessary to allow an orderly winding up of its affairs, including the liquidation and termination of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.2, as promptly as practicable thereafter, and each of the following shall be accomplished:

(a) the Member shall oversee the winding up of the Company’s affairs;

(b) the assets of the Company shall be liquidated as determined by the Member, or the Member may determine not to sell all or any portion of the assets, in which event such assets shall be distributed in kind; and

(c) the proceeds of sale and all other assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed as follows and in the following order of priority:

(i) to the expenses of liquidation;

(ii) to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, including any debts and liabilities owed to the Member; and

(iii) the balance, if any, to the Member.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 Exculpation.

(a) No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company, except that the Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim if a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction establishes that the Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction or the Covered Person’s acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action.

(b) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including without limitation information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

8.2 Fiduciary Duty. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, then, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or the Member for its good faith acts or omissions in reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties and liabilities of the Covered Person.

8.3 Indemnity. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by Section 18-108 of the Act if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Covered Person was unlawful.

8.4 Advance Payment of Expenses. The expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding related to such Person’s actions on behalf of the Company shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this section do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel of the Company other than a Covered Person may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

 

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8.5 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses for Employees and Agents. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Member, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of any Covered Person.

8.6 Assets of the Company. Any indemnification under this Article VIII shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Company. No debt shall be incurred by the Company or the Member in order to provide a source of funds for any indemnity, and the Member shall not have any liability (or any liability to make any additional Capital Contribution) on account thereof.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9.1 Membership Certificates. The Company may issue a certificate to the Member to evidence the Interest in the Company. The Member or any manager or officer of the Company authorized by the Member may execute such certificate on behalf of the Company.

9.2 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, to the extent and in such amounts as the Member shall, in its sole discretion, deem reasonable, on behalf of such Persons as the Member shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by any such Person in connection with the activities of the Company.

9.3 Complete Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules or exhibits hereto, together with the Certificate of Formation to the extent referenced herein, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding of the Member with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement and the Certificate of Formation replace and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, statements, memoranda and understandings, whether written or oral, by the Member.

9.4 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Member.

9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Member, shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the choice or conflict of laws provisions of Delaware or any other jurisdiction.

 

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9.6 Interpretation. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provisions contained herein. In the interpretation of this Agreement the singular may be read as the plural, and vice versa, the neuter gender as the masculine or feminine, and vice versa, and the future tense as the past or present, and vice versa, all interchangeably as the context may require in order to fully effectuate the intent of the Member and the transactions contemplated herein. Syntax shall yield to the substance of the terms and provisions hereof.

9.7 Counterparts and Facsimile Copies. Facsimile copies of this Agreement, any counterpart of this Agreement or any approval or written consent of the Member, and facsimile signatures hereon or thereon, shall have the same force and effect as originals.

9.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or any application thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, that provision, or application thereof, shall be deemed severable and the remainder of this Agreement, and all other applications of such provision, shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9.9 Waivers. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding unless evidenced by an instrument in writing and executed by the Member.

9.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is adopted solely by and for the benefit of the Member and its respective successors and assigns, and except to the extent specifically provided in Article VIII, no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

BILOXI CASINO CORP.,

a Mississippi corporation

By:   /s/ John A. Godfrey
  John A. Godfrey, Secretary

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF AREP BOARDWALK PROPERTIES LLC]

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Member’s Name:   

BILOXI CASINO CORP.,

a Mississippi corporation

Member’s Address:   

c/o Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Member’s Ownership Interest:    100%
EX-3.12 8 dex312.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF BILOXI CASINO CORP. Amended and Restated Bylaws of Biloxi Casino Corp.

Exhibit 3.12

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

BILOXI CASINO CORP.

As of March 24, 2008

ARTICLE I

NAME AND LOCATION

SECTION 1. The name of the Corporation is BILOXI CASINO CORP. Business will be conducted under the name of BILOXI CASINO CORP.

SECTION 2. The registered office shall be located at 506 S. President St., Jackson, Mississippi 39201 or in any other offices of the Corporation in the State of Mississippi. The Corporation may have other offices, including its principal office, at other locations within or outside the State of Mississippi.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

SECTION 1. The annual meeting of the Shareholders shall be held annually at a time or place, in or out of the State of Mississippi, as may be designated in the Notice of the Meeting or Waiver of Notice thereof. At such meeting, the Shareholders shall elect Directors to serve until their successors shall be elected and qualified.

SECTION 2. Special meetings of Shareholders may be held at such place as may be designated in the call thereof by consent in writing of all Shareholders, or by demand signed by the holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the stock. Special meetings of the Shareholders may also be called by resolution of the Board of Directors at a duly held meeting of the Board of Directors.


SECTION 3. Notice of the time and place of all annual and special meetings shall be mailed or personally delivered by the Secretary to each Shareholder no fewer than ten (10) days but not more than sixty (60) days before the date thereof, unless Waiver of said Notice and Call is given.

SECTION 4. The President of the Corporation shall preside at all Shareholders’ meetings.

SECTION 5. At every such meeting each Shareholder shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote for each share of stock held in his name, either in person or by written proxy. All proxies shall be filed with the Secretary and entered of record in the Minutes of the meeting. In voting for Directors of the Corporation, each Shareholder shall be authorized to cumulate his vote in accordance with the laws of the State of Mississippi.

SECTION 6. A quorum for the transaction of business shall consist of a number of shares, present personally or by proxy, representing the majority of shares of stock issued and outstanding.

SECTION 7. Shareholder action may be taken in the absence of annual, special, or any other duly called meeting, where said action is taken by consent in writing of, the Shareholders themselves representing One Hundred percent (100%) of the shares of stock issued and outstanding.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of one or more Directors, who shall be elected by the Shareholders at their annual meeting, except that vacancies on the Board of Directors may be filled by the Shareholders, the Board of Directors, or if the Directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the Board of Directors, the remaining Directors may fill the vacancy be the affirmative vote of a majority of all Directors remaining in office and Directors so elected shall serve the remaining portion of the term of the


former Director. A Director need not be a Shareholder. Each year at the annual meeting of Shareholders, the Shareholders shall establish the size of the Board of Directors and thus fix the number of Directors to be elected. If the number of Directors are not established at an annual meeting, then the size of the Board shall remain as theretofore constituted. The initial number of Directors shall be one.

SECTION 2. All Directors shall hold office for one (1) year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

SECTION 3. The regular meeting of the Directors may be held in or out of the State of Mississippi as may be designated in the written Notice of the Meeting, or in the Waiver of Notice thereof, immediately after the adjournment of each annual Shareholder’s meeting.

SECTION 4. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at the same place or places as provided for the annual meeting thereof, and may be called by the President or by consent of all Directors, or at the request of any Director and on Notice in writing at least five (5) days prior to such meeting to the other Directors.

SECTION 5. The Board of Directors may permit any and all Directors to participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of any means of communications by which all Directors participating may simultaneously hear each other. A Director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

SECTION 6. A quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Directors shall consist of a majority of the Board as established by the Shareholders. If there are two Directors, the quorum shall consist of one.

SECTION 7. The Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation and fix their salaries, such election being at the Director’s meeting following each annual Shareholder’s meeting.


ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. The officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the Board of Directors and shall consist of a Chairman of the Board or a President, or both, a Secretary and a Treasurer (or a position with the duties and responsibilities of a Treasurer). The Board of Directors may also appoint one (1) or more vice presidents, assistant secretaries or assistant treasurers, and such other officers as the Board of Directors, in its discretion, shall deem necessary or appropriate from time to time. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws otherwise provide.

SECTION 2. The Board of Directors at its first meeting held after each Annual Meeting of Shareholders shall elect a Chairman of the Board or a President, or both, a Secretary and a Treasurer (or a position with the duties and responsibilities of a Treasurer), and may also elect at that meeting or any other meeting, such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary or appropriate. Each officer of the Corporation shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors together with the powers and duties customarily exercised by such officer; and each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified or until such officer’s earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. The Board of Directors may at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of directors then in office, remove any officer.

SECTION 3. The Chairman of the Board, if there shall be such an officer, shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and the Board of Directors and shall have such other duties and powers as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.


SECTION 4. The President shall be the chief operating officer of the Corporation, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The President shall have and exercise such further powers and duties as may be specifically delegated to or vested in the President from time to time by these Bylaws or the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, or if the Board has not designated a Chairman, the President shall perform the duties of the Chairman of the Board, and when so acting, shall have all of the powers and be subject to all of the restrictions upon the Chairman of the Board.

SECTION 5. In the absence of the President or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the event there be more than one (1) vice president, the vice presidents in the order designated by the directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The vice presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time prescribe.

SECTION 6. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of Shareholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; the Secretary shall also perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the President. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given notice of all meetings of the Shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and if there be no Assistant Secretary, then either the Board of Directors or the President may choose another officer to cause such notice to be given. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed,


it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. The Secretary shall see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.

SECTION 7. Except as may be otherwise provided in these Bylaws, Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the President, or the Secretary, and shall have the authority to perform all functions of the Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Secretary.

SECTION 8. The Treasurer shall be the Chief Financial Officer, shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities, shall keep complete and accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects of the Corporation in its name and to its credit in such banks and other depositories as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation, taking proper vouchers and receipts for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall, when and if required by the Board of Directors, give and file with the Corporation a bond, in such form and amount and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors, for the faithful performance of his or her duties as Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or the President shall from time to time prescribe.

SECTION 9. Except as may be otherwise provided in these Bylaws, Assistant Treasurers, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the President, or the Treasurer, and shall have the authority to perform all functions of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer.


SECTION 10. Such other officers as the Board of Directors may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.

ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 1. Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or an officer of the Corporation or such director or officer of the Corporation is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Mississippi Business Corporation Act, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment, against all expense, liability and loss (including but not limited to attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith. Such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 3 of


this Article V with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

The right to indemnification conferred in this Article V shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the Mississippi Business Corporation Act requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision (from which there is no further right to appeal) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Article V or otherwise (hereinafter an “undertaking”). This Article V constitutes the authorization and determination required for the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided hereby and therefore a determination in accordance with Section 79-4-8.55 (a), (b), or (c) of the Mississippi Business Corporation Act, as now existing or hereafter amended, shall not be required before an indemnitee is entitled to indemnification and advancement of expenses.

SECTION 2. Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 1 of this Article V is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit or in a suit brought


by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. It shall be a defense to any such action that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Mississippi Business Corporations Act (the “applicable standard of conduct”), which makes it permissible under Section 1 of this Article V for the Corporation to indemnify the indemnitee for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be solely on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

SECTION 3. Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The indemnification rights provided by this Article V shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person seeking indemnification may be entitled under any statute, the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Corporation, agreement, contract, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or pursuant to the direction (howsoever embodied) of any court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the Corporation that indemnification of the persons specified in this Article V shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law. The provisions of this Article V shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any person who is not specified in this Article V, but whom the Corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify under the


provisions of applicable federal or state law, or otherwise. The indemnification provided by this Article V shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, or employee and shall inure to the benefit of heirs, executors and administrators of such person.

SECTION 4. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him, and incurred by him, in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article V.

SECTION 5. Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses, to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article V with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VI

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1. Dividends, to be paid out of the surplus earnings of the Corporation, may be declared from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, but no dividend shall be paid that will impair the capital of the Corporation.

SECTION 2. The funds of the Corporation shall be deposited in such manner as the Directors shall designate.


SECTION 3. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on January 1st of each year.

SECTION 4. These Bylaws may be amended by a majority vote of the Board of Directors at any regular meeting or special meeting of the Board of Directors or by consent action in writing of all members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or under the Mississippi Business Corporation Act. The Bylaws also may be amended by the majority vote of the shareholders at a regular or special meeting of Shareholders or by consent in writing of all Shareholders of the Corporation.

SECTION 5. The Corporation has the authority to enter into restrictive agreements with Shareholders regarding the sale and exchange of corporate shares, provided that such agreement has been approved by One Hundred percent (100%) of the Shareholders.

EX-3.14 9 dex314.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement

Exhibit 3.14

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

BOOMTOWN, LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company)

This Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Boomtown, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is entered into and adopted effective as of March 24, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Member”), which constitutes the sole member of the Company, with reference to the recitals set forth below:

R E C I T A L S

A. The Company was originally formed under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del.C. § 18-101, et. seq.) (the “Act”) on November 4, 2003; and

B. The Member previously adopted that certain Operating Agreement of the Company effective as of November 4, 2003 (the “Operating Agreement”); and

C. The Member desires to amend and restate the Operating Agreement of the Company to provide for the conduct of the Company’s business and affairs on and after the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and provisions set forth herein, the benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Member hereby amends and restates the Operating Agreement of the Company in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Affiliate” means with respect to a specified Person, any other Person who or which is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, “controlling”, and “controlled” mean (i) the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent of the voting power of the stockholders, members or owners, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as originally executed and as amended or restated from time to time.


Capital Contribution” means a contribution to the capital of the Company in cash, property, or otherwise.

Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any corresponding United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific section of the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding provision of any United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect on the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement containing such reference.

Covered Person” means (a) the Member, (b) any manager, director or officer of the Company, (c) any Person acting on behalf of the Member to direct the activities of the Company, or (d) any Person who was, at the time of the act or omission in question, a Person described in clause (a), (b) or (c) hereof.

Gaming” means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game played with cards, dice, equipment or any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device for money, property, checks, credit or any representative of value, including without limitation the conducting of Gaming activities on a riverboat in accordance with applicable Gaming Laws and Gaming Licenses.

Gaming Authority” means those national, state, local and other governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies, boards, commissions and officials responsible for or involved in the regulation and control of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations in any jurisdiction.

Gaming Laws” means those laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulation, licensing, permit, investigatory, or enforcement authority over Gaming or Gaming activities or operations within any jurisdiction.

Gaming Licenses” means all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, certificates, registrations, findings of suitability, franchises and entitlements issued by any Gaming Authority necessary for or relating to the conduct of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations or the ownership of an interest in an entity that conducts Gaming or Gaming activities or operations.

Interest” means the entire ownership interest of the Member in the Company at any time, including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to which the Member may be entitled as provided under the Act and this Agreement.

 

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Member” is defined in the preamble hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Member’s name, address and ownership interest are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. In the event that the Member approves the admission of any other Person as a member of the Company, such Person shall have such relative rights and responsibilities as a member of the Company as are agreed to by the Member.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, or other entity.

Treasury Regulations” means the federal income tax regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Code and codified at Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended from time to time.

Unsuitable Person” means a Person (i) who is denied a Gaming License by any Gaming Authority, disqualified from eligibility for a Gaming License, or determined to be unsuitable to own or control an interest in, or to be connected with, a Person engaged directly or indirectly in Gaming or Gaming activities in any jurisdiction by a Gaming Authority, or (ii) whose continued involvement in the business of the Company (A) causes the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to lose or to be threatened with the loss of any Gaming License, or (B) is deemed likely, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Member, to jeopardize or adversely affect the likelihood that the Gaming Authorities will issue a Gaming License to, or in connection with the business of, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or to adversely affect the Company’s or any such Affiliate’s use of or entitlement to any Gaming License.

ARTICLE II

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

2.1 Existence. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Company has been formed as a Delaware limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Member or any officer of the Company shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. To the extent that the rights or obligations of the Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control.

2.2 Name. The name of the Company is “Boomtown, LLC.” Subject to compliance with applicable law, the business and affairs of the Company may be conducted under that name or any other name that the Member deems appropriate or advisable.

2.3 Other Offices. The Company may establish and maintain offices at any time and at any place or places as the Member may designate or as the business of the Company may require.

 

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2.4 Resident Agent and Registered Office. The resident agent of the Company for service of process shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Formation or as changed by the Member from time to time. The Company shall have as its registered office in the State of Delaware the street address of its resident agent.

2.5 Purpose. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company is formed for the object and purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

2.6 Powers of the Company. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2.5, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to:

(a) borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on any or all of the assets of the Company;

(b) conduct its business and operations in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country that may be necessary or convenient to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(c) acquire, by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise, and own, hold, maintain, finance, improve, lease, sell, convey, mortgage, transfer, demolish or dispose of any real or personal property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(d) enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, including without limitation, contracts with the Member or any Affiliate of, or other Person associated directly or indirectly with, the Member that are necessary to, in connection with, convenient to, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(e) purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign entities;

(f) lend money for any proper purpose, invest and reinvest its funds and take and hold real and personal property for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;

(g) sue and be sued, complain and defend and participate in administrative or other proceedings, in its name;

(h) appoint employees, agents and officers of the Company, and define their duties and fix their compensation;

(i) indemnify any Person and obtain any and all types of insurance;

(j) cease its activities and cancel its insurance;

 

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(k) negotiate, enter into, renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate, modify, amend, waive, execute, acknowledge or take any other action with respect to any lease, contract or security agreement in respect of any assets of the Company;

(l) pay, collect, compromise, litigate, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle any and all other claims or demands of or against the Company or hold such proceeds against the payment of contingent liabilities;

(m) apply for, obtain and maintain any licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions and waivers from any Gaming Authority as may be necessary under applicable Gaming Laws for the conduct of its business and operations; and

(n) make, execute, acknowledge and file any and all documents or instruments necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

The Member shall not be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Company.

ARTICLE IV

PROFITS AND LOSSES

4.1 Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses for any period shall be allocated to the Member.

4.2 Tax Classification. So long as the Company has only one member, it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes and that the activities of the Company be deemed to be activities of the Member for such purposes, as provided for by Treasury Regulations Sections 301.7701-1, et seq., and comparable provisions of applicable state tax law. In the event that the Company becomes an entity that has more than one member, it is intended that the Company be treated as a “partnership” for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes, and all available elections shall be made, and all available actions shall be taken, to cause the Company to be so treated (provided, however, that if the Company has more than one member but is treated for federal income tax purposes as having only a single owner, then it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes as provided in the preceding sentence).

 

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ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Operating Distributions. Subject to Section 5.2, the Company shall from time to time distribute to the Member such amounts in cash and other assets as shall be determined by the Member.

5.2 Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any distribution if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law or would cause a breach or default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, but instead shall make such distribution as soon as practicable such that the making of such distribution would not cause such violation, breach or default.

ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP

6.1 Limitation of Liability. The Member shall not be liable under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, except to the extent required by the Act or in an agreement signed by the Member. The Member shall not be required to loan any funds to the Company, nor shall the Member be required to make any contribution to the Company, nor shall the Member be subject to any liability to the Company or any third party, as a result of any deficit of the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Member from making secured or unsecured loans to the Company by agreement with the Company.

6.2 Powers of the Member. The Member shall have full, exclusive and complete discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Company and to take all such actions as it deems necessary, appropriate or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose of the Company, including, without limitation, the power and authority to execute all documents and instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things on behalf of the Company in all matters necessary, desirable, convenient or incidental to the purpose of the Company. The Member is an agent of the Company’s business and the actions of the Member taken in such capacity and in accordance with this Agreement shall bind the Company. The Member shall be the sole Person with the power to bind the Company except and to the extent that such power is expressly delegated to any other Person by the Member in this Agreement or in writing or by oral communication, and such delegation shall not cause the Member to cease to be the Member.

6.3 Election of Manager. Initially, there shall not be a “manager” (within the meaning of the Act) of the Company. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and the Act, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint one or more Persons as managers with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such a manager shall serve until such manager’s successor is duly appointed by the Member or until such manager’s earlier removal or resignation.

 

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Any manager appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member. If any Person elected to serve as a manager is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such Person as a manager and such Person shall thereupon automatically cease to be a manager.

6.4 Election of Officers. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint any individuals as officers of the Company with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such officers shall serve until their successors are duly appointed by the Member or until their earlier removal or resignation. Any officer appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member and any vacancy in any office shall be filled by the Member. If any person elected to serve as an officer is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such person as an officer and such person shall thereupon automatically cease to be an officer.

6.5 Duties and Authority of the Member, Managers and Officers. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Member or the provisions of the Certificate of Formation, this Agreement, Gaming Laws or the Act (including without limitation those provisions relating to actions or decisions required to be taken or made by, or with the approval of, the Member), the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), any manager or any officer, acting alone, is authorized to endorse checks, drafts, and other evidences of indebtedness made payable to the order of the Company, but only for the purpose of deposit into the Company’s accounts. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager or a specified officer shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount less than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager, or any two specified officers acting together, shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount equal to or more than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers.

6.6 Designation of Authority. The Member may authorize, in a resolution or other writing, one or more Persons or one or more officers, agents or employees of the Company who may, in the name and on behalf of the Company, and in lieu of or in addition to the Member, contract debts or incur liabilities, and sign contracts or agreements (including without limitation, instruments and documents providing for the acquisition, mortgage or disposition of property of the Company), and may authorize the use of facsimile signatures of any such Persons, officers, agents or employees.

6.7 Transfer of Interest. The Interest of the Member is personal property, and such Interest may be transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of the Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no Interest in the Company may be issued or transferred in any manner whatsoever except in compliance with all Gaming Licenses and Gaming Laws, if applicable.

 

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6.8 Competing Activities. Neither the Member nor any of its Affiliates shall be expressly or impliedly restricted or prohibited by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby from engaging in other activities or business ventures of any kind or character whatsoever. Except as otherwise agreed in writing, the Member and its Affiliates shall have the right to conduct, or to possess a direct or indirect ownership interest in, activities and business ventures of every type and description, including activities and business ventures in direct competition with the Company.

ARTICLE VII

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY AND

TERMINATION OF A MEMBER’S INTEREST

7.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved upon (i) the adoption of a plan of dissolution by the Member or (ii) the occurrence of any event required to cause the dissolution of the Company under the Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the bankruptcy (as defined in Sections 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the Act) of the Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.

7.2 Distribution on Dissolution and Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the business of the Company shall be continued to the extent necessary to allow an orderly winding up of its affairs, including the liquidation and termination of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.2, as promptly as practicable thereafter, and each of the following shall be accomplished:

(a) the Member shall oversee the winding up of the Company’s affairs;

(b) the assets of the Company shall be liquidated as determined by the Member, or the Member may determine not to sell all or any portion of the assets, in which event such assets shall be distributed in kind; and

(c) the proceeds of sale and all other assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed as follows and in the following order of priority:

(i) to the expenses of liquidation;

(ii) to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, including any debts and liabilities owed to the Member; and

(iii) the balance, if any, to the Member.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 Exculpation.

(a) No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company, except that the Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim if a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction establishes that the Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction or the Covered Person’s acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action.

(b) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including without limitation information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

8.2 Fiduciary Duty. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, then, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or the Member for its good faith acts or omissions in reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties and liabilities of the Covered Person.

8.3 Indemnity. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by Section 18-108 of the Act if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Covered Person was unlawful.

8.4 Advance Payment of Expenses. The expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding related to such Person’s actions on behalf of the Company shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this section do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel of the Company other than a Covered Person may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

 

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8.5 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses for Employees and Agents. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Member, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of any Covered Person.

8.6 Assets of the Company. Any indemnification under this Article VIII shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Company. No debt shall be incurred by the Company or the Member in order to provide a source of funds for any indemnity, and the Member shall not have any liability (or any liability to make any additional Capital Contribution) on account thereof.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9.1 Membership Certificates. The Company may issue a certificate to the Member to evidence the Interest in the Company. The Member or any manager or officer of the Company authorized by the Member may execute such certificate on behalf of the Company.

9.2 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, to the extent and in such amounts as the Member shall, in its sole discretion, deem reasonable, on behalf of such Persons as the Member shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by any such Person in connection with the activities of the Company.

9.3 Complete Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules or exhibits hereto, together with the Certificate of Formation to the extent referenced herein, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding of the Member with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement and the Certificate of Formation replace and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, statements, memoranda and understandings, whether written or oral, by the Member.

9.4 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Member.

9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Member, shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the choice or conflict of laws provisions of Delaware or any other jurisdiction.

 

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9.6 Interpretation. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provisions contained herein. In the interpretation of this Agreement the singular may be read as the plural, and vice versa, the neuter gender as the masculine or feminine, and vice versa, and the future tense as the past or present, and vice versa, all interchangeably as the context may require in order to fully effectuate the intent of the Member and the transactions contemplated herein. Syntax shall yield to the substance of the terms and provisions hereof.

9.7 Counterparts and Facsimile Copies. Facsimile copies of this Agreement, any counterpart of this Agreement or any approval or written consent of the Member, and facsimile signatures hereon or thereon, shall have the same force and effect as originals.

9.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or any application thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, that provision, or application thereof, shall be deemed severable and the remainder of this Agreement, and all other applications of such provision, shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9.9 Waivers. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding unless evidenced by an instrument in writing and executed by the Member.

9.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is adopted solely by and for the benefit of the Member and its respective successors and assigns, and except to the extent specifically provided in Article VIII, no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:   /s/ John A. Godfrey
 

John A. Godfrey

Executive Vice President,

Secretary and General Counsel

{Signature page to Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Boomtown, LLC}

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Member’s Name:

  

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

Member’s Address:

  

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Member’s Ownership Interest:

   100%
EX-3.16 10 dex316.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS OF CASINO MAGIC CORP. Amended and Restated By-Laws of Casino Magic Corp.

Exhibit 3.16

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BY-LAWS

OF

CASINO MAGIC CORP.

(a Minnesota corporation)

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

BY-LAW 1.01. The following words or phrases, when used in these By-Laws, shall have the meanings set forth below:

a. “Articles of Incorporation” shall mean the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation.

b. “Board of Directors” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

c. “Corporation” shall mean Casino Magic Corp.

d. “Director” shall mean a member of the Board of Directors.

e. “Shares” shall mean the authorized shares of the Corporation as identified in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation.

f. “Shareholder” or “Shareholders” shall mean a shareholder or the shareholders of record of the Corporation.

g. “Statute” shall mean the applicable statute or statutes of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, being Chapter 302A of the Minnesota Statutes.

 

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h. “Voting Shares” shall mean the shares which entitle the record owner to vote on matters relating to the affairs of the Corporation under the Articles of Incorporation or by the Statute.

ARTICLE II

OFFICES, BOOKS AND RECORDS

BY-LAW 2.01 Registered and Other offices. The registered office of the Corporation in Minnesota shall be that most recently adopted either in the Articles of Incorporation or any amendment thereto, or by the Board of Directors in a statement filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota establishing the registered office in the manner prescribed by law. The Corporation may have such other offices, within or without the State of Minnesota, as the Board of Directors shall, from time to time, determine.

BY-LAW 2.02 Maintenance of Records. The original books and records of the Corporation, or copies thereof, shall be maintained at the principal executive office of the Corporation. Certain records, statements and agreements, or copies thereof, shall be available for examination by the shareholders on such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may from time to time impose, consistent with the Statute.

ARTICLE III

SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

BY-LAW 3.01 Regular Meeting. A regular meeting of the shareholders shall be held annually, on such date, time and place as may be specified by the Chief Executive Officer or by the Board of Directors. A regular meeting of the shareholders shall be called by the Board of Directors on the demand, pursuant to the Statute, of shareholders

 

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holding at least three percent of the outstanding voting shares of the Corporation. A regular meeting called by or at the demand of a shareholder shall be held on such date, time and place in the county where the principal executive office of the corporation is located. The Board of Directors may determine that a regular meeting of shareholders shall be held solely by means of remote communication pursuant to the Statute.

BY-LAW 3.02 Special Meeting. A special meeting of the shareholders may be called for any purpose by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Board of Directors, or a shareholder or shareholders holding at least ten percent of the voting shares of the Corporation. A special meeting of the shareholders shall be called by the Board of Directors on the demand, pursuant to the Statute, of shareholders holding at least ten percent of the outstanding voting shares of the Corporation. Business transacted at any special meeting of the shareholders shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notice of such meeting. A special meeting shall be held on the date and at the time and place fixed by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Board of Directors, or a person authorized by the articles or bylaws to call a meeting, except that a special meeting called by or at the demand of a shareholder or shareholders shall be held in the county where the principal executive office is located. The Board of Directors may determine that a special meeting of shareholders shall be held solely by means of remote communication pursuant to the Statute.

BY-LAWS 3.03 Notice. Written notice of the place, date and time of any meeting of the shareholders shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat by mailing said notice postage prepaid, to the shareholder’s address of record or by any other means permitted under the Statute. Notice of a regular meeting of the shareholders

 

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shall be given at least ten days before the meeting. Notice of a special meeting shall be given at least five days before the meeting. No notice of any meeting of the shareholders may be mailed more than sixty days before such meeting. The notice of any special meeting shall set forth the purposes of the meeting and, in a general nature, the business to be transacted. In determining the number of days of notice required under this By-Law, the date upon which any notice is deposited in the U.S. Mail or by any other means permitted under the Statute shall be included as one day and the date of the meeting which is the subject of the notice shall not be included.

BY-LAW 3.04 Waiver of Notice; Consent Meetings. Notice of the time, place and purpose of any meeting of the shareholders may be waived by any shareholder before, at, or after any such meeting, and whether given in writing, orally, or by attendance. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting by written action signed, or consented to by authenticated communication, by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on that action. Attendance at a meeting of the shareholders, or participation by means of remote communication, is a waiver of the notice of that meeting, unless at the beginning of that meeting a shareholder objects that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, or unless prior to the vote on any item of business, a shareholder objects that the item may not be lawfully considered at that meeting and such shareholder does not participate in the consideration of that item at that meeting.

BY-LAW 3.05 Quorum; Adjournment. The presence at any meeting, in person or by proxy, of the shareholders owning at least twenty five percent of the outstanding voting shares shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Once a quorum

 

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is established at any meeting of the shareholders, the voluntary withdrawal of any shareholder from the meeting shall not affect the authority of the remaining shareholders to conduct any business which properly comes before the meeting. In the absence of a quorum, those present may adjourn the meeting from day to day or time to time without further notice other than announcement at such meeting of such date, time and place of the adjourned meeting. At an adjourned meeting of the shareholders at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.

BY-LAW 3.06 Voting; Record Date. At each meeting of the shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote thereat may vote in person or by proxy duly appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such shareholder. At a meeting of the shareholders, each shareholder shall have one vote for each voting share standing in such shareholder’s name on the books of the Corporation, or on the books of any transfer agent appointed by the Corporation, on the record date established by the Board of Directors, which date may not be more than sixty days from the date of any such meeting. If no record date has been established, the record date shall be as of the close of business on the date of the original notice of the meeting of the shareholders, or the date immediately preceding the date such notice is mailed to the shareholders, whichever is earlier. Upon the demand of any shareholder at the meeting, the vote for directors, or the vote upon any question before the meeting, shall be by written ballot. All elections shall be effected, and all questions shall be decided, by shareholders owning a majority of the shares present in person and by proxy, except as otherwise specifically provided for by the Statute or by Articles of Incorporation.

 

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BY-LAW 3.07 Presiding Officer. The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation or any person so designated by the Chief Executive Officer shall preside as chairman over all meetings of the shareholders; provided, however, that in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer or his designee at any meeting of the shareholders, the Chief Financial Officer shall choose any person present to act as the presiding officer of the meeting.

BY-LAW 3.08 Conduct of Meetings of Shareholders. Subject to the following, meetings of shareholders generally shall follow accepted rules of parliamentary procedure:

a. The chairman of the meeting shall have absolute authority over matters of procedure and there shall be no appeal from the ruling of the chairman. If the chairman, in his absolute discretion, deems it advisable to dispense with the rules of parliamentary procedure as to any one meeting of shareholders or part thereof, the chairman shall so state and shall clearly state the rules under which the meeting or appropriate part thereof shall be conducted.

b. If disorder should arise which prevents continuation of the legitimate business of the meeting, the chairman may quit the chair and announce the adjournment of the meeting; and upon his so doing, the meeting is immediately adjourned.

c. The chairman may ask or require that anyone leave the meeting who is not a bona fide shareholder of record entitled to notice of the meeting, or a duly appointed proxy thereof.

 

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BY-LAW 3.09 Inspectors of Election. The Board of Directors in advance of any meeting of shareholders may appoint one or more inspectors to act at such meeting or adjournment thereof. If inspectors of election are not so appointed, the person acting as chairman of any such meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or his or her proxy shall, make such appointment. In case any person appointed as inspector shall fail to appear to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the Board of Directors in advance of the meeting, or at the meeting by the officer or person acting as chairman. The inspectors of election shall determine the number of shares outstanding, the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots, assents or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising and announce the result, and do such acts as may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders. No inspector whether appointed by the Board of Directors or by the officer or person acting as chairman need be a shareholder.

ARTICLE IV

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BY-LAW 4.01 Number. Election and Term. The Board of Directors shall consist of one or more members. The number of the members of the Board of Directors to be elected at any meeting of the shareholders shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors and, if the Board of Directors does not expressly fix the number of directors to be so elected, then the number of directors shall be the number of directors elected at the preceding regular meeting of shareholders. The number of directors may be

 

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increased at any subsequent special meeting of shareholders called for the election of additional directors, by the number so elected. A director need not be a shareholder. Directors shall be elected at each regular meeting of the shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve for an indefinite term, terminating at the next regular meeting of the shareholders and the election of a qualified successor by the shareholders, or the earlier death, resignation, removal or disqualification of such director.

BY-LAW 4.02 Regular Meetings. Regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held on such date, time and place within or outside the State of Minnesota as determined by the Board of Directors. At such meeting of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors shall elect such officers as are deemed necessary for the operation and management of the Corporation, and transact such other business as may properly come before it.

BY-LAW 4.03 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any director at any time, to be held within or outside the State of Minnesota as determined by the Board of Directors.

BY-LAW 4.04 Notice. Notice of the date, time and place of meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by any means permitted under the Statute at least ten days prior to the meeting. Any director may, before, at, or after a meeting of the Board of Directors, waive notice in writing, orally or by authenticated communication. Any director who attends a meeting, or participation by means of remote communication, shall be deemed to have waived notice of the meeting, unless such director objects at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of business because the meeting is not lawfully called and does not participate in the meeting.

 

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Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the provisions of this By-Law shall apply in all respects to the notice requirements of meetings of any committee established by the Board of Directors.

BY-LAW 4.05 Telephone and Consent Meetings. Participation in any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee established by the Board of Directors by conference telephone or by any other means permitted under the Statute, whereby all persons participating in the meeting can simultaneously and continuously hear each other, shall constitute presence in person at that meeting. Any action which might be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee established by the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if done in writing, signed, or consented to by authenticated electronic communication, by all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be.

BY-LAW 4.06 Quorum/Voting. At all meetings of the Board of Directors or of any committee established by the Board of Directors, a majority of the members must be present to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Each member shall have one vote. Voting by proxy, or the establishment of a quorum by proxy, is prohibited. The act of the majority of the members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from day to day or time to time without notice other than announcement at such meeting of the date, time and place of the adjourned meeting.

BY-LAW 4.07 Order of Business/Record. The Board of Directors, or any committee established by the Board of Directors, may, from time to time, determine the order of

 

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the business at any meeting thereof. If a Secretary of the Corporation has been elected by the Board of Directors, such Secretary shall keep a record of all proceedings at a meeting of the Board of Directors; otherwise, a Secretary Pro Tem, chosen by the person presiding over the meeting as chairman, shall so act.

BY-LAW 4.08 Vacancy. A vacancy in membership of the Board of Directors shall be filled by the affirmative vote of the remaining members of the Board of Directors, though less than a quorum, and a member so elected shall serve until his successor is elected by the shareholders at their next regular meeting, or at a special meeting duly called for that purpose.

BY-LAW 4.09 Committees. The directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors, designate one or more persons to constitute a committee which, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business of the Corporation. Any such committee shall act only in the interval between meetings of the Board of Directors and shall be subject at all times to the control and direction of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, a meeting of any committee established by the Board of Directors may be called by any member thereof.

BY-LAW 4.10 Other Powers. In addition to the powers and authorities conferred upon them by these By-Laws, the Board of Directors shall have the power to do all acts necessary and expedient to the conduct of the business of the Corporation which are not conferred upon the shareholders by Statute, these By-Laws, or the Articles of Incorporation.

 

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ARTICLE V

SHARES

BY-LAW 5.01 Issuance of Securities. The Board of Directors is authorized to issue securities of the Corporation, and rights thereto, to the full extent authorized by the Articles of Incorporation, in such amounts, at such times and to such persons as may be determined by the Board of Directors and permitted by law, subject to any limitations specified in these By-Laws.

BY-LAW 5.02 Certificates for Shares. Every shareholder shall be entitled to a certificate, to be in such form as prescribed by law and adopted by the Board of Directors, evidencing the number of shares of the Corporation owned by such shareholder. The certificates shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer; provided that if a transfer agent has been appointed for the Corporation’s shares, such signature may be a facsimile.

BY-LAW 5.03 Transfer of Shares. Subject to any applicable or reasonable restrictions which may be imposed by the Board of Directors, shares of the Corporation shall be transferred upon written demand of the shareholder named in the certificate, or the shareholder’s legal representative, or the shareholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact, accompanied by a tender of the certificates to be transferred properly endorsed, and payment of all transfer taxes due thereon, if any. The Corporation may treat, as the absolute owner of shares of the Corporation, the person or persons in whose name or names the shares are registered on the books of the Corporation.

BY-LAW 5.04 Lost Certificate. Any shareholder claiming a certificate evidencing ownership of shares to be lost, stolen or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation

 

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of that fact in such form as the Board of Directors may require, and shall, if the Board of Directors so require, give the Corporation (and its transfer agent, if a transfer agent be appointed) a bond of indemnity in such form with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of Directors, in such amount as the Board of Directors may require, whereupon a new certificate may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

ARTICLE VI

OFFICERS

BY-LAW 6.01 Election of Officers. The Board of Directors, at its regular meeting held after each regular meeting of shareholders shall, and at any special meeting may, elect a Chief Executive Officer and a Chief Financial Officer. Except as may otherwise be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, such officers shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as are prescribed by these By-Laws. The Board of Directors may elect such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary from time to time, including Vice Presidents and a Chairman of the Board who shall exercise such powers and perform such duties, not in conflict with the duties of officers designated in these By-Laws, as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.

BY-LAW 6.02 Terms of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified, notwithstanding an earlier termination of their office as directors. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors present at a meeting.

 

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BY-LAW 6.03 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be determined by the Board of Directors.

BY-LAW 6.04 Chief Executive Officer. The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, unless the Board of Directors shall elect a Chairman of the Board, and designate such Chairman as the Chief Executive Officer, in which case the Chairman of the Board shall be the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall:

a. have general active management of the business of the Corporation;

b. when present, and except where the Board of Directors elect a Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the shareholders;

c. see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect;

d. sign and deliver in the name of the Corporation any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments pertaining to the business of the Corporation, except in cases in which the authority to sign and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another person or is expressly delegated by the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation;

e. maintain records of and, whenever necessary, certify all proceedings of the Board of Directors and the shareholders; and

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BY-LAW 6.05 Chief Financial Officer. The Treasurer shall be the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, and as such shall:

a. keep accurate financial records for the Corporation;

b. deposit all money, drafts, and checks in the name of and to the credit of the Corporation in the banks and depositories designated by the Board of Directors;

c. endorse for deposit all notes, checks, and drafts received by the Corporation as ordered by the Board of Directors, making proper vouchers therefor;

d. disburse funds of the Corporation, and issue checks and drafts in the name of the Corporation, as ordered by the Board of Directors;

e. render to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of all transactions by the Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation; and

f. perform other duties prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive Officer, under whose supervision the Treasurer shall be.

BY-LAW 6.06 Secretary. The Secretary, if elected, shall:

a. attend all meetings of the Board of Directors at the request of the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors, and shall attend all meetings of the shareholders and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book kept for that purpose; and shall perform like duties for a committee when required by the Chief Executive Officer; and

 

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b. perform other duties prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive Officer, under whose supervision the Secretary shall be.

BY-LAW 6.07 Delegation of Authority. Except where prohibited or limited by the Board of Directors, an officer elected by the Board of Directors may delegate some or all of the duties or powers of his or her office to another person, provided that such delegation is in writing, and a copy of such written delegation, identifying the person to whom those duties or powers are delegated, and specifying the nature, extent and any limitations of the duties or powers delegated, is delivered in the same manner as provided for notices of meetings of the Board of Directors to all members of the Board of Directors prior to such delegation becoming effective.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

BY-LAW 7.01 Corporate Seal. If so directed by the Board of Directors, the Corporation may use a corporate seal. The failure to use such seal, however, shall not affect the validity of any documents executed on behalf of the Corporation. The seal need only include the word “seal,” but it may also include, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, such additional wording as is permitted by the Statute.

BY-LAW 7.02 Reimbursement by Directors and Officers. Any payments made to any officer or director of this Corporation, such as salary, commission, bonus, interest, or rent, or entertainment expenses incurred by him, which shall be disallowed in whole or in part as a deductible expense by the Internal Revenue Service, shall be reimbursed by such officer or director to the Corporation to the full extent of such disallowance. It shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to enforce payment of each said amount

 

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disallowed. In lieu of payment by the officer or director, subject to the determination of the Board of Directors, proportionate amounts may be withheld from his future compensation payments until the amount owed to the Corporation has been recovered.

BY-LAW 7.03 Amendments to By-Laws. These By-Laws may be amended or altered by the vote of a majority of all of the members of the Board of Directors at any meeting. Such authority of the Board of Directors is subject to the power of the shareholders to adopt, amend or repeal By-Laws adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors, pursuant to the Statute at any regular or special meeting called for that purpose.

BY-LAW 7.04 Location of Business. Pursuant to Statute Section 302A.161, Subdivision 10, the Corporation is authorized by the Board of Directors to conduct its business, carry on its business, carry on its operations, have offices, and exercise the powers granted by Statute anywhere in the universe.

 

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EX-3.18 11 dex318.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF CASINO ONE CORPORATION Amended and Restated Bylaws of Casino One Corporation

Exhibit 3.18

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

CASINO ONE CORPORATION

As of March 24, 2008

ARTICLE I

NAME AND LOCATION

SECTION 1. The name of the Corporation is CASINO ONE CORPORATION. Business will be conducted under the name of CASINO ONE CORPORATION.

SECTION 2. The registered office shall be located at 506 S. President St., Jackson, Mississippi 39201 or in any other offices of the Corporation in the State of Mississippi. The Corporation may have other offices, including its principal office, at other locations within or outside the State of Mississippi.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

SECTION 1. The annual meeting of the Shareholders shall be held annually at a time or place, in or out of the State of Mississippi, as may be designated in the Notice of the Meeting or Waiver of Notice thereof. At such meeting, the Shareholders shall elect Directors to serve until their successors shall be elected and qualified.

SECTION 2. Special meetings of Shareholders may be held at such place as may be designated in the call thereof by consent in writing of all Shareholders, or by demand signed by the holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the stock. Special meetings of the Shareholders may also be called by resolution of the Board of Directors at a duly held meeting of the Board of Directors.


SECTION 3. Notice of the time and place of all annual and special meetings shall be mailed or personally delivered by the Secretary to each Shareholder no fewer than ten (10) days but not more than sixty (60) days before the date thereof, unless Waiver of said Notice and Call is given.

SECTION 4. The President of the Corporation shall preside at all Shareholders’ meetings.

SECTION 5. At every such meeting each Shareholder shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote for each share of stock held in his name, either in person or by written proxy. All proxies shall be filed with the Secretary and entered of record in the Minutes of the meeting. In voting for Directors of the Corporation, each Shareholder shall be authorized to cumulate his vote in accordance with the laws of the State of Mississippi.

SECTION 6. A quorum for the transaction of business shall consist of a number of shares, present personally or by proxy, representing the majority of shares of stock issued and outstanding.

SECTION 7. Shareholder action may be taken in the absence of annual, special, or any other duly called meeting, where said action is taken by consent in writing of, the Shareholders themselves representing One Hundred percent (100%) of the shares of stock issued and outstanding.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of one or more Directors, who shall be elected by the Shareholders at their annual meeting, except that vacancies on the Board of Directors may be filled by the Shareholders, the Board of Directors, or if the Directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the Board of Directors, the remaining Directors may fill the vacancy be the affirmative vote of a majority of all Directors


remaining in office and Directors so elected shall serve the remaining portion of the term of the former Director. A Director need not be a Shareholder. Each year at the annual meeting of Shareholders, the Shareholders shall establish the size of the Board of Directors and thus fix the number of Directors to be elected. If the number of Directors are not established at an annual meeting, then the size of the Board shall remain as theretofore constituted. The initial number of Directors shall be one.

SECTION 2. All Directors shall hold office for one (1) year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

SECTION 3. The regular meeting of the Directors may be held in or out of the State of Mississippi as may be designated in the written Notice of the Meeting, or in the Waiver of Notice thereof, immediately after the adjournment of each annual Shareholder’s meeting.

SECTION 4. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at the same place or places as provided for the annual meeting thereof, and may be called by the President or by consent of all Directors, or at the request of any Director and on Notice in writing at least five (5) days prior to such meeting to the other Directors.

SECTION 5. The Board of Directors may permit any and all Directors to participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of any means of communications by which all Directors participating may simultaneously hear each other. A Director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

SECTION 6. A quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Directors shall consist of a majority of the Board as established by the Shareholders. If there are two Directors, the quorum shall consist of one.

SECTION 7. The Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation and fix their salaries, such election being at the Director’s meeting following each annual Shareholder’s meeting.


ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. The officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the Board of Directors and shall consist of a Chairman of the Board or a President, or both, a Secretary and a Treasurer (or a position with the duties and responsibilities of a Treasurer). The Board of Directors may also appoint one (1) or more vice presidents, assistant secretaries or assistant treasurers, and such other officers as the Board of Directors, in its discretion, shall deem necessary or appropriate from time to time. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws otherwise provide.

SECTION 2. The Board of Directors at its first meeting held after each Annual Meeting of Shareholders shall elect a Chairman of the Board or a President, or both, a Secretary and a Treasurer (or a position with the duties and responsibilities of a Treasurer), and may also elect at that meeting or any other meeting, such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary or appropriate. Each officer of the Corporation shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors together with the powers and duties customarily exercised by such officer; and each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified or until such officer’s earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. The Board of Directors may at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of directors then in office, remove any officer.

SECTION 3. The Chairman of the Board, if there shall be such an officer, shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and the Board of Directors and shall have such other duties and powers as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.


SECTION 4. The President shall be the chief operating officer of the Corporation, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The President shall have and exercise such further powers and duties as may be specifically delegated to or vested in the President from time to time by these Bylaws or the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, or if the Board has not designated a Chairman, the President shall perform the duties of the Chairman of the Board, and when so acting, shall have all of the powers and be subject to all of the restrictions upon the Chairman of the Board.

SECTION 5. In the absence of the President or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the event there be more than one (1) vice president, the vice presidents in the order designated by the directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The vice presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time prescribe.

SECTION 6. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of Shareholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; the Secretary shall also perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the President. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given notice of all meetings of the Shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and if there be no Assistant Secretary, then either the Board of Directors or


the President may choose another officer to cause such notice to be given. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. The Secretary shall see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.

SECTION 7. Except as may be otherwise provided in these Bylaws, Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the President, or the Secretary, and shall have the authority to perform all functions of the Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Secretary.

SECTION 8. The Treasurer shall be the Chief Financial Officer, shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities, shall keep complete and accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects of the Corporation in its name and to its credit in such banks and other depositories as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation, taking proper vouchers and receipts for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall, when and if required by the Board of Directors, give and file with the Corporation a bond, in such form and amount and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors, for the faithful performance of his or her duties as Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or the President shall from time to time prescribe.


SECTION 9. Except as may be otherwise provided in these Bylaws, Assistant Treasurers, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the President, or the Treasurer, and shall have the authority to perform all functions of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer.

SECTION 10. Such other officers as the Board of Directors may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.

ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 1. Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or an officer of the Corporation or such director or officer of the Corporation is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Mississippi Business Corporation Act, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior


to such amendment, against all expense, liability and loss (including but not limited to attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith. Such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 3 of this Article V with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

The right to indemnification conferred in this Article V shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the Mississippi Business Corporation Act requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision (from which there is no further right to appeal) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Article V or otherwise (hereinafter an “undertaking”). This Article V constitutes the authorization and determination required for the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided hereby and therefore a determination in accordance with Section 79-4-8.55 (a), (b), or (c) of the Mississippi Business Corporation Act, as now existing or hereafter amended, shall not be required before an indemnitee is entitled to indemnification and advancement of expenses.


SECTION 2. Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 1 of this Article V is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. It shall be a defense to any such action that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Mississippi Business Corporations Act (the “applicable standard of conduct”), which makes it permissible under Section 1 of this Article V for the Corporation to indemnify the indemnitee for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be solely on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

SECTION 3. Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The indemnification rights provided by this Article V shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person seeking indemnification may be entitled under any statute, the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Corporation, agreement, contract, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or pursuant to the direction (howsoever embodied) of any court of competent


jurisdiction or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the Corporation that indemnification of the persons specified in this Article V shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law. The provisions of this Article V shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any person who is not specified in this Article V, but whom the Corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of applicable federal or state law, or otherwise. The indemnification provided by this Article V shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, or employee and shall inure to the benefit of heirs, executors and administrators of such person.

SECTION 4. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him, and incurred by him, in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article V.

SECTION 5. Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses, to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article V with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.


ARTICLE VI

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1. Dividends, to be paid out of the surplus earnings of the Corporation, may be declared from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, but no dividend shall be paid that will impair the capital of the Corporation.

SECTION 2. The funds of the Corporation shall be deposited in such manner as the Directors shall designate.

SECTION 3. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on January 1st of each year.

SECTION 4. These Bylaws may be amended by a majority vote of the Board of Directors at any regular meeting or special meeting of the Board of Directors or by consent action in writing of all members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or under the Mississippi Business Corporation Act. The Bylaws also may be amended by the majority vote of the shareholders at a regular or special meeting of Shareholders or by consent in writing of all Shareholders of the Corporation.

SECTION 5. The Corporation has the authority to enter into restrictive agreements with Shareholders regarding the sale and exchange of corporate shares, provided that such agreement has been approved by One Hundred percent (100%) of the Shareholders.

EX-3.20 12 dex320.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF MITRE ASSOCIATES LLC Certificate of Formation of MITRE Associates LLC

Exhibit 3.20

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

MITRE ASSOCIATES LLC

* * * * * * *

The undersigned, an authorized natural person for the purpose of forming a limited Liability company, under the provisions and subject to the requirements of the State of Delaware (particularly Chapter 18, Title 6 of the Delaware Code and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and known , identified, and referred to as the “Delaware Limited Liability Company Act”), hereby certifies that:

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is Mitre Associates LLC (hereinafter, the “LLC”).

SECOND: The address of the registered office and the name and the address of the registered agent of the LLC required to be maintained by Section 18-104 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act are Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808.

Executed on February 17, 2005

 

  /s/ Lily Isaacson
  Lily Isaacson, Authorized Person
EX-3.21 13 dex321.htm SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEEMENT Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreeement

Exhibit 3.21

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

MITRE ASSOCIATES LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company)

This Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of MITRE ASSOCIATES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is entered into and adopted effective as of March 24, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by PNK Development 13, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (the “Member”), which constitutes the sole member of the Company, with reference to the recitals set forth below:

R E C I T A L S

A. The Company was originally formed under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del.C. § 18-101, et. seq.) (the “Act”) on February 18, 2005; and

B. The Member previously adopted that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company effective as of November 17, 2006 (the “Operating Agreement”); and

C. The Member desires to further amend and restate the Operating Agreement of the Company to provide for the (i) management of the Company by the Member and (ii) conduct of the Company’s business and affairs on and after the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and provisions set forth herein, the benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Member hereby amends and restates the Operating Agreement of the Company in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Affiliate” means with respect to a specified Person, any other Person who or which is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, “controlling”, and “controlled” mean (i) the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent of the voting power of the stockholders, members or owners, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as originally executed and as amended or restated from time to time.


Capital Contribution” means a contribution to the capital of the Company in cash, property, or otherwise.

Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any corresponding United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific section of the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding provision of any United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect on the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement containing such reference.

Covered Person” means (a) the Member, (b) any manager, director or officer of the Company, (c) any Person acting on behalf of the Member to direct the activities of the Company, or (d) any Person who was, at the time of the act or omission in question, a Person described in clause (a), (b) or (c) hereof.

Gaming” means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game played with cards, dice, equipment or any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device for money, property, checks, credit or any representative of value, including without limitation the conducting of Gaming activities in accordance with applicable Gaming Laws and Gaming Licenses.

Gaming Authority” means those national, state, local and other governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies, boards, commissions and officials responsible for or involved in the regulation and control of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations in any jurisdiction.

Gaming Laws” means those laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulation, licensing, permit, investigatory, or enforcement authority over Gaming or Gaming activities or operations within any jurisdiction.

Gaming Licenses” means all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, certificates, registrations, findings of suitability, franchises and entitlements issued by any Gaming Authority necessary for or relating to the conduct of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations or the ownership of an interest in an entity that conducts Gaming or Gaming activities or operations.

Interest” means the entire ownership interest of the Member in the Company at any time, including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to which the Member may be entitled as provided under the Act and this Agreement.

 

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Member” is defined in the preamble hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Member’s name, address and ownership interest are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. In the event that the Member approves the admission of any other Person as a member of the Company, such Person shall have such relative rights and responsibilities as a member of the Company as are agreed to by the Member.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, or other entity.

Treasury Regulations” means the federal income tax regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Code and codified at Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended from time to time.

Unsuitable Person” means a Person (i) who is denied a Gaming License by any Gaming Authority, disqualified from eligibility for a Gaming License, or determined to be unsuitable to own or control an interest in, or to be connected with, a Person engaged directly or indirectly in Gaming or Gaming activities in any jurisdiction by a Gaming Authority, or (ii) whose continued involvement in the business of the Company (A) causes the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to lose or to be threatened with the loss of any Gaming License, or (B) is deemed likely, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Member, to jeopardize or adversely affect the likelihood that the Gaming Authorities will issue a Gaming License to, or in connection with the business of, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or to adversely affect the Company’s or any such Affiliate’s use of or entitlement to any Gaming License.

ARTICLE II

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

2.1 Existence. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Company has been formed as a Delaware limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Member or any officer of the Company shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. To the extent that the rights or obligations of the Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control.

2.2 Name. The name of the Company is “Mitre Associates LLC.” Subject to compliance with applicable law, the business and affairs of the Company may be conducted under that name or any other name that the Member deems appropriate or advisable.

2.3 Other Offices. The Company may establish and maintain offices at any time and at any place or places as the Member may designate or as the business of the Company may require.

 

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2.4 Resident Agent and Registered Office. The resident agent of the Company for service of process shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Formation or as changed by the Member from time to time. The Company shall have as its registered office in the State of Delaware the street address of its resident agent.

2.5 Purpose. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company is formed for the object and purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

2.6 Powers of the Company. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2.5, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to:

(a) borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on any or all of the assets of the Company;

(b) conduct its business and operations in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country that may be necessary or convenient to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(c) acquire, by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise, and own, hold, maintain, finance, improve, lease, sell, convey, mortgage, transfer, demolish or dispose of any real or personal property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(d) enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, including without limitation, contracts with the Member or any Affiliate of, or other Person associated directly or indirectly with, the Member that are necessary to, in connection with, convenient to, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(e) purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign entities;

(f) lend money for any proper purpose, invest and reinvest its funds and take and hold real and personal property for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;

(g) sue and be sued, complain and defend and participate in administrative or other proceedings, in its name;

(h) appoint employees, agents and officers of the Company, and define their duties and fix their compensation;

(i) indemnify any Person and obtain any and all types of insurance;

(j) cease its activities and cancel its insurance;

 

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(k) negotiate, enter into, renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate, modify, amend, waive, execute, acknowledge or take any other action with respect to any lease, contract or security agreement in respect of any assets of the Company;

(l) pay, collect, compromise, litigate, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle any and all other claims or demands of or against the Company or hold such proceeds against the payment of contingent liabilities;

(m) apply for, obtain and maintain any licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions and waivers from any Gaming Authority as may be necessary under applicable Gaming Laws for the conduct of its business and operations; and

(n) make, execute, acknowledge and file any and all documents or instruments necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

The Member shall not be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Company.

ARTICLE IV

PROFITS AND LOSSES

4.1 Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses for any period shall be allocated to the Member.

4.2 Tax Classification. So long as the Company has only one member, it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes and that the activities of the Company be deemed to be activities of the Member for such purposes, as provided for by Treasury Regulations Sections 301.7701-1, et seq., and comparable provisions of applicable state tax law. In the event that the Company becomes an entity that has more than one member, it is intended that the Company be treated as a “partnership” for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes, and all available elections shall be made, and all available actions shall be taken, to cause the Company to be so treated (provided, however, that if the Company has more than one member but is treated for federal income tax purposes as having only a single owner, then it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes as provided in the preceding sentence).

 

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ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Operating Distributions. Subject to Section 5.2, the Company shall from time to time distribute to the Member such amounts in cash and other assets as shall be determined by the Member.

5.2 Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any distribution if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law or would cause a breach or default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, but instead shall make such distribution as soon as practicable such that the making of such distribution would not cause such violation, breach or default.

ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP

6.1 Limitation of Liability. The Member shall not be liable under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, except to the extent required by the Act or in an agreement signed by the Member. The Member shall not be required to loan any funds to the Company, nor shall the Member be required to make any contribution to the Company, nor shall the Member be subject to any liability to the Company or any third party, as a result of any deficit of the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Member from making secured or unsecured loans to the Company by agreement with the Company.

6.2 Powers of the Member. The Member shall have full, exclusive and complete discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Company and to take all such actions as it deems necessary, appropriate or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose of the Company, including, without limitation, the power and authority to execute all documents and instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things on behalf of the Company in all matters necessary, desirable, convenient or incidental to the purpose of the Company. The Member is an agent of the Company’s business and the actions of the Member taken in such capacity and in accordance with this Agreement shall bind the Company. The Member shall be the sole Person with the power to bind the Company except and to the extent that such power is expressly delegated to any other Person by the Member in this Agreement or in writing or by oral communication, and such delegation shall not cause the Member to cease to be the Member.

6.3 Election of Manager. Initially, there shall not be a “manager” (within the meaning of the Act) of the Company. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and the Act, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint one or more Persons as managers with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such a manager shall serve until such manager’s successor is duly appointed by the Member or until such manager’s earlier removal or resignation.

 

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Any manager appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member. If any Person elected to serve as a manager is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such Person as a manager and such Person shall thereupon automatically cease to be a manager.

6.4 Election of Officers. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint any individuals as officers of the Company with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such officers shall serve until their successors are duly appointed by the Member or until their earlier removal or resignation. Any officer appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member and any vacancy in any office shall be filled by the Member. If any person elected to serve as an officer is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such person as an officer and such person shall thereupon automatically cease to be an officer.

6.5 Duties and Authority of the Member, Managers and Officers. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Member or the provisions of the Certificate of Formation, this Agreement, Gaming Laws or the Act (including without limitation those provisions relating to actions or decisions required to be taken or made by, or with the approval of, the Member), the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), any manager or any officer, acting alone, is authorized to endorse checks, drafts, and other evidences of indebtedness made payable to the order of the Company, but only for the purpose of deposit into the Company’s accounts. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager or a specified officer shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount less than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager, or any two specified officers acting together, shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount equal to or more than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers.

6.6 Designation of Authority. The Member may authorize, in a resolution or other writing, one or more Persons or one or more officers, agents or employees of the Company who may, in the name and on behalf of the Company, and in lieu of or in addition to the Member, contract debts or incur liabilities, and sign contracts or agreements (including without limitation, instruments and documents providing for the acquisition, mortgage or disposition of property of the Company), and may authorize the use of facsimile signatures of any such Persons, officers, agents or employees.

6.7 Transfer of Interest. The Interest of the Member is personal property, and such Interest may be transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of the Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no Interest in the Company may be issued or transferred in any manner whatsoever except in compliance with all Gaming Licenses and Gaming Laws, if applicable.

 

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6.8 Competing Activities. Neither the Member nor any of its Affiliates shall be expressly or impliedly restricted or prohibited by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby from engaging in other activities or business ventures of any kind or character whatsoever. Except as otherwise agreed in writing, the Member and its Affiliates shall have the right to conduct, or to possess a direct or indirect ownership interest in, activities and business ventures of every type and description, including activities and business ventures in direct competition with the Company.

6.9 Ratification and Approval of Actions by Member. Any past actions of the Member of the Company, on behalf of the Company and in its name, including, but not limited to, the execution and delivery of documents and instruments on behalf of the Company, be, and they hereby are, ratified, confirmed, approved and authorized in all respects, and such documents and instruments shall be considered approved as of the date the same were executed by the Member.

ARTICLE VII

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY AND

TERMINATION OF A MEMBER’S INTEREST

7.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved upon (i) the adoption of a plan of dissolution by the Member or (ii) the occurrence of any event required to cause the dissolution of the Company under the Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the bankruptcy (as defined in Sections 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the Act) of the Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.

7.2 Distribution on Dissolution and Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the business of the Company shall be continued to the extent necessary to allow an orderly winding up of its affairs, including the liquidation and termination of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.2, as promptly as practicable thereafter, and each of the following shall be accomplished:

(a) the Member shall oversee the winding up of the Company’s affairs;

(b) the assets of the Company shall be liquidated as determined by the Member, or the Member may determine not to sell all or any portion of the assets, in which event such assets shall be distributed in kind; and

(c) the proceeds of sale and all other assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed as follows and in the following order of priority:

(i) to the expenses of liquidation;

(ii) to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, including any debts and liabilities owed to the Member; and

(iii) the balance, if any, to the Member.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 Exculpation.

(a) No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company, except that the Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim if a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction establishes that the Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction or the Covered Person’s acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action.

(b) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including without limitation information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

8.2 Fiduciary Duty. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, then, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or the Member for its good faith acts or omissions in reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties and liabilities of the Covered Person.

8.3 Indemnity. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by Section 18-108 of the Act if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Covered Person was unlawful.

8.4 Advance Payment of Expenses. The expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding related to such Person’s actions on behalf of the Company shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this section do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel of the Company other than a Covered Person may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

 

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8.5 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses for Employees and Agents. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Member, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of any Covered Person.

8.6 Assets of the Company. Any indemnification under this Article VIII shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Company. No debt shall be incurred by the Company or the Member in order to provide a source of funds for any indemnity, and the Member shall not have any liability (or any liability to make any additional Capital Contribution) on account thereof.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9.1 Membership Certificates. The Company may issue a certificate to the Member to evidence the Interest in the Company. The Member or any manager or officer of the Company authorized by the Member may execute such certificate on behalf of the Company.

9.2 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, to the extent and in such amounts as the Member shall, in its sole discretion, deem reasonable, on behalf of such Persons as the Member shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by any such Person in connection with the activities of the Company.

9.3 Complete Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules or exhibits hereto, together with the Certificate of Formation to the extent referenced herein, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding of the Member with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement and the Certificate of Formation replace and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, statements, memoranda and understandings, whether written or oral, by the Member.

9.4 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Member.

9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Member, shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the choice or conflict of laws provisions of Delaware or any other jurisdiction.

 

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9.6 Interpretation. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provisions contained herein. In the interpretation of this Agreement the singular may be read as the plural, and vice versa, the neuter gender as the masculine or feminine, and vice versa, and the future tense as the past or present, and vice versa, all interchangeably as the context may require in order to fully effectuate the intent of the Member and the transactions contemplated herein. Syntax shall yield to the substance of the terms and provisions hereof.

9.7 Counterparts and Facsimile Copies. Facsimile copies of this Agreement, any counterpart of this Agreement or any approval or written consent of the Member, and facsimile signatures hereon or thereon, shall have the same force and effect as originals.

9.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or any application thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, that provision, or application thereof, shall be deemed severable and the remainder of this Agreement, and all other applications of such provision, shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9.9 Waivers. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding unless evidenced by an instrument in writing and executed by the Member.

No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is adopted solely by and for the benefit of the Member and its respective successors and assigns, and except to the extent specifically provided in Article VIII, no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

PNK DEVELOPMENT 13, LLC,

a New Jersey limited liability company

By:  

BILOXI CASINO CORP.,

a Mississippi corporation

its sole member

By:   /s/ John A. Godfrey
  John A. Godfrey, Secretary

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF MITRE ASSOCIATES LLC]

 

S-1


SCHEDULE I

 

Member’s Name:

  

PNK DEVELOPMENT 13, LLC,

a New Jersey limited liability company

Member’s Address:

  

c/o Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Member’s Ownership Interest:

   100%
EX-3.25 14 dex325.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF CASINO MAGIC OF LOUISIANA, CORP., AS AMENDED Articles of Incorporation of Casino Magic of Louisiana, Corp., as amended

Exhibit 3.25

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

CRESCENT CITY CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

We, the undersigned, each capable of contracting, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title 12 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, do hereby certify:

FIRST: The name of the corporation is Crescent City Capital Development Corporation.

SECOND: The address (and zip code) of this corporation’s initial registered office is

8550 United Plaza Boulevard

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809

and the name of this corporation’s initial registered agent at such address is

CT Corporation System

THIRD: The purposes for which this corporation is organized are:

 

  (a) To engage in any activity within the purposes for which corporations may be organized under the Louisiana Business Corporation Law, including without limitation, to license, construct, develop, own and operate a riverboat casino in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.

 

  (b) The foregoing and following clauses shall be construed as objects and powers in furtherance and not in limitation of general powers conferred by the laws of the State of Louisiana, and it is hereby expressly provided that the foregoing and following enumeration of specific powers shall not be held to limit or restrict in any manner the powers of this corporation and that this corporation may do all and everything necessary, suitable or proper for the accomplishment of any of the purposes or objects hereinabove enumerated, either alone or in association with other corporations, firms or individuals to the same extent and as fully as individuals might or could do as principals, agents, contractors or otherwise.

FOURTH: The duration of the corporation is perpetual.

FIFTH: The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is Two Hundred (200) Shares, $.01 par value.


SIXTH: The first Board of Directors of the corporation shall consist of three (3) Directors and the name and post office address of each person who is to serve as such a Director is as follows:

 

NAME

  

ADDRESS

I.G. Davis, Jr.

  

c/o Capital Gaming International, Inc.

Bayport One, Suite 250

8025 Black Horse Pike

West Atlantic City, NJ 08232

Edward M. Tracy

  

c/o Capital Gaming International, Inc.

Bayport One, Suite 250

8025 Black Horse Pike

West Atlantic City, NJ 08232

Col. Clinton Paganc

  

c/o Capital Gaming International, Inc.

Bayport One, Suite 250

8025 Black Horse Pike

West Atlantic City, NJ 08232

SEVENTH: The name and address of each incorporator is as follows:

 

NAME

  

ADDRESS

I.G. Davis, Jr.

  

c/o Capital Gaming International, Inc.

Bayport One, Suite 250

8025 Black Horse Pike

West Atlantic City, NJ 08232

EIGHTH: Pursuant to the provisions of Section 24 of the Louisiana Business Corporation Law, any director or officer of this corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for damages for breach of any duty owed to the corporation or its shareholders, except that this provision shall not relieve a director or officer of liability for any breach of duty based upon an act or omission (a) in breach of such person’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders; (b) for any action not taken in good faith, involving intentional misconduct or in knowing violation of law; (c) amounting to an unlawful distribution or other violation of R.S. 12:92(D); or (d) resulting in receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit.

NINTH:

 

  (a)

Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or

 

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agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Louisiana Business Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be emended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators: provided, however, that, except as provided in paragraph (b) hereof, the corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Section shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the Louisiana Business Corporation Law, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which services were or are rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to any employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section or otherwise. The corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers.

 

  (b)

Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under paragraph (a) of this Section is not paid in full by the corporation within thirty (30) days after a written claim has been received by the corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim, and, if successful, in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the Louisiana Business Corporation Law for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the corporation. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) to have made a

 

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determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she had met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Louisiana Business Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including the Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to an action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

 

  (c) Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Section shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Articles of incorporation, by-law, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

  (d) Insurance. The corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act.

TENTH: This corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in these articles in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon shareholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I the undersigned, capable of contracting, have hereunto affixed my signature on this 4th day of June, 1993.

 

  
I.G. Davis Jr., Chairman and CEO

 

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STATE OF NEW JERSEY    )
   )
COUNTY OF MERCER    )

BE IT KNOWN, That on this 4th day of the month of June, in the year of our Lord, 1993, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified, there came and appeared I.G. Davis, Jr., known to me, Notary, and known by me to be the person whose name appears upon the foregoing instrument and said appearer declared and acknowledged unto me, Notary, that he executed the said instrument for the uses and purposes therein set forth and apparent.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said appearer has signed these presents, and I have hereunto set my official hand and seal on the day and date first hereinabove written.

 

(Notarial Seal)       
    Notary Public

 

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ARTICLES OF

AMENDMENT TO THE

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

CRESCENT CITY CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Crescent City Capital Development Corp., a Louisiana corporation having its registered office in the parish of East Baton Rouge, hereby certifies to the Secretary of State of Louisiana, that:

FIRST: The Articles of Incorporation of this corporation are hereby amended so that article 5 thereof shall read as follows:

“5. The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is: one thousand (1,000) shares, $.01 par value. The sale, assignment, transfer, pledge or disposition of the security or securities which represent five percent (5%) or more of the total outstanding shares issued by the corporation is conditional and subject to prior approval by the appropriate licensing authority acting in accordance with the Louisiana Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming Control Act.”

SECOND: That in lieu of a meeting and vote of shareholders, the sole shareholder of the corporation has given written consent to said amendment in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 12:76 La. Rev. Stats., 1950.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument has been signed on behalf of Crescent City Capital Development Corp. by its President and Secretary on this 20th day of January, 1994.

 

By:    
  Edward M. Tracy,
  President

 

By:    
  Henry Hornbostel,
  Secretary

 

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STATE OF NEW JERSEY

COUNTY OF MERCER

BE IT KNOWN that on this 20th day of January, 1994, before me the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, there came and appeared Edward M. Tracy, known to me, Notary, and known by me to the be the President of Crescent City Capital Development Corp. and Henry Hornbostel, known to me, Notary, and known by me to be the Secretary of Crescent City Capital Development Corp., who signed the within and foregoing instrument before me and who acknowledged to me, Notary, that they signed, executed, and delivered said instrument in their capacity as President and Secretary of Crescent City Capital Development Corp. for the uses and purposes therein set forth and apparent.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the said appearer has signed these presents and I have hereunto affixed my official hand and seal, on the date and year first herein above written, after due reading of the whole.

 

  
Edward M. Tracy, President
  
Henry Hornbostel, Secretary

 

(NOTARIAL SEAL)
  
NOTARY PUBLIC

 

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AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

CRESCENT CITY CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

COUNTY OF ATLANTIC

BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, personally came and appeared EDWARD M. TRACY, President, and WILLIAM S. PAPAZIAN, Assistant Secretary of and acting for CRESCENT CITY CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Louisiana, who declare, that pursuant to the Unanimous Written Consent by all shareholders of this corporation held on the 9th day of May, 1996, a certified copy of said Unanimous Consent being attached hereto, that they do now appear for the purpose of effecting an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, as follows:

I.

The article entitled “FIRST” shall be amended to reflect the following:

FIRST: The name of the corporation shall be:

CASINO MAGIC OF LOUISIANA, CORP.

They further declare that the original date of incorporation was June 9, 1993.

II.

That in lieu of a meeting and vote of shareholders, the sole shareholder of the corporation has given written consent to said amendment in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 12:76 La. Rev. Stats., 1950.

 

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THUS DONE AND SIGNED in my office in the City of West Atlantic City County of Atlantic, State of New Jersey, on this 9th day of May, 1996, in the presence of the undersigned competent witnesses and me, Notary Public, after due reading of the whole.

 

WITNESSES:    
         
      EDWARD M. TRACY, President
         
      WILLIAM S. PAPAZIAN, Asst. Secretary

 

  
NOTARY PUBLIC
My commission expires:                                     

 

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UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT

OF THE SOLE SHAREHOLDER

OF

CRESCENT CITY CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

***********

The undersigned, constituting all of the shareholders of the corporation known as CRESCENT CITY CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a Louisiana corporation, do hereby consent to the adoption of the following resolution effective immediately:

RESOLVED that Edward M. Tracy, President, and William S. Papazian, Asst. Secretary, are hereby authorized lo amend the Articles of Incorporation as follows:

I.

The article entitled “FIRST” shall be amended to reflect the following:

FIRST: The name of the corporation shall be:

CASINO MAGIC OF LOUISIANA, CORP.

They further declare that the original date of incorporation was June 9, 1993.

RESOLVED that Edward M Tracy, President, and William S. Papazian. Asst. Secretary, are authorized to execute any and all documents necessary or incidental for the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation.

THUS DONE EFFECTIVE this 9th day of May, 1996.

 

CAPITAL GAMING INTERNATIONAL, INC.
BY:    
  Edward M. Tracy, President

 

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SECOND AMENDMENT

TO THE

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

CASINO MAGIC OF LOUISIANA, CORP.

The undersigned President of CASINO MAGIC OF LOUISIANA, CORP., a corporation formed under the laws of Louisiana (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify that the following Resolution amending the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation was duly adopted by the sole director by written consent dated March 22, 2002. This Resolution was also affirmatively approved and adopted by consent of the sole shareholder dated March 22, 2002.

The Articles of Incorporation were amended by said Resolution to amend Article I in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

The name and title of this corporation shall be:

PNK (BOSSIER CITY), INC.

 

DATED: March 22, 2002.    
        
    PAUL R. ALANIS, President

 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

BE IT KNOWN, that on this 22nd day of March, 2002, before me, the undersigned Notary Public, duly commissioned and qualified and sworn within and for the State and County aforesaid, personally came and appeared:

PAUL R. ALANIS

to me known to be the identical person who executed the above and foregoing Second Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, who declared and acknowledged to me, Notary, in the presence of the undersigned competent witnesses, that he executed the above and foregoing Second Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of his own free will, as his own act and deed, for uses, purposes and benefits therein expressed.

 

  
PAUL R. ALANIS

 

  
NOTARY PUBLIC

 

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EX-3.27 15 dex327.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF PNK (CHILE 1), LLC Certificate of Formation of PNK (CHILE 1), LLC

Exhibit 3.27

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

PNK (CHILE 1), LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

This Certificate of Formation of PNK (CHILE 1), LLC is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as an authorized person, for the purpose of forming a limited liability company pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is PNK (CHILE 1), LLC

SECOND: The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation of PNK (CHILE 1), LLC this 7th day of July, 2005.

 

/s/ John A. Godfrey
John A. Godfrey, Authorized Person
EX-3.28 16 dex328.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF PNK (CHILE 1), LLC Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (CHILE 1), LLC

Exhibit 3.28

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

PNK (CHILE 1), LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company)

This Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (CHILE 1), LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is entered into and adopted effective as of March 24, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Member”), which constitutes the sole member of the Company, with reference to the recitals set forth below:

R E C I T A L S

A. The Company was originally formed under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del.C. § 18-101, et. seq.) (the “Act”) on July 7, 2005; and

B. The Member previously adopted that certain Operating Agreement of the Company effective as of July 7, 2005 (the “Operating Agreement”); and

C. The Member desires to amend and restate the Operating Agreement of the Company to provide for the conduct of the Company’s business and affairs on and after the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and provisions set forth herein, the benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Member hereby amends and restates the Operating Agreement of the Company in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Affiliate” means with respect to a specified Person, any other Person who or which is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, “controlling”, and “controlled” mean (i) the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent of the voting power of the stockholders, members or owners, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as originally executed and as amended or restated from time to time.


Capital Contribution” means a contribution to the capital of the Company in cash, property, or otherwise.

Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any corresponding United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific section of the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding provision of any United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect on the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement containing such reference.

Covered Person” means (a) the Member, (b) any manager, director or officer of the Company, (c) any Person acting on behalf of the Member to direct the activities of the Company, or (d) any Person who was, at the time of the act or omission in question, a Person described in clause (a), (b) or (c) hereof.

Gaming” means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game played with cards, dice, equipment or any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device for money, property, checks, credit or any representative of value, including without limitation the conducting of Gaming activities in accordance with applicable Gaming Laws and Gaming Licenses.

Gaming Authority” means those national, state, local and other governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies, boards, commissions and officials responsible for or involved in the regulation and control of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations in any jurisdiction.

Gaming Laws” means those laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulation, licensing, permit, investigatory, or enforcement authority over Gaming or Gaming activities or operations within any jurisdiction.

Gaming Licenses” means all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, certificates, registrations, findings of suitability, franchises and entitlements issued by any Gaming Authority necessary for or relating to the conduct of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations or the ownership of an interest in an entity that conducts Gaming or Gaming activities or operations.

Interest” means the entire ownership interest of the Member in the Company at any time, including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to which the Member may be entitled as provided under the Act and this Agreement.

 

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Member” is defined in the preamble hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Member’s name, address and ownership interest are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. In the event that the Member approves the admission of any other Person as a member of the Company, such Person shall have such relative rights and responsibilities as a member of the Company as are agreed to by the Member.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, or other entity.

Treasury Regulations” means the federal income tax regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Code and codified at Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended from time to time.

Unsuitable Person” means a Person (i) who is denied a Gaming License by any Gaming Authority, disqualified from eligibility for a Gaming License, or determined to be unsuitable to own or control an interest in, or to be connected with, a Person engaged directly or indirectly in Gaming or Gaming activities in any jurisdiction by a Gaming Authority, or (ii) whose continued involvement in the business of the Company (A) causes the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to lose or to be threatened with the loss of any Gaming License, or (B) is deemed likely, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Member, to jeopardize or adversely affect the likelihood that the Gaming Authorities will issue a Gaming License to, or in connection with the business of, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or to adversely affect the Company’s or any such Affiliate’s use of or entitlement to any Gaming License.

ARTICLE II

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

2.1 Existence. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Company has been formed as a Delaware limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Member or any officer of the Company shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. To the extent that the rights or obligations of the Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control.

2.2 Name. The name of the Company is “PNK (CHILE 1), LLC.” Subject to compliance with applicable law, the business and affairs of the Company may be conducted under that name or any other name that the Member deems appropriate or advisable.

2.3 Other Offices. The Company may establish and maintain offices at any time and at any place or places as the Member may designate or as the business of the Company may require.

 

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2.4 Resident Agent and Registered Office. The resident agent of the Company for service of process shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Formation or as changed by the Member from time to time. The Company shall have as its registered office in the State of Delaware the street address of its resident agent.

2.5 Purpose. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company is formed for the object and purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

2.6 Powers of the Company. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2.5, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to:

(a) borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on any or all of the assets of the Company;

(b) conduct its business and operations in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country that may be necessary or convenient to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(c) acquire, by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise, and own, hold, maintain, finance, improve, lease, sell, convey, mortgage, transfer, demolish or dispose of any real or personal property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(d) enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, including without limitation, contracts with the Member or any Affiliate of, or other Person associated directly or indirectly with, the Member that are necessary to, in connection with, convenient to, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(e) purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign entities;

(f) lend money for any proper purpose, invest and reinvest its funds and take and hold real and personal property for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;

(g) sue and be sued, complain and defend and participate in administrative or other proceedings, in its name;

(h) appoint employees, agents and officers of the Company, and define their duties and fix their compensation;

(i) indemnify any Person and obtain any and all types of insurance;

(j) cease its activities and cancel its insurance;

 

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(k) negotiate, enter into, renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate, modify, amend, waive, execute, acknowledge or take any other action with respect to any lease, contract or security agreement in respect of any assets of the Company;

(l) pay, collect, compromise, litigate, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle any and all other claims or demands of or against the Company or hold such proceeds against the payment of contingent liabilities;

(m) apply for, obtain and maintain any licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions and waivers from any Gaming Authority as may be necessary under applicable Gaming Laws for the conduct of its business and operations; and

(n) make, execute, acknowledge and file any and all documents or instruments necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

The Member shall not be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Company.

ARTICLE IV

PROFITS AND LOSSES

4.1 Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses for any period shall be allocated to the Member.

4.2 Tax Classification. So long as the Company has only one member, it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes and that the activities of the Company be deemed to be activities of the Member for such purposes, as provided for by Treasury Regulations Sections 301.7701-1, et seq., and comparable provisions of applicable state tax law. In the event that the Company becomes an entity that has more than one member, it is intended that the Company be treated as a “partnership” for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes, and all available elections shall be made, and all available actions shall be taken, to cause the Company to be so treated (provided, however, that if the Company has more than one member but is treated for federal income tax purposes as having only a single owner, then it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes as provided in the preceding sentence).

 

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ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Operating Distributions. Subject to Section 5.2, the Company shall from time to time distribute to the Member such amounts in cash and other assets as shall be determined by the Member.

5.2 Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any distribution if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law or would cause a breach or default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, but instead shall make such distribution as soon as practicable such that the making of such distribution would not cause such violation, breach or default.

ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP

6.1 Limitation of Liability. The Member shall not be liable under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, except to the extent required by the Act or in an agreement signed by the Member. The Member shall not be required to loan any funds to the Company, nor shall the Member be required to make any contribution to the Company, nor shall the Member be subject to any liability to the Company or any third party, as a result of any deficit of the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Member from making secured or unsecured loans to the Company by agreement with the Company.

6.2 Powers of the Member. The Member shall have full, exclusive and complete discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Company and to take all such actions as it deems necessary, appropriate or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose of the Company, including, without limitation, the power and authority to execute all documents and instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things on behalf of the Company in all matters necessary, desirable, convenient or incidental to the purpose of the Company. The Member is an agent of the Company’s business and the actions of the Member taken in such capacity and in accordance with this Agreement shall bind the Company. The Member shall be the sole Person with the power to bind the Company except and to the extent that such power is expressly delegated to any other Person by the Member in this Agreement or in writing or by oral communication, and such delegation shall not cause the Member to cease to be the Member.

6.3 Election of Manager. Initially, there shall not be a “manager” (within the meaning of the Act) of the Company. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and the Act, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint one or more Persons as managers with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such a manager shall serve until such manager’s successor is duly appointed by the Member or until such manager’s earlier removal or resignation.

 

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Any manager appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member. If any Person elected to serve as a manager is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such Person as a manager and such Person shall thereupon automatically cease to be a manager.

6.4 Election of Officers. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint any individuals as officers of the Company with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such officers shall serve until their successors are duly appointed by the Member or until their earlier removal or resignation. Any officer appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member and any vacancy in any office shall be filled by the Member. If any person elected to serve as an officer is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such person as an officer and such person shall thereupon automatically cease to be an officer.

6.5 Duties and Authority of the Member, Managers and Officers. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Member or the provisions of the Certificate of Formation, this Agreement, Gaming Laws or the Act (including without limitation those provisions relating to actions or decisions required to be taken or made by, or with the approval of, the Member), the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), any manager or any officer, acting alone, is authorized to endorse checks, drafts, and other evidences of indebtedness made payable to the order of the Company, but only for the purpose of deposit into the Company’s accounts. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager or a specified officer shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount less than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager, or any two specified officers acting together, shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount equal to or more than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers.

6.6 Designation of Authority. The Member may authorize, in a resolution or other writing, one or more Persons or one or more officers, agents or employees of the Company who may, in the name and on behalf of the Company, and in lieu of or in addition to the Member, contract debts or incur liabilities, and sign contracts or agreements (including without limitation, instruments and documents providing for the acquisition, mortgage or disposition of property of the Company), and may authorize the use of facsimile signatures of any such Persons, officers, agents or employees.

6.7 Transfer of Interest. The Interest of the Member is personal property, and such Interest may be transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of the Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no Interest in the Company may be issued or transferred in any manner whatsoever except in compliance with all Gaming Licenses and Gaming Laws, if applicable.

 

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6.8 Competing Activities. Neither the Member nor any of its Affiliates shall be expressly or impliedly restricted or prohibited by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby from engaging in other activities or business ventures of any kind or character whatsoever. Except as otherwise agreed in writing, the Member and its Affiliates shall have the right to conduct, or to possess a direct or indirect ownership interest in, activities and business ventures of every type and description, including activities and business ventures in direct competition with the Company.

ARTICLE VII

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY AND

TERMINATION OF A MEMBER’S INTEREST

7.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved upon (i) the adoption of a plan of dissolution by the Member or (ii) the occurrence of any event required to cause the dissolution of the Company under the Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the bankruptcy (as defined in Sections 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the Act) of the Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.

7.2 Distribution on Dissolution and Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the business of the Company shall be continued to the extent necessary to allow an orderly winding up of its affairs, including the liquidation and termination of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.2, as promptly as practicable thereafter, and each of the following shall be accomplished:

(a) the Member shall oversee the winding up of the Company’s affairs;

(b) the assets of the Company shall be liquidated as determined by the Member, or the Member may determine not to sell all or any portion of the assets, in which event such assets shall be distributed in kind; and

(c) the proceeds of sale and all other assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed as follows and in the following order of priority:

(i) to the expenses of liquidation;

(ii) to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, including any debts and liabilities owed to the Member; and

(iii) the balance, if any, to the Member.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 Exculpation.

(a) No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company, except that the Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim if a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction establishes that the Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction or the Covered Person’s acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action.

(b) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including without limitation information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

8.2 Fiduciary Duty. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, then, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or the Member for its good faith acts or omissions in reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties and liabilities of the Covered Person.

8.3 Indemnity. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by Section 18-108 of the Act if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Covered Person was unlawful.

8.4 Advance Payment of Expenses. The expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding related to such Person’s actions on behalf of the Company shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this section do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel of the Company other than a Covered Person may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

 

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8.5 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses for Employees and Agents. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Member, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of any Covered Person.

8.6 Assets of the Company. Any indemnification under this Article VIII shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Company. No debt shall be incurred by the Company or the Member in order to provide a source of funds for any indemnity, and the Member shall not have any liability (or any liability to make any additional Capital Contribution) on account thereof.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9.1 Membership Certificates. The Company may issue a certificate to the Member to evidence the Interest in the Company. The Member or any manager or officer of the Company authorized by the Member may execute such certificate on behalf of the Company.

9.2 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, to the extent and in such amounts as the Member shall, in its sole discretion, deem reasonable, on behalf of such Persons as the Member shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by any such Person in connection with the activities of the Company.

9.3 Complete Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules or exhibits hereto, together with the Certificate of Formation to the extent referenced herein, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding of the Member with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement and the Certificate of Formation replace and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, statements, memoranda and understandings, whether written or oral, by the Member.

9.4 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Member.

9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Member, shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the choice or conflict of laws provisions of Delaware or any other jurisdiction.

 

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9.6 Interpretation. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provisions contained herein. In the interpretation of this Agreement the singular may be read as the plural, and vice versa, the neuter gender as the masculine or feminine, and vice versa, and the future tense as the past or present, and vice versa, all interchangeably as the context may require in order to fully effectuate the intent of the Member and the transactions contemplated herein. Syntax shall yield to the substance of the terms and provisions hereof.

9.7 Counterparts and Facsimile Copies. Facsimile copies of this Agreement, any counterpart of this Agreement or any approval or written consent of the Member, and facsimile signatures hereon or thereon, shall have the same force and effect as originals.

9.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or any application thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, that provision, or application thereof, shall be deemed severable and the remainder of this Agreement, and all other applications of such provision, shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9.9 Waivers. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding unless evidenced by an instrument in writing and executed by the Member.

9.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is adopted solely by and for the benefit of the Member and its respective successors and assigns, and except to the extent specifically provided in Article VIII, no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:   /s/ John A. Godfrey
  John A. Godfrey
  Executive Vice President
  Secretary and General Counsel

{Signature page to Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (CHILE 1), LLC}

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Member’s Name:   

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

Member’s Address:   

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Member’s Ownership Interest:    100%
EX-3.29 17 dex329.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF PNK (CHILE 2), LLC Certificate of Formation of PNK (CHILE 2), LLC

Exhibit 3.29

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

PNK (CHILE 2), LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

This Certificate of Formation of PNK (CHILE 2), LLC is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as an authorized person, for the purpose of forming a limited liability company pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is PNK (CHILE 2), LLC

SECOND: The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation of PNK (CHILE 2), LLC this 7th day of July, 2005.

 

/s/ John A. Godfrey
John A. Godfrey, Authorized Person
EX-3.30 18 dex330.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF PNK (CHILE 2), LLC Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (CHILE 2), LLC

Exhibit 3.30

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

PNK (CHILE 2), LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company)

This Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (CHILE 2), LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is entered into and adopted effective as of March 24, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Member”), which constitutes the sole member of the Company, with reference to the recitals set forth below:

R E C I T A L S

A. The Company was originally formed under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del.C. § 18-101, et. seq.) (the “Act”) on July 7, 2005; and

B. The Member previously adopted that certain Operating Agreement of the Company effective as of July 7, 2005 (the “Operating Agreement”); and

C. The Member desires to amend and restate the Operating Agreement of the Company to provide for the conduct of the Company’s business and affairs on and after the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and provisions set forth herein, the benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Member hereby amends and restates the Operating Agreement of the Company in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Affiliate” means with respect to a specified Person, any other Person who or which is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, “controlling”, and “controlled” mean (i) the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent of the voting power of the stockholders, members or owners, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as originally executed and as amended or restated from time to time.


Capital Contribution” means a contribution to the capital of the Company in cash, property, or otherwise.

Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any corresponding United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific section of the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding provision of any United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect on the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement containing such reference.

Covered Person” means (a) the Member, (b) any manager, director or officer of the Company, (c) any Person acting on behalf of the Member to direct the activities of the Company, or (d) any Person who was, at the time of the act or omission in question, a Person described in clause (a), (b) or (c) hereof.

Gaming” means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game played with cards, dice, equipment or any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device for money, property, checks, credit or any representative of value, including without limitation the conducting of Gaming activities in accordance with applicable Gaming Laws and Gaming Licenses.

Gaming Authority” means those national, state, local and other governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies, boards, commissions and officials responsible for or involved in the regulation and control of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations in any jurisdiction.

Gaming Laws” means those laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulation, licensing, permit, investigatory, or enforcement authority over Gaming or Gaming activities or operations within any jurisdiction.

Gaming Licenses” means all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, certificates, registrations, findings of suitability, franchises and entitlements issued by any Gaming Authority necessary for or relating to the conduct of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations or the ownership of an interest in an entity that conducts Gaming or Gaming activities or operations.

Interest” means the entire ownership interest of the Member in the Company at any time, including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to which the Member may be entitled as provided under the Act and this Agreement.

 

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Member” is defined in the preamble hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Member’s name, address and ownership interest are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. In the event that the Member approves the admission of any other Person as a member of the Company, such Person shall have such relative rights and responsibilities as a member of the Company as are agreed to by the Member.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, or other entity.

Treasury Regulations” means the federal income tax regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Code and codified at Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended from time to time.

Unsuitable Person” means a Person (i) who is denied a Gaming License by any Gaming Authority, disqualified from eligibility for a Gaming License, or determined to be unsuitable to own or control an interest in, or to be connected with, a Person engaged directly or indirectly in Gaming or Gaming activities in any jurisdiction by a Gaming Authority, or (ii) whose continued involvement in the business of the Company (A) causes the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to lose or to be threatened with the loss of any Gaming License, or (B) is deemed likely, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Member, to jeopardize or adversely affect the likelihood that the Gaming Authorities will issue a Gaming License to, or in connection with the business of, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or to adversely affect the Company’s or any such Affiliate’s use of or entitlement to any Gaming License.

ARTICLE II

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

2.1 Existence. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Company has been formed as a Delaware limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Member or any officer of the Company shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. To the extent that the rights or obligations of the Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control.

2.2 Name. The name of the Company is “PNK (CHILE 2), LLC.” Subject to compliance with applicable law, the business and affairs of the Company may be conducted under that name or any other name that the Member deems appropriate or advisable.

2.3 Other Offices. The Company may establish and maintain offices at any time and at any place or places as the Member may designate or as the business of the Company may require.

 

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2.4 Resident Agent and Registered Office. The resident agent of the Company for service of process shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Formation or as changed by the Member from time to time. The Company shall have as its registered office in the State of Delaware the street address of its resident agent.

2.5 Purpose. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company is formed for the object and purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

2.6 Powers of the Company. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2.5, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to:

(a) borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on any or all of the assets of the Company;

(b) conduct its business and operations in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country that may be necessary or convenient to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(c) acquire, by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise, and own, hold, maintain, finance, improve, lease, sell, convey, mortgage, transfer, demolish or dispose of any real or personal property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(d) enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, including without limitation, contracts with the Member or any Affiliate of, or other Person associated directly or indirectly with, the Member that are necessary to, in connection with, convenient to, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(e) purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign entities;

(f) lend money for any proper purpose, invest and reinvest its funds and take and hold real and personal property for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;

(g) sue and be sued, complain and defend and participate in administrative or other proceedings, in its name;

(h) appoint employees, agents and officers of the Company, and define their duties and fix their compensation;

(i) indemnify any Person and obtain any and all types of insurance;

(j) cease its activities and cancel its insurance;

 

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(k) negotiate, enter into, renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate, modify, amend, waive, execute, acknowledge or take any other action with respect to any lease, contract or security agreement in respect of any assets of the Company;

(l) pay, collect, compromise, litigate, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle any and all other claims or demands of or against the Company or hold such proceeds against the payment of contingent liabilities;

(m) apply for, obtain and maintain any licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions and waivers from any Gaming Authority as may be necessary under applicable Gaming Laws for the conduct of its business and operations; and

(n) make, execute, acknowledge and file any and all documents or instruments necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

The Member shall not be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Company.

ARTICLE IV

PROFITS AND LOSSES

4.1 Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses for any period shall be allocated to the Member.

4.2 Tax Classification. So long as the Company has only one member, it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes and that the activities of the Company be deemed to be activities of the Member for such purposes, as provided for by Treasury Regulations Sections 301.7701-1, et seq., and comparable provisions of applicable state tax law. In the event that the Company becomes an entity that has more than one member, it is intended that the Company be treated as a “partnership” for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes, and all available elections shall be made, and all available actions shall be taken, to cause the Company to be so treated (provided, however, that if the Company has more than one member but is treated for federal income tax purposes as having only a single owner, then it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes as provided in the preceding sentence).

 

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ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Operating Distributions. Subject to Section 5.2, the Company shall from time to time distribute to the Member such amounts in cash and other assets as shall be determined by the Member.

5.2 Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any distribution if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law or would cause a breach or default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, but instead shall make such distribution as soon as practicable such that the making of such distribution would not cause such violation, breach or default.

ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP

6.1 Limitation of Liability. The Member shall not be liable under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, except to the extent required by the Act or in an agreement signed by the Member. The Member shall not be required to loan any funds to the Company, nor shall the Member be required to make any contribution to the Company, nor shall the Member be subject to any liability to the Company or any third party, as a result of any deficit of the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Member from making secured or unsecured loans to the Company by agreement with the Company.

6.2 Powers of the Member. The Member shall have full, exclusive and complete discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Company and to take all such actions as it deems necessary, appropriate or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose of the Company, including, without limitation, the power and authority to execute all documents and instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things on behalf of the Company in all matters necessary, desirable, convenient or incidental to the purpose of the Company. The Member is an agent of the Company’s business and the actions of the Member taken in such capacity and in accordance with this Agreement shall bind the Company. The Member shall be the sole Person with the power to bind the Company except and to the extent that such power is expressly delegated to any other Person by the Member in this Agreement or in writing or by oral communication, and such delegation shall not cause the Member to cease to be the Member.

6.3 Election of Manager. Initially, there shall not be a “manager” (within the meaning of the Act) of the Company. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and the Act, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint one or more Persons as managers with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such a manager shall serve until such manager’s successor is duly appointed by the Member or until such manager’s earlier removal or resignation.

 

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Any manager appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member. If any Person elected to serve as a manager is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such Person as a manager and such Person shall thereupon automatically cease to be a manager.

6.4 Election of Officers. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint any individuals as officers of the Company with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such officers shall serve until their successors are duly appointed by the Member or until their earlier removal or resignation. Any officer appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member and any vacancy in any office shall be filled by the Member. If any person elected to serve as an officer is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such person as an officer and such person shall thereupon automatically cease to be an officer.

6.5 Duties and Authority of the Member, Managers and Officers. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Member or the provisions of the Certificate of Formation, this Agreement, Gaming Laws or the Act (including without limitation those provisions relating to actions or decisions required to be taken or made by, or with the approval of, the Member), the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), any manager or any officer, acting alone, is authorized to endorse checks, drafts, and other evidences of indebtedness made payable to the order of the Company, but only for the purpose of deposit into the Company’s accounts. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager or a specified officer shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount less than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager, or any two specified officers acting together, shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount equal to or more than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers.

6.6 Designation of Authority. The Member may authorize, in a resolution or other writing, one or more Persons or one or more officers, agents or employees of the Company who may, in the name and on behalf of the Company, and in lieu of or in addition to the Member, contract debts or incur liabilities, and sign contracts or agreements (including without limitation, instruments and documents providing for the acquisition, mortgage or disposition of property of the Company), and may authorize the use of facsimile signatures of any such Persons, officers, agents or employees.

6.7 Transfer of Interest. The Interest of the Member is personal property, and such Interest may be transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of the Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no Interest in the Company may be issued or transferred in any manner whatsoever except in compliance with all Gaming Licenses and Gaming Laws, if applicable.

 

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6.8 Competing Activities. Neither the Member nor any of its Affiliates shall be expressly or impliedly restricted or prohibited by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby from engaging in other activities or business ventures of any kind or character whatsoever. Except as otherwise agreed in writing, the Member and its Affiliates shall have the right to conduct, or to possess a direct or indirect ownership interest in, activities and business ventures of every type and description, including activities and business ventures in direct competition with the Company.

ARTICLE VII

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY AND

TERMINATION OF A MEMBER’S INTEREST

7.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved upon (i) the adoption of a plan of dissolution by the Member or (ii) the occurrence of any event required to cause the dissolution of the Company under the Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the bankruptcy (as defined in Sections 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the Act) of the Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.

7.2 Distribution on Dissolution and Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the business of the Company shall be continued to the extent necessary to allow an orderly winding up of its affairs, including the liquidation and termination of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.2, as promptly as practicable thereafter, and each of the following shall be accomplished:

(a) the Member shall oversee the winding up of the Company’s affairs;

(b) the assets of the Company shall be liquidated as determined by the Member, or the Member may determine not to sell all or any portion of the assets, in which event such assets shall be distributed in kind; and

(c) the proceeds of sale and all other assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed as follows and in the following order of priority:

(i) to the expenses of liquidation;

(ii) to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, including any debts and liabilities owed to the Member; and

(iii) the balance, if any, to the Member.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 Exculpation.

(a) No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company, except that the Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim if a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction establishes that the Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction or the Covered Person’s acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action.

(b) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including without limitation information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

8.2 Fiduciary Duty. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, then, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or the Member for its good faith acts or omissions in reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties and liabilities of the Covered Person.

8.3 Indemnity. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by Section 18-108 of the Act if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Covered Person was unlawful.

8.4 Advance Payment of Expenses. The expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding related to such Person’s actions on behalf of the Company shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this section do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel of the Company other than a Covered Person may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

 

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8.5 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses for Employees and Agents. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Member, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of any Covered Person.

8.6 Assets of the Company. Any indemnification under this Article VIII shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Company. No debt shall be incurred by the Company or the Member in order to provide a source of funds for any indemnity, and the Member shall not have any liability (or any liability to make any additional Capital Contribution) on account thereof.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9.1 Membership Certificates. The Company may issue a certificate to the Member to evidence the Interest in the Company. The Member or any manager or officer of the Company authorized by the Member may execute such certificate on behalf of the Company.

9.2 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, to the extent and in such amounts as the Member shall, in its sole discretion, deem reasonable, on behalf of such Persons as the Member shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by any such Person in connection with the activities of the Company.

9.3 Complete Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules or exhibits hereto, together with the Certificate of Formation to the extent referenced herein, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding of the Member with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement and the Certificate of Formation replace and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, statements, memoranda and understandings, whether written or oral, by the Member.

9.4 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Member.

9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Member, shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the choice or conflict of laws provisions of Delaware or any other jurisdiction.

 

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9.6 Interpretation. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provisions contained herein. In the interpretation of this Agreement the singular may be read as the plural, and vice versa, the neuter gender as the masculine or feminine, and vice versa, and the future tense as the past or present, and vice versa, all interchangeably as the context may require in order to fully effectuate the intent of the Member and the transactions contemplated herein. Syntax shall yield to the substance of the terms and provisions hereof.

9.7 Counterparts and Facsimile Copies. Facsimile copies of this Agreement, any counterpart of this Agreement or any approval or written consent of the Member, and facsimile signatures hereon or thereon, shall have the same force and effect as originals.

9.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or any application thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, that provision, or application thereof, shall be deemed severable and the remainder of this Agreement, and all other applications of such provision, shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9.9 Waivers. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding unless evidenced by an instrument in writing and executed by the Member.

9.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is adopted solely by and for the benefit of the Member and its respective successors and assigns, and except to the extent specifically provided in Article VIII, no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:   /s/ John A. Godfrey
  John A. Godfrey
 

Executive Vice President

Secretary and General Counsel

{Signature page to Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (CHILE 2), LLC}

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Member’s Name:

  

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

Member’s Address:

  

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Member’s Ownership Interest:

   100%
EX-3.31 19 dex331.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF PNK DEVELOPMENT 7, LLC Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 7, LLC

Exhibit 3.31

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

PNK DEVELOPMENT 7, LLC

This Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 7, LLC is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as an authorized person, for the purpose of forming a limited liability company pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is PNK Development 7, LLC.

SECOND: The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 7, LLC this 3rd day of January, 2006.

 

/s/ John A. Godfrey
John A. Godfrey, Authorized Person
EX-3.32 20 dex332.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGMT OF PNK DEVELOPMENT 7, LLC Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agmt of PNK Development 7, LLC

Exhibit 3.32

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

PNK DEVELOPMENT 7, LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company)

This Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK Development 7, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is entered into and adopted effective as of March 24, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Member”), which constitutes the sole member of the Company, with reference to the recitals set forth below:

R E C I T A L S

A. The Company was originally formed under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del.C. § 18-101, et. seq.) (the “Act”) on January 4, 2006; and

B. The Member previously adopted that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company effective as of January 4, 2006 (the “Operating Agreement”); and

C. The Member desires to amend and restate the Operating Agreement of the Company to provide for the conduct of the Company’s business and affairs on and after the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and provisions set forth herein, the benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Member hereby amends and restates the Operating Agreement of the Company in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Affiliate” means with respect to a specified Person, any other Person who or which is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, “controlling”, and “controlled” mean (i) the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent of the voting power of the stockholders, members or owners, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as originally executed and as amended or restated from time to time.


Capital Contribution” means a contribution to the capital of the Company in cash, property, or otherwise.

Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any corresponding United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific section of the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding provision of any United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect on the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement containing such reference.

Covered Person” means (a) the Member, (b) any manager, director or officer of the Company, (c) any Person acting on behalf of the Member to direct the activities of the Company, or (d) any Person who was, at the time of the act or omission in question, a Person described in clause (a), (b) or (c) hereof.

Gaming” means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game played with cards, dice, equipment or any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device for money, property, checks, credit or any representative of value, including without limitation the conducting of Gaming activities on a riverboat in accordance with applicable Gaming Laws and Gaming Licenses.

Gaming Authority” means those national, state, local and other governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies, boards, commissions and officials responsible for or involved in the regulation and control of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations in any jurisdiction.

Gaming Laws” means those laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulation, licensing, permit, investigatory, or enforcement authority over Gaming or Gaming activities or operations within any jurisdiction.

Gaming Licenses” means all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, certificates, registrations, findings of suitability, franchises and entitlements issued by any Gaming Authority necessary for or relating to the conduct of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations or the ownership of an interest in an entity that conducts Gaming or Gaming activities or operations.

Interest” means the entire ownership interest of the Member in the Company at any time, including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to which the Member may be entitled as provided under the Act and this Agreement.

 

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Member” is defined in the preamble hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Member’s name, address and ownership interest are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. In the event that the Member approves the admission of any other Person as a member of the Company, such Person shall have such relative rights and responsibilities as a member of the Company as are agreed to by the Member.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, or other entity.

Treasury Regulations” means the federal income tax regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Code and codified at Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended from time to time.

Unsuitable Person” means a Person (i) who is denied a Gaming License by any Gaming Authority, disqualified from eligibility for a Gaming License, or determined to be unsuitable to own or control an interest in, or to be connected with, a Person engaged directly or indirectly in Gaming or Gaming activities in any jurisdiction by a Gaming Authority, or (ii) whose continued involvement in the business of the Company (A) causes the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to lose or to be threatened with the loss of any Gaming License, or (B) is deemed likely, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Member, to jeopardize or adversely affect the likelihood that the Gaming Authorities will issue a Gaming License to, or in connection with the business of, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or to adversely affect the Company’s or any such Affiliate’s use of or entitlement to any Gaming License.

ARTICLE II

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

2.1 Existence. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Company has been formed as a Delaware limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Member or any officer of the Company shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. To the extent that the rights or obligations of the Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control.

2.2 Name. The name of the Company is “PNK Development 7, LLC.” Subject to compliance with applicable law, the business and affairs of the Company may be conducted under that name or any other name that the Member deems appropriate or advisable.

2.3 Other Offices. The Company may establish and maintain offices at any time and at any place or places as the Member may designate or as the business of the Company may require.

 

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2.4 Resident Agent and Registered Office. The resident agent of the Company for service of process shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Formation or as changed by the Member from time to time. The Company shall have as its registered office in the State of Delaware the street address of its resident agent.

2.5 Purpose. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company is formed for the object and purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

2.6 Powers of the Company. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2.5, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to:

(a) borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on any or all of the assets of the Company;

(b) conduct its business and operations in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country that may be necessary or convenient to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(c) acquire, by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise, and own, hold, maintain, finance, improve, lease, sell, convey, mortgage, transfer, demolish or dispose of any real or personal property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(d) enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, including without limitation, contracts with the Member or any Affiliate of, or other Person associated directly or indirectly with, the Member that are necessary to, in connection with, convenient to, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(e) purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign entities;

(f) lend money for any proper purpose, invest and reinvest its funds and take and hold real and personal property for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;

(g) sue and be sued, complain and defend and participate in administrative or other proceedings, in its name;

(h) appoint employees, agents and officers of the Company, and define their duties and fix their compensation;

(i) indemnify any Person and obtain any and all types of insurance;

(j) cease its activities and cancel its insurance;

 

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(k) negotiate, enter into, renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate, modify, amend, waive, execute, acknowledge or take any other action with respect to any lease, contract or security agreement in respect of any assets of the Company;

(l) pay, collect, compromise, litigate, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle any and all other claims or demands of or against the Company or hold such proceeds against the payment of contingent liabilities;

(m) apply for, obtain and maintain any licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions and waivers from any Gaming Authority as may be necessary under applicable Gaming Laws for the conduct of its business and operations; and

(n) make, execute, acknowledge and file any and all documents or instruments necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

The Member shall not be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Company.

ARTICLE IV

PROFITS AND LOSSES

4.1 Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses for any period shall be allocated to the Member.

4.2 Tax Classification. So long as the Company has only one member, it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes and that the activities of the Company be deemed to be activities of the Member for such purposes, as provided for by Treasury Regulations Sections 301.7701-1, et seq., and comparable provisions of applicable state tax law. In the event that the Company becomes an entity that has more than one member, it is intended that the Company be treated as a “partnership” for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes, and all available elections shall be made, and all available actions shall be taken, to cause the Company to be so treated (provided, however, that if the Company has more than one member but is treated for federal income tax purposes as having only a single owner, then it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes as provided in the preceding sentence).

 

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ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Operating Distributions. Subject to Section 5.2, the Company shall from time to time distribute to the Member such amounts in cash and other assets as shall be determined by the Member.

5.2 Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any distribution if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law or would cause a breach or default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, but instead shall make such distribution as soon as practicable such that the making of such distribution would not cause such violation, breach or default.

ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP

6.1 Limitation of Liability. The Member shall not be liable under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, except to the extent required by the Act or in an agreement signed by the Member. The Member shall not be required to loan any funds to the Company, nor shall the Member be required to make any contribution to the Company, nor shall the Member be subject to any liability to the Company or any third party, as a result of any deficit of the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Member from making secured or unsecured loans to the Company by agreement with the Company.

6.2 Powers of the Member. The Member shall have full, exclusive and complete discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Company and to take all such actions as it deems necessary, appropriate or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose of the Company, including, without limitation, the power and authority to execute all documents and instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things on behalf of the Company in all matters necessary, desirable, convenient or incidental to the purpose of the Company. The Member is an agent of the Company’s business and the actions of the Member taken in such capacity and in accordance with this Agreement shall bind the Company. The Member shall be the sole Person with the power to bind the Company except and to the extent that such power is expressly delegated to any other Person by the Member in this Agreement or in writing or by oral communication, and such delegation shall not cause the Member to cease to be the Member.

6.3 Election of Manager. Initially, there shall not be a “manager” (within the meaning of the Act) of the Company. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and the Act, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint one or more Persons as managers with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such a manager shall serve until such manager’s successor is duly appointed by the Member or until such manager’s earlier removal or resignation.

 

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Any manager appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member. If any Person elected to serve as a manager is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such Person as a manager and such Person shall thereupon automatically cease to be a manager.

6.4 Election of Officers. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint any individuals as officers of the Company with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such officers shall serve until their successors are duly appointed by the Member or until their earlier removal or resignation. Any officer appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member and any vacancy in any office shall be filled by the Member. If any person elected to serve as an officer is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such person as an officer and such person shall thereupon automatically cease to be an officer.

6.5 Duties and Authority of the Member, Managers and Officers. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Member or the provisions of the Certificate of Formation, this Agreement, Gaming Laws or the Act (including without limitation those provisions relating to actions or decisions required to be taken or made by, or with the approval of, the Member), the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), any manager or any officer, acting alone, is authorized to endorse checks, drafts, and other evidences of indebtedness made payable to the order of the Company, but only for the purpose of deposit into the Company’s accounts. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager or a specified officer shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount less than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager, or any two specified officers acting together, shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount equal to or more than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers.

6.6 Designation of Authority. The Member may authorize, in a resolution or other writing, one or more Persons or one or more officers, agents or employees of the Company who may, in the name and on behalf of the Company, and in lieu of or in addition to the Member, contract debts or incur liabilities, and sign contracts or agreements (including without limitation, instruments and documents providing for the acquisition, mortgage or disposition of property of the Company), and may authorize the use of facsimile signatures of any such Persons, officers, agents or employees.

6.7 Transfer of Interest. The Interest of the Member is personal property, and such Interest may be transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of the Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no Interest in the Company may be issued or transferred in any manner whatsoever except in compliance with all Gaming Licenses and Gaming Laws, if applicable.

 

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6.8 Competing Activities. Neither the Member nor any of its Affiliates shall be expressly or impliedly restricted or prohibited by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby from engaging in other activities or business ventures of any kind or character whatsoever. Except as otherwise agreed in writing, the Member and its Affiliates shall have the right to conduct, or to possess a direct or indirect ownership interest in, activities and business ventures of every type and description, including activities and business ventures in direct competition with the Company.

ARTICLE VII

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY AND

TERMINATION OF A MEMBER’S INTEREST

7.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved upon (i) the adoption of a plan of dissolution by the Member or (ii) the occurrence of any event required to cause the dissolution of the Company under the Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the bankruptcy (as defined in Sections 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the Act) of the Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.

7.2 Distribution on Dissolution and Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the business of the Company shall be continued to the extent necessary to allow an orderly winding up of its affairs, including the liquidation and termination of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.2, as promptly as practicable thereafter, and each of the following shall be accomplished:

(a) the Member shall oversee the winding up of the Company’s affairs;

(b) the assets of the Company shall be liquidated as determined by the Member, or the Member may determine not to sell all or any portion of the assets, in which event such assets shall be distributed in kind; and

(c) the proceeds of sale and all other assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed as follows and in the following order of priority:

(i) to the expenses of liquidation;

(ii) to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, including any debts and liabilities owed to the Member; and

(iii) the balance, if any, to the Member.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 Exculpation.

(a) No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company, except that the Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim if a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction establishes that the Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction or the Covered Person’s acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action.

(b) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including without limitation information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

8.2 Fiduciary Duty. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, then, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or the Member for its good faith acts or omissions in reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties and liabilities of the Covered Person.

8.3 Indemnity. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by Section 18-108 of the Act if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Covered Person was unlawful.

8.4 Advance Payment of Expenses. The expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding related to such Person’s actions on behalf of the Company shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this section do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel of the Company other than a Covered Person may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

 

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8.5 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses for Employees and Agents. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Member, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of any Covered Person.

8.6 Assets of the Company. Any indemnification under this Article VIII shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Company. No debt shall be incurred by the Company or the Member in order to provide a source of funds for any indemnity, and the Member shall not have any liability (or any liability to make any additional Capital Contribution) on account thereof.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9.1 Membership Certificates. The Company may issue a certificate to the Member to evidence the Interest in the Company. The Member or any manager or officer of the Company authorized by the Member may execute such certificate on behalf of the Company.

9.2 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, to the extent and in such amounts as the Member shall, in its sole discretion, deem reasonable, on behalf of such Persons as the Member shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by any such Person in connection with the activities of the Company.

9.3 Complete Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules or exhibits hereto, together with the Certificate of Formation to the extent referenced herein, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding of the Member with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement and the Certificate of Formation replace and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, statements, memoranda and understandings, whether written or oral, by the Member.

9.4 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Member.

9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Member, shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the choice or conflict of laws provisions of Delaware or any other jurisdiction.

 

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9.6 Interpretation. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provisions contained herein. In the interpretation of this Agreement the singular may be read as the plural, and vice versa, the neuter gender as the masculine or feminine, and vice versa, and the future tense as the past or present, and vice versa, all interchangeably as the context may require in order to fully effectuate the intent of the Member and the transactions contemplated herein. Syntax shall yield to the substance of the terms and provisions hereof.

9.7 Counterparts and Facsimile Copies. Facsimile copies of this Agreement, any counterpart of this Agreement or any approval or written consent of the Member, and facsimile signatures hereon or thereon, shall have the same force and effect as originals.

9.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or any application thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, that provision, or application thereof, shall be deemed severable and the remainder of this Agreement, and all other applications of such provision, shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9.9 Waivers. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding unless evidenced by an instrument in writing and executed by the Member.

9.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is adopted solely by and for the benefit of the Member and its respective successors and assigns, and except to the extent specifically provided in Article VIII, no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:   /s/ John A. Godfrey
  John A. Godfrey
  Executive Vice President
  Secretary and General Counsel

{Signature page to Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK Development 7, LLC}

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Member’s Name:   

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

Member’s Address:   

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Member’s Ownership Interest:    100%
EX-3.33 21 dex333.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF PNK DEVELOPMENT 8, LLC Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 8, LLC

Exhibit 3.33

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

PNK DEVELOPMENT 8, LLC

This Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 8, LLC is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as an authorized person, for the purpose of forming a limited liability company pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is PNK Development 8, LLC.

SECOND: The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 8, LLC this 3rd day of January, 2006.

 

/s/ John A. Godfrey
John A. Godfrey, Authorized Person
EX-3.34 22 dex334.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGMT OF PNK DEVELOPMENT 8, LLC Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agmt of PNK Development 8, LLC

Exhibit 3.34

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

PNK DEVELOPMENT 8, LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company)

This Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK Development 8, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is entered into and adopted effective as of March 24, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Member”), which constitutes the sole member of the Company, with reference to the recitals set forth below:

RECITALS

A. The Company was originally formed under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del.C. § 18-101, et. seq.) (the “Act”) on January 4, 2006; and

B. The Member previously adopted that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company effective as of January 4, 2006 (the “Operating Agreement”); and

C. The Member desires to amend and restate the Operating Agreement of the Company to provide for the conduct of the Company’s business and affairs on and after the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and provisions set forth herein, the benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Member hereby amends and restates the Operating Agreement of the Company in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Affiliate” means with respect to a specified Person, any other Person who or which is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, “controlling”, and “controlled” mean (i) the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent of the voting power of the stockholders, members or owners, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as originally executed and as amended or restated from time to time.


Capital Contribution” means a contribution to the capital of the Company in cash, property, or otherwise.

Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any corresponding United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific section of the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding provision of any United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect on the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement containing such reference.

Covered Person” means (a) the Member, (b) any manager, director or officer of the Company, (c) any Person acting on behalf of the Member to direct the activities of the Company, or (d) any Person who was, at the time of the act or omission in question, a Person described in clause (a), (b) or (c) hereof.

Gaming” means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game played with cards, dice, equipment or any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device for money, property, checks, credit or any representative of value, including without limitation the conducting of Gaming activities on a riverboat in accordance with applicable Gaming Laws and Gaming Licenses.

Gaming Authority” means those national, state, local and other governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies, boards, commissions and officials responsible for or involved in the regulation and control of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations in any jurisdiction.

Gaming Laws” means those laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulation, licensing, permit, investigatory, or enforcement authority over Gaming or Gaming activities or operations within any jurisdiction.

Gaming Licenses” means all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, certificates, registrations, findings of suitability, franchises and entitlements issued by any Gaming Authority necessary for or relating to the conduct of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations or the ownership of an interest in an entity that conducts Gaming or Gaming activities or operations.

Interest” means the entire ownership interest of the Member in the Company at any time, including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to which the Member may be entitled as provided under the Act and this Agreement.

 

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Member” is defined in the preamble hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Member’s name, address and ownership interest are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. In the event that the Member approves the admission of any other Person as a member of the Company, such Person shall have such relative rights and responsibilities as a member of the Company as are agreed to by the Member.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, or other entity.

Treasury Regulations” means the federal income tax regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Code and codified at Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended from time to time.

Unsuitable Person” means a Person (i) who is denied a Gaming License by any Gaming Authority, disqualified from eligibility for a Gaming License, or determined to be unsuitable to own or control an interest in, or to be connected with, a Person engaged directly or indirectly in Gaming or Gaming activities in any jurisdiction by a Gaming Authority, or (ii) whose continued involvement in the business of the Company (A) causes the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to lose or to be threatened with the loss of any Gaming License, or (B) is deemed likely, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Member, to jeopardize or adversely affect the likelihood that the Gaming Authorities will issue a Gaming License to, or in connection with the business of, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or to adversely affect the Company’s or any such Affiliate’s use of or entitlement to any Gaming License.

ARTICLE II

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

2.1 Existence. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Company has been formed as a Delaware limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Member or any officer of the Company shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. To the extent that the rights or obligations of the Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control.

2.2 Name. The name of the Company is “PNK Development 8, LLC.” Subject to compliance with applicable law, the business and affairs of the Company may be conducted under that name or any other name that the Member deems appropriate or advisable.

2.3 Other Offices. The Company may establish and maintain offices at any time and at any place or places as the Member may designate or as the business of the Company may require.

 

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2.4 Resident Agent and Registered Office. The resident agent of the Company for service of process shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Formation or as changed by the Member from time to time. The Company shall have as its registered office in the State of Delaware the street address of its resident agent.

2.5 Purpose. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company is formed for the object and purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

2.6 Powers of the Company. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2.5, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to:

(a) borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on any or all of the assets of the Company;

(b) conduct its business and operations in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country that may be necessary or convenient to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(c) acquire, by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise, and own, hold, maintain, finance, improve, lease, sell, convey, mortgage, transfer, demolish or dispose of any real or personal property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(d) enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, including without limitation, contracts with the Member or any Affiliate of, or other Person associated directly or indirectly with, the Member that are necessary to, in connection with, convenient to, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(e) purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign entities;

(f) lend money for any proper purpose, invest and reinvest its funds and take and hold real and personal property for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;

(g) sue and be sued, complain and defend and participate in administrative or other proceedings, in its name;

(h) appoint employees, agents and officers of the Company, and define their duties and fix their compensation;

(i) indemnify any Person and obtain any and all types of insurance;

(j) cease its activities and cancel its insurance;

 

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(k) negotiate, enter into, renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate, modify, amend, waive, execute, acknowledge or take any other action with respect to any lease, contract or security agreement in respect of any assets of the Company;

(l) pay, collect, compromise, litigate, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle any and all other claims or demands of or against the Company or hold such proceeds against the payment of contingent liabilities;

(m) apply for, obtain and maintain any licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions and waivers from any Gaming Authority as may be necessary under applicable Gaming Laws for the conduct of its business and operations; and

(n) make, execute, acknowledge and file any and all documents or instruments necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

The Member shall not be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Company.

ARTICLE IV

PROFITS AND LOSSES

4.1 Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses for any period shall be allocated to the Member.

4.2 Tax Classification. So long as the Company has only one member, it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes and that the activities of the Company be deemed to be activities of the Member for such purposes, as provided for by Treasury Regulations Sections 301.7701-1, et seq., and comparable provisions of applicable state tax law. In the event that the Company becomes an entity that has more than one member, it is intended that the Company be treated as a “partnership” for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes, and all available elections shall be made, and all available actions shall be taken, to cause the Company to be so treated (provided, however, that if the Company has more than one member but is treated for federal income tax purposes as having only a single owner, then it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes as provided in the preceding sentence).

 

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ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Operating Distributions. Subject to Section 5.2, the Company shall from time to time distribute to the Member such amounts in cash and other assets as shall be determined by the Member.

5.2 Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any distribution if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law or would cause a breach or default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, but instead shall make such distribution as soon as practicable such that the making of such distribution would not cause such violation, breach or default.

ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP

6.1 Limitation of Liability. The Member shall not be liable under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, except to the extent required by the Act or in an agreement signed by the Member. The Member shall not be required to loan any funds to the Company, nor shall the Member be required to make any contribution to the Company, nor shall the Member be subject to any liability to the Company or any third party, as a result of any deficit of the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Member from making secured or unsecured loans to the Company by agreement with the Company.

6.2 Powers of the Member. The Member shall have full, exclusive and complete discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Company and to take all such actions as it deems necessary, appropriate or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose of the Company, including, without limitation, the power and authority to execute all documents and instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things on behalf of the Company in all matters necessary, desirable, convenient or incidental to the purpose of the Company. The Member is an agent of the Company’s business and the actions of the Member taken in such capacity and in accordance with this Agreement shall bind the Company. The Member shall be the sole Person with the power to bind the Company except and to the extent that such power is expressly delegated to any other Person by the Member in this Agreement or in writing or by oral communication, and such delegation shall not cause the Member to cease to be the Member.

6.3 Election of Manager. Initially, there shall not be a “manager” (within the meaning of the Act) of the Company. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and the Act, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint one or more Persons as managers with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such a manager shall serve until such manager’s successor is duly appointed by the Member or until such manager’s earlier removal or resignation.

 

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Any manager appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member. If any Person elected to serve as a manager is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such Person as a manager and such Person shall thereupon automatically cease to be a manager.

6.4 Election of Officers. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint any individuals as officers of the Company with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such officers shall serve until their successors are duly appointed by the Member or until their earlier removal or resignation. Any officer appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member and any vacancy in any office shall be filled by the Member. If any person elected to serve as an officer is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such person as an officer and such person shall thereupon automatically cease to be an officer.

6.5 Duties and Authority of the Member, Managers and Officers. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Member or the provisions of the Certificate of Formation, this Agreement, Gaming Laws or the Act (including without limitation those provisions relating to actions or decisions required to be taken or made by, or with the approval of, the Member), the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), any manager or any officer, acting alone, is authorized to endorse checks, drafts, and other evidences of indebtedness made payable to the order of the Company, but only for the purpose of deposit into the Company’s accounts. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager or a specified officer shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount less than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager, or any two specified officers acting together, shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount equal to or more than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers.

6.6 Designation of Authority. The Member may authorize, in a resolution or other writing, one or more Persons or one or more officers, agents or employees of the Company who may, in the name and on behalf of the Company, and in lieu of or in addition to the Member, contract debts or incur liabilities, and sign contracts or agreements (including without limitation, instruments and documents providing for the acquisition, mortgage or disposition of property of the Company), and may authorize the use of facsimile signatures of any such Persons, officers, agents or employees.

6.7 Transfer of Interest. The Interest of the Member is personal property, and such Interest may be transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of the Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no Interest in the Company may be issued or transferred in any manner whatsoever except in compliance with all Gaming Licenses and Gaming Laws, if applicable.

 

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6.8 Competing Activities. Neither the Member nor any of its Affiliates shall be expressly or impliedly restricted or prohibited by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby from engaging in other activities or business ventures of any kind or character whatsoever. Except as otherwise agreed in writing, the Member and its Affiliates shall have the right to conduct, or to possess a direct or indirect ownership interest in, activities and business ventures of every type and description, including activities and business ventures in direct competition with the Company.

ARTICLE VII

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY AND

TERMINATION OF A MEMBER’S INTEREST

7.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved upon (i) the adoption of a plan of dissolution by the Member or (ii) the occurrence of any event required to cause the dissolution of the Company under the Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the bankruptcy (as defined in Sections 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the Act) of the Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.

7.2 Distribution on Dissolution and Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the business of the Company shall be continued to the extent necessary to allow an orderly winding up of its affairs, including the liquidation and termination of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.2, as promptly as practicable thereafter, and each of the following shall be accomplished:

(a) the Member shall oversee the winding up of the Company’s affairs;

(b) the assets of the Company shall be liquidated as determined by the Member, or the Member may determine not to sell all or any portion of the assets, in which event such assets shall be distributed in kind; and

(c) the proceeds of sale and all other assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed as follows and in the following order of priority:

(i) to the expenses of liquidation;

(ii) to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, including any debts and liabilities owed to the Member; and

(iii) the balance, if any, to the Member.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 Exculpation.

(a) No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company, except that the Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim if a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction establishes that the Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction or the Covered Person’s acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action.

(b) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including without limitation information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

8.2 Fiduciary Duty. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, then, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or the Member for its good faith acts or omissions in reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties and liabilities of the Covered Person.

8.3 Indemnity. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by Section 18-108 of the Act if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Covered Person was unlawful.

8.4 Advance Payment of Expenses. The expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding related to such Person’s actions on behalf of the Company shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this section do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel of the Company other than a Covered Person may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

 

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8.5 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses for Employees and Agents. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Member, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of any Covered Person.

8.6 Assets of the Company. Any indemnification under this Article VIII shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Company. No debt shall be incurred by the Company or the Member in order to provide a source of funds for any indemnity, and the Member shall not have any liability (or any liability to make any additional Capital Contribution) on account thereof.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9.1 Membership Certificates. The Company may issue a certificate to the Member to evidence the Interest in the Company. The Member or any manager or officer of the Company authorized by the Member may execute such certificate on behalf of the Company.

9.2 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, to the extent and in such amounts as the Member shall, in its sole discretion, deem reasonable, on behalf of such Persons as the Member shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by any such Person in connection with the activities of the Company.

9.3 Complete Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules or exhibits hereto, together with the Certificate of Formation to the extent referenced herein, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding of the Member with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement and the Certificate of Formation replace and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, statements, memoranda and understandings, whether written or oral, by the Member.

9.4 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Member.

9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Member, shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the choice or conflict of laws provisions of Delaware or any other jurisdiction.

 

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9.6 Interpretation. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provisions contained herein. In the interpretation of this Agreement the singular may be read as the plural, and vice versa, the neuter gender as the masculine or feminine, and vice versa, and the future tense as the past or present, and vice versa, all interchangeably as the context may require in order to fully effectuate the intent of the Member and the transactions contemplated herein. Syntax shall yield to the substance of the terms and provisions hereof.

9.7 Counterparts and Facsimile Copies. Facsimile copies of this Agreement, any counterpart of this Agreement or any approval or written consent of the Member, and facsimile signatures hereon or thereon, shall have the same force and effect as originals.

9.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or any application thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, that provision, or application thereof, shall be deemed severable and the remainder of this Agreement, and all other applications of such provision, shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9.9 Waivers. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding unless evidenced by an instrument in writing and executed by the Member.

9.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is adopted solely by and for the benefit of the Member and its respective successors and assigns, and except to the extent specifically provided in Article VIII, no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:  

/s/ John A. Godfrey

  John A. Godfrey
 

Executive Vice President

Secretary and General Counsel

{Signature page to Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK Development 8, LLC}

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Member’s Name:   

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

Member’s Address:   

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Member’s Ownership Interest:    100%
EX-3.35 23 dex335.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF PNK DEVELOPMENT 9, LLC Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 9, LLC

Exhibit 3.35

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

PNK DEVELOPMENT 9, LLC

This Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 9, LLC is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as an authorized person, for the purpose of forming a limited liability company pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is PNK Development 9, LLC.

SECOND: The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 9, LLC this 3rd day of January, 2006.

 

/s/ John A. Godfrey
John A. Godfrey, Authorized Person
EX-3.36 24 dex336.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGMT OF PNK DEVELOPMENT 9, LLC Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agmt of PNK Development 9, LLC

Exhibit 3.36

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

PNK DEVELOPMENT 9, LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company)

This Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK Development 9, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is entered into and adopted effective as of March 24, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Member”), which constitutes the sole member of the Company, with reference to the recitals set forth below:

RECITALS

A. The Company was originally formed under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del.C. § 18-101, et. seq.) (the “Act”) on January 4, 2006; and

B. The Member previously adopted that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company effective as of January 4, 2006 (the “Operating Agreement”); and

C. The Member desires to amend and restate the Operating Agreement of the Company to provide for the conduct of the Company’s business and affairs on and after the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and provisions set forth herein, the benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Member hereby amends and restates the Operating Agreement of the Company in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Affiliate” means with respect to a specified Person, any other Person who or which is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, “controlling”, and “controlled” mean (i) the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent of the voting power of the stockholders, members or owners, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as originally executed and as amended or restated from time to time.


Capital Contribution” means a contribution to the capital of the Company in cash, property, or otherwise.

Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any corresponding United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific section of the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding provision of any United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect on the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement containing such reference.

Covered Person” means (a) the Member, (b) any manager, director or officer of the Company, (c) any Person acting on behalf of the Member to direct the activities of the Company, or (d) any Person who was, at the time of the act or omission in question, a Person described in clause (a), (b) or (c) hereof.

Gaming” means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game played with cards, dice, equipment or any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device for money, property, checks, credit or any representative of value, including without limitation the conducting of Gaming activities on a riverboat in accordance with applicable Gaming Laws and Gaming Licenses.

Gaming Authority” means those national, state, local and other governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies, boards, commissions and officials responsible for or involved in the regulation and control of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations in any jurisdiction.

Gaming Laws” means those laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulation, licensing, permit, investigatory, or enforcement authority over Gaming or Gaming activities or operations within any jurisdiction.

Gaming Licenses” means all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, certificates, registrations, findings of suitability, franchises and entitlements issued by any Gaming Authority necessary for or relating to the conduct of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations or the ownership of an interest in an entity that conducts Gaming or Gaming activities or operations.

Interest” means the entire ownership interest of the Member in the Company at any time, including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to which the Member may be entitled as provided under the Act and this Agreement.

 

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Member” is defined in the preamble hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Member’s name, address and ownership interest are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. In the event that the Member approves the admission of any other Person as a member of the Company, such Person shall have such relative rights and responsibilities as a member of the Company as are agreed to by the Member.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, or other entity.

Treasury Regulations” means the federal income tax regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Code and codified at Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended from time to time.

Unsuitable Person” means a Person (i) who is denied a Gaming License by any Gaming Authority, disqualified from eligibility for a Gaming License, or determined to be unsuitable to own or control an interest in, or to be connected with, a Person engaged directly or indirectly in Gaming or Gaming activities in any jurisdiction by a Gaming Authority, or (ii) whose continued involvement in the business of the Company (A) causes the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to lose or to be threatened with the loss of any Gaming License, or (B) is deemed likely, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Member, to jeopardize or adversely affect the likelihood that the Gaming Authorities will issue a Gaming License to, or in connection with the business of, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or to adversely affect the Company’s or any such Affiliate’s use of or entitlement to any Gaming License.

ARTICLE II

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

2.1 Existence. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Company has been formed as a Delaware limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Member or any officer of the Company shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. To the extent that the rights or obligations of the Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control.

2.2 Name. The name of the Company is “PNK Development 9, LLC.” Subject to compliance with applicable law, the business and affairs of the Company may be conducted under that name or any other name that the Member deems appropriate or advisable.

2.3 Other Offices. The Company may establish and maintain offices at any time and at any place or places as the Member may designate or as the business of the Company may require.

 

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2.4 Resident Agent and Registered Office. The resident agent of the Company for service of process shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Formation or as changed by the Member from time to time. The Company shall have as its registered office in the State of Delaware the street address of its resident agent.

2.5 Purpose. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company is formed for the object and purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

2.6 Powers of the Company. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2.5, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to:

(a) borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on any or all of the assets of the Company;

(b) conduct its business and operations in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country that may be necessary or convenient to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(c) acquire, by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise, and own, hold, maintain, finance, improve, lease, sell, convey, mortgage, transfer, demolish or dispose of any real or personal property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(d) enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, including without limitation, contracts with the Member or any Affiliate of, or other Person associated directly or indirectly with, the Member that are necessary to, in connection with, convenient to, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(e) purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign entities;

(f) lend money for any proper purpose, invest and reinvest its funds and take and hold real and personal property for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;

(g) sue and be sued, complain and defend and participate in administrative or other proceedings, in its name;

(h) appoint employees, agents and officers of the Company, and define their duties and fix their compensation;

(i) indemnify any Person and obtain any and all types of insurance;

(j) cease its activities and cancel its insurance;

 

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(k) negotiate, enter into, renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate, modify, amend, waive, execute, acknowledge or take any other action with respect to any lease, contract or security agreement in respect of any assets of the Company;

(l) pay, collect, compromise, litigate, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle any and all other claims or demands of or against the Company or hold such proceeds against the payment of contingent liabilities;

(m) apply for, obtain and maintain any licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions and waivers from any Gaming Authority as may be necessary under applicable Gaming Laws for the conduct of its business and operations; and

(n) make, execute, acknowledge and file any and all documents or instruments necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

The Member shall not be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Company.

ARTICLE IV

PROFITS AND LOSSES

4.1 Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses for any period shall be allocated to the Member.

4.2 Tax Classification. So long as the Company has only one member, it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes and that the activities of the Company be deemed to be activities of the Member for such purposes, as provided for by Treasury Regulations Sections 301.7701-1, et seq., and comparable provisions of applicable state tax law. In the event that the Company becomes an entity that has more than one member, it is intended that the Company be treated as a “partnership” for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes, and all available elections shall be made, and all available actions shall be taken, to cause the Company to be so treated (provided, however, that if the Company has more than one member but is treated for federal income tax purposes as having only a single owner, then it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes as provided in the preceding sentence).

 

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ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Operating Distributions. Subject to Section 5.2, the Company shall from time to time distribute to the Member such amounts in cash and other assets as shall be determined by the Member.

5.2 Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any distribution if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law or would cause a breach or default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, but instead shall make such distribution as soon as practicable such that the making of such distribution would not cause such violation, breach or default.

ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP

6.1 Limitation of Liability. The Member shall not be liable under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, except to the extent required by the Act or in an agreement signed by the Member. The Member shall not be required to loan any funds to the Company, nor shall the Member be required to make any contribution to the Company, nor shall the Member be subject to any liability to the Company or any third party, as a result of any deficit of the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Member from making secured or unsecured loans to the Company by agreement with the Company.

6.2 Powers of the Member. The Member shall have full, exclusive and complete discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Company and to take all such actions as it deems necessary, appropriate or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose of the Company, including, without limitation, the power and authority to execute all documents and instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things on behalf of the Company in all matters necessary, desirable, convenient or incidental to the purpose of the Company. The Member is an agent of the Company’s business and the actions of the Member taken in such capacity and in accordance with this Agreement shall bind the Company. The Member shall be the sole Person with the power to bind the Company except and to the extent that such power is expressly delegated to any other Person by the Member in this Agreement or in writing or by oral communication, and such delegation shall not cause the Member to cease to be the Member.

6.3 Election of Manager. Initially, there shall not be a “manager” (within the meaning of the Act) of the Company. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and the Act, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint one or more Persons as managers with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such a manager shall serve until such manager’s successor is duly appointed by the Member or until such manager’s earlier removal or resignation.

 

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Any manager appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member. If any Person elected to serve as a manager is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such Person as a manager and such Person shall thereupon automatically cease to be a manager.

6.4 Election of Officers. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint any individuals as officers of the Company with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such officers shall serve until their successors are duly appointed by the Member or until their earlier removal or resignation. Any officer appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member and any vacancy in any office shall be filled by the Member. If any person elected to serve as an officer is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such person as an officer and such person shall thereupon automatically cease to be an officer.

6.5 Duties and Authority of the Member, Managers and Officers. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Member or the provisions of the Certificate of Formation, this Agreement, Gaming Laws or the Act (including without limitation those provisions relating to actions or decisions required to be taken or made by, or with the approval of, the Member), the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), any manager or any officer, acting alone, is authorized to endorse checks, drafts, and other evidences of indebtedness made payable to the order of the Company, but only for the purpose of deposit into the Company’s accounts. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager or a specified officer shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount less than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager, or any two specified officers acting together, shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount equal to or more than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers.

6.6 Designation of Authority. The Member may authorize, in a resolution or other writing, one or more Persons or one or more officers, agents or employees of the Company who may, in the name and on behalf of the Company, and in lieu of or in addition to the Member, contract debts or incur liabilities, and sign contracts or agreements (including without limitation, instruments and documents providing for the acquisition, mortgage or disposition of property of the Company), and may authorize the use of facsimile signatures of any such Persons, officers, agents or employees.

6.7 Transfer of Interest. The Interest of the Member is personal property, and such Interest may be transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of the Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no Interest in the Company may be issued or transferred in any manner whatsoever except in compliance with all Gaming Licenses and Gaming Laws, if applicable.

 

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6.8 Competing Activities. Neither the Member nor any of its Affiliates shall be expressly or impliedly restricted or prohibited by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby from engaging in other activities or business ventures of any kind or character whatsoever. Except as otherwise agreed in writing, the Member and its Affiliates shall have the right to conduct, or to possess a direct or indirect ownership interest in, activities and business ventures of every type and description, including activities and business ventures in direct competition with the Company.

ARTICLE VII

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY AND

TERMINATION OF A MEMBER’S INTEREST

7.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved upon (i) the adoption of a plan of dissolution by the Member or (ii) the occurrence of any event required to cause the dissolution of the Company under the Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the bankruptcy (as defined in Sections 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the Act) of the Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.

7.2 Distribution on Dissolution and Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the business of the Company shall be continued to the extent necessary to allow an orderly winding up of its affairs, including the liquidation and termination of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.2, as promptly as practicable thereafter, and each of the following shall be accomplished:

(a) the Member shall oversee the winding up of the Company’s affairs;

(b) the assets of the Company shall be liquidated as determined by the Member, or the Member may determine not to sell all or any portion of the assets, in which event such assets shall be distributed in kind; and

(c) the proceeds of sale and all other assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed as follows and in the following order of priority:

(i) to the expenses of liquidation;

(ii) to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, including any debts and liabilities owed to the Member; and

(iii) the balance, if any, to the Member.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 Exculpation.

(a) No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company, except that the Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim if a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction establishes that the Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction or the Covered Person’s acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action.

(b) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including without limitation information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

8.2 Fiduciary Duty. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, then, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or the Member for its good faith acts or omissions in reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties and liabilities of the Covered Person.

8.3 Indemnity. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by Section 18-108 of the Act if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Covered Person was unlawful.

8.4 Advance Payment of Expenses. The expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding related to such Person’s actions on behalf of the Company shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this section do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel of the Company other than a Covered Person may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

 

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8.5 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses for Employees and Agents. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Member, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of any Covered Person.

8.6 Assets of the Company. Any indemnification under this Article VIII shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Company. No debt shall be incurred by the Company or the Member in order to provide a source of funds for any indemnity, and the Member shall not have any liability (or any liability to make any additional Capital Contribution) on account thereof.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9.1 Membership Certificates. The Company may issue a certificate to the Member to evidence the Interest in the Company. The Member or any manager or officer of the Company authorized by the Member may execute such certificate on behalf of the Company.

9.2 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, to the extent and in such amounts as the Member shall, in its sole discretion, deem reasonable, on behalf of such Persons as the Member shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by any such Person in connection with the activities of the Company.

9.3 Complete Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules or exhibits hereto, together with the Certificate of Formation to the extent referenced herein, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding of the Member with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement and the Certificate of Formation replace and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, statements, memoranda and understandings, whether written or oral, by the Member.

9.4 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Member.

9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Member, shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the choice or conflict of laws provisions of Delaware or any other jurisdiction.

 

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9.6 Interpretation. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provisions contained herein. In the interpretation of this Agreement the singular may be read as the plural, and vice versa, the neuter gender as the masculine or feminine, and vice versa, and the future tense as the past or present, and vice versa, all interchangeably as the context may require in order to fully effectuate the intent of the Member and the transactions contemplated herein. Syntax shall yield to the substance of the terms and provisions hereof.

9.7 Counterparts and Facsimile Copies. Facsimile copies of this Agreement, any counterpart of this Agreement or any approval or written consent of the Member, and facsimile signatures hereon or thereon, shall have the same force and effect as originals.

9.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or any application thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, that provision, or application thereof, shall be deemed severable and the remainder of this Agreement, and all other applications of such provision, shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9.9 Waivers. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding unless evidenced by an instrument in writing and executed by the Member.

9.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is adopted solely by and for the benefit of the Member and its respective successors and assigns, and except to the extent specifically provided in Article VIII, no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:  

/s/ John A. Godfrey

  John A. Godfrey
 

Executive Vice President

Secretary and General Counsel

{Signature page to Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK Development 9, LLC}

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Member’s Name:   

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

Member’s Address:   

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Member’s Ownership Interest:    100%
EX-3.37 25 dex337.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF PNK DEVELOPMENT 13, LLC Certificate of Formation of PNK Development 13, LLC

Exhibit 3.37

 

Mail to:             STATE OF NEW JERSEY    Oversight to:      
          DIVISION OF REVENUE          
                    

 

“FEE REQUIRED”    PUBLIC RECORDS FILING FOR NEW BUSINESS ENTITY
        

Fill out all information below INCLUDING INFORMATION FOR ITEM II, and sign in the space provided. Please note that once filed, this form constitutes your original certificate of incorporation/formation/registration/authority, and the information contained in the filed form is considered public. Refer to the instruction for delivery/return options, filing fees and field-by-field requirements. Remember to remit the appropriate fee amount. Use attachments if more space is required for any field, or if you wish to add articles for the public record.

 

Business Name: PNK Development 13, LLC

  
     ______________________

Type of Business Entity: L   L   C

(See Instructions for Codes, Page 21, Item 2)

  

3.      Business Purpose: to transact any or all lawful business ((See Instructions, Page 22. Item 3) for which a limited liability company may be organized under the New Jersey Limited Company Act

      

4.      Stock (Domestic Corporations only; LLC’s and Non Profit leave blank):

  

5.      Duration (If Indefinite or Perpetual, leave blank):

      

6.      State of Formation/ Incorporation (Foreign Entities Only):

  

7.      Date of Formation/Incorporation (Foreign Entities Only):

      

8.      Contact Information:

Registered Agent Name: Corporation Service Company

      

 

Registered Office:

(Must be a New Jersey street address)

Street 830 Bear Tavern Road             _____________

City West Trenton _________ Zip 08628

  

Main Business or Principal Business Address:

c/o Corporation Service Company

 

Street 830 Bear Tavern Road             _____________

City West Trenton State NJ Zip 08628

      

 

9. Management (Domestic Corporations and Limited Partnerships Only)

 

   

For-Profit and Professional Corporations list initial Board of Directors, minimum of 1

 

   

Domestic Non-Profits list Board of Trustees, minimum of 3;

 

   

Limited Partnerships list all General Partners.

 

Name    Street Address    City    State    Zip
                     
                     

 

The designators hereby certify that the business entity has complied with all applicable laws, requirements pursuant to the laws of
the State of New Jersey

 

10.    Incorporators (Domestic Corporations Only, minimum of 1)

 

Name    Street Address    City    State    Zip
                     
                     

Signature(s) for the Public Record (See Instruction for Information o» Signature Requirements)

 

Name    Title    Date
John A. Godfrey        Authorized Representative        1/3/06


Public Records Filing for New Business Entity (continued)

 

II. Additional Entity - Specific information

 

  A. Domestic Non-Profit Corporations (Title 15A) - For IRS exemption considerations, see Instructions.
  la. The corporation shall have members:                                                                             ¨  Yes    ¨  No

If yes, qualification shall be:

¨ As set forth in the by-laws or, ¨ As set forth herein.

 

  1b. The rights and limitations of the different classes of members shall be:

¨ As set forth in the by-laws or, ¨ As set forth herein.

 

  2. The method of electing the trustees shall be:

¨ As set forth in the by-laws or, ¨ As set forth herein.

 

  3. The method of distribution of assets shall be:

¨ As set forth in the by-laws or, ¨ As set forth herein.

 

  B. Foreign Corporations - Profit, Non-Profit and Foreign Legal Professional (Titles 14A and 15A)

Attach a certificate of good standing/existence from the state of incorporation not greater than 30 days old to this form.

 

  C. Limited Partnerships (Title 42:2A)
  1. Set forth the aggregate amount of cash and a description and statement of the agreed value of other property or services contributed (or to be contributed in the future) by all partners:

 

  2. Do the limited partners have the power to grant the right to become a limited partner to an assignee of any part of their partnership                                                                                                                        ¨  Yes    ¨  No

If yes, list the terms’ conditions of that power:

 

  3. Do the limited partners have the right to receive distributions from a partner which includes a return of all or any part of the partner’s contribution                                                                                              ¨  Yes    ¨  No

If yes, list the applicable terms:

 

  4. Do the general partners have the right to make distributions to a partner which includes a return of all or any part of the partner’s contributions?                                                                                                     ¨  Yes    ¨  No

If yes, list (lie applicable terms:

 

  5. What are the rights of the remaining general partners to continue the business in the event that a general partner withdraws? List below:

 

  D. Foreign Limited Partnerships (Title 42:2A)
     Set forth the aggregate amount of cash and a description and statement of the agreed value of other property or services contributed (or to be contributed in the future) by all partners:
EX-3.38 26 dex338.htm SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY CO AGMT OF PNK DEVELOPMENT 13, LLC Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Co Agmt of PNK Development 13, LLC

Exhibit 3.38

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

PNK DEVELOPMENT 13, LLC

(a New Jersey limited liability company)

This Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of PNK Development 13, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (the “Company”), is entered into and adopted effective as of March 24, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by Biloxi Casino Corp., a Mississippi corporation (the “Member”), which constitutes the sole member of the Company, with reference to the recitals set forth below:

RECITALS

A. The Company was originally formed under the New Jersey Limited Liability Company Act (N.J.S.A. 42:2B-1 et. seq.) (the “Act”) on January 4, 2006;

B. The Member previously adopted that certain Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company effective as of November 17, 2006 (the “Operating Agreement”); and

C. The Member desires to further amend and restate the Operating Agreement of the Company to provide for the (i) management of the Company by the Member and (ii) conduct of the Company’s business and affairs on and after the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and provisions set forth herein, the benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Member hereby amends and restates the Operating Agreement of the Company in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Affiliate” means with respect to a specified Person, any other Person who or which is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, “controlling”, and “controlled” mean (i) the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent of the voting power of the stockholders, members or owners, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement, as originally executed and as amended or restated from time to time.


Capital Contribution” means a contribution to the capital of the Company in cash, property, or otherwise.

Casino Control Act” means the New Jersey Casino Control Act and the rules and regulations of the State of New Jersey Casino Control Commission.

Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of New Jersey, as amended from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any corresponding United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific section of the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding provision of any United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect on the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement containing such reference.

Covered Person” means (a) the Member, (b) any manager, director or officer of the Company, (c) any Person acting on behalf of the Member to direct the activities of the Company, or (d) any Person who was, at the time of the act or omission in question, a Person described in clause (a), (b) or (c) hereof.

Gaming” means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game played with cards, dice, equipment or any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device for money, property, checks, credit or any representative of value, including without limitation the conducting of Gaming activities in accordance with applicable Gaming Laws and Gaming Licenses.

Gaming Authority” means those national, state, local and other governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies, boards, commissions and officials responsible for or involved in the regulation and control of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations in any jurisdiction.

Gaming Laws” means those laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulation, licensing, permit, investigatory, or enforcement authority over Gaming or Gaming activities or operations within any jurisdiction.

Gaming Licenses” means all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, certificates, registrations, findings of suitability, franchises and entitlements issued by any Gaming Authority necessary for or relating to the conduct of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations or the ownership of an interest in an entity that conducts Gaming or Gaming activities or operations.

Interest” means the entire ownership interest of the Member in the Company at any time, including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to which the Member may be entitled as provided under the Act and this Agreement.

 

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Member” is defined in the preamble hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Member’s name, address and ownership interest are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. In the event that the Member approves the admission of any other Person as a member of the Company, such Person shall have such relative rights and responsibilities as a member of the Company as are agreed to by the Member.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, or other entity.

Treasury Regulations” means the federal income tax regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Code and codified at Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended from time to time.

Unsuitable Person” means a Person (i) who is denied a Gaming License by any Gaming Authority, disqualified from eligibility for a Gaming License, or determined to be unsuitable to own or control an interest in, or to be connected with, a Person engaged directly or indirectly in Gaming or Gaming activities in any jurisdiction by a Gaming Authority, or (ii) whose continued involvement in the business of the Company (A) causes the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to lose or to be threatened with the loss of any Gaming License, or (B) is deemed likely, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Member, to jeopardize or adversely affect the likelihood that the Gaming Authorities will issue a Gaming License to, or in connection with the business of, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or to adversely affect the Company’s or any such Affiliate’s use of or entitlement to any Gaming License.

ARTICLE II

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

2.1 Existence. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Company has been formed as a New Jersey limited liability company under the laws of the State of New Jersey. The Member or any officer of the Company shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. To the extent that the rights or obligations of the Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control.

2.2 Name. The name of the Company shall be “PNK Development 13, LLC.” Subject to compliance with applicable law, the business and affairs of the Company may be conducted under that name or any other name that the Member deems appropriate or advisable.

2.3 Other Offices. The Company may establish and maintain offices at any time and at any place or places as the Member may designate or as the business of the Company may require.

 

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2.4 Resident Agent and Registered Office. The resident agent of the Company for service of process shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Formation or as changed by the Member from time to time. The Company shall have as its registered office in the State of New Jersey the street address of its resident agent.

2.5 Purpose. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company is formed for the object and purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

2.6 Casino Control Act. This Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of the Casino Control Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. In accordance with the provisions of Section 82(d)(7) of the Casino Control Act, N.J.S.A. 5:12-82(d)(7), for as long as the Company or any of its affiliates holds or is an applicant for a Gaming License or a gaming-related casino service industry license under the Casino Control Act, the Commission shall have the right of prior approval with regard to transfers of membership interests or any other interests in the Company, and any interests in the Company are held subject to the condition that if a holder thereof is found to be disqualified by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Casino Control Act, such holder will dispose of that interest; provided, however, that, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, nothing herein contained shall be deemed to require that any certificate evidencing an interest in the Company bear any legend to this effect. In accordance with the provisions of Section 82(d)(8) of the Casino Control Act, N.J.S.A. 5:12-82(d)(8), the Company shall have the absolute right to repurchase, at the market price or the purchase price, whichever is less, any membership interest or other interest in the Company if the Commission disapproves a transfer of such interest in accordance with the provisions of the Casino Control Act.

2.7 Powers of the Company. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2.5, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to:

(a) borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on any or all of the assets of the Company;

(b) conduct its business and operations in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country that may be necessary or convenient to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(c) acquire, by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise, and own, hold, maintain, finance, improve, lease, sell, convey, mortgage, transfer, demolish or dispose of any real or personal property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(d) enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, including without limitation, contracts with the Member or any Affiliate of, or other Person associated directly or indirectly with, the Member that are necessary to, in connection with, convenient to, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

 

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(e) purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign entities;

(f) lend money for any proper purpose, invest and reinvest its funds and take and hold real and personal property for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;

(g) sue and be sued, complain and defend and participate in administrative or other proceedings, in its name;

(h) appoint employees, agents and officers of the Company, and define their duties and fix their compensation;

(i) indemnify any Person and obtain any and all types of insurance;

(j) cease its activities and cancel its insurance;

(k) negotiate, enter into, renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate, modify, amend, waive, execute, acknowledge or take any other action with respect to any lease, contract or security agreement in respect of any assets of the Company;

(l) pay, collect, compromise, litigate, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle any and all other claims or demands of or against the Company or hold such proceeds against the payment of contingent liabilities;

(m) apply for, obtain and maintain any licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions and waivers from any Gaming Authority as may be necessary under applicable Gaming Laws for the conduct of its business and operations; and

(n) make, execute, acknowledge and file any and all documents or instruments necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

The Member shall not be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Company.

 

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ARTICLE IV

PROFITS AND LOSSES

4.1 Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses for any period shall be allocated to the Member.

4.2 Tax Classification. So long as the Company has only one member, it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes and that the activities of the Company be deemed to be activities of the Member for such purposes, as provided for by Treasury Regulations Sections 301.7701-1, et seq., and comparable provisions of applicable state tax law. In the event that the Company becomes an entity that has more than one member, it is intended that the Company be treated as a “partnership” for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes, and all available elections shall be made, and all available actions shall be taken, to cause the Company to be so treated (provided, however, that if the Company has more than one member but is treated for federal income tax purposes as having only a single owner, then it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes as provided in the preceding sentence).

ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Operating Distributions. Subject to Section 5.2, the Company shall from time to time distribute to the Member such amounts in cash and other assets as shall be determined by the Member.

5.2 Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any distribution if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law or would cause a breach or default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, but instead shall make such distribution as soon as practicable such that the making of such distribution would not cause such violation, breach or default.

ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP

6.1 Limitation of Liability. The Member shall not be liable under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, except to the extent required by the Act or in an agreement signed by the Member. The Member shall not be required to loan any funds to the Company, nor shall the Member be required to make any contribution to the Company, nor shall the Member be subject to any liability to the Company or any third party, as a result of any deficit of the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Member from making secured or unsecured loans to the Company by agreement with the Company.

6.2 Powers of the Member. The Member shall have full, exclusive and complete discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Company and to take all such actions as it deems necessary, appropriate or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose of the

 

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Company, including, without limitation, the power and authority to execute all documents and instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things on behalf of the Company in all matters necessary, desirable, convenient or incidental to the purpose of the Company. The Member is an agent of the Company’s business and the actions of the Member taken in such capacity and in accordance with this Agreement shall bind the Company. The Member shall be the sole Person with the power to bind the Company except and to the extent that such power is expressly delegated to any other Person by the Member in this Agreement or in writing or by oral communication, and such delegation shall not cause the Member to cease to be the Member.

6.3 Election of Manager. Initially, there shall not be a “manager” (within the meaning of the Act) of the Company. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and the Act, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint one or more Persons as managers with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such a manager shall serve until such manager’s successor is duly appointed by the Member or until such manager’s earlier removal or resignation. Any manager appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member. If any Person elected to serve as a manager is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such Person as a manager and such Person shall thereupon automatically cease to be a manager.

6.4 Election of Officers. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint any individuals as officers of the Company with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such officers shall serve until their successors are duly appointed by the Member or until their earlier removal or resignation. Any officer appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member and any vacancy in any office shall be filled by the Member. If any person elected to serve as an officer is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such person as an officer and such person shall thereupon automatically cease to be an officer.

6.5 Duties and Authority of the Member, Managers and Officers. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Member or the provisions of the Certificate of Formation, this Agreement, Gaming Laws or the Act (including without limitation those provisions relating to actions or decisions required to be taken or made by, or with the approval of, the Member), the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), any manager or any officer, acting alone, is authorized to endorse checks, drafts, and other evidences of indebtedness made payable to the order of the Company, but only for the purpose of deposit into the Company’s accounts. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager or a specified officer shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount less than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager, or any two specified officers acting together, shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount equal to or more than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers.

 

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6.6 Designation of Authority. The Member may authorize, in a resolution or other writing, one or more Persons or one or more officers, agents or employees of the Company who may, in the name and on behalf of the Company, and in lieu of or in addition to the Member, contract debts or incur liabilities, and sign contracts or agreements (including without limitation, instruments and documents providing for the acquisition, mortgage or disposition of property of the Company), and may authorize the use of facsimile signatures of any such Persons, officers, agents or employees.

6.7 Transfer of Interest. The Interest of the Member is personal property, and such Interest may be transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of the Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no Interest in the Company may be issued or transferred in any manner whatsoever except in compliance with all Gaming Licenses and Gaming Laws, if applicable.

6.8 Competing Activities. Neither the Member nor any of its Affiliates shall be expressly or impliedly restricted or prohibited by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby from engaging in other activities or business ventures of any kind or character whatsoever. Except as otherwise agreed in writing, the Member and its Affiliates shall have the right to conduct, or to possess a direct or indirect ownership interest in, activities and business ventures of every type and description, including activities and business ventures in direct competition with the Company.

6.9 Ratification and Approval of Actions by Member. Any past actions of the Member of the Company, on behalf of the Company and in its name, including, but not limited to, the execution and delivery of documents and instruments on behalf of the Company, be, and they hereby are, ratified, confirmed, approved and authorized in all respects, and such documents and instruments shall be considered approved as of the date the same were executed by the Member.

ARTICLE VII

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY AND

TERMINATION OF A MEMBER’S INTEREST

7.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved upon (i) the adoption of a plan of dissolution by the Member or (ii) the occurrence of any event required to cause the dissolution of the Company under the Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the bankruptcy (as defined in Section 42:2b-2 of the Act) of the Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.

7.2 Distribution on Dissolution and Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the business of the Company shall be continued to the extent necessary to allow an orderly winding up of its affairs, including the liquidation and termination of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.2, as promptly as practicable thereafter, and each of the following shall be accomplished:

(a) the Member shall oversee the winding up of the Company’s affairs;

 

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(b) the assets of the Company shall be liquidated as determined by the Member, or the Member may determine not to sell all or any portion of the assets, in which event such assets shall be distributed in kind; and

(c) the proceeds of sale and all other assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed as follows and in the following order of priority:

(i) to the expenses of liquidation;

(ii) to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, including any debts and liabilities owed to the Member; and

(iii) the balance, if any, to the Member.

ARTICLE VIII

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 Exculpation.

(a) No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company, except that the Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim if a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction establishes that the Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction or the Covered Person’s acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action.

(b) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including without limitation information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

8.2 Fiduciary Duty. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, then, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or the Member for its good faith acts or omissions in reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties and liabilities of the Covered Person.

 

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8.3 Indemnity. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by Section 2B-10 of the Act if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Covered Person was unlawful.

8.4 Advance Payment of Expenses. The expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding related to such Person’s actions on behalf of the Company shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this section do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel of the Company other than a Covered Person may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

8.5 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses for Employees and Agents. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Member, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of any Covered Person.

8.6 Assets of the Company. Any indemnification under this Article VIII shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Company. No debt shall be incurred by the Company or the Member in order to provide a source of funds for any indemnity, and the Member shall not have any liability (or any liability to make any additional Capital Contribution) on account thereof.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9.1 Membership Certificates. The Company may issue a certificate to the Member to evidence the Interest in the Company. The Member or any manager or officer of the Company authorized by the Member may execute such certificate on behalf of the Company.

9.2 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, to the extent and in such amounts as the Member shall, in its sole discretion, deem reasonable, on behalf of such Persons as the Member shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by any such Person in connection with the activities of the Company.

9.3 Complete Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules or exhibits hereto, together with the Certificate of Formation to the extent referenced herein, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding of the Member with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement and the Certificate of Formation replace and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, statements, memoranda and understandings, whether written or oral, by the Member.

 

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9.4 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Member.

9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Member, shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey without regard to the choice or conflict of laws provisions of New Jersey or any other jurisdiction.

9.6 Interpretation. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provisions contained herein. In the interpretation of this Agreement the singular may be read as the plural, and vice versa, the neuter gender as the masculine or feminine, and vice versa, and the future tense as the past or present, and vice versa, all interchangeably as the context may require in order to fully effectuate the intent of the Member and the transactions contemplated herein. Syntax shall yield to the substance of the terms and provisions hereof.

9.7 Counterparts and Facsimile Copies. Facsimile copies of this Agreement, any counterpart of this Agreement or any approval or written consent of the Member, and facsimile signatures hereon or thereon, shall have the same force and effect as originals.

9.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or any application thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, that provision, or application thereof, shall be deemed severable and the remainder of this Agreement, and all other applications of such provision, shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9.9 Waivers. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding unless evidenced by an instrument in writing and executed by the Member.

9.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is adopted solely by and for the benefit of the Member and its respective successors and assigns, and except to the extent specifically provided in Article VIII, no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

BILOXI CASINO CORP.,
a Mississippi corporation
By:  

/s/ John A. Godfrey

  John A. Godfrey, Secretary

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

OPERATING AGREEMENT OF PNK DEVELOPMENT 13, LLC]

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Member’s Name:   

BILOXI CASINO CORP.,

a Mississippi corporation

Member’s Address:   

c/o Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Member’s Ownership Interest:    100%
EX-3.39 27 dex339.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF PNK (ES), LLC Certificate of Formation of PNK (ES), LLC

Exhibit 3.39

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

PNK (ES), LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

This Certificate of Formation of PNK (ES), LLC is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as an authorized person, for the purpose of forming a limited liability company pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is PNK (ES), LLC

SECOND: The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation of PNK (ES), LLC this 10th day of February, 2005.

 

/s/ John A. Godfrey
John A. Godfrey, Authorized Person
EX-3.40 28 dex340.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF PNK (ES), LLC Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (ES), LLC

Exhibit 3.40

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

PNK (ES), LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company)

This Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (ES), LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is entered into and adopted effective as of March 24, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Member”), which constitutes the sole member of the Company, with reference to the recitals set forth below:

RECITALS

A. The Company was originally formed under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del.C. § 18-101, et. seq.) (the “Act”) on February 10, 2005; and

B. The Member previously adopted that certain Operating Agreement of the Company effective as of February 10, 2005 (the “Operating Agreement”); and

C. The Member desires to amend and restate the Operating Agreement of the Company to provide for the conduct of the Company’s business and affairs on and after the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and provisions set forth herein, the benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Member hereby amends and restates the Operating Agreement of the Company in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Affiliate” means with respect to a specified Person, any other Person who or which is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, “controlling”, and “controlled” mean (i) the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent of the voting power of the stockholders, members or owners, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as originally executed and as amended or restated from time to time.


Capital Contribution” means a contribution to the capital of the Company in cash, property, or otherwise.

Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any corresponding United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific section of the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding provision of any United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect on the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement containing such reference.

Covered Person” means (a) the Member, (b) any manager, director or officer of the Company, (c) any Person acting on behalf of the Member to direct the activities of the Company, or (d) any Person who was, at the time of the act or omission in question, a Person described in clause (a), (b) or (c) hereof.

Gaming” means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game played with cards, dice, equipment or any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device for money, property, checks, credit or any representative of value, including without limitation the conducting of Gaming activities on a riverboat in accordance with applicable Gaming Laws and Gaming Licenses.

Gaming Authority” means those national, state, local and other governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies, boards, commissions and officials responsible for or involved in the regulation and control of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations in any jurisdiction.

Gaming Laws” means those laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulation, licensing, permit, investigatory, or enforcement authority over Gaming or Gaming activities or operations within any jurisdiction.

Gaming Licenses” means all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, certificates, registrations, findings of suitability, franchises and entitlements issued by any Gaming Authority necessary for or relating to the conduct of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations or the ownership of an interest in an entity that conducts Gaming or Gaming activities or operations.

Interest” means the entire ownership interest of the Member in the Company at any time, including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to which the Member may be entitled as provided under the Act and this Agreement.

 

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Member” is defined in the preamble hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Member’s name, address and ownership interest are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. In the event that the Member approves the admission of any other Person as a member of the Company, such Person shall have such relative rights and responsibilities as a member of the Company as are agreed to by the Member.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, or other entity.

Treasury Regulations” means the federal income tax regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Code and codified at Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended from time to time.

Unsuitable Person” means a Person (i) who is denied a Gaming License by any Gaming Authority, disqualified from eligibility for a Gaming License, or determined to be unsuitable to own or control an interest in, or to be connected with, a Person engaged directly or indirectly in Gaming or Gaming activities in any jurisdiction by a Gaming Authority, or (ii) whose continued involvement in the business of the Company (A) causes the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to lose or to be threatened with the loss of any Gaming License, or (B) is deemed likely, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Member, to jeopardize or adversely affect the likelihood that the Gaming Authorities will issue a Gaming License to, or in connection with the business of, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or to adversely affect the Company’s or any such Affiliate’s use of or entitlement to any Gaming License.

ARTICLE II

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

2.1 Existence. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Company has been formed as a Delaware limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Member or any officer of the Company shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. To the extent that the rights or obligations of the Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control.

2.2 Name. The name of the Company is “PNK (ES), LLC.” Subject to compliance with applicable law, the business and affairs of the Company may be conducted under that name or any other name that the Member deems appropriate or advisable.

2.3 Other Offices. The Company may establish and maintain offices at any time and at any place or places as the Member may designate or as the business of the Company may require.

 

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2.4 Resident Agent and Registered Office. The resident agent of the Company for service of process shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Formation or as changed by the Member from time to time. The Company shall have as its registered office in the State of Delaware the street address of its resident agent.

2.5 Purpose. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company is formed for the object and purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

2.6 Powers of the Company. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2.5, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to:

(a) borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on any or all of the assets of the Company;

(b) conduct its business and operations in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country that may be necessary or convenient to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(c) acquire, by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise, and own, hold, maintain, finance, improve, lease, sell, convey, mortgage, transfer, demolish or dispose of any real or personal property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(d) enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, including without limitation, contracts with the Member or any Affiliate of, or other Person associated directly or indirectly with, the Member that are necessary to, in connection with, convenient to, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(e) purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign entities;

(f) lend money for any proper purpose, invest and reinvest its funds and take and hold real and personal property for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;

(g) sue and be sued, complain and defend and participate in administrative or other proceedings, in its name;

(h) appoint employees, agents and officers of the Company, and define their duties and fix their compensation;

(i) indemnify any Person and obtain any and all types of insurance;

(j) cease its activities and cancel its insurance;

 

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(k) negotiate, enter into, renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate, modify, amend, waive, execute, acknowledge or take any other action with respect to any lease, contract or security agreement in respect of any assets of the Company;

(l) pay, collect, compromise, litigate, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle any and all other claims or demands of or against the Company or hold such proceeds against the payment of contingent liabilities;

(m) apply for, obtain and maintain any licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions and waivers from any Gaming Authority as may be necessary under applicable Gaming Laws for the conduct of its business and operations; and

(n) make, execute, acknowledge and file any and all documents or instruments necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

The Member shall not be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Company.

ARTICLE IV

PROFITS AND LOSSES

4.1 Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses for any period shall be allocated to the Member.

4.2 Tax Classification. So long as the Company has only one member, it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes and that the activities of the Company be deemed to be activities of the Member for such purposes, as provided for by Treasury Regulations Sections 301.7701-1, et seq., and comparable provisions of applicable state tax law. In the event that the Company becomes an entity that has more than one member, it is intended that the Company be treated as a “partnership” for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes, and all available elections shall be made, and all available actions shall be taken, to cause the Company to be so treated (provided, however, that if the Company has more than one member but is treated for federal income tax purposes as having only a single owner, then it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes as provided in the preceding sentence).

 

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ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Operating Distributions. Subject to Section 5.2, the Company shall from time to time distribute to the Member such amounts in cash and other assets as shall be determined by the Member.

5.2 Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any distribution if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law or would cause a breach or default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, but instead shall make such distribution as soon as practicable such that the making of such distribution would not cause such violation, breach or default.

ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP

6.1 Limitation of Liability. The Member shall not be liable under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, except to the extent required by the Act or in an agreement signed by the Member. The Member shall not be required to loan any funds to the Company, nor shall the Member be required to make any contribution to the Company, nor shall the Member be subject to any liability to the Company or any third party, as a result of any deficit of the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Member from making secured or unsecured loans to the Company by agreement with the Company.

6.2 Powers of the Member. The Member shall have full, exclusive and complete discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Company and to take all such actions as it deems necessary, appropriate or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose of the Company, including, without limitation, the power and authority to execute all documents and instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things on behalf of the Company in all matters necessary, desirable, convenient or incidental to the purpose of the Company. The Member is an agent of the Company’s business and the actions of the Member taken in such capacity and in accordance with this Agreement shall bind the Company. The Member shall be the sole Person with the power to bind the Company except and to the extent that such power is expressly delegated to any other Person by the Member in this Agreement or in writing or by oral communication, and such delegation shall not cause the Member to cease to be the Member.

6.3 Election of Manager. Initially, there shall not be a “manager” (within the meaning of the Act) of the Company. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and the Act, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint one or more Persons as managers with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such a manager shall serve until such manager’s successor is duly appointed by the Member or until such manager’s earlier removal or resignation.

 

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Any manager appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member. If any Person elected to serve as a manager is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such Person as a manager and such Person shall thereupon automatically cease to be a manager.

6.4 Election of Officers. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint any individuals as officers of the Company with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such officers shall serve until their successors are duly appointed by the Member or until their earlier removal or resignation. Any officer appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member and any vacancy in any office shall be filled by the Member. If any person elected to serve as an officer is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such person as an officer and such person shall thereupon automatically cease to be an officer.

6.5 Duties and Authority of the Member, Managers and Officers. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Member or the provisions of the Certificate of Formation, this Agreement, Gaming Laws or the Act (including without limitation those provisions relating to actions or decisions required to be taken or made by, or with the approval of, the Member), the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), any manager or any officer, acting alone, is authorized to endorse checks, drafts, and other evidences of indebtedness made payable to the order of the Company, but only for the purpose of deposit into the Company’s accounts. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager or a specified officer shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount less than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager, or any two specified officers acting together, shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount equal to or more than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers.

6.6 Designation of Authority. The Member may authorize, in a resolution or other writing, one or more Persons or one or more officers, agents or employees of the Company who may, in the name and on behalf of the Company, and in lieu of or in addition to the Member, contract debts or incur liabilities, and sign contracts or agreements (including without limitation, instruments and documents providing for the acquisition, mortgage or disposition of property of the Company), and may authorize the use of facsimile signatures of any such Persons, officers, agents or employees.

6.7 Transfer of Interest. The Interest of the Member is personal property, and such Interest may be transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of the Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no Interest in the Company may be issued or transferred in any manner whatsoever except in compliance with all Gaming Licenses and Gaming Laws, if applicable.

 

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6.8 Competing Activities. Neither the Member nor any of its Affiliates shall be expressly or impliedly restricted or prohibited by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby from engaging in other activities or business ventures of any kind or character whatsoever. Except as otherwise agreed in writing, the Member and its Affiliates shall have the right to conduct, or to possess a direct or indirect ownership interest in, activities and business ventures of every type and description, including activities and business ventures in direct competition with the Company.

ARTICLE VII

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY AND

TERMINATION OF A MEMBER’S INTEREST

7.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved upon (i) the adoption of a plan of dissolution by the Member or (ii) the occurrence of any event required to cause the dissolution of the Company under the Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the bankruptcy (as defined in Sections 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the Act) of the Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.

7.2 Distribution on Dissolution and Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the business of the Company shall be continued to the extent necessary to allow an orderly winding up of its affairs, including the liquidation and termination of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.2, as promptly as practicable thereafter, and each of the following shall be accomplished:

(a) the Member shall oversee the winding up of the Company’s affairs;

(b) the assets of the Company shall be liquidated as determined by the Member, or the Member may determine not to sell all or any portion of the assets, in which event such assets shall be distributed in kind; and

(c) the proceeds of sale and all other assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed as follows and in the following order of priority:

(i) to the expenses of liquidation;

(ii) to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, including any debts and liabilities owed to the Member; and

(iii) the balance, if any, to the Member.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 Exculpation.

(a) No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company, except that the Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim if a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction establishes that the Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction or the Covered Person’s acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action.

(b) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including without limitation information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

8.2 Fiduciary Duty. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, then, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or the Member for its good faith acts or omissions in reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties and liabilities of the Covered Person.

8.3 Indemnity. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by Section 18-108 of the Act if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Covered Person was unlawful.

8.4 Advance Payment of Expenses. The expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding related to such Person’s actions on behalf of the Company shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this section do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel of the Company other than a Covered Person may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

 

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8.5 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses for Employees and Agents. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Member, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of any Covered Person.

8.6 Assets of the Company. Any indemnification under this Article VIII shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Company. No debt shall be incurred by the Company or the Member in order to provide a source of funds for any indemnity, and the Member shall not have any liability (or any liability to make any additional Capital Contribution) on account thereof.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9.1 Membership Certificates. The Company may issue a certificate to the Member to evidence the Interest in the Company. The Member or any manager or officer of the Company authorized by the Member may execute such certificate on behalf of the Company.

9.2 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, to the extent and in such amounts as the Member shall, in its sole discretion, deem reasonable, on behalf of such Persons as the Member shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by any such Person in connection with the activities of the Company.

9.3 Complete Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules or exhibits hereto, together with the Certificate of Formation to the extent referenced herein, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding of the Member with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement and the Certificate of Formation replace and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, statements, memoranda and understandings, whether written or oral, by the Member.

9.4 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Member.

9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Member, shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the choice or conflict of laws provisions of Delaware or any other jurisdiction.

 

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9.6 Interpretation. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provisions contained herein. In the interpretation of this Agreement the singular may be read as the plural, and vice versa, the neuter gender as the masculine or feminine, and vice versa, and the future tense as the past or present, and vice versa, all interchangeably as the context may require in order to fully effectuate the intent of the Member and the transactions contemplated herein. Syntax shall yield to the substance of the terms and provisions hereof.

9.7 Counterparts and Facsimile Copies. Facsimile copies of this Agreement, any counterpart of this Agreement or any approval or written consent of the Member, and facsimile signatures hereon or thereon, shall have the same force and effect as originals.

9.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or any application thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, that provision, or application thereof, shall be deemed severable and the remainder of this Agreement, and all other applications of such provision, shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9.9 Waivers. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding unless evidenced by an instrument in writing and executed by the Member.

9.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is adopted solely by and for the benefit of the Member and its respective successors and assigns, and except to the extent specifically provided in Article VIII, no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:  

/s/ John A. Godfrey

  John A. Godfrey
  Executive Vice President
  Secretary and General Counsel

{Signature page to Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (ES), LLC}

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Member’s Name:   

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

Member’s Address:   

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Member’s Ownership Interest:    100%
EX-3.45 29 dex345.htm ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF PNK (SCB), LLC, AS AMENDED Articles of Organization of PNK (SCB), LLC, as amended

Exhibit 3.45

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY   :  
  :   SS
COUNTY OF ATLANTIC   :  

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION

OF

PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES, LLC

BEFORE ME, the undersigned Notary Public, duly commissioned and qualified in and for the State and County aforesaid, personally came and appeared PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES RIVERBOAT, INC., a Louisiana corporation, herein represented by and through Howard Goldberg, its President, duly authorized; and PLAYERS LC, INC., a Nevada corporation, herein represented by and through Howard Goldberg, its President, duly authorized, who declared as follows:

ARTICLE I

Name

The parties hereto hereby form a Limited Liability Company under the laws of the State of Louisiana. The name of this Limited Liability Company shall be:

PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES, LLC

ARTICLE II

Purpose

The purpose of the company is to engage in any lawful activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under Chapter 22 of Title 12 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Louisiana known as the Limited Liability Company Law of Louisiana.

ARTICLE III

Authority of Members

Any limitations on the authority of the Members or the managers to bind the LLC will be contained in a written Operating Agreement to be executed by all Members. Certification by any member as to the authority of a member or members as contained in the Operating Agreement, including certification on its own behalf by the certifying Member, shall be sufficient to set forth the authority of such member without further review of the Operating Agreement.

ARTICLE IV

The existence of the LLC shall expire, unless sooner dissolved as provided in the Operating Agreement of the LLC, and subject to extension by agreement of the Members, on December 31, 2005.


THUS DONE AND SIGNED by Howard Goldberg, the President of PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES RIVERBOAT, INC., a Louisiana corporation, at Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, on this 10th day of January, 1996 in the presence of the undersigned competent witnesses and me, Notary Public, after due reading of the whole.

 

WITNESSES:     PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES RIVERBOAT, INC.
    BY:   /s/ Howard Goldberg
        Howard Goldberg, President

 

/s/ Teresa R. Earl
Notary Public

THUS DONE AND SIGNED by Howard Goldberg, the President of PLAYERS LC, INC., a Louisiana corporation, at Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, on this 10th day of January, 1996 in the presence of the undersigned competent witnesses and me, Notary Public, after due reading of the whole.

 

WITNESSES:     PLAYERS LC, INC.
    BY:   /s/ Howard Goldberg
        Howard Goldberg, President

 

/s/ Teresa R. Earl
Notary Public

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

OF PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES, INC. INTO

PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES, LLC.

[La. R.S. 12:1358 and 12:117]

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated the 17th of June, 1996, is made and entered into by and between PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES, INC., a Louisiana corporation having its principal place of business at 800 Bilbo Street, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana 71433 (the “Corporation”), and PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company having its principal address at 800 Bilbo Street, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana 71433 (the “LLC”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, each of the Corporation and the LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary, directly or indirectly through other subsidiaries, of Players International, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“PII”); and

WHEREAS, the Corporation has, through the date hereof, operated a riverboat casino business in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (the “Business”); and

WHEREAS, PII has determined that it is in the best interest of PII and its affiliates that the form of ownership of the Business be converted from the Louisiana corporation to a Louisiana limited liability company; and

WHEREAS, to effectuate such conversion, PII has determined, and the Corporation and the LLC have agreed, that the Corporation will be merged with and into the LLC, in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and Louisiana law.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

1. Merged Entity. The name of the entity to be merged is PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES, INC., a Louisiana corporation designated as the “Corporation” hereunder. The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation were filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Louisiana on February 11, 1993.

2. Surviving Entity. The name of the entity into which the Corporation is to be merged is PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company designated as the “LLC” hereunder. The Articles of Organization of the LLC were filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Louisiana on January 19, 1996.

3. Merger. Under and pursuant to La. R.S. 12:1358 et seq., and La. R.S. 12:117 et seq., the Corporation shall be merged with and into the LLC. The separate existence of the Corporation shall terminate upon such merger. The surviving entity shall be the LLC. Such merger shall have the effect provided under La. R.S. 12:1361.


4. Ownership Interests. The Corporation and the LLC hereby acknowledge and agree that each of them is a wholly owned subsidiary, directly and indirectly, of PII. Therefore, the capital stock in the Corporation now owned by PII as the sole shareholder of the Corporation shall not be converted into additional membership interests in the LLC. Rather, upon and notwithstanding the merger, all of the authorized, issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation’s capital stock shall be canceled, and the separate existence of the Corporation shall cease; and the current members of the LLC shall retain their current respective ownership and membership interests in the LLC.

5. Organizational Documents. No changes to the Articles of Organization of the LLC are required in connection with, or as a result of, the merger.

6. Approval. The undersigned hereby certify that, in accordance with the requirements of La. R.S. 12:1359, this Agreement and Plan of Merger has been authorized and approved on behalf of the Corporation by its Board of Directors and sole shareholder, and on behalf of the LLC by all of its members.

7. Abandonment. This Agreement and Plan of Merger may be abandoned by the undersigned as provided under La. R.S. 12:1359(C).

8. Effective Date. The merger shall be effective immediately upon the filing hereof in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Louisiana.

Certificate of the Assistant Secretary of

Players Lake Charles, Inc.

I hereby certify that I am the duly elected Assistant Secretary of Players Lake Charles, Inc., a Louisiana corporation, presently serving in such capacity, and that the foregoing Agreement and Plan of Merger was, in the manner required by the Louisiana Business Corporation Law, duly approved, without alteration or amendment, by consent of the sole shareholder of Players Lake Charles, Inc. dated June 17, 1996.

Certificate dated June 17, 1996.

 

/s/ Patrick Madamba
Patrick Madamba, Assistant Secretary

 

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Certificate of a Member of

Players Lake Charles, LLC

I hereby certify that Players Lake Charles Riverboat, Inc. is a member of Players Lake Charles, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company, and that the foregoing Agreement and Plan of Merger was, in the manner required by the Louisiana Business Corporation Law and Louisiana Limited Liability Company Law, duly approved, without alteration or amendment, by unanimous written consent of the members of Players Lake Charles, LLC dated June 17, 1996.

Certificate dated June 17, 1996.

 

PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES RIVERBOAT, INC., a Louisiana corporation, Member
BY:   /s/ Howard Goldberg
  Howard Goldberg, President

Execution by Parties

In consideration of the approval of this Agreement and Plan of Merger by the shareholders of Players Lake Charles, Inc. and the members of Players Lake Charles, LLC, both as certified above, this Agreement and Plan of Merger is executed by such parties acting, through their respective authorized officers, this 17th day of June, 1996.

 

PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES, INC.
BY:   /s/ Howard Goldberg
  Howard Goldberg, President

 

PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES, LLC

By: PLAYERS LC, INC., a Nevada corporation, Member

BY:   /s/ Howard Goldberg
  Howard Goldberg, President

 

By: PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES RIVERBOAT, INC., a Louisiana corporation, Member
BY:   /s/ Howard Goldberg
  Howard Goldberg, President

 

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Acknowledgement

Players Lake Charles, Inc.

State of New Jersey

County of Atlantic

BEFORE ME, the undersigned Notary Public, on this 17th day of June, 1996, in the presence of the undersigned competent witnesses, personally came and appeared Howard Goldberg who, being duly sworn, declared and acknowledged before me that he is the President of Players Lake Charles, Inc. and that in such capacity he is duly authorized to and did execute the foregoing Agreement and Plan of Merger on behalf of such Corporation for the purposes therein expressed, and as his and such Corporation’s free act and deed.

 

Witnesses:
/s/ Brenda M. Marletto
Brenda M. Marletto

 

/s/ Teresa R. Earl
Notary Public

 

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Acknowledgement

Players Lake Charles Riverboat, Inc.

State of New Jersey

County of Atlantic

BEFORE ME, the undersigned Notary Public, on this 17th day of June, 1996, in the presence of the undersigned competent witnesses, personally came and appeared Howard Goldberg who, being duly sworn, declared and acknowledged before me that he is the President of Players Lake Charles Riverboat, Inc., which is a member of Players Lake Charles, LLC, and that in such capacity he is duly authorized to and did execute the foregoing Agreement and Plan of Merger on behalf of such Corporation and LLC for the purposes therein expressed, and as his and such Corporation’s free act and deed.

 

Witnesses:
/s/ Brenda M. Marletto    
Brenda M. Marletto

 

/s/ Teresa R. Earl      
Notary Public

 

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Acknowledgement

Players LC, Inc.

State of New Jersey

County of Atlantic

BEFORE ME, the undersigned Notary Public, on this 17th day of June, 1996, in the presence of the undersigned competent witnesses, personally came and appeared Howard Goldberg who, being duly sworn, declared and acknowledged before me that he is the President of Players LC, Inc., which is a member of Players Lake Charles, LLC, and that in such capacity he is duly authorized to and did execute the foregoing Agreement and Plan of Merger on behalf of such Corporation and LLC for the purposes therein expressed, and as his and such Corporation’s free act and deed.

 

Witnesses:
/s/ Brenda M. Marletto    
Brenda M. Marletto

 

/s/ Teresa R. Earl      
Notary Public

 

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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

OF

PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES, LLC

(Under Sections 12:1309 and 12:1318 of the Limited Liability Company Law of the State of Louisiana)

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company (the “Company”) is Players Lake Charles, LLC.

SECOND: The following amendment to the Articles of Organization of the Company was adopted on November 20, 2000:

ARTICLE I

Name

The name of this Limited Liability Company shall be Harrah’s Lake Charles, LLC.”

THIRD: The manner of adoption of the aforesaid amendment was by unanimous written consent of the Members of the Company.

Signed on November 20, 2000.

 

PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES RIVERBOAT, INC., Manager
BY:   /s/ Anthony M. Sanfilippo
  Anthony M. Sanfilippo, President
State of Tennessee     )
    ) SS.
County of Shelby     )

On this 20th day of November, 2000, before me, the subscriber, a duly appointed Notary Public, came ANTHONY M. SANFILIPPO, to me personally known to be the individual described in and who signed the proceeding Articles of Amendment, and who duly acknowledged to me, the signing of the same, and being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that he signed the foregoing Articles of Amendment in the capacity set forth under his signature.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix my official seal at Memphis, TN, the day and year first above written.

(SEAL)

 

/s/ JoAnn Staucevic
NOTARY PUBLIC


ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

OF

HARRAH’S LAKE CHARLES, LLC

(Under Sections 12:1309 and 12:1318 of the Limited Liability Company Law of the State of Louisiana)

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company (the “Company”) was prematurely changed from Players Lake Charles, LLC to Harrah’s Lake Charles, LLC by an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Organization (“Articles”) dated November 20, 2000.

SECOND: The Company wishes to rescind that amendment so that its name remains nunc pro tunc Players Lake Charles, LLC.

THIRD: The following amendment to the Articles of the Company was adopted this date retroactive to November 20, 2000:

ARTICLE I

Name

The name of this Limited Liability Company shall be Players Lake Charles, LLC.”

FOURTH: The manner of adoption of the aforesaid amendment was by unanimous written consent of the Members of the Company.

Signed on December 1, 2000.

 

PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES RIVERBOAT, INC., Manager
BY:   /s/ Anthony M. Sanfilippo
  Anthony M. Sanfilippo, President

 

State of Tennessee     )
    ) SS.
County of Shelby     )

On this 1st day of December, 2000, before me, the subscriber, a duly appointed Notary Public, came ANTHONY M. SANFILIPPO, to me personally known to be the individual described in and who signed the proceeding Articles of Amendment, and who duly acknowledged to me, the signing of the same, and being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that he signed the foregoing Articles of Amendment in the capacity set forth under his signature.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix my official seal at Memphis, Tennessee, the day and year first above written.

 

(SEAL)     /s/ JoAnn Staucevic
    NOTARY PUBLIC

 

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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

OF

PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES, LLC

(Under Sections 12:1309 and 12:1318 of the Limited Liability Company Law of the State of Louisiana)

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company (the “Company”) is Players Lake Charles, LLC.

SECOND: The following amendment to the Articles of Organization of the Company was adopted on July 20, 2001 and shall become effective August 2, 2001:

ARTICLE I

Name

The name of this Limited Liability Company shall be Harrah’s Lake Charles, LLC.”

THIRD: The manner of adoption of the aforesaid amendment was by unanimous written consent of the Members of the Company.

Signed on July 20, 2001.

 

PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES RIVERBOAT, INC., Manager
BY:   /s/ Anthony M. Sanfilippo
  Anthony M. Sanfilippo, President

 

State of Tennessee     )
    ) SS.
County of Shelby     )

On this 20th day of July, 2001, before me, the subscriber, a duly appointed Notary Public, came ANTHONY M. SANFILIPPO, to me personally known to be the individual described in and who signed the proceeding Articles of Amendment, and who duly acknowledged to me, the signing of the same, and being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that he signed the foregoing Articles of Amendment in the capacity set forth under his signature.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix my official seal at Memphis, TN, the day and year first above written.

(SEAL)

 

/s/ JoAnn Staucevic
NOTARY PUBLIC

 

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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

OF

HARRAH’S LAKE CHARLES, LLC

(Under Sections 12:1309 and 12:1318 of the Limited Liability Company Law of the State of Louisiana)

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company (the “Company”) is Harrah’s Lake Charles, LLC.

SECOND: The following amendment to the Articles of Organization of the Company was adopted on December 7, 2006 and shall become effective December 8, 2006:

ARTICLE I

Name

The name of this Limited Liability Company shall be PNK (SCB), L.L.C.”

THIRD: The manner of adoption of the aforesaid amendment was by written consent of the Sole Members of the Company.

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Signed on December 7, 2006.

 

PNK (SCB), L.L.C.
By:   PNK Development 7, LLC,
 

a Delaware limited liability company,

its Sole Member

 

By:   Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
 

a Delaware corporation,

its Sole Member

 

By:   /s/ John A. Godfrey
 

John A. Godfrey

Executive Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary

 

State of Nevada     )
    ) SS.
County of Clark     )

On this 7th day of December, 2006, before me, the subscriber, a duly appointed Notary Public, came JOHN A. GODFREY, to me personally known to be the individual described in and who signed the proceeding Articles of Amendment, and who duly acknowledged to me, the signing of the same, and being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that he signed the foregoing Articles of Amendment in the capacity set forth under his signature.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix my official seal at Las Vegas, Nevada, the day and year first above written.

(SEAL)

 

/s/ Elaine Pumphrey
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
12-3-09

 

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EX-3.47 30 dex347.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC Certificate of Formation of PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC

Exhibit 3.47

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

This Certificate of Formation of PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as an authorized person, for the purpose of forming a limited liability company pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC

SECOND: The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation of PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC this 8th day of August, 2005.

 

/s/ John A. Godfrey
John A. Godfrey, Authorized Person
EX-3.48 31 dex348.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGMT OF PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agmt of PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC

Exhibit 3.48

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company)

This Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is entered into and adopted effective as of March 24, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Member”), which constitutes the sole member of the Company, with reference to the recitals set forth below:

RECITALS

A. The Company was originally formed under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del.C. § 18-101, et. seq.) (the “Act”) on August 9, 2005; and

B. The Member previously adopted that certain Operating Agreement of the Company effective as of July 28, 2005 (the “Operating Agreement”); and

C. The Member desires to amend and restate the Operating Agreement of the Company to provide for the conduct of the Company’s business and affairs on and after the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and provisions set forth herein, the benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Member hereby amends and restates the Operating Agreement of the Company in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Affiliate” means with respect to a specified Person, any other Person who or which is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, “controlling”, and “controlled” mean (i) the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent of the voting power of the stockholders, members or owners, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as originally executed and as amended or restated from time to time.


Capital Contribution” means a contribution to the capital of the Company in cash, property, or otherwise.

Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any corresponding United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific section of the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding provision of any United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect on the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement containing such reference.

Covered Person” means (a) the Member, (b) any manager, director or officer of the Company, (c) any Person acting on behalf of the Member to direct the activities of the Company, or (d) any Person who was, at the time of the act or omission in question, a Person described in clause (a), (b) or (c) hereof.

Gaming” means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game played with cards, dice, equipment or any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device for money, property, checks, credit or any representative of value, including without limitation the conducting of Gaming activities on a riverboat in accordance with applicable Gaming Laws and Gaming Licenses.

Gaming Authority” means those national, state, local and other governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies, boards, commissions and officials responsible for or involved in the regulation and control of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations in any jurisdiction.

Gaming Laws” means those laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulation, licensing, permit, investigatory, or enforcement authority over Gaming or Gaming activities or operations within any jurisdiction.

Gaming Licenses” means all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, certificates, registrations, findings of suitability, franchises and entitlements issued by any Gaming Authority necessary for or relating to the conduct of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations or the ownership of an interest in an entity that conducts Gaming or Gaming activities or operations.

Interest” means the entire ownership interest of the Member in the Company at any time, including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to which the Member may be entitled as provided under the Act and this Agreement.

 

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Member” is defined in the preamble hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Member’s name, address and ownership interest are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. In the event that the Member approves the admission of any other Person as a member of the Company, such Person shall have such relative rights and responsibilities as a member of the Company as are agreed to by the Member.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, or other entity.

Treasury Regulations” means the federal income tax regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Code and codified at Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended from time to time.

Unsuitable Person” means a Person (i) who is denied a Gaming License by any Gaming Authority, disqualified from eligibility for a Gaming License, or determined to be unsuitable to own or control an interest in, or to be connected with, a Person engaged directly or indirectly in Gaming or Gaming activities in any jurisdiction by a Gaming Authority, or (ii) whose continued involvement in the business of the Company (A) causes the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to lose or to be threatened with the loss of any Gaming License, or (B) is deemed likely, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Member, to jeopardize or adversely affect the likelihood that the Gaming Authorities will issue a Gaming License to, or in connection with the business of, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or to adversely affect the Company’s or any such Affiliate’s use of or entitlement to any Gaming License.

ARTICLE II

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

2.1 Existence. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Company has been formed as a Delaware limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Member or any officer of the Company shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. To the extent that the rights or obligations of the Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control.

2.2 Name. The name of the Company is “PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC.” Subject to compliance with applicable law, the business and affairs of the Company may be conducted under that name or any other name that the Member deems appropriate or advisable.

2.3 Other Offices. The Company may establish and maintain offices at any time and at any place or places as the Member may designate or as the business of the Company may require.

 

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2.4 Resident Agent and Registered Office. The resident agent of the Company for service of process shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Formation or as changed by the Member from time to time. The Company shall have as its registered office in the State of Delaware the street address of its resident agent.

2.5 Purpose. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company is formed for the object and purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

2.6 Powers of the Company. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2.5, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to:

(a) borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on any or all of the assets of the Company;

(b) conduct its business and operations in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country that may be necessary or convenient to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(c) acquire, by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise, and own, hold, maintain, finance, improve, lease, sell, convey, mortgage, transfer, demolish or dispose of any real or personal property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(d) enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, including without limitation, contracts with the Member or any Affiliate of, or other Person associated directly or indirectly with, the Member that are necessary to, in connection with, convenient to, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(e) purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign entities;

(f) lend money for any proper purpose, invest and reinvest its funds and take and hold real and personal property for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;

(g) sue and be sued, complain and defend and participate in administrative or other proceedings, in its name;

(h) appoint employees, agents and officers of the Company, and define their duties and fix their compensation;

(i) indemnify any Person and obtain any and all types of insurance;

(j) cease its activities and cancel its insurance;

 

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(k) negotiate, enter into, renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate, modify, amend, waive, execute, acknowledge or take any other action with respect to any lease, contract or security agreement in respect of any assets of the Company;

(l) pay, collect, compromise, litigate, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle any and all other claims or demands of or against the Company or hold such proceeds against the payment of contingent liabilities;

(m) apply for, obtain and maintain any licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions and waivers from any Gaming Authority as may be necessary under applicable Gaming Laws for the conduct of its business and operations; and

(n) make, execute, acknowledge and file any and all documents or instruments necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

The Member shall not be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Company.

ARTICLE IV

PROFITS AND LOSSES

4.1 Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses for any period shall be allocated to the Member.

4.2 Tax Classification. So long as the Company has only one member, it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes and that the activities of the Company be deemed to be activities of the Member for such purposes, as provided for by Treasury Regulations Sections 301.7701-1, et seq., and comparable provisions of applicable state tax law. In the event that the Company becomes an entity that has more than one member, it is intended that the Company be treated as a “partnership” for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes, and all available elections shall be made, and all available actions shall be taken, to cause the Company to be so treated (provided, however, that if the Company has more than one member but is treated for federal income tax purposes as having only a single owner, then it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes as provided in the preceding sentence).

 

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ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Operating Distributions. Subject to Section 5.2, the Company shall from time to time distribute to the Member such amounts in cash and other assets as shall be determined by the Member.

5.2 Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any distribution if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law or would cause a breach or default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, but instead shall make such distribution as soon as practicable such that the making of such distribution would not cause such violation, breach or default.

ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP

6.1 Limitation of Liability. The Member shall not be liable under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, except to the extent required by the Act or in an agreement signed by the Member. The Member shall not be required to loan any funds to the Company, nor shall the Member be required to make any contribution to the Company, nor shall the Member be subject to any liability to the Company or any third party, as a result of any deficit of the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Member from making secured or unsecured loans to the Company by agreement with the Company.

6.2 Powers of the Member. The Member shall have full, exclusive and complete discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Company and to take all such actions as it deems necessary, appropriate or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose of the Company, including, without limitation, the power and authority to execute all documents and instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things on behalf of the Company in all matters necessary, desirable, convenient or incidental to the purpose of the Company. The Member is an agent of the Company’s business and the actions of the Member taken in such capacity and in accordance with this Agreement shall bind the Company. The Member shall be the sole Person with the power to bind the Company except and to the extent that such power is expressly delegated to any other Person by the Member in this Agreement or in writing or by oral communication, and such delegation shall not cause the Member to cease to be the Member.

6.3 Election of Manager. Initially, there shall not be a “manager” (within the meaning of the Act) of the Company. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and the Act, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint one or more Persons as managers with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such a manager shall serve until such manager’s successor is duly appointed by the Member or until such manager’s earlier removal or resignation.

 

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Any manager appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member. If any Person elected to serve as a manager is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such Person as a manager and such Person shall thereupon automatically cease to be a manager.

6.4 Election of Officers. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint any individuals as officers of the Company with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such officers shall serve until their successors are duly appointed by the Member or until their earlier removal or resignation. Any officer appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member and any vacancy in any office shall be filled by the Member. If any person elected to serve as an officer is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such person as an officer and such person shall thereupon automatically cease to be an officer.

6.5 Duties and Authority of the Member, Managers and Officers. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Member or the provisions of the Certificate of Formation, this Agreement, Gaming Laws or the Act (including without limitation those provisions relating to actions or decisions required to be taken or made by, or with the approval of, the Member), the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), any manager or any officer, acting alone, is authorized to endorse checks, drafts, and other evidences of indebtedness made payable to the order of the Company, but only for the purpose of deposit into the Company’s accounts. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager or a specified officer shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount less than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager, or any two specified officers acting together, shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount equal to or more than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers.

6.6 Designation of Authority. The Member may authorize, in a resolution or other writing, one or more Persons or one or more officers, agents or employees of the Company who may, in the name and on behalf of the Company, and in lieu of or in addition to the Member, contract debts or incur liabilities, and sign contracts or agreements (including without limitation, instruments and documents providing for the acquisition, mortgage or disposition of property of the Company), and may authorize the use of facsimile signatures of any such Persons, officers, agents or employees.

6.7 Transfer of Interest. The Interest of the Member is personal property, and such Interest may be transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of the Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no Interest in the Company may be issued or transferred in any manner whatsoever except in compliance with all Gaming Licenses and Gaming Laws, if applicable.

 

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6.8 Competing Activities. Neither the Member nor any of its Affiliates shall be expressly or impliedly restricted or prohibited by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby from engaging in other activities or business ventures of any kind or character whatsoever. Except as otherwise agreed in writing, the Member and its Affiliates shall have the right to conduct, or to possess a direct or indirect ownership interest in, activities and business ventures of every type and description, including activities and business ventures in direct competition with the Company.

ARTICLE VII

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY AND

TERMINATION OF A MEMBER’S INTEREST

7.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved upon (i) the adoption of a plan of dissolution by the Member or (ii) the occurrence of any event required to cause the dissolution of the Company under the Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the bankruptcy (as defined in Sections 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the Act) of the Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.

7.2 Distribution on Dissolution and Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the business of the Company shall be continued to the extent necessary to allow an orderly winding up of its affairs, including the liquidation and termination of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.2, as promptly as practicable thereafter, and each of the following shall be accomplished:

(a) the Member shall oversee the winding up of the Company’s affairs;

(b) the assets of the Company shall be liquidated as determined by the Member, or the Member may determine not to sell all or any portion of the assets, in which event such assets shall be distributed in kind; and

(c) the proceeds of sale and all other assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed as follows and in the following order of priority:

(i) to the expenses of liquidation;

(ii) to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, including any debts and liabilities owed to the Member; and

(iii) the balance, if any, to the Member.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 Exculpation.

(a) No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company, except that the Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim if a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction establishes that the Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction or the Covered Person’s acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action.

(b) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including without limitation information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

8.2 Fiduciary Duty. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, then, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or the Member for its good faith acts or omissions in reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties and liabilities of the Covered Person.

8.3 Indemnity. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by Section 18-108 of the Act if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Covered Person was unlawful.

8.4 Advance Payment of Expenses. The expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding related to such Person’s actions on behalf of the Company shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this section do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel of the Company other than a Covered Person may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

 

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8.5 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses for Employees and Agents. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Member, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of any Covered Person.

8.6 Assets of the Company. Any indemnification under this Article VIII shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Company. No debt shall be incurred by the Company or the Member in order to provide a source of funds for any indemnity, and the Member shall not have any liability (or any liability to make any additional Capital Contribution) on account thereof.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9.1 Membership Certificates. The Company may issue a certificate to the Member to evidence the Interest in the Company. The Member or any manager or officer of the Company authorized by the Member may execute such certificate on behalf of the Company.

9.2 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, to the extent and in such amounts as the Member shall, in its sole discretion, deem reasonable, on behalf of such Persons as the Member shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by any such Person in connection with the activities of the Company.

9.3 Complete Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules or exhibits hereto, together with the Certificate of Formation to the extent referenced herein, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding of the Member with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement and the Certificate of Formation replace and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, statements, memoranda and understandings, whether written or oral, by the Member.

9.4 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Member.

9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Member, shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the choice or conflict of laws provisions of Delaware or any other jurisdiction.

 

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9.6 Interpretation. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provisions contained herein. In the interpretation of this Agreement the singular may be read as the plural, and vice versa, the neuter gender as the masculine or feminine, and vice versa, and the future tense as the past or present, and vice versa, all interchangeably as the context may require in order to fully effectuate the intent of the Member and the transactions contemplated herein. Syntax shall yield to the substance of the terms and provisions hereof.

9.7 Counterparts and Facsimile Copies. Facsimile copies of this Agreement, any counterpart of this Agreement or any approval or written consent of the Member, and facsimile signatures hereon or thereon, shall have the same force and effect as originals.

9.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or any application thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, that provision, or application thereof, shall be deemed severable and the remainder of this Agreement, and all other applications of such provision, shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9.9 Waivers. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding unless evidenced by an instrument in writing and executed by the Member.

9.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is adopted solely by and for the benefit of the Member and its respective successors and assigns, and except to the extent specifically provided in Article VIII, no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:  

/s/ John A. Godfrey

  John A. Godfrey
 

Executive Vice President

Secretary and General Counsel

{Signature page to Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC}

 

S-1


SCHEDULE I

 

Member’s Name:   

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

Member’s Address:   

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Member’s Ownership Interest:    100%
EX-3.49 32 dex349.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF PNK (STLH), LLC, AS AMENDED Certificate of Formation of PNK (STLH), LLC, as amended

Exhibit 3.49

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

PNK (ST. LOUIS 4S), LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

This Certificate of Formation of PNK (ST. LOUIS 4S), LLC is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as an authorized person, for the purpose of forming a limited liability company pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is PNK (ST. LOUIS 4S), LLC

SECOND: The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation of PNK (ST. LOUIS 4S), LLC this 8th day of August, 2005.

 

/s/ John A. Godfrey
John A. Godfrey, Authorized Person


STATE OF DELAWARE

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

Name of Limited Liability Company: PNK (St. Louis 4S), LLC

The Certificate of Formation of the limited liability company is hereby amended as follows:

 

See attached Amendment.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate on the 8th day of August, A.D. 2007

 

By:   /s/ John A. Godfrey
  Authorized Person(s)
Name:   John A. Godfrey


AMENDMENT TO

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

PNK (ST. LOUIS 4S), LLC

This Amendment to the Certificate of Formation of PNK (St. Louis 4S), LLC (the “Company”) is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as an authorized person, pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

FIRST: The name of the Company is PNK (St. Louis 4S), LLC.

SECOND: The FIRST paragraph of the Certificate of Formation is hereby amended in its entirety and replaced with the following new FIRST paragraph:

“FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is PNK (STLH), LLC.”

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amendment to the Certificate of Formation on July 27, 2007.

 

/s/ John A. Godfrey
John A Godfrey, Authorized Person
EX-3.50 33 dex350.htm SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGMT OF PNK (STLH), LLC Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agmt of PNK (STLH), LLC

Exhibit 3.50

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

PNK (STLH), LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company)

This Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (STLH), LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is entered into and adopted effective as of March 24, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Member”), which constitutes the sole member of the Company, with reference to the recitals set forth below:

RECITALS

A. The Company was originally formed under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del.C. § 18-101, et. seq.) (the “Act”) on August 9, 2005; and

B. The Member previously adopted that certain Amended and Restated Operating Company Agreement of the Company effective as of July 27, 2007 (the “Operating Agreement”); and

C. The Member desires to further amend and restate the Operating Agreement of the Company to provide for the conduct of the Company’s business and affairs on and after the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and provisions set forth herein, the benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Member hereby amends and restates the Operating Agreement of the Company in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Affiliate” means with respect to a specified Person, any other Person who or which is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, “controlling”, and “controlled” mean (i) the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent of the voting power of the stockholders, members or owners, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as originally executed and as amended or restated from time to time.


Capital Contribution” means a contribution to the capital of the Company in cash, property, or otherwise.

Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any corresponding United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific section of the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding provision of any United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect on the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement containing such reference.

Covered Person” means (a) the Member, (b) any manager, director or officer of the Company, (c) any Person acting on behalf of the Member to direct the activities of the Company, or (d) any Person who was, at the time of the act or omission in question, a Person described in clause (a), (b) or (c) hereof.

Gaming” means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game played with cards, dice, equipment or any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device for money, property, checks, credit or any representative of value, including without limitation the conducting of Gaming activities on a riverboat in accordance with applicable Gaming Laws and Gaming Licenses.

Gaming Authority” means those national, state, local and other governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies, boards, commissions and officials responsible for or involved in the regulation and control of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations in any jurisdiction.

Gaming Laws” means those laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulation, licensing, permit, investigatory, or enforcement authority over Gaming or Gaming activities or operations within any jurisdiction.

Gaming Licenses” means all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, certificates, registrations, findings of suitability, franchises and entitlements issued by any Gaming Authority necessary for or relating to the conduct of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations or the ownership of an interest in an entity that conducts Gaming or Gaming activities or operations.

Interest” means the entire ownership interest of the Member in the Company at any time, including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to which the Member may be entitled as provided under the Act and this Agreement.

 

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Member” is defined in the preamble hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Member’s name, address and ownership interest are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. In the event that the Member approves the admission of any other Person as a member of the Company, such Person shall have such relative rights and responsibilities as a member of the Company as are agreed to by the Member.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, or other entity.

Treasury Regulations” means the federal income tax regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Code and codified at Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended from time to time.

Unsuitable Person” means a Person (i) who is denied a Gaming License by any Gaming Authority, disqualified from eligibility for a Gaming License, or determined to be unsuitable to own or control an interest in, or to be connected with, a Person engaged directly or indirectly in Gaming or Gaming activities in any jurisdiction by a Gaming Authority, or (ii) whose continued involvement in the business of the Company (A) causes the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to lose or to be threatened with the loss of any Gaming License, or (B) is deemed likely, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Member, to jeopardize or adversely affect the likelihood that the Gaming Authorities will issue a Gaming License to, or in connection with the business of, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or to adversely affect the Company’s or any such Affiliate’s use of or entitlement to any Gaming License.

ARTICLE II

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

2.1 Existence. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Company has been formed as a Delaware limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Member or any officer of the Company shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. To the extent that the rights or obligations of the Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control.

2.2 Name. The name of the Company is “PNK (STLH), LLC.” Subject to compliance with applicable law, the business and affairs of the Company may be conducted under that name or any other name that the Member deems appropriate or advisable.

2.3 Other Offices. The Company may establish and maintain offices at any time and at any place or places as the Member may designate or as the business of the Company may require.

 

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2.4 Resident Agent and Registered Office. The resident agent of the Company for service of process shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Formation or as changed by the Member from time to time. The Company shall have as its registered office in the State of Delaware the street address of its resident agent.

2.5 Purpose. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company is formed for the object and purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

2.6 Powers of the Company. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2.5, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to:

(a) borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on any or all of the assets of the Company;

(b) conduct its business and operations in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country that may be necessary or convenient to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(c) acquire, by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise, and own, hold, maintain, finance, improve, lease, sell, convey, mortgage, transfer, demolish or dispose of any real or personal property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(d) enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, including without limitation, contracts with the Member or any Affiliate of, or other Person associated directly or indirectly with, the Member that are necessary to, in connection with, convenient to, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(e) purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign entities;

(f) lend money for any proper purpose, invest and reinvest its funds and take and hold real and personal property for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;

(g) sue and be sued, complain and defend and participate in administrative or other proceedings, in its name;

(h) appoint employees, agents and officers of the Company, and define their duties and fix their compensation;

(i) indemnify any Person and obtain any and all types of insurance;

(j) cease its activities and cancel its insurance;

 

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(k) negotiate, enter into, renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate, modify, amend, waive, execute, acknowledge or take any other action with respect to any lease, contract or security agreement in respect of any assets of the Company;

(l) pay, collect, compromise, litigate, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle any and all other claims or demands of or against the Company or hold such proceeds against the payment of contingent liabilities;

(m) apply for, obtain and maintain any licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions and waivers from any Gaming Authority as may be necessary under applicable Gaming Laws for the conduct of its business and operations; and

(n) make, execute, acknowledge and file any and all documents or instruments necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

The Member shall not be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Company.

ARTICLE IV

PROFITS AND LOSSES

4.1 Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses for any period shall be allocated to the Member.

4.2 Tax Classification. So long as the Company has only one member, it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes and that the activities of the Company be deemed to be activities of the Member for such purposes, as provided for by Treasury Regulations Sections 301.7701-1, et seq., and comparable provisions of applicable state tax law. In the event that the Company becomes an entity that has more than one member, it is intended that the Company be treated as a “partnership” for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes, and all available elections shall be made, and all available actions shall be taken, to cause the Company to be so treated (provided, however, that if the Company has more than one member but is treated for federal income tax purposes as having only a single owner, then it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes as provided in the preceding sentence).

 

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ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Operating Distributions. Subject to Section 5.2, the Company shall from time to time distribute to the Member such amounts in cash and other assets as shall be determined by the Member.

5.2 Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any distribution if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law or would cause a breach or default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, but instead shall make such distribution as soon as practicable such that the making of such distribution would not cause such violation, breach or default.

ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP

6.1 Limitation of Liability. The Member shall not be liable under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, except to the extent required by the Act or in an agreement signed by the Member. The Member shall not be required to loan any funds to the Company, nor shall the Member be required to make any contribution to the Company, nor shall the Member be subject to any liability to the Company or any third party, as a result of any deficit of the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Member from making secured or unsecured loans to the Company by agreement with the Company.

6.2 Powers of the Member. The Member shall have full, exclusive and complete discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Company and to take all such actions as it deems necessary, appropriate or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose of the Company, including, without limitation, the power and authority to execute all documents and instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things on behalf of the Company in all matters necessary, desirable, convenient or incidental to the purpose of the Company. The Member is an agent of the Company’s business and the actions of the Member taken in such capacity and in accordance with this Agreement shall bind the Company. The Member shall be the sole Person with the power to bind the Company except and to the extent that such power is expressly delegated to any other Person by the Member in this Agreement or in writing or by oral communication, and such delegation shall not cause the Member to cease to be the Member.

6.3 Election of Manager. Initially, there shall not be a “manager” (within the meaning of the Act) of the Company. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and the Act, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint one or more Persons as managers with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such a manager shall serve until such manager’s successor is duly appointed by the Member or until such manager’s earlier removal or resignation.

 

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Any manager appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member. If any Person elected to serve as a manager is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such Person as a manager and such Person shall thereupon automatically cease to be a manager.

6.4 Election of Officers. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint any individuals as officers of the Company with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such officers shall serve until their successors are duly appointed by the Member or until their earlier removal or resignation. Any officer appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member and any vacancy in any office shall be filled by the Member. If any person elected to serve as an officer is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such person as an officer and such person shall thereupon automatically cease to be an officer.

6.5 Duties and Authority of the Member, Managers and Officers. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Member or the provisions of the Certificate of Formation, this Agreement, Gaming Laws or the Act (including without limitation those provisions relating to actions or decisions required to be taken or made by, or with the approval of, the Member), the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), any manager or any officer, acting alone, is authorized to endorse checks, drafts, and other evidences of indebtedness made payable to the order of the Company, but only for the purpose of deposit into the Company’s accounts. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager or a specified officer shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount less than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager, or any two specified officers acting together, shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount equal to or more than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers.

6.6 Designation of Authority. The Member may authorize, in a resolution or other writing, one or more Persons or one or more officers, agents or employees of the Company who may, in the name and on behalf of the Company, and in lieu of or in addition to the Member, contract debts or incur liabilities, and sign contracts or agreements (including without limitation, instruments and documents providing for the acquisition, mortgage or disposition of property of the Company), and may authorize the use of facsimile signatures of any such Persons, officers, agents or employees.

6.7 Transfer of Interest. The Interest of the Member is personal property, and such Interest may be transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of the Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no Interest in the Company may be issued or transferred in any manner whatsoever except in compliance with all Gaming Licenses and Gaming Laws, if applicable.

 

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6.8 Competing Activities. Neither the Member nor any of its Affiliates shall be expressly or impliedly restricted or prohibited by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby from engaging in other activities or business ventures of any kind or character whatsoever. Except as otherwise agreed in writing, the Member and its Affiliates shall have the right to conduct, or to possess a direct or indirect ownership interest in, activities and business ventures of every type and description, including activities and business ventures in direct competition with the Company.

ARTICLE VII

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY AND

TERMINATION OF A MEMBER’S INTEREST

7.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved upon (i) the adoption of a plan of dissolution by the Member or (ii) the occurrence of any event required to cause the dissolution of the Company under the Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the bankruptcy (as defined in Sections 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the Act) of the Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.

7.2 Distribution on Dissolution and Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the business of the Company shall be continued to the extent necessary to allow an orderly winding up of its affairs, including the liquidation and termination of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.2, as promptly as practicable thereafter, and each of the following shall be accomplished:

(a) the Member shall oversee the winding up of the Company’s affairs;

(b) the assets of the Company shall be liquidated as determined by the Member, or the Member may determine not to sell all or any portion of the assets, in which event such assets shall be distributed in kind; and

(c) the proceeds of sale and all other assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed as follows and in the following order of priority:

(i) to the expenses of liquidation;

(ii) to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, including any debts and liabilities owed to the Member; and

(iii) the balance, if any, to the Member.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 Exculpation.

(a) No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company, except that the Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim if a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction establishes that the Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction or the Covered Person’s acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action.

(b) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including without limitation information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

8.2 Fiduciary Duty. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, then, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or the Member for its good faith acts or omissions in reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties and liabilities of the Covered Person.

8.3 Indemnity. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by Section 18-108 of the Act if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Covered Person was unlawful.

8.4 Advance Payment of Expenses. The expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding related to such Person’s actions on behalf of the Company shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this section do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel of the Company other than a Covered Person may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

 

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8.5 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses for Employees and Agents. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Member, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of any Covered Person.

8.6 Assets of the Company. Any indemnification under this Article VIII shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Company. No debt shall be incurred by the Company or the Member in order to provide a source of funds for any indemnity, and the Member shall not have any liability (or any liability to make any additional Capital Contribution) on account thereof.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9.1 Membership Certificates. The Company may issue a certificate to the Member to evidence the Interest in the Company. The Member or any manager or officer of the Company authorized by the Member may execute such certificate on behalf of the Company.

9.2 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, to the extent and in such amounts as the Member shall, in its sole discretion, deem reasonable, on behalf of such Persons as the Member shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by any such Person in connection with the activities of the Company.

9.3 Complete Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules or exhibits hereto, together with the Certificate of Formation to the extent referenced herein, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding of the Member with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement and the Certificate of Formation replace and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, statements, memoranda and understandings, whether written or oral, by the Member.

9.4 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Member.

9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Member, shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the choice or conflict of laws provisions of Delaware or any other jurisdiction.

 

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9.6 Interpretation. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provisions contained herein. In the interpretation of this Agreement the singular may be read as the plural, and vice versa, the neuter gender as the masculine or feminine, and vice versa, and the future tense as the past or present, and vice versa, all interchangeably as the context may require in order to fully effectuate the intent of the Member and the transactions contemplated herein. Syntax shall yield to the substance of the terms and provisions hereof.

9.7 Counterparts and Facsimile Copies. Facsimile copies of this Agreement, any counterpart of this Agreement or any approval or written consent of the Member, and facsimile signatures hereon or thereon, shall have the same force and effect as originals.

9.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or any application thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, that provision, or application thereof, shall be deemed severable and the remainder of this Agreement, and all other applications of such provision, shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9.9 Waivers. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding unless evidenced by an instrument in writing and executed by the Member.

9.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is adopted solely by and for the benefit of the Member and its respective successors and assigns, and except to the extent specifically provided in Article VIII, no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:  

/s/ John A. Godfrey

  John A. Godfrey
 

Executive Vice President

Secretary and General Counsel

{Signature page to Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PNK (STLH), LLC}

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Member’s Name:   

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

Member’s Address:   

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Member’s Ownership Interest:    100%
EX-3.51 34 dex351.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF PSW PROPERTIES LLC Certificate of Formation of PSW Properties LLC

Exhibit 3.51

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is PSW PROPERTIES LLC.

SECOND: The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808. The name of its Registered Agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate of PSW PROPERTIES LLC 23rd day of March 2006.

 

By:   /s/ Onaope O. Adepoju
 

Onaope O. Adepoju

Authorized Person

EX-3.52 35 dex352.htm SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF PSW PROP. LLC Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PSW Prop. LLC

Exhibit 3.52

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

PSW PROPERTIES LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company)

This Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PSW PROPERTIES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is entered into and adopted effective as of March 24, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by Biloxi Casino Corp., a Mississippi corporation (the “Member”), which constitutes the sole member of the Company, with reference to the recitals set forth below:

RECITALS

A. The Company was originally formed under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del.C. § 18-101, et. seq.) (the “Act”) on March 23, 2006; and

B. The Member previously adopted that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company effective as of November 17, 2006 (the “Operating Agreement”); and

C. The Member desires to further amend and restate the Operating Agreement of the Company to provide for the conduct of the Company’s business and affairs on and after the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and provisions set forth herein, the benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Member hereby amends and restates the Operating Agreement of the Company in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Affiliate” means with respect to a specified Person, any other Person who or which is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, “controlling”, and “controlled” mean (i) the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent of the voting power of the stockholders, members or owners, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as originally executed and as amended or restated from time to time.


Capital Contribution” means a contribution to the capital of the Company in cash, property, or otherwise.

Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any corresponding United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific section of the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding provision of any United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect on the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement containing such reference.

Covered Person” means (a) the Member, (b) any manager, director or officer of the Company, (c) any Person acting on behalf of the Member to direct the activities of the Company, or (d) any Person who was, at the time of the act or omission in question, a Person described in clause (a), (b) or (c) hereof.

Gaming” means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game played with cards, dice, equipment or any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device for money, property, checks, credit or any representative of value, including without limitation the conducting of Gaming activities in accordance with applicable Gaming Laws and Gaming Licenses.

Gaming Authority” means those national, state, local and other governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies, boards, commissions and officials responsible for or involved in the regulation and control of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations in any jurisdiction.

Gaming Laws” means those laws pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulation, licensing, permit, investigatory, or enforcement authority over Gaming or Gaming activities or operations within any jurisdiction.

Gaming Licenses” means all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, certificates, registrations, findings of suitability, franchises and entitlements issued by any Gaming Authority necessary for or relating to the conduct of Gaming or Gaming activities or operations or the ownership of an interest in an entity that conducts Gaming or Gaming activities or operations.

Interest” means the entire ownership interest of the Member in the Company at any time, including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to which the Member may be entitled as provided under the Act and this Agreement.

 

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Member” is defined in the preamble hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Member’s name, address and ownership interest are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. In the event that the Member approves the admission of any other Person as a member of the Company, such Person shall have such relative rights and responsibilities as a member of the Company as are agreed to by the Member.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, or other entity.

Treasury Regulations” means the federal income tax regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department under the Code and codified at Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended from time to time.

Unsuitable Person” means a Person (i) who is denied a Gaming License by any Gaming Authority, disqualified from eligibility for a Gaming License, or determined to be unsuitable to own or control an interest in, or to be connected with, a Person engaged directly or indirectly in Gaming or Gaming activities in any jurisdiction by a Gaming Authority, or (ii) whose continued involvement in the business of the Company (A) causes the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to lose or to be threatened with the loss of any Gaming License, or (B) is deemed likely, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Member, to jeopardize or adversely affect the likelihood that the Gaming Authorities will issue a Gaming License to, or in connection with the business of, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or to adversely affect the Company’s or any such Affiliate’s use of or entitlement to any Gaming License.

ARTICLE II

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

2.1 Existence. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Company has been formed as a Delaware limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Member or any officer of the Company shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. To the extent that the rights or obligations of the Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control.

2.2 Name. The name of the Company is “PSW PROPERTIES LLC.” Subject to compliance with applicable law, the business and affairs of the Company may be conducted under that name or any other name that the Member deems appropriate or advisable.

2.3 Other Offices. The Company may establish and maintain offices at any time and at any place or places as the Member may designate or as the business of the Company may require.

 

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2.4 Resident Agent and Registered Office. The resident agent of the Company for service of process shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Formation or as changed by the Member from time to time. The Company shall have as its registered office in the State of Delaware the street address of its resident agent.

2.5 Purpose. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company is formed for the object and purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

2.6 Powers of the Company. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2.5, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to:

(a) borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on any or all of the assets of the Company;

(b) conduct its business and operations in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country that may be necessary or convenient to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(c) acquire, by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise, and own, hold, maintain, finance, improve, lease, sell, convey, mortgage, transfer, demolish or dispose of any real or personal property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(d) enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, including without limitation, contracts with the Member or any Affiliate of, or other Person associated directly or indirectly with, the Member that are necessary to, in connection with, convenient to, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;

(e) purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign entities;

(f) lend money for any proper purpose, invest and reinvest its funds and take and hold real and personal property for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;

(g) sue and be sued, complain and defend and participate in administrative or other proceedings, in its name;

(h) appoint employees, agents and officers of the Company, and define their duties and fix their compensation;

(i) indemnify any Person and obtain any and all types of insurance;

(j) cease its activities and cancel its insurance;

 

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(k) negotiate, enter into, renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate, modify, amend, waive, execute, acknowledge or take any other action with respect to any lease, contract or security agreement in respect of any assets of the Company;

(l) pay, collect, compromise, litigate, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle any and all other claims or demands of or against the Company or hold such proceeds against the payment of contingent liabilities;

(m) apply for, obtain and maintain any licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions and waivers from any Gaming Authority as may be necessary under applicable Gaming Laws for the conduct of its business and operations; and

(n) make, execute, acknowledge and file any and all documents or instruments necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

The Member shall not be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Company.

ARTICLE IV

PROFITS AND LOSSES

4.1 Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses for any period shall be allocated to the Member.

4.2 Tax Classification. So long as the Company has only one member, it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes and that the activities of the Company be deemed to be activities of the Member for such purposes, as provided for by Treasury Regulations Sections 301.7701-1, et seq., and comparable provisions of applicable state tax law. In the event that the Company becomes an entity that has more than one member, it is intended that the Company be treated as a “partnership” for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes, and all available elections shall be made, and all available actions shall be taken, to cause the Company to be so treated (provided, however, that if the Company has more than one member but is treated for federal income tax purposes as having only a single owner, then it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes as provided in the preceding sentence).

 

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ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Operating Distributions. Subject to Section 5.2, the Company shall from time to time distribute to the Member such amounts in cash and other assets as shall be determined by the Member.

5.2 Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any distribution if such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law or would cause a breach or default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, but instead shall make such distribution as soon as practicable such that the making of such distribution would not cause such violation, breach or default.

ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP

6.1 Limitation of Liability. The Member shall not be liable under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, except to the extent required by the Act or in an agreement signed by the Member. The Member shall not be required to loan any funds to the Company, nor shall the Member be required to make any contribution to the Company, nor shall the Member be subject to any liability to the Company or any third party, as a result of any deficit of the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Member from making secured or unsecured loans to the Company by agreement with the Company.

6.2 Powers of the Member. The Member shall have full, exclusive and complete discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Company and to take all such actions as it deems necessary, appropriate or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purpose of the Company, including, without limitation, the power and authority to execute all documents and instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things on behalf of the Company in all matters necessary, desirable, convenient or incidental to the purpose of the Company. The Member is an agent of the Company’s business and the actions of the Member taken in such capacity and in accordance with this Agreement shall bind the Company. The Member shall be the sole Person with the power to bind the Company except and to the extent that such power is expressly delegated to any other Person by the Member in this Agreement or in writing or by oral communication, and such delegation shall not cause the Member to cease to be the Member.

6.3 Election of Manager. Initially, there shall not be a “manager” (within the meaning of the Act) of the Company. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and the Act, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint one or more Persons as managers with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such a manager shall serve until such manager’s successor is duly appointed by the Member or until such manager’s earlier removal or resignation.

 

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Any manager appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member. If any Person elected to serve as a manager is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such Person as a manager and such Person shall thereupon automatically cease to be a manager.

6.4 Election of Officers. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws, the Member in its sole discretion may, from time to time, appoint any individuals as officers of the Company with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Member may deem appropriate. Such officers shall serve until their successors are duly appointed by the Member or until their earlier removal or resignation. Any officer appointed by the Member may be removed at any time by the Member and any vacancy in any office shall be filled by the Member. If any person elected to serve as an officer is found to be an Unsuitable Person, the Member shall immediately remove such person as an officer and such person shall thereupon automatically cease to be an officer.

6.5 Duties and Authority of the Member, Managers and Officers. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Member or the provisions of the Certificate of Formation, this Agreement, Gaming Laws or the Act (including without limitation those provisions relating to actions or decisions required to be taken or made by, or with the approval of, the Member), the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), any manager or any officer, acting alone, is authorized to endorse checks, drafts, and other evidences of indebtedness made payable to the order of the Company, but only for the purpose of deposit into the Company’s accounts. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager or a specified officer shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount less than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers. Subject to the terms of bank resolutions, if any, adopted by the Member with respect to each Company disbursement account, the Member (or authorized representative of the Member), a manager, or any two specified officers acting together, shall be authorized to sign any check, draft, or other instrument obligating the Company to pay money in an amount equal to or more than the amount specified in such resolutions as requiring (i) one signature of the Member or a manager or (ii) two signatures of specified officers.

6.6 Designation of Authority. The Member may authorize, in a resolution or other writing, one or more Persons or one or more officers, agents or employees of the Company who may, in the name and on behalf of the Company, and in lieu of or in addition to the Member, contract debts or incur liabilities, and sign contracts or agreements (including without limitation, instruments and documents providing for the acquisition, mortgage or disposition of property of the Company), and may authorize the use of facsimile signatures of any such Persons, officers, agents or employees.

6.7 Transfer of Interest. The Interest of the Member is personal property, and such Interest may be transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of the Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no Interest in the Company may be issued or transferred in any manner whatsoever except in compliance with all Gaming Licenses and Gaming Laws, if applicable.

 

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6.8 Competing Activities. Neither the Member nor any of its Affiliates shall be expressly or impliedly restricted or prohibited by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby from engaging in other activities or business ventures of any kind or character whatsoever. Except as otherwise agreed in writing, the Member and its Affiliates shall have the right to conduct, or to possess a direct or indirect ownership interest in, activities and business ventures of every type and description, including activities and business ventures in direct competition with the Company.

ARTICLE VII

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY AND

TERMINATION OF A MEMBER’S INTEREST

7.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved upon (i) the adoption of a plan of dissolution by the Member or (ii) the occurrence of any event required to cause the dissolution of the Company under the Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the bankruptcy (as defined in Sections 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the Act) of the Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.

7.2 Distribution on Dissolution and Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the business of the Company shall be continued to the extent necessary to allow an orderly winding up of its affairs, including the liquidation and termination of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.2, as promptly as practicable thereafter, and each of the following shall be accomplished:

(a) the Member shall oversee the winding up of the Company’s affairs;

(b) the assets of the Company shall be liquidated as determined by the Member, or the Member may determine not to sell all or any portion of the assets, in which event such assets shall be distributed in kind; and

(c) the proceeds of sale and all other assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed as follows and in the following order of priority:

(i) to the expenses of liquidation;

(ii) to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, including any debts and liabilities owed to the Member; and

(iii) the balance, if any, to the Member.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 Exculpation.

(a) No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company, except that the Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim if a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction establishes that the Covered Person derived an improper personal benefit from the transaction or the Covered Person’s acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action.

(b) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including without limitation information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

8.2 Fiduciary Duty. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, then, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or the Member for its good faith acts or omissions in reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties and liabilities of the Covered Person.

8.3 Indemnity. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by Section 18-108 of the Act if such Covered Person acted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of such Covered Person was unlawful.

8.4 Advance Payment of Expenses. The expenses of a Covered Person incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding related to such Person’s actions on behalf of the Company shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this section do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel of the Company other than a Covered Person may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

 

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8.5 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses for Employees and Agents. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Member, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of any Covered Person.

8.6 Assets of the Company. Any indemnification under this Article VIII shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Company. No debt shall be incurred by the Company or the Member in order to provide a source of funds for any indemnity, and the Member shall not have any liability (or any liability to make any additional Capital Contribution) on account thereof.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9.1 Membership Certificates. The Company may issue a certificate to the Member to evidence the Interest in the Company. The Member or any manager or officer of the Company authorized by the Member may execute such certificate on behalf of the Company.

9.2 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, to the extent and in such amounts as the Member shall, in its sole discretion, deem reasonable, on behalf of such Persons as the Member shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by any such Person in connection with the activities of the Company.

9.3 Complete Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules or exhibits hereto, together with the Certificate of Formation to the extent referenced herein, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding of the Member with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement and the Certificate of Formation replace and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, statements, memoranda and understandings, whether written or oral, by the Member.

9.4 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Member.

9.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Member, shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the choice or conflict of laws provisions of Delaware or any other jurisdiction.

 

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9.6 Interpretation. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provisions contained herein. In the interpretation of this Agreement the singular may be read as the plural, and vice versa, the neuter gender as the masculine or feminine, and vice versa, and the future tense as the past or present, and vice versa, all interchangeably as the context may require in order to fully effectuate the intent of the Member and the transactions contemplated herein. Syntax shall yield to the substance of the terms and provisions hereof.

9.7 Counterparts and Facsimile Copies. Facsimile copies of this Agreement, any counterpart of this Agreement or any approval or written consent of the Member, and facsimile signatures hereon or thereon, shall have the same force and effect as originals.

9.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or any application thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, that provision, or application thereof, shall be deemed severable and the remainder of this Agreement, and all other applications of such provision, shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9.9 Waivers. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding unless evidenced by an instrument in writing and executed by the Member.

9.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is adopted solely by and for the benefit of the Member and its respective successors and assigns, and except to the extent specifically provided in Article VIII, no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

BILOXI CASINO CORP.,

a Mississippi corporation

By:  

/s/ John A. Godfrey

  John A. Godfrey, Secretary

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF PSW PROPERTIES LLC]

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Member’s Name:   

BILOXI CASINO CORP.,

a Mississippi corporation

Member’s Address:   

c/o Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Member’s Ownership Interest:    100%
EX-3.53 36 dex353.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF ST. LOUIS CASINO CORP Articles of Incorporation of St. Louis Casino Corp

Exhibit 3.53

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

ST. LOUIS CASINO CORP.

The undersigned, being of full age, for the purpose of organizing a corporation under Missouri Revised Statutes, Chapter 351, and acts amendatory thereto, does hereby adopt, sign and acknowledge the following Articles of Incorporation.

ARTICLE I

Name

The name of the corporation shall be “St. Louis Casino Corp.”

ARTICLE II

Registered Office and Agent

The address of the corporation’s registered office in the State of Missouri is 906 Olive Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63101, and the name of the registered agent at such address is CT Corporation System.

ARTICLE III

Authorized Shares

The corporation shall have the authority to issue an aggregate of 30,000 shares, all of which shall be common voting shares having a par value of $0.01 per share.

ARTICLE IV

Incorporator

The name and place of residence of the sole incorporator of the corporation is Jean M. Davis, 1363 Osceola Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105.


ARTICLE V

Cumulative Voting

No shareholder of the corporation shall have any right to cumulate votes with respect to shares of the corporation in the election of members of the Board of Directors of the corporation, or when voting on any other matter.

ARTICLE VI

Preemptive Rights

No shareholder of the corporation, solely by reason of such status as a shareholder, shall have any right to acquire any portion of the unissued shares or other securities of the corporation, or any rights to purchase such shares or other securities, which the corporation may from time to time offer or sell to any person.

ARTICLE VII

Board of Directors

The number of members of the initial Board of Directors of the corporation shall be four, and thereafter the number of members of the Board of Directors shall be fixed in the manner provided in the By-Laws of the corporation. The corporation shall report to the Missouri Secretary of State any change in the number of members of the Board of Directors of the corporation within thirty calendar days of such change or otherwise as required by law. The names and addresses of the persons who shall constitute the members of the initial Board of Directors of the corporation, to serve until the first annual meeting of the shareholders of the corporation or until their successors are elected and qualified, are as follows:

 

Marlin F. Torguson

711 Casino Magic Drive

Bay Saint Louis, MS 39520

  

Allen J. Kokesch

711 Casino Magic Drive

Bay Saint Louis, MS 39520

 

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Roger H. Frommelt

580 International Centre

900 Second Avenue South

Minneapolis, MN 55402

  

Wayne K. Lund

1621 Sheridan Lake Road

Rapid City, SD 57702-3423

ARTICLE VIII

Duration

The duration of the corporation shall be perpetual.

ARTICLE IX

Purpose

The corporation is formed for the purpose of engaging in any or all lawful businesses for which a corporation may be incorporated under Missouri Revised Statutes, Chapter 351. The corporation initially intends to engage in the development and operation of gaming establishments.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of January, 1993.

 

/s/ Jean M. Davis
Jean M. Davis, Incorporator
STATE OF MINNESOTA     )
    )SS
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN)     )

I, Mary K. Peterson, a Notary Public, do hereby certify that on this 26th day of January, 1993, personally appeared before me, Jean M. Davis, who being first duly sworn, declared that she is the person who signed the foregoing document as Incorporator, and that the statements therein contained are true.

 

(NOTARIAL SEAL)     /s/ Mary K. Peterson
    Notary Public

 

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      STATE OF MISSOURI
      Matt Blout, Secretary of State

 

Corporation Division    James C. Fitzpatrick , State Incorporation Center
P.O. Box 778, Jefferson City, MO 65102    600 W. Main Street, Room 322, Jefferson City, MO 65101

Amendment of Articles of Incorporation

(To be submitted in duplication)

Pursuant to the provisions of the General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri, the undersigned Corporation certifies the following:

 

1. The present name of the Corporation is

St. Louis Casino Corp.

The name under which it was originally organized was:

St Louis Casino Corp.

 

2. An amendment to the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation was adopted by the shareholders on

August 24, 2004

 

3. Article Number VII is amended to read as follows:

The number of members of the Board of Directors of the corporation shall be one.

(If more than one article is to be amended or more space is needed attach additional pages)

 

Corp. __


4. Of the 1000 shares outstanding, 1000 of such shares were entitled to vote on such amendment.

The number of outstanding shares of any class entitled to vote thereon as a class were as follows:

 

Class

       

Number of Outstanding Shares

Common      1,000
        
        

 

5. The number of shares voted for and against the amendment was as follows:

 

Class

       

No. Voted For

       

No. Voted Against

Common       1,000       - 0 -
                 
                 

 

6. If the amendment changed the number or par value of authorized shares having a par value, the amount in dollars of authorized shares having a par value as changed is:

N/A

If the amendment changed the number of authorized shares without par value, the authorized number of shares without par value as changed and the consideration proposed to be received for such increased authorized shares without par value as are to be presently issued are:

 

N/A       

 

7. If the amendment provides for an exchange, reclassification, or cancellation of issued shares, or a reduction of the number of authorized shares of any class below the number of issued shares of that class, the following is a statement of the manner in which such reduction shall be effected:

N/A

 

Corp. __ (Page 2)


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned,         Daniel R. Lee                        

  President or

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx has entered this instrument and its

                    Vice President

John A. Godfrey, Secretary         has affixed its corporate seal hereto and

    Secretary or Assistant Secretary

attested said seal on     August 25, 2004

                                    mouth/day/year

 

Place

CORPORATE SEAL

Here

(If no seal, state “None”)

    

 

    St. Louis Casino Corp.
    Name of Corporation
ATTEST:     By   /s/ Daniel R. Lee
        President or Vice President
       
      Secretary or Assistant Secretary      

 

State of Mississippi    )
   )ss
County of N/A    )

I, Rhonda A. Robertson , A Notary Public, do hereby certify that on         8-25-04

                                                                                          month/day/year

personally appeared before me Daniel R. Lee who, being by me first duly sworn, declared that he/she is the President of St. Louis Casino Corp. that he/she signed the foregoing documents as President of the corporation, and that the statements therein contained are true.

 

        (Notarial Seal or Stamp)

    Rhonda Ann Robinson
    Notary Public
    My commission expires   May 2, 2006                        
  My County of Commission Jackson

Corp. __ (Page 3)


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, __________________________________________

President or

_____________________________________________________ has entered this instrument and its

        Vice President

_____________________________________________________ has affixed its corporate seal hereto and

          Secretary or Assistant Secretary

attested said seal on ____________________________________________________

mouth/day/year

Place

CORPORATE SEAL

Here

(If no seal, state “None”)

    

 

    St. Louis Casino Corp.
    Name of Corporation
ATTEST:   /s/ John A. Godfrey     By    
        President or Vice President
John A. Godfrey      
      Secretary or Assistant Secretary      

 

State of Nevada    )
   )ss
County of Clark    )

I, Elaine Pumphrey, A Notary Public, do hereby certify that on     August 25, 2004

                                                                                                                  month/day/year

personally appeared before me John A. Godfrey who, being by me first duly sworn, declared that he/she is the Secretary of St. Louis Casino Corp. that he/she signed the foregoing documents as Secretary of the corporation, and that the statements therein contained are true.

 

        (Notarial Seal or Stamp)

  /s/ Elaine Pumphrey      
  Notary Public
    My commission expires 12-3-05
  My County of Commission Clark

Corp. __ (Page 4)

EX-3.54 37 dex354.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS OF ST. LOUIS CASINO CORP Amended and Restated By-laws of St. Louis Casino Corp

Exhibit 3.54

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BY-LAWS

OF

ST. LOUIS CASINO CORP.

(A Missouri Corporation)

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

BY-LAW 1.01. The following words or phrases, when used in these By-Laws, shall have the meanings set forth below:

a. “Articles of Incorporation” shall mean the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation.

b. “Board of Directors” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

c. “Corporation” shall mean St. Louis Casino Corp.

d. “Director” shall mean a member of the Board of Directors.

e. “Shares” shall mean the authorized shares of the Corporation as identified in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation.

f. “Shareholder” or “Shareholders” shall mean a shareholder or the shareholders of record of the Corporation.

g. “Statute” shall mean the applicable statute or statutes of The General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri, being Chapter 351 of the Missouri Statutes.

h. “Voting Shares” shall mean the shares which entitle the record owner to vote on matters relating to the affairs of the Corporation under the Articles of Incorporation or by the Statute.


ARTICLE II

OFFICES, BOOKS AND RECORDS

BY-LAW 2.01 Registered and Other offices. The registered office of the Corporation in Missouri shall be that most recently adopted either in the Articles of Incorporation or any amendment thereto, or by the Board of Directors in a statement filed with the Secretary of State of Missouri establishing the registered office in the manner prescribed by law. The Corporation may have such other offices, within or without the State of Missouri, as the Board of Directors shall, from time to time, determine.

BY-LAW 2.02 Maintenance of Records. The original books and records of the Corporation, or copies thereof, shall be maintained at its registered office or principal place of business in the Sate of Missouri, or at the office of its transfer agent in the State of Missouri. Certain records, statements and agreements, or copies thereof, shall be available for examination by the shareholders on such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may from time to time impose, consistent with the Statute.

ARTICLE III

SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

BY-LAW 3.01 Regular Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by Statute, a regular meeting of the shareholders shall be held annually on the last Friday of April, or on such date other date, time and place, within or outside the State of Missouri, as may be specified by the Chief Executive Officer or by the Board of Directors. A regular meeting of the shareholders shall be called by the Board of Directors on the demand of

 

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shareholders holding at least three percent of the outstanding voting shares of the Corporation. A regular meeting called by or at the demand of a shareholder shall be held on such date, time and place in the county where the principal executive office of the Corporation is located. Unless otherwise provided by Statute, the Board of Directors may determine that a regular meeting of shareholders shall be held solely by means of remote communication.

BY-LAW 3.02 Special Meeting. A special meeting of the shareholders may be called for any purpose by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Board of Directors, or a shareholder or shareholders holding at least ten percent of the voting shares of the Corporation. A special meeting of the shareholders shall be called by the Board of Directors on the demand of shareholders holding at least ten percent of the outstanding voting shares of the Corporation. Business transacted at any special meeting of the shareholders shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notice of such meeting. A special meeting shall be held on the date and at the time and place fixed by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Board of Directors, or a person authorized by the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws to call a meeting, except that a special meeting called by or at the demand of a shareholder or shareholders shall be held in the county where the principal executive office is located. Unless otherwise provided by Statute, the Board of Directors may determine that a regular meeting of shareholders shall be held solely by means of remote communication.

 

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BY-LAWS 3.03 Notice. Written or printed notice of each meeting of shareholders stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten or more than seventy days before the date of the meeting, by or at the direction of the President, or the Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. Written notice shall include, but not be limited to, notice by electronic transmission which means any process of communication not directly involving the physical transfer of paper that is suitable for the retention, retrieval, and reproduction of information by the shareholder. Any notice of a shareholders’ meeting sent by mail shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid addressed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

BY-LAW 3.04 Waiver of Notice; Consent Meetings. Notice of the time, place and purpose of any meeting of the shareholders may be waived by any shareholder before, at, or after any such meeting, and whether given in writing, orally, or by attendance. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting by written action signed, by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on that action. Attendance at a meeting of the shareholders, or participation by means of remote communication, is a waiver of the notice of that meeting, unless at the beginning of that meeting a shareholder objects that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

BY-LAW 3.05 Quorum; Adjournment. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at any meeting, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. Once a quorum is established at any meeting of the shareholders, the

 

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voluntary withdrawal of any shareholder from the meeting shall not affect the authority of the remaining shareholders to conduct any business which properly comes before the meeting. In the absence of a quorum, those present may adjourn the meeting to a specified date not longer than ninety days after such adjournment or to another place. Notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than ninety days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the date and place of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

BY-LAW 3.06 Voting; Record Date. At each meeting of the shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote thereat may vote in person or by proxy duly appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such shareholder. At a meeting of the shareholders, each shareholder shall have one vote for each voting share standing in such shareholder’s name on the books of the Corporation, or on the books of any transfer agent appointed by the Corporation, on the record date established by the Board of Directors, which date may not be more than sixty days from the date of any such meeting. If no record date has been established, the record date shall be as of the close of business on the date of the original notice of the meeting of the shareholders, or the date immediately preceding the date such notice is mailed to the shareholders, whichever is earlier. Upon the demand of any shareholder at the meeting, the vote for directors, or the vote upon any question before the meeting, shall be by written ballot.

 

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All elections shall be effected, and all questions shall be decided, by shareholders owning a majority of the shares present in person and by proxy, except as otherwise specifically provided for by the Statute or by Articles of Incorporation.

BY-LAW 3.07 Presiding Officer. The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation or any person so designated by the Chief Executive Officer shall preside as chairman over all meetings of the shareholders; provided, however, that in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer or his designee at any meeting of the shareholders, the Chief Financial Officer shall choose any person present to act as the presiding officer of the meeting.

BY-LAW 3.08 Conduct of Meetings of Shareholders. Subject to the following, meetings of shareholders generally shall follow accepted rules of parliamentary procedure:

a. The chairman of the meeting shall have absolute authority over matters of procedure and there shall be no appeal from the ruling of the chairman. If the chairman, in his absolute discretion, deems it advisable to dispense with the rules of parliamentary procedure as to any one meeting of shareholders or part thereof, the chairman shall so state and shall clearly state the rules under which the meeting or appropriate part thereof shall be conducted.

b. If disorder should arise which prevents continuation of the legitimate business of the meeting, the chairman may quit the chair and announce the adjournment of the meeting; and upon his so doing, the meeting is immediately adjourned.

 

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c. The chairman may ask or require that anyone leave the meeting who is not a bona fide shareholder of record entitled to notice of the meeting, or a duly appointed proxy thereof.

BY-LAW 3.09 Inspectors of Election. The Chief Executive Officer in advance of any meeting of shareholders may appoint two or more inspectors to act at such meeting or adjournment thereof. If inspectors of election are not so appointed, the person acting as chairman of any such meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or his or her proxy shall, make such appointment. In case any person appointed as inspector shall fail to appear to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the Chief Executive Officer in advance of the meeting, or at the meeting by the officer or person acting as chairman. The inspectors of election shall determine the number of shares outstanding, the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots, assents or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising and announce the result, and do such acts as may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders. No inspector whether appointed by the Board of Directors or by the officer or person acting as chairman need be a shareholder.

ARTICLE IV

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BY-LAW 4.01 Number. Election and Term. The Board of Directors shall consist of one or more members. The number of the members of the Board of Directors to be elected at any meeting of the shareholders shall be determined from time to time by the

 

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Board of Directors and, if the Board of Directors does not expressly fix the number of directors to be so elected, then the number of directors shall be the number of directors elected at the preceding regular meeting of shareholders. The number of directors may be increased at any subsequent special meeting of shareholders called for the election of additional directors, by the number so elected. A director need not be a shareholder. Directors shall be elected at each regular meeting of the shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve for an indefinite term, terminating at the next regular meeting of the shareholders and the election of a qualified successor by the shareholders, or the earlier death, resignation, removal or disqualification of such director.

BY-LAW 4.02 Regular Meetings. Regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held on such date, time and place within or outside the State of Missouri as determined by the Board of Directors. At such meeting of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors shall elect such officers as are deemed necessary for the operation and management of the Corporation, and transact such other business as may properly come before it.

BY-LAW 4.03 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any director at any time, to be held within or outside the State of Missouri as determined by the Board of Directors.

BY-LAW 4.04 Notice. Notice of the date, time and place of meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by any means permitted under the Statute at least ten days prior to the meeting. Any director may, before, at, or after a meeting of the Board of Directors, waive notice in writing or orally. Any director who attends a meeting, or participation by means of remote communication, shall be deemed to have

 

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waived notice of the meeting, unless such director objects at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the provisions of this By-Law shall apply in all respects to the notice requirements of meetings of any committee established by the Board of Directors.

BY-LAW 4.05 Telephone and Consent Meetings. Participation in any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee established by the Board of Directors by conference telephone or by any other means permitted under the Statute, whereby all persons participating in the meeting can simultaneously and continuously hear each other, shall constitute presence in person at that meeting. Any action which might be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee established by the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if done in writing and signed by all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be.

BY-LAW 4.06 Quorum/Voting. At all meetings of the Board of Directors or of any committee established by the Board of Directors, a majority of the members must be present to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Each member shall have one vote. Voting by proxy, or the establishment of a quorum by proxy, is prohibited. The act of the majority of the members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from day to day or time to time without notice other than announcement at such meeting of the date, time and place of the adjourned meeting.

 

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BY-LAW 4.07 Order of Business/Record. The Board of Directors, or any committee established by the Board of Directors, may, from time to time, determine the order of the business at any meeting thereof. If a Secretary of the Corporation has been elected by the Board of Directors, such Secretary shall keep a record of all proceedings at a meeting of the Board of Directors; otherwise, a Secretary Pro Tem, chosen by the person presiding over the meeting as chairman, shall so act.

BY-LAW 4.08 Vacancy. A vacancy in membership of the Board of Directors shall be filled by the majority vote of the remaining members of the Board of Directors, although less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director, and a member so elected shall serve until his successor is elected by the shareholders at their next regular meeting, or at a special meeting duly called for that purpose.

BY-LAW 4.09 Committees. The directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors, designate two or more directors to constitute a committee which, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business of the Corporation. Any such committee shall act only in the interval between meetings of the Board of Directors and shall be subject at all times to the control and direction of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, a meeting of any committee established by the Board of Directors may be called by any member thereof.

BY-LAW 4.10 Other Powers. In addition to the powers and authorities conferred upon them by these By-Laws, the Board of Directors shall have the power to do all acts necessary and expedient to the conduct of the business of the Corporation which are not conferred upon the shareholders by Statute, these By-Laws, or the Articles of Incorporation.

 

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ARTICLE V

SHARES

BY-LAW 5.01 Issuance of Securities. The Board of Directors is authorized to issue securities of the Corporation, and rights thereto, to the full extent authorized by the Articles of Incorporation, in such amounts, at such times and to such persons as may be determined by the Board of Directors and permitted by law, subject to any limitations specified in these By-Laws.

BY-LAW 5.02 Certificates for Shares. Every shareholder shall be entitled to a certificate, to be in such form as prescribed by law and adopted by the Board of Directors, evidencing the number of shares of the Corporation owned by such shareholder. The certificates shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer; provided that if a transfer agent has been appointed for the Corporation’s shares, such signature may be a facsimile.

BY-LAW 5.03 Transfer of Shares. Subject to any applicable or reasonable restrictions which may be imposed by the Board of Directors, shares of the Corporation shall be transferred upon written demand of the shareholder named in the certificate, or the shareholder’s legal representative, or the shareholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact, accompanied by a tender of the certificates to be transferred properly endorsed, and payment of all transfer taxes due thereon, if any. The Corporation may treat, as the absolute owner of shares of the Corporation, the person or persons in whose name or names the shares are registered on the books of the Corporation.

 

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BY-LAW 5.04 Lost Certificate. Any shareholder claiming a certificate evidencing ownership of shares to be lost, stolen or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of that fact in such form as the Board of Directors may require, and shall, if the Board of Directors so require, give the Corporation (and its transfer agent, if a transfer agent be appointed) a bond of indemnity in such form with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of Directors, in such amount as the Board of Directors may require, whereupon a new certificate may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

ARTICLE VI

OFFICERS

BY-LAW 6.01 Election of Officers. The Board of Directors, at its regular meeting held after each regular meeting of shareholders shall, and at any special meeting may, elect a Chief Executive Officer and a Chief Financial Officer. Except as may otherwise be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, such officers shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as are prescribed by these By-Laws. The Board of Directors may elect such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary from time to time, including Vice Presidents and a Chairman of the Board who shall exercise such powers and perform such duties, not in conflict with the duties of officers designated in these By-Laws, as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.

BY-LAW 6.02 Terms of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified, notwithstanding an earlier termination of their office as directors. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors present at a meeting.

 

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BY-LAW 6.03 Salaries. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be determined by the Board of Directors.

BY-LAW 6.04 Chief Executive Officer. The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, unless the Board of Directors shall elect a Chairman of the Board, and designate such Chairman as the Chief Executive Officer, in which case the Chairman of the Board shall be the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall:

a. have general active management of the business of the Corporation;

b. when present, and except where the Board of Directors elect a Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the shareholders;

c. see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect;

d. sign and deliver in the name of the Corporation any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments pertaining to the business of the Corporation, except in cases in which the authority to sign and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another person or is expressly delegated by the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation;

 

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e. maintain records of and, whenever necessary, certify all proceedings of the Board of Directors and the shareholders; and

f. perform other duties prescribed by the Board of Directors.

BY-LAW 6.05 Chief Financial Officer. The Treasurer shall be the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, and as such shall:

a. keep accurate financial records for the Corporation;

b. deposit all money, drafts, and checks in the name of and to the credit of the Corporation in the banks and depositories designated by the Board of Directors;

c. endorse for deposit all notes, checks, and drafts received by the Corporation as ordered by the Board of Directors, making proper vouchers therefor;

d. disburse funds of the Corporation, and issue checks and drafts in the name of the Corporation, as ordered by the Board of Directors;

e. render to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of all transactions by the Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation; and

f. perform other duties prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive Officer, under whose supervision the Treasurer shall be.

BY-LAW 6.06 Secretary. The Secretary shall:

a. attend all meetings of the Board of Directors at the request of the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors, and shall attend all meetings of the shareholders and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book kept for that purpose; and shall perform like duties for a committee when required by the Chief Executive Officer; and

 

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b. perform other duties prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive Officer, under whose supervision the Secretary shall be.

BY-LAW 6.07 Delegation of Authority. Except where prohibited or limited by the Board of Directors, an officer elected by the Board of Directors may delegate some or all of the duties or powers of his or her office to another person, provided that such delegation is in writing, and a copy of such written delegation, identifying the person to whom those duties or powers are delegated, and specifying the nature, extent and any limitations of the duties or powers delegated, is delivered in the same manner as provided for notices of meetings of the Board of Directors to all members of the Board of Directors prior to such delegation becoming effective.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

BY-LAW 7.01 Corporate Seal. If so directed by the Board of Directors, the Corporation may use a corporate seal. The failure to use such seal, however, shall not affect the validity of any documents executed on behalf of the Corporation. The seal need only include the word “seal,” but it may also include, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, such additional wording as is permitted by the Statute.

BY-LAW 7.02 Reimbursement by Directors and Officers. Any payments made to any officer or director of this Corporation, such as salary, commission, bonus, interest, or rent, or entertainment expenses incurred by him, which shall be disallowed in whole or in part as a deductible expense by the Internal Revenue Service, shall be reimbursed

 

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by such officer or director to the Corporation to the full extent of such disallowance. It shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to enforce payment of each said amount disallowed. In lieu of payment by the officer or director, subject to the determination of the Board of Directors, proportionate amounts may be withheld from his future compensation payments until the amount owed to the Corporation has been recovered.

BY-LAW 7.03 Amendments to By-Laws. The power to make, alter, amend, or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation shall be vested in the shareholders, unless and to the extent that such power may be vested in the Board of Directors by the Articles of Incorporation.

 

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EX-3.55 38 dex355.htm ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF YANKTON INVESTMENTS, LLC, AS AMENDED Articles of Organization of Yankton Investments, LLC, as amended

Exhibit 3.55

DEAN HELLER

Secretary of State

206 North Carson Street

Carson City, Nevada 80701-4299

(77S) 684 5708

Website: secretaryofstate.biz

 

 

Filed in the Office of

  

Document Number

20050620110-97

 

Dean Heller

Secretary of State

  

Filing Date and Time

12/16/2005 3:10 PM

 

State of Nevada

  

Entity Number

E0859142005-2

Articles of Organization

Limited-Liability Company

(PURSUANT TO NRS 96)

 

    
Important: Read attached instructions before completion form   ABOVE SPACE IS FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

 

1.   

Name of Limited-

Liability Company

   Yankton Investments, LLC
2.   

Resident Agent

Name and Street

Address:

 

(must be Nevada address where ____________)

  

Schreck Brignone

Name

 

300 S. Fourth Street, Suite 1200        Las Vegas        NEVADA            89101

Physical Street Address                       City                                            Zip Code

 

______________________________________________________________________

Additional Mailing Address                 City                     State             Zip Code

3.   

Dissolution Date:

(OPTIONAL – see instructions)

   Latest date upon which the company is to dissolve (if existence is not perpetually)
4.   

Management:

(check one)

   Company shall be managed by  x  Manager(s) OR        ¨  Members
5.   

Names Addresses

of Manager(s) or

Members:

(_________________)

  

Lynn Marie Handler

Name

300 S. Fourth Street, Suite 1200        Las Vegas            Nevada        89101

Address                                                  City                     State             Zip Code

 

______________________________________________________________________

Name

 

______________________________________________________________________

Address                                                  City                     State             Zip Code

 

Name

 

Address                                                  City                     State             Zip Code

6.   

Names, Addresses

and Signature of

Organizers

(if more than one organizer, attach additional page.)

  

Ellen Schulhofer

Name

                                                             Signature _______________________________

300 S. Fourth Street, Suite 1200        Las Vegas            Nevada          89101

Address                                                  City                     State             Zip Code

7.   

Certificate of

Acceptance of

Appointment of

Resident Agent:

  

I hereby accept appointment as Resident Agent for the above named limited liability company.

 

_______________________________________________

Authorized Signature of R. A. or On Behalf of R.A. Company         Date 12/16/05

This form must be accompanied by appropriate fees. See attached fee schedule.


ATTACHMENT TO

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION

OF

YANKTON INVESTMENTS, LLC

The Articles of Organization of Yankton Investments, LLC (the “Company”) consist of the articles set forth on the preceding page and the additional articles set forth on this Attachment as follows:

 

8. Registered Office.

The Company may, from time to time, in the manner provided by law, change the resident agent and the registered office in the State of Nevada. The Company may also maintain an office or offices for the conduct of its business, either within or without the State of Nevada.

 

9. Management.

The management of the Company shall be vested in its manager or managers in the manner prescribed by the Company’s operating agreement. The name and address of the person who is to serve as the Company’s initial manager are set forth in Article 5 on the preceding page.

 

10. Payment of Expenses.

In addition to any other rights of indemnification permitted by the laws of the State of Nevada as may be provided for by the Company in these Articles of Organization, the Company’s operating agreement or any other agreement, the expenses of members and managers incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suite or proceeding, involving alleged acts or omissions of such members or managers in their capacities as members or managers of the Company, must be paid by the Company, or through insurance purchased and maintained by the Company or through other financial arrangements made by the Company as permitted by the laws of the Stale of Nevada, as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an unsecured undertaking by or on behalf of the members or managers to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that they air not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

Any repeal or modification of this Article 10 approved by the members of the Company shall be prospective only. In the event of any conflict between this Article 10 and any other article of the Company’s Articles of Organization, the terms and provisions of Article 10 shall control.

 

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EX-3.56 39 dex356.htm OPERATING AGREEMENT OF YANKTON INVESTMENTS, LLC Operating Agreement of Yankton Investments, LLC

Exhibit 3.56

OPERATING AGREEMENT

OF

YANKTON INVESTMENTS, LLC

a Nevada limited liability company

This Operating Agreement (the “Agreement”) of Yankton Investments, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the “Company”), is made, adopted and entered into at Las Vegas, Nevada, as of December 16, 2005 (the “Effective Date”), by Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Member”), which is the sole member of the Company, with reference to the recitals set forth below.

R E C I T A L S

A. On the Effective Date, the Member caused the Company to be organized by the filing of the Articles (as defined below) under the Act (as defined below) in the office of the Nevada Secretary of State; and

B. As of the Effective Date, the Member desires to set forth and adopt the operating agreement of the Company to provide for the conduct of the Company’s business and affairs on and after the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, Member hereby agrees to and adopts the following:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.1 Defined Terms. The capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the following meanings:

Act. “Act” means Chapter 86 of the NRS.

Affiliate. “Affiliate” means with respect to a specified Person, any other Person who or which is (a) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the specified Person, or (b) any member, stockholder, director, officer, manager, or comparable principal of, or relative or spouse of, the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, “controlling”, and “controlled” mean the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent of the voting power of the stockholders, members or owners and, with respect to any individual, partnership, trust or other entity or association, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled entity.

Agreement. “Agreement” means this Operating Agreement.

Articles. “Articles” means the Articles of Organization of the Company as filed with the office of the Nevada Secretary of State.

 

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Capital Contribution. “Capital Contribution” means a contribution to the capital of the Company in cash, property, or otherwise.

Code. “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any corresponding United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific section of the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding provision of any United States federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect on the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement containing such reference.

Company. “Company” means Yankton Investments, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company.

Covered Person. “Covered Person” means the Member, any Manager and any other Person designated by the Member as a Covered Person, or any Person who was, at the time of the act or omission in question, a Member, a Manager or a Person designated by a Member as a Covered Person.

Interest. “Interest” means the entire ownership interest of the Member in the Company at any time, including the right of the Member to any and all benefits to which the Member may be entitled as provided under the Act and this Agreement.

Manager. “Manager” means any Person designated or appointed in the Articles or thereafter elected by the Member pursuant to this Agreement to be the Company’s manager, as that term is defined in NRS Section 86.071.

Member. “Member” means the sole member of the Company. As of the Effective Date, the Member’s name, address and ownership interest are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto.

NRS. “NRS” means the Nevada Revised Statutes.

Person. “Person” means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other non-governmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust, unincorporated organization, estate or limited liability company.

Records Office. “Records Office” means an office of the Company in Nevada, which may but need not be a place of its business, at which it shall keep all records identified in NRS 86.241, except that none of the lists required to be maintained pursuant to NRS 86.241 need be maintained in alphabetical order, nor shall the Company be required to maintain at its Records Office copies of powers of attorney except those relating to the execution of the Articles and this Agreement.

Regulations. “Regulations” means the regulations currently in force from time to time as final or temporary that have been issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury pursuant to its authority under the Code. If a word or phrase is defined in this Agreement by cross-referencing the Regulations, then to the extent the context of this Agreement and the Regulations require, the term “Member” shall be substituted in the Regulations for the term “partner”, the term

 

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“Company” shall be substituted in the Regulations for the term “partnership”, and other similar conforming changes shall be deemed to have been made for purposes of applying the Regulations.

UCC. “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in the State of Nevada and any other applicable state or jurisdiction.

1.2 Terms and Usage Generally. All references herein to articles, sections, exhibits and schedules shall be deemed to be references to articles and sections of, and exhibits and schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. All exhibits and schedules attached hereto shall be deemed incorporated herein as if set forth in full herein. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. References to a Person are also to his, her or its successors and permitted assigns. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument defined or referred to herein means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes, and references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein.

ARTICLE II

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

2.1 Formation. Pursuant to the Act, the Company has been formed as a Nevada limited liability company under the laws of the State of Nevada. To the extent that the rights or obligations of the Member or any Manager are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Act, control.

2.2 Name. The name of the Company shall be “Yankton Investments, LLC.” Subject to compliance with applicable law, the business and affairs of the Company may be conducted under that name or any other name that the Manager deems appropriate or advisable.

2.3 Records Office. The Company shall continuously maintain in the State of Nevada a Records Office. As of the date hereof, the Records Office is 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 1200, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101. The Records Office may be changed to another location within the State of Nevada as the Manager may from time to time determine.

2.4 Other Offices. The Company may establish and maintain other offices at any time and at any place or places as the Manager may designate or as the business of the Company may require.

2.5 Resident Agent and Registered Office. The resident agent of the Company for service of process shall be as set forth in the Articles or as changed by the Manager from time to time. The Company shall have as its registered office in the State of Nevada the street address of its resident agent.

 

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2.6 Purpose. The Company is formed for the object and purpose of, and the nature of the business to be conducted and promoted by the Company is, engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

2.7 Powers of the Company. The Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2.6, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to:

(a) borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by a mortgage, pledge or other lien on any or all of the assets of the Company;

(b) conduct its business and operations in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country;

(c) conduct its business, carry on its operations and have and exercise the powers granted by the Act in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country;

(d) acquire, by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise, and own, hold, maintain, improve, finance, lease, sell, convey, transfer, exchange, demolish or dispose of any real or personal property;

(e) enter into guarantees and incur liabilities, borrow money at such rates of interest as the Company may determine, issue its notes, bonds and other obligations, and secure any of its obligations by mortgage or pledge of all or any part of its real or personal property, franchises, and income;

(f) negotiate, enter into, perform, renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate, modify, amend, waive, execute, acknowledge or take any other action with respect to contracts of any kind, including without limitation, contracts with the Member, any Manager, or any Affiliate of the Member or any Manager;

(g) purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares, members’ interests or other interests in or obligations of domestic or foreign entities, joint ventures or similar associations, general or limited partnerships or natural persons, or direct or indirect obligations of the United States or of any government, state, territory, governmental district or municipality or of any instrumentality of it;

(h) lend money (including to its Member), invest and reinvest its funds and take and hold real and personal property for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;

(i) sue and be sued, complain and defend and participate in administrative or other proceedings, in its name;

 

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(j) appoint employees, agents and officers of the Company, and define their duties and fix their compensation;

(k) indemnify any Person and obtain any and all types of insurance;

(l) cease its activities and cancel its insurance; and

(m) pay, collect, compromise, litigate, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle any and all other claims or demands of or against the Company or hold such proceeds against the payment of contingent liabilities.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

The initial capital of the Company shall be the Capital Contribution of the Member in such amount or value as is set forth opposite the name of the Member on Schedule I attached hereto, such Capital Contribution made in exchange for a 100% ownership interest in the capital and the profits of the Company. The Member shall make additional Capital Contributions to the Company at such times and in such amounts as the Member shall determine.

ARTICLE IV

PROFITS AND LOSSES

4.1 Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses for any period shall be allocated to the Member.

4.2 Tax Classification. So long as the Company has only one Member, it is intended that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes and that the activities of the Company be deemed to be activities of the Member for such purposes, as provided for by Regulations Sections 301.7701-1, et seq., and comparable provisions of applicable state tax law. In the event that the Company becomes an entity that has more than one Member, it is intended that the Company be treated as a “partnership” for federal and all relevant state income tax purposes, and all available elections shall be made, and take all available actions shall be taken, to cause the Company to be so treated.

ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Operating Distributions. Subject to Section 5.2, the Company shall from time to time distribute to the Member such amounts in cash and other assets as shall be determined by the Manager.

5.2 Limitations on Distribution. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any distribution if such distribution would violate the NRS or other applicable law or would cause a breach or default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its assets are bound, but instead shall make such distribution as soon as practicable such that the making of such distribution would not cause such violation, breach or default.

 

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ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP

6.1 Limitation of Liability. The Member shall not be individually liable under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, except to the extent required by law or in an agreement signed by the Member. The Member shall not be required to loan any funds to the Company, nor shall the Member be required to make any contribution to the Company except as provided herein, nor shall the Member be subject to any liability to the Company or any third party, as a result of any deficit of the Company. However, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Member from making secured or unsecured loans to the Company by agreement with the Company.

6.2 Action by the Member. Unless otherwise required by this Agreement or by law, the Member may take action or give his, her or its consent in writing or by oral or electronic communication, and no action need be taken at a formal meeting.

6.3 Member Approval. In addition to any other actions requiring the approval of the Member set forth in this Agreement or required by law, the following actions shall require the approval of the Member:

(a) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;

(b) any amendment to the Articles or this Agreement;

(c) the creation of any lien, mortgage, pledge or other security interest on the assets of the Company securing indebtedness of any third party which is not for the benefit of the business carried on by the Company;

(d) the commencement of a voluntary case under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law by the Company; and

(e) the adoption of any employee benefit, profit sharing, incentive, bonus, pension, retirement or option plans.

6.4 Transfer of Interest. The Interest is personal property, and such Interest may be transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of the Member.

6.5 Other Ventures. The Member may engage in other business ventures of every nature and description, whether or not in competition with the Company, independently or with others, and neither the Company nor the Member shall have any right in or to any independent venture or activity or the income or profits therefrom.

ARTICLE VII

MANAGEMENT

7.1 Number, Tenure, Election and Qualification. There shall initially be one (1) Manager, who shall be elected by the Member. The number of Managers may be changed from time to time by the Member. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, the Manager

 

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shall hold office until such Manager shall resign or be removed or otherwise disqualified to serve, or until the Manager’s successor shall be elected and qualified.

7.2 Removal, Resignation and Vacancies. The Member may remove any Manager, either with or without cause. Any Manager may resign at any time by giving written notice to the remaining Managers or, if no remaining Manager, to the Member. Any such resignation shall take effect on the date of the receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any vacancy in the office of any Manager may be filled by the Member by the appointment of a successor Manager who shall hold the office until such Manager resigns or is removed or otherwise disqualified to serve.

7.3 General Authority of the Manager. Except for matters expressly requiring the approval of the Member pursuant to this Agreement or the Act, the Manager shall have full, exclusive and complete power, authority and discretion to manage, supervise, operate and control the business and affairs of the Company; make any and all decisions affecting the business and affairs and relating to the day-to-day operations of the Company; and take all actions and perform all duties and powers it deems necessary, appropriate, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purposes of the Company.

7.4 Certain Powers of the Manager. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the Act, and without limiting the generality of Section 7.3 but subject to Section 7.5, the Manager shall have the specific power and authority, on behalf of the Company to:

(a) enter into, execute, deliver and commit to, or authorize any individual Manager, officer or other Person to enter into, execute, deliver and commit to, or take any action pursuant to or in respect of any contract, agreement, instrument, deed, mortgage, certificate, check, note, bond or obligation for any Company purpose;

(b) select and remove all officers, employees, agents, consultants and advisors of the Company, prescribe such powers and duties for them as may be consistent with law, the Articles and this Agreement and fix their compensation;

(c) employ accountants, legal counsel, agents or experts to perform services for the Company and to compensate them from Company funds;

(d) borrow money and incur indebtedness for the purposes of the Company, and to cause to be executed and delivered in the name of the Company, or to authorize any individual Manager, officer or other Person to execute and deliver in the name of the Company, promissory notes, bonds, debentures, deeds of trust, pledges, hypothecations or other evidence of debt and security interests;

(e) invest any funds of the Company in (by way of example but not limitation) time deposits, short-term governmental obligations, commercial paper or other investments;

 

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(f) change the principal office and Records Office of the Company to other locations within Nevada and establish from time to time one or more subsidiary offices of the Company;

(g) attend, act and vote, or designate any individual Manager, officer or other Person to attend, act and vote, at any meetings of the owners of any entity in which the Company may own an interest or to take action by written consent in lieu thereof, and to exercise for the Company any and all rights and powers incident to such ownership; and

(h) do and perform all other acts as may be necessary or appropriate to the conduct of the Company’s business.

7.5 Limitations on Authority of the Manager. If there is more than one Manager appointed by the Member, no individual Manager shall have the authority, alone, to bind the Company without the approval and authorization of a majority of the Managers. The Manager may authorize, in a resolution or other writing, one or more Persons, or one or more officers or employees of the Company, in the name and on behalf of the Company and in lieu of or in addition to the Manager, contract debts or incur liabilities and sign contracts or agreements (including, without limitation, instruments and documents providing for the acquisition, mortgage or disposition of property of the Company).

7.6 Meetings of the Managers. If the Company at any time has more than one Manager:

(a) Place of Meetings. The meetings of the Managers shall be held at the Records Office, unless the Manager noticing the meeting designates another convenient location in the notice of the meeting.

(b) Notice. Meetings of the Managers for any purpose may be called at any time by any Manager. Written notice of the meeting shall be personally delivered to each Manager by hand to such Manager’s last known address as it is shown on the records of the Company, or personally communicated to each Manager by a Manager or officer of the Company by telephone, telegraph or facsimile transmission, at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting. All meeting notices shall specify the place, date and time of the meeting, as well as the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

(c) Waiver of Notice. The transactions carried out at any meeting of the Managers, however called and noticed or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting regularly called and noticed if (a) all of the Managers are present at the meeting, or (b) a majority of the Managers is present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the Managers not present signs a written waiver of notice or a consent to holding such meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof, which waiver, consent or approval shall be filed with the other records of the Company or made a part of the minutes of the meeting, provided that no Manager attending such a meeting without notice protests prior to the meeting or at its commencement that notice was not given to such Manager.

(d) Action of Managers. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or by the NRS, the action of a majority of the Managers shall be the valid action of the Company.

 

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A meeting at which a majority of the Managers is initially present may continue to transact business, notwithstanding the withdrawal from the meeting of any Manager, if any action taken is approved by a majority of the Managers.

(e) Action By Written Consent. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of Managers may be taken by the Managers without a meeting if authorized by the written consent of all, and not less than a majority, of the Managers. Whenever action is taken by written consent, a meeting of the Managers need not be called or notice given. The written consent may be executed in one or more counterparts and by facsimile, and each such consent so executed shall be deemed an original. All written consents shall be filed with the other records of the Company.

(f) Telephonic Meetings. Managers may participate in a meeting of the Managers by means of a telephone conference or similar method of communication by which all individuals participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 7.6(f) constitutes presence in person at the meeting.

7.7 Election of Officers. The Manager may, from time to time, appoint any individuals as officers with such duties, authorities, responsibilities and titles as the Manager may deem appropriate. Such officers shall serve until their successors are duly appointed by the Manager or until their earlier removal or resignation. Any officer appointed by the Manager may be removed at any time by the Manager and any vacancy in any office shall be filled by the Manager.

7.8 Compensation of Manager and Officers. The Company shall pay to the Manager such salary and other benefits as may be approved from time to time by the Member. The Company shall pay to each officer such salary and other benefits as may be approved from time to time by the Manager.

7.9 Expense Reimbursements. The Company shall reimburse the Manager for all expenses reasonably incurred by the Manager on behalf of the Company or in connection with the performance of the Manager’s obligations hereunder.

ARTICLE VIII

DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY AND

TERMINATION OF A MEMBER’S INTEREST

8.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs wound up as determined by the Member.

8.2 Resignation. Subject to Section 6.4 and applicable law, the Member may not resign from the Company before the dissolution and winding up of the Company.

8.3 Distribution on Dissolution and Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason (including the Company’s liquidation within the meaning of Regulation 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g)), the business of the Company shall be continued to the extent necessary to allow an orderly winding up of its affairs, including the liquidation and termination

 

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of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Section 8.3, as promptly as practicable thereafter, and each of the following shall be accomplished:

(a) the Member shall oversee the winding up of the Company’s affairs;

(b) the assets of the Company shall be liquidated as determined by the Member, or the Member may determine not to sell all or any portion of the assets, in which event such assets shall be distributed in kind; and

(c) the proceeds of sale and all other assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed as follows and in the following order of priority:

(i) to the expenses of liquidation;

(ii) to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the Company, including any loans from the Member;

(iii) to the setting up of any reserves which the Member shall determine to be reasonably necessary for contingent, unliquidated or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Company or the Member arising out of or in connection with the Company; and

(iv) the balance, if any, to the Member.

ARTICLE IX

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

9.1 Exculpation.

(a) No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company or any other Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company, and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, the Member or an authorized officer, employee or agent of the Company, except that the Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of the Covered Person’s intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law which was material to the cause of action.

(b) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

9.2 Fiduciary Duty. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, then, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall

 

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not be liable to the Company or the Member for its good faith acts or omissions in reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, shall replace such other duties and liabilities of the Covered Person.

9.3 Indemnity. The Company does hereby indemnify and hold harmless any Covered Person to the fullest extent permitted by the Act.

9.4 Determination of Right to Indemnification. Any indemnification under Section 9.3, unless ordered by a court or advanced pursuant to Section 9.5 below, shall be made by the Company only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination by the Member that indemnification of the Covered Person is proper in the circumstances.

9.5 Advance Payment of Expenses. The expenses of the Member or any Manager incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Member or any Manager to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Member or the Manager(s) is or are not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this subsection do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel of the Company other than the Member or the Manager(s) may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

9.6 Assets of the Company. Any indemnification under this Article IX shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Company. No debt shall be incurred by the Company or the Member in order to provide a source of funds for any indemnity, and the Member shall not have any liability (or any liability to make any additional Capital Contribution) on account thereof.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

10.1 Notices. All notices to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be addressed to the party at such party’s last known address or facsimile number appearing on the books of the Company. If no such address or facsimile number has been provided, it will be sufficient to address any notice (or fax any notice that may be faxed) to such party at the Records Office of the Company. Notice shall, for all purposes, be deemed given and received, (a) if hand-delivered, when the notice is received, (b) if sent by United States mail (which must be by first-class mail with postage charges prepaid), three (3) days after it is posted with the United States Postal Service, (c) if sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, when the notice is received, or (d) if sent by facsimile, when the facsimile is transmitted and confirmation of complete receipt is received by the transmitting party during normal business hours. If any notice is sent by facsimile, the transmitting party shall send a duplicate copy of the notice to the parties to whom it is faxed by regular mail. If notice is tendered and is refused by the intended recipient, the notice shall nonetheless be considered to have been given and shall be effective as of the date of such refusal. The contrary notwithstanding, any notice given in a manner other

 

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than that provided in this Section that is actually received by the intended recipient shall be deemed an effective delivery of such notice.

10.2 Ownership Certificates. The Company may, but is not required to, issue a certificate to the Member to evidence the Interest. If issued, the Member, any Manager or authorized officer of the Company may sign such certificate on behalf of the Company. The Member or Manager may also deem the Interest a “security” under Section 104.8102(1)(o) of the UCC; in such event, a legend so stating shall be affixed to any certificate issued to the Member.

10.3 Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, to the extent and in such amounts as the Manager(s) shall deem reasonable, on behalf of such Persons as the Manager(s) shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by any such Person in connection with the activities of the Company.

10.4 Complete Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules or exhibits hereto, together with the Articles, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding of the Member with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement and the Articles replace and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, statements, memoranda and understandings, whether written or oral, of the Member.

10.5 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing adopted and signed by the Member.

10.6 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Member, shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to the conflict laws of that State.

10.7 Interpretation. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provisions contained herein. With respect to the definitions in Section 1.1 and in the interpretation of this Agreement generally, the singular may be read as the plural, and vice versa, the neuter gender as the masculine or feminine, and vice versa, and the future tense as the past or present, and vice versa, all interchangeably as the context may require in order to fully effectuate the intent of the Member and the transactions contemplated herein. Syntax shall yield to the substance of the terms and provisions hereof.

10.8 Counterparts and Facsimile Copies. Facsimile copies of this Agreement or any approval or written consent of the Member or any Manager(s) and facsimile signatures hereon or thereon shall have the same force and effect as originals.

10.9 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or any application thereof, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable to any extent, that provision, or application thereof, shall be deemed severable and the remainder of this Agreement, and all other applications of such provision, shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

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10.10 Waivers. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding unless evidenced by an instrument in writing and executed by the party making the waiver.

10.11 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as set forth in Article IX, this Agreement is adopted solely by and for the benefit of the Member and its respective successors and assigns, and no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.

[Signature appears on following page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:   /s/ John A. Godfrey
Name:   John A. Godfrey
Title:   Secretary
 

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Member’s Name:    Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. a Delaware corporation
Member’s Address:    3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Suite 1800 Las Vegas, NV 89109

Member’s Interest:    100%
Member’s Initial Capital Contribution:    $100.00

 

Schedule I

EX-5.1 40 dex51.htm OPINION OF IRELL & MANELLA LLP Opinion of Irell & Manella LLP

Exhibit 5.1

March 31, 2008

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

 

  Re: Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-4

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are counsel to Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Guarantors (as defined below), in connection with the filing by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of a registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Registration Statement relates to the proposed issuance by the Company of $385 million aggregate principal amount of its new 7.50% senior subordinated notes due 2015 (the “New Notes”), in connection with the proposed exchange of $1,000 principal amount of the New Notes for each $1,000 principal amount of its outstanding 7.50% senior subordinated notes due 2015 (the “Old Notes” and, collectively with the New Notes, the “Notes”).

The Old Notes contain guarantees (the “Old Guarantees”), and the New Notes upon issuance will contain guarantees (the “New Guarantees” and, collectively with the Old Guarantees, the “Guarantees”) by ACE Gaming, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, AREH MLK LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, AREP Boardwalk Properties LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Biloxi Casino Corp., a Mississippi corporation, Boomtown, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Casino Magic Corp., a Minnesota corporation, Casino One Corporation, a Mississippi corporation, Louisiana-I Gaming, a Louisiana Partnership in Commendam, Mitre Associates LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, OGLE HAUS, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company, PNK (Baton Rouge) PARTNERSHIP, a Louisiana general partnership, PNK (Bossier City), Inc., a Louisiana corporation, PNK (CHILE 1), LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, PNK (CHILE 2), LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, PNK Development 7, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, PNK Development 8, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, PNK Development 9, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, PNK Development 13, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, PNK (ES), LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, PNK (LAKE CHARLES), L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company, PNK


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(Reno), LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, PNK (SCB), L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company, PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, PNK (STLH), LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, PSW PROPERTIES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, St. Louis Casino Corp., a Missouri corporation, and Yankton Investments, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (collectively, the “Guarantors”).

The Old Notes and the Old Guarantees are, and the New Notes and the New Guarantees, upon issuance, will be, governed by the Indenture (the “Indenture”) dated as of June 8, 2007 by and among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined therein) and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”). This opinion letter is delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents:

 

  1. The Registration Statement, in the form filed with the Commission;

 

  2. The Indenture, which governs the Company’s Notes and the Guarantors’ Guarantees;

 

  3. The form of the New Guarantees; and

 

  4. The form of the New Notes.

We also have examined such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth below.

In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the absence of any undisclosed modifications, waivers or amendments to any agreements reviewed by us, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to certain facts material to this opinion, we have relied without independent verification upon oral or written statements and factual representations of officers and other representatives of the Company, the Guarantors and others.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that when (i) the Registration Statement, as finally amended (including all necessary post-effective amendments, if any), shall have become effective under the Securities Act and (ii) the New Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and the New Guarantees have been duly authorized by the Guarantors, and when the New Notes and New Guarantees are duly executed, issued and delivered by duly authorized


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officers of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and authenticated by the Trustee, all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, against surrender and cancellation of a like principal amount of Old Notes and Old Guarantees, the New Notes issued by the Company and the New Guarantees issued by the Guarantors will constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, in accordance with their terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, arrangement, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and transfer laws, and other laws and legal principles of general application relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors, and by general principles of equity, including, without limitation, principles of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the application of equitable principles to limit the availability of equitable remedies, such as specific performance of remedies granted under the New Notes and New Guarantees (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). Such principles of equity are of general application, and in applying such principles a court, among other things, might not allow a creditor to accelerate maturity of debt under certain circumstances including, without limitation, upon the occurrence of a default deemed immaterial or might decline to order the Company or the Guarantors to perform covenants. The enforceability of the New Guarantees may be further limited by statutory provisions and case law providing certain rights and defenses to guarantors, including exoneration of guarantors from their obligations under certain circumstances.

Without limiting the paragraph above, certain of the provisions contained in the New Notes and New Guarantees may be limited or rendered unenforceable under applicable laws and judicial decisions including but not limited to (i) waivers of notices, defenses, remedies or demands (or the delay or omission in enforcement thereof), (ii) exculpation clauses in favor of the Trustee, (iii) clauses providing for recovery of attorneys’ fees or other expenses of enforcement, (iv) provisions for late payment fees and additional interest after default, (v) liability limitations or liquidated damages, (vi) indemnification provisions, (vii) provisions appointing the Trustee or another agent as attorney-in-fact for various purposes, (viii) provisions that purport to establish evidentiary standards, (ix) provisions that provide that the New Notes and New Guarantees may be modified or waived only in writing, and (x) waivers of the right to a jury trial.

We observe that the Indenture, the New Notes and the New Guarantees purport to be governed by the laws of the State of New York, and our opinion is accordingly limited to such laws.

We have relied on the Form T-1 and the certificates delivered by the Trustee as to the qualifications, authority, legal power and eligibility of the Trustee to act as trustee under the Indenture and to perform its duties in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.


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This opinion is given in respect of the New Notes and the New Guarantees only, and we express no opinion as to the legality, validity or binding effect of any related document, instrument or agreement or any other matter beyond the matters expressly set forth herein. This opinion speaks only as of its date, and we affirmatively disclaim any obligation to update this opinion letter to disclose to you facts, events or changes of law or interpretation of law occurring, arising or coming to our attention after the date hereof.

This opinion is intended to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement for the benefit of the holders of the Old Notes who will be acquiring the New Notes to be issued pursuant thereto and may not be otherwise used or relied upon and may not be otherwise disclosed, quoted, filed with a governmental agency or otherwise referred to without our prior written consent. However, we consent to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement and prospectus and any amendments thereto. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are experts within the meaning of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder or that this consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ IRELL & MANELLA LLP
IRELL & MANELLA LLP
EX-12.1 41 dex121.htm COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

Exhibit 12.1

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

 

     2003     2004     2005     2006     2007  
     ($ in thousands)  

Earnings:

          

Pre-tax income (loss)

   ($ 45,500 )   $ 6,079     ($ 17,350 )   $ 102,909       ($1,851 )

Add fixed charges

     58,856       60,789       62,385       62,023       72,339  

Less capitalized interest

     (1,513 )     (5,102 )     (7,130 )     (5,750 )     (42,851 )
                                        

Total Earnings

   $ 11,843     $ 61,766     $ 37,905     $ 159,182     $ 27,637  

Fixed Charges:

          

Interest expense - inclusive of the amortization of debt issuance costs

   $ 54,001     $ 51,778     $ 49,535     $ 53,678     $ 25,715  

Capitalized interest

     1,513       5,102       7,130       5,750       42,851  

Estimated interest portion in rent expense

     3,342       3,909       5,720       2,595       3,773  
                                        

Total Fixed Charges

   $ 58,856     $ 60,789     $ 62,385     $ 62,023     $ 72,339  

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

     0.20 x     1.02 x     0.61 x     2.57 x     0.38 x
EX-23.1 42 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 on Form S-4 of our reports dated February 29, 2008, relating to the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and include explanatory paragraphs relating to the adoption of the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment on January 1, 2006 and the adoption of the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statement No 109 on January 1, 2007), and the effectiveness of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2007, 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, NV
March 26, 2008
EX-24.1 43 dex241.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Power 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-4 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 31st day of March, 2008.

Signature

 

/s/ Daniel R. Lee

       

/s/ Ellis Landau

Daniel R. Lee         Ellis Landau

/s/ Stephen H. Capp

       

/s/ Bruce A. Leslie

Stephen H. Capp         Bruce A. Leslie

/s/ Stephen C. Comer

       

/s/ James L. Martineau

Stephen C. Comer         James L. Martineau

/s/ John V. Giovenco

       

/s/ Michael Ornest

John V. Giovenco         Michael Ornest

/s/ Richard J. Goeglein

       

/s/ Lynn P. Reitnouer

Richard J. Goeglein         Lynn P. Reitnouer
EX-25.1 44 dex251.htm STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE ON FORM T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1

Exhibit 25.1

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE

ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO

SECTION 305(b)(2)  ¨

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

  95-3571558

(State of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

700 South Flower Street Suite 500

Los Angeles, California

  90017
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   95-3667491

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway

Las Vegas, Nevada

  89169
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

7 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


OTHER REGISTRANTS

 

Exact Name of Registrant as

Specified in its Charter

   State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
or
Organization
   I.R.S. Employer
Identification
Number

ACE Gaming, LLC

   New Jersey    54-2131351

AREH MLK LLC

   Delaware    Not Applicable

AREP Boardwalk Properties LLC

   Delaware    Not Applicable

Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC

   Nevada    93-1199012

Biloxi Casino Corp.

   Mississippi    64-0814408

Boomtown, LLC

   Delaware    94-3044204

Casino Magic Corp.

   Minnesota    64-0817483

Casino One Corporation

   Mississippi    64-0814345

Louisiana-I Gaming, a Louisiana Partnership in Commendam

   Louisiana    72-1238179

Mitre Associates LLC

   Delaware    Not Applicable

OGLE HAUS, LLC

   Indiana    31-1672109

PNK (Baton Rouge) PARTNERSHIP

   Louisiana    72-1246016

PNK (Bossier City), Inc.

   Louisiana    64-0878110

PNK (CHILE 1), LLC

   Delaware    51-0553578

PNK (CHILE 2), LLC

   Delaware    51-0553581

PNK Development 7, LLC

   Delaware    20-4328580

PNK Development 8, LLC

   Delaware    20-4486902

PNK Development 9, LLC

   Delaware    20-4328766

PNK Development 13, LLC

   New Jersey    20-4330677

PNK (ES), LLC

   Delaware    51-0534293

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

   Louisiana    02-0614452

PNK (Reno), LLC

   Nevada    88-0101849

PNK (SCB), L.L.C.

   Louisiana    72-1233908

PNK (ST. LOUIS RE), LLC

   Delaware    51-0553585

PNK (STLH), LLC

   Delaware    51-0553583

PSW PROPERTIES LLC

   Delaware    Not Applicable

St. Louis Casino Corp.

   Missouri    64-0836600

Yankton Investments, LLC

   Nevada    83-0445853

 

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1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

   Address

Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury

   Washington, D.C. 20219

Federal Reserve Bank

   San Francisco, California 94105

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

   Washington, D.C. 20429

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

 

  2. A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

 

  3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

 

  4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

 

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  6. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act. (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 21st day of March, 2008.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST

COMPANY, N.A.

By:   /s/ MELONEE YOUNG
  Name:   MELONEE YOUNG
  Title:   VICE PRESIDENT

 

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

of 700 South Flower Street, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90017

At the close of business December 31, 2007, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

 

     Dollar Amounts
in Thousands

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     14,687

Interest-bearing balances

     0

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     43

Available-for-sale securities

     216,332

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold

     23,800

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     89,400

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     0

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

     0

LESS: Allowance for loan Andreas losses

     0

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

     0

Trading assets

     0

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     12,676

Other real estate owned

     0

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     0

Not applicable

  

Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     871,685

Other Intangible Assets

     300,982

Other assets

     152,943
      

Total assets

   $ 1,682,548
      

 

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LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

   1,628

Noninterest-bearing

   1,628

Interest-bearing

   0

Not applicable

  

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased

   0

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

   0

Trading liabilities

   0

Other borrowed money:

  

(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

   193,691

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

   0

Other liabilities

   161,803

Total liabilities

   357,122

Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries

   0

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

   0

Common stock

   1,000

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

   1,121,520

Retained earnings

   202,154

Accumulated other comprehensive income

   752

Other equity capital components

   0

Total equity capital

   1,325,426
    

Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital

   1,682,548
    

I, Karen Bayz, Vice President of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Karen Bayz         )            Vice President

We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

 

Michael K. Klugman, President    )   
Frank P. Sulzberger, MD    )    Directors (Trustees)
William D. Lindelof, VP    )   

 

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EX-99.1 45 dex991.htm FORM OF LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Form of Letter of Transmittal

Exhibit 99.1

FORM OF LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

$385,000,000

Offer to Exchange

7.50% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015,

Which Have Been Registered Under the Securities Act of 1933,

for any and all Outstanding 7.50% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015

 

 

Pursuant to the Prospectus dated             , 2008

THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON             , 2008, UNLESS EXTENDED (SUCH TIME AND DATE, AS THE SAME MAY BE EXTENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “EXPIRATION DATE”). TENDERS MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.

The Exchange Agent is:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

 

By registered or certified mail,

hand or overnight delivery:

Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

Corporate Trust Operations

Reorganization Unit

101 Barclay St.

Floor 7 East

New York, NY 10286

Attention: David Mauer

 

Facsimile transactions:

 

(212) 298-1915

 

To confirm by telephone:

 

(212) 815-3687

DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION TO A FACSIMILE NUMBER OTHER THAN THE ONE LISTED ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE VALID DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT.

THE INSTRUCTIONS SET FORTH IN THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL SHOULD BE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS COMPLETED.

By execution hereof, the undersigned acknowledges receipt of the prospectus dated             , 2008 (the “Prospectus”), of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and this letter of transmittal and the instructions hereto (the “Letter of Transmittal”), which together constitute the Company’s offer to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) an aggregate principal amount of up to $385 million 7.50% senior subordinated notes due 2015 that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (including the guarantees thereof, the “Exchange Notes”), for any and all outstanding 7.50% senior subordinated notes due 2015 that we issued on June 8, 2007 (including the guarantees thereof, the “Original Notes”). Recipients of the Prospectus should read the requirements described in the Prospectus with respect to eligibility to participate in the Exchange Offer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning given to them in the Prospectus.

For each Original Note accepted for exchange, the holder of such Original Note will receive an Exchange Note having a principal amount equal to that of the surrendered Original Note.


PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL CAREFULLY BEFORE CHECKING ANY BOX BELOW.

This Letter of Transmittal is to be used by a holder of Original Notes:

 

   

if certificates representing tendered Original Notes are to be forwarded herewith;

 

   

if a tender of certificates for Original Notes is to be made by book-entry transfer to the account maintained by the Exchange Agent at the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) pursuant to the procedures set forth in the “Exchange Offer” section of the Prospectus; or

 

   

if a tender is made pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures in the section of the Prospectus entitled “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”

Holders of Original Notes that are tendering by book-entry transfer to the account maintained by the Exchange Agent at DTC can execute the tender through the Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”) for which the Exchange Offer will be eligible. DTC participants that are accepting the Exchange Offer must transmit their acceptance to DTC which will verify the acceptance and execute a book-entry delivery to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC. DTC will then send an agent’s message forming part of a book-entry transfer in which the participant agrees to be bound by the terms of the Letter of Transmittal (an “Agent’s Message”) to the Exchange Agent for its acceptance.

In order to properly complete this Letter of Transmittal, a holder of Original Notes must:

 

   

complete the box entitled, “Description of Original Notes Tendered;”

 

   

if appropriate, check and complete the boxes relating to book-entry transfer, guaranteed delivery, Special Issuance Instructions and Special Delivery Instructions;

 

   

sign the Letter of Transmittal by completing the box entitled “Sign Here to Tender Your Original Notes in the Exchange Offer;” and

 

   

complete the substitute Form W-9.

Each holder of Original Notes should carefully read the detailed instructions below prior to completing the Letter of Transmittal.

Holders of Original Notes who desire to tender their Original Notes for exchange, but:

 

   

such holder’s Original Notes are not immediately available;

 

   

such holder cannot deliver their Original Notes, this Letter of Transmittal and all other documents required hereby to the Exchange Agent; or

 

   

such holder cannot complete the procedures for book-entry transfer on or prior to the Expiration Date,

must tender their Original Notes pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the section of the Prospectus entitled “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.” See Instruction 2.

DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO DTC DOES NOT CONSTITUTE DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT. IN ORDER TO ENSURE PARTICIPATION IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER, ORIGINAL NOTES MUST BE PROPERLY TENDERED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.

Holders of Original Notes who wish to tender their Original Notes for exchange must complete columns (1) through (3) in the box below entitled “Description of Original Notes Tendered,” and sign the box below entitled “Sign Here to Tender Your Original Notes in the Exchange Offer.” If only those columns are completed, such holder of Original Notes will have tendered for exchange all Original Notes listed in column (3) below. If the holder of Original Notes wishes to tender for exchange less than all of such Original Notes, column (4) must be completed in full. In such case, such holder of Original Notes should refer to Instruction 5.

The Exchange Offer may be extended, terminated or amended, as provided in the Prospectus. During any such extension of the Exchange Offer, all Original Notes previously tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer will remain subject to such Exchange Offer.

 

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The undersigned hereby tenders for exchange the Original Notes described in the box entitled “Description of Original Notes Tendered” below pursuant to the terms and conditions described in the Prospectus and this Letter of Transmittal.

 

DESCRIPTION OF ORIGINAL NOTES TENDERED

(1)

Name(s) and Address(es) of Registered Owner(s)

(Please fill in, if blank)

 

(2)

Certificate
Number(s)(A)

 

(3)

Aggregate Principal
Amount Represented
by Certificate(s)(B)

 

(4)

Principal Amount
Tendered for Exchange
(if less than all)(C)

             
             
             
             
             

Total:

           

 

(A) Need not be completed if Original Notes are being tendered by book-entry transfer.

 

(B) Unless otherwise indicated, any tendering holder will be deemed to have tendered the entire principal amount represented by the Original Notes indicated in this column. See Instruction 5.

 

(C) The minimum permitted tender is $1,000 in principal amount of Original Notes. All other tenders must be integral multiples of $1,000. See Instruction 5.

 

¨ CHECK HERE IF TENDERED ORIGINAL NOTES ARE ENCLOSED HEREWITH.

 

¨ CHECK HERE IF TENDERED ORIGINAL NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED BY DTC TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT’S ACCOUNT AT DTC AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

Name of Tendering Institution:                                                                                                                                                       

DTC Book-Entry Number:                                                                                                                                                               

Transaction Code Number:                                                                                                                                                               

 

¨ CHECK HERE IF TENDERED ORIGINAL NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING (FOR USE BY ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS ONLY):

Name(s) of Registered Holders:                                                                                                                                                      

Name(s) of Registered Holders:                                                                                                                                                      

Date of Execution of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery:                                                                                                            

Name of Eligible Institution (as defined below) that Guaranteed Delivery:                                                                   

Name of Tendering Institution:                                                                                                                                                       

DTC Book-Entry Number:                                                                                                                                                               

Transaction Code Number:                                                                                                                                                               

 

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¨ CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER WHO HOLDS ORIGINAL NOTES ACQUIRED FOR YOUR OWN ACCOUNT AS A RESULT OF MARKET-MAKING OR OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES AND WISH TO RECEIVE COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH RESALES OF EXCHANGE NOTES RECEIVED FOR YOUR OWN ACCOUNT IN EXCHANGE FOR SUCH ORIGINAL NOTES.

Name:                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Address:                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Aggregate Principal Amount of Original Notes so Held:                                                                                                       

By its acceptance of the Exchange Offer, any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer agrees to notify the Company before using the Prospectus in connection with the sale or transfer of the Exchange Notes. See the section titled “Plan of Distribution” in the Prospectus.

Only registered holders are entitled to tender their Original Notes for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Any financial institution that is a participant in DTC’s system and whose name appears on a security position listing as the record owner of the Original Notes and who wishes to make book-entry delivery of Original Notes as described above must complete and execute a participant’s letter (which will be distributed to participants by DTC) instructing DTC’s nominee to tender such Original Notes for exchange.

Persons who are beneficial owners of Original Notes but are not registered holders and who seek to tender Original Notes should:

 

   

promptly contact the registered holder of such Original Notes and instruct such registered holder to tender on his or her behalf;

 

   

obtain and include with this Letter of Transmittal Original Notes properly endorsed for transfer by the registered holder or accompanied by a properly completed bond power from the registered holder, with signatures on the endorsement or bond power guaranteed by a bank, broker, dealer, credit union, savings association, clearing agency or other institution, each an “Eligible Institution” that is a member of a recognized signature guarantee medallion program within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act; or

 

   

effect a record transfer of such Original Notes from the registered holder to such beneficial owner and comply with the requirements applicable to registered holders for tendering Original Notes prior to the Expiration Date.

See the section titled “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering Original Notes” in the Prospectus.

SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED BELOW.

PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

 

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby tenders to the Company for exchange the aggregate principal amount of Original Notes indicated in this Letter of Transmittal. Subject to, and effective upon, the acceptance for exchange of the Original Notes tendered herewith, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, transfers and exchanges to, or upon the order of, the Company all right, title and interest in and to all such Original Notes tendered for exchange hereby. The undersigned hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Exchange Agent as the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of the undersigned (with full knowledge that the Exchange Agent also acts as agent of the Company) with respect to such Original Notes, with full power of substitution and resubstitution (such power of attorney being deemed to be an irrevocable power coupled with an interest) to:

 

   

deliver such Original Notes in registered certificated form, or transfer ownership of such Original Notes through book-entry transfer at the book-entry transfer facility, to or upon the order of the Company, upon receipt by the Exchange Agent, as the undersigned’s Agent, of the same aggregate principal amount of the Exchange Notes;

 

   

present and deliver such Original Notes for transfer on the books of the Company; and

 

   

receive all benefits or otherwise exercise all rights and incidents of beneficial ownership of such Original Notes, all in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer.

The undersigned represents and warrants that it has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign, exchange, and transfer the Original Notes tendered hereby and that the Company will acquire good, marketable and unencumbered title to the tendered Original Notes, free and clear of all security interests, liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances, conditional sale agreements or other obligations relating to their sale or transfer, and not subject to any adverse claim when the same are accepted by the Company. The undersigned also warrants that it will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Exchange Agent or the Company to be necessary or desirable to complete the exchange, assignment and transfer of tendered Original Notes or transfer ownership of such Original Notes on the account books maintained by the book-entry transfer facility. The undersigned further agrees that acceptance of any and all validly tendered Original Notes by the Company and the issuance of Exchange Notes in exchange therefor shall constitute performance in full by the Company of its obligations under the registration rights agreement entered into with the initial purchasers named therein on June 8, 2007 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).

By tendering, each holder of Original Notes represents that:

 

   

the Exchange Notes to be acquired in connection with the Exchange Offer by the holder and each beneficial owner of the Original Notes are being acquired by the holder and each beneficial owner in the ordinary course of business of the holder and each beneficial owner;

 

   

the holder and each beneficial owner are not participating, do not intend to participate, and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate, in the distribution of the Exchange Notes;

 

   

the holder and each beneficial owner acknowledge and agree that any person participating in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Notes must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction of the Exchange Notes acquired by such person and cannot rely on the position of the staff of the Commission set forth in the applicable no-action letters, see “The Exchange Offer—Resale of Exchange Notes” in the Prospectus;

 

   

if the holder is a broker-dealer, such holder represents that it acquired the Original Notes as a result of market making or other trading activities, and that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of Exchange Notes acquired in the Exchange Offer;

 

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if the holder is a broker-dealer and receives Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer it shall notify the Company before using the Prospectus in connection with any sale or transfer of the Exchange Notes;

 

   

the holder and each beneficial owner understand that a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”);

 

   

neither the holder nor any beneficial owner is an “affiliate,” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act, of ours; and

 

   

in connection with a book-entry transfer, each participant will confirm that it makes the representations and warranties set forth in this Letter of Transmittal.

The undersigned has read and agrees to all of the terms of the Exchange Offer.

The undersigned also acknowledges that the Company is making this Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the staff of the Commission, as set forth in certain interpretive letters issued to third parties in other transactions. Based on the Commission interpretations, the Company believes that the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by holders thereof (other than a broker-dealer who purchased Original Notes directly from the Company for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any other available exemption under the Securities Act or any such holder that is an “affiliate” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 under the provisions of the Securities Act) without further compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act; provided that such Exchange Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of such holders’ business and such holders are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, a distribution of such Exchange Notes and have no arrangement with any person to participate in the distribution of such Exchange Notes. However, the Company does not intend to request the Commission to consider, and the Commission has not considered, the Exchange Offer in the context of an interpretive letter, and there can be no assurance that the staff of the Commission would make a similar determination with respect to the Exchange Offer as in other circumstances.

If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Notes and has no arrangement or understanding to participate in a distribution of Exchange Notes. If any holder is an affiliate of the Company or any of the Guarantors, is engaged in or intends to engage in or has any arrangement or understanding with respect to the distribution of the Exchange Notes to be acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer, such holder (i) could not rely on the applicable interpretations of the staff of the Commission and (ii) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Original Notes, the undersigned represents that the Original Notes were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of Exchange Notes received in respect of such Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. In addition, by its acceptance of the Exchange Offer, any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer agrees to notify the Company before using the Prospectus in connection with the sale or transfer of Exchange Notes.

The Company has agreed that, subject to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Original Notes which were acquired by such broker-dealer for its own account as a result of market-making or other trading activities, for a period ending 180

 

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days after the thirtieth business day after the effective date of the registration statement of which the Prospectus is a part, or such shorter period ending when all such Exchange Notes have been disposed of by such broker-dealer. In that regard, each broker-dealer by tendering such Original Notes and executing this Letter of Transmittal, agrees that, upon receipt of notice from the Company:

 

   

of the occurrence of any event or the discovery of any fact which makes any statement contained or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which causes the Prospectus to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained or incorporated by reference therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or

 

   

that the board of directors of the Company (or a duly-appointed committee of the board of directors having power over the subject matter) determines in good faith that it is in the best interests of the Company not to disclose the existence of or facts surrounding any proposed or pending material corporate transaction involving the Company and the Guarantors,

such broker-dealer will suspend the sale of Exchange Notes pursuant to the Prospectus until the Company has amended or supplemented the Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission and has furnished copies of the amended or supplemented Prospectus to the broker-dealer or the Company has given written notice that the sale of the Exchange Notes may be resumed, as the case may be. If the Company gives such notice to suspend the sale of the Exchange Notes, it shall extend the 180-day period referred to above during which broker-dealers are entitled to use the Prospectus in connection with the resale of Exchange Notes by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when broker-dealers shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to permit resales of the Exchange Notes or to and including the date on which the Company has given notice that the sale of Exchange Notes may be resumed, as the case may be. Each broker-dealer by tendering such Original Notes and executing this letter of transmittal further agrees to hold the fact that it has received the foregoing suspension notice, and any communication from the Company to such broker-dealer relating to an event giving rise to such suspension notice, in confidence.

All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred pursuant to this Letter of Transmittal and every obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy, and personal and legal representatives of the undersigned and shall not be affected by, and shall survive, the death or incapacity of the undersigned. Original Notes properly tendered may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date in accordance with the terms of this Letter of Transmittal.

The Exchange Offer is subject to certain conditions, each of which may be waived or modified by the Company, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, as described in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Conditions to the Exchange Offer.” The undersigned recognizes that as a result of such conditions the Company may not be required to accept for exchange, or to issue Exchange Notes in exchange for, any of the Original Notes properly tendered hereby. In such event, the tendered Original Notes not accepted for exchange will be returned to the undersigned without cost to the undersigned at the address shown below the undersigned’s signature(s) unless otherwise indicated under “Special Issuance Instructions” below.

Unless otherwise indicated under “Special Issuance Instructions” below, please return any certificates representing Original Notes not tendered or not accepted for exchange in the name(s) of the holders appearing under “Description of Original Notes Tendered.” Similarly, unless otherwise indicated under “Special Delivery Instructions,” please mail any certificates representing Original Notes not tendered or not accepted for exchange (and accompanying documents as appropriate) to the address(es) of the holders appearing under “Description of Original Notes Tendered.” In the event that both the “Special Issuance Instructions” and the “Special Delivery Instructions” are completed, please issue the certificates representing the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Original Notes accepted for exchange in the name(s) of, and return any Original Notes not tendered or not accepted for exchange to, the person or persons so indicated. Unless otherwise indicated under “Special Issuance

 

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Instructions,” in the case of a book-entry delivery of Original Notes, please credit the account maintained at DTC with any Original Notes not tendered or not accepted for exchange. The undersigned recognizes that the Company does not have any obligation pursuant to the Special Issuance Instructions, to transfer any Original Notes from the name of the holder thereof if the Company does not accept for exchange any of the Original Notes so tendered or if such transfer would not be in compliance with any transfer restrictions applicable to such Original Notes.

 

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SPECIAL ISSUANCE INSTRUCTIONS (See Instructions 1, 6, 7 and 8)

To be completed ONLY if (i) Exchange Notes issued in exchange for Original Notes, certificates for Original Notes in a principal amount not exchanged for Exchange Notes, or Original Notes (if any) not tendered for exchange are to be issued in the name of someone other than the undersigned, or (ii) Original Notes tendered by book-entry transfer which are not exchanged are to be returned by credit to an account maintained at DTC other than the account indicated above in the box entitled, “Description of Original Notes Tendered.”

Issue to:

 

Name:                                                                                                            

 
(Please Print)  

Address:                                                                                                        

 

                                                                                                                         

 

                                                                                                                         

 
(Include Zip Code)  

Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number:                                                                                                                         

Credit Original Notes not exchanged and delivered by book-entry transfer to the DTC account set forth below:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

(Account Number)

SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS (See Instructions 1, 6, 7 and 8)

To be completed ONLY if the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for Original Notes, certificates for Original Notes in a principal amount not exchanged for Exchange Notes, or Original Notes (if any) not tendered for exchange are to be sent to someone other than the undersigned or to the undersigned at an address other than that shown above in the box entitled, “Description of Original Notes Tendered.”

Mail to:

 

Name:                                                                                                            

 
(Please Print)  

Address:                                                                                                        

 

                                                                                                                         

 

                                                                                                                         

 
(Include Zip Code)  

Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number:                                                                                                                         

 

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SIGN HERE TO TENDER YOUR ORIGINAL NOTES IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER

SIGNATURE(S) OF HOLDERS OF ORIGINAL NOTES

 

X                                                                                                           

   Date:                                                                                               

X                                                                                                           

   Date:                                                                                               
(Signature of Owner)   

This Letter of Transmittal must be signed by the registered holders of Original Notes exactly as the name(s) appear(s) on certificate(s) representing the Original Notes or on a security position listing or by person(s) authorized to become registered holders by certificates and documents transmitted herewith. If signature is by attorney-in-fact, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please provide the following information and see Instruction 6.

 

Name(s):                                                                                          

(Please Print)

  

Address:                                                                                    

 

Capacity:                                                                                          

(Full Title)

   (Include Zip Code)
   Telephone Number:                                                              
                                            (Include Area Code)

GUARANTEE OF SIGNATURE(S) (If required—see Instructions 1 and 6)

Signature(s) Guaranteed by:                                                                                                                                                                       

(Authorized Signature)

 

 

(Title of Officer Signing this Guarantee)

 

 

(Name of Eligible Institution Guaranteeing Signatures – Please Print)

 

 

(Address and Telephone Number of Eligible Institution Guaranteeing Signatures)

Date:                                                 

 

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TO BE COMPLETED BY ALL TENDERING HOLDERS OF ORIGINAL NOTES

 

PAYER’S NAME: PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

Name (If in joint names, list first and circle the name of the person or entity whose number you enter in Part 1)
Business Name (if different from above)

Check appropriate box: ¨ Individual/Sole proprietor ¨ Corporation ¨ Partnership

¨ Limited liability company. Enter the tax classification (D=disregarded entity, C=corporation, P=partnership) u ¨ Other u            

  ¨ Exempt from backup withholding

SUBSTITUTE

 

FORM W-9

 

Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service

 

Payer’s Request for Taxpayer Identification Number (“TIN”) and Certifications

  Part 1 – PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR TIN IN THE BOX AT RIGHT AND CERTIFY BY SIGNING AND DATING BELOW  

Social Security Number(s)

OR

Employer Identification Number(s)

 

 

 

Part 2 – Certification – Under penalty of perjury, I certify that:

(1)    The number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued for me);

(2)    I am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding; and

(3)    I am a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien).

 

Part 3 – Awaiting TIN

 

¨

 

Complete Certification of Awaiting Taxpayer Identification below (in addition to signing this form).

 

Certification Instructions – You must cross out item (2) above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding because of underreporting interest or dividends on your tax return. However, if after being notified by the IRS that you were subject to backup withholding, you received another notification from the IRS that you were no longer subject to backup withholding, do not cross out item (2).

 

SIGNATURE:                                                                      DATE:                                    

 

NOTE: FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS FORM MAY RESULT IN PENALTIES IMPOSED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND BACKUP WITHHOLDING OF 28% OF ANY CASH PAYMENTS MADE TO YOU PURSUANT TO THE OFFER TO PURCHASE. PLEASE REVIEW THE ENCLOSED GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

 

NOTE: YOU MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE IF YOU CHECKED THE BOX IN PART 3 OF THE SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9.

 

CERTIFICATION OF AWAITING TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

I certify under penalty of perjury that a taxpayer identification number has not been issued to me, and either (1) I have mailed or delivered an application to receive a taxpayer identification number to the appropriate Internal Revenue Service Center or Social Security Administration office or (2) I intend to mail or deliver an application in the near future. I understand that if I do not provide a taxpayer identification number by the time of payment, 28% of all reportable cash payments payable to me thereafter will be withheld until I provide a taxpayer identification number to the payer and that, if I do not provide any taxpayer identification number within sixty days, such retained amounts shall be remitted to the IRS as backup withholding.

SIGNATURE:                                                                                            DATE:                                                     

 

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INSTRUCTIONS

Forming Part of the Terms and Conditions of the Exchange Offer

1.        Guarantee of Signatures.    Signatures on this Letter of Transmittal need not be guaranteed if:

 

   

tendered Original Notes are registered in the name of the signer of the Letter of Transmittal, unless such holder has completed either the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” or the box entitled “Special Delivery Instructions;”

 

   

the Exchange Notes to be issued in exchange for the Original Notes are to be issued in the name of the holder; and

 

   

any untendered Original Notes are to be reissued in the name of the holder.

In any other case:

 

   

the certificates representing the tendered Original Notes must be properly endorsed for transfer by the registered holder or be accompanied by a properly completed bond power from the registered holder or appropriate powers of attorney, in a form satisfactory to us; and

 

   

signatures on the endorsement, bond power or powers of attorney must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.

If the Exchange Notes or Original Notes not exchanged are to be delivered to an address other than that of the registered holder appearing on the note registrar for the Original Notes, the signature in the Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.

Persons who are beneficial owners of Original Notes but are not the registered holder and who seek to tender Original Notes for exchange should:

 

   

promptly contact the registered holder of such Original Notes and instruct such registered holders to tender on his or her behalf;

 

   

obtain and include with this Letter of Transmittal, Original Notes properly endorsed for transfer by the registered holder or accompanied by a properly completed bond power from the registered holder, with signatures on the endorsement or bond power guaranteed by an Eligible Institution; or

 

   

effect a record transfer of such Original Notes from the registered holder to such beneficial owner and comply with the requirements applicable to registered holders for tendering Original Notes prior to the Expiration Date. See Instruction 6.

DO NOT SEND THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR ANY ORIGINAL NOTES TO THE COMPANY.

2.        Delivery of this Letter of Transmittal and Certificates for Original Notes or Book-Entry Confirmations; Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.    This Letter of Transmittal is to be completed by registered holders if certificates representing Original Notes are to be forwarded herewith. All physically delivered Original Notes, as well as a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or manually signed facsimiles thereof) and any other required documents, must be received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth on the cover of this Letter of Transmittal prior to the Expiration Date or the tendering holder must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth below. Delivery of the documents to DTC does not constitute delivery to the Exchange Agent.

THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, ORIGINAL NOTES AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT IS AT THE ELECTION

 

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AND RISK OF THE HOLDER THEREOF. IF SUCH DELIVERY IS BY MAIL, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT HOLDERS USE PROPERLY INSURED REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, AND THAT THE MAILING BE SUFFICIENTLY IN ADVANCE OF THE EXPIRATION DATE, TO PERMIT DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT PRIOR TO SUCH DATE. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BELOW, THE DELIVERY WILL BE DEEMED MADE WHEN ACTUALLY RECEIVED OR CONFIRMED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT. THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ORIGINAL NOTES TENDERED FOR EXCHANGE SHOULD BE SENT ONLY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT, NOT TO THE COMPANY.

If a holder desires to tender Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer and such holder’s Original Notes are (i) not immediately available; (ii) such holder cannot deliver their Original Notes, this Letter of Transmittal and all other documents required hereby to the Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date; or (iii) such holder cannot complete the procedures for book-entry transfer on or prior to the Expiration Date, such holder may effect a tender of such Original Notes in accordance with the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Prospectus under “The Exchange Offer — Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”

Pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures:

 

   

your tender of Original Notes must be made by or through an Eligible Institution and you must properly complete and duly execute a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery;

 

   

on or prior to the Expiration Date, the Exchange Agent must have received from you and the Eligible Institution a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery) setting forth the name and address of the holder, the certificate number or numbers of the tendered Original Notes, and the principal amount of tendered Original Notes, stating that the tender is being made thereby and guaranteeing that, within three (3) business days after the date of delivery of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, the tendered Original Notes, a duly executed Letter of Transmittal and any other required documents will be deposited by the Eligible Institution with the Exchange Agent; and

 

   

such properly completed and executed documents required by the Letter of Transmittal and the tendered Original Notes in proper form for transfer (or confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such Original Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC) must be received by the Exchange Agent within three (3) business days after the Expiration Date.

Any holder who wishes to tender their Original Notes pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described above must ensure that the Exchange Agent receives the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery relating to such Original Notes prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date.

Unless Original Notes being tendered by the above-described method are deposited with the Exchange Agent, a tender will be deemed to have been received as of the date when the tendering holder’s properly completed and duly signed Letter of Transmittal, or a properly transmitted agent’s message, accompanied by the Original Notes or a confirmation of book-entry transfer of the Original Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at the book-entry transfer facility is received by the Exchange Agent.

Issuances of Exchange Notes in exchange for Original Notes tendered pursuant to a notice of guaranteed delivery will be made only against deposit of this Letter of Transmittal and any other required documents and the tendered Original Notes or a confirmation of book-entry and an agent’s message.

All tendering holders, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal, waive any right to receive any notice of the acceptance of their Original Notes for exchange.

3.        Inadequate Space.    If the space provided in the box entitled “Description of Original Notes Tendered” above is inadequate, the certificate numbers and principal amounts of Original Notes tendered should be listed on a separate signed schedule affixed hereto.

 

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4.        Withdrawal of Tenders.    A tender of Original Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date by delivery of written or facsimile (receipt confirmed by telephone) notice of withdrawal to the Exchange Agent at the address set forth on the cover of this Letter of Transmittal. To be effective, a notice of withdrawal must:

 

   

specify the name of the person having tendered the Original Notes to be withdrawn (the “Depositor”);

 

   

identify the Original Notes to be withdrawn (including the certificate number or numbers and principal amount of such Original Notes);

 

   

specify the principal amount of Original Notes to be withdrawn;

 

   

include a statement that such holder is withdrawing his or her election to have such Original Notes exchanged;

 

   

be signed by the holder in the same manner as the original signature on the Letter of Transmittal by which such Original Notes were tendered or as otherwise described above (including any required signature guarantees) or be accompanied by documents of transfer sufficient to have the trustee under the Indenture register the transfer of such Original Notes into the name of the person withdrawing the tender; and

 

   

specify the name in which any such Original Notes are to be registered, if different from that of the Depositor.

The Exchange Agent will return the properly withdrawn Original Notes promptly following receipt of notice of withdrawal. If Original Notes have been tendered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer, any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at the book-entry transfer facility. All questions as to the validity of notices of withdrawals, including, time of receipt, will be determined by the Company and such determination will be final and binding on all parties.

Any Original Notes so withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for exchange for purposes of the Exchange Offer. Any Original Notes which have been tendered for exchange but which are not exchanged for any reason will be returned to the holder thereof without cost to such holder (or, in the case of Original Notes tendered by book-entry transfer into the Exchange Agent’s account at the book-entry transfer facility pursuant to the book-entry transfer procedures described above, such Original Notes will be credited to an account with such book-entry transfer facility specified by the holder) as soon as practicable after withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of the Exchange Offer. Properly withdrawn Original Notes may be retendered by following one of the procedures described under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering Original Notes” in the Prospectus at any time prior to the Expiration Date.

5.        Partial Tenders (Not Applicable to Holders of Original Notes that Tender by Book-Entry Transfer).    Tenders of Original Notes will be accepted only in integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount. If a tender for exchange is to be made with respect to less than the entire principal amount of any Original Notes, fill in the principal amount of Original Notes which are tendered for exchange in column (4) of the box entitled “Description of Original Notes Tendered,” as more fully described in the footnotes thereto. In the case of a partial tender for exchange, a new certificate, in fully registered form, for the remainder of the principal amount of the Original Notes, will be sent to the holders of Original Notes unless otherwise indicated in the boxes entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” or “Special Delivery Instructions” above, as soon as practicable after the expiration or termination of the Exchange Offer.

6.        Signatures on this Letter of Transmittal; Bond Powers and Endorsements.    If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder of the Original Notes tendered for exchange hereby, the signature(s) must correspond exactly with the name(s) as written on the face of the certificate(s) without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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If any of the Original Notes tendered hereby are owned of record by two or more joint owners, all such owners must sign this Letter of Transmittal. If any tendered Original Notes are registered in different names on several certificates, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many separate copies of this Letter of Transmittal and any necessary or required documents as there are names in which certificates are held.

If this Letter of Transmittal or any certificates or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing, and proper evidence satisfactory to the Company of their authority so to act must be submitted, unless waived by the Company.

If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder of the Original Notes listed and transmitted hereby, no endorsements of certificates or separate bond powers are required unless certificates for Original Notes not tendered or not accepted for exchange are to be issued or returned in the name of a person other than for the registered holder thereof. Signatures on such certificates must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution (unless signed by an Eligible Institution).

If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered holder of the Original Notes, the certificates representing such Original Notes must be properly endorsed for transfer by the registered holder or be accompanied by a properly completed bond power from the registered holder or appropriate powers of attorney, in any case signed by such registered holder exactly as the name(s) of the registered holder of the Original Notes appear(s) on the certificates. Signatures on the endorsement or bond power must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution (unless signed by an Eligible Institution).

7.        Transfer Taxes.    Except as set forth in this Instruction 7, the Company will pay or cause to be paid any transfer taxes applicable to the exchange of the Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. If, however, a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, then the amount of any transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered holders or any other persons) will be payable by the tendering holder. If satisfactory evidence of the payment of such taxes or exemptions therefrom is not submitted with this Letter of Transmittal, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed directly to such tendering holder.

8.        Special Issuance and Delivery Instructions.    Tendering holders of Original Notes should indicate in the applicable box the name and address to which the Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any substitute certificates evidencing the Original Notes not exchanged are to be issued or sent, if different from the name or address of the person signing this Letter of Transmittal. In the case of issuance in a different name, the Employer Identification or Social Security Number of the person named must also be indicated. A holder of Original Notes tendering Original Notes by book-entry transfer may request that the Exchange Notes and the Original Notes not exchanged be credited to such account maintained at the DTC as such holder of Original Notes may designate. If no such instructions are given, such Exchange Notes and Original Notes not exchanged will be returned to the name or address of the person signing this Letter of Transmittal or credited to the account listed beneath the box entitled “Description of Original Notes.”

9.        Irregularities.    All questions as to the forms of all documents and the validity of (including time of receipt) and acceptance of the tenders and withdrawals of Original Notes will be determined by the Company, in its sole discretion, which determination shall be final and binding. The Company reserves the absolute right to reject any or all tenders of Original Notes that are not in proper form or the acceptance of which would, in the Company’s opinion or the judgment of the Company’s counsel, be unlawful. The Company also reserves the right to waive any defects, irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular Original Notes. The Company’s interpretations of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including the instructions in this Letter of Transmittal) will be final and binding. Any defect or irregularity in connection with tenders of Original Notes must be cured within such time as the Company determines, unless waived by the Company. Tenders of Original Notes shall not be deemed to have been made until all defects or irregularities have been waived by the Company

 

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or cured. Neither the Company, the Exchange Agent, nor any other person will be under any duty to give notice of any defects or irregularities in tenders of Original Notes, or will incur any liability to registered holders of Original Notes for failure to give such notice.

10.        Waiver of Conditions.    To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to waive any and all conditions to the Exchange Offer as described under “The Exchange Offer — Conditions to the Exchange Offer” in the Prospectus, and accept for exchange any Original Notes tendered.

11.        Tax Identification Number and Backup Withholding.    Federal income tax law generally requires that a holder of Original Notes whose tendered Original Notes are accepted for exchange or such holder’s assignee (in either case, the “Payee”), provide the Exchange Agent (the “Payor”) with such Payee’s correct Taxpayer Identification Number (“TIN”), which, in the case of a Payee who is an individual, is such Payee’s social security number. If the Payor is not provided with the correct TIN or an adequate basis for an exemption, such Payee may be subject to a $50 penalty imposed by the Internal Revenue Service and payments made with respect to the Original Notes or the Exchange Notes may be subject to backup withholding in an amount of up to 28% (which rate may increase in the future). If withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund may be obtained.

To prevent backup withholding, each Payee must provide such Payee’s correct TIN by completing the “Substitute Form W-9” set forth herein, certifying that the TIN provided is correct (or that such Payee is awaiting a TIN) and that:

 

   

the Payee is exempt from backup withholding;

 

   

the Payee has not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service that such Payee is subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends; or

 

   

the Internal Revenue Service has notified the Payee that such Payee is no longer subject to backup withholding.

If the Payee does not have a TIN, such Payee should consult the enclosed Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9 (the “W-9 Guidelines”) for instructions on applying for a TIN, write “Applied For” in the space for the TIN in Part 1 of the Substitute Form W-9, and sign and date the Substitute Form W-9 and the Certificate of Awaiting Taxpayer Identification Number set forth herein. Notwithstanding that the box in Part 2 is checked and the Certificate of Awaiting Taxpayer Identification Number is completed, the Payor will withhold 28% of all payments made prior to the time a properly certified TIN is provided to the Payor. The Payor will retain such amounts withheld during the 60 day period following the date of the Substitute Form W-9. If the Payee furnishes the Payor with its TIN within 60 days after the date of the Substitute Form W-9, the amounts retained during the 60 day period will be remitted to the Payee and no further amounts shall be retained or withheld from payments, if any, made to the Payee thereafter. If, however, the Payee has not provided the Payor with its TIN within such 60 day period, amounts withheld will be remitted to the IRS as backup withholding. In addition, 28% (which rate may increase in the future) of all payments made thereafter, if any, will be withheld and remitted to the IRS until a correct TIN is provided. Note: Writing “Applied For” on the form means that the Payee has already applied for a TIN or that such Payee intends to apply for one in the near future.

If Original Notes and/or Exchange Notes are held in more than one name or are not in the name of the actual owner, consult the W-9 Guidelines for information on which TIN to report.

Exempt Payees (including, among others, all corporations and certain foreign individuals) are not subject to these backup withholding and reporting requirements. To prevent possible erroneous backup withholding, an exempt Payee must enter its correct TIN in Part 1 of the Substitute Form W-9, check the box on the upper right side of the form next to “Exempt from backup withholding” and sign and date the form. See the W-9 Guidelines for additional instructions. In order for a nonresident alien or foreign entity to qualify as exempt, such person

 

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must submit an appropriate properly completed Form W-8, “Certificate of Foreign Status,” signed under penalty of perjury attesting to such exempt status. Such form may be obtained from the Payor.

Backup withholding is not an additional U.S. Federal income tax. Rather, the U.S. Federal income tax liability of a person subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund may be obtained, provided that the required information is furnished to the Internal Revenue Service.

12.        Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Original Notes.    Any holder whose Original Notes have been mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed should contact the Exchange Agent at the address or telephone number set forth on the cover of this Letter of Transmittal for further instructions.

13.        Requests for Assistance or Additional Copies.    Requests for assistance relating to the procedure for tendering, as well as requests for additional copies of the Prospectus, this Letter of Transmittal, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and the Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9 may be directed to the Exchange Agent at its address set forth on the cover of this Letter of Transmittal.

14.        No Conditional Tenders.    No alternative, conditional, irregular or contingent tenders will be accepted. All tendering holders of Original Notes, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal, shall waive any right to receive notice of the acceptance of their Original Notes for exchange.

15.        No Notice of Defect.    Neither the Company, the Exchange Agent nor any other person is obligated to give notice of any defect or irregularity with respect to any tender of Original Notes nor shall any of them incur any liability for failure to give any such notice.

IMPORTANT — This Letter of Transmittal, together with certificates for tendered Original Notes and all other required documents, with any required signature guarantees and all other required documents must be received by the Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date.

 

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EX-99.2 46 dex992.htm FORM OF NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery

Exhibit 99.2

FORM OF NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY

NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY FOR

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

$385,000,000

Offer to Exchange

7.50% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015,

Which Have Been Registered Under the Securities Act of 1933,

for any and all Outstanding 7.50% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015

 

 

Pursuant to the Prospectus dated             , 2008

THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON             , 2008, UNLESS EXTENDED (SUCH TIME AND DATE, AS THE SAME MAY BE EXTENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “EXPIRATION DATE”). TENDERS MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.

The Exchange Agent is:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

 

By registered or certified mail,

hand or overnight delivery:

Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

Corporate Trust Operations

Reorganization Unit

101 Barclay St.

Floor 7 East

New York, NY 10286

Attention: David Mauer

 

Facsimile transactions:

 

(212) 298-1915

 

To confirm by telephone:

 

(212) 815-3687

DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION TO A FACSIMILE NUMBER OTHER THAN THE ONE LISTED ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE VALID DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT.

THIS FORM IS NOT TO BE USED TO GUARANTEE SIGNATURES. IF A SIGNATURE ON THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS REQUIRED TO BE GUARANTEED BY AN “ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION” UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONS THERETO, SUCH SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MUST APPEAR IN THE APPLICABLE SPACE PROVIDED IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

This form or one substantially equivalent hereto must be used by a holder of the 7.50% senior subordinated notes due 2015 (the “Original Notes”) of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to accept the Company’s offer to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) the 7.50% senior subordinated notes due 2015 that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Exchange Notes”) for any and all outstanding Original Notes, made pursuant to the Prospectus, dated             , 2008 (the “Prospectus”), and the related Letter of Transmittal and the instructions thereto (the “Letter of Transmittal”) if such holder’s Original Notes are not immediately available, such holder cannot deliver their Original Notes, the Letter of Transmittal and all other required documents to the Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date, or such holder cannot complete the procedures for book-entry transfer on or prior to the Expiration Date. This form may be delivered by mail or hand delivery or transmitted, via facsimile, to the Exchange Agent as set forth above. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning given to them in the Prospectus or the Letter of Transmittal.


Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned hereby tenders to the Company upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the related Letter of Transmittal (receipt of which is hereby acknowledged), the aggregate principal amount of Original Notes specified below pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Prospectus and in Instruction 2 of the Letter of Transmittal.

By so tendering the Original Notes, the undersigned does hereby make, at and as of the date hereof, the representations and warranties of a tendering holder of Original Notes set forth in the Letter of Transmittal. The undersigned understands that tenders of Original Notes may be withdrawn pursuant to Instruction 4 of the Letter of Transmittal.

All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred by this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery shall not be affected by, and shall survive, the death or incapacity of the undersigned, and every obligation of the undersigned under this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy, personal and legal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.

The undersigned hereby tenders the Original Notes listed below:

 

Name(s), Address(es) and Telephone

Number(s) of Registered Holder(s)

  Certificate Number(s)   Aggregate Principal Amount
of Original Notes Tendered
(if less than all)
       
       
       
       
   

Total Principal Amount of
Original Notes Tendered:

   

If Original Notes will be delivered by book-entry transfer to the Depository Trust Company, please provide the account number. Account number:             

PLEASE SIGN AND COMPLETE

 

X                                                                                                           

   Date:                                                                                               

X                                                                                                           

   Date:                                                                                               

(Signature(s) of Registered Holder or Authorized Signatory)

  

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must be signed by the registered holder(s) of Original Notes exactly as their name(s)
appear(s) on certificate(s) representing the Original Notes or on a security position listing or by person(s) authorized to become registered holders by certificates and documents transmitted herewith.

If signature is by attorney-in-fact, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please provide the following information. See Instruction 2.

PLEASE PRINT NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)

 

Name(s):                                                                                          

  

Address:                                                                                    

 

Capacity:                                                                                          

(Full Title)

  

 

 

  

(Include Zip Code)

 

Name(s):                                                                                          

  

Capacity:                                                                                          

   Telephone Number:                                                              
(Full Title)                                         (Include Area Code)

 

2


THE ACCOMPANYING GUARANTEE MUST BE COMPLETED.

 

3


GUARANTEE (Not to Be Used for Signature Guarantee)

The undersigned, a firm or other entity identified in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as an “eligible guarantor institution,” including (as such terms are defined therein): (i) a bank; (ii) a broker, dealer, municipal securities broker, municipal securities dealer, government securities broker, government securities dealer; (iii) a credit union; (iv) a national securities exchange, registered securities association or clearing agency; or (v) a savings association (each, an “Eligible Institution”), hereby (i) represents that the above-named persons are deemed to own the Original Notes tendered hereby within the meaning of Rule 14e-4 promulgated under the Exchange Act (“Rule 14e-4”), (ii) represents that such tender of Original Notes complies with Rule 14e-4 and (iii) guarantees that the Original Notes tendered hereby in proper form for transfer or confirmation of book-entry transfer of such Original Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at the book-entry transfer facility, in each case together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or manually signed facsimile thereof) with any required signature guarantees and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, will be received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth above within three (3) business days after the date of execution hereof.

The Eligible Institution that completes this form must communicate the guarantee to the Exchange Agent and must deliver the Letter of Transmittal and Original Notes to the Exchange Agent within the time period shown herein. Failure to do so could result in a financial loss to such Eligible Institution.

PLEASE PRINT NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)

 

Name of Firm:                                                                                 

   Address:                                                                                         

By:                                                                                                        

                                                                                                             

(Authorized Signature)

  

 

                                                                                                          

Name:                                                                                                  

   (Include Zip Code)

Title:                                                                                                    

   Telephone Number:                                                                   

(Full Title)

                               (Include Area Code)
   Date:                                                                                               

DO NOT SEND ORIGINAL NOTES WITH THIS FORM. ORIGINAL NOTES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT TOGETHER WITH A PROPERLY COMPLETED AND DULY EXECUTED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

 

4


INSTRUCTIONS

 

1. Delivery of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

A properly completed and duly executed copy of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and any other documents required by this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must be received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth herein prior to the Expiration Date. The method of delivery of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and any other required documents to the Exchange Agent is at the election and sole risk of the holder, and the delivery will be deemed made only when actually received by the Exchange Agent. If delivery is by mail, registered mail with return receipt requested, properly insured, is recommended. As an alternative to delivery by mail, the holders may wish to consider using an overnight or hand delivery service. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to assure timely delivery.

 

2. Signatures on this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

If this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is signed by the registered holder of the Original Notes tendered for exchange hereby, the signature(s) must correspond exactly with the name(s) as written on the face of the certificate without alteration, enlargement, or any change whatsoever. If this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is signed by a participant of the Depository Trust Company whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of the Original Notes, the signature must correspond with the name shown on the security position listing as the owner of the Original Notes.

If this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is signed by a person other than the registered holder of the Original Notes or a participant of the Depository Trust Company, the certificates representing such Original Notes must be properly endorsed for transfer by the registered holder or be accompanied by a properly completed bond power from the registered holder or appropriate powers of attorney, in any case signed by such registered holder exactly as the name(s) of the registered holder of the Original Notes appear(s) on the certificates. Signatures on the endorsement or bond power must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution (unless signed by an Eligible Institution).

If this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing, and proper evidence satisfactory to the Company of its authority so to act must be submitted, unless waived by the Company.

 

3. Requests for Assistance or Additional Copies.

Requests for assistance relating to the procedure for tendering, as well as requests for additional copies of the Prospectus and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be directed to the Exchange Agent at its address set forth on the cover of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

 

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EX-99.3 47 dex993.htm FORM OF BROKER LETTER Form of Broker Letter

Exhibit 99.3

FORM OF BROKER LETTER

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

$385,000,000

Offer to Exchange

7.50% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015,

Which Have Been Registered Under the Securities Act of 1933,

for any and all Outstanding 7.50% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015

 

 

Pursuant to the Prospectus dated                     , 2008

THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON                     , 2008, UNLESS EXTENDED (SUCH TIME AND DATE, AS THE SAME MAY BE EXTENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “EXPIRATION DATE”). TENDERS MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.

To Our Clients:

We are enclosing herewith a Prospectus, dated                     , 2008 (the “Prospectus”), of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with the Prospectus, constitute the “Exchange Offer”) relating to the offer by the Company to exchange up to $385 million aggregate principal amount of 7.50% senior subordinated notes due 2015 that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (including the guarantees thereof, the “Exchange Notes”), for any and all outstanding 7.50% senior subordinated notes due 2015 that the Company issued on June 8, 2007 (including the guarantees thereof, the “Original Notes”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Exchange Offer.

The Exchange Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum number of Original Notes being tendered.

We are the holder of record of Original Notes held by us for your own account. A tender of such Original Notes can be made only by us as the record holder and pursuant to your instructions. The Letter of Transmittal is furnished to you for your information only and cannot be used by you to tender Original Notes held by us for your account.

We request instructions as to whether you wish to tender any or all of the Original Notes held by us for your account pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer. We also request that you confirm that we may on your behalf make the representations contained in the Letter of Transmittal.


Instructions with Respect to the Exchange Offer

The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Prospectus and the accompanying Letter of Transmittal relating to the exchange of the Original Notes for the Exchange Notes, which have been registered under the Securities Act, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Exchange Offer.

This will instruct you, the registered holder and/or book-entry transfer facility participant, as to the action to be taken by you relating to the Exchange Offer with respect to the Original Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned.

The aggregate face amount of the Original Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned is (fill in an amount):

$             of the 7.50% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015

With respect to the Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby instructs you (check appropriate box):

 

  ¨ To tender the following Original Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned (insert amount of Original Notes to be tendered (if any):
       $             of the 7.50% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015

 

  ¨ Not to tender any Original Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned.

If the undersigned instructs you to tender the Original Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned, it is understood that you are authorized to make, on behalf of the undersigned (and the undersigned, by its signature below, hereby makes to you), the representations and warranties contained in the Letter of Transmittal that are to be made with respect to the undersigned as a beneficial owner, including but not limited the representations that:

 

   

the Exchange Notes to be acquired in connection with the Exchange Offer by each beneficial owner of the Original Notes are being acquired by such beneficial owner in the ordinary course of business of such beneficial owner;

 

   

each beneficial owner is not participating, does not intend to participate, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate, in the distribution of the Exchange Notes;

 

   

each beneficial owner acknowledges and agrees that any person participating in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Notes must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction of the Exchange Notes acquired by such person and cannot rely on the position of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) set forth in the applicable no-action letters, see “The Exchange Offer—Resale of Exchange Notes” in the Prospectus;

 

   

each beneficial owner understands that a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K of the Commission;

 

   

no such beneficial owner is an “affiliate,” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act, of ours; and

 

   

in connection with a book-entry transfer, each participant will confirm that it makes the representations and warranties set forth in the Letter of Transmittal.

Name of beneficial owner(s):                                                                                                                                                                     

Signature(s):                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Name(s) (please print:                                                                                                                                                                                  

Address:                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Telephone Number:                                                                                                                                                                                       

Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number:                                                                                                                        

Date:                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

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EX-99.4 48 dex994.htm FORM OF LETTER TO HOLDERS AND DTC PARTICIPANTS Form of Letter to Holders and DTC Participants

Exhibit 99.4

FORM OF LETTER TO HOLDERS AND DTC PARTICIPANTS

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

$385,000,000

Offer to Exchange

7.50% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015,

Which Have Been Registered Under the Securities Act of 1933,

for any and all Outstanding 7.50% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015

 

 

Pursuant to the Prospectus dated             , 2008

THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON             , 2008, UNLESS EXTENDED (SUCH TIME AND DATE, AS THE SAME MAY BE EXTENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “EXPIRATION DATE”). TENDERS MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.

To Registered Holders and The Depository Trust Company Participants:

We are enclosing herewith the materials listed below relating to the offer by Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to exchange up to $385 million aggregate principal amount of 7.50% senior subordinated notes due 2015 that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (including the guarantees thereof, the “Exchange Notes”), for any and all outstanding 7.50% senior subordinated notes due 2015 that we issued on June 8, 2007 (including the guarantees thereof, the “Original Notes”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Company’s prospectus, dated             , 2008 (the “Prospectus”) and the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with the Prospectus constitute the “Exchange Offer”).

Enclosed herewith are copies of the following documents:

 

  1. Prospectus;

 

  2. Letter of Transmittal;

 

  3. Notice of Guaranteed Delivery;

 

  4. Letter which may be sent to your clients for whose account you hold Original Notes in your name or in the name of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such client’s instruction with regard to the Exchange Offer; and

 

  5. Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9.

We urge you to contact your clients promptly. Please note that the Exchange Offer will expire on the Expiration Date unless extended.

The Exchange Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum number of Original Notes being tendered.

The Company will not pay any fee or commissions to any broker or dealer or to any other persons (other than the Exchange Agent) in connection with the solicitation of tenders of Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. The Company will pay or cause to be paid any transfer taxes payable on the transfer of Original Notes to it, except as otherwise provided in Instruction 7 of the enclosed Letter of Transmittal.

Additional copies of the enclosed material may be obtained from the Exchange Agent at its address set forth on the cover of the Letter of Transmittal.

EX-99.5 49 dex995.htm FORM OF GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER ID NO. ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 Form of Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer ID No. on Substitute Form W-9

Exhibit 99.5

GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION

NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9

Guidelines for Determining the Proper Identification Number for the Payee (You) to Give the Payer.    The taxpayer identification number for an individual is the individual’s Social Security number. Social security numbers have nine digits separated by two hyphens: e.g., 000-00-0000. The taxpayer identification number for an entity is the entity’s Employer Identification number. Employer Identification numbers have nine digits separated by only one hyphen: e.g., 00-0000000. The table below will help determine the number to give the payer. All “Section” references are to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. “IRS” is the Internal Revenue Service.

 

For this type of account:   

Give the

SOCIAL SECURITY or

EMPLOYER

IDENTIFICATION number,

as applicable, of—

1.      Individual

   The individual

2.      Two or more individuals (joint account)

   The actual owner of the account or, if combined fund, the first individual on the account.(1)

3.      Custodian account of a minor (Uniform Gift to Minor Act)

   The minor(2)

4.      a.     The usual revocable savings trust account (grantor is also trustee)

   The grantor-trustee(1)

b.      So-called trust account that is not a legal or valid trust under state law

   The actual owner(1)

5.      Sole proprietorship or single-member limited liability company

   The owner(3)

6.      A valid trust, estate or pension trust

   The legal entity(4)

7.      Corporate or limited liability company electing corporate status on the IRS Form 8832

   The corporation or limited liability company

8.      Association, club, religious, charitable, educational or other tax-exempt organization account

   The organization

9.      Partnership account held in the name of the business or multi-member limited liability company not electing corporate status

   The partnership or limited liability company

10.    A broker or registered nominee

   The broker or nominee

11.    Account with the Department of Agriculture in the name of a public entity (such as a state or local government, school district or prison) that receives agricultural program payments

   The public entity

 

(1) List first and circle the name of the person whose number you furnish. If only one person on a joint account has a social security number, that person’s number must be furnished.
(2) Circle the minor’s name and furnish the minor’s social security number.
(3) The owner must show his or her individual name, but may also enter his or her business or “doing business as” name. The owner may use either his or her social security number or his or her employer identification number (if he or she has one).
(4) List first and circle the name of the legal trust, estate or pension trust. (Do not furnish the taxpayer identification number of the personal representative or trustee unless the legal entity itself is not designated in the account title.)

 

Note: IF NO NAME IS CIRCLED WHEN THERE IS MORE THAN ONE NAME LISTED, THE NUMBER WILL BE CONSIDERED TO BE THAT OF THE FIRST NAME LISTED.


GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION

NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9

Page 2

 

Obtaining a Number

If you don’t have a taxpayer identification number or you don’t know your number, obtain Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card, at the local Social Administration office, or Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, by calling 1 (800) TAX-FORM, and apply for a number.

To Complete the Substitute W-9, if you do not have a taxpayer identification number, write “Applied For” in the space for taxpayer identification number in Part 1, sign and date the form and the Certificate of Awaiting Taxpayer Identification Number, and give it to the requester. If the requester does not receive your taxpayer identification number by the time of payment of any interest or other reportable payment, backup withholding, if applicable, will apply.

Payees Exempt from Backup Withholding

Payees specifically exempted from withholding include:

 

   

An organization exempt from tax under Section 501(a), an individual retirement account (IRA), or a custodial account under Section 403(b)(7), if the account satisfies the requirements of Section 401(f)(2).

 

   

The United States or a state thereof, the District of Columbia, a possession of the United States, or a political subdivision or wholly-owned agency or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing.

 

   

An international organization or any agency or instrumentality thereof.

 

   

A foreign government or any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof.

Payees that may be exempt from backup withholding include:

 

   

A corporation.

 

   

A financial institution.

 

   

A dealer in securities or commodities required to register in the United States, the District of Columbia or a possession of the United States.

 

   

A real estate investment trust.

 

   

A common trust fund operated by a bank under
Section 584(a).

 

   

An entity registered at all times during the tax year under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

   

A middleman known in the investment community as a nominee or custodian.

 

   

A futures commission merchant registered with the Commodities Futures Trading Commission.

 

   

A foreign central bank of issue.

 

   

A trust exempt from tax under section 664 or described in section 4947.

Payments of dividends and patronage dividends generally exempt from backup withholding include:

 

   

Payments to nonresident aliens subject to withholding under Section 1441.

 

   

Payments to partnerships not engaged in a trade or business in the United States and that have at least one nonresident alien partner.

 

   

Payments of patronage dividends not paid in money.

 

   

Payments made by certain foreign organizations.

 

   

Payments made to a nominee.

 

   

Section 404(k) payments made by an ESOP.

Payments of interest generally exempt from backup withholding include:

 

   

Payments of interest on obligations issued by individuals.    Note:    You may be subject to backup withholding if this interest is $600 or more and you have not provided your correct taxpayer identification number to the payer.

 

   

Payments of tax-exempt interest (including exempt-interest dividends under Section 852).

 

   

Payments described in Section 6049(b)(5) to nonresident aliens.

 

   

Payments on tax-free covenant notes under Section 1451.

 

   

Payments made by certain foreign organizations.

 

   

Mortgage interest paid to you.



GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION

NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9

Page 3

 

Certain payments, other than payments of interest, dividends and patronage dividends, that are exempt from information reporting are also exempt from backup withholding. For details, see the regulations under sections 6041, 6041A, 6042, 6044, 6045, 6049, 6050A and 6050N.

Exempt payees described above must file Form W-9 or a substitute Form W-9 to avoid possible erroneous backup withholding. COMPLETE AND FILE THIS FORM WITH THE PAYER AND BE SURE TO CHECK THE BOX ON THE UPPER RIGHT SIDE OF THE FORM NEXT TO “EXEMPT FROM BACK UP WITHHOLDING.”

Privacy Act Notices.—Section 6109 requires you to provide your correct taxpayer identification numbers to payers, who must report the payments to the IRS. The IRS uses the number for identification purposes and may also provide this information to various government agencies for tax enforcement or litigation purposes. Payers must be given the numbers whether or not recipients are required to file tax returns. Payers must generally withhold 28% of taxable interest, dividend and certain other payments to a payee who does not furnish a taxpayer identification number to the payer. Certain penalties may also apply.

 

Penalties

(1) Failure to Furnish Taxpayer Identification Number.—If you fail to furnish your taxpayer identification number to a payer, you are subject to a penalty of $50 for each such failure unless your failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.

(2) Civil Penalty for False Information With Respect to Withholding.—If you make a false statement with no reasonable basis that results in no backup withholding, you are subject to a $500 penalty.

(3) Criminal Penalty for Falsifying Information.—Willfully falsifying certifications or affirmations may subject you to criminal penalties including fines and/or imprisonment.

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